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Розповідаючи про своє життя, Девід Копперфілд говорить про любов і жорстокість, розчарування та душевну щедрість, вдалі нагоди, яким так і не судилося збутися, та щасливі випадки, котрі так і не принесли нікому щастя. Хлопчик, що народився після смерті батька в любові простої, але щирої жінки, виріс та пізнав або побачив на своєму життєвому шляху практично все, що тільки можна собі уявити чи вигадати. І тепер він міркує про те, як зберегти вірність собі, дорогим людям та добрим думкам.<

Un homme qui veut changer sa vie s'engage sur un bateau. Sur ce bateau il y a une femme qui court le monde à la recherche du marin de Gibraltar qu'elle a aimé et qui a disparu. L'amour naît entre l'homme qui veut changer sa vie et la femme qui cherche le marin de Gibraltar. Ensemble, ils vont rechercher avec scrupule ce marin disparu. S'ils le trouvent ce sera la fin de leur amour. Etrange contradiction. De Sète à Tanger, de Tanger à Abidjan, et d'Abidjan à Léopoldville, leur recherche se poursuit.<

Manny Moon, the agile one-legged detective of “The Gallows in My Garden” and “Tweak the Devil’s Nose,” is back again. Naturally it’s murder and this time the murder is committed after a banquet arranged, ironically enough, to celebrate the incorporation of a company to manufacture a safety device for hunters. During the investigation, Manny learns a great deal about inventors and inventions, murders and murderers. The beauteous Fausta Moreni is also on hand, along with a generous helping of blackmail, kidnaping and hoodlumism.<

Даведнік прысвечаны гісторыі нонканфармізму і грамадскай думкі ў Беларусі ў другой палове ХХ ст. і распавядае пра персаналіі, арганізацыі, незалежныя выдавецкія ініцыятывы. Храналагічныя рамкі даведніка даволі выразныя: 1953–1985 гады. Сама гэта эпоха не аднародная і змяшчае ў сабе перыяд пераходу ад эпохі сталінскага рыгарызму, так званыя “адлігу” і “застой”. Разлічана на навукоўцаў, студэнтаў, журналістаў, усіх, хто цікавіцца гісторыяй Беларусі ХХ ст. Мастацкія ды даследчыцкія набыткі адных, іх здольнасці не адкідаць пяро ў тыя хвіліны, калі здавалася б і не было шансаў на упублічанне іх творчых знаходак, настойлівасць у пераадоленні перашкодаў, якія так шчодра падрыхтоўвала ўлада, усё гэта стварае тую культурную традыцыю, якая яшчэ пакідае нам шанец на самарэалізацыю. Ахвярніцтва іншых, іхныя ацэнкі несправядлівасці і крытычны розум “простых людзей” жывяць нашую памяць і дазваляюць не забыцца на вобраз эпохі, якая не заслугоўвае на тое, каб з яе рабілі лубочную карцінку рая ці карыкатуру на пекла.<

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award–winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy. An explorer returns to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth that his ancestors, and others among the planet’s finest, fled centuries ago. The mission comes with a warning: a graveyard world awaits him. But so do those left behind—hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out ages ago. After all this time, there’s no telling how they’ve devolved. Steel yourself, soldier. Get in. Get out. And try not to stare. N. K. Jemisin’s Emergency Skin is part of Forward, a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out-of-this-world authors. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought-provoking sitting.<

Beautiful, proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her foolish husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a rich whore. Embarking on a career as a courtesan and kept woman, the glamour of her new existence soon becomes too enticing and Roxana passes from man to man in order to maintain her lavish society parties, luxurious clothes and amassed wealth. But this life comes at a cost, and she is fatally torn between the sinful prosperity she has become used to and the respectability she craves. A vivid satire on a dissolute society, *Roxana* (1724) is a devastating and psychologically acute evocation of the ways in which vanity and ambition can corrupt the human soul.<

A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY GROWS UP FAST WHEN HISTORY CATCHES UP WITH THE HUMAN RACE.<

Мікола Дзядок — былы палітзняволены па «справе анархістаў», які адбыў за кратамі 5 гадоў. У кнізе ён распавядае пра арганізацыю працы карных органаў і сістэму падаўлення асобы, якая выбудоўваецца за кратамі на канкрэтных прыкладах, пабачаных ім у няволі. У кнізе знайшлося месца і для аповедаў на гістарычныя і філасофскія тэмы. Кніга была напісана часткова ў турме, часткова пасля вызвалення.<

In Athena, Mississippi, librarian Charlie Harris is known for his good nature—and for his Maine coon cat Diesel that he walks on a leash. Charlie returned to his hometown to immerse himself in books, but taking the plunge into a recent acquisition will have him in over his head…

Lucinda Beckwith Long, the mayor of Athena, has donated a set of Civil War-era diaries to the archives of Athena College. The books were recently discovered among the personal effects of an ancestor of Mrs. Long's husband. The mayor would like Charlie to preserve and to substantiate them as a part of the Long family legacy—something that could benefit her son, Beck, as he prepares to campaign for the state senate.

Beck's biggest rival is Jasper Singletary. His Southern roots are as deep as Beck's, and their families have been bitter enemies since the Civil War. Jasper claims the Long clan has a history of underhanded behavior at the expense of the Singletarys. He'd like to get a look at the diaries in an attempt to expose the Long family's past sins. Meanwhile, a history professor at the college is also determined to get her hands on the books in a last-ditch bid for tenure. But their interest suddenly turns deadly…

Now Charlie is left with a catalog of questions. The diaries seem worth killing for, and one thing is certain: Charlie will need to be careful, because the more he reads, the closer he could be coming to his final chapter…

The “media” used to mean television, radio, newspapers, and magazines; but today it largely involves social media, which has swallowed up all of these other forms and is now controlled by a small group of Silicon Valley titans who decide what billions of people are able to see and hear online. The convergence of old technology and new has centralized unimaginable power into the hands of a few gigantic corporations that now dictate how we communicate with each other and perceive the outside world. Media analyst Mark Dice details how the rise of social media that tipped the balance of power regarding the production and distribution of information has also resulted in a massive backslash from those conspiring to regain the influence they once held. Now conservatives are experiencing widespread censorship as the tech giants scramble to put the genie back in the bottle. The liberal media has launched an information war against President Trump and his supporters, and are using their monopolies to manipulate public opinion in order to further their aims of a socialist revolution.<

Гістарычны раман-эпапея ўкраінскай пісьменніцы Ірыны Данеўскай прысвечаны маладым гадам жыцця Багуслава Радзівіла — адной з самых загадкавых і супярэчлівых постацей у гісторыі Рэчы Паспалітай XVII стагоддзя. Прыгажун і адчайны каханак, небяспечны дуэлянт і тонкі палітык, дыпламат і адважны военачальнік, які асабіста прымаў удзел у бітвах Трыццацігадовай вайны, шведскага «Патопу» і Хмяльніччыны… Гэтая кніга дазволіць чытачу наведаць Англію часоў рэвалюцыі, Францыю эпохі Рышэлье і Мазарыні, Галандыю, Бельгію, Германію, Аўстрыю, Малдавію, Рэч Паспалітую, перажыць разам з героем прыгоды на моры і на сушы, пабыць шкаляром, а затым і студэнтам універсітэта, пасяліцца ў вайсковым лагеры, прыняць удзел у баях і паядынках, павесяліцца на балях і ў жаночых пакоях, папрактыкавацца ў палітычных інтрыгах і, нарэшце, бліжэй пазнаёміцца са славутымі асобамі сусветнай гісторыі.<

In the latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel must clear a friend when the evidence is stacked against her… Springtime in Mississippi is abloom with beauty, but the library’s employees are too busy worrying to stop and smell the flowers. The new library director, Oscar Reilly, is a brash, unfriendly Yankee who’s on a mission to cut costs—and his first targets are the archive and the rare book collection. As annoying as a long-overdue book, Reilly quickly raises the hackles of everyone on staff, including Charlie’s fiery friend Melba—whom Reilly wants to replace with someone younger. But his biggest offense is declaring all four-legged creatures banned from the stacks. With enemies aplenty, the suspect list is long when Reilly's body is discovered in the library. But things take a turn for the worse when a threatening e-mail throws suspicion on Melba. Charlie is convinced that his friend is no murderer, especially when he catches sight of a menacing stranger lurking around the library. Now he and Diesel will have to read between the lines, before Melba is shelved under “G” for guilty…<

The New York Times bestselling author of No Cats Allowed and Arsenic and Old Books is back with more Southern charm and beguiling mystery as Charlie and Diesel must find a killer in a room full of librarians...

Lighthearted librarian Charlie Harris is known around his hometown of Athena, Mississippi, for walking his cat, a rescued Maine Coon named Diesel. But he may soon be taken for a walk himself in handcuffs...

Charlie is stressed out. The Southern Academic Libraries Association is holding this year's annual meeting at Athena College. Since Charlie is the interim library director, he must deliver the welcome speech to all the visiting librarians. And as if that weren't bad enough, the keynote address will be delivered by Charlie's old nemesis from library school.

It's been thirty years since Charlie has seen Gavin Fong, and he's still an insufferable know-it-all capable of getting under everyone's skin. In his keynote, Gavin puts forth a most unpopular opinion: that degreed librarians will be obsolete in the academic libraries of the future. So, when Gavin is found dead, no one seems too upset...

But Charlie, who was seen having a heated argument with Gavin after the speech, has jumped to the top of the suspect list. Now Charlie and Diesel must check out every clue to refine their search for the real killer among them before the next book Charlie reads comes from a prison library...