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Хари Потър няма представа колко е известен. Това е така, защото е отглеждан от своите нещастни леля и чичо, които се ужасяват, че Хари ще научи, че всъщност е магьосник, точно като родителите си. Но всичко се променя, когато Хари е повикан да учи в прочуто училище за магьосници и започва да открива някои следи за своето славно наследство по рождение. От изненадващия начин, по който е посрещнат от един симпатичен великан, до уникалната учебна програма и колоритните преподаватели в необичайното му училище, Хари се оказва въвлечен дълбоко в мистичен свят, за чието съществуване никога не е подозирал, и все по-близо до собствената си благородна съдба.

Harry Potter se spolu se svými nejlepšími přáteli Ronem a Hermionou chystá nastoupit do třetího ročníku Bradavické školy čar a kouzel. Harry se nemůže dočkat, až se po letních prázdninách vrátí do školy. (Kdo by se nemohl, kdyby žil s příšernými Dursleyovými?) Když však Harry dorazí do Bradavic, atmosféra je napjatá. Na svobodě je uprchlý masový vrah a na střežení školy byli povoláni zlověstní azkabanští vězeňští strážci...

Harry er blevet pålagt en mørk, farlig og tilsyneladende umulig opgave: at finde og ødelægge Voldemorts resterende horcruxer. Aldrig har Harry følt sig så alene eller stået over for en fremtid så fuld af skygger. Men Harry må på en eller anden måde finde styrken i sig selv til at fuldføre den opgave, han har fået. Han må forlade varmen, trygheden og fællesskabet i Vindelhuset og uden frygt eller tøven følge den ubønhørlige vej, der er lagt ud for ham ... I denne sidste, syvende del af Harry Potter-serien afslører J.K. Rowling på spektakulær vis svarene på de mange spørgsmål, der er blevet ventet så ivrigt på.

Od té doby, co se Harry Potter vrátil na léto domů, byli Dursleyovi tak zlí a odporní, že si Harry nepřál nic jiného než vrátit se do Bradavické školy čar a kouzel. Jenže právě když si balí kufry, dostane Harry varování od podivného skřítka, který mu říká, že pokud se Harry vrátí do Bradavic, dojde ke katastrofě. A skutečně k ní dojde. Ve druhém Harryho roce v Bradavicích se objeví nová trápení a hrůzy, včetně nesnesitelně namyšleného nového profesora a ducha, který straší na dívčích záchodcích. Pak však začnou ty opravdové potíže – někdo proměňuje bradavické studenty v kámen. Mohl by to být Draco Malfoy, jedovatější soupeř než kdy dřív? Mohlo by to snad být Hagrid, jehož tajemná minulost je konečně odhalena? Anebo by to mohl být ten, koho v Bradavicích všichni podezírají nejvíc… sám Harry Potter?

Jsou letní prázdniny a Harry Potter brzy nastoupí do čtvrtého ročníku Bradavické školy čar a kouzel. Harry odpočítává dny: čekají ho nová kouzla, další famfrpálové zápasy a pokračování v průzkumu bradavického hradu. Harry si však musí dávat pozor – číhají na něj nečekaná nebezpečí...

Harry Potter se chystá nastoupit do pátého ročníku Bradavické školy čar a kouzel. Na rozdíl od většiny školáků si Harry letní prázdniny nikdy neužívá, ale tyto jsou ještě horší než obvykle. Dursleyovi mu samozřejmě ztrpčují život, ale zdá se, že ho zanedbávají i jeho nejlepší přátelé Ron a Hermiona. Harry už toho má dost. Začíná si myslet, že musí udělat něco, cokoli, aby svou situaci změnil, když letní prázdniny skončí velmi dramatickým způsobem. To, co Harry ve svém novém roce v Bradavicích objeví, obrátí jeho svět vzhůru nohama...

Det er midt på sommeren, men en årstidsfremmed tåge presser sig mod vinduesruderne. Harry Potter venter nervøst på sit værelse hos Dursley-familien i Privet Drive på besøg af selveste professor Dumbledore. En af de sidste gange, han så rektor, var i en voldsom tvekamp ansigt til ansigt med Lord Voldemort, og Harry kan næsten ikke tro, at professor Dumbledore virkelig vil dukke op hos Dursley-familien af alle steder. Hvorfor kommer professoren på besøg hos ham nu? Hvad er det, der ikke kan vente, til Harry vender tilbage til Hogwarts om nogle få uger? Harrys sjette år på Hogwarts har allerede fået en usædvanlig start, da mugglernes og trolddommens verdener begynder at flettes sammen...

إنه وقت عيد الميلاد، وقد طُرد هولدن كولفيلد لتوّه من مدرسة أخرى... هربًا من المحتالين في مدرسة بنسي الإعدادية، يتنقّل بلا هدف في أرجاء مدينة نيويورك باحثًا عن العزاء في لقاءات عابرة—يتبادل الأحاديث الفارغة مع غرباء في فنادق رخيصة، ويتجوّل وحيدًا في سنترال بارك، ويتعرّض للضرب على أيدي القوادين وللتجريح من صديقات سابقات. المدينة جميلة ومروّعة، بكل وحدتها المضاءة بالنيون وبريقها البالي، وبإحساسها المختلط بالإمكان والفراغ. يعبرها هولدن كالشبح، مفكرًا على الدوام في شقيقته الصغيرة فيبي، الشخص الوحيد الذي يفهمه حقًا، وفي عزمه على الهرب من الزائفين والعثور على حياة ذات معنى حقيقي. «الحارس في حقل الشوفان» عمل كلاسيكي خالد من أدب النشأة—مرثية لاغتراب المراهقين، تلتقط الحاجة الإنسانية العميقة إلى التواصل والإحساس المربك بالفقدان حين نترك الطفولة وراءنا. رواية ج. د. سالينجر الكلاسيكية (1919–2010) عن قلق المراهقين وتمردهم نُشرت لأول مرة عام 1951. أُدرجت الرواية في قائمة مجلة تايم لعام 2005 لأفضل 100 رواية باللغة الإنجليزية كُتبت منذ عام 1923. كما اختارتها المكتبة الحديثة وقراؤها ضمن أفضل 100 رواية باللغة الإنجليزية في القرن العشرين. وكثيرًا ما طُعن فيها أمام المحاكم بسبب استخدامها المكثف للألفاظ النابية وتصويرها للجنس، وفي خمسينيات وستينيات القرن العشرين كانت الرواية التي أراد كل فتى مراهق قراءتها.

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the unsolved murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming. Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 10: 0307341550 (ISBN 13: 9780307341556)

Becky, Harry, and Leon are leaving London in a fourth-hand Ford with a suitcase full of stolen money, in a mess of tangled loyalties and impulses. But can they truly leave the city that's in their bones? Kate Tempest's novel reaches back through time—through tensely quiet dining rooms and crassly loud clubs—to the first time Becky and Harry meet. It sprawls through their lives and those they touch—of their families and friends and faces on the street—revealing intimacies and the moments that make them. And it captures the contemporary struggle of urban life, of young people seeking jobs or juggling jobs, harboring ambitions and making compromises. The Bricks that Built the Houses is an unexpected love story. It's about being young, but being part of something old. It's about how we become ourselves, and how we effect our futures. Rich in character and restless in perspective, driven by ethics and empathy, it asks—and seeks to answer—how best to live with and love one another. Kate Tempest, a major talent in the poetry and music worlds, sits poised to become a major novelist as well.

Paul Sheldon. Er ist ein Bestsellerautor, der endlich seinen größten Fan getroffen hat. Ihr Name ist Annie Wilkes, und sie ist mehr als eine fanatische Leserin – sie ist Pauls Krankenschwester und pflegt seinen schwer verletzten Körper nach einem Autounfall. Doch sie ist auch seine Entführerin und hält ihn in ihrem abgelegenen Haus gefangen.

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. Unless... In 2011, Jake Epping, an English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, sets out on an insane—and insanely possible—mission to prevent the Kennedy assassination. Leaving behind a world of computers and mobile phones, he goes back to a time of big American cars and diners, of Lindy Hopping, the sound of Elvis, and the taste of root beer. In this haunting world, Jake falls in love with Sadie, a beautiful high school librarian. And, as the ominous date of 11/22/63 approaches, he encounters a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald...

The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They're both wrong. One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life brutally: a shocking suicide planned to match that of her husband just months before. Their daughter, Anna, has struggled to come to terms with their loss ever since. Now with a young baby of her own, Anna misses her mother more than ever and starts to question her parents’ deaths. But by digging up their past, she’ll put her future in danger. Sometimes it’s safer to let things lie… The stunning, twisty new psychological thriller from number one bestseller Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go and I See You.

Why is everyone talking about the ending of Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes? Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man from the bar. The very married man from the bar…who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise. And then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend, but she also just happens to be married to David. David and Adele look like the picture-perfect husband and wife, but then why is David so controlling, and why is Adele so scared of him? As Louise is drawn into David and Adele’s orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong, but Louise can’t guess how wrong―and how far a person might go to protect their marriage’s secrets.

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised. With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

You never know what's happening on the other side of the wall. Your neighbour told you that she didn't want your six-month-old daughter at the dinner party. Nothing personal, she just couldn't stand her crying. Your husband said it would be fine. After all, you only live next door. You'll have the baby monitor and you'll take it in turns to go back every half hour. Your daughter was sleeping when you checked on her last. But now, as you race up the stairs in your deathly quiet house, your worst fears are realized. She's gone. You've never had to call the police before. But now they're in your home, and who knows what they'll find there. What would you be capable of, when pushed past your limit?

Unter dem Einfluss ihres charismatischen Professors für Klassische Philologie entdeckt eine Gruppe kluger, exzentrischer Außenseiter an einem elitären College in Neuengland eine Denk- und Lebensweise, die Welten entfernt ist von der eintönigen Existenz ihrer Altersgenossen. Doch als sie die Grenzen der normalen Moral überschreiten, gleiten sie allmählich von Besessenheit in Korruption und Verrat und schließlich – unaufhaltsam – ins Böse ab.

Haunted is a novel made up of stories: twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you'll ever encounter. The stories are told by people who have all answered an ad headlined 'Artists Retreat: Abandon your life for three months'. They are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of 'real life' that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them. But 'here' turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theater where they are utterly isolated from the outside world - and where heat and power and, most importantly, food are in increasingly short supply. And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more desperate the stories they tell - and the more devious their machinations to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/non-fiction blockbuster that will certainly be made from their plight.

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.” It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease, written by first-time author Lisa Genova, who holds a Ph. D in neuroscience from Harvard University. Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children and a house on the Cape, is a celebrated Harvard professor at the height of her career when she notices a forgetfulness creeping into her life. As confusion starts to cloud her thinking and her memory begins to fail her, she receives a devastating diagnosis: early onset Alzheimer's disease. Fiercely independent, Alice struggles to maintain her lifestyle and live in the moment, even as her sense of self is being stripped away. In turns heartbreaking, inspiring and terrifying, Still Alice captures in remarkable detail what's it's like to literally lose your mind...

Velký Gatsby, třetí kniha F. Scotta Fitzgeralda, je vrcholným dílem jeho kariéry. Tento vzorový román jazzového věku si získal uznání generací čtenářů. Příběh pohádkově bohatého Jaye Gatsbyho a jeho lásky ke krásné Daisy Buchananové, příběh okázalých večírků na Long Islandu v době, kdy The New York Times poznamenaly, že „gin byl národním nápojem a sex národní posedlostí“, je znamenitě vystavěným vyprávěním o Americe dvacátých let 20. století. Velký Gatsby je jednou z velkých klasik literatury 20. století.

«جميع الحيوانات متساوية، لكن بعض الحيوانات أكثر مساواة من غيرها». تستولي الحيوانات المُجهَدة التي أُسيئت معاملتها على مزرعة. وبمثالية متقدة وشعارات مثيرة للحماسة، تنطلق لإنشاء جنة من التقدم والعدالة والمساواة. وهكذا يُمهَّد المسرح لواحدة من أبلغ الخرافات الساخرة التي كُتبت على الإطلاق — حكاية خرافية حادة كالموسى للبالغين تسجل التطور من ثورة ضد الطغيان إلى شمولية لا تقل فظاعة. عندما نُشرت «مزرعة الحيوانات» لأول مرة، كان يُنظر إلى روسيا الستالينية بوصفها هدفها. أما اليوم، فمن الواضح بصورة مدمرة أنه أينما ومتى ما تعرضت الحرية للهجوم، وتحت أي راية كان ذلك، فإن الوضوح القاطع والكوميديا الضارية لتحفة جورج أورويل لا يزالان يحملان معنى ورسالة شديدَي الجِدّة.

Meet Pat. Pat has a theory: his life is a movie produced by God. And his God-given mission is to become physically fit and emotionally literate, whereupon God will ensure a happy ending for him—the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. (It might not come as a surprise to learn that Pat has spent time in a mental health facility.) The problem is, Pat's now home, and everything feels off. No one will talk to him about Nikki; his beloved Philadelphia Eagles keep losing; he's being pursued by the deeply odd Tiffany; his new therapist seems to recommend adultery as a form of therapy. Plus, he's being hunted by Kenny G! In this enchanting novel, Matthew Quick takes us inside Pat's mind, showing us the world from his distorted yet endearing perspective.

Gnister tændes. Flammer spreder sig. Og Capitol vil have hævn. Mod alle odds har Katniss Everdeen vundet Dødsspillet. Hun og hendes medtribut fra Distrikt 12, Peeta Mellark, er mirakuløst stadig i live. Katniss burde være lettet, ja, endda glad. Hun er trods alt vendt tilbage til sin familie og sin mangeårige ven, Gale. Alligevel er intet, som Katniss ønsker det. Gale holder hende på iskold afstand. Peeta har vendt hende ryggen fuldstændigt. Og der går rygter om et oprør mod Capitol – et oprør, som Katniss og Peeta måske har været med til at skabe. Til sin store chok har Katniss næret en uro, som hun frygter, at hun ikke kan standse. Og det, der skræmmer hende endnu mere, er, at hun ikke er helt overbevist om, at hun burde forsøge. Tiden nærmer sig, hvor Katniss og Peeta skal besøge distrikterne på Capitols grusomme sejrsturné, og indsatsen er højere end nogensinde. Hvis de ikke uden skyggen af tvivl kan bevise, at de er fortabte i deres kærlighed til hinanden, vil konsekvenserne blive frygtelige. I Løbeild, den anden roman i Dødsspillet-trilogien, fortsætter Suzanne Collins historien om Katniss Everdeen, sætter hende på større prøve end nogensinde før ... og overrasker læserne ved hver eneste drejning.

When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card. There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance” meeting. As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder. A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation.

Wie weit würdest du gehen, um The One zu finden? Ein einfacher DNA-Test genügt. Nur ein schneller Mundabstrich, und schon wirst du mit deinem perfekten Partner zusammengebracht – demjenigen, für den du genetisch bestimmt bist. Das verspricht Match Your DNA. Vor einem Jahrzehnt gab das Unternehmen bekannt, das Gen entdeckt zu haben, das jeden von uns mit seinem Seelenverwandten zusammenbringt. Seitdem wurden Millionen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt zusammengeführt. Doch die Entdeckung hat auch ihre Schattenseiten: Testergebnisse haben unzählige Beziehungen zerstört und die traditionellen Vorstellungen von Dating, Romantik und Liebe auf den Kopf gestellt. Nun haben fünf sehr unterschiedliche Menschen die Benachrichtigung erhalten, dass sie „gematcht“ wurden. Jeder von ihnen wird gleich seine einzig wahre Liebe treffen. Doch ein „glücklich bis ans Ende ihrer Tage“ ist nicht jedem garantiert. Denn selbst Seelenverwandte haben Geheimnisse. Und manche sind schockierender als andere … Als Mundpropaganda-Erfolg im Vereinigten Königreich ist The One ein fesselnder Roman, der zeigt, wie selbst die einfachsten Entdeckungen komplizierte Folgen haben können.

New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age 13 she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate—a life and a role that she has never challenged ... until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister—and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves. My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart or let others lead you? Once again, in My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.

The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister. Though they are still newlyweds, they seem to have it all. You might not want to like them, but you do. You’re hopelessly charmed by the ease and comfort of their home, by the graciousness of the dinner parties they throw. You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable. Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows. Some might wonder what’s really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed. From bestselling author B. A. Paris comes the gripping thriller and international phenomenon Behind Closed Doors.

På trods af det medicinske mirakel, der har fået hendes tumor til at skrumpe og givet hende et par år mere, har Hazel aldrig været andet end terminalt syg, med sit sidste kapitel indskrevet ved diagnosen. Men da en smuk plotdrejning ved navn Augustus Waters pludselig dukker op i støttegruppen for unge med kræft, er Hazels historie ved at blive skrevet helt om. Indsigtsfuld, modig, respektløs og rå er En flænge i himlen den prisvindende forfatter John Greens hidtil mest ambitiøse og hjerteskærende værk, der på glimrende vis udforsker det sjove, spændende og tragiske ved at være i live og forelsket.

Für den fünfjährigen Jack ist Raum die Welt … In Jacks einfallsreicher, witziger und ergreifender Stimme erzählt, ist Raum eine Hommage an die Widerstandskraft – und die kraftvolle Geschichte einer Mutter und eines Sohnes, deren Liebe sie das Unmögliche überleben lässt. Für den fünfjährigen Jack ist Raum die ganze Welt. Hier wurde er geboren und ist aufgewachsen; hier lebt er mit seiner Ma, hier lernen, lesen, essen, schlafen und spielen sie. Nachts schließt seine Ma ihn sicher im Schrank ein, wo er schlafen soll, wenn Old Nick zu Besuch kommt. Raum ist Jacks Zuhause, doch für Ma ist er das Gefängnis, in dem Old Nick sie seit sieben Jahren gefangen hält. Mit Entschlossenheit, Einfallsreichtum und wilder mütterlicher Liebe hat Ma Jack ein Leben geschaffen. Doch sie weiß, dass es nicht reicht … weder für sie noch für ihn. Sie ersinnt einen gewagten Fluchtplan, der auf den Mut ihres kleinen Sohnes und eine Menge Glück angewiesen ist. Was sie nicht erkennt, ist, wie unvorbereitet sie darauf ist, dass der Plan tatsächlich gelingt. Ganz in der Sprache des energiegeladenen, pragmatischen fünfjährigen Jack erzählt, ist Raum eine Hommage an die Widerstandskraft und die grenzenlose Bindung zwischen Elternteil und Kind, ein brillant ausgeführter Roman darüber, was es bedeutet, von einer Welt in eine andere zu reisen.

Психические заболевания встречаются гораздо чаще, чем кажется: по статистике ВОЗ, каким-то из них хотя бы раз в жизни страдал каждый четвертый. Мы можем не замечать, как наши коллеги и друзья погружаются в тревожное расстройство, и, наоборот, охотно судим о душевном здоровье окружающих по юзерпику и странным на наш взгляд поступкам. Как понять, кто на самом деле здоров, а кто нет? И что делать, если что-то не так с вами? Дарья Варламова и Антон Зайниев знакомы с проблемой не понаслышке. Оба столкнулись с клинической депрессией, ее неприятием окружающими и нехваткой адекватной информации по психиатрии. Тогда они перерыли ворох научных публикаций, поговорили со специалистами и разложили по полочкам не только депрессию, но и другие распространенные заболевания: биполярное, антисоциальное, тревожное и пограничные расстройства, СДВГ, синдром Аспергера и шизофрению. Результатом стала уникальная для России книга, которая поможет не сойти с ума, обнаружив психическое расстройство у себя или близких.

As the UK's top forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd has spent a lifetime uncovering the secrets of the dead. When death is sudden or unexplained, it falls to Shepherd to establish the cause. Each post-mortem is a detective story in its own right - and Shepherd has performed over 23,000 of them. Through his skill, dedication and insight, Dr Shepherd solves the puzzle to answer our most pressing question: how did this person die? From serial killer to natural disaster, 'perfect murder' to freak accident, Shepherd takes nothing for granted in pursuit of truth. And while he's been involved in some of the most high-profile cases of recent times, it's often the less well known encounters that prove the most perplexing, intriguing and even bizarre. In or out of the public eye, his evidence has put killers behind bars, freed the innocent and turned open-and-shut cases on their heads. But a life in death, bearing witness to some of humanity's darkest corners, exacts a price and Shepherd doesn't flinch from counting the cost to him and his family.

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece. Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line. At first, sharing an isolated tent, the attraction is casual, inevitable, but something deeper catches them that summer. Both men work hard, marry, and have kids because that's what cowboys do. But over the course of many years and frequent separations this relationship becomes the most important thing in their lives, and they do anything they can to preserve it. The New Yorker won the National Magazine Award for Fiction for its publication of "Brokeback Mountain," and the story was included in Prize Stories 1998: The O. Henry Awards. In gorgeous and haunting prose, Proulx limns the difficult, dangerous affair between two cowboys that survives everything but the world's violent intolerance.

A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. For both young readers and adults it continues to capture the remarkable spirit of Anne Frank, who for a time survived the worst horror the modern world has seen—and who remained triumphantly and heartbreakingly human throughout her ordeal. Adapted by Ari Folman, illustrated by David Polonsky, and authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, this is the first graphic edition of The Diary and includes extensive quotation directly from the definitive edition. It remains faithful to the original, while the stunning illustrations interpret and add layers of visual meaning and immediacy to this classic work of Holocaust literature.

Sweet, funny, and quietly poignant, Debbie Tung’s comics reveal the ups and downs of coming of age as an introvert. This illustrated gift book of short comics illuminates author Debbie Tung's experience as an introvert in an extrovert’s world. Presented in a loose narrative style that can be read front to back or dipped into at one’s leisure, the book spans three years of Debbie's life, from the end of college to the present day. In these early years of adulthood, Debbie slowly but finally discovers there is a name for her lifelong need to be alone: she’s an introvert. The first half of the book traces Debbie’s final year in college: socializing with peers, dating, falling in love (with an extrovert!), moving in, getting married, meeting new people, and simply trying to fit in. The second half looks at her life after graduation: finding a job, learning to live with her new husband, trying to understand social obligations when it comes to the in\-laws, and navigating office life. Ultimately, Quiet Girl sends a positive, pro\-introvert message: our heroine learns to embrace her introversion and finds ways to thrive in the world while fulfilling her need for quiet.

An audacious psychological thriller where nothing is what it seems. Ted McKay had it all: a beautiful wife, two daughters, a high-paying job. But after being diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor he finds himself with a gun to his temple, ready to pull the trigger. Then the doorbell rings. A stranger makes him a proposition: why not kill two deserving men before dying? The first target is a criminal, and the second is a man with terminal cancer who, like Ted, wants to die. After executing these kills, Ted will become someone else's next target, like a kind of suicidal daisy chain. Ted understands the stranger's logic: it's easier for a victim's family to deal with a murder than with a suicide. However, after killing his targets, Ted's reality begins to unravel. KILL THE NEXT ONE, an immersive psychological thriller from an exciting new voice.

I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues ...At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them. Women secretly love to talk about their vaginas. They get very excited, mainly because no one's ever asked them before.' Eve Ensler A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement—V-Day—to stop violence against women. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, Eve Ensler's award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again.

If you start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy named Bruno. (Though this isn't a book for nine-year-olds.) And sooner or later you will arrive with Bruno at a fence. Fences like this exist all over the world. We hope you never have to encounter one.

When she is sent to an orphanage at the age of eight, Beth Harmon soon discovers two ways to escape her surroundings, albeit fleetingly: playing chess and taking the little green pills given to her and the other children to keep them subdued. Before long, it becomes apparent that hers is a prodigious talent, and as she progresses to the top of the US chess rankings she is able to forge a new life for herself. But she can never quite overcome her urge to self-destruct. For Beth, there’s more at stake than merely winning and losing.

A poignant, charming novel about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix up their own marriage. There's a wealthy banker who has been too busy making money to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can't seem to agree on anything, from where they want to live to how they met in the first place. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom, and you've got the worst group of hostages in the world. Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of them—the bank robber included—desperately crave some sort of rescue. As the authorities and the media surround the premises, these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in a motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next. Humorous, compassionate, and wise, Anxious People is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope—the things that save us, even in the most anxious of times. Includes short story - The Last Round of Golf

Eight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-drive cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course. The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war hero, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an illegal immigrant, a husband and wife - and parents of two - who are travelling in separate vehicles and a suicidal man. Now the public have to judge who should survive but are the passengers all that they first seem?

"Кира живет в закрытом северном городе Сулиме, где местные промышляют браконьерством. Ли - в университетском кампусе в США, занимается исследованием на стыке современного искусства и антропологии. Таня - в современной Москве, снимает документальное кино. Незаметно для них самих зло проникает в их жизни и грозит уничтожить. А может быть, оно всегда там было? Но почему, за счёт чего, как это произошло? "РИФ" - это роман вечной войне поколений, авторское исследование религиозных культов, где древние ритуалы смешиваются с современностью, а за остроактуальными сюжетами скрываются мифологические и мистические измерения. Каждый из нас может натолкнуться на РИФ, важнее то, как ты переживешь крушение". В основе нового, по-европейски легкого и в то же время психологически глубокого романа Алексея Поляринова лежит исследование современных сект. Автор не дает однозначной оценки, предлагая самим делать выводы о природе Зла и Добра. История Юрия Гарина, профессора Миссурийского университета, высвечивает в главном герое и абьюзера, и жертву одновременно. А, обрастая подробностями, и вовсе восходит к мифологическим и мистическим измерениям. Честно, местами жестко, но так жизненно, что хочется, чтобы это было правдой.

For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us - people who, say, made a joke on social media that came out badly, or made a mistake at work. Once their transgression is revealed, collective outrage circles with the force of a hurricane and the next thing they know they're being torn apart by an angry mob, jeered at, demonized, sometimes even fired from their job. People are using shame as a form of social control.

The first time the lightning strikes Laura Shane is born... The second time it strikes the terror starts... though eight-year-old Laura is saved by a mysterious stranger from the perverted and deadly intentions of a drug-crazed robber. Throughout her childhood she is plagued by ever more terrifying troubles, and with increasing courage she finds the strength to prevail - even without the intervention of her strange guardian. But, despite her success as a novelist and her happy family life, Laura cannot shake the certainty that powerful and malignant forces are controlling her destiny. Then the lightning strikes once more and shatters her world. The adventure - and the terror - have only just begun...