The Incredulity of Father Brown
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Chesterton GilbertЖанр:
Классические детективы;Серия:
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The Incredulity of Father Brown
Автор:
G. K. ChestertonЖанр:
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2024-10-24Язык книги:
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Description
Father Brown, full-time Catholic priest and part-time amateur detective, returns in this third collection of short stories.
Unlike the first two collections, this time Father Brown is investigating alone; his sidekick, the former criminal Flambeau, is nowhere to be seen. Father Brown has to solve a murder (including his own!) in each story, and since several also appear to involve the supernatural, he has ample opportunity to elaborate on his thoughts concerning it. As with the first two collections, Chesterton is often as concerned with the moral of the story as with the mystery itself.
Most of...
The Incumbent
Автор:
McGrory BrianЖанр:
Политические детективы;Серия:
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2013-11-24Язык книги:
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A warning by an anonymous caller that 'nothing is as it seems' sets reporter Jack Flynn on the trail of the truth, a trail that takes him first to a militia compound in Idaho and then to a workingman's bar in Boston before he realizes that the answers are hidden much closer to home. The flaws in the plot are even more glaring considering the paeans to investigative journalism and its heroes with which McGrory seasons his narrative. It wouldn't have taken Bob Woodward or Carl Bernstein 10 minutes of telephone research to conclude what the author requires three-quarters of a novel to figure out. But in an election year when the candidates compete to see who can put the voters to sleep first, The Incumbent may whet the appetites of a few political...
The Indebted Earl
Автор:
Erica VetschЖанр:
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2021-10-07Язык книги:
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The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
Автор:
McCullough ColleenЖанр:
Историческая проза;Серия:
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2013-12-02Язык книги:
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Lizzy Bennet married Mr Darcy, Jane Bennet married Mr Bingley – but what became of the middle daughter, Mary? Discover what came next in the lives and loves of Jane Austen's much loved Bennet family in this Pride and Prejudice spin-off from an international bestselling author Readers of Pride and Prejudice will remember that there were five Bennet sisters. Now, twenty years on, Jane has a happy marriage and large family; Lizzy and Mr Darcy now have a formidable social reputation; Lydia has a reputation of quite another kind; Kitty is much in demand in London's parlours and ballrooms; but what of Mary? Mary is quietly celebrating her independence, having nursed her ailing mother for many years. She decides to write a book to bring the plight of the poor to everyone's attention. But with...
The Indigo Spell
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Mead RichelleЖанр:
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2013-11-17Язык книги:
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Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets — and human lives. In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch—a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But as he pushes her to rebel against the people who raised her, Sydney finds that breaking free is harder than she thought. There is an old and mysterious magic rooted deeply within her. And as she searches for an...
The Indiscreet Jewels
Автор:
Denis DiderotЖанр:
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2025-10-22Язык книги:
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Mangogul, Sultan of the Congo (and an allegory for Louis XV), finds himself increasingly bored with court life, and his favorite consort, Mirzoza, has run short of gallant narratives of court and city life to amuse him. Her advice that he apply to the genie Cucufa for a way to hear new stories results in his possession of a magical ring that not only grants its wearer invisibility, but also compels any woman’s vagina to disclose its amorous history regardless of the woman’s wishes.
Over the course of thirty “trials,” Mangogul succeeds for a time in amusing himself, while also creating havoc at court. His continued use of the ring reveals his courtiers’ scandalous and fascinating sexual exploits, and subjects them to a satirical...
The Infernal city
Автор:
Keyes GregoryЖанр:
Фэнтези;Серия:
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2013-11-04Язык книги:
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The Inferno
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August StrindbergЖанр:
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2022-03-18Язык книги:
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47
Description
The narrator of The Inferno—ostensibly August Strindberg himself—has not had an easy recent past, and a move to Paris is not helping. As his mania overtakes his ability to function in the society of artists, writers, scientists and philosophers he’d like to be part of, he turns to more unconventional methods to help make sense of his world.
Written in diary form, The Inferno is a semi-autobiographical work that blends self-deprecating humour with a whirl of neurosis and attempted rationalisation. The novel, with a certain amount of exaggeration for literary effect, charts two years of Strindberg’s life in the 1890s. Presented here is Claud Field’s 1913...
The Infinites
Автор:
Dick PhilipЖанр:
Научная фантастика;Серия:
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2013-11-28Язык книги:
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“Yes,” the calm, inflexible thought came. “You are right. We are the hamsters from the laboratory. The pigs carried for your experiments and tests.” There was almost a note of humor in the thought. “However, we hold nothing against you, I assure you. In fact, we have very little interest in your race, one way or another. We owe you a slight debt for helping us along our path, bringing our destiny onto us in a few short minutes instead of another fifty million years. For that we are...
The Informant
Автор:
Perry ThomasЖанр:
Триллеры;Серия:
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2013-11-27Язык книги:
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69
THE INFORMATION
Автор:
AMIS MARTINЖанр:
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2013-11-28Язык книги:
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The Information Diet
Автор:
Johnson ClayЖанр:
Публицистика;Серия:
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2013-11-28Язык книги:
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The Informer
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Liam O’FlahertyЖанр:
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2025-01-31Язык книги:
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In 1920s Dublin the Irish Civil War has just come to a close. Gypo Nolan, a strong, brutish, and dull-witted ex-policeman, and his childhood friend Frankie McPhillip, are both members of a revolutionary organization—until Gypo betrays Frankie by informing on him to the police to collect a reward. Frankie is promptly killed in a shootout, and Gypo soon finds himself the subject of an investigation and manhunt as the revolutionary organization mobilizes its soldiers and the working class to uncover the traitor and bring him to justice.
O’Flaherty was a Marxist and a member of both the Industrial Workers of the World and the U.S. Communist Party, and the novel’s deep roots...
The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants
Автор:
Campbell RamseyЖанр:
Ужасы и Мистика;Серия:
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2013-12-01Язык книги:
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A collection of fantasy and horror short stories by British author J. Ramsey Campbell, who dropped the initial from his name in subsequent publications. It was released in 1964 by Arkham House in an edition of 2,009 copies and was the author's first book. The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos. Campbell had originally written his introduction to be included in the book The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces under the title 'Cthulhu in Britain'. However, Arkham's editor, August Derleth, decided to use it here. The contents were reprinted with some of Campbell's later Lovecraftian work in his 1985 collection Cold...
The Inheritance
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Tolkien SimonЖанр:
Полицейские детективы;Серия:
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2013-11-17Язык книги:
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The Inheritance and Other Stories
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Hobb RobinЖанр:
Фэнтези;Серия:
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2013-12-02Язык книги:
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Megan Lindholm (Wizard of the Pigeons) writes tightly constructed SF and fantasy with a distinctly contemporary feel. Robin Hobb (Assassin's Quest) writes sprawling, multi-volume fantasies set in imaginary realms. These two writers, apparently so different, are, of course, the same person, each reflecting an aspect of a single multifaceted imagination. Inheritance gathers the best of Hobb and Lindholm's shorter fiction into one irreplaceable volume containing ten stories and novellas (seven by Lindholm, three by Hobb), together with a revealing introduction and extensive, highly readable story notes. The Lindholm section leads off with the Hugo and Nebula-nominated novella 'A Touch of Lavender,' a powerful account of love, music, poverty, and addiction set against an extended encounter...
The Inheritors
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Joseph ConradЖанр:
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2025-08-09Язык книги:
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Arthur Granger, the narrator and a failing novelist, is commissioned to write celebrity profiles in a suspicious journal. On a stroll he meets an otherworldly woman, who tells him she comes from a parallel universe where she’s involved in a conspiracy to take over the world. Arthur is drawn in by her charm and falls into the world of political machinations, which include a plot for Britain to colonize Greenland.
The Inheritors, published in 1901, is the first of three collaborations between Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. The book’s concept and most of the writing is attributed to Ford. Conrad served...
The Inn at Holiday Bay: Clue in the Clam
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Kathi DaleyЖанр:
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2022-03-15Язык книги:
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The Inner Circle
Автор:
Meltzer BradЖанр:
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2013-11-17Язык книги:
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99