Iry Paret's done his time — two years for manslaughter in Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary. Now the war vet and blues singer is headed to Montana, where he hopes to live clean working on a ranch owned by the father of his prison pal, Buddy Riordan. In prison, Iry tinkered with a song — “The Lost Get-Back Boogie” — that never came out quite right. Now, the Riordan family's problems hand him a new kind of trouble, with some tragic consequences. And Iry must get the tune right at last, or pay a fateful price.

The long string of horrors that took place at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys wasn't a secret, but it might as well have been. Former students of the Florida reform school had spoken out for years about the brutal beatings that they endured at the hands of sadistic employees, but it wasn't until 2012, when University of South Florida anthropologists [began to uncover unmarked graves on the school's campus](https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162941770/floridas-dozier-school-for-boys-a-true-horror-story), that the world began to care.

An outstanding human drama. It is the story of strangers, the story of lovers, of men and women drawn together by a week-long trial that affects them more deeply than they dare to admit.But as each day passes, the suspense mounts in an emotional crescendo that engulfs them all — and suddenly one man's verdict becomes the most important decision in their lives…

**The author of *The Wedding Date* serves up a novel about what happens when a public proposal doesn't turn into a happy ending, thanks to a woman who knows exactly how to make one on her own...**

**When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn't come as a surprise --or happen in front of 45,000 people.**

When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard part--they've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans...

At the game with his sister, Carlos Ibarra comes to Nik's rescue and rushes her away from a camera crew. He's even there for her when the video goes viral and Nik's social media blows up--in a bad way. Nik knows that in the wilds of LA, a handsome doctor like Carlos can't be looking...

**In the romantic tradition of *Dear John* , #1 *New York Times* bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with the story of an injured Navy doctor -- and two women whose secrets will change the course of his life.**

Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he'd inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any.

Tending to his grandfather's beloved beehives, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he can't ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she's hiding.

Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in...

When the irresistible force of a giant corporation like Titanic Shoe meets an immovable, but tottering, object like the respectable shoe firm of Julien Kahn, something's got to give — and something does, explosively, surprisingly.Here is an authentic, behind-the-scenes excursion into the high-fashion world of heels and vamps and into the private worlds of two men who crashed head on — one striving for personal power, the other for personal integrity.Jefferson McQuade comes to the Kahn factory as the representative of the new owners, with his own ideas about what is needed to put the factory on a firm footing.Raymond Griffin, who has worked his way up to head of Kahn’s Cost Department, doesn’t share the apprehension of those who fear a shake-up. For years Kahn has needed new blood, and he welcomes the smooth and affable McQuade.But McQuade's methods soon reveal him as a ruthless tyrant whose polished words can pit friend against friend, a man who is ready to demolish anyone and everyone who stands in his way, a man who sees horrifying violence as the answer to an outbreak on the factory floor.The last traces of doubt about McQuade are removed during Guild Week when, as the new shoe lines are shown to the entire industry, McQuade attempts to seduce Griffin’s girl. The long-smoldering warfare between the two men erupts into the open and provides the setting for a dramatic ending that will leave anyone who has ever stepped into the business world breathless and cheering.Here, secretly aspiring to someday sit in the Executive Suite, are the white-collar workers and production people — their jackets off, their sleeves rolled up, their nails neat and sharpened.In THE SPIKED HEEL, Richard Marsten has produced a dynamic and absorbing book that you and the people who work side-by-side with you will read and talk about for a long time to come. Of this we are certain. For THE SPIKED HEEL is not only an authentic portrayal of the fabulous fashion world of high-quality shoes. It is a gripping novel of the very real world inhabited by all men and women who make and use any of America’s products.Beside this any novel — past or future — on the world of business must seem as pale and wan as Little Women.

******Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by *O, the Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Buzzfeed, Vogue, PureWow, New York Magazine* and more**

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**"Bennett's tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it's especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison's 1970 debut novel, *The Bluest Eye."* **--** Kiley Reid, *Wall Street Journal*** **

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"A page-turner." -- *O, The Oprah Magazine

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**"Sure to be one of 2020s best and boldest."** * **- *Elle******

From *The* *New York Times* -bestselling author of *The Mothers* , a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.****

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of...

In an essay on race and memory, Toni Morrison wrote of "the stress of remembering, its inevitability, [but] the chances for liberation that lie within the process." Ta-Nehisi Coates' new novel, The Water Dancer, is an experiment in taking Morrison's "chances for liberation" literally: What if memory had the power to transport enslaved people to freedom?

Coates is best known as a writer of nonfiction, including Between the World and Me and We Were Eight Years in Power, but with a new novel and his work on the Black Panther comic series, he is straying into speculative fiction. The results are mixed. At its best, The Water Dancer is a melancholic and suspenseful novel that merges the slavery narrative with the genres of fantasy or quest novels. But moments of great lyricism are matched with clichés and odd narrative gaps, and the mechanics of plot sometimes seem to grind and stall.

**THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**

**"Jewell teases out her twisty plot at just the right pace, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. Her multilayered characters are sheer perfection, and even the most astute thriller reader won't see where everything is going until the final threads are unknotted." —** Booklist **, starred review**

**"More than a whiff of** The Lovely Bones **wafts through this haunting domestic noir...Skillfully told by several narrators, Jewell's gripping novel is an emotionally resonant story of loss, grief, and renewal." —** Publishers Weekly

**"Sharply written with twists and turns, Jewell's latest will please fans of** Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train **, or** Luckiest Girl Alive **." —** Library Journal

Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a teenaged...

Jaudinanti šeimos saga, aprėpianti kelis dešimtmečius, kelias kartas ir kultūras. Blaškomiems po skirtingus žemynus – Indiją, Afriką, Ameriką – knygos veikėjams lemta patirti meilę, išdavystę, aukos ir atleidimo gydančią jėgą… Tai knyga visiems, pasiilgusiems nebanalios istorijos, turtingo, įtraukiančio, meistriškai parašyto pasakojimo. Abrahamas Verghese turi retą talentą vaizduoti personažus įvairiapusiškai, keičiantis aplinkybėms iš tragiškų į komiškas ir melodramiškas. Šis romanas – daugiau nei šeimos saga. Chirurgas Verghese rašo apie spindulingą gydytojo pašaukimo grožį, menininkas Verghese pripažįsta, kad būna neužgydomų žaizdų. „Kur šilkas ir plienas bejėgiai, turi pavykti žodžiui“, – mąsto knygos herojus. Šiuo atveju žodžiui tikrai pavyko. Entertainment Weekly

Nuo mažens augusi skurdžioje aplinkoje su girtuokliu tėvu Lara suranda jėgų ir stiprybės išsiveržti į kitokį pasaulį. Ji susidomi tradiciškai vyriška laikoma sritimi – statyba ir nekilnojamuoju turtu. Iš pradžių į merginą vyrai žvelgia kreivai, tačiau savo sumanumu ji sugeba išsikovoti pagarbą. Tarsi norėdama įrodyti savo mirusiam tėvui, kad jis klydo sakydamas, jog ji niekam tikusi, mergina tampa viena įtakingiausių statybos verslo veikėjų. Lara – tvirta, bet pažeidžiama. Ji trokšta meilės, ir jai pasiseka. Tačiau prieš tai laukia daugybė sudėtingų išgyvenimų.

«…Надо было теперь на что-то решиться. Или торчать перед окнами, пока Рыба заметит и подумает: кто там стоит? Или взбежать одним духом по лестнице и позвонить. Алена двинулась вдоль дома, остановившись, посмотрела сквозь тонкие голые ветви деревьев, отыскивая на третьем этаже окно с кормушкой. Лист со стихами спрятала в сумку: куда его девать? Вспомнила недавно прочитанное у Евтушенко: «Стихотворение надел я на ветку». В следующее мгновенье Алена уже насаживала свой лист со стихами на ветку напротив окна с кормушкой. Отбежав к воротам, оглянулась. «Я подражаю Евтушенко. Только я подражаю не стихам, а поступкам». Ветер трепал лист со стихами, Алена постояла, убедилась, что не улетит, осталась довольна своим поступком, деревом. Подумала: «Хорошо Евтушенко написал». Она сама так написала бы: «Люди идут, глядят с удивлением, дерево машет стихотворением»…»

Сборник «Земля бедованная» известной санкт-петербургской писательницы Нины Катерли представляет прозу, относящуюся к семидесятым-восьмидесятым годам XX века.В книге собраны как произведения фантастического реализма – жанра, который принес автору известность, так и традиционные реалистические рассказы. В сборник вошла написанная в 1983 году и нигде ранее не публиковавшаяся фантастическая повесть «Костылев».По словам Нины Катерли, общая тема книги «Земля бедованная» – живая человеческая душа в условиях абсурдной и деформирующей советской действительности.Книга содержит реальный комментарий, который поможет ввести молодого читателя в общественно-политический, культурный и бытовой контекст позднесоветского времени.

Джордж Оруэл – ангельскі пісьменьнік і публіцыст. Вядомы сваімі антыфашыстоўскімі й антыкамуністычнымі перакананьнямі. Раман 1984 працягвае тэму „Фэрмы”. Оруэл выявіў будучую сусьветную супольнасьць як татальны іерархічны лад, пранізаны страхам і нянавісьцю. Менавіта ў гэтым рамане ўпершыню прагучала знакамітае выслоўе „Вялікі брат глядзіць на цябе”, а таксама наватворы „двухдумства” альбо „думзлачынства”.

Владимир Козлов – автор семи изданных книг в жанре альтернативной прозы (в т. ч. знаменитой трилогии «Гопники» – «Школа» – «Варшава») и трех книг нон-фикшн (о современных субкультурах), сценарист фильма «Игры мотыльков». Произведения В. Козлова переведены на английский и французский языки, известны европейскому читателю.Остросюжетный роман «1986» построен как хроника криминального расследования: изнасилована и убита девушка с рабочей окраины.Текст выполнен в технике коллажа: из диалогов следователей, разговоров родственников девушки, бесед ее знакомых выстраивается картина жизни провинциального городка – обыденная в своей мерзости и мерзкая в обыденности.Насилие и противостояние насилию – два основных способа общения людей с миром. Однако в центре повествования – не проблема жестокости, а проблема смирения с жестокостью. Покорности насилию.Автор преодолевает догмы, взламывает условности. При этом действительность не объясняется и даже не описывается – она фиксирует и изображает сама себя: в меняющихся ракурсах и повторяющихся коллизиях, в отдельных штрихах и частных деталях. Писатель лишь поворачивает объектив, меняет линзы и наводит резкость на избранный объект.

Знакаміты прыгодніцкі раман майстра фантастычных сюжэтаў Жуля Верна расказвае пра кругасветнае вандраванне і дзіўныя прыгоды ў марскіх глыбінях даследніка і вынаходніка капітана Нэма і яго таварышаў.

Знакаміты прыгодніцкі раман майстра фантастычных сюжэтаў Жуля Верна расказвае пра кругасветнае вандраванне і дзіўныя прыгоды ў марскіх глыбіняхдаследніка і вынаходніка капітана Нэма і яго таварышаў.