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Holy Guacamole!

At an opera party in Texas, the artistic director eats some bad guacamole that disagrees with him right to death. A scorned soprano admits to mixing the dish to get back at him for passing her over for her dream role. But Carolyn learns that foul play, not foul food, was the real culprit--and uncovers some unsavory secrets that lead to a full menu of suspects.

Wolf's Revenge

Leo Maxwell is no ordinary attorney. He spends as much time tracking corrupt politicians and gangland leaders across the Bay area to piece together the facts of a crime as he does crafting courtroom rhetoric. But Leo has never quite recovered from discovering his mother's murdered corpse as a child, or from growing up in the shadow of his brilliant older brother. In Wolf's Revenge, the fifth novel in Lachlan Smith's Shamus Award-winning series, attorney-detective Leo Maxwell seeks an exit strategy from his family's deepening entanglement with a ruthless prison-based gang. Caught between the criminals and the FBI, Leo charts his own path in defending a young woman who was manipulated into brazenly murdering a member of the Aryan Brotherhood in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. When the consequences strike heartbreakingly close to home, Leo, his brother Teddy, and the rest of the family are forced into a winner-takes-all confrontation with men who don't care how...

Large and in Charge

Two years ago, aspiring model Devyn was on the on the fast track to success and living her best life as D'Morgan, engaged to a rising hip hop star, mentored by one of the world's biggest supermodels, and the center of attention for thousands of adoring fans and followers. Then, it all came tumbling down, and in a matter of minutes, she lost everything she loved and more. Now, D'Morgan no longer exists, and the spotlight is the one thing Devyn has managed to avoid. Corporate event planner Asha is Devyn's best friend and has been by her side through everything: the good and bad, ups and downs, highs and lows. Whatever Devyn needs, Asha is there. When Asha discovers an opportunity for Devyn to use her runway talent in a new direction, she doesn't hesitate to guide her best friend on a new path and purpose in life and love. As fate would have it, Devyn is once again thrust in the public eye and facing the demons of her past. Can Asha balance helping her best...

Kraken My Heart

When Ted unexpectedly finds himself on trial for murder in another dimension, his only ally is King Grell, a catlike immortal. To prove his innocence, Ted must unravel a cosmic conspiracy... all while resisting Grell's increasingly appealing seduction attempts.

Bloodflower

Born into a world of futuristic technology, ecologist Jàden Ravenscraft wields starship fuel like magic but she's losing control of her power. Marked as a dangerous weapon, she's trapped in hypersleep for 4000 years and wakes in the backwoods of a terraformed moon. Now she's determined to find her reincarnated lover and escape back to the stars before her power takes control... or she is found.

You Give Good Love

It's been eight years since Hope Warren had her heart broken on Christmas Eve, but she still detests the holiday, and celebrations in general. Wasting her time, and her art degree, at a job she clearly hates, the only thing she's longing for is a dream home way out of reach. So when outgoing Irishman Dylan Healy keeps getting in her face, she's sure there's a catch. He's kind, charismatic--and challenging her idle creativity. It may be her least favorite time of year, but suddenly she's willing to try everything and anything--especially Dylan himself. Dylan has enough on his plate between launching his online greeting card company at the height of the season and starting an art-themed daycare center. But he can't resist teasing Hope out of her holiday cynicism, turning her ideas into crazy profits--or wanting more of the vibrant, sensual woman she truly is. And with the days counting down to Christmas Eve, he's willing to put everything on the line to convince her...

Too Much of a Good Thing

When recently widowed Joe Murphy "meets" Shawna Mitchell in an online forum, all he's seeking is advice on keeping his home and his family together. Shawna's compassionate e-mails become his lifeline, and as months pass their correspondence grows deep and warm. Discovering that Shawna lives only blocks away. . .well, it feels like more than luck. It feels a lot like hope.

Renee and Jay

There are worse places a saucy single gal could be stranded in the biggest winter storm to hit southwestern Virginia in years. Here at Luchesi's restaurant, Renee can fill up on hot breadsticks and spiked mocha cappuccino—and she can check out Giovanni Anthony Luchesi, the finest man this side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. But damn, if it doesn't stop snowing soon, she's gonna wind up in big trouble, what with all the amaretto and candlelight.

Крушение

Галина Щербакова написала историю тех, кто страстно, как свойственно только русским, рвался в Москву, а потом получал от нее кто колотушки, кто дары, кто признания, а кто и изгнание В чем то это судьба самого автора и ее поколения, чьи поиски счастья были...

Original Love

Peter Underhill was smitten by Ebony Mills the moment she joined his street hockey team--a coal-eyed, tomboy goddess, as dark and dazzling as he was pale and awkward. That she returned his affection was a boy's dream come true. But despite a bond that grew into their teens, Peter's intolerant father and Ebony's meddling family finally forced them apart. That was twenty years ago--and Peter has been trying to find his way back to his first and true love ever since. . . When she was a kid, Ebony feared no one, not even Peter's violent, bigoted father. Back then, Ebony said she'd love Peter forever, and she meant it. It didn't matter that they couldn't share milestones like the high school prom together--what they had was the real thing, and nobody could take it away. . .or could they? Even now, Ebony doesn't quite understand how she and Peter disappeared from each other's lives. Has the hatred that surrounded them finally won? Ebony doesn't want to believe that, but...

Trick Baby

Trick Baby charts the rise of White Folks, a hite Negro who uses his colour as a trump card in the tough game of the Con. Blue-eyed, light-haired and white-skinned, White Folks is the most incredible con man the ghetto ever spawned, a hustler in the jungle of Southside chicago where only the sharpest survive. With his partner Blue, an old hand who teaches him the tricks of the trade, White Folks rises to the top of his profession. The cons he pulls off get more and more lucrative and dangerous until one day they go too far . . .

Трактат ибн Сины (Авиценнаы) О любви

Работа содержит, помима введения и предисловия, арабский текст трактата, его русский перевод, а также краткий глоссарий философской лексики Ибн Сины. Трактат Ибн Сины до сих пор не был переведен на русский язык, несмотря на тот большой интерес, который представляет он для исследователей как восточной, так и европейской мысли и культуры.

OPERALAND

OPERALAND follows Richie Verdun, a funny, fearless little dynamo, as he enters the glamorous and treacherous world of opera facing almost impossible odds. He's in his early forties, unusually old for a beginner, and without the benefit of either musical or theatrical training. To make matters worse, this irrepressible fireplug of a man is overly fond of inappropriate, almost infantile jokes that are wildly out of place in his sophisticated new surroundings.

What's the Use?

See the world in a completely new way as an esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world—from technology to health care and beyond.

The Gray Earth

The acclaimed Mongolian author of The Blue Sky continues his autobiographical trilogy as a young shepherd leaves his ancestral home for boarding school.This powerful, sweeping novel continues the saga of Dshurukawaa, the Tuvan shepherd boy introduced in The Blue Sky. Torn between the onset of visions and pressure from his family to attend a state boarding school, the adolescent attempts to mediate the pull of spirituality and pragmatism, old ways and new.Taken from his ancestral home, he reunites with his siblings at a boarding school, where his brother also serves as principal. Soon he comes to understand that the main purpose of the school is to strip the Tuvans of their language and traditions, and to make them conform to party ideals. When tragedy strikes, Dshurukawaa begins to sense the larger import of his visions, and with it a possible escape.Tschinag's lyrical language, his striking characterizations, and his evocation of a singular...

A Winter Wonderland

Four special holiday offerings from today's favorite authors remind us that when love is on your list, you never have to stop believing. . .