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Pandora jaoks on toiduvalmistamine armastuse üks vorme. Õnnetuseks ei taha tema abikaasa Fletcher, eraettevõtjast tisler, enam suu sissegi võtta rammusaid roogi, mida ta kurameerimise ajal jumaldas, ja on hakanud käima pikkadel rattasõitudel. Pandora läheb lennujaama vastu oma vanemale vennale Edisonile, aga ei tunne teda ära. Vahepealsete aastate jooksul on sale ja stiilne New Yorgi jazz-pianist mitusada naela juurde võtnud. Mis on juhtunud? Kui Edison hakkab võõrustajate külalislahkust kuritarvitama, esitab Fletcher oma naisele ultimaatumi: kas tema või mina.
Shriverile omaselt vaimukas ja hoogne „Suur vend” kõneleb ülekaalulisusest – probleemist, mis on ühtaegu ühiskondlik ja piinavalt isiklik. Romaan küsib, kui palju oleme me nõus ohvriks tooma, et päästa mõnd pereliiget, ja kas üldse on võimalik lähedast inimest päästa tema enese käest?
„Suur vend” on romaan õe-venna suhtest, abielust ja rasvumisest; selle autoriks on Lionel Shriver, kelle sulest pärineb ka bestseller „Me peame rääkima Kevinist” (e.k 2008).

From the Orange Prize-winning author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN comes a bold and savage story of the intersection of politics and human relationships, set in turbulent Northern Ireland.Having abandoned Philadelphia for the life of an international nomad, Estrin Lancaster has a taste for hot spots. She now finds herself in Belfast, a city scarred by twenty years of ritualised violence.As the former purveyor of his own bomb-disposal service, Farrell O’Phelan courts the company of destruction. Technically a Catholic, he shuns allegiance of any kind.For these two, normal life is anathema; love is a trap. What ensues is an affair between two loners who are beset with a fear of domesticity and a hunger for devastation.

A scalpel sharp political satire from the Orange Prize winning writer of We Need to Talk About Kevin.Edgar Kellogg has always yearned to be popular. Leaving his lucrative career as a lawyer for the sexier world of journalism, he’s thrilled to be offered the post of foreign correspondent in a Portuguese backwater with a home-grown terrorist movement. Barrington Saddler, the disappeared larger-than-life reporter he’s been sent to replace, is exactly the outsize character Edgar longs to emulate.‘The Daring Soldiers of Barba’ have been blowing up the rest of the world for years in order to win independence for Barba, a province so dismal, backward and windblown that you couldn’t give the rat hole away. So why, with Barrington vanished, do the terrorist incidents suddenly dry up?A droll, playful novel, The New Republic addresses weighty issues like terrorism with the deft, tongue-in-cheek touch that is vintage Shriver. It also presses the more intimate question: What makes particular people so magnetic, while the rest of us inspire a shrug? What’s their secret? And in the end, who has the better life – the admired, or the admirer?

A short story by Lionel Shriver from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.In ‘The Self-Seeding Sycamore’, a widow wages war upon her neighbour’s garden, and makes a surprising discovery.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë’s game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

The first ever story collection from the inimitable Lionel Shriver‘Genius’ Stylist‘Phenomenal’ Observer‘Brilliant’ The TimesIn her first ever story collection, Lionel Shriver illuminates one of the modern age’s most enduring obsessions: property.A woman creates a deeply personal wedding present for her best friend; a thirty-something son refuses to leave home; a middle-aged man subjugated by service to his elderly father discovers that the last place you should finally assert yourself is airport security.This landmark publication explores the idea of «property» in both senses of the word: real estate, and stuff. Immensely readable, it showcases the biting insight that has made Lionel Shriver one of the most acclaimed authors of our time.

Pandora jaoks on toiduvalmistamine armastuse ?ks vorme. ?nnetuseks ei taha tema abikaasa Fletcher, eraettev?tjast tisler, enam suu sissegi v?tta rammusaid roogi, mida ta kurameerimise ajal jumaldas, ja on hakanud k?ima pikkadel rattas?itudel. Pandora l?heb lennujaama vastu oma vanemale vennale Edisonile, aga ei tunne teda ?ra. Vahepealsete aastate jooksul on sale ja stiilne New Yorgi jazz-pianist mitusada naela juurde v?tnud. Mis on juhtunud? Kui Edison hakkab v??rustajate k?lalislahkust kuritarvitama, esitab Fletcher oma naisele ultimaatumi: kas tema v?i mina. Shriverile omaselt vaimukas ja hoogne „Suur vend” k?neleb ?lekaalulisusest – probleemist, mis on ?htaegu ?hiskondlik ja piinavalt isiklik. Romaan k?sib, kui palju oleme me n?us ohvriks tooma, et p??sta m?nd pereliiget, ja kas ?ldse on v?imalik l?hedast inimest p??sta tema enese k?est? „Suur vend” on romaan ?e-venna suhtest, abielust ja rasvumisest; selle autoriks on Lionel Shriver, kelle sulest p?rineb ka bestseller „Me peame r??kima Kevinist” (e.k 2008).

Objects can carry romantic myths, embody dangerous curses, or provide links to our past. Some mysterious items, like the Hope Diamond, can still be found today, while others, like the Philosophers’ Stone, have vanished into the mists of time. Gifted and sensitive psychometrists can apparently pick up an object and learn many things about its past and its previous owners. The World’s Most Mysterious Objects provides a glimpse into these enigmas, exploring everything from psychic weapons and spiritual icons to alchemical experiments and strange devices. With this intriguing book, find out what secrets the world could be hiding.

From Atlantis to Nostradamus, Masons to Templars, Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe have explored some of the greatest mysteries ever known in this world and beyond. Now, in The Big Book of Mysteries , the Fanthorpes attempt to answer, among other questions: What are the origins of blood-sucking creatures such as vampires? Do Yeti and Sasquatch truly exist on mountains in Canada and Nepal? Who actually built the Sphinx and the Pyramids and why were they erected? What strange, dangerous powers lay hidden in the Ark of the Covenant? Is the Bermuda Triangle really a deathtrap for ships and planes? Secret societies, lost treasures, and legendary monsters all have been carefully researched by the Fanthorpes, many investigated in person, and now presented with illustrations and photographs in one super-sized collection to satisfy everyones curiosity. If youve ever felt the burning desire to know more about lifes great mysteries, then The Big Book of Mysteries is for you no element of the unknown is safe from the Fanthorpes scrutinizing eyes.

The Oak Island mystery has been the world’s greatest and strangest treasure hunt, and after years of research the authors have finally solved the sinister with an answer that is challenging, controversial, and disturbing. In 1795 three boys discovered the top of an ancient shaft on uninhabited Oak Island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. The boys began to dig, and what they uncovered started the world’s greatest and strangest treasure hunt but nobody knows what the treasure is. Two hundred years of courage, back-breaking effort, ingenuity, and engineering skills have failed to retrieve what is concealed there. Theories of what the treasure could be include Captain Kidd’s bloodstained pirate gold, an army payroll left by the French or British military engineers, priceless ancient manuscripts, the body of an Arif or other religious refugee leader, or the lost treasure of the Templars. The Oak Island curse prophesies that the treasure will not be found until seven men are dead and the last oak has fallen. That last oak has already gone, and six treasure hunters have been killed. After years of research, the authors have finally solved the sinister riddle of Oak Island, but their answer is challenging, controversial, and disturbing. Something beyond price still lies waiting in the labyrinth.