Tender is the Night

Короткие рассказы американского писателя О. Генри известны по всему миру. Но чем они так привлекают читателей? О. Генри — мастер создания остросюжетных историй с неожиданными развязками.В своих произведениях автор затрагивает темы любви, предательства, несправедливости жизни и надежды на светлое и счастливое будущее. Так, "Вождь краснокожих", первый рассказ из данного сборника, повествует о двух мошенниках, остро нуждающихся в деньгах. Чтобы их заработать, Билл и Сэм решаются на немыслимое: они хотят похитить сына одного из горожан и потребовать выкуп за него. Им это, конечно, удается, но все ли так хорошо? Ответ на этот вопрос таится на страницах данной книги.В сборнике вы найдёте такие рассказы, как "Вождь краснокожих", "Дороги, которые мы выбираем", "Голос большого города", "Меблированная комната" и многие другие. Наслаждайтесь!Текст рассказов представлен в оригинале — без адаптации и сокращений.

Margaret Erskine Wilson, late President of Kendal Natural History Society, was a keen amateur botanist and water-colourist. In 1999, she donated to the Society 150 sheets of water-colour paintings representing a thousand British and Irish plants in flower and in fruit, painted in situ over many years and in various places.At the time she donated the paintings to Kendal Natural History Society, she wrote:Begun in 1943/4 for a friend who said, 'I might learn the names of flowers if you drew them for me, in the months they're in flower'!The result is this beautiful, previously unpublished book of all her accurate and informative illustrations, painted over a period of 45 years.Over a thousand British and Irish flowers are represented in this book and it still today serves Margaret Erskine Wilson's original purpose ― it is an easy way to learn the names of our delicate and beautiful wild flowers.

Catalina Martнn desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancйe—will be there and eager to meet him.She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won’t be easy to fool.Enter Aaron Blackford — her tall, handsome, condescending colleague — who surprisingly offers to step in. She’d rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.

Based on Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama--Cover.

A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth.Read it.And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.