Best Crime Stories of the Year Volume 3
Best Crime Stories of the Year Volume 3
The Lincoln Highway: A Read with Jenna Pick (a Novel)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readers' Choice Best Book of the Century, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year 'Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.' --The New York Times Book Review 'A classic that we will read for years to come.' --Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club 'Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope.' --Bill Gates 'A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.' --NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to
Table for Two: Fictions
A New York Times Bestseller 'This may be Towles' best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef's main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.' --Los Angeles Times 'The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence. . . . Table for Two delivers the kick of a martini served in the Polo Lounge.' - The New York Times Book Review Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Told from seven points of view,
En gentleman i Moskva
Grev Alexander Rostov, hofjægermester og ridder af Skt. Andreasordenen, residerer allerede i suite 317 på Hotel Metropol i Moskva, da han i foråret 1922 bliver stillet for ’Hastekomitéen under folkets intendantur for indre anliggender’ anklaget for at have skrevet et digt (og for ikke at ville fralægge sig sine adelstitler). Det er i årene umiddelbart efter Den Russiske Revolution, og Rostov idømmes livslang husarrest på hotellet. Træder han uden for hoveddøren, vil han blive skudt ned på stedet. Alexander Rostov er en dannet og vidende mand med et ukueligt sind, men han har aldrig rørt en finger i hele sit liv. Nu skal han stige de 110 trin op til et lille hummer under loftet hver aften og ned igen hver morgen for at gå til hånde på hotellet. Det gør han i de næste fire årtier, og det kunne lyde som en trist skæbne. For grev Rostov bliver det en gave, og for de mange fantastiske mennesker omkring ham bliver det en fest.
Dzhentlmen v Moskve
Nekogda poet, graf Aleksandr Rostov v 1922-m popadaet pod tribunal kak vrag rabochego klassa. Vmesto vysshej mery nakazanija grafa otpravljajut v krajne neobychnuju ssylku - v otel 'Metropol', kotoryj on ne imeet prava pokidat. Sovsem. Vladelets bolshogo pomestja, nikogda v svoej zhizni ne rabotavshij, teper graf Rostov dolzhen prisposablivatsja i vyzhivat v novykh uslovijakh, nabljudaja za samymi strashnymi, povorotnymi sobytijami v nashej istorii. Postepenno Rostov osoznaet, chto dzhentlmeny byvshimi ne byvajut. Perevodchik Aleksej Andreev
A Gentleman In Moscow
On 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol. But instead of being taken to his usual suite, he is led to an attic room with a window the size of a chessboard. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. While Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval, the Count, stripped of the trappings that defined his life, is forced to question what makes us who we are. And with the assistance of a glamorous actress, a cantankerous chef and a very serious child, Rostov unexpectedly discovers a new understanding of both pleasure and purpose.
Rules of Civility
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow, a 'sharply stylish' (Boston Globe) book about a young woman in post-Depression era New York who suddenly finds herself thrust into high society--now with over one million readers worldwide On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society--where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. With its sparkling depiction of New York's social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.
Table For Two
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY AND RULES OF CIVILITY 'A knockout . . . Table for Two is a winner' NEW YORK TIMES 'There is no better writer working today' CHRIS ...
Table For Two
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories set in New York and Los Angeles The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In Towless novel, Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September, 1938, with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, Eve in Hollywood describes how Eve crafts a new future for herselfand othersin the midst of Hollywoods golden age. Throughout the stories, two characters often find themselves sitting across a table for two where the direction of their futures may hinge upon what they say to each other next.Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towless canon of stylish and transporting historical fiction.
A Gentleman in Moscow
The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers - A New York Times 'Readers' Choice: Best Books of the 21st Century' Pick From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it
Rules Of Civility
Rules Of Civility by Amor Towles is the unforgettable debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln HighwayIn a New York City jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey Kontent knew: * how to sneak into the cinema, and steal silk stockings from Bendel's * how to type eighty words a minute, five thousand an hour, and nine million a year * that if you can still lose yourself in a Dickens novel then everything is going to be fine By the end of the year she'll have learned: * how to live like a redhead and insist upon the very best * that chance encounters can be fated, and the word 'yes' can be a poison * that riches can turn to rags in the trip of a heartbeat . . . 'If the unthinkable happened and I could never read another new work of fiction . . . I'd simply re-read this sparkling, stylish book, with yet another round of martinis as dry as the author's wit' Herald'Terrific. A smart, witty, charming dry-martini of a novel' David Nicholls, author of One Day'Achingly stylish . . . A witty, slick production, replete with dark intrigue, period details, and a suitably Katharine Hepburn-like heroine' Guardian'A love letter to the city and the era . . . Towles creates a narrative that sparkles with sentences so beautiful you'll stop and re-read them' Stylist
The Lincoln Highway
In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett returns home to his younger brother Billy after serving fifteen months in a juvenile facility for involuntary manslaughter. They are getting ready to leave their old life behind and head out to sunny California. But they're not alone. Two runaways from the youth work farm, Duchess and Wolly, have followed Emmett all the way to Nebraska with a plan of their own, one that will take the four of them on an unexpected and fateful journey in the opposite direction - to New York City.
Lincoln Highway
Författaren till En gentleman i Moskva och Artighetsreglerna - mästaren av uppslukande romaner - är tillbaka med en elegant och driven tegelsten som utspelar sig i 50-talets Amerika.I juni 1954 körs artonårige Emmett Watson hem till Nebraska av fångvaktaren på arbetslägret där han precis avtjänat femton månader för ofrivilligt dråp. Hans mor är sedan länge ute ur bilden, hans far har nyligen gått bort, och familjegården är utmätt av banken. Emmetts plan är att ta med sin åttaårige lillebror, Billly, till Kalifornien för att börja om på nytt. Väl framme i Nebraska upptäcker Emmett att två av hans vänner från lägret har gömt sig i bagageutrymmet på fångvaktarens bil. Tillsammans har de gjort upp en helt annan plan för Emmetts framtid, en som kommer att ta dem på en ödesdiger resa i motsatt riktning: till New York City.Towles tredje roman utspelar sig under tio dagar och är berättad ur flera perspektiv. Med sin mångfacetterade litterära stil förser Towles läsaren med nya, fantastiskt välskildrade miljöer, karaktärer och teman.
En gentleman i Moskva
I juni 1922 eskorteras greve Alexander Rostov från en rättegångssal i Moskva till det fashionabla Hotell Metropol – beläget mittemot Kreml – där han under flera år bott i en lyxsvit. Han har stått åtalad för en dikt han skrivit och med nöd och näppe undgått dödsstraff; istället döms han till husarrest på obestämd tid och tvingas flytta till ett litet vindsrum på hotellet. Medan Sovjetunionen genomgår decennier av våldsamma omvälvningar försöker Rostov skapa en ny mening och ett annat
A Gentleman in Moscow
He can't leave his hotel. You won't want to. From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility-a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel. In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a da
Table For Two
Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Told from seven points of view, “Eve in Hollywood" describes how one of Towles’s most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility, crafts a new future for herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles. Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.
The Lincoln Highway
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post , Bill Gates and Barack Obama¿as a Best Book...
Table For Two
From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories set in New York and Los Angeles The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In Towless novel, Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September, 1938, with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, Eve in Hollywood describes how Eve crafts a new future for herselfand othersin the midst of Hollywoods golden age. Throughout the stories, two characters often find themselves sitting across a table for two where the direction of their futures may hinge upon what they say to each other next. Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towless canon of stylish and transporting historical fiction.
Rules of Civility
'The New York Times' bestselling novel that 'enchants on first reading and only improves on the second' ('The Philadelphia Inquirer') This sophisticated and entertaining first novel presents the story of a young woman whose life is on the brink of transformation. On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society--where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. With its sparkling depiction of New York's social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, 'Rules of Civility' won the hearts of readers and critics alike.
