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Iran looms large in the psyche of modern America. For decades, it has been “the enemy,” its government taunting us and attacking our Western, secular lifestyle. That is largely the Iranian government, however, not the Iranian people. Here’s the proof.

When Jamie Maslin decides to backpack the entire length of the Silk Road, he decides to travel first and plan later. Then, unexpectedly stranded in a country he’s only read about in newspapers, he decides to make the best of it—but wonders whether he’ll make it out alive. Maslin finds himself suddenly plunged into a subversive, contradictory world of Iranian subculture, where he is embraced by locals who are more than happy to show him the true Iran as they see it—the one where unmarried men and women mingle in Western clothes at secret parties, where alcohol (the possession of which is punishable by hand-amputation) is readily available on the black market, where Christian churches are national heritage sites, and where he discovers the real meaning of friendship, nationality, and hospitality.

This is a hilarious, charming, and astonishing account of one Westerner’s life-altering rambles across Iran that will leave you wondering what else you don’t know about Iran and its people. [24 color illustrations].

The new Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate percentage of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance between her and the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend America, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs — and wants — to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the charming college co-ed. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his charms, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’ apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

She had seen the unspeakable. She would learn the unknowable. Now, she would fight the invincible. In the third and final installment of the Providence series, Nina Grey will marry the wrong man, carry the child that was never supposed to be born, and fight a war she can't win. Faced with the impossible task of protecting his new wife and unborn child against the throes of Hell, Jared Ryel is allowed no mistakes. Pressured to return the Naissance de Demoniac to Jerusalem, he revisits St. Ann's to learn the answers were in front of him all along. Together, they must survive long enough to let their child save them — and the world.<

In the old world shadows of Providence, Rhode Island, Nina Grey finds herself the center of a war between Hell and Earth.

Struggling with her father’s recent death, Nina meets Jared Ryel by chance…or so she believes. Although his stunning good looks and mysterious talents are a welcome distraction, it soon becomes clear that Jared knows more about Nina than even her friends at Brown University. When questions outnumber answers, Jared risks everything to keep the woman he was born to save — by sharing the secret he was sworn to protect.

When her father’s former associates begin following her in the dark, Nina learns that her father is not the man she thought he was, but a thief who stole from demons. Searching for the truth behind her father’s death, Nina stumbles upon something she never expected — something Hell wants — and only she holds the key.

In the old world shadows of Providence, Rhode Island, Nina Grey finds herself the center of a war between Hell and Earth.

Struggling with her father’s recent death, Nina meets Jared Ryel by chance…or so she believes. Although his stunning good looks and mysterious talents are a welcome distraction, it soon becomes clear that Jared knows more about Nina than even her friends at Brown University. When questions outnumber answers, Jared risks everything to keep the woman he was born to save — by sharing the secret he was sworn to protect.

When her father’s former associates begin following her in the dark, Nina learns that her father is not the man she thought he was, but a thief who stole from demons. Searching for the truth behind her father’s death, Nina stumbles upon something she never expected — something Hell wants — and only she holds the key.

Jānis Mauliņš

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ANNELE

Redaktore Iluta Moldane-Greiškane Vāka dizains Andris Lamsters R. Zarriņa gleznas motīvs

Apgāds "Annele" sirsnīgi pateicas uzņēmējam Jānim Blaževičam par ierosmi un atbalstu vēsturisko romānu konkursa "Senatnes spogulis" rīkošanā, kā arī par atbalstu šīs grāmatas tapšanā.

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Una galería de turbadores personajes en situaciones inquitantes, unidos a una prosa de alta tensión, convierten esta colección de cuentos de Javier Marías en un libro tan fascinante e imprescindible como sus novelas más celebradas. En estos relatos podemos captar y saborear, como en un concentrado, lo que constituye el hechizo único de la prosa de Javier Marías.

Una galería de turbadores personajes en situaciones inquietantes, unidos a una prosa de alta tensión, convierten esta collección de cuentos de Javier Marías en un libro tan fascinante e imprescindible como sus novelas más celebradas.

"Marías es un talento sobrecogedor: su prosa es ambiciosa, irónica, filosófica y a la postre compasiva" Elizabeth Judd, New York Times Book Review.

"En estos relatos podemos captar y saborear, como en un concentrado, lo que constituye el hechizo único de la prosa de Javier Marías" Jean Pierre Ressot, La Quinzaine Littéraire

"Un libro admirable, que uno quisiera haber escrito" Guillermo Cabrera Infante, El País

"Una de las mejores novelas españolas del siglo XX" J.Ortega, Brown University

«La última vez que vi a Miguel Desvern o Deverne fue también la última que lo vio su mujer, Luisa, lo cual no dejó de ser extraño y quizá injusto, ya que ella era eso, su mujer, y yo era en cambio una desconocida…» Así comienza Los enamoramientos, la nueva novela de Javier Marías, consagrado como uno de los mejores novelistas contemporáneos. María Dolz, la protagonista de esta novela, sólo supo su nombre «cuando apareció su foto en el periódico, apuñalado y medio descamisado y a punto de convertirse en un muerto, si es que no lo era ya para su propia conciencia ausente que nunca volvió a presentarse: lo último de lo que se debió de dar cuenta fue de que lo acuchillaban por confusión y sin causa».<