Arthur Hailey

Vecherinka "zolotoj molodezhi" zakonchilas bolshoj bedoj...Titulovannyj inostranets sluchajno sovershil prestuplenie - i ischet vozmozhnosti ujti ot otveta...Doch millionera, spasennaja iz ruk nasilnikov, vljubljaetsja v svoego spasitelja...Net, eto ne detektiv. Eto prosto povsednevnaja zhizn gigantskogo, roskoshnogo otelja. Zdes delajutsja karery. Zdes razbivajutsja serdtsa. Zdes sovershajutsja sdelki i zarabatyvajutsja dengi.Zdes prosto zhivut...

Neobychnyj roman dlja Artura Khejli - blistatelnyj psikhologicheskij triller, v kotorom manjak-ubijtsa ispoveduetsja pered detektivom, slovno pered svjaschennikom, a detektiv, byvshij kogda-to svjaschennikom, ne v silakh narushit tajnu ispovedi... Zato teper on mozhet raskryt dvojnoe ubijstvo, kotoroe ego kollegi otnesli k beznadezhnym "visjakam", i nameren sdelat eto vo chto by to ni vstalo...

Dejstvie romana proiskhodit v krupnom otele Novogo Orleana. Zdes vse: ot gornichnoj do obitatelej prezidentskogo ljuksa - polny ambitsij i nadezhd. Zdes kazhdyj den razygryvajutsja chelovecheskie dramy i zavjazyvajutsja romanticheskie otnoshenija. Zdes kipjat strasti i narushajutsja zakony. Chim-to otchajannym nadezhdam suzhdeno sbytsja, a chi-to tschatelno produmannye plany rushatsja v schitanye sekundy. V finale proiskhodit strashnaja tragedija, unesshaja zhizni postojaltsev i sotrudnikov otelja. No vsledstvie etoj katastrofy nastupaet perelom v zhizni i otnoshenijakh ostalnykh geroev romana.

Bolnitsa. Udivitelnyj zamknutyj mir, gde lechat i spasajut ljudej ot smerti. Zdes kazhduju sekundu nado byt gotovym k skhvatke za zhizn cheloveka.Zdes kipjat neshutochnye strasti, ved vrachi i medsestry - muzhchiny i zhenschiny - sposobny na ljubov i predatelstvo, na smertelnyj risk radi vysshej tseli - i na kholodnye intrigi radi karery. Oni vrazhdujut i druzhat, vstupajut v melkie "mezhdousobnye vojny" - i snova obedinjajutsja, esli na kartu postavlena sudba patsienta...

Serija "Legko chitaem po-anglijski" - eto samye luchshie proizvedenija samykh luchshikh avtorov, adaptirovannye dlja raznykh urovnej znanija anglijskogo jazyka. Nashi adaptatsii pomogajut poznakomitsja s populjarnymi proizvedenijami mirovoj literatury na jazyke originala. Gorod, gde nakhoditsja krupnejshij aeroport, neozhidanno nakryvaet snezhnyj buran, poetomu vse sluzhby rabotajut v ekstrennom rezhime. Perezhivanija i konflikty geroev, nakhodjaschikhsja vzaperti, po svoej sile okazyvajutsja sravnimy so shtormom, bushujuschim snaruzhi. Dlja udobstva chitatelja tekst soprovozhdaetsja kommentarijami i kratkim slovarem. Prednaznachaetsja dlja prodolzhajuschikh izuchat anglijskij jazyk (uroven 4 - Upper-Intermediate).

Neobychnyj roman dlja Artura Khejli - blistatelnyj psikhologicheskij triller, v kotorom manjak-ubijtsa ispoveduetsja pered detektivom, slovno pered svjaschennikom, a detektiv, byvshij kogda-to svjaschennikom, ne v silakh narushit tajnu ispovedi... Zato teper on mozhet raskryt dvojnoe ubijstvo, kotoroe ego kollegi otnesli k beznadezhnym "visjakam", i nameren sdelat eto vo chto by to ni stalo...

"Aeroport" - roman-bestseller Artura Khejli, vyshedshij v 1968 godu. Vymyshlennyj gorod, gde nakhoditsja krupnejshij aeroport, neozhidanno nakryvaet snezhnyj buran, poetomu vse sluzhby rabotajut v ekstrennomrezhime.Na sotrudnikov aeroporta obrushivaetsja odna problema za drugoj, nachinaja ot sginuvshej neponjatno gde mashiny s produktami do strashnoj avarii na bortu odnogo iz samoletov. A ko vsemu prochemudobavljajutsja obostrivshiesja lichnye problemy geroev, ikh slozhnye dushevnye dramy - vot v takoj zaputannyj klubok sjuzhetnykh linij zavjazhetsja dejstvie romana, umestivsheesja v odin pjatnichnyj vecher.Po romanu "Aeroport" v 1970 godu byl snjat film s veduschimi gollivudskimi akterami - desjat nominatsij na premiju "Oskar"! Posle etoj ekranizatsii vyshli esche tri sikvela.

Mir gigantskoj avtomobilnoj kompanii. Mir, podobnyj sovershennomu, bezuprechnomu mekhanizmu. I ljudi zdes podobny detaljam slozhnogo mekhanizma. Odnako i tut ikh poroj razdirajut burnye strasti - zhazhda ljubvi i uspekha, deneg i vlasti. No kogda strasti perekhlestyvajut cherez kraj, sluchitsja mozhet chto ugodno, a idealnyj mekhanizm mozhet dat sboj...

Samyj bolshoj i samyj shikarnyj Otel Novogo Orleana. Zdes vse - ot gornichnoj do obitatelej prezidentskogo "ljuksa" - polny ambitsij i nadezhd. Zdes kazhdyj den razygryvajutsja chelovecheskie dramy i zavjazyvajutsja romanticheskie otnoshenija. Zdes kipjat strasti i narushajutsja zakony. Chim-to otchajannym nadezhdam suzhdeno sbytsja, a chi-to tschatelno produmannye plany prevraschajutsja v prakh za schitannye chasy...

Zakulisnye igry i intrigi, korruptsija i otchajannyj risk, lichnaja predannost i supruzheskie izmeny. Vse eto - zhizn politikov iz "vysshikh sfer" vlasti. Imenno ot nikh zavisit, kto i kak budet vershit sudby millionov ljudej, kakim stanet mir uzhe zavtra i dazhe to, kak otrazitsja ocherednaja razdutaja zhurnalistami sensatsija na zhizni kazhdogo iz nas...

Bank. Mir, gde, kazalos by, krome deneg, ne suschestvuet voobsche nichego. Ljubov i druzhba, vernost i predatelstvo, porjadochnost i lovkost - chto v prioritete u sovremennykh menjal - professionalnykh bankirov? Ljudi mogut intrigovat, lgat, krast, lomat svoi i chuzhie zhizni - eto ne imeet rovno nikakogo znachenija, poka stoit finansovaja imperija.No esli imperija odnazhdy zashataetsja - chto togda?!

Bolnitsa. Udivitelnyj zamknutyj mir, gde lechat i spasajut ljudej ot smerti. Zdes kazhduju sekundu nado byt gotovym k skhvatke za zhizn cheloveka. Zdes kipjat neshutochnye strasti, ved vrachi i medsestry -muzhchiny i zhenschiny - sposobny na ljubov i predatelstvo, na smertelnyj risk radi vysshej tseli - i na kholodnye intrigi radi karery. Oni vrazhdujut i druzhat, vstupajut v melkie "mezhdousobnye vojny" - i snova obedinjajutsja, esli na kartu postavlena sudba patsienta...

Oni - vrachi. Khoroshie vrachi... Slishkom khoroshie, chtoby ne byt absoljutno chestnymi... Chtoby ne poterjat bolshuju ljubov... Chtoby ne izbezhat vechnykh neprijatnostej... Chtoby ne stradat i ne muchitsja iz-za chuzhoj boli... ...I vrachi stanovjatsja gerojami. Ljudmi, nakhodjaschimi vykhod iz bezvykhodnykh situatsij. Potomu chto muzhestvo vracha - eto samoe silnodejstvujuschee lekarstvo.

When Crawford Sloane's wife, son and elderly father are mysteriously kidnapped, his life turns upside down.As CBA-TV's most celebrated and popular newscaster, he has become a prime target for terrorists.While the TV network is held to ransom, Sloane decides to launch his own rescue mission, and asks Harry Partridge, his colleague and competitor since the days they covered the war in Vietnam together, to head the operation.This is the most perilous assignment either has ever undertaken, and in an uneasy partnership, it will require all their professional and emotional strength.For Jessica, Crawford's wife, is the only woman Harry has ever loved...The Evening News sweeps from the battle between profit and ethics in the boardrooms and newsrooms of New York, to the clash of idealism and brutality in the jungles of South America, from an FBI investigation of a tragic crime, to a Florida-bound jet carrying a most unusual human cargo.

Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie of the Miami police homicide department is about to take a well-earned family holiday when he is called away on an urgent mission. A criminal on Death Row with only a few hours to live before being sent to the electric chair has requested that Ainslie hear his confession.

Vecherinka "zolotoj molodezhi" zakanchivaetsja bolshoj bedoj... Titulovannyj inostranets sluchajno sovershaet prestuplenie - i pytaetsja ujti ot otveta... Doch millionera, spasennaja iz ruk nasilnikov, vljubljaetsja v svoego spasitelja... Net, eto ne detektiv. Eto - povsednevnaja zhizn gigantskogo, roskoshnogo otelja, gde vozmozhno vse...

Cold-blooded politics, naked power, and raw terror behind the scenes. Murder in New York, terror in South America, bloody riots in Eastern Europe. That's the evening news as calmly reported by top TV anchorman Crawford Sloane . . . until his own life is torn apart in one dramatic moment. For when terrorists snatch his family, no one knows better than Sloane how slim are the chances of getting them back alive. Now their fate depends on Sloane's rival, ace reporter Harry Partridge, on a beautiful and ruthless network CEO, and on Sloane's determination to track the kidnappers down from New York to Columbia to the Peruvian Andes and a final heart-stopping climax of danger and death."

Miracle drugs save lives and ease suffering, but for profit-motivated companies the miracle is the money they generate . . . at any cost. Billions of dollars in profits will make men and women do many things lie, cheat, even kill. Now, one beautiful woman will be caught in the cross fire between ethics and profits. As Celia Jordan's fast-track career sweeps her into the highest circles of an international drug company, she begins to discover the sins and secrets hidden in the research lab . . . and in the marketplace. Now the company's powerful new drug promises a breakthrough in treating a deadly disease. But Celia Jordan knows it may deliver a nightmare."