Book Iconic Literature (6 Books Collection Set)
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What can happen in the most expensive five-star hotel in New Orleans within 5 days? For example, a change of ownership and management, a robbery, an attempted rape and bribery, a racial scandal, and many love affairs. The hotel manager Peter McDermott has to deal not only with the troubles in his own life, but also with the wishes of all the guests without exception. After all, it also depends on him whether the hotel will remain independent or become part of a large corporation...
Lincoln International Airport CEO Mel Bakersfeld didn't realise he was in a steep slope. Troubles at home were compounded by troubles at work: a Boeing 707 was stuck on one of the runways. Meanwhile, Trans America Flight Two begins to pick up passengers. The pilot does not even suspect that the only runway available for landing is the one blocked by the Boeing. But none of this matters when a man enters the airport planning to blow himself up on one of the flights. He has already put the explosives in his suitcase, he is already on board the plane...
Book 3. The Bridges of Madison County
Fall in love with one of the most beautiful and mysterious books in the world.
Fall in love with one of the most popular novels of all time - the legendary love story that became a favourite film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
She is a farmer's wife and mother of two. He is a lonely photographer who travels the world all the time and considers himself the last cowboy. They met by chance and immediately realised that they had been looking for each other for a long time. And when they found each other, they parted forever. Fate gave them only four days, and in this short time they managed to live a whole life full of the brightest moments.
"The Bridges of Madison County" is not just a love story. It's a story of people who, out of two selves, created a new being, a "we," and have never existed outside of it since.
Young and ambitious lawyer Kevin Taylor has never lost in court. This success opens the door to a Manhattan law firm run by John Milton. Once there, Kevin enjoys the American dream to the fullest. Now he and his wife have everything they ever wanted: money, a chauffeured limousine, and a luxurious apartment. Over time, Kevin notices an eerie pattern: all of the firm's clients are the worst, most violent representatives of the criminal underworld. And thanks to the lawyer's virtuosity and understanding of the grey areas of the law, they are all free. How long will Kevin play the game planned by Milton? And what will the young lawyer choose - money or conscience?
Patrick Bateman is an attractive, well-groomed and erudite young man. He is a successful investment banker who works on Wall Street and has a luxurious apartment. Patrick follows fashion and pop music and likes to gossip with his friends in Manhattan's elite restaurants. His life is a true American dream. However, this is only during the day. At night, the shy and somewhat cowardly man turns into a beast who enjoys torturing people and killing them in extremely perverse ways. How far will his own madness take him, and will anyone dare to stop him?
In 2001, based on this novel, director Darren Aronofsky made a film of the same name that became a cult favourite. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans.
Sarah, a lonely widow, watched every day on TV how people's lives suddenly changed for the better. They hit the jackpot. They were getting married. Sons were coming home. Everyone was happy. That's why, even at the risk of going without lunch for a week, she hurried to buy the TV back from the pawnshop where her son Harry had brought it again. Sarah couldn't live without her TV. And Harry could not live without his dose...
But one day everything will change: Sarah will receive a call from a TV show, Harry and his friend Tyrone will have an idea for their own business, and Harry's beloved girlfriend, the painter Marion, will pick up her brushes again. Their dream will become more real than anything else, the world will be in the palm of their hands, like a plate... The dream will only require a small, temporary concession. And then a requiem will be sung for those who betrayed their lives for the sake of a ghost and lost the human being in them.