Linda Bartošková Book order (chronological)

Co když máte na terapeutický rozhovor právě jen tu jednu hodinu? Nic víc, nic delšího, žádné pokračování? Může se během jedné hodiny člověk skutečně otevřít? A co terapeut, pojme během omezeného času to, co mu chce klient sdělit, a dospějí spolu k nějakému závěru? Kniha slavného psychologa a spisovatele nabízí příběhy, které se odehrály během jediného hodinového sezení, jež navíc proběhlo online. Mezi jeho klienty se objevují lidé z celého světa a během intenzivních hodin, kdy občas obě strany zápasí s připojením nebo nastavením mikrofonu, se odehrávají intimní a velmi osobní setkání. Irvin Yalom už totiž ve svém věku nemá co ztratit, a tak se jako jeho románový terapeut Ernest ze Lží na pohovce rozhodl pro upřímnou terapii. Nebude se před klienty schovávat, řekne jim o sobě i věci, které by jinak možná tajil. To jim pomůže otevřít během jedné jediné hodiny celé jejich srdce.

Druhá část třetího svazku lovecraftovský spisů Volání Cthulhu přináši vedle všemi již jistě napjatě očekávaného dokončení novely Případ Charlese Dextera Warda další povídky a příběhy z let 1927–1930. V dubnu 1926 se Lovecraft vrací z nemilovaného New Yorku zpět do rodné Providence a s novou tvůrčí energií píše jedny ze svých nejpůsobivější a čtenářsky nejpřitažlivější příběhů: Barva z kosmu je výjimečným propojením horou a science fiction, jejíž objevnost oceňoval i Stanisław Lem, Tamtéž představuje velmi vtipnou mystifikační hříčku, zatímco Hrůza v Dunwichi či Šepot v temnotách obohacují žánr strašidelných povídek o „mytický“ rozměr, který později jeho vydavatelé proslaví pod jménem mýtus Cthulhu. Svazek doplňuje i překlad studie Produktivní hnus od J. M. Fischera.

Aletta, má dcera je strhující román odehrávající se během druhé světové války. Je to příběh ženy, která nabídne útočiště židovskému sirotkovi určenému k deportaci, a její sestry, rozpolcené mezi loajalitou k rodině a vlastním bezpečím. Amsterdam, 1941. Zpěvačka Johanna s hrůzou sleduje, jak je jejím židovským přátelům nejprve zakázáno vystupovat a později jim jde i o život. Společně s manželem pomáhá organizovat „umělecký odboj“, podzemní síť umožňující Židům vystupovat na domácích koncertech pořádaných jejich spojenci. Manžel Johanniny sestry Liesbeth je ovšem přesvědčeným nacistickým stoupencem. Liesbeth navíc okouzlí člen nizozemské fašistické strany, čímž se nesnáze jen prohloubí. Jak mezi sestrami stále přibývají tajemství, narušují jejich kdysi nerozbitné pouto a obě jsou nuceny učinit rozhodnutí, která navždy změní jejich životy.

Opýtali ste sa niekedy samých seba: „Prečo som to urobil?“ Alebo: „Prečo jednoducho nedokážem ovládnuť svoje správanie?“ Možno ste sa zamysleli nad niekým iným: „Čo to je s ním? Prečo je taký?“Pri skúmaní vlastných emócií je ľahké skĺznuť do obviňovania samého seba a mať na seba aj na svoje okolie príliš vysoké požiadavky. Je však načase, aby sme si položili inú otázku. V hlboko osobných rozhovoroch ponúkajú Oprah Winfrey a psychiater a uznávaný odborník na psychologické traumy z detstva Dr. Bruce Perry prelomovú a dôležitú zmenu pohľadu – posun od otázky „Čo vám je?“ na „Čo sa vám stalo?“.Známa moderátorka sa v knihe podelí o príbehy zo svojej minulosti, pričom na vlastnej skúsenosti ilustruje zdravotné i psychické problémy, ktoré pramenia zo stretnutia s traumou a nepriaznivými podmienkami v mladom veku. V rozhovoroch sa s doktorom Perrym zameriavajú na pochopenie ľudí, ich správania a samých seba. Ide tu o jemný, ale významný posun v našom vnímaní traumy, ktorý nám pomôže porozumieť vlastnej minulosti a vyčistiť si cestu do budúcnosti, pretože nám umožní otvoriť dvere pre uzdravenie a postupné vybudovanie si duševnej odolnosti.

Sebrané spisy Howarda Phillipse Lovecrafta III/1 Příběhy a novely z let 1926 - 1927 Třetí svazek souborného beletristického díla H. P. Lovecrafta obsahuje povídky a romány z let 1926 - 1930, z autorova nejproduktivnějšího období. Vzhledem k jeho obsáhlosti je svazek rozdělen do dvou částí. Zároveň se čtenář mimo jiné seznámí s povídkou Volání Cthulhu, která stojí na počátku neutuchajícího zájmu o lovecraftovskou mytologii, jež ovlivňuje novou generaci autorů, pokračující v rozvíjení Lovecraftových bizarních motivů. Příběh Případ Charlese Dextera Warda, je přibližně v polovině přerušen, aby si i dnešní Lovecraftův obdivovatel mohl vychutnat rozpoložení čtenáře magazínu Weird Tales v roce 1941, který tehdy našel román rovněž rozdělený do dvou čísel a musel si celé dva měsíce počkat na pokračování.

From the million-copy bestselling author comes the true story of a deeply troubled young girl who is haunted by her past.

"A co-written project by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom, which describes their heartbreaking journey as a couple married 65 years facing the end of their long partnership. A longtime teacher and therapist on the subject of death anxiety, Dr. Yalom now confronts the loss of his wife and his own mortality. This book will offer wisdom from one of the foremost existential psychiatrists and illuminate the importance of relationships-friendship, family, and romantic-as we all age"--

„Tak běž. Jsou i jiné světy než tento.“ Vstupte znovu do světa Rolanda Deschaina – a světa Temné věže... Představuje se vám v podobě skvělého grafického románu, v němž se vám otevřou děsivá tajemství a strhující příběhy, patřící do mistrovského stěžejního díla temné fantasy od Stephena Kinga, jedničky na žebříčcích autorů bestsellerů New York…

"Were all just somebody else's kids . . . "A small seven-year-old boy who couldn't speak except to repeat weather forecasts and other people's words . . . A beautiful little girl of seven who had been brain damaged by terrible parental beatings and was so ashamed because she couldn't learn to read . . . A violently angry ten-year-old who had seen his stepmother murder his father and had been sent from one foster home to another . . . A shy twelve-year-old from a Catholic school which put her out when she became pregnant . . ."What do we matter?""Why do you care?"They were four problem children-put in Torey Hayden's class because no one else knew what to do with them. Together, with the help of a remarkable teacher who cared too much to ever give up, they became almost a family, able to give each other the love and understanding they had found nowhere else.

The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller featuring the story 'The Life of Chuck', adapted for film by Mike Flanagan, starring Tom Hiddleston and winner of the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival. News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin. Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realises there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins 'If It Bleeds', a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestselling THE OUTSIDER featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case - and also the riveting title story in Stephen King's brilliant new collection. Dancing alongside are three more wonderful long stories from this 'formidably versatile author' (The Sunday Times) - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat'. All four display the richness of King's storytelling with grace, humour, horror and breathtaking suspense. A fascinating Author's Note gives us a wonderful insight into the origin of each story and the writer's unparalleled imagination

From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes Lost Girl, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost little girl and an extraordinary educational psychologist's courage and determination. Jessie is nine years old and looks like the perfect little girl, with red hair, green eyes and a beguiling smile. She even has a talent for drawing gorgeous and intricate pictures. But Jessie also knows how to get her own way and will lie, scream, shout and hurt to get just exactly what she wants. Her parents say they can't take her back, and her social workers struggle to deal with her destructive behaviour and wild mood swings. After her chaotic passage through numerous foster placements, Jessie has finally received a diagnosis of an attachment disorder. Attachment disorders arise when children are deprived of the all-important close bonds with trustworthy adults that allow them to develop emotionally and thrive. Finally educational psychologist Torey Hayden is called in to help. Torey agrees to weekly meetings with Jessie to try and uncover why she is acting out. Torey's gentle care and attention reveal shocking truths behind Jessie's lies. Can Torey and the other social workers help to provide the consistent loving care that has so far been missing in Jessie's life, or will she push them away too?

'A quick, satisfying read . . . the sign of a master simply elevating his own legendary game yet again' USA Today In the small town of Castle Rock word gets around quickly. That's why Scott Carey only confides in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition. Every day he's losing weight - but without looking any different. Meanwhile a new couple, Deirdre and Missy, owners of a 'fine dining experience' in town, have moved in next door. Scott is not happy that their dogs keep fouling on his lawn. But as the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12K run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face. Soon, they forge a friendship which may just help him through his mysterious affliction...

Co dělat, když nám starosti přerůstají přes hlavu a máme dojem, že nejsme pány svého života? Stojí za to zkusit jednoduchá cvičení, která představují různé cesty, jak snížit stres a úzkost či bojovat s depresí. Lze je využít i v případě, kdy se snažíme o snížení váhy nebo bychom rádi skončili s kouřením. Kniha nabízí jednoduchá, ale nikoli banální cvičení založená na konceptu mindfulness. Drobné kroky, které neustále opakujeme a k nimž přidáváme další, nás postupně provedou změnami, jež povedou ke zlepšení našeho života. Trápí nás „mravenci v hlavě“ neboli nutkavé myšlenky? Neumíme se zklidnit a stále se nám honí hlavou, co musíme zařídit a jaké úkoly na nás čekají? Pak je dobré do svého života pustit všímavost. Knihu uvítají lidé, kteří trpí vnitřním neklidem, a samozřejmě též zájemci o mindfulness. Gary Hennessey se mindfulness věnuje více než 40 let a vyučuje je 35 let.

A new collection of four never-before-published stories from Stephen King. 1922 The story opens with the confession of Wilfred James to the murder of his wife, Arlette, following their move to Hemingford, Nebraska onto land willed to Arlette by her father. Big Driver Mystery writer, Tess, has been supplementing her writing income for years by doing speaking engagements with no problems. But following a last-minute invitation to a book club 60 miles away, she takes a shortcut home with dire consequences. Fair Extension Harry Streeter, who is suffering from cancer, decides to make a deal with the devil but, as always, there is a price to pay. A Good Marriage Darcy Anderson learns more about her husband of more than twenty years than she would have liked to know when she literally stumbles upon a box under a worktable in their garage.

Od uliček středověkého města Averoigne hemžících se upíry až po zářivé kupole posledního obydleného světadílu Zothique nás Clarke Ashton Smith, tento čaroděj světové fantastiky, provádí po zapomenutých říších nekromancie a nočních můr, ztracených světů a dalších dimenzí. V kouzelných krajích Hyperborey, Atlantidy a Xiccarphu se v záři blednoucích paprsků zapadajícího slunce setkáváme s ničivou magií, démonickými činy a zástupy nemrtvých… Dvousvazkové Vybrané spisy Clarka Ashtona Smithe (1893–1961) přinášejí vůbec první knižní překlady povídek tohoto spisovatele u nás. Smith, který spolu s H. P. Lovecraftem a Robertem E. Howardem patřil k tzv. „velké trojce“ autorů kultovní časopisu Weird Tales, sice prakticky přestal psát v roce 1937, ale zanechal po sobě jedinečné dílo, které se čirou silou své imaginace řadí po bok velikánů světové literatury – a to nejen v žánru sci-fi a fantasy.

After seeing the death of his lover Susan Delgado, Gunslinger Roland Deschain and his ka-tet Cuthbert and Alain are forced to flee into the desert with a deadly posse--the Big Coffin Hunters--in hot pursuit. Original.

A master storyteller at his best, O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King presents a generous collection of stories, including several brand-new ones, accompanied by insightful autobiographical comments on their creation. Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, King has captivated readers with his short fiction prowess. This new collection features recent stories that have never appeared in a book before, each introduced with reflections on their origins and his motivations. The stories explore thrilling connections and themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, and the desire to correct past mistakes. "Afterlife" tells of a man who, after dying of colon cancer, relives his life, repeating his errors. Many stories focus on characters at life's end, confronting their past actions. Others delve into the discovery of supernatural powers, such as a columnist who kills by writing obituaries in "Obits," and an old judge in "The Dune" who sees names in the sand of those destined to die in freak accidents. In "Morality," King examines how a marriage unravels after a couple enters what seems to be a winning devil's pact. Magnificent and eerie, these stories showcase one of King's finest gifts to his readers—crafted with care and intrigue.

V jiné galaxii, v jiné době. Stará Republika byla legendou, vzdálenou v čase i v prostoru. Za moudré vlády senátu a pod ochranou rytířů Jedi, Republika vzkvétala a rostla. Ale pak se vlády v galaxii zmocnili nelítostní zloduši. Rytíři Jedi byli vyhlazeni a Impérium krutě potlačuje jakoukoliv touhu po svobodě. Jedinou šancí povstalců jsou ukradené plány k Hvězdě smrti, nejmocnější zbrani Impéria. Mladý Luke Skywalker se na své farmě nudí k smrti a sní o dobrodružstvích ve vzdálených galaxiích. Osudová zpráva od princezny Lei, která se k němu náhodou dostane, mu život změní od základu. Jak ale může statečný Luke zachránit princeznu, najít plány a pomoci povstalcům svrhnout proradné Impérium?

Ilustrované vydání. Před dávnými časy, v předaleké galaxii... Dobrodružství Luka Skywalkera pokračuje! Vydává se najít mistra Yodu, který mu má pomoci stát se rytířem Jedi. Lukovi přátelé se ale mezitím ocitnou v nebezpečí. Luke se je i přes varování mistra Yody vydává zachránit. Utká se přitom se samotným Darth Vaderem! A ten mu odhalí šokující pravdu...

Class is back in session at Ever After High! Bump destinies with your favorite fairytale friends and embark on a new spellbinding adventure. Will it be with the reigning Royals, like alpha-queen-to-be Apple White and adventurista Briar Beauty? Or with the restless Rebels, like the wicked cool Raven Queen and the lone wolf Cerise Hood?Princes, princesses, and wicked queens-oh my! Your happily forever after starts now in this totally legendary third book by bestselling author Shannon Hale!

It was a dark time for the Rebel Alliance...Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, has been delivered into the hands of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Determined to rescue him, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian launch a hazardous mission against Jabba's Tatooine stronghold.Now, in the most exciting chapter of the STAR WARS saga, the Rebel commanders have gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada. And Darth Vader, who has ordered construction to begin on a new and even more powerful Death Star, makes his plans to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all.

Stephen King presents “a fresh adrenaline rush of terror” (People) in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller! The new minister came to Harlow, Maine, when Jamie Morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front lawn. The young Reverend Charles Jacobs and his beautiful wife brought new life to the local church and captivated their congregation. But with Jamie, he shares a secret obsession—a draw so powerful, it would have profound consequences five decades after the shattering tragedy that turned the preacher against God, and long after his final, scathing sermon. Now Jamie, a nomadic rock guitarist hooked on heroin, meets Charles Jacobs again. And when their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, Jamie discovers that the word revival has many meanings….

From the Flap: Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer traveled to a parallel universe called The Territories to save his mother and her Territories "twinner" from a premature and agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearly nonexistent hamlet of Tamarack, WI. He has no recollection of his adventures in the Territories and was compelled to leave the police force when an odd, happenstance event threatened to awaken those memories. When a series of gruesome murders occur in western Wisconsin that are reminiscent of those committed several decades earlier by a real-life madman named Albert Fish, the killer is dubbed "The Fisherman" and Jack's buddy, the local chief of police, begs Jack to help his inexperienced force find him. But is this merely the work of a disturbed individual, or has a mysterious and malignant force been unleashed in this quiet town? What causes Jack's inexplicable waking dreams, if that is what they are, of robins' eggs and red feathers? It's almost as if someone is trying to tell him something. As that message becomes increasingly impossible to ignore, Jack is drawn back to the Territories and to his own hidden past, where he may find the soul-strength to enter a terrifying house at the end of a deserted track of forest, there to encounter the obscene and ferocious evils sheltered within it.

In a terrifying trip across America, young Jack Sawyer is searching for the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape.

A cat-and-mouse suspense thriller featuring Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is tormented by 'the Mercedes massacre', a case he never solved. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of that notorious crime, has sent Hodges a taunting letter. Now he's preparing to kill again. Each starts to close in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time.

Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland strays from the path while she and her recently divorced mother and brother take a hike along a branch of the Appalachian Trail. Lost for days, wandering farther and farther astray, Trisha has only her portable radio for comfort. A huge fan of Tom Gordon, a Boston Red Sox relief pitcher, she listens to baseball games and fantasizes that her hero will save her. Nature isn't her only adversary, though - something dangerous may be tracking Trisha through the dark woods.

It is a story within a story, which features both the younger and older gunslinger Roland on his quest to find the Dark Tower. Fans of the existing seven books in the series will also delight in discovering what happened to Roland and his ka-tet between the time they leave the Emerald City and arrive at the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis.This Russian Doll of a novel, visits Mid-World's last gunslinger, Roland Deschain, and his ka-tet as a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. Roland tells a tale from his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt ridden year following his mother's death. Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape shifter, a 'skin man,' Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast's most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Book of Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, 'The Wind through the Keyhole.' 'A person's never too old for stories,' he says to Bill. 'Man and boy, girl and woman, we live for them.' And stories like these, they live for us.

Evidence indicates that Thad Beaumont whose novels seem to be the product of a twisted imagination, may just be quilty of a series of monstrous murders. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

It's a bright Autumn morning in the small town of Chester's Mill. Claudette Sanders is having a flying lesson and Dale Barbara is hitching a ride out of town. Neither make it to their intended destinations, for an invisible barrier has descended over the town.

This a pivotal instalment in the epic saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland's life. In the next part of their journey to the tower, Roland and his band of followers face adversity from every side: Susannah Dean has been taken over by a demon-mother and uses the power of Black Thirteen to get from the Mid-World New York City. But who is the father of her child? And what role will the Crimson King play? Roland sends Jake to break Susannah's date with destiny, while he himself uses 'the persistence of magic' to get to Maine in the Summer of 1977. It is a terrible world: for one thing it is real and bullets are flying. For another, it is inhabited by the author of a novel called 'SALEM'S LOT. SONG OF SUSANNAH is driven by revelation and by suspense. It continues THE DARK TOWER series seamlessly from WOLVES OF THE CALLA and the dramatic climax will leave readers desperate to read the quest's conclusion.

Wolves of the Calla continues the adventures of Roland, the Last Gunslinger and survivor of a civilized world that has "moved on." Roland's quest is ka, an inevitable destiny -- to reach and perhaps save the Dark Tower, which stands at the center of everywhere and everywhen. This pursuit brings Roland, with the three others who've joined his quest to Calla Bryn Sturgis, a town in the shadow of Thunderclap, beyond which lies the Dark Tower. Before advancing, however, they must face the evil wolves of Thunderclap, who threaten to destroy the Calla by abducting its young.

This volume is a collection of 14 short stories written by Stephen King. These tales that include the much-touted Internet-download phenomenon, "Riding the Bullet"; "The Little Sisters of Eluria," a Dark Tower prequel; the novella-length title story; and "L.T's Theory of Pets," King's personal favorite within the group, which was previously available only in audio. Not only do the action-based plots and engaging narratives hold up well within the realm of King's work, but tales like the 1996 O. Henry Award-winning Nathaniel Hawthorne homage, "The Man in the Black Suit," show us King at his literary best. An added bonus for fans is King's story-by-story annotation, in which he chronicles the event, thought, or image that served as his creative impetus

With the addition of fifty pages of material deleted from the 1975 manuscript as well as material that has since been modified by King, an introduction by him, and two short stories related to the events of the novel, this edition represents the text as the author envisioned it. It also features photographs by photographer Jerry Uelsmann.

*Soon to be an Apple TV+ limited series starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen* Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark. Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure. Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality. Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.

Tom Clancy Takes Us Back To A Formative Episode In The Life Of John Kelly, A Character Familiar To His Many Readers As Cia Legend Mr Clark, In His Seventh No 1 Bestselling Thriller Now Reissued With A New Cover. It Is 1970. Back In The Us After Serving As A Navy Seal In Vietnam, John Kelly Meets A Woman Who Will Change His Life Forever. She Has Recently Escaped From A Nightmare World Of Unimaginable Suffering, Yet Before They Can Plan A Future Together, The Horrors Of Her Past Reach Out To Snatch Her From Him. Kelly Vows To Gain Revenge But Finds There Are Others Who Have Need Of His Deadly Skills. In Washington A High-Risk Operation Is Being Planned To Rescue A Key Group Of Prisoners From A Pow Camp Deep Within North Vietnam. Kelly Has His Own Mission; The Pentagon Want Him For Theirs. As He Attempts To Juggle The Two, He Must Step Into A Netherworld As Perilous As Any He Has Ever Known From Which He May Never Return&

Stephen King returns to the Dark Tower with the fourth volume in his series. Roland, The Last Gunslinger, and his band of followers have narrowly escaped one world, and slipped into the next. It is here that Roland tells them a long-ago tale of love and adventure involving a beautiful and quixotic woman named Susan Delgado.

HEARTS IN ATLANTIS comprises five brilliant, interconnected, sequential narratives, each deeply rooted in the 60s and haunted by the Vietnam War: In 'Low Men in Yellow Coats' 11-year-old Bobby discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror. In the title story, a bunch of college kids get hooked on a card game, discover the possibility of protest ... and confront their own collective heart of darkness. In 'Blind Willie' and 'Why We're in Vietnam', two men who grew up with Bobby in suburban Connecticut try to fill the emptiness of the post-Vietnam era. And in 'Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling' Bobby returns to his hometown where one final secret, the hope of redemption, and his heart's desire may await him.

On falling in love with a woman half his age, novelist Michael Noonan of Maine is drawn into a custody battle for the woman's daughter. The father-in-law, a nasty millionaire, is trying to take the girl away and to complicate matters malevolent spirits are at work. Part love, part ghost story

Stephen King returns to the Dark Tower in this second mesmerizing volume in his epic series. Roland of Gilead has mysteriously stepped through a doorway in time that takes him to 1980s America, where he joins forces with the defiant Eddie Dean and courageous Odetta Holmes. A savage struggle has begun in which underworld evil and otherworldly enemies conspire to bring an end to Roland's desperate search for the Dark Tower. Masterfully weaving dark fantasy and icy realism, The Drawing of the Three compulsively propels readers toward the next chapter. (back cover)

The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba, due in cinemas August 18, 2017. 'The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.' The iconic opening line of Stephen King's groundbreaking series, The Dark Tower, introduces one of his most enigmatic and powerful heroes: Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. Roland is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey toward the mysterious Dark Tower, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own. On his quest, Roland begins a friendship with a kid from New York named Jake, encounters an alluring woman and faces an agonising choice between damnation and salvation as he pursues the Man in Black. JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWER... THE DARK TOWER SERIES: THE DARK TOWER I: THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV: WIZARD AND GLASS THE DARK TOWER V: WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI: SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII: THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE: A DARK TOWER NOVEL

Konečně jsou tady – autoři a jejich světy, jež si získávají miliony dychtivých čtenářů. Nyní přicházejí ve dvou svazcích a vracejí se do zvláštních a podmanivých míst, do kterých zasazují nový příběh, jež doplňuje a dokresluje jejich nejslavnější díla. Mnoho příběhů se odvíjí v dřívější minulosti těchto fantasy světů a vrhá nové světlo na příběhy již proslavené. Jiné sledují známé dějové linie, ale odehrávají se stranou hlavních událostí. Stephen King vypráví příběh o pistolníkovi Rolandovi v zemi Temné věže. Terry Goodkind líčí historii Hranice mezi královstvími ve světě Meče pravdy. Robert Silverberg se vrací do Majipooru a k dobrodružství lorda Valentina ve starobylé hrobce. Tad Williams vypráví zlověstný a fascinující příběh o hradě Asu'a odehrávající se před dějem cyklu Jasný osten, Žal a Trn, a konečně Ursula K. Le Guin doplňuje svou již slavnou ságu o Zeměmoří a vypráví o ženě, která toužila naučit se kouzlům. Editor Robert Silverberg.

An apocalyptic drama of good and evil, madness and revelation, this is a novel of modern horror and suspense.

Wentworth, Ohio: a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets in the E-Z shop and writer Johnny Marinville is the only resident who minds his own business. On Poplar Street, apart from the impending storm, it's just a normal summer's day - with frisbees flying, law mowers humming and barbeques grilling. As the paperboy makes his round, he is unaware of the chrome red van idling up the hill. Soon the residents will be caught up in a game of wills as the regulators arrive in force to face a child whose powers of expression are just awakening...

An age of heroes is dawning ...The time has come for the wolves of Europe to take back their ancient Heartland. For centuries is has been corrupted and poisoned by the Mennen and by the evil Magyar wolf-pack. Only by reclaiming it can the true gods be reborn and the natural order restored. All over Europe, wolves are beginning the quest in anser to a mystical summons. Together they become the Wolves of Time. Together they will herald a new age...

Disillusioned by his job in the publicity department at the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills theme park, burnt-out reporter Joe Winder finds the story of a lifetime when the last two blue-tongued mango voles left on earth are stolen

The king is dead, murdered by a strange and horrible poison. But while the land of Delain mourns, the magician Flagg, unscrupulous, greedy and powerful, plots. Soon the king's oldest son, Peter is imprisoned at the top of a high tower, the Needle, for his father's murder, while his younger brother Thomas inherits the throne. Only Peter knows the truth of his own innocence, and the truth of the evil that is Flagg. And only Peter can save Delain from the horror Flagg has in store. He has a plan, but it is dangerous and desperate and if he fails there will be no second chance. And all the while, Flagg's words echo in his mind: "I'll carry your head on my saddle-horn for a thousand years. Here I come, Peter! Coming for your head!" (back cover)

Deset povídek. Za jedním domem na anglickém venkově je les, který je plný kostí – ale i mytág, tajemných bytostí stvořených z lidské fantazie, jimž kosti kdysi patřily, než si je les, který je zrodil, zase vzal zpět. Chlapci Christian a Steven Huxleyovi, kteří v tom domě žijí, jsou svědky toho, jak jejich otec, který se snaží les vědecky zkoumat, jeho zhoubnému kouzlu nenávratně propadá a stává se postupně někým, kdo je ochoten přinést své posedlosti na oltář cokoli, včetně své rodiny. Vedle novely, která předchází ději jedinečné románové série o Ryhopském lese, přináší sbírka Les kostí další příběhy prostoupené jedinečnou atmosférou a poetikou, kterou dokázal Robert Holdstock svým příběhům vdechnout. Opět v nich ožívají prastaré rituály, čímsi povědomé a zároveň děsivé vším, co bylo dávno zapomenuto. Nové české vydání uvozuje předmluva anglického spisovatele Garryho Kilwortha a těšit se můžete rovněž na česky dosud nevydanou Holdstockovu povídku, ukázky jeho básnické tvorby a na závěr také na fascinující novelu Trnatec. -- zdroj: legie.info --

Kniha nás zavede do 2. tisíciletí př. n. l. starověkého Egypta. Ve dvou časových rovinách v ní sledujeme vyprávění starce Menenheteta, který prožil čtyři životy a důvěrně poznal zejména jednoho z nejvýznamnějších egyptských faraonů Ramesse II. Menenhetetův příběh otvírá pohled nejen na historické události tehdejší doby, jako např. slavnou bitvu u Kadeše, ale jeho prostřednictvím pronikneme i do složitého světa všudypřítomných egyptských bohů či do tehdejších sexuálních zvyklostí. Kniha je tak nejen prostým vyprávěním o osudech jednoho hrdiny, ale stává se barvitým, pečlivě vykresleným obrazem každodenního života a myšlení starých Egypťanů.

"The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels." So says John Berry, son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of eccentric siblings, and chronicler of the lives lived, the loves experienced, the deaths met, and the myriad strange and wonderful times encountered by the family Berry. Hoteliers, pet-bear owners, friends of Freud (the animal trainer and vaudevillian, that is), and playthings of mad fate, they "dream on" in a funny, sad, outrageous, and moving novel by the remarkable author of A Son of the Circus and A Prayer for Owen Meany. "Like Garp, [THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE] is a startlingly original family saga that combines macabre humor with Dickensian sentiment and outrage at cruelty, dogmatism and injustice." --Time "Rejoice! John Irving has written another book according to your world....You must read this book." --Los Angeles Times "Spellbinding...Intensely human...A high-wire act of dazzling virtuosity." --Cosmopolitan

This novel begins five years after the events of the The Return of the Jedi. The new Republic is threatened by a traitor within the highest Republic Council and by Grand Admiral Thrawn, the Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord, who has taken control of the remains of the Imperial Fleet.

It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment--find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!

To Your Scattered Bodies Go is the Hugo Award-winning beginning to the story of Riverworld, Philip José Farmer's unequaled tale about life after death. When famous adventurer Sir Richard Francis Burton dies, the last thing he expects to do is awaken naked on a foreign planet along the shores of a seemingly endless river. But that's where Burton and billions of other humans (plus a few nonhumans) find themselves as the epic Riverworld saga begins. It seems that all of Earthly humanity has been resurrected on the planet, each with an indestructible container that provides three meals a day, cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, a lighter, and the odd tube of lipstick. But why? And by whom? That's what Burton and a handful of fellow adventurers are determined to discover as they construct a boat and set out in search of the river's source, thought to be millions of miles away. Although there are many hardships during the journey--including an encounter with the infamous Hermann Goring--Burton's resolve to complete his quest is strengthened by a visit from the Mysterious Stranger, a being who claims to be a renegade within the very group that created the Riverworld. The stranger tells Burton that he must make it to the river's headwaters, along with a dozen others the Stranger has selected, to help stop an evil experiment at the end of which humanity will simply be allowed to die. --Craig E. Engler

The Riverworld, a vast, seemingly artificial planet crisscrossed by a river valley millions of kilometers long, serves as a site of rebirth for humanity. Every human being who has walked the Earth in the last two million years finds themselves naked on the riverbank after death. However, the Riverworld is not a paradise but a hell. Power struggles and brutality abound. Those enslaved and tormented who attempt to end their miserable existence through suicide awaken the next day reborn at another point along the river. There is no escape. Yet, the Riverworld holds its own allure and unforeseen possibilities for those willing to accept the challenge of venturing to the river's sources and uncovering the secrets of the alien race capable of such grand designs. Mark Twain and John Lackland, the giant Neanderthal Joe Miller, the French adventurer Cyrano de Bergerac, and the fighter pilot Baron von Richthofen join forces to realize Mark Twain's dream: to build a great riverboat and travel upstream. A colossal task with the primitive means available, and a nearly insurmountable social and political challenge.

Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan The adventures of Luke Skywalker did not end with the destruction of the Death Star. Though the Rebel Alliance won a significant battle, the war against the Empire has only just begun. Several months have passed, and the Rebels have established a hidden outpost on the frozen wasteland of Hoth. But even on that icy backwater planet, they cannot escape the evil Darth Vader’s notice for long. Soon Luke, Han, Princess Leia, and their faithful companions will be forced to flee, scattering in all directions—with the Dark Lord’s minions in fevered pursuit.