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"England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tasting alligators in Peru, escaping bandits in Persia and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic forty-five-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet. And to add to these indignities - she's now a Lady. Lady Eleanor, as she would prefer not to be known, reluctantly returns to her uncle's home, Henley Hall. Now Lord Henley is gone, she is the owner of the cold and musty manor. What's a girl to do? Well, befriend the household dog, Gladstone, for a start, and head straight out for a walk in the English countryside, even though a storm is brewing... But then, from the edge of a quarry, through the driving rain, Eleanor is shocked to see a man shot and killed in the distance. Before she can climb down to the spot, the villain is gone and the body has vanished. With no victim and the local police convinced she's stirring up trouble, Eleanor vows to solve this affair by herself. And when her brakes are mysteriously cut, one thing seems sure: someone in this quiet country town has Lady Eleanor Swift in their murderous sights..."--Publisher description

More than a thriller, a gripping high stakes human drama with a chilling 'What If' premise from master storyteller Ken Follett.

Už je to tady, přinášíme česky doposud nevydané muminí komiksy! Druhý muminí omnibus obsahuje první třetinu patnáctiletého kralování Larse Janssona v úloze tvůrce komiksových stripů. Od roku 1960 předala Tove pochodeň svému bratrovi, aby se mohla věnovat jiným uměleckým projektům. V době svého největšího rozmachu vycházel Muminek ve více než 40 zemích a přibližně ve 120 novinách. Denně jej četlo přes 20 milionů čtenářů, což z něj činí nejúspěšnější finský komiks všech dob. Návdavkem se s vámi Sophia Janssonová, dcera Larse a kreativní ředitelka a předsedkyně představenstva společnosti Moomin Characters, podělí o své vzpomínky na vyrůstání ve světě muminků.

Sebrané muminí spisy patří k povinné zimní i letní výbavě každého komiksového fanouška (o obdivovatelích Tove Janssonové se asi nemusíme vůbec zmiňovat). Vzhledem k tomu, že první vydání je z větší části dávno vyprodané, přinášíme muminí omnibus, který obsahuje všech pět knih, které doposud česky vyšly. Čeká vás opravdická nálož muminích stripů, které vycházely v britských novinách (původně Evening News) mezi lety 1954–1975. Autorka je na zakázku kreslila přímo pro britský trh, ale na samém vrcholu muminí kariéry stripy vycházely ve více než 40 zemích a přebíralo je 120 periodik s celkovým nákladem 20 milionů výtisků denně. České noviny mezi nimi bohužel nebyly ani jedny. Tato kniha obsahuje první polovinu celkového objemu existujících muminích stripů. Druhou, česky doposud nevydanou polovinu, připravujeme v další, stejně objemné knize.

State of Terror is a critically acclaimed, Sunday Times and number one New York Times Bestseller; it is an edge of your seat international political thriller by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny.

Sophie Hardach is here to guide us through the strange and wonderful ways that humans have used languages throughout history. She takes us from the earliest Mesopotamian clay tablets and the 'book cemeteries' of medieval synagogues to the first sounds a child hears in their mother's womb and their incredible capacity for language learning. Along the way, Hardach explores the role of trade in transmitting words across cultures and untangles riddles of hieroglyphics, cuneiform and the ancient scripts of Crete and Cyprus. This is a book about languages, the people who love them and the linguistic threads that connect us all.

"An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But she's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to celebrate her estranged brother's recent engagement, she has no choice but to accept. Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge. Though it's beautiful, something about the hotel, recently converted from an abandoned sanatorium, makes her nervous - as does her brother, Isaac.And when they wake the following morning to discover his fiancée Laure has vanished without a trace, Elin's unease grows. With the storm cutting off access to and from the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic.But no-one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing. And she's the only one who could have warned them just how much danger they're all in . . ."--Publisher

Set in Berlin during the dying days of communism, this is an exploration of a family cruelly torn apart, and the consequences of war seeping through generations.

Zoznámte sa s Bensonovcami. Je to príjemný, milý manželský pár. Nikomu sa nepletú do života, občas prehodia so susedmi pár slov. A majú krásne dievčatko Daisy. Niečo však nesedí. Dcérka žije v podkrovnej izbe bez okien, za zamknutými dverami. Vždy keď jej donesú jedlo či zaželajú dobrú noc, dievčatko stŕpne a radšej váži každé slovo. Daisy nie je ich. Uniesli ju. Prednedávnom ju donútili oslavovať desiate narodeniny. Keď naposledy videla pravých rodičov, mala sedem. Teraz sa Bensonovci rozhodli pre súrodenca... Detektív seržant Nathan Cody sa čoskoro stretne s najtemnejším a najstrašnejším prípadom vo svojej kariére.

Charlotte is looking after her best friend's daughter the day she disappears. She thought the little girl was playing with her own children. She swears she only took her eyes off them for a second. Now, Charlotte must do the unthinkable: tell her best friend Harriet that her only child is missing. The child she was meant to be watching. Devastated, Harriet can no longer bear to see Charlotte. No one could expect her to trust her friend again. Only now she needs to. Because two weeks later Harriet and Charlotte are both being questioned separately by the police. And secrets are about to surface. Someone is hiding the truth about what really happened to Alice

Michael Violet je zdánlivě normální sanfranciský obchodník s auty. Zdání však může klamat – ve skutečnosti to je talentovaný kapsář, který krade klíče od nejluxusnějších aut ve městě. Tenhle kriminální život však Michael tají před svým bratrem Jonem, jenž naopak zasvětil svůj život novinařině a odhalování zločinu. Když je však Jon zavražděn, pokusí se Michael, poháněný pocitem viny a touhou po pomstě, využít svého nadání, aby vypátral bratrova vraha. Jenomže proměna zloděje v hrdinu nebude tak snadná, jak sám doufal…

On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body. Willie finds himself in a strange purgatory-- the bardo-- where ghosts commisserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance ... and where a struggle erupts over his soul

'Confirms Harris's undisputed place as our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller' Daily Mail There was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins. Cicero's comeback requires wit, skill and courage. And for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator is once more the supreme senator in Rome. But politics is never static. And no statesman, however cunning, can safeguard against the ambition and corruption of others. 'The finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English language' Scotsman

From the New York Times bestselling author of Roses comes "epic storytelling that plunges the reader headfirst" into the fate of heiress Samantha Gordon and ranch hand Nathan Holloway as their lives collide in early 1900s Texas. (Jackie K Cooper, The Huffington Post) Texas in the early 1900s was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres Lomas cattle ranch near Fort Worth, and Nathan Holloway, a sweet-natured and charming farm boy from far north Texas. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, Samantha and Nathan's connection drives this narrative compulsively forward as they love, lose, and betray. In this grand yet intimate novel, Meacham once again delivers a heartfelt, big-canvas story full of surprising twists and deep emotional resonance.

"[This work] reveals the secrets to finding an open heart, sharp mind, and grounded sense of well-being, even in the most demanding circumstances"--Front jacket flap. We all struggle to discover satisfaction and contentment in the modern world, and the more technology we use the more things seem to get worse. Shojai shares how the calmness of Zen masters is attainable. He reveals the secrets to finding an open heart, sharp mind, and grounded sense of well-being, even in the most demanding circumstances. There's no need to move or drastically change your current life: you can find peace within, and calm the chaos in your head.

A tale inspired by the infamous Dreyfus Affair finds recently promoted head of Paris's late-19th-century counterespionage agency Georges Picquart leading the effort to convict Dreyfus only to succumb to gradual doubts that a high-level spy remains at large in the military. By the best-selling author of The Fear Index.

Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead; his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near his home. There's no sign of a struggle, and no concrete evidence except for one distinguishing package: £5,000 of cash, tucked inside the man's pocket. But when DCI Banks delves into Miller's past, he uncovers a troubled existence tarnished by accusations of abuse and misconduct which throws up an array of puzzling questions. What really occurred at the college where the victim used to teach? How was he embroiled in political activism at Essex University, over forty years ago? And what links him to an upstanding pillar of the community, who also harbours a dark secret from her past? One thing is clear: someone will stop at nothing - even murder - to prevent Banks from discovering the truth . . .

I turned to Luke and reached for him. My blood felt as though it had seized up in my veins. Lanny, what is it? Luke asked. I clutched his lapel desperatelyIt's Adair. He's free.FOR 200 YEARS SHE'S BEEN HIDINGHe gave her immortality. She tried to destroy him. Now he is searching for her. They must not meet. Or there will be a RECKONING

When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene. In the United States, George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration, is a fierce supporter of the Civil Rights movement - as is the woman he is in love with, Verena, who works for Martin Luther King, Jr. Boarding a Greyhound bus in Washington to protest against segregation, they begin a fateful journey together. Russian activist, Tania Dvorkin, narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news sheet. Her actions are made all the more perilous as her brother, Dimka, is a rising star in the heart of the Communist Party in the Kremlin.

A brand new thriller from the master storyteller set against the menacing backdrop of the Second World War and crackling with suspense and action. It is May, 1944 - a time of international tension where nothing is certain... Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attack a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications - but the building is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a daring new plan: she will parachute into France with an all-woman team known as the 'Jackdaws' and they will penetrate the chateau in disguise. But, unknown to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant, ruthless intelligence colonel, Dieter Franck, to crush the Resistance. And Dieter is on Flick's trail...

John Irving's 11th novel is set in Canada and New England, as well as Hollywood and the North Sea ports of Europe. It is epic in scope, and Irving's most ambitious and moving work to date.

A Stephen King novel telling of unfair imprisonment and escape.

Murder, intrigue, plague and pestilence in the stunning sequel to the international bestseller PILLARS OF THE EARTH

The story of a sixteen-year-old girl's three years in a mental hospital and her journey back from madness to reality.

Praise for Fall of Giants Follett is masterly in conveying so much drama and historical information so vividly . . . grippingly told. -The New York Times Book Review Follett conjures the winds of war. -The Washington Post A good read. . . . It's a book that will suck you in, consume you for days or weeks . . . then let you out the other side both entertained and educated. That's quite the feat. -USA Today Grand in scope, scale, and story. -The Associated Press Follett entwines fiction and factual events well. . . . This is a dark novel, motivated by an unsparing view of human nature and a clear-eyed scrutiny of an ideal peace. It is not the least of Follett's feats that the reader finishes this near thousand-page book intrigued and wanting more. -Chicago Sun-Times Fascinating, in a big way. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch Fall of Giants is a book for you to savor, one in which you can lose yourself for hours on end. It is a big book that tells a big story, but it is one you will not want to end. -The Huffington Post Follett once again creates a world at once familiar and fantastic. . . . A guiltless pleasure, the book is impossible to put down. . . . Empires fall. Heroes rise. Love conquers. After going through a war with these characters, you're left hoping that Follett gets moving with the next giant installment. -Time Out New York A suspenseful epic. -The Seattle Times Tantalizing. -Newsday

From the bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal, international master of intrigue Frederick Forsyth, comes a thriller that brilliantly blends fact with fiction for one of this summer's--or any season's--most explosive reads! From the behind-the-scenes decision-making of the Allies to the secret meetings of Saddam Hussein's war cabinet, from the brave American fliers running their dangerous missions over Iraq to the heroic young spy planted deep in the heart of Baghdad, Forsyth's incomparable storytelling skill keeps the suspense at a breakneck pace. Somewhere in Baghdad is the mysterious "Jericho," the traitor who is willing--for a price--to reveal what is going on in the high councils of the Iraqi dictator. But Saddam's ultimate weapon has been kept secret even from his most trusted advisers, and the nightmare scenario that haunts General Schwarzkopf and his colleagues is suddenly imminent, unless somehow, the spy can locate that weapon--The Fist of God--in time. Peopled with vivid characters, brilliantly displaying Forsyth's incomparable, knowledge of intelligence operations and tradecraft, moving back and forth between Washington and London, Baghdad and Kuwait, desert vastnesses and city bazaars, this breathtaking novel is an utterly convincing story of what may actually have happened behind the headlines.

Sf thriller exploring our greatest journey and our greatest mystery -- death itself -- from the winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards. Psychologist Dr Joanna Lander has spent two years at Mercy General Hospital studying patients who have been declared clinically dead but then revived. Many have had near-death experiences, NDEs, which are remarkably similar the world over. Then brilliant young neurologist Richard Wright discovers a way to induce an NDE using psychoactive drugs. He's convinced that NDEs are a survival mechanism, and that through them more patients might be brought back from the edge of death. Patients like Joanna's young friend Masie, who is almost certain to die before she gets the heart transplant she desperately needs. So when Joanna realizes that Richard's project is under threat due to a shortage of suitable subjects, she volunteers to take the dangerous journey to the limits of knowledge herself. Immediately fascinated by her simulated near-death experiences, Joanna becomes increasingly desperate to discover the meaning behind the strangely familiar images and feelings she encounters. As she begins to unravel the mystery, her sense of dread grows. Becau

A man wakes up to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, his mind stripped bare of all recollection. He has no idea how he got there; he does not even know his own name. Convinced he is a drunken down and out, it isn’t until a newspaper report about a satellite launch catches his eye that he suspects all is not what it seems… The year is 1958, and America is about to launch its first satellite in a desperate attempt to match the Soviet Sputnik and regain the lead in the space race. As Luke Lucas gradually unravels the mystery of his amnesia, he realizes that his fate is bound up with that of the rocket that stands ready on launch pad 26B at Cape Canaveral. And as he relearns the story of his life, he uncovers long-kept secrets about his wife, his best friend and the woman he once loved more than life itself… Code to Zero deals with one of the most ruthlessly contested arenas of the Cold War. Deceit and betrayal, love and trust interweave at the most political and personal levels, while the spectre of mind-control hovers constantly above. Each second brings destruction closer…

When her family goes into hiding from the fascist Arrow-Cross, she is torn from the "castle" of intimacies shared with her adored and adoring older brother and plunged into a world of incomprehensible deprivation, separation, and loss. Her rage, and her ability to feel devastating sorrow and still to insist on life, will reach every reader at the core.

Explores our never-ending hunger for heroes, the myths we create to assuage our loneliness, and the profound price we pay for our desires and dreams

Historický román o dramatickém životním osudu starořeckého básníka Simónída se odehrává v bouřlivé době plné válek, v 6. století př.n.l. Simónídes byl významným básníkem antického Řecka v 6. stol. před Kristem. V románě je vylíčena jeho životní pouť od narození ve městě Iúlis až do sklonku života v Syrakúsách. Básník, jehož nevzhledná tvář ostře kontrastovala s krásou jeho veršů, žil v době plné válek, intrik a zvratů; to se odráželo i na jeho osobních vzestupech a pádech. Autorka umně skloubila historická fakta s fantazií a podařilo se jí přiblížit čtenářům antický svět velkých tyranů i velkých básníků. A také připomenout, že Simónides je autorem epitafu "Poutníče, zvěstuj Lakedaimonským...", který byl určen Sparťanům padlým u Thermopyl....

An examination of production and operations management in the form of a novel.

Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this involving story tells of an extraordinary young woman's coming of age, coming to grips with love and sadness, and in every sense of the term, coming home... In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore. At Saint Ursula's, her friendship with Loveday Carey-Lewis sweeps her into the privileged, madcap world of the British aristocracy, teaching her about values, friendship, and wealth. But it will be the drama of war, as it wrenches Judith from those she cares about most, that will teach her about courage...and about love. Teeming with marvelous, memorable characters in a novel that is a true masterpiece, Coming Home is a book to be savored, reread, and cherished forever.

Je to vyprávění o vytrvalých pokusech matky najít vhodného ženicha pro svou dceru a o neúnavných protestech dcery provdat se bez lásky jenom proto, aby se podrobila tradici a přemrštěným požadavkům své matky. Román líčí soukromý i veřejný život čtyř široce rozvětvených rodin, ale přináší také panoramatický obraz Indie krátce po získání nezávislosti, obraz plný nadějí a zklamání, naivity a intrik, politiky a poezie, okořeněný i přítomností českého živlu v tropickém prostředí vzdáleného světa. V duchu tradice G. Eliotové a L. Tolstého napsal Vikram Séth román, který lze bez nadsázky nazvat úplným obrazem lidského života. Velkolepý, vážný i veselý je tento jedinečný příběh, jenž pojednává o odvěkém zázraku - spojení dvou úplně cizích lidí na celý život.... a zcela čtenáře pohltí.

Jádrem románu Vikrama Sétha je příběh lásky - nebo výstižněji - vyprávění o vytrvalých pokusech matky najít vhodného ženicha pro svou dceru a o neúnavných protestech dcery provdat se bez lásky jenom proto, aby se podrobila tradici a přemrštěným požadavkům své matky. Román líčí soukromý i veřejný život členů čtyř široce rozvětvených rodin, ale přináší také panoramatický obraz Indie krátce po získání nezávislosti, obraz plný nadějí a zklamání, naivity a intrik, politiky a poezie, okořeněný i přítomností českého živlu v tropickém prostředí vzdáleného světa. V duchu tradice George Eliotové a Lva Tolstého napsal Vikram Séth román, který lze bez nadsázky nazvat úplným obrazem lidského života. Velkolepý, vážný i veselý je tento jedinečný příběh, jenž pojednává o odvěkém zázraku - spojení dvou úplně cizích lidí na celý život… a zcela čtenáře pohltí. (Vydavatel)

Agnostic theologian Bernard Walsh has a professional interest in heaven. But when he travels to Hawaii with his father, Jack, it is not in quest of a vacation paradise; it is to visit Jack’s dying, estranged sister. The hand of fate and family tensions frustrate the planned reunion, however. And surrounded by quarrelling honeymooners, girls looking for Mr Right, a freeloading anthropologist, and assorted tourists all determinedly pursuing their humdrum visions of paradise, Bernard finds Waikiki more like purgatory. Until, that is, he stumbles upon something he had given up hope of finding – the astonishing possibility of love…

Daphne du Mauriers mysteriöse Geschichte um das Ehepaar Baxter, bekannt durch den Film "Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen", bietet atemberaubende Spannung. Sie erzählt von Verlust, unheimlichen Begegnungen in Venedig und endet mit dem Mord an John Baxter. Die ungekürzte Textausgabe enthält Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter und Literaturhinweise.

Here is an intriguing and sophisticated murder mystery of an upstanding military officer - the base commander's daughter - who's been leading an unsavory double life. When a professional military woman with a pristine reputation is found raped and murdered, a preliminary search turns up certain paraphernalia, and sex toys that point to a scandal of major proportions, The chief investigator is reluctant to take the case when he learns that his partner will be a woman with whom he had a tempestuous affair and an unpleasant parting. But duty calls and intrigue begins when they learn that several top-level people may have been involved with the "golden girl" - and many have wanted her dead. It's Nelson DeMille at his best - exciting, suspenseful and highly provocative.

Beethoven was a big dog who had everything he wanted. A nice house to live in. A family to play with. And lots of adventure to get mixed up in. Then he met Missy--a beautiful dog who stole his heart. But now a mean lady has stolen Missy! Can Beethoven rescue the dog of his dreams? Based on the screenplay by Len Blum.