This elegant mini edition of the bestselling Animalium is the perfect gift for animallovers or anyone who appreciates beautiful books. Wander the galleries - open 365 days a year - and discover a collection of curated exhibits on every page, accompanied by informative text. Each chapter features a different branch of the tree of life, from the simple sponge to the enormous elephant. Welcome to the museum!
Louise Glücková získala v roce 2020 Nobelovu cenu za literaturu mj. za „nezaměnitelný básnický hlas, který s prostou krásou zobecňuje individuální existenci“ – a tohle zdůvodnění poroty výtečně vystihuje i její novou básnickou sbírku: mluví se v ní o něčem, co právě zažívá lyrický mluvčí básně, ale zvláštní, těžko pojmenovatelná naléhavost podání jako by z onoho zdánlivě prostého líčení dělala zážitek nadosobní, zážitek, který nás přesahuje, znamená něco podstatného, a my jej s autorkou sdílíme, aniž bychom přesně věděli, proč a jak. Právě v tom je Louise Glücková nejsilnější: její podivuhodně ztišené, intenzivní, dostředivé básně dokážou minuciózně vyjádřit onen napůl bdělý stav mezi snem a zkušeností, ony nezapomenutelné okamžiky prozření, které přijdou jednou dvakrát za život, i každodenní ubíjející banalitu, z níž zdá se neplyne vůbec nic, stejně jako vražednou rutinu milostných vztahů i nástrahy vztahů rodinných, všeprostupující pocit ztráty, vědomí smrtelnosti atd. Činí tak s elegancí, jíž se v americké poezii vyrovná málokdo: jistě Emily Dickinsonová, jistě T. S. Eliot, možná Elizabeth Bishopová, Robert Lowell či Richard Wilbur; tak či onak, její básnický hlas je vskutku „nezaměnitelný“.
Strhující román od autorky populární série Kůň za dolar! Dívka na útěku před zákonem. Kluk, který chce zachránit svému tátovi život. Měsíc trvající koňský závod v tom nejnáročnějším terénu na západě Ameriky, který oba chtějí vyhrát. Zvítězit ale může jen jeden. Bude štěstí přát Alex, nebo Willovi? Kdo z nich vydrží nesmírně náročný měsíc v sedle? A jak s tím vším zamíchají jejich vzájemné city? Projeďte s nimi v koňském sedle nespoutanou divočinou amerických národních parků!
Sedmdesát osm let netušil, že existují strážní andělé. Pak zjistil, že jsou tu s námi a co je jejich úkolem. A nakonec si s tím svým i popovídal. Richard Bach, oblíbený autor světového bestselleru Jonathan Livingston Racek, se na podzim svého života rozhodl podělit o obsah těchto hovorů a zpětně sestavit přehled všech životních okamžiků, které by bez svojí strážné andělky nepřežil. Jako poděkování svým čtenářům i svojí strážné andělce.
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOWA resonant and provocative novel about motherhood from the prize-winning author of The Devil I Know and Tenderwire. 'Kilroy packs a stunning worldly wisdom into her beautiful prose.' BARBARA KINGSOLVER Well, Sailor.
"Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet. Drawing on her long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, Maggie O'Farrell writes Hamnet as a luminous portrait of a marriage and at its heart the loss of a beloved child."--Publisher description.
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self. It centers around a young Nigerian woman, Ada, who develops separate selves within her as a result of being born "with one foot on the other side." Unsettling, heartwrenching, dark, and powerful, Freshwater is a sharp evocation of a rare way of experiencing the world, one that illuminates how we all construct our identities. Ada begins her life in the south of Nigeria as a troubled baby and a source of deep concern to her family. Her parents, Saul and Saachi, successfully prayed her into existence, but as she grows into a volatile and splintered child, it becomes clear that something went terribly awry. When Ada comes of age and moves to America for college, the group of selves within her grows in power and agency. A traumatic assault leads to a crystallization of her alternate selves: AsuÌĐghara and Saint Vincent. As Ada fades into the background of her own mind and these selves, now protective, now hedonistic, move into control, Ada's life spirals in a dark and dangerous direction. Narrated from the perspective of the various selves within Ada, and based in the author's realities, Freshwater explores the metaphysics of identity and mental health, plunging the reader into the mystery of being and self. Freshwater dazzles with ferocious energy and serpentine grace, heralding the arrival of a fierce new literary voice
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN LONGLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION 2021 BEST NOVEL For fans of Matt Haig, Stuart Turton and Bridget Collins comes a sweeping historical adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street 'Original, joyous and horrifying, The Kingdoms is an awe-inspiring feat of imagination and passion which had me in tears by the end' - Catriona Ward Come home, if you remember The postcard has been held at the sorting office for ninety-one years, waiting to be delivered to Joe Tournier. On the front is a lighthouse - Eilean Mor, in the Outer Hebrides. Joe has never left England, never even left London. He is a British slave, one of thousands throughout the French Empire. He has a job, a wife, a baby daughter. But he also has flashes of a life he cannot remember and of a world that never existed - a world where English is spoken in England, and not French. And now he has a postcard of a lighthouse built just six months ago, that was first written nearly one hundred years ago, by a stranger who seems to know him very well. Joe's journey to unravel the truth will take him from French-occupied London to a remote Scottish island, and back through time itself as he battles for his life - and for a very different future.
'I thought I had made myself clear. I want something that conveys her majesty, her bloodline. Do you understand? She is no ordinary mortal. Treat her thus.'Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father to accept on her behalf.Having barely left girlhood, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate her appears before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble?As Lucrezia sits in uncomfortable finery for the painting which is to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court's eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferrarese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, her future hangs entirely in the balance.
One of the most unique crime series ever continues with a missing persons investigation. Cal McGill is the sea detective: an oceanographer and one-of-a-kind investigator who uses his knowledge of the waves to find where objects came from, or track where they've gone. For five years Priest's Island has guarded the mystery of Max Wheeler's disappearance. In this isolated township on the edge of the Atlantic, there are no secrets -- except what really happened to fourteen-year-old Max. Now Cal McGill has taken up the quest. A grieving father, a community riven by tragedy -- and resentful of the suspicion -- all make a powderkeg of secrets and vengeance ready to explode.
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...
V Michiganu je třešňová sezóna. Lara a její tři dcery mají plné ruce práce. Ale… vlastně je všechno jinak. Maisie a Nell mají být na univerzitě a třešně mají česat námezdní dělníci. Jenže se píše rok 2020 a ve světě zuří první vlna pandemie covidu 19. Lara je ale šťastná, farmaje svět sám pro sebe a ona má nečekaně celou rodinu zase pohromadě. A při česání dcerám vypráví o jednom létě kdysi dávno, o létě, které strávila u divadelní společnosti u jezera Tom s pozdější hollywoodskou hvězdou Peterem Dukem. Jezero Tom je nenápadné vyprávění o velkých věcech. O zamilování, o lásce, o divadle i environmentálním žalu. A také je oslavou rodiny a místa - farmy v Michiganu, s třešňovým sadem a hřbitůvkem na kopci, kde jednou všichni skončí. Ann Patchettová je mistrná vypravěčka, napětí střídají emoce, nostalgii nečekané dějové zvraty. A jedno je jisté, všichni bychom chtěli být u jezera Tom. Anebo česat třešně. Lara zažila obojí.
Discover the chilling first mystery in a truly unique crime series you won't be able to put down 'There comes a time when a novel raises the bar for a particular genre, and The Sea Detective does just that for Scottish crime fiction' SCOTSMAN ______ Cal McGill is an Edinburgh-based oceanographer, environmentalist and one-of-a-kind investigator. Using his knowledge of the waves - ocean currents, prevailing winds, shipping records - McGill can track where objects have come from, or where they've gone. So when two severed feet wash up miles apart on two different islands off the coast of Scotland, he Most strangely, forensic tests reveal that the feet belong to the same body. As Cal McGill investigates, he unravels a web of corruption, exploitation and violence, which threatens many lives across the globe. Including his own . . . ______ 'Raises the bar for Scottish crime fiction . . . elegantly written and compelling' The Scotsman 'Excellent' The Literary Review, 'Top Five Crime Books of the Year' 'Promises to be a fine series of detective novels' Sunday Times 'Crime Book of the Month' 'An unusual, interesting and enthralling read' Shotsmag 'A compelling protagonist' The Times Literary Supplement
'A new literary star' The TimesThe instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Longlisted for the 2020 Booker PrizeA Times, Guardian, Sunday Times, Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Red, Good Housekeeping and Cosmopolitan Book of the YearWhen Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right.But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know - about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege.__________________________'Essential. This year's hit debut' Guardian'A biting tale of race and class' Sunday Times'I couldn't put this down' Jojo Moyes'Bites into the zeitgeist then spits it out with gusto. You really should read it, ASAP' Stylist'About power dynamics, race, social commentary, and also why and how we are the woman we are' Pandora Sykes'An extraordinarily deft debut, written with wisdom, kindness and sharp humour' Daily Mail'A beautiful tale of how we live now' Elizabeth DayA Reese Witherspoon and Zoella Book Club PickA Sunday Times, Guardian, Times, Daily Mail, i, Daily Telegraph, Grazia and Evening Standard Summer Read
A spectacular debut thriller set in the uniquely dangerous world of high-stakes, professional snowboarding.
Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 'The perfect marriage of Sally Rooney and early Murakami' Kathy Wang, author of Impostor Syndrome 'A brilliant modern love story . . . atmospheric and transporting but also wise, clever and universal in its exploration of love, family and identity. I loved it' Cathy Rentzenbrink Mizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking husband, two adorable children and a beautiful Tokyo apartment. It's everything a woman like her could want . . . isn't it? One rainy night, she meets Kiyoshi. In him, she rediscovers freedom, friendship, a voice, and the neon, electric pulse of the city she has always loved. But the further she falls into their relationship, the clearer it becomes that she is living two lives - and in the end, we can choose only one.
Cal McGill watches the young woman through the dirty windscreen of his Toyota. There's something compelling about her stillness, about the length of time she has been standing square-shouldered, erect, staring out to sea, like an Antony Gormley statue waiting for another of its cast-iron tribe to emerge from the deep. What has brought her to this remote beach, he asks himself. Is she a kindred spirit who finds refuge by the shore? Idle curiosity soon turns into another investigation for oceanographer and loner McGill as he embarks on a quest to discover why, 26 years earlier, another young woman walked accross this sweep of sand and into the waves, apparently drowning herself and her unborn child
WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016 We all do stupid things when we're kids. Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you. And nobody says Ryan's stupid. Not even behind his back. It's the people around him who are the problem. The gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'. The neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than that. The prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one night . . . The only one on Ryan's side is his girlfriend Karine. If he blows that, he's all alone. But the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need it.
Román o hledání vlastní identity a pravdy, překračující žánry. Ve městě Lucille už žádné nestvůry nežijí, alespoň tak to zdejší děti, včetně Džemy a jejího nejlepšího kamaráda Spásy, odmalička slýchají. Jenže co když si dospělí pouze odmítají připustit pravdu? Přesně tuhle otázku si Džemy musí položit, když jednoho dne z mámina obrazu vytáhne Mazla — napůl chlupatého, napůl opeřeného tvora s krvavými rohy a děsivými drápy. Mazel si ji vybral, aby mu pomohla ulovit nestvůru, a zdá se, že tahle konkrétní nestvůra si za místo svého nestvůření zvolila Spásův dům. Džemy tak musí nejen zachránit svého nejlepšího kamaráda, ale také odhalit pravdu a spolu s ní i odpověď na otázku: Jak ochránit svět před nestvůrami, když všichni slepě trvají na tom, že žádné neexistují? Máte dost odvahy se podívat?
Kay's father is working late - as usual. Fed up, her mother bundles her daughters into the car and drives to her husband's Cambridge college to collect him herself. But when they arrive, the staff claim that nobody by his name has ever worked there . . . Kay is puzzled by her mother's reaction - silent tears, not anger and confusion. And what is even more puzzling is the card on her pillow when they return home: Will O. de Wisp, Gent. F.H.S.P. and Phillip R. T. Gibbet, Gent. F.H.S.P. K.Bith. REMOVALS. That night, Kay is woken by voices at her window: the voices of Will and Phillip, the Removers. But they are not human. And Kay shouldn't be able to see them. Except she can . . .
Uplynul víc než rok od doby, kdy se April Woodová vrátila domů z Medvědího ostrova s hřejivým pocitem, že zachránila posledního ledního medvěda, který zde uvízl, a dostala ho zpátky na Špicberky. Přesto nepřestává na chlupatého kamaráda myslet. Když se doslechne, že na Špicberkách jednoho medvěda postřelili, je přesvědčená, že to byl právě on. Vyděšená April přesvědčí tátu, aby se s ní znovu vydal za polární kruh. To ale ještě netuší, že na své cestě přes zmrzlou tundru a ledovcové pláně objeví maličké lední medvídě, které zoufale potřebuje její pomoc...
