Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century. Weaving together the cracking of the Axis codes during WWII and the quest to establish a free South East Asian 'data haven' for digital information in the present, Cryptonomicon explores themes of power, information, secrecy and war in the twentieth century in a gripping and page-turning thriller.
A novel told in the voices of two narrators: Violet, who in 1944 is imprisoned in the tower of a rambling country house by her family; and Claudine, a modern-day property negotiator who becomes involved in handling the sale of the derelict Whitecliff in 2004.
On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty five years later, one survivor of that day reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor is now out of prison, looking for reparation in any form he can find it. The Turnaround takes us on a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the '70s to the changing neighborhoods of D.C. today, from the diners and auto garages of the city to the inside of Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, where wounded men and women have returned to the world in a time of war. A novel of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, loss, victory and violent redemption, The Turnaround is another compelling, highly charged novel from George Pelecanos, "the best crime novelist in America."
The Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville recalls her family's history in an astounding novel about the pioneers of New South Wales. Already a best seller in Australia, The Secret River is the story of Grenville's ancestors, who wrested a new life from the alien terrain of Australia and its native people. London, 1806. William Thornhill, a Thames bargeman, is deported to the New South Wales colony in what would become Australia. In this new world of convicts and charlatans, Thornhill tries to pull his family into a position of power and comfort. When he rounds a bend in the Hawkesbury River and sees a gentle slope of land, he becomes determined to make the place his own. But, as uninhabited as the island appears, Australia is full of native people, and they do not take kindly to Thornhill's theft of their home. The Secret River is the tale of Thornhill's deep love for his small corner of the new world, and his slow realization that if he wants to settle there, he must ally himself with the most despicable of the white settlers, and to keep his family safe, he must permit terrifying cruelty to come to innocent people.
U ovom raskošnom povijesnom romanu, utemeljenom djelomično na historijskim činjenicama, autorica oživljuje likove dviju sestara glazbenica, koje su svoje glazbeno umijeće izgradile u samostanu Pieta` u Veneciji te ga nadogradile zahvaljujući jednom od najslavnijih baroknih skladatelja i violinista, Antonija Vivaldija. Od najranijeg djetinjstva, kad su se, napuštene od majke, našle u samostanu, prelijepa i zavodljiva Chiaretta i njezina starija sestra, ponešto suzdržana i skromna Maddalena, otkrivaju ljubav prema glazbi. Dok će Chiarettin put voditi od slavne solo-pjevačice u samostanskom zboru do aristokratove nevjeste i sudionice pomalo razvratnog života u osamnaestostoljetnoj Veneciji, Maddalena će ostati posvećena samostanskom životu i svojoj strasti prema violini, ali i prema Vivaldiju. No, usprkos različitim putovima i nedaćama koje će uslijediti, sestre će ostati vjerne jedna drugoj kao i svojoj ljubavi prema glazbi. Četiri godišnja doba otvaraju okno u prostor-vrijeme Venecije u njezinu zlatnom dobu i otkrivaju kako je nastalo jedno od najvećih remek-djela klasične glazbe, Vivaldijevi koncerti okupljeni pod naslovom ovog romana.
'A gleeful satire on the self-help industry and a must-read' JONATHAN COE schovat popis
This book does a great job in illustrating Feng Shui and your landscapes, home, and business.
Onderzoek naar het thema lichamelijke schoonheid, waarbij wordt geconcludeerd dat schoonheid een universeel onderdeel is van de menselijke ervaring dat gezien kan worden als een biologische aanpassing.
Een Britse vrouw stuit op een groot onrecht: de kwestie Tibet en besluit daartegen de protesteren; ze richt onder meer de organisatie Act for Tibet op.
