Božica Jakovlev Book order (chronological)

A thriller about a malevolent force in a small New England town that takes the shape of a clown, terrifying youngsters with their innermost fears and bringing them to untimely doom.

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)

From #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin comes the ultimate novel of revolution, rock ’n’ roll, and apocalyptic murder—a stunning work of fiction that portrays not just the end of an era, but the end of the world as we know it. Onetime underground journalist Sandy Blair has come a long way from his radical roots in the ’60s—until something unexpectedly draws him back: the bizarre and brutal murder of a rock promoter who made millions with a band called the Nazgûl. Now, as Sandy sets out to investigate the crime, he finds himself drawn back into his own past—a magical mystery tour of the pent-up passions of his generation. For a new messiah has resurrected the Nazgûl and the mad new rhythm may be more than anyone bargained for—a requiem of demonism, mind control, and death, whose apocalyptic tune only Sandy may be able to change in time . . . before everyone follows the beat.

When Edgar Freemantle moves to Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there. But Duma Key and its mysteries have been waiting for him. The shells beneath his house are whispering to him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had. Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. Even though he has lost an arm. And the hand he uses is the one he lost ...

A compelling emotional mystery about family secrets and the magic of books and storytelling. A dying writer bids a young bookshop assistant to write her biography.

Badnjak je. Obitelj Lee okupila se na tradicionalnom ručku. No stari gospodin Lee brutalno je ubijen. Slučaj preuzima Hercule Poirot. Ispitujući članove obitelji, on spoznaje kako je okružen ljudima dvostrukih identiteta. Tko je iza zatvorenih vrata okrutno prekinuo život gospodina Leeja? Briljantan um iskusnog istražitelja doći će do zanimljivog i neočekivanog rješenja.

Ралф Робъртс, пенсиониран вдовец, започва да страда от безсъние. С влошаването на състоянието си той започва да вижда неща, които другите не виждат: аурата на хората или малки човечета в бели дрехи, които нарича „малките бели доктори“ заради външността им. Робъртс започва да възприема иначе недоловими аспекти на действителността и влиянието им върху „реалния“ свят. Открива, че негова позната, на име Луиз Чейс, страда от същото. Тя се присъединява към усилията му да предотврати надигащото се зло и научава истината за „докторите“. (Луиз и Ралф ги наричат „Клото, Лахезис и Атропос“, по имената на орисниците от гръцката митология.) Фонът, на който се развива действието, е наближаващият сблъсък между група от защитници на правата на жените и група противници на абортите.

Ралф Робъртс, пенсиониран вдовец, започва да страда от безсъние. С влошаването на състоянието си той започва да вижда неща, които другите не виждат: аурата на хората или малки човечета в бели дрехи, които нарича „малките бели доктори“ заради външността им. Робъртс започва да възприема иначе недоловими аспекти на действителността и влиянието им върху „реалния“ свят. Открива, че негова позната, на име Луиз Чейс, страда от същото. Тя се присъединява към усилията му да предотврати надигащото се зло и научава истината за „докторите“. (Луиз и Ралф ги наричат „Клото, Лахезис и Атропос“, по имената на орисниците от гръцката митология.) Фонът, на който се развива действието, е наближаващият сблъсък между група от защитници на правата на жените и група противници на абортите.

Sređujući stvari nakon suprugove smrti, Lisey će shvatiti kako se mora suočiti s velikim dijelom prošlosti koju je potisnula duboko u sebi. Morat će se suočiti i sa Scottovim demonima, te njegovim tajnim mjestom odakle je crpio nadahnuće, mjestom koje ga je moglo iscijeliti ali i uništiti.

Originally published in 1935 under the title Death in the air.

First There Was The Mystery Of The Film Star And The Diamond& Then Came The Suicide That Was Murder& The Mystery Of The Absurdly Chaep Flat& A Suspicious Death In A Locked Gun-Room& A Million Dollar Bond Robbery& The Curse Of A Pharoah S Tomb& A Jewel Robbery By The Sea& The Abduction Of A Prime Minister& The Disappearance Of A Banker& A Phone Call From A Dying Man& And, Finally, The Mystery Of The Missing Willl. What Links These Fascinating Cases? Only The Brilliant Deductive Powers Of Hercule Poirot!

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Siberia, 1919. In the outer reaches of a country recently torn apart by civil war live a small Christian sect and, stationed nearby, a regiment of Czech soldiers. Into this isolated community trudges Samarin, an escapee from Russia's northernmost prison.

Jednom davno u ukletom gradu Derryju (poznatom po događajima iz prijašnjih Kingovih romana) četvorica dječaka su se udružila i učinila nešto hrabro. Nešto neupitno dobro, možda i odlično. Nešto što će njihovim životima dati smjer koji oni nikada neće potpuno razumjeti.Dvadeset pet godina poslije svaki od njih ima svoj život i svoje probleme, no još uvijek su čvrsto povezani i svake godine u vrijeme lovne sezone okupljaju se u brvnari duboko u šumskim predjelima savezne države Maine.Kada dezorijentiran, no iritirajuće uporan izgubljeni lovac, nepovezano mrmljajući o svjetlima na nebu, upadne u njihovu brvnaru, njihov idilični zimski izlet pretvorit će se u noćnu moru. Uskoro će Beav, Henry, Pete i Jonesy biti uvučeni u zastrašujuću bitku za život s bićem koje očito dolazi iz drugog svijeta. Izvanzemaljac se neće zadovoljiti time da preuzme kontrolu nad jednim ljudskim bićem, njegov je konačni cilj mnogo ambiciozniji.U ispreplitanju horora i psihološke drame njihova jedina šansa za preživljavanje skrivena je u zajedničkoj prošlosti i u njihovu sudbonosnom susretu s neobičnim dječakom Dudditsom i tajanstvenoj Snovolovki koju im je dao na dar.

Kapljica krvi na plahti njezina bračnog kreveta probudit će Rosie Daniels iz četrnaestogodišnje noćne more. Njezin suprug Norman – odjednom je postala sasvim sigurna u to – jednog će je dana ubiti. Ili, što je još gore, možda i neće. Rosie će pokupiti Normanovu kreditnu karticu i bez ikakvih drugih priprema pobjeći u novi život, što dalje od svog brutalnog muža. U novoj sredini Rosie će sresti nove prijatelje, naći novi posao, pa čak i mali stan, ali jedna neobična slika na zidu staretinarnice zaokupit će njezinu pažnju više od svega ostalog. Slika na čijoj poleđini piše “Rose Madder” sigurno je sudbinski namijenjena njoj i možda je u stanju promijeniti tijek njezina života na najneobičniji način, ako se samo na trenutak ohrabri i prestane drhtati od straha kako joj je njezin muž na tragu. Rose Madder je mračna pripovijest o sudbini žene u braku sa surovim, lukavim i pokvarenim policajcem i njezinoj borbi za dostojniji život, ispletena od napetih niti trilera i protkana biserjem predivne ljubavne priče. Trideset pet godina stvaralaštva nije otupjelo oštricu Kingova pera, on je svjež, aktualan i što je najvažnije, postojane visoke književne kvalitete kao malo koji moderni spisatelj.

Kakav je to osjećaj kad znaš da sudbina cijelog čovječanstva visi o koncu, a konac je u tvojim rukama? Kako čovjek koji je na rubu samoubojstva može preuzeti ulogu spasitelja tuđih života kad ne mari ni za vlastiti? Kako se osobnost može skriti u najdubljem zapećku uma i zadržati razum? Kakva je uloga tajanstvene snovolovke i kako može siroti Duddits, već jednom nogom u grobu, naškoditi svemoćnom izvanzemaljcu koji grabi prema svojem misterioznom cilju? Dok se Henry bjesomučno utrkuje s vremenom, a Jonesy pokušava sačuvati zdrav razum, gospodar svih sudbina, Stephen King, u svojoj će uobičajenoj maniri spustiti lopticu s kataklizmičke na osobnu razinu, tamo gdje je njegova proza najjača. Dobitnik mnogobrojnih nagrada (šesterostruki dobitnik nagrade Brama Stokera, peterostruki dobitnik Locusa, te dobitnik nagrada Hugo i O. Henry), često osporavan ali uvijek rado čitan, Stephen King svojim bogatim opusom prerasta iz kroničara Amerike dvadesetog stoljeća u Balzaca modernog doba. Nevjerojatna jednostavnost njegova izričaja te sposobnost opažanja običnog izdvajaju ga iz sivila žanra koji je gotovo sam održavao na životu posljednja četiri desetljeća.

What makes a family? That's what twelve-year-old Nicky Dillon wonders after she and her widowed father discover a wailing, abandoned baby in the snow-filled woods near their New Hampshire home. Through the days that follow, the Dillons face a thicket of decisions, each seeming to carry equal possibilities of heartbreak or redemption. Writing with all the emotional richness that has drawn millions of readers around the world to her fiction, Anita Shreve unfolds in Light on Snow a tender and surprising novel about love and its consequences. <!-- end main content -->

“Help me, I’m lost! Please help me. I’m lost...” Nine year old Trisha McFarland becomes lost in the forest while hiking with her mother and brother along the Appalachian Trail in Maine. As Trisha starts to cry, she remembers Tom Gordon. Tom Gordon is a professional baseball player. He has never met Trisha McFarland. This is the story of Trisha McFarland and Tom Gordon, and how a man she never met, saved her life.

'Civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic futurist. By Halloween, every major city from New York to Moscow stank to the empty heavens and the world as it had been was a memory.' The event became known as The Pulse. The virus was carried by every cell phone operating within the entire world. Within ten hours, most people would be dead or insane. A young artist Clayton Riddell realises what is happening. And together with Tom McCourt and a teenage girl called Alice, he flees the devastation of explosive, burning Boston, desperate to reach his son before his son switches on his little red mobile phone...

Fantasy-fortælling om fem studerende fra universitetet i Toronto, der inddrages i kampen mellem onde og gode magter i middelalderriget Fionavar.

Mike Noonan, uspješan pisac bestsellera, iznenada gubi svoju voljenu ženu Jo i nakon četiri godine beznađa još uvijek se bori s tugom. Progonjen noćnim morama i sumnjama u vjernost pokojne supruge, odlučuje se povući u ljetnikovac na obali jezera Dark Score, gdje se suočava s duhovima prošlosti. U tom pokušaju, Mike se mora suočiti s lokalnim tajnama povezanim s prvim vlasnikom kuće, crnom pjevačicom Sarom Tidwell, čije naslijeđe prožima cijelu priču. Osim toga, suočava se s vlastitom krivnjom zbog privlačnosti prema mladoj udovici, koja mu može biti kći, dok se bori za skrbništvo nad njezinom trogodišnjom kćeri koju joj pokušava oduzeti njezin zli svekar, multimilijunaš. Ova priča, bogata slojevima misterije i emocija, pokazuje kako autor, nakon više od trideset objavljenih knjiga, uspijeva iznova iznenaditi čitatelje svojom originalnošću i svježinom. Vreća kostiju, u prijevodu Božice Jakovlev, još je jedan primjer Kingove sposobnosti da složi kompleksnu tapiseriju ljudskih sudbina i tajni, ostavljajući konačnu presudu čitateljima.

Ljeto 1958. trebalo je zauvijek ostati u sjećanjima sedmero djece iz Derryja. Uz to što je donijelo više nego previše uzbuđenja, to je bilo ljeto kada su uništili čudovišno stvorenje nezamislive zloće - Ono. Barem su tada mislili da jesu. No dvadeset i sedam godina poslije šest muškarac i jedna žena raštrkani Amerikom, slijedeći svoje karijere ne sjećaju se gotovo ničega što se zbilo tog sudbonosnog ljeta, sve dok ih poziv iz prošlosti ne pozove natrag u Derry kako bi se još jednom suočili s najvećim užasom. Ono se vratilo!

Smiona skupina djece koja se prije dvadeset osam godina upustila u pogibeljni silazak u kanalizacijsku mrežu ispod ukletog gradića Derryja kako bi dokrajčila čudovište koje su jedino mogli zvati Ono, ponovno je na okupu. Ono se opet pokrenulo i počelo novi ciklus jezivih zločina. Izgleda da se povijest ponavlja, gotovo svi protagonisti epske bitke su na broju i na svojim mjestima. Bill, Ben, Beverly, Eddie, Mike i Ritchie, ovaj puta bez pomoći Stana, prisjetili su se većine bitnih događaja iz djetinjstva i premda nisu u punom sastavu, spremni su ponovno se uhvatiti u koštac s nezamislivim. Ono međutim zna da čarolija dječjeg vjerovanja u nemoguće kopni s godinama i da Gubitnici kao odrasli ljudi nemaju šanse. Hoće li Bill uspjeti u svoje prijatelje udahnuti čarobni prah djetinjstva i pripremiti ih za sudbonosnu borbu na život i smrt? Kornjača misli da hoće. Drugi dio remek-djela Stephena Kinga vodi vas u katarzičnu završnicu jednog od najboljih romana strave i užasa. Prijevodom Božice Jakovlev i uz ilustraciju Igora Kordeja, tandema koji je zaslužan za cijeli noviji Kingov opus na hrvatskom, Algoritam i Jutarnji list zaokružuju treći niz od deset romana u NAJbiblioteci.

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women had been blamed for everything that went wrong in their Massachusetts town. And Gillian and Sally endured that fate as well: As children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One would do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they shared, even into adulthood, brought them back--almost as if by magic...

American MIAs choose to remain missing after the end of the Vietnam War, while four generations of women share a unique link to a mysterious figure from Japanese folklore

"One winter morning in New York State, there is an accident on an icy mountain road. Thirteen-year-old Grace and her much-loved horse, Pilgrim, are very badly hurt. Grace's mother believes her daughter will only recover if her horse can be saved. Can the Horse Whisperer nurse Pilgrim back to health?" - Back cover.

Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight (Paris time). It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left.

"'Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates, ' but 'at least I ain't led no hum-drum life, ' says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic novel. When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks out--and goes on to be a Vietnam war hero, a world-class ping-pong player, a wrestler, and a business tycoon. He compares battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discovers the truth about Richard Nixon, and suffers the ups and downs of true love. Now, Forrest Gump is telling all--in a madcap screball romp through three decades of the American landscape. It's Gump's amazing travels ... and you've got to read them to believe them."--Publisher's note

Most people spend at least 40 hours a week in the office, and constant deadlines, heavy workloads, and daily dilemmas can make working a stressful experience. In his new book, Richard Carlson shows readers how to interact more peaceably and joyfully with colleagues, clients and bosses. He reveals tips such as planning what you're going to say in a meeting or presentation, taking a deep breath before reacting to a co-worker's criticism, and asking for a raise in the most effective way possible. Transforming your outlook at the office will not only ease stress in the workplace, it will also lead to a happier life at home. Written in Carlson's warm, appealing style, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work is certain to be an inspirational bestseller to the thousands who loved his previous books.

Christmas Eve and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man ...

Frances Mayes - widely published poet, gourmet cook and travel writer - opens the door on a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. She finds faded frescoes beneath the whitewash in the dining room, a vineyard under wildly overgrown brambles - and even a wayward scorpion under her pillow. And from her traditional kitchen and simple garden she creates dozens of delicious seasonal recipes, all included in this book. In the vibrant local markets and neighbouring hill towns, the author explores the nuances of the Italian landscape, history and cuisine. Each adventure yields delightful surprises - the perfect panettone, an unforgettable wine, or painted Etruscan tombs. Doing for Tuscany what Peter Mayle did for Provence, Mayes writes about the tastes and pleasures of a foreign country with gusto and passion. A celebration of the extraordinary quality of life in Tuscany, UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN is a feast for all the senses.

The girls from the Sisterhood return in the next film based on Ann Brashares' bestselling series, set for theatrical release by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 8. This tie-in includes "Forever in Blue," the final novel in the series, a full-color insert of movie stills, and favorite moments from the entire series.

The Prince of Darkness has been given one last chance: he will be readmitted to the company of his fellow angels if he agrees to live out a human life. Highly sceptical (naturally), the Old Deal-maker negotiates a trial period - a summer holiday in a human body, with all the delights of the flesh. The body, though, turns out to be that of Declan Gunn, a depressed writer living in Clerkenwell, interrupted mid-suicide. Making the best of a bad situation, Luce himself takes to writing - to explain, to strip back the Biblical spin, to help us see the whole thing from his point of view. And to knock that Jesus off his perch. Beset by distractions, miscalculations and all the natural shocks that flesh is heir to, Lucifer slowly begins to learn what it's like to be us. Glen Duncan's brilliantly written new novel is an investigation of the world of the senses - the seductiveness of evil, and the affection which keeps us human.

The author has captured the heart of the nation with his passion for simple, delicious, home-cooked food. This book is filled with fresh ingredients, 'pukka' recipes and boundless enthusiasm.

Five interconnected narratives span the years from 1960 to 1999, each deeply rooted in the sixties and haunted by the Vietnam War. The first story, "Low Men in Yellow Coats," follows eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield as he uncovers predatory malice in his neighborhood, realizing that adults can be sources of terror rather than protectors. In the title story, a group of college students becomes engrossed in a card game, leading them to explore protest and confront their own darkness, where laughter masks deeper fears. "Blind Willie" and "Why We're in Vietnam" feature two men from Bobby's suburban Connecticut upbringing, grappling with the emptiness of the post-Vietnam era in a hollow America that mirrors their own struggles. The collection culminates in "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling," where Bobby returns to his hometown, confronting a final secret that offers hope for redemption and fulfillment. Rich in danger and suspense, this work captures the essence of an era, inviting readers to explore both new and familiar emotional landscapes.

In between looking after four-year-old Grayer and running a thousand errands for Mrs X, his rich, uptight Manhattanite mother, Nan is trying to have a life. There's college, shopping, her friends, her cat George. And the gorgeous Harvard boy from the sixth floor. But the X family's dramas keep intruding and, as divorce looms, Nan realises how attached she's become to the X's underloved son - and how nannying has become more than a job...Funny, touching and true-to-life, The Nanny Diaries is a modern-day Mary Poppins story - with attitude.

Uspješnom piscu bestsellera u prometnoj nesreći pogiba voljena žena. Ni nakon nekoliko godina on je ne uspijeva prežaliti, a muče ga i sumnje u njezinu vjernost. Potišten i opsjednut noćnim morama on se povlači u ljetnikovac na obali jezera, u kuću naseljenu duhovima prošlosti, među kojima je središnja figura prva vlasnica kuće, crna pjevačica s prijelaza stoljeća... Osnovni zaplet najnovijega Kingova romana u poznatoj maniri sjedinjuje elemente psihološkoga trilera i horrora, suočavajući likove i čitatelja s nadnaravnim i nemogućim, te gradeći zamršeno klupko tajni

Attorney Deborah Knott is running for district judge in good-old-boy-ruled Colleton County, N.D.

Near the end of World War II in Los Alamos, a town set in the shimmering New Mexico desert, an international team of scientists led by Robert Oppenheimer gathered together to build the world's most dangerous weapon--the atomic bomb. Author Joseph Kanon has crafted an ingenious and utterly absorbing thriller, a tale of espionage and love set against the most important undercover government project in America's history. Online promo. HC: Broadway. (Fiction--Espionage/Thriller) Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Glavni junaci ove knjige na "čudan" su način posuđeni iz romana "Očajavanje" Stephena Kinga čiji je pseudonim, "začudo", Richard Bachman. Mračni entitet i u ovom romanu izlazi iz starog urušenog rudnika i hrani se ljudskom tugom i smrću, ali mu se po Bachmanovoj/Kingovoj zamisli sada suprotstavlja bezgranična ljubav prema bližnjemu. Za dvostruki užitak ljubitelji horora ne smiju propustiti iskrivljeni zrcalni odraz ovoga romana - "Očajavanje", koje svojim pravim imenom potpisuje Stephen King.

In the tradition of Sue Miller's The Good Mother, this is a striking, powerful and gripping story of the dynamics of family life. Ben disappeared aged 3, and was never found. Nine years on a boy called Sam, aged 12, knocks on the Cappadora's door.

Set in Washington D.C., this fascinating thriller of unparalleled suspense dares to explore an unthinkable abuse of power and criminal conspiracy: a vicious murder involving the US President and a cover-up orchestrated by his zealously loyal Chief of Staff and the Secret Service. But, unknown to the President and his lackeys, one unlikely witness saw everything. Trapped behind a two-way mirror in a country house in Maryland, Luther Whitney, a professional burglar, witnesses an event that destroys his faith in justice. By the time he escapes, pursued by two Secret Service agents, a young woman has been sexually assaulted, then shot dead. And a breathtaking cover-up has been set in motion.

Annie is the perfect jury candidate to return a not guilty verdict. A single mother, she is under pressure to do so, as she and her son are the targets of the Mafia's most sinister representative, known as the Teacher. However, a woman protecting her child should never be underestimated.

A brutal policeman goes on a rampage in search of the wife who fled from him.