Laura Prandino Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Hoci sa v ospalom mestečku Venus Cove nikdy nič zvláštne nedeje, práve sem sú vyslaní traja anjeli – bojovník Gabriel, liečiteľka Ivy a neskúsená Bethany, aby plnili svoje poslanie na Zemi a postavili sa proti silnejúcim temným silám. Bethany je z trojice anjelov najmladšia a viac než silám Zla musí čeliť volaniu vlastného srdca, ktoré ju priťahuje k mladíkovi Xavierovi. Láska anjela k pozemskému chlapcovi však porušuje všetky zákony neba a ani nebesá nie sú nekonečne trpezlivé. Navyše sa v mestečku nečakane zjavuje tajomný študent a každému pripomenie, že nadprirodzené sily nebývajú len láskavé a dobrotivé. A čo je najhoršie, zálusk si robí aj na Bethany, ktorá sa tak ocitá v smrteľnom nebezpečenstve.

A series of seismic events--the tanking of Claudia's film, the return of Jeremy's manipulative ex-girlfriend, and the staggering adjustment of their monthly mortgage payments--deal a crushing blow to a young married couple dreaming of the bohemian life and their professional aspirations, and make them question their values and their shared vision of the future.

Alice Howlandová je hrdá na to, čo sa jej v živote podarilo dokázať. Má päťdesiat rokov, je profesorkou kognitívnej psychológie na Harvardovej univerzite a svetovo uznávanou expertkou v lingvistike, má úspešného manžela a tri dospelé deti. Keď ju však začne trápiť neobvyklá zábudlivosť a chvíľami stráca orientáciu, dozvie sa, že trpí skorou formou Alzheimerovej choroby. Nevyhnutné príznaky začínajúcej demencie ju postupne pripravujú o spomienky a minulosť, a tak predtým nezávislá a ctižiadostivá Alice sa pokúša žiť naplno aspoň v prítomnosti. Príbeh Strácam svoje ja je dojemným, hrozivým i krásnym opisom života so skorou formou Alzheimerovej choroby.

Raised amidst the confines of Iranian society, young Tamila Soroush escapes the oppression of Iran for the freedom of America, enjoying her everyday acts of rebellion against her background and capturing her new life through the lens of her camera, all the while searching for a husband who can prevent her return home. Original.

The breakthrough thriller from a new talent in psychological crime ... Mark Nelson is a young police officer, newly assigned to the team of John Mercer - a highly-decorated and successful detective, and author of a bestselling true crime book based on his years of experience catching killers. Mackey is a legend in the force and it's a huge opportunity for Mark, who has dedicated his life to his job ever since the death of his girlfriend years before. When a man is found burned to death in his own home, Mackey's team is thrown into an investigation that grows darker and more complex at every turn. The evidence points to a man known as the Fifty-Fifty Killer. His targets are young couples, who he stalks and subjects to a single night of torture and manipulation, testing and destroying the love between them. Only one of them ever survives until dawn. And his victims include a former member of Mackey's team. Soon afterwards, a young man walks into a police station badly tortured and with his memory in tatters. He knows only that his girlfriend is still being held captive in the woods he's escaped from. But the team know that by fleeing, the man has sealed his girlfriend's fate. If they can't piece together his experience by daybreak then she will die in his place. However, all is not what it seems ...

Over the course of an eventful summer, the three Miller women--Janice, abandoned by her wealthy husband for her tennis partner; daughter Margaret, facing bankruptcy; and teenage daughter Lizzie, dealing with the loss of her reputation--do battle with divorce lawyers, debt collectors, country-club snobs, their own demons, and one another.

In this globe-scattered Sri Lankan family, we speak of only two kinds of marriage. The first is the arranged marriage. The second is the love marriage. In reality, there is a whole spectrum in between, but most of us spend years running away from the first toward the second.The daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants who left their collapsing country and married in America, Yalini finds herself caught between the traditions of her ancestors and the lure of her own modern world. But when she is summoned to Toronto to help care for her dying uncle, Kumaran, a former member of the militant Tamil Tigers, Yalini is forced to see that violence is not a relic of the Sri Lankan past, but very much a part of her Western present.While Kumaran’s loved ones gather around him to say goodbye, Yalini traces her family’s roots—and the conflicts facing them as ethnic Tamils—through a series of marriages. Now, as Kumaran’s death and his daughter’s politically motivated nuptials edge closer, Yalini must decide where she stands. Lyrical and innovative, V. V. Ganeshananthan’s novel brilliantly unfolds how generations of struggle both form and fractures families.

Sequel to the top ten bestseller BRETHREN - the most exciting launch in historical adventure since Conn Iggulden.

La vita di Robert Reckliss - direttore della sede newyorkese di un'agenzia di stampa - sta andando in frantumi: in seguito al suicidio di un industriale intervistato dalla sua redazione, è stato sospeso dal lavoro, e il suo matrimonio sta attraversando una grave crisi, iniziata dopo che la moglie ha perso il figlio tanto atteso. Come se non bastasse, una mattina Robert riceve un pacco speditogli da Adam, un amico di cui aveva perso le tracce dopo l'università. L'involucro racchiude una piccola scatola di metallo intarsiato e un biglietto che recita semplicemente: Ti prego, aiutami. Non c'è tempo. Lo scrigno a sua volta contiene due chiavi e un foglietto che riporta un indirizzo e un'unica parola: vitriol. All'inizio, Robert pensa che sia solo l'ennesimo rompicapo escogitato da Adam, grande appassionato di enigmi. Quando si reca all'indirizzo indicato, però, si ritrova coinvolto in una sorta di caccia al tesoro, condotta sopra e sotto le strade di Manhattan, che non ha nulla del gioco e della finzione, perché mira a disinnescare un arcano ordigno che di lì a una settimana distruggerà New York e, probabilmente, l'intero Occidente. Soltanto rintracciando sette chiavi - guidato da indizi criptici e tracce sibilline - e superando sette prove - fisiche e spirituali - Robert potrà neutralizzare l'arma più potente che l'uomo abbia mai conosciuto...

Rovnako ako kniha Štyridsať pravidiel lásky, aj román Rebelka z Istanbulu je ďalším fascinujúcim rozprávaním tureckej autorky Elif Shafak. Román bol v roku 2008 nominovaný na cenu Orange Fiction Prize. Autorka v ňom na pozadí mystického a multikultúrneho mesta Istanbul opisuje osud rodiny Kazandžiovcov, v ktorej už po mnoho pokolení vládnu ženy a muži zomierajú mladí. Keď sa v jedno daždivé popoludnie v ordinácii lekára zjaví mladé slobodné dievča a žiada, aby mu urobili potrat, ani len netuší, že udalosti toho dňa ovplyvnia život celej jej rodiny. O dvadsať rokov neskôr žije krásna Asya Kazandžiová s početnými príbuznými vo veľkom dome v Istanbule. Mladá žena nepozná svojho otca, a teda ani svoju minulosť a je presvedčená, že taký človek nemá budúcnosť. Keď rodinu navštívi príbuzná z USA, pokojný život Kazandžiovcov sa nečakane zvrtne.