Adriana Colombo Knihy

Dvadsaťdvaročná slečna Štíhla sa práve vrátila domov po absolvovaní univerzity Ole Miss. Vysokú školu síce skončila, ale v štáte Mississippi sa píše rok 1962 a jej matka nebude šťastná, kým jej dcéra nebude mať na prste zásnubný prsteň. Štíhla zvyčajne nachádzala útechu u svojej obľúbenej slúžky Constantine, ktorá ju vychovala, ale Constantine zmizla a Štíhlej nikto nechce prezradiť kam. Aibileen je čierna slúžka, múdra a hrdá žena a práve vychováva sedemnáste biele dieťa. Keď pre nedbanlivosť nadriadeného zahynul jej syn, niečo sa v nej pohlo. Je oddaná malému dievčatku, o ktoré sa stará, hoci vie, že to obom môže zlomiť srdce. Minny je zas Aibileenina najlepšia priateľka a možno najodvážnejšia žena v celom Mississippi. Vie výborne variť, ale nedokáže udržať jazyk za zubami, preto príde o ďalšiu prácu. Napokon si nájde prácu v rodine, ktorá je v meste nová a nepozná jej povesť. Jej nová pani má však vlastné tajomstvá. Tieto ženy sa veľmi líšia, ale aj tak sa spoja pri spoločnom tajnom projekte, ktorý ich všetky vystaví veľkému riziku, pretože ich dusia pravidlá vládnuce v ich meste. A tieto pravidlá raz treba zmeniť.

V USA sa prezident musí vyrovnávať s následkami hospodárskej krízy. A v Rusku nádej, ktorú mala priniesť revolúcia, zhltne teror boľševikov. Zima sveta, druhý diel ságy Storočie, rozpráva príbeh ďalších generácií rodín známych z Pádu titanov. Jedni zatvárajú oči pred neprávosťou, druhí jasne chápu, čo sa deje v mene ideológie. Hrdinstvo a tragédia, prispôsobenie sa a vzopretie, láska a nenávisť vytvárajú osudnú spleť na pozadí druhej svetovej vojny, ktorá bola obrovským historickým zlomom. S hrmením zbraní prišlo aj nové usporiadanie sveta. Mnohí kritici nazvali Follettovo dielo trýznivou lekciou dejepisu či nezvyčajným dejinným eposom. S tým môžeme len súhlasiť, lebo autorova sila popri vynikajúcich fundovaných rešeršiach spočíva vo vykreslení komplexných postáv, ktoré sa počas deja dostávajú do konfliktov. A čas pred druhou svetovou vojnou a po nej je na to ako stvorený.

Entreated by the bossy ghost of her great aunt to track down a missing necklace, Lara Lington finds her search challenged by her floundering start-up business, her best friend's defection, and her unfaithful boyfriend. By the best-selling author of the Shopaholic series. 400,000 first printing.

Four weddings. Three disgruntled ex-boyfriends. Two very effective chicken fillet boob-enhancers. And one gorgeous man. It's tough being a bridesmaidWith less than an hour to go before her best friend, Grace, is to walk down the aisle, Evie is attempting to fulfil her most important bridesmaid role: to deposit the bride at the start-line at the appointed time. But with a bride famed for her chaotic sense of time, and the bride's daughter busy mashing Molton Brown into the expensive hotel carpet, minus underwear, the odds are stacked against her . . . At least she has her new 'chicken fillet' boob-enhancers to make her feel special. That is, until these are spotted poking over the top of her dress. So spotted by Jack - the most ruggedly attractive man Evie has ever laid eyes on. Evie is twenty-seven; a sparkly, down-to-earth journalist. She has never been in love and has started to fret that she never will be. Small wonder, then, that the prospect of being bridesmaid at no less than three impending weddings is one that fills her with trepidation. Things get worse when Evie learns that Jack is her friend Valentina's date. Valentina is beautiful, shallow and self-obsessed. Her dates tend to be mirror-images. Which can mean only one thing: Jack can't possibly be as good as he seems. But as they sit together talking late into the night, Evie finds herself yearning to believe he's all real.

Escape into a world of exotic intrigue and romance. A breathtaking and absorbing novel set in Malaya propelled by the superb storytelling instinct of the author of THE RICE MOTHER. Parvathi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman. But her father has cheated, supplying a different girl's photograph, and Kasu Marimuthu, furious, threatens to send her home in disgrace. Gradually husband and wife reach an accommodation, and the naïve young girl learns to assume the air of sophisticated mistress of a luxurious estate. She even adopts his love child and treats Rubini as her own daughter – a generous act which is rewarded by a long-wished-for son. But it is a life without passion, and Parvathi dreams of loving – and being loved – with complete abandon. When the Japanese invade Malaya, in WW2, they requisition the estate. Marimuthu dies and Parvathi is forced to accept the protection of the Japanese general who has robbed her of her home. For the first time, she experiences sexual ecstasy. And gradually, her sworn enemy becomes the lover she has always yearned for . . .

"Broken-hearted by his wife's infidelity, Nicholas leaves the comfortable life he has known in Dublin for a ramshackle house in rural Cavan. There, the house seems to speak to him, and he catches glimpses of a presence - a fragile lady in blue, a woman trapped in the memory of one regret." "June Fanning came to Cavan from England in 1941 with her Irish husband, the solid but unimaginative Robert. She knows she should be grateful for a release from her previous existence in wartime London but June is a stranger in a foreign land, an outsider. And then Robert leaves to fight in the war. Outside the house lies the orchard, trees ripe with blood red hearts, and on the other side of it is temptation." --Book Jacket.

When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a Mercedes no less—Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed, Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. And who is this gorgeous husband—who also happens to be a multimillionaire? With her mind still stuck three years in reverse, Lexi greets this brave new world determined to be the person she…well, seems to be. That is, until an adorably disheveled architect drops the biggest bombshell of all. Suddenly Lexi is scrambling to catch her balance. Her new life, it turns out, comes complete with secrets, schemes, and intrigue. How on earth did all this happen? Will she ever remember? And what will happen when she does?