Silvia Piraccini Knihy

An innovative and richly imaginative new novel from the internationally acclaimed Carolyn Jess-Cooke, for anyone who loved The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Room.

Uprostred decembrovej noci trojica detí prenasledovaná temnými silami náhlivo opúšťa svoj domov v sprievode záhadného starého muža. Ich rodičia nemajú inú možnosť, ak chcú deti zachrániť. Prejde desať rokov, no Kate, Michael a Emma nie sú o nič bližšie k odhaleniu pravdy o ich osude. Cesta k odpovedi sa skrýva v tajomnom atlase. Práve vďaka jeho čarovnej sile sa súrodenci ocitnú v krajine, ktorej kruto vládne Grófka s armádou svojich mŕtvych bojovníkov. Dobrodružstvo sa môže začať! Nebudú v ňom chýbať unesené deti, prazvláštne spojenectvá, krvilační vlci, bitky v hlbinách zeme, honosné plesy duchov, obri s mečmi a najmä knihy s vedomosťami nevýslovnej ceny. Smaragdový atlas je prvou zastávkou Kate, Emmy a Michaela na vzrušujúcej ceste do čarovného sveta, ale aj k poznaniu seba samých. Je to príbeh troch obyčajných detí, ktoré sa rozhodnú zachrániť svoju rodinu, aby napokon zachránili svet.

Owen Mackenzie's life story abounds with sin and seduction, domesticity and debauchery. After growing up in the small town of Willow, Owen marries the elegant and remote Phyllis, his college girlfriend. But this soon leads to his first betrayal and he abandons his reserve, embarking on a series of affairs and sexual encounters in New England and as far as Las Vegas. Nevada. This is in America during the revolutionary sixties and seventies, and Owen's profession as a computer programmer does not shelter him from the era's reckless appetites. Owen's pursuit of happiness, in a succession of small towns from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, brings him to the edge of chaos, from which he is saved by a rescue that carries its own fatal price.

A funny and frank story about a mother and hercolorful son. It's bad enough for a mother to discover that her son is a porn star, even worse when the nosy neighbors know first. When Lynn sees her son Mark in an adult film she is forced to ask many difficult questions. How well does she know her son? Where did he get his obvious talent? And how will she tell his father? There are some things a mother should never know...

A sparkling debut novel about an unlikely romance between an Iranian immigrant and an American college student.Isolated and far from his native Iran, Ushman Khan has worked hard to build a wealthy, reliable clientele for his wares: exquisite hand-woven rugs from his home city of Tabriz.With perfect rectitude, he caters to clients like New York’s Upper East Side grand dame Mrs. Roberts, who plies him for stories about his exotic origins and culture to feed her own imagination. But like many immigrants, he’s living only half a life. He dreams of the day his beloved wife, Farak, will be able to join him in New York and complete his vision of the American dream. But when she tells him that she is leaving him for another man, Ushman is shattered. He begins to wander aimlessly through the terminals of JFK Airport, imagining a now-impossible reunion with Farak. Unexpectedly, he meets Stella, a Barnard College student who has just bade farewell to her parents en route for an Italian vacation. After Stella, isolated in her own way, finds herself at Ushman’s Manhattan store, they embark on an improbable and powerful romance. Together this American girl from the Deep South and the Iranian aesthete form a tender bond that awakens them both to the possibility of joy in a world full of tragedy.

Prázdne miesto je veľkolepý a vynikajúco napísaný román o súčasnej spoločnosti. J.K. Rowlingová vytvorila fascinujúci svet s postavami, v ktorých zaručene spoznáte vlastných susedov. Šarvátky a divoké konflikty otriasajúce životmi ľudí v Pagforde sú plné vášní, ktoré zasahujú aj každého z nás. Po nečakanej smrti štyridsiatnika Barryho Fairbrothera ostane Pagford v šoku. Je to zdanlivo idylické anglické mestečko s dláždeným námestím a starobylým opátstvom, ale za peknou fasádou zúri tichá vojna. Bohatí bojujú s chudobnými, tínedžeri s rodičmi, manželky s manželmi, učitelia so žiakmi. Pagford rozhodne nie je tým, čím sa na prvý pohľad zdá. Prázdne miesto, ktoré po Barrym zostane v miestnom zastupiteľstve, sa zakrátko stane katalyzátorom najväčšej vojny, akú mesto zažilo. Kto bude triumfovať vo voľbách sprevádzaných vášňami, pokrytectvom a nečakanými odhaleniami? Brilantne napísaná kniha, ktorá je autorkiným prvým románom pre dospelých čitateľov, nabáda na zamyslenie a na každej stránke znova a znova prekvapuje.

Not only is Hawk the world's best skater, he's also good to talk to. So I talk to Tony Hawk, and Tony Hawk talks back. Because just when it seemed like everything had come together for me, I had to go and screw it all up. It only took five seconds. But all of me knew. One risk. One mistake and my life would never be the same. Hawk had a few things to say. And a few things to show me. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see your own future?

Sam vive a North London; sedici anni, gli ormoni impazziti e una passione grande, come tutti i suoi coetanei: lo skateboard. E l'Eroe, il suo Eroe, è Tony Hawk, il più grande skater del mondo. Lui lo adora, ha il suo poster in camera, gli parla, si confronta con lui. E a chi se non al proprio eroe si possono raccontare le paure, le ansie, i problemi? Forse a una mamma come quella di Sam, giovane, carina, comprensiva, che ha conquistato anche gli amici del figlio. Del resto lei è una mamma davvero particolare e molto vicina al figlio, visto che lo ha avuto a sedici anni. E proprio a quella stessa età Sam conosce Alicia, con la quale è amore a prima vista, passione totalizzante e simbiotica come può esserlo solo a quell'età. Ma poi purtroppo, proprio quando - come succede solo a quell'età - il rapporto si sta ormai sfilacciando, Alicia scopre di essere incinta. Terrorizzato dal dover annunciare ai rispettivi genitori la drammatica verità e distrutto dalla visione terribile di un futuro fatto di pannolini e incomprensioni matrimoniali - prospettatagli dal suo idolo che tra le altre mille qualità ha anche quella di farlo "viaggiare" nel futuro - , Sam sceglie la fuga ad Hastings. Ma la sua fuga avrà breve durata.