Massimo Ortelio Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING 'A triumph... a brilliant idea carried out with confidence and brio and a deep love of an extraordinary city. The ingenuity of the time-skipping is beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN 'Spellbinding.... Chevalier at her fabulous best. A rich, vivid and gently enchanting novel' ELIF SHAFAK Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss. The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna - but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her? Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.

Londýn 1799. Mladá nádejná návrhárka šperkov Pandora Blakeová žije so svojím strýkom v kedysi preslávenom obchode so starožitnosťami svojich rodičov. Jedného dňa do obchodu tajne doručia záhadnú grécku vázu. Od tej chvíle sa v starožitníctve začínajú diať zvláštne veci. Pandora je odhodlaná zistiť o váze viac, a tak o pomoc požiada Edwarda Lawrenca, mladého muža, ktorý sa neúspešne uchádza o prijatie do ctihodnej Spoločnosti pre starožitníkov.Edward vidí v starodávnej váze kľúč k svojej akademickej budúcnosti, Pandora ju zas vníma ako šancu na obnovenie bývalej slávy starožitníctva a možnosť osamostatniť sa. Lenže Edwardove zistenia o váze náhle spochybňujú všetko, čo Pandora vie o vlastnom živote, rodine i svete. Postupne si začína uvedomovať, že niektoré dvere je lepšie neotvárať, pretože hranica medzi náhodou a osudom je niekedy až príliš tenká...

It is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiance and her brother and regarded by society as a 'surplus woman' unlikely to marry, resolves to escape her suffocating mother and strike out alone. A new life awaits her in Winchester. Yes, it is one of draughty boarding-houses and sidelong glances at her naked ring finger from younger colleagues; but it is also a life gleaming with independence and opportunity. Violet falls in with the broderers, a disparate group of women charged with embroidering kneelers for the Cathedral, and is soon entwined in their lives and their secrets. As the almost unthinkable threat of a second Great War appears on the horizon Violet collects a few secrets of her own that could just change everything... Warm, vivid and beautifully orchestrated, A Single Thread reveals one of our finest modern writers at the peak of her powers.

New York Times bestselling author. Paris, 1490. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house-mother and daughter, servant and lady-in-waiting-before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven. The results change all their lives-lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.

"One life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran... In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope. But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling. The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare."--Publisher description

Helen Franklinová už pred mnohými rokmi odišla z Anglicka. V Prahe, kde pracuje ako prekladateľka, našla pokojné útočisko. To sa však zmení, keď jej priateľ Karel objaví v knižnici zvláštny list, spoveď a záhadné varovanie pred Melmoth, temnou bytosťou, ktorá sa objavuje v ľudových legendách a obskúrnych rozprávkach. Podľa povier Melmoth cestuje časom a ľudí, ktorých presvedčí, aby sa k nej pridali, uvrhne do večného zatratenia, túlavej samoty. Helen to spočiatku považuje len za výmysly, ľudové povery. No potom, keď kráča po pražských uliciach vydláždených kameňom, má zrazu pocit, že ju niekto sleduje. A potom sa jej priateľ stratí...

Liv ha trascorso i suoi primi tre anni a Oslo, ma non ricorda nulla di quel periodo. La sua vita è legata a Kvaløya, un'isola nel circolo polare artico, scelta da sua madre, pittrice, per rifugiarsi e dipingere. Vivono in una baita grigia affacciata sul fiordo di Malangen, in un luogo isolato, ad eccezione della casa e della hytte di Kyrre Opdahl, un rifugio usato in passato per la caccia. Qui, il tempo sembra scorrere diversamente, intriso di leggende che raccontano di eventi sinistri. Kyrre narra storie di ragazzi che, tornati da una notte di pesca, portano con sé una presenza inquietante. Nella tradizione popolare, i troll sono mostri e la huldra è una fata seducente, ma Kyrre percepisce queste entità come forze maligne legate a eventi reali. Liv, pur affascinata dai racconti, non crede in tali forze. Tuttavia, l'estate del suo diciottesimo compleanno porta eventi tragici che mettono in discussione le sue convinzioni. Mats e Harald Sigfridsson, due fratelli inseparabili, muoiono in circostanze misteriose dopo una notte di festa. Le loro morti, insieme a quella di Marti Crosbie, inquietano Kvaløya e colpiscono profondamente Liv, soprattutto quando osserva Kyrre e Maia svanire nel nulla, lasciando solo polvere dietro di sé. In quest'opera, l'autore esplora la fusione di follia, mistero e mito con una scrittura magistrale.

In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except that it has a huge, bulbous eye.Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent for finding fossils, and whose discovery of ancient marine reptiles such as that ichthyosaur shakes the scientific community and leads to new ways of thinking about the creation of the world.Working in an arena dominated by middle-class men, however, Mary finds herself out of step with her working-class background. In danger of being an outcast in her community, she takes solace in an unlikely friendship with Elizabeth Philpot, a prickly London spinster with her own passion for fossils.The strong bond between Mary and Elizabeth sees them through struggles with poverty, rivalry and ostracism, as well as the physical dangers of their chosen obsession. It reminds us that friendship can outlast storms and landslides, anger and jealousy.

Od svojho prvého bozku žijú šťastne. A odrazu je koniec! Román o manželstve, rodičovstve a kríze stredného veku sleduje muža, ktorý sa snaží zachrániť svoj vzťah so ženou, ktorú miluje, a zblížiť sa so synom, ktorý mu pripadá ako cudzí. Po dvadsiatich rokoch manželstva vedca Douglasa a maliarky Connie, ich rodinné hniezdo ostáva prázdne. Douglas, nevýrazný a uzavretý vedec, má svojský zmysel pre humor, ktorý ho priviedol k tomu, že presvedčil krásnu Connie na druhé rande. Po šťastnom manželstve prichádza šok, keď mu Connie oznámi, že sa chce rozviesť. Jej načasovanie je katastrofálne, pretože plánuje mesačnú rodinnú okružnú cestu po Európe, aby podporila umelecké sklony svojho syna Albieho, ktorý sa chystá na univerzitu. Douglas verí, že ak sa výlet uskutoční, možno sa mu podarí zachrániť manželstvo a zblížiť sa so synom. Tak sa začína jeho odysea od parížskych múzeí cez amsterdamské ulice a benátske kaviarne až po barcelonské pláže. Bude to jeho posledné leto v úlohe manžela, alebo sa jeho život a manželstvo zmení?