Laura Grandi Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

With his notorious reputation for trickery and deception, and an ability to cause as many problems as he solves, Loki is a Norse god like no other. Demon-born, he is viewed with deepest suspicion by his fellow gods who will never accept him as one of their own and for this he vows to take his revenge. But while Loki is planning the downfall of Asgard and the humiliation of his tormentors, greater powers are conspiring against the gods and a battle is brewing that will change the fate of the Worlds. From his recruitment by Odin from the realm of Chaos, through his years as the go-to man of Asgard, to his fall from grace in the build-up to Ragnarok, this is the unofficial history of the world's ultimate trickster.

C'era una volta una vedova con tre figli che si chiamavano Nero, Marrone e Blu. Nero era il maggiore, lunatico e aggressivo. Marrone era il figlio di mezzo, timido e ottuso. Ma Blu era il beniamino di sua madre. Ed era un assassino. Blu non è più un bambino cattivo. Ora è un uomo di quarant'anni. Vive ancora insieme con la madre in un paese dello Yorkshire dove conduce una vita apparentemente normale. Un'esistenza ordinaria, molto diversa da quella che vive nel mondo virtuale. Sul web Blu ha fondato un blog dedicato a tutte le persone cattive, in cui dà sfogo ai suoi desideri più nascosti, confessa pulsioni omicide, racconta la sua infanzia. Ma cosa è vero e cosa non lo è? Qual è il confine tra realtà e mondo virtuale? Forse l'inquietante amica Albertine lo sa. O forse no. Ma una cosa è certa: Blu non è quello che sembra… Un romanzo avvincente, disturbante, sorprendente, capace di esplorare le nostre pulsioni più nere, che racconta una storia densa di colpi di scena, ambientata nell'inafferrabile e labirintico mondo del web.

After a years long absence, chocolatier Vianne Rocher returns to the village of Lansquenet in south-west France, to find that newcomers from North Africa have brought big changes to the community, and a minaret is now situated next to the church of Saint-Jerome, calling people to prayer.

In these 22 short stories by Joanne Harris, the miraculous goes hand-in-hand with the mundane, the sour with the sweet, and the beautiful, the grotesque, the seductive and the disturbing are never more than a step away

In this romantic suspense novel the reaappearance of a diary ensures that past and present intertwine, paving the way for unknown consequences. Joanne Harris is also the author of 'Chocolat'. Originally published: London: Warner, 1992.

Seven o’clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again. . . . Not that anyone would admit it was goblins. In Maddy Smith’s world, order rules. Chaos, old gods, fairies, goblins, magic, glamours–all of these were supposedly vanquished centuries ago. But Maddy knows that a small bit of magic has survived. The “ruinmark” she was born with on her palm proves it–and makes the other villagers fearful that she is a witch (though helpful in dealing with the goblins-in-the-cellar problem). But the mysterious traveler One-Eye sees Maddy’s mark not as a defect, but as a destiny. And Maddy will need every scrap of forbidden magic One-Eye can teach her if she is to survive that destiny.

Hrdinka románu a filmu Čokoláda býva už štyri roky na Montmartri. Má dve dcéry - Annie a Rosette - no už sa nevolá Vianne, ale Yanne. Zmenila meno sebe aj staršej dcére, prestala nosiť červené šaty, predáva v čokoládovni a silou-mocou sa snaží byť obyčajná, neupozorňovať na seba, zapadnúť medzi priemerných Parížanov. Jedného dňa však zasiahne jesenný vietor, s ktorým jej do života vtrhne výstredná Zozie, predstavujúca pravý opak všetkého, o čo sa Yanne usiluje. Všetko sa začína meniť... Lenže nová priateľka nie je taká, aká sa zdá na prvý pohľad. Bezohľadná, zákerná, prefíkaná Zozie má svoje temné plány a čoskoro obráti pokojný život malej rodiny hore nohami. Yanne napokon pochopí, že ide o všetko, a stojí pred ťažkým rozhodnutím. Buď ujde, ako toľko ráz predtým, alebo sa postaví svojej najväčšej nepriateľke... Sebe

At St Oswald's, a long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world; and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement. But beneath the little rivalries, petty disputes and everyday crises of the school, a darker undercurrent stirs. And a bitter grudge, hidden and carefully nurtured for thirteen years, is about to erupt.

Je vojna, ale malá Framboise má iné starosti. Striehne na obrovskú šťuku, ktorá tomu, kto ju uloví, splní želanie. A dievčatko má jedno: so zúfalou vášňou nemilovaného dieťaťa chce k sebe pripútať svojho jediného priateľa. Čo na tom, že je Nemec a navyše vydierač, keď presvetľuje jej pochmúrne detstvo. No nielen Framboise bojuje svoj osamelý zápas. Jej matka, ktorú raz nazvú „záhadnou vrahyňou“ zatiaľ skrýva pod maskou tvrdej ženy hroznú chorobu, svoju závislosť a city... Keď Fremboise o polstoročie neskôr lúšti matkin denník, netuší, že sa sama bude čoskoro cítiť ako stará šťuka, ktorú sa ktosi snaží vytiahnuť zo šera zabudnutia na svetlo a pripraviť o jej tajomstvo...

Do tichého francúzskeho mestečka sa prisťahuje záhadná cudzinka Vianne Rocherová s dcérkou a otvorí si priamo oproti kostolu obchodík s čokoládou. Viannin obchodík sa čoskoro stane miestom, kde si ľudia uľavujú na duši, šepkajú si tajomstvá, tkajú jemné sny. Úspešne sfilmovaný príbeh, v ktorom v kinosále doslova voňala čerstvo varená čokoláda.