Set in 1890s West Africa, the story follows twin sisters Hassana and Husseina, who are kidnapped and sold into slavery after a devastating raid. Despite their separation, they maintain a deep connection through shared dreams of water, symbolizing their hope and resilience. The narrative explores themes of survival, sisterhood, and the enduring bond between them, raising the question of whether their paths will ultimately converge again.
Whether captured in the passion of love at first sight, or realizing that self-love takes precedent over the latter, the characters in these reimagined stories try to navigate this complex human emotion and understand why it holds them hostage. The focus is on the magical folktales of West Africa, but the author also reimagines iconic Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from countries that no longer exist
James Patterson raises the stakes to their highest level, ever-when Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime. Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart--nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One man knows this deeply, and uses Alex's strength as a weapon against him in the most unsettling and unexpected novel of James Patterson's career.When the ones Cross loves are in danger, he will do anything to protect them. If he does anything to protect them, they will die.CROSS MY HEART is the most powerful Alex Cross novel ever, propelled by the ever-ingenious mind of James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling writer.
Bestselling author Marian Keyes has delighted readers with the lives, loves, and foibles of the irrepressible Walsh sisters and their eccentric mammy. In this Life in the Big Apple is perfect for Anna. She has the best job in the world, a lovely apartment, and great friends. Then one morning, she wakes up in her mammy's house in Dublin with stitches in her face, a dislocated knee, hands smashed up, and no memory at all of what happened. As soon as she's able, Anna's flying back to Manhattan, mystified but determined to find out how her life turned upside down. As her past slowly begins coming back to her, she sets out on an outrageous quest--involving lilies, psychics, mediums, and anyone who can point her in the right direction. Marrying life's darker bits with wild humor and tender wit, "Anybody Out There?" is a strange and wonderfully charming look at love here and ever after.
It is 1890. A year after Holmes's death, Watson--now in a retirement home--narrates a tale of Sherlockian detection that could tear apart the very fabric of society. The story opens with a train robbery in Boston, and moves to the innocuous setting of Wimbledon.
V útulku spasiteľov niet priestoru pre radosť a nádej. Väčšinu chovancov priviedli na toto skľučujúce miesto v útlom detstve proti ich vôli. Krčia sa pod krutovládou mníchov, ktorých zverstvá a nemilosrdnosť majú jediný cieľ – slúžiť Obesenému spasiteľovi. Útulok je rozľahlá pevnosť plná spletitých chodieb nasiaknutých pachom storočí náboženského zápalu. V jednej z nich stojí chlapec a cez tmavé okno pozoruje čerstvé prírastky do tohto pozemského pekla. Má štrnásť alebo pätnásť rokov – svojím vekom si nie je istý rovnako ako ani ostatní chovanci. Dávno zabudol svoje pravé meno, teraz mu hovoria Cale. Nepamätá si nič z predchádzajúceho života a netuší, čo ho čaká v budúcnosti... Ani to, že ho nazvú Anjelom smrti.
Projekt Noe – tajný vládny experiment, ktorého cieľom je premeniť ľudské telo na smrtiacu zbraň. Lenže čosi sa škaredo pokazí. Dvanásť testovaných subjektov utečie a roznesie vírus meniaci ľudí na ešte nenásytnejšie, smrtiacejšie a prakticky nezničiteľné bytosti. Trinásty subjekt, šesťročné dievča menom Amy, zachráni agent FBI. Spolu utečú do oregonských vrchov, ďaleko od civilizácie zasiahnutej katastrofálnymi dôsledkami Projektu Noe. Priechod prináša vari až priveľmi reálnu víziu sveta, kde vládne strach a pud sebazáchovy a kde osud ľudstva možno spočíva na pleciach zvláštneho tichého dievčatka. Ambiciózny, silný príbeh z pera oceňovaného a rešpektovaného autora Justina Cronina epickým rozmachom zahŕňa prvky katastrofy a boja o prežitie, sebaobetovania, ale i nádeje, a zaraďuje sa medzi najčítanejšie tituly leta 2010.
Millions of people have read, discussed, debated, cried, and cheered with Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee girl whose violent and courageous journey puts a stunning face on the worldwide refugee crisis. “Little Bee will blow you away.” —The Washington Post The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in this page-turning #1 New York Times bestseller, book club favorite, and “affecting story of human triumph” (The New York Times Book Review) from Chris Cleave, author of Gold and Everyone Brave Is Forgiven. We don’t want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn’t. And it’s what happens afterward that is most important. Once you have read it, you’ll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don’t tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.
Všetko má niekde začiatok, len ho treba nájsť. Všetko má svoj koniec, ale niekto ho musí vybojovať. V októbri 1891 sa sedemnásťročná Léonie Vernierová s bratom Anatolom ukrýva pred hrozbou v Domaine de la Cade, neďaleko Carcassonne. Idylické prostredie skrýva zlovestné sily, ktoré čakajú na nevinnú Léonie. V prastarej vizigótskej hrobke sa skrýva niečo, čo chce ovládnuť ľudské duše a prelievať krv. Kľúčom k záhade je balíček tarotových kariet, ktorý pamätá na všetky príbehy ľudstva. O 116 rokov neskôr, v októbri 2007, prichádza mladá Američanka Meredith Martinová do Francúzska, aby napísala knihu o Claudovi Debussym a objavila korene svojej prenasledovanej rodiny. Pri príchode do hotela Domaine de la Cade narušuje duchov minulosti. S notovým zápisom prízračnej melódie a starou fotografiou neznámeho vojaka začína pátranie, netušiac, že je predurčená dokončiť príbeh tragickej lásky a záhadne strateného dievčaťa. Sviatok Všetkých svätých sa blíži, deň, keď padá závoj medzi svetom živých a mŕtvych. Meredith cíti volanie na opustenú čistinu v lese, kde tajomstvá minulosti spočívajú, ale nespia...
Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. When she leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, Joyce moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of deja vu is overwhelming her and she can't figure out why."
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A collection of stories set in modern-day Thailand depicts this Asian country on the crossroads between the ancient and the modern, focusing on issues of family relations, romance, generational conflicts, and cultural changes.
Isabel and Robert lost their two children in a drowning incident some thirty years ago. Their life in a small Devon village is disturbed when Anna arrives. She goes to live with Isabel and for a time the two women find mutual solace. When Anna's baby arrives Isabel's old wounds open, leading inexorably to tragedy.
Named as one of the '100 Best Things in the World' by GQ magazine in 2003, the riotous adventures of Vernon Gregory Little in small town Texas and beachfront Mexico mark one of the most spectacular, irreverent and bizarre deacute;buts of the 21st century so far. Its depiction of innocence and simple humanity (all seasoned with a dash of dysfunctional profanity) in an evil world is never less than astonishing. The only novel to be set in the barbecue sauce capital of Central Texas, Vernon God Little suggests that desperate times throw up the most unlikely of heroes. 'A showpiece of superb comic writing . . . Out of the detritus of a morally bankrupt society, Pierre has fashioned a work of comic art.' Sunday Telegraph 'In a just world, this ridiculously funny first novel would come free with every television set . . . Not since reading John Kennedy O'Toole's masterpiece, A Confederacy of Dunces . . . have I laughed so much or felt such sheer delight at the discovery of a wholly fresh comic voice . . . this novel reads like a modern day fairytale.' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday [For details of foreign rights, please contact Conville & Walsh (tel. 020 7287 3030 / fax 020 7287 4545)]
Een depressieve, instabiele jonge vrouw kijkt met heimwee terug op haar jeugd in een hechte familie die ze als buffer gebruikte tussen haar en de beangstigende, onbegrijpelijke buitenwereld.
