Tilde Arcelli Riva Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Exhaustive detailing of early 1970s popular culture in suburban New England sets the stage for a tale of the American nuclear family in decline. The affluent WASP community of New Canaan, Conn., is home to the Hood and Williams families, whose two-parent, two-child households are increasingly dysfunctional. Benjamin Hood, struggling with a loss of importance at work and a growing drinking problem, embarks on an ill-fated affair with Janey Williams, while his wife, Elena, feels her regard for him dwindling. Meanwhile, the adolescents of both families experiment with sex, alcohol, and drugs to forge identities and combat a profound sense of alienation. A neighborhood "key party," where couples exchange partners by drawing keys from a bowl, leads to a chaotic climax as an apocalyptic winter storm brings physical tragedy that mirrors the emotional turmoil within the community. Pop-cultural references from the era, such as Hush Puppies and the film Billy Jack, permeate the narrative. While Moody, a Pushcart Press Editors' Book Award winner for his first novel, tends to present these details in an encyclopedic manner, his portrayal of the families is insightful and convincing, delving into their thoughts and fears. The central tragedy remains resonant, though his critique of cultural decline feels somewhat stale.

'Sappho's Leap' is a journey back 2,600 years to inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the world has ever known.

The story of this steamy novel centers on an amoral young Italian aristocrat with a penchant for violence who owes his extravagant lifestyle to the favors of a mafia overlord. So when he is asked to silence four witnesses due to testify against the mob, the aristocrat is more than happy to comply in a most brutal manner. Only he did not figure on a special agent -- one who helped build the mountain of evidence against the organization -- entering into a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with him. And the special agent is the only one who realizes that it is not loyalty, or honor, or debt that drive the young man to murder -- but the thrill of the kill!

With her characteristic wit and her refreshing refusal to bow down before political correctness, Erica Jong tackles these and other issues.

A humorous novel about the sensual education of a young journalist in Havana. The novel is set in pre-Castro Havana and includes a huge cast of colourful characters. The author's previous books include Three Trapped Tigers and Holy Smoke.

A painter of extraordinary talent and renown, Leila is addicted to a younger man who inspires her passion, yet betrays her. Leila fears that giving up the ecstasy--love, sex, alcohol, and hedonism--will mean losing her creative edge. From the bestselling author of Fear of Flying.

Knižka Vám ukáže cestu , ako sa vyrovnať s maličkosťami a pri tom sa nezblázniť. Autor vám citlivo a vnímavo odhalí spôsoby, ktoré vám pomôžu ostať pokojní aj uprostred rušného života plného zmätku a stresu. Stačí urobiť zopár drobných zmien v živote a naučíte sa získať nadhľad. Dozviete sa, že treba žiť pre daný okamih, prenechať občas slávu aj iným a znížiť hranicu citlivosti na stres. Kniha Vám pomôže zbaviť sa stresu a zvládnuť kritické situácie, zistíte, že vám tieto rady pomôžu pokojnejšie a rozvážnejšie žiť.

V knihe Prebuďte svoju vnútornú silu Anthony Robbins, autor medzinárodného bestsellera Nekonečná vnútorná sila, ukazuje, ako môžete okamžite začať ovládať svoj duševný, emocionálny, telesný a finančný osud. A nielen to. Táto kniha vás naučí, ako chvíľkovú zmenu premeniť na trvalý stav, ktorý vám vydrží po celý zvyšok vášho života.

Christ versus Arizona turns on the events in 1881 that surrounded the shootout at the OK Corral, where Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Virgil and Morgan Earp fought the Clantons and the McLaurys. Set against a backdrop of an Arizona influenced by the Mexican Revolution and the westward expansion of the United States, the story is a bravura performance by the 1989 Nobel Prize-winning author. A monologue by the naive, unreliable, and uneducated Wendell L. Espana, the book weaves together hundreds of characters and a torrent of interconnected anecdotes, some true, some fabricated. Wendell s story is a document of the vast array of ills that welcomed the dawning of the twentieth century, ills that continue to shape our world in the new millennium."

Tobias a Josephine sú deti prisťahovalcov a ako stovky ďalších očakávajú, že najideálnejším miestom v Amerike, kde sa človeku splnia všetky túžby, je Hollywood. Prirodzene, aj ich kroky vedú do Kalifornie. No prichádzajú sem už ako Toby a Jill. Zatiaľ čo Jill sem dohnala nešťastná láska, Toby odmalička sníval o tom, že sa stane slávnym komikom. Keď zistí, že talent nie je jediný predpoklad úspechu a rovnako dobre treba hrať na javisku i v živote, jeho hviezda začína stúpať. Závratná kariéra, sláva ani peniaze ho však nevyliečia zo samoty, nedôverčivosti a strachu, ktorý prežíva hlboko v duši. Jill na tom nie je lepšie. Okrem hrozného tajomstva, čo v sebe nosí, sa nevie zmieriť so zistením, že za všetko musí platiť vlastným telom. Napokon sa ich cesty stretnú a nezáväzný flirt sa premení na vášnivú lásku, ktorá im pomáha prekonať chvíle, keď sa rozhoduje o živote a smrti. Ani jeden z nich však netuší, že stačí len krôčik, spoločné šťastie sa zrúti ako domček z karát a vystrieda ho nenávisť.