Saskia van der Lingen Knihy

Analyzes the most important people, places, and concepts of the early Renaissance period, whose explosion of creativity was to spread throughout Europe in the 16th century. In this book, important facts are called out in the margins of each entry, and key elements are pointed out on each illustration.

V krajine, ktorá je na pokraji občianskej vojny, sa zoznámia dvaja mladí ľudia – zmyselná, tvrdošijne nezávislá Nadia a mierny, zdržanlivý Said. Rozhorí sa medzi nimi láska, no intímnejšiemu vzťahu bránia nepokoje, ktoré sa šíria ich mestom. Keď naplno vypuknú a ulice sa zmenia na spleť kontrolných stanovíšť, prestreliek a bombových výbuchov, mladá dvojica sa dopočuje o dverách, cez ktoré sa ľudia môžu dostať z krajiny niekam ďaleko, hoci to môže byť riskantné a platí sa za to. Násilnosti sa stupňujú a Nadia so Saidom nemajú na výber. Opúšťajú rodnú krajinu a doterajší život, nájdu si také dvere a prekročia ich prah. Ocitajú sa v odlišnom svete a úporne sa usilujú udržať svoj vzťah, nezabúdať na minulosť a zachovať si vedomie toho, kto vlastne sú. Mohsin Hamid rozpráva s hlbokou intímnosťou a spôsobivou vynachádzavosťou nezabudnuteľný, aktuálny, ale zároveň nadčasový príbeh o láske, oddanosti a odvahe.

For Pip, swimming is a necessity. With a hopeless mother, a drug-addled sister and a best friend more interested in her own love-life than in friendship, swimming provides a welcome escape. Swimming is a novel about growing up, about talent, and about having what it takes to survive.

Seven years ago, Vivek 'Vicky' Rai, the playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai is dead, killed at his farmhouse at a party he had thrown to celebrate his acquittal. The police search each and every guest. Six of them are discovered with guns in their possession and are taken in for questioning.' 'In this elaborate murder mystery we join Arun Advani, India's best-known investigative journalist, as the lives of these six suspects unravel before our eyes: a corrupt bureaucrat; an American tourist; a stone-age tribesman; a Bollywood sex symbol; a mobile phone thief; and an ambitious politician. Each is equally likely to have pulled the trigger.' 'Both a page turner and a richly textured tale of human frailties and emotions, Vikas Swarup's eagerly awaited second offering is astutely plotted, with a panoramic, imaginative sweep.

From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. One morning, a man wakes up to find himself transformed. Overnight, Anders's skin has turned dark, and the reflection in the mirror seems a stranger to him. At first he shares his secret only with Oona, an old friend turned new lover. Soon, reports of similar events begin to surface. Across the land, people are awakening in new incarnations, uncertain how their neighbours, friends, and family will greet them. Some see the transformations as the long-dreaded overturning of the established order that must be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss and unease wars with profound love. As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading- a chance at a kind of rebirth - an opportunity to see ourselves, face to face, anew. The Last White Man uplifts our capacity for empathy and the transcendence it allows, a migration of consciousness powerfully enacted by the novel itself.