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Libba Bray

    11. marec 1964

    Táto autorka sa zameriava na detaily, ktoré odhaľujú ľudskú podstatu, odmieta sa sústrediť iba na fakty a namiesto toho sa ponára do neobvyklých a ľudských aspektov života. Jej štýl je presiaknutý humorom a iróniou, čo čitateľom umožňuje nahliadnuť do jej vnímania sveta. Využíva nečakané anekdoty a osobné skúsenosti na vytvorenie živého a pútavého obrazu jej osobnosti a myslenia. Jej tvorba je poznačená záľubou v slovách ako „vykúpenie“ a averziou k „možno“, čo odráža jej záujem o témy nádeje a istoty.

    Libba Bray
    The Diviners
    The Sweet Far Thing
    Lair of Dreams. The Diviners - Die dunklen Schatten der Träume, englische Ausgabe
    Dear Willie Rudd
    Before the Devil Breaks You
    A Great and Terrible Beauty
    • A Great and Terrible Beauty

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania
      3,6(900)Ohodnotiť

      It's 1895, and after the death of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she's being followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence's most powerful girls - and their foray into the spiritual world - lead to?

      A Great and Terrible Beauty
    • Before the Devil Breaks You

      • 560 stránok
      • 20 hodin čítania
      4,3(359)Ohodnotiť

      The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by number one New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray.

      Before the Devil Breaks You
    • Dear Willie Rudd

      • 40 stránok
      • 2 hodiny čítania
      4,2(43)Ohodnotiť

      The narrative explores Miss Elizabeth's reflections on her childhood relationship with Willie Rudd, her black housekeeper, highlighting themes of love, memory, and racial dynamics. As she writes a letter to Willie, now envisioning a world where their social roles have changed, Elizabeth expresses her longing for equality and companionship. Through this heartfelt correspondence, she reveals her deep affection and the unspoken gratitude she held for Willie, illustrating the profound impact of their bond across the barriers of time and societal norms.

      Dear Willie Rudd
    • After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to "read" objects, and therefore, read the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title, "America's Sweetheart Seer." But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners' abilities...Meanwhile, mysterious deaths have been turning up in the city, victims of an unknown sleeping sickness. Can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld and catch a killer?

      Lair of Dreams. The Diviners - Die dunklen Schatten der Träume, englische Ausgabe
    • At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.

      The Sweet Far Thing
    • The Diviners

      • 592 stránok
      • 21 hodin čítania
      4,0(1961)Ohodnotiť

      Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City-and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult. Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer. As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened...

      The Diviners
    • Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man, Lord Denby, has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma’s visions intensify–visions of three girls dressed in white, to whom something horrific has happened, something only the realms can explain...The lure is strong, and before long, Gemma, Felicity, and Ann are turning flowers into butterflies in the enchanted world of the realms that Gemma alone can bring them to. To the girls’ great joy, their beloved Pippa is there as well, eager to complete their circle of friendship.But all is not well in the realms–or out. The mysterious Kartik has reappeared, telling Gemma she must find the Temple and bind the magic, else great disaster will befall her. Gemma’s willing to do his intrusive bidding, despite the dangers it brings, for it means she will meet up with her mother’s greatest friend–and now her foe, Circe. Until Circe is destroyed, Gemma cannot live out her destiny. But finding Circe proves a most perilous task.

      Rebel Angels
    • The King of Crows

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania
      4,0(12024)Ohodnotiť

      After the horrifying explosion that claimed one of their own, the Diviners find themselves wanted by the US government, and on the brink of war with the King of Crows

      The King of Crows
    • Going Bovine

      • 570 stránok
      • 20 hodin čítania
      3,7(537)Ohodnotiť

      Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old diagnosed with mad cow disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.

      Going Bovine