Katherine Howe Knihy

Dej tejto očarujúco, príťažlivo napísanej knihy, sa odohráva striedavo v súčasnosti a vo fascinujúcom období v dejinách Spojených štátov amerických – v období salemských procesov s bosorkami. Connie Goodwinová, ktorá si robí doktorát na Harvardovej univerzite, sa v lete venuje štúdiu potrebnému na dizertačnú prácu. Matkinu žiadosť, aby pripravila predaj opusteného domu po zosnulej starej matke Sophii, však nemôže odmietnuť. Po objavení starého kľúča v Biblii zo sedemnásteho storočia postupne preniká do tajomstiev domu, v ktorom žilo niekoľko pokolení jej rodiny. V kľúči bol ukrytý zožltnutý papierik s menom Deliverance Danová. Pátranie po identite ženy Connie privedie ku knihe, v ktorej sú zapísané dávno zabudnuté vedomosti – zdroj neobyčajnej moci. Pri odhaľovaní Deliverancinho dramatického príbehu Connie prenasledujú vidiny z minulosti. Netuší, že udalosti v Saleme sa jej týkajú až tak bezprostredne. Stratenú knihu zo Salemu autorka napísala s podmanivým zaujatím a šarmom. Jej dej plynulo prechádza z obdobia procesov s bosorkami na konci sedemnásteho storočia do príbehu modernej ženy. Nechýba v ňom náboj tajomna či nečakané zvraty. Nečakajte lietanie na metle ani špicaté klobúky, bosorky, o ktorých sa píše v knihe, stretnete hoci aj dnes na ulici!

Mrazivý, pútavý, duchaplný a vášnivý príbeh inšpirovaný skutočnými udalosťami V prestížnej dievčenskej strednej škole v Danverse v Massachusetts to poriadne vrie. Študentky štvrtého ročníka sa pripravujú na prijímacie pohovory na vysoké školy, súperia, ktorá z nich skončí ako najlepšia absolventka ročníka, a zároveň prežívajú prvé lásky. Dospelí predpokladajú, že dievčatá tento tlak zvládnu. Jedného dňa sa však zrazu všetko obráti hore nohami. Nekorunovanú kráľovnú školy uprostred hodiny zachvátia kŕče a tiky. Záhadné ochorenie sa vzápätí rozšíri aj medzi ostatné dievčatá a čoskoro má rovnaké symptómy čoraz viac študentiek. Dostávajú kŕče, vypadávajú im vlasy, zmocňujú sa ich prudké záchvaty kašľa. Školu zachváti panika, šíria sa klebety a dohady, prepuká hystéria. O prípad sa okamžite začnú zaujímať’ médiá a vypukne horúčkovité úsilie odhaliť’ príčinu týchto problémov. Zapríčinilo ich očkovanie? Znečistenie životného prostredia? Stres? Alebo dievčaťa všetko len predstierajú? Jedine Colleen, ktorá práve číta knižku o procesoch s čarodejnicami v Saleme, si uvedomuje zvláštnu zhodu okolností – ich mesto sa kedysi dávno volalo Salem a už pred troma storočiami trpela podobnou bizarnou a nevysvetliteľnou epidémiou iná skupina dievčat...

"During his summer term at NYU, student filmmaker Wes Auckerman meets an entrancing girl whose search for a lost ring may unlock a dark secret from her mysterious past"

Connie Goodwin is an expert on America's fractured past with witchcraft. A young, tenure-track professor in Boston, she's earned career success by studying the history of magic in colonial America--especially women's home recipes and medicines--and by exposing society's threats against women fluent in those skills. But beyond her studies, Connie harbors a secret: She is the direct descendant of a woman tried as a witch in Salem, an ancestor whose abilities were far more magical than the historical record shows. When a hint from her mother and clues from her research lead Connie to the shocking realization that her partner's life is in danger, she must race to solve the mystery behind a hundreds'-years-long deadly curse

"Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America from a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft."--publisher.

Hannah Masury's thrilling journey as a legendary sea rover unfolds through a daring first-hand account by bestselling author Katherine Howe. The narrative explores the complexities of her character, revealing both her fearsome reputation and the admiration she commands. Set against a backdrop of adventure and intrigue, the story captures the essence of a woman navigating the perilous waters of her time, blending historical elements with vivid storytelling.

The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story--of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first arrived in the United States, until 2009, when Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother, the Astor name occupied a unique place in American society. The family fortune, first made by a beaver trapping business that grew into an empire, was then amplified by holdings in Manhattan real estate. Over the ensuing generations, Astors ruled Gilded Age New York society and inserted themselves into political and cultural life, but also suffered the most famous loss on the Titanic, one of many shocking and unexpected twists in the family's story. In this unconventional, page-turning historical biography, featuring black-and-white and color photographs, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe chronicle the lives of the Astors and explore what the Astor name has come to mean in America--offering a window onto the making of America itself.

From a New York Times-bestselling author comes this daring account of one woman's adventure among the most feared sea rovers of all time, perfect for fans of Kate Mosse and Jess Kidd 'An absolute page turner, full of unexpected twists and turns.' Celia Rees, author of Pirates! She was one of the most terrifying seafarers of all time. This is her story. The Golden Age of Piracy is drawing to a close when Hannah Masury watches the public hanging of the infamous William Fly in a Boston town square. Rumours about the location of Fly's buried treasure are rampant, and when Hannah finds a clue as to where it might be hidden, she decides it's time to take the future into her own hands. Two centuries later in a dusty university archive, Professor Marian Beresford is captivated by Hannah's story and the many unanswered questions she left behind. Hannah was determined to take her secrets with her to the grave, but in Marian, she might finally have met her match. A True Account is the page-turning story of two women from two very different worlds, both shattering the rules of their own society, both willing to risk everything to forge their own adventure. 'A feast for the sea-loving senses.' Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary

Von den eleganten Salons der Bostoner High Society zu den Opiumhöhlen Chinatowns. Von den quirligen Straßen des kolonialen Shanghai zu den Decks der Titanic. Boston 1915: Die 27-jährige Sibyl Allston lebt mit ihrem schweigsamen Vater Lan, einem ehemaligen Kapitän, und ihrem Bruder Harlan, einem vergnügungssüchtigen Harvard-Studenten, in einer Villa des noblen Viertels Back Bay. Trotz der eleganten Umgebung ist Sibyls Leben von Melancholie gekennzeichnet, seit ihre Mutter Helen und ihre temperamentvolle Schwester Eulah auf tragische Weise ums Leben gekommen sind. Den einzigen Trost findet Sibyl im Zirkel der verschrobenen Mrs Dee, wo sie regelmäßig an Séancen teilnimmt. Eine Fügung will es, dass Sibyl eines Tages ihre alte Jugendliebe, den Psychologieprofessor Benton Derby, wiedertrifft. Und es sieht so aus, als würde sich Sibyls Leben endlich zum Guten wenden, denn schon bald können der jung verwitwete Benton und Sibyl ihre Gefühle füreinander nicht mehr verbergen. Gemeinsam mit Benton kommt Sibyl jedoch einem alten Geheimnis ihrer Familie auf die Spur – und entdeckt plötzlich, dass sie eine ganz besondere Gabe besitzt, die sie die Welt mit völlig neuen Augen sehen lässt.