Celia Brayfield Knihy

Anglická spisovatelka Celia Brayfieldová se po dlouhém váhání rozhodla strávit rok ve Francii. Usadila v rozlehlém domě se zahradou, aby v klidu přepracovala jedno ze svých děl. Postupně se seznamovala se svými sousedy, z nichž mnozí také pocházeli z Anglie, sbližovala se s prostředím a poznávala blízké i vzdálenější okolí. Kraj, dosud nepřesycený turistickým ruchem, ji zaujal lidovými tradicemi, svátky a slavnostmi, osobitou architekturou a především kuchyní. Brayfieldová je skvělá kuchařka, a tak dokáže mnohé pokrmy nejen přesně popsat, ale dokonce je i upravovat a vymýšlet různé variace na dané téma. Milovníkům francouzské kuchyně se nad recepty doslova budou sbíhat sliny, ale nic jim nebrání zkusit si mnohá jídla podle uvedených receptů uvařit. Kniha je koncipována jako průběh jednoho roku, rozdělena do měsíců, což umožňuje v běhu času popisovat proměny přírody, spisovatelčiny zahrady, chronologicky zachytit jednotlivé svátky a k nim přiřazovat zvyklosti i recepty. Čtenáři, kteří si oblíbili díla P. Maylea mohou dokonce porovnávat, jak život na francouzském jihu vidí muž a žena, co je zaujalo, jak odlišně na ně působí tradice francouzského venkova. Pohodové čtení, prokládané ukázkami z literárních děl a spoustou receptů dýchá klidem, který je v dnešní uspěchané době stále vzácnější.

Celie Brayfieldová, autorka bestsellerů jako Perly, Bílý Led, Princ, Žně a Tajemná Francie, odkrývá čtenářům tajemství vlastního úspěchu a komentuje práci řady dalších úspěšných spisovatelů, aby tak „v akci“ ukázala jejich tvůrčího génia a odpověděla na otázku z jakého důvodu se z toho kterého románu stane trhák, jež uchvátí miliony čtenářů a někdy jim i změní život.

Román spojujúci fantastické a historické motívy opisuje príbeh muža, ktorý sa pomocou drogy prenáša do 14. storočia, kde sa stáva svedkom dobrodružného života na cornwalskom panstve. Intrigy, neveru, násilnú smrť mnohých ľudí sleduje pomocou sprievodcu po tomto svete - Rogera.

Exploring the art of criticism, this guide delves into the skills required to craft compelling reviews across various mediums, including film, music, and literature. It highlights the importance of engaging writing that captivates readers, drawing on examples from renowned critics like Pauline Kael and contemporary voices like Mark Kermode. The book also traces the evolution of criticism, featuring influential groups like the Algonquin Round Table, and includes insights from journalists and editors on navigating a career in this impactful field.

"In London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain. It also began a movement that would change women's lives forever. The play was A Taste of Honey and the author, Shelagh Delaney, was the first in a succession of young women who wrote about their lives with an honesty that dazzled the world. They rebelled against sexism, inequality and prejudice and in doing so challenged the existing definitions of what writing and writers should be. Bypassing the London cultural elite, their work reached audiences of millions around the world, paved the way for profound social changes and laid the foundations of second-wave feminism. After Delaney came Edna O'Brien, Lynne Reid-Banks, Charlotte Bingham, Nell Dunn, Virginia Ironside and Margaret Forster; an extraordinarily disparate group who were united in their determination to shake the traditional concepts of womanhood in novels, films, television, essays and journalism. They were as angry as the Angry Young Men, but were also more constructive and proposed new ways to live and love in the future. They did not intend to become a literary movement but they did, inspiring other writers to follow. Not since the Brontës have a group of young women been so determined to tell the truth about what it is like to be a girl. In this biographical study, the acclaimed author, Celia Brayfield, tells their story for the first time"-- Provided by publisher

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In Arizona a woman wakes up to find a priceless pearl under her pillow, and begins a journey into the past. The book tells the story of three women - Catherine Bourton, her sister Monty and Princess Ayeshah. But when the Princess's past is revealed, the women's lives will never be the same again.

Richard, second son of Queen Elizabeth, is the most eligible prince in the world. Courageous, intelligent, devastatingly handsome, his will be a fairy-tale wedding – but who will be his bride?Victoria Hamilton: beautiful widow of a recently assassinated British diplomat, Richard’s childhood sweetheart with a tragic past …Harley Clifford: ex-model and radical Jamaican lawyer, whose affair with Richard shook the nation to its foundation …Jo Forbes: brilliant and wayward daughter of Hollywood darling Lorraine Leigh, determined that no one will ever again overshadow her star …Three women: three loves for the man of every woman’s dreams.

Placido's Beach Bar, the ultimate beach bar - although there is no beach at the end of the bay and few let their dreams bring them to this one-boat fishing village. Kim has come to Placido's to watch the sun set, to wait for her lover, and to understand the instability of all that seems stable. Kim's life started before she was ready and ran out of control into tragedy. She came through with the help of her friend, vibrant, fascinating Stella; now there is also Matthew, Kim's lover, a creature of true instinct but deceptive beauty. A woman, her lover and her friend; sacred bonds or the random choice of destiny? The island Los Alcazares, a scrap of desert in the sub-tropical Atlantic, a place of fantastic dreams and immeasurable secrets, of strange energies and violent events. Its people are fugitives, hedonists and visionaries, a mulinational community of refugees from reality. Among them a death has occured, a death for which both Stella and Matthew may be responsible. Written with profound passion and great precision, SUNSET, is haunting, vivid and a novel of paradoxes - trust and mystery, faith and knowledge, fate and love. The most ambitious work yet from a supremely perceptive and compelling modern writer.

Three women, and the men who love them, are victims of a serial adulterer: Michael Knight. But this year, the crop of pain and anguish which Michael has sown will be harvested.