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Just an Ordinary Day
A remarkable collection of dark, funny and haunting short stories from the inimitable author of 'The Lottery'.An anxious devil, an elderly writer of poison pen letters and a mid-century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit though a nightmarish city, a small boy's thrilling train ride with a female thief, and a town where the possibility of evil lurks behind perfect rose bushes. This is the world of Shirley Jackson, by turns frightening, funny, strange and unforgettably revealed in this brilliant collection of short stories.'Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation' - San Francisco Chronicle'For Jackson devotees, as well as first-time readers, this is a feast ... A virtuoso collection' - Publishers Weekly
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The Haunting Of Hill House
In celebration of the Shirley Jackson centennial, a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of the greatest haunted house story ever written
First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a haunting; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators."
Let Me Tell You
From the peerless author of The Lottery and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, this is a treasure trove of deliciously dark and funny stories, essays, lectures, letters and drawings. Let Me Tell You brings together the brilliantly eerie short stories Jackson is best known for with frank and inspiring lectures on writing; comic essays she wrote about her large, rowdy family; and revelatory personal letters and drawings. Jackson's landscape here is most frequently domestic - dinner parties, children's games and neighbourly gossip - but one that is continually threatened and subverted in her unsettling, inimitable prose. This collection is the first opportunity to see Shirley Jackson's radically different modes of writing side by side, revealing her to be a magnificent storyteller, a sharp, sly humorist and a powerful feminist. 'The stories range from sketches and anecdotes to complete and genuinely unsettling tales, somewhat alarming and very creepy ...The whole of the book offers insights into the vagaries of her mind, which was ruminant and generous ...For those of us whose imaginations, and creative ambitions, were ignited by 'The Lottery', Jackson remains one of the great practitioners of the literature of the darker impulses' - Paul Theroux, New York Times 'Shirley Jackson made a reputation with a short story in 1948. Like a lot of people I read 'The Lottery' when I was young, in an anthology of short stories from the New Yorker, and never forgot it. Let Me Tell You is a rich, enjoyable compendium of her unpublished short fiction and occasional writings, kicking off with a story of a dozen pages, 'Paranoia', which I won't forget, either' - Tom Stoppard, TLS Books of the Year
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Četba pro začátečníky - Frankenstein (A1-A2)
Frankenstein je nejproslulejším hororovým příběhem, který kdy byl sepsán. Je to vyprávění o Viktoru Frankensteinovi, vědci, jehož touha po odhalení tajemství života dává vzniknout děsivé stvůře. Ikonické vyobrazení Frankensteinova monstra uchvacuje celé generace čtenářů už od svého prvního vydání v roce 1818 a dočkalo se bezpočtu adaptací literárních i filmových. Anglicko-český zrcadlový text pro začátečníky.
Rush Oh!
'Hugely funny and peopled with a cast of characters I came to love like my own friends, Rush Oh! reminded me why I love reading' Hannah Kent, bestselling author of Burial Rites Mary Davidson, the eldest daughter of a whaling family in New South Wales,chronicles the particularly difficult season of 1908 - a story that is poignant and hilarious, filled with drama and misadventure. Mary Davidson has got used to looking after her five siblings whilst catering for her father's boisterous whaling crew. But when John Beck, an itinerant whaleman with a murky past, arrives on the doorstep wanting to join her father, Mary promptly develops an all-consuming crush which upends her world...Swinging from Mary's hopes and disappointments, both domestic and romantic, to the challenges that beset their tiny whaling operation, Rush Oh! is an enchanting celebration of both Mary's unique voice and an extraordinary episode in Australian history when a family of whalers formed a fond, unique allegiance with a pod of frisky killer whales - led by one named Tom.
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The Haunting of Hill House
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NEW NETFLIX SERIES DEBUTING THIS HALLOWE'EN
The best-known of Shirley Jackson's novels and a major inspiration for writers like Neil Gaiman and Stephen King, The Haunting of Hill House is a chilling story of the power of fear.
'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna Tartt, author of The Goldfinch and The Secret History
Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of psychic phenomena; Theodora, his lovely assistant; Luke, the future inheritor of the estate; and Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman with a dark past. As they begin to cope with horrifying occurrences beyond their control or understanding, they cannot possibly know what lies ahead. For Hill House is gathering its powers - and soon it will choose one of them to make its own. Twice filmed as The Haunting, and the inspiration for a new 10-part Netflix series, The Haunting of Hill House is a powerful work of slow-burning psychological horror.
Shirley Jackson was born in California in 1916. When her short story The Lottery was first published in the New Yorker in 1948, readers were so horrified they sent her hate mail; it has since become one of the most iconic American stories of all time. Her first novel, The Road Through the Wall, was published in the same year and was followed by five more: Hangsaman, The Bird's Nest, The Sundial, The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, widely seen as her masterpiece. Shirley Jackson died in her sleep at the age of 48.
If you enjoyed The Haunting of Hill House, you might like Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
'An amazing writer ... If you haven't read her you have missed out on something marvellous' Neil Gaiman
'As nearly perfect a haunted-house tale as I have ever read' Stephen King
'The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable' A. M. Homes
'Shirley Jackson is one of those highly idiosyncratic, inimitable writers...whose work exerts an enduring spell' Joyce Carol Oates
Haunting of Hill House
Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro s favorites, from Mary Shelley s "Frankenstein" and Ray Russell s short story Sardonicus, considered by Stephen King to be perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written, to Shirley Jackson s "The Haunting of Hill House" and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere. "The Haunting of Hill House" The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre. First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's"The Haunting of Hill House" has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a haunting;' Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers and soon it will choose one of them to make its own."
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Lace
Which one of you bitches is my mother? Four elegant, successful, and sophisticated women in their forties are called to New York's Pierre Hotel to meet Lili - a beautiful, young, and notoriously temperamental Hollywood movie star. None of the women knows exactly why she is there, each has a reason to hate Lili and each of them is astonished to see the others. They are old friends who share a guilty secret and who have for years been doing their best to keep that secret quiet. Their lives are changed forever, however, when Lili suddenly confronts them. When the women refuse to answer her, Lili proceeds to travel around the world through the playgrounds of the rich and famous, seeking to answer the question that has obsessed and almost destroyed her. LACE, Shirely Conran's frank, scandalous novel, follows a group of women, from adolescence to adulthood, as they negotiate the world of work, broken engagements, heartbreak and lasting friendship.
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The Crow Death And Rebirth
THE CROW is reborn -- in Tokyo! The spirit of the Crow is back, transfiguring Jamie Osterberg, an American studying in Tokyo and deeply in love with his Japanese girlfriend, Haruko... until the love of his life is stolen! The Crow must once more make the wrong thing right -- but this time he might have to do it by killing his own true love!
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Bioshock Rapture
After barely surviving a plane crash, a man discovers an undersea city called Rapture; a failed utopia created by Jack Ryan, a man who looked to embrace a world surrounding the objectivist ideals of Ayn Rand. Power and greed have run amok, the city has succumbed to civil war and the only question is who really deserves to survive this maniacal debacle of science gone mad.
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Šamanismus I
Ojedinělá antologie do níž přispělo deset světově proslulých léčitelů, psychologů, antropologů a odborníků na psychotroniku.
Šamanismus II
Kniha se skládá z příspěvků mnoha autorů, odborníků v oblasti náboženství, psychologie, filosofie, ezoterické filosofie, teosofie, léčitelství a pod. Zabývá se šamanismem, jeho tradicemi i současností v měnícím se světě. Dotýká se např. témat šamanismu ve spojení s alchymií, jógou, židovskými tradicemi.
A Glasshouse of Stars
Meixing Lim and her family have arrived in the New Land to begin a New Life. Everything is scary and different. Their ever-changing house is confusing and she finds it hard to understand the other children at school.
Yet in her magical glasshouse, with a strange black-and-white cat, Meixing finds a place to dream. But then Meixing's life comes crashing down in unimaginable ways. Only her two new and unexpected friends can help.
By being brave together, they will learn how to make the stars shine brighter. A Glasshouse of Stars is based on the author's childhood and beautifully illustrates the importance of friendship, kindness and love. "Heart-twisting and hopeful, bursting with big feelings and gentle magic." Jessica Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of the Nevermoor series"A rare and beautiful masterpiece; deeply heartfelt, dreamily magical, and glitteringly hopeful.
I adored it!" Sophie Anderson, bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs
The Great Poets – Percy Bysshe Shelley (EN)
Audiobook The Great Poets – Percy Bysshe Shelley. Idealist, atheist, outcast, political radical and, of course, poet – Percy Bysshe Shelley was, in many ways, the epitome of the Romantic artist. His poetry was an outlet for his passionately-held and highly unpopular beliefs; beliefs which resulted in social exclusion, exile, and possibly even his premature death at the age of twenty-nine.
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Posledný človek
Mary Shelleyová (1797 – 1851) si v máji 1824 napísala do denníka: „Posledný človek! Presne tak, pocity tejto osamelej ľudskej bytosti viem opísať veľmi dobre. Sama si totiž pripadám ako posledný pozostatok milovanej rasy, keďže sa moji spoločníci do jedného pominuli ešte predo mnou.“ Autorka slávneho Frankensteina sa po smrti manžela P. B. Shelleyho vrátila do Anglicka, rozhodla sa spravovať jeho literárnu pozostalosť, no popritom nezabúdala ani na vlastné spisovateľské aktivity, ktorými si nepochybne kompenzovala všetky osobné straty. Okrem manžela jej totiž umreli aj deti (spolu tri – Clara, Clara Everina a William), ostal jej len syn Percy Florence. Autorka v priebehu desiatich rokov z romantického ošiaľu, ktorý sa niesol aj v znamení (nielen) jej osobnej sexuálnej revolúcie, zdá sa, celkom vytriezvela. Už to nebola len neplnoletá intelektuálka, dcéra známych spisovateľov W. Godwina a M. Wollstonecraftovej, plachá kráska s knihou v ruke, ktorej počaruje ženatý básnik pochybnej povesti. Rozhodla sa bojovať s nepriazňou osudu a postarať sa o posledného člena novej rodiny, aký jej ešte zostal, úplne sama.
Pocit opustenosti položila na papier v knihe Posledný človek (The Last Man, 1826), v ktorom vzdáva hold ľudskosti v jej neuveriteľnej krehkosti. O svojom diele sa vyjadrila slovami: „Musím povedať, že Posledného človeka mám spomedzi svojich literárnych počinov najradšej, no chyby rozhodne neprehliadam.“
Román je príbehom priateľstva, je to filozofická úvaha o ľudskej náture, o zmysle života v spoločnosti, o duchovnom i intelektuálnom vyzrievaní v čase prevratných spoločenských zmien na pozadí katastrofy globálnych rozmerov. Dielo pôsobí v pandemickej ére priam prorocky. Po prvom vydaní v roku 1826 kniha zapadla prachom, vo svete ju vylovili z archívu až v roku 2008 a konečne si ju môžeme prečítať aj v prvom slovenskom preklade.
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Akár a folyó
Megható történet egy fiatal lányról, akinek egy váratlan találkozás után gyökeresen megváltozik az élete…
A tizenhét éves Victoria Nash egy barackfarmon él a coloradói Iola városában, ahol a család egyedüli nőtagjaként, nehéz természetű férfiakkal körülvéve kell a háztartást vezetnie. A rejtélyes múltú fiatal vándor, Wilson Moon el kellett, hogy hagyja a szülőföldjét, így kénytelen másutt boldogulni.
Victoria teljesen véletlenül találkozik Willel az utcán. A köztük lévő ellenállhatatlan vonzalom felforgatja mindkettejük világát, szenvedélyes kapcsolatuk viszont megannyi veszélyt rejt… Amikor bekövetkezik a tragédia, Victoria maga mögött hagyja addigi életét, a környező hegyekbe rejtőzik, ahol a túlélésért küzd, és nem tudja, mit hoz a jövő. Minden erejét össze kell szednie, hogy talpra álljon a veszteségből, majd továbblépjen. Főképp, amikor a Gunnison folyó bekebelezi az otthonát, a gyümölcsöskertet és mindent, ami generációkon át a családjáé volt.
Felemelő regény a hatvanas években megsemmisült Iola városának igaz történetéről, egy különös szerelemről, a nehézségekkel való szembenézésről, a bátorságról, a kitartásról, a barátságról és az otthonról, amelyre ott is rálelhet az ember, ahol a legkevésbé várná. Shelley Read megmutatja, mit jelent úgy irányítani az életünket, mintha folyó lenne. Sok mindent összegyűjtve, áramolva, és az akadály ellenére mindig megtalálva az előrevezető utat.
Shiren Múzeum & Aukciósház
Amikor az éj leple alatt megérkeznek az alapanyagok, a kapu kinyílik, és nincs többé visszaút: a színpad készen áll, az alkotás kezdetét veszi. Ez a Shiren Múzeum & Aukciósház. A hely, ahol a műalkotások élnek, és ahol az öreg gondnok, Mr. Verg odaadóan gondozza őket.Egy éjszakán azonban különleges alapanyag érkezik, és a fáklyalángok füstjéből sötét emlékek sejlenek fel.Vajon ezúttal hogyan alakul az árverés?
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Benső útjaimon
Shirley MacLaine talán mindent elért, amit hagyományos értelemben boldog és sikeres életnek tartunk. Nevét az egész világon ismerik, számtalan film főszerepét játszotta el, mégsem érezte teljesnek az életét. "Nincs az a siker, ami többet érne a belső békénél" - fogalmazza meg a sok év tapasztalata alapján kikristályosodott igazságot. Így történt, hogy a világhírű színésznő elkezdte járni az országot.
Az Amerika különböző városaiban rendezett önfejlesztő tréningek vezetésével szeretne hozzájárulni egy egészségesebb és boldogabb világ megteremtéséhez. Mint a történelem során annyian, ő is megfogalmazta a ma is aktuális kérdést: mi az oka a sok háborúnak, békétlenségnek és ki a felelős mindezekért. Sajnos hajlamosok vagyunk a problémák okát mindig másokban keresni. Pedig ahhoz, hogy megoldjuk, és ne szaporítsuk a bajt, a felelősséget nekünk magunknak kell vállalnunk.
Shirley MacLaine saját tapasztalatait, élményeit osztja meg velünk a tőle megszokott kellemesen könnyed, de mégis mély, érthető stílusban. Könyvét azoknak ajánlja, akik önmaguk tökéletesítésén munkálkodnak.
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