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A Crown of Talons
Fight or flight . . . or both?
Three months after Aderyn's coronation the court is celebrating the Solstice, but Aderyn is preoccupied by Lucien's continuing hostility. The celebrations are interrupted by the arrival of nobles who have escaped from the neighbouring country of Celonia - the flightless have risen up and overthrown their rulers. The world is changing.
As people begin to question whether Aderyn and Aron are strong enough to rule, there is an attempted assassination on Aderyn's life. Siegfried and Tallis have made their move - they have formed an army, declared war and will take the throne, by any means necessary.
Aderyn must fly to uncharted territories and risk the lives of everyone she loves, to defeat her enemies, secure her throne and unite her people.
Epic, dangerous and impossible to put down, this finale takes you on a soaring journey through grief, strength and determination to fight for what is right, what you love and what is yours.
little scratch
little scratch tells the story of a day in the life of an unnamed woman, living in a lower-case world of demarcated fridge shelves and office politics; clock-watching and WhatsApp notifications. In a voice that is fiercely wry, touchingly delicate and increasingly neurotic, the protagonist relays what it takes to get through the quotidian detail of that single trajectory - from morning to night - while processing recent sexual violence.
little scratch is about the coexistence of monotony with our waking, intelligent lives. It is a powerful evocation of how the external and internal aspects of our lives exist in a helix, and what it means to live out the course of a single day consumed by trauma.
'little scratch is a story that is urgent. It is a story that needs to be told.' Meena Kandasamy
'Reads like the cinders settling in the air after an explosion... daring and completely readable.' Colin Barrett
'little scratch is a little miracle... impossible to read it and not wish there were more books like it.' Alan Trotter
'Confident and vital... little scratch is an absolute gift.' Naoise Dolan
Traja Kamaráti, 6.vydanie
Hrdina a rozprávač tohto románu Robert Lohkamp kedysi sníval, že sa bude venovať umeniu – prvá svetová vojna však všetko zmenila. V povojnových časoch, v období hospodárskej krízy okolo roku 1930, sa spolu s dvoma kamarátmi prebíjajú životom, ako vedia. Majú autoopravovňu a pokúšajú sa čeliť hroziacej nezamestnanosti. Láska Roberta k Patrícii Hollmannovej presvetľuje román ako jasný lúč. Pat pochádza z meštiackej rodiny, žije však v schudobnených pomeroch, a navyše zápasí so smrteľnou chorobou. To všetko Robert spočiatku vôbec netuší.
Remarque na jednotlivých osudoch postáv zachytáva celú spoločenskú i politickú situáciu v Nemecku, hoci ju podrobne neopisuje. Príbeh jasne svedčí o autorovom rozčarovaní z ťažkých čias, napriek tomu je pretkaný sviežim humorom. Patrí k najkrajším dielam oslavujúcim silu priateľstva a lásky až do posledného dychu.
Slečna na hlídání - Emočně a eroticky nabité milostné drama, které vás nepustí
Co se stane, když se střetnou dva lidi ze zdánlivě neslučitelných světů? Co se stane, když se potkají dva lidi, kdy jeden se lásky bojí a druhý na ni nevěří? Co se stane, když se potká dívka, která má chyb milion, s chlapcem, který má jen jednu jedinou?
Mirka je obyčejná holka, která si ničí život. Nenávidí sebe, to, kým je, i to, co dělá. Pochybuje o všem a lásky se bojí. Dala by cokoli za to, aby se její život změnil. A tak opouští Čechy a odjíždí do Londýna. Do města, které miluje. Věří, že jedině tam může nalézt opět sama sebe.
Gad je naprostý opak. Rodilý Londýňan, který je bohatý, úspěšný, arogantní a sobec. Miluje svůj život, svůj vzhled, sám sebe, prachy a své auto. Má všechno naplánované, nepochybuje o ničem a lásky se nebojí. On na ni totiž nevěří.
A právě v ten moment se jejich světy střetnou!
Oba vědí, že jeden pro druhého nejsou dobří. Oba vědí, že je tu jedna zásadní věc, která stojí mezi nimi a rozděluje je. Měli by se od sebe držet dál. Měli by na sebe zapomenout.
Jejich přitažlivost je však osudová, konec nevyhnutelný, a tak oba udělají rozhodnutí, která mění celou hru i jejich životy.
To, co začíná jako skvělý zážitek i vtip, končí jako bitva o společný život.
Můžou ale tuto bitvu vyhrát? Anebo jen natahují jejich společný čas, který stejně vyprší?
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Animal Farm
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell's fable of revolutionary farm animals - the steadfast horses Boxer and Clover, the opportunistic pigs Snowball and Napoleon, and the deafening choir of sheep - who overthrow their elitist human master only to find themselves subject to a new authority, is one of the most famous warnings ever written.
Rejected by such eminent publishing figures as Victor Gollancz, Jonathan Cape and T.S. Eliot due to its daringly open criticism of Stalin, Animal Farm was published to great acclaim by Martin Secker and Warburg on 17 August 1945.
One reviewer wrote 'In a hundred years' time perhaps Animal Farm ... may simply be a fairy story: today it is a fairy story with a good deal of point.'
Seventy-five years since its first publication, Orwell's immortal satire remains an unparalleled masterpiece and more relevant than ever.
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1984
'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.'
The year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed.
Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history, but he dreams of freedom and of rebellion. It is here that he meets and falls in love with Julia. They start a secret, forbidden affair - but nothing can be kept secret, and they are forced to face consequences more terrifying than either of them could have ever imagined.
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Animal Farm
The animals at Manor Farm have had enough of Farmer Jones - he's drunk, reckless and cares little for their welfare. When the boar, Old Major, shares his revolutionary plans, the animals are convinced they can thrive on their own once the despot Jones is overthrown. But as the pigs vie for power, they begin to bear an uncanny resemblance to the tyrants they have overthrown...
George Orwell's renowned fable became an instant success on publication after the Second World War. The novel has continued to captivate readers of all ages, and has secured Orwell's position as one of the great writers of the twentieth century.
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1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
Winston Smith rewrites history. It's his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people of Oceania.
Winston knows what a good citizen of Oceania must do: show his devotion for Big Brother and the Party; abstain from all vices; and, most importantly, possess no critical thoughts of their own. The new notebook he's begun to write in is definitely against the rules - in fact, the Thought Police could arrest him simply for having it. Yet, as Winston begins to write his own history, a seed of rebellion begins to grow in his heart - one that could have devastating consequences.
In George Orwell's final and most well-known novel, he explores a dystopian future in which a totalitarian government controls the actions, thoughts and even emotions of its citizens, exercising power through control of language and history. Its lasting popularity is testament to Orwell's powerful prose, and is a passionate political warning for today.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell's masterwork, now in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series with a cover designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith
'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.
George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century.
Homage to Catalonia
'This is the story of one man who went to Spain with an intellectual sympathy for socialist doctrine and came back...with a fervent, almost religious belief in its necessity'
Both a memoir of Orwell's experiences during the Spanish Civil War and a heartfelt tribute to those who died, Homage to Catalonia is an extraordinary first-hand record of him time on the frontline. Written with all of the depth, passion and deep human understanding that defines Orwell's writing this is incredible work of non-fiction tells of the battles that were faced by ordinary working people as they fought for both their lives and their ideologies. Although Orwell was himself near-fatally wounded he finds both bleak and comic notes in his experience which is recorded with such clarity and depth that this short work has become one of his best known.
Lacná kniha Domov slávnych spisovateľov (a ich múz) (-25%)
Čarovný príbeh o sile lásky a literatúry. Alfonse Carducci je literárny velikán, ktorý žil svoj život naplno. Dnes prichádza do Domova seniorov v Bar Harbore, aby tam strávil posledné dni medzi spriaznenými dušami z literárneho sveta. Ako sa jeho život neodvratne chýli ku koncu, začína si uvedomovať dôsledky toho, že pred láskou uprednostnil honbu za slávou. Väčšmi než podlomené zdravie ho však trápi, že už nie je schopný napísať ani riadok. O obyvateľov luxusného penziónu sa stará oddaný kolektív zdravotníkov, ktorí podobne ako ich klienti našli za jeho múrmi útočisko. Medzi nimi je aj Cecibel Bringerová, ktorú pred rokmi ťažká autonehoda poznačila na tele i na duši.
Cecibel by si nikdy nepomyslela, aký obrovský dopad bude na ňu mať stretnutie s jej obľúbeným spisovateľom Alfonsom Carduccim, ako ovplyvní doslova celú jej existenciu. Alfonse zasa v Cecibel nachádza múzu, čo v ňom prebudí vášeň, ktorú pokladal za nenávratne stratenú. Zo slov, čo vychádzajú z jeho pera, postupne rastie príbeh, ktorý zaujme ďalších obyvateľov penziónu až natoľko, že sa aj oni zapoja do písania, a v Cecibel, ktorá dychtivo hltá každý riadok, silnie potreba lásky a odpustenia. Ako sa hranice medzi vymysleným príbehom a skutočnosťou stierajú, vzniká svet vo svete. Je to miesto, kde sa ľuďom vracia chuť žiť, kde starí mladnú, chorí sa uzdravujú a kde je možné všetko...
Terri-Lynne DeFino je americká autorka spoločenských románov. Z rušného mesta sa presťahovala na vidiek v Novom Anglicku, aby mala viac času na písanie aj na rodinu. Vo svojej tvorbe sa zameriava najmä na ľudské emócie a miesto človeka v dnešnom komplikovanom svete.
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Animal Farm
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. "
Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to run the farm, liberating themselves and creating a new life of equality and freedom. But they have underestimated the pigs. Napoleon and Snowball form an elite and take control for themselves, and the tyranny of the farmer is replaced with another kind of control leaving the animals again subject to a ruthless and cruel authority.
Imagined only as Orwell could, this powerful fable is instilled with humour and an underlying urgency that makes this one of the most prescient warnings ever written.
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Gullivers Travels
In the strange countries of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the land of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver meets some extraordinary people and remarkable creatures. From a race of miniature folk to some surprisingly gentle giants and wise horses, Gulliver sees society from many different perspectives. Back in England life seems very ordinary after all his experiences, but Gulliver's fantastic adventures change his views on human behaviour forever.
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The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
From the strange case of 'The Red-Headed League' to the extraordinary tale of 'The Engineer's Thumb', Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging for the immortal detective's unique power of deduction.
Homage to Catalonia
THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT
'There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all'
Both a memoir of Orwell's experiences during the Spanish Civil War and a heartfelt tribute to those who died, Homage to Catalonia is an extraordinary first-hand record of him time on the frontline. Written with all of the depth, passion and deep human understanding that defines Orwell's writing this is a vivid account of the battles that were faced by ordinary working people as they fought for both their lives and their ideologies.
Although Orwell was himself near-fatally wounded he finds both bleak and comic notes in his experience which is recorded with such clarity and depth that this short work has become one of his best known.
Down and Out in Paris and London
Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that...
As a young man struggling to find his voice as a writer, George Orwell left the comfort of home to live in the impoverished working districts of Paris and London. He would document both the chaos and boredom of destitution, the eccentric cast of characters he encountered, and the near-constant pains of hunger and discomfort.
Exposing the grim reality of a life marred by poverty, Down and Out in Paris and London, part memoir, part social commentary, would become George Orwell's first published work.
The Shelf
She can't believe she didn't see this coming. Well, not this. How could anyone anticipate being dumped on TV?
Everyone in Amy's life seems to be getting married, having children and settling down (or so Instagram tells her), and she feels like she's falling behind. So, when her long-term boyfriend surprises her with a dream holiday, she thinks he's going to finally pop the Big Question. But the dream turns into a nightmare when, instead, she finds herself on the set of a Big Brother-style reality television show, The Shelf.
Along with five other women, Amy is heartlessly dumped live on TV and must compete in a series of humiliating and obnoxious tasks in the hope of being crowned 'The Keeper'.
While inside the house, will Amy learn that there are worse things than being 'left on the shelf'?
Down and Out in Paris and London
THE AUTHORATITIVE TEXT
'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business'
As a struggling writer in his twenties, Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society. In this, his early memoir, Orwell recalls with vivid clarity his time working as a penniless dishwasher in Paris, pawning clothes to buy a day's worth of bread and wine, sleeping in bug-infested bunks, trading survival skills and cigarette butts with fellow tramps, and trudging between London's workhouse spikes for a few hours' sleep and tea. With all of the sensitivity and compassion that Orwell is known and loved for, he exposed the hardships of poverty and gave readers an unprecedented look at life lived on the fringes of society.
This vivid account is an enduring call to support the world's most vulnerable people and exemplifies his belief that 'The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.'
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KERRY HUDSON
Takmer úplne normálna
Matilda „Effie“ Heatonová akoby plávala proti prúdu. Všetci okolo nej už majú život vyriešený, len ona žije u rodičov a po večeroch vyplakáva pri fľaši vína. Miluje svoju prácu v kníhkupectve, no nemá rada seba, a tak svoje znechutenie utápa v alkohole.
Potom stretne Thea a ten až priveľmi dobre vie, že život nie je samozrejmosť. Má pocit, že konečne našla toho pravého. Theo spíše zoznam trinástich úloh, ktoré má Effie splniť, aby prekonala sama seba a v živote jej už nič nechýbalo. Spoločnými silami plnia jednu za druhou a ich láske azda nič nestojí v ceste. Osud však nečakane zamieša karty. Theo sa s Effie rozíde a neprezradí jej prečo. Effie sa napriek sklamaniu usiluje ďalej plniť úlohy zo zoznamu a zisťuje, že vďaka tomu sa z nej stáva lepší človek. Pomáha deťom bez domova, športuje, potláča nevraživosť, zmieri sa s matkou, spod postele vydoluje rukopis svojho románu a prepracuje ho. No zdá sa, že Theo ešte nepovedal posledné slovo. Dozvie sa Effie jeho tajomstvo? Dovolí mu opäť vstúpiť do svojho života?
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