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Detektívky, trilery, horory 
Sci-fi a fantasy 
Svetová beletria 
Romantická beletria 
Komiksy 
Historické romány 
Česká beletria 
Slovenská beletria 
Humor a satira 
Novely, poviedky, antológie 
Eseje, úvahy, štúdie 
Fejtóny, rozhovory, reportáže 
Skutočné príbehy 
Erotická beletria 
Citáty, výroky, aforizmy, príslovia, porekadlá 
Dráma, divadelné hry, scenáre 
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT THE ONE YOU LOVE?
Cleo is a college student: rebellious and provocative, with no interest in playing by the rules.
Kat is her mother and her opposite: a happily married corporate lawyer - the essence of perfection.
But when Cleo arrives home to find dinner burning, a bloody shoe under the sofa and no sign of Kat, it becomes clear that the one thing both mother and daughter have in common is keeping secrets.
Who is Kat really? And if her lies were meant to protect them, how dangerous is the truth?
Performing Visible Pregnancy in Shakespeare's Plays
This Element considers pregnant women and their costumes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays. It examines the connections between a character's costume and the changing social conventions of pregnancy. It questions mid twentieth century productions' reduction and elimination of well-established visible pregnancy costumes. It considers the role played by the sexual revolution in the sixties in visible pregnancy's reinstatement. The Element focusses on the varied significance of its presence to actors and directors and explores the archives to chart this previously under-examined interaction between social conventions, costumes, and the actors who wear them.
Fallen Gods
Fallen Gods is a Norse-inspired adult fantasy romance from Rachel Van Dyken, filled with ancient secrets and perilous desire.The legends of the past are never truly dead and buried . . .Liv Olson is a curator at one of New York’s most prestigious museums. Months ago, her brother travelled to Norway – and disappeared. So, when Liv suddenly receives an unexpected job offer, working as a curator in a tiny Norwegian town, she jumps at the chance to find him.But the small town of Vonn is nothing like Liv expected. Shops close before dark and superstitious townsfolk refuse to look at the water. What’s worse, her new boss, Tristan, is cold, cruel – and devastatingly beautiful. And, as part of the job, she must live with him in his mansion.Desperate to find her brother, Liv is soon plunged into a dangerous world filled with the Norse gods, giants and monsters from her research. And when she uncovers a deadly plot that promises immense suffering, she risks not only losing her heart, but her life . . .For fans of sexy romantasy and Neon Gods by Katee Robert, Rachel Van Dyken''s Fallen Gods duology is a steamy, dramatic myth retelling.‘A must-read’ – Vanessa Williams, award-winning actress and singer
The Cat Share
Sometimes it’s a simple as meeting the boy next door. Jenni lives alone with her cat Oscar – yes, she’s single but, after breaking up with her boyfriend, she’s more than content to be living alone. Sometimes she worries she might be playing things too safe, but she’s had enough of taking risks. Ben is a firefighter and, if he’s honest, he’s finding life hard. The arrival of a small tabby cat, who Ben decides to call Fred, helps him feel less isolated. But then, one day, Fred appears with a note tied to his collar from someone called Jenni, accusing Ben of stealing her cat! As the two neighbours start corresponding via the cat, their notes to each other reveal the truths they are hiding from even their closest friends, and themselves. The Cat Share is a warm and joyous romantic comedy about two strangers in love with one very greedy cat, inspired by a true story, for fans of The Flat Share, You’ve Got Mail and Rescue Me.
Unveiling Lady Scott
This Element sheds new light on Walter Scott's work by investigating the French influence of his wife, Charlotte Charpentier, later Lady Scott, through her transcultural upbringing and international connections. Much of the limited information about her is tainted by misconceptions from predominantly British male biographers of Scott, whose perspectives were centred on the great man and coloured by anti-French sentiment during the revolutionary period. Through new French and British public records, historical archives, annual registers, and personal materials like letters and diaries from the Scotts' family and social circles, this Element corrects false allegations and highlights her significant, yet largely unrecognised, behind-the-scenes social and literary influence on Scott's writing. By analysing these sources and conducting in-depth readings of Scott's texts, the Element emphasises Scott's collaborative literary approach and argues that Lady Scott, a knowledgeable art and literature enthusiast, greatly assisted him in his work as his secretary, amanuensis, and proofreader.
Possessed
John Travers has been hanged for the murder of his mother-in-law Helga, but to those who knew him something is amiss. Driven by justice and a sense of uncanny forces at work, John's friend Doctor Toogood recounts a haunting tale of love and jealousy under the fell influence of a shadowy and implacable evil. First published in 1927, this novel by husband-and-wife writing duo Rosalie and Edward Synton (real surname Corse-Scott) has been lost for nearly a century and returns now from the Library collections to deliver its occult thrills anew.
The Burning Origin
A searing story about homecoming, set in RomeGabriele Bilancini hasn’t been home for four years. Home is the Tuscolano neighbourhood in Rome, where he was born and grew up with his parents, sister, and a tight-knit group of friends. Today, he lives in Milan and he’s a world-famous designer. The perfect example of “making it”. Back home, nothing has changed. His friends'' lives above all: everything is the same, as if no time at all had passed. Ashamed of his origins, but unsatisfied with his present, however successful, Gabriele finds himself enveloped into the sweet, suffocating embrace of the past. An embrace that will force him to confront the deep fracture within himself. Mencarelli distills these elements with stunning clarity in a fast-paced novel. He offers us a passionate portrait of a Roman suburban neighbourhood that could be any suburb, real or imagined, where the protagonist nurtures a desire to express himself that is never satisfied, and a need to belong that can never be fulfilled.
Kappa
'Enchanting and sometimes terrifying' Jorge Luis Borges'Exquisite' Sunday TimesA lone mountain hiker falls through a hole in the ground into Kappaland, inhabited by creatures that are half tiger, half turtle. Here, children choose whether to be born, unemployed workers are turned into sandwich meat, and human artists are enshrined as saints. Despite the Kappas' strange and often gruesome ways, it's a return to the world above that drives the narrator to madness in Akutagawa's only novel. Written as Japan entered an era of aggressive imperialism, this surreal satire is a darkly comic cry of protest.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.Translated by Geoffrey Bownas.Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) was one of Japan's leading literary figures in the Taisho period. Regarded as the father of the Japanese short story, he produced over 150 in his short lifetime. Haunted by the fear that he would inherit his mother's madness, Akutagawa suffered from worsening mental health problems towards the end of his life and committed suicide aged 35 by taking an overdose of barbiturates. Pushkin Press also publish a collection of his short stories, Murder in the Age of Enlightenment.Geoffrey Bownas (1923-2011) was born in West Yorkshire. He learned Japanese while serving in the army during the Second World War, and went on to establish Oxford's department of Japanese studies. He taught, translated and worked to further British-Japanese cultural understanding and international collaboration throughout his life, earning a CBE and Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure.
Theo of Golden
THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'A word-of-mouth smash hit' New York Times 'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at the core.' One morning, a stranger arrives in the town of Golden. No one knows who he is or where he came from… His name is Theo and he's arrived there by chance – or has he? He visits the local coffeehouse, where ninety-two pencil portraits hang on the walls, portraits by a local artist of the people of Golden. He begins purchasing them, one at a time, and putting them back in the hands of their 'rightful owners'. With each exchange, a story is told, a friendship born, and a life altered. A story of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is a beautifully crafted novel about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the invisible threads of kindness that bind us to one another. Readers love Theo of Golden… 'Heart-wrenching' ? 'I have read many books in my life – this is without doubt one of the greatest' ? 'The most beautiful book I've ever read' ? 'Destined to become a classic' ? 'I have never cried so many times reading a book' ? 'Salve for the soul' ? ?
Haunting the Hunter
Hanna Harp's incendiary debut paranormal dark romance, perfect for fans of Sadie Kincaid's Forged in Blood and Keri Lake's Anathema, follows Cade, a devoted hunter fighting to shield his sister Callisto from a haunting generational curse, but when a mysterious spirit begins to break down his defenses, both his passion and his will ignite into a scorching, fourth-wall breaking read that places you at the heart of the story.Warning: This is not just a book. It's an invitation. A contract sealed the moment you turn the page. If you choose to read, you choose to be seen. If you choose to follow him, he will hunt you. This story does not end when you close the book... Cade Halloway is a hunter, raised by the Order of the Covenant—a cult built on blood, sacrifice, and power. He tracks and eliminates the powerful and corrupt. A predator disguised as a savior, but he's not here to save the innocent. He's here to rip apart the monsters who hide in plain sight. For years, he has been their weapon. Until he discovered the truth...his sister Callisto is slated to be their next offering. Callisto Halloway was supposed to die for the Order, but her brother has other plans. While in hiding, unable to help or fight, she spends her time trying to control the power she was born with, the power that the Order will kill for. But independence comes at a price, and her uncontrolled power summons a demon far more dangerous than the Order. One that wants more than her body or her soul. Now, on the run from the Order, Cade's only purpose is to save his sister. But Callisto's power has consequences. There's now an unseen force—a spectral presence—following Cade he can't explain and can't escape. A presence that breaks down all of his defenses, and tears down walls even he didn't know he had built, as he finds himself drawn to it in mind, spirit, and body. And it may be the only thing that can save him and Callisto. You. Are you sure you want to be haunted?
Bez Boha na svete / Sluha / Letáky a drobné práce
Šiesty zväzok súborného vydania diel Kristíny Royovej zahŕňa poviedku Bez Boha na svete, novelu Sluha a viacero krátkych próz, z ktorých časť bola uverejňovaná v dobovej tlači, iné slúžili ako letáčiky či traktáty. Texty krátkych próz sú tematicky rôznorodé, ich ústredný motív však dobre vystihuje citát: „Syn človeka prišiel hľadať a spasiť to, čo bolo zahynulo“ (Lukáš 19,10).
Vari najznámejším dielom Kristíny Royovej, preloženým do mnohých jazykov, je príbeh siroty Martinka Bez Boha na svete. Hrdinom je malý chlapec, no poviedka oslovuje deti aj dospelých. Hoci pastierik Martinko nemal možnosť chodiť do školy a nevedel nič o Bohu, jeho srdiečko vytrvalo hľadalo a pýtalo sa. Napokon nezostal sám, našiel svojho Stvoriteľa i Spasiteľa a stal sa Jeho ovečkou.
Novela Sluha je situovaná do dedinky Hradová, kam zavíta mladý muž Metod. Stáva sa sluhom jedného z gazdov. Je iný ako miestni, každému vie poradiť, pomôcť, pracuje nadmieru spoľahlivo. Spriatelí sa s osamelým Židom i chromým mladíkom. Pre dedinské spoločenstvo je impulzom, ktorý ich povzbudí k hľadaniu Boha. Zaujímavý dej má napokon prekvapivú pointu.
Error in calculo
Konec světa v Sudetech není o nic méně násilný, zmrzlý a hladový jako jinde, nicméně má lépe padnoucí kulisy i solidní tradici v krveprolitích. Kde jinde by mohla být plíživá apokalypsa stylovější, než v mlžných lesích Jizerských a Krušných hor? Darwin došel k poznání, že pro vývoj je potřeba kluk a holka. Věroučným knihám k tomu stačil Stvořitelův úmysl. Vesmír si myslel svoje, a za praskání kostí a trhání měkkých tkání se rozhodl přemalovat šachovnici a zamakat na vývoji. Pro nás, vyšší primáty, se to stalo dobrodružstvím sice poněkud nepříjemným, ale zato zpravidla posledním.
Hrdinové potemnělé a krvavé knihy možná mají hexenšus a hemoroidy, ale zato mají dobrý hudební vkus a štěstí, které je vždy včas opustí.
Hezky se uložte, Sandman pro vás má pohádku. Snad se ráno probudíte…
Minima animalia
Kniha německého biologa a ekofilozofa je souborem devadesáti devíti přitažlivých úvah psaných v deníkovém formátu během jednoho přírodního roku – od vykvetení sněženek do jejich objevení se znovu počátkem dalšího jara. Hlavním „hrdinou“ každého zamyšlení je nějaká drobná konkrétní forma bytí na naší zemi: od jabloně přes růži, sýkorku, ropuchu po stéblo trávy, kámen, lišejník, oblak, mořské tvory a mnohé další. S úžasem nad krásou, účelností a vzájemnou provázaností světa, jehož jsme nedílnou součástí, autor přesvědčivě ukazuje, že příroda je ve svém celku ztělesněná v každém jednotlivém individuu i jeho osudu a zároveň nás nedozírně přesahuje. Každý organismus je touto přírodou. Je to kniha plná živoucnosti i něžné poetiky, která se nevyhýbá ani tématům jako odumírání, tlení a rozklad, a k tomu nabízí hluboce duchovní vhled do našeho vlastního, lidského života.
Oheň nad Hlubinou
Ocitáme se tisíce let v budoucnosti. Galaxii obývá celá řada živočišných druhů, jejichž technologická vyspělost a dokonce i inteligence závisejí na tom, kde přesně v galaxii se nacházejí. Nejzazší a jádru nejvzdálenější vrstva zvaná Transcend je domovem božských superinteligencí, zatímco v Nevědomých hlubinách okolo jádra mohou existovat jen primitivní živočišné formy a ty nejjednodušší technologie. Nikdo netuší, jaká síla kdysi rozdělila galaxii na tyto „kognitivní zóny“, nicméně když ctižádostiví lidští archeologové otevřou dávno zapomenutý archiv na hranici Transcendu, probudí prastarou inteligenci, která má jediný cíl – znovu získat vládu nad galaxií, o niž přišla před pěti miliardami let.
Následné pohromě unikne jediná rodina, jejíž členové včetně dvou dětí však záhy padnou do zajetí Spárů, příslušníků nelítostné středověké civilizace, kteří je ihned využijí jako figurky ve vzájemném mocenském boji. Na pomoc jim vyráží záchranná výprava, která má za úkol přivézt domů nejen je, ale také tajemství, které je jedinou nadějí na spásu veškerého inteligentního života v galaxii.
Strhující epos o galaktické válce a jeden z nejvýznamnějších příspěvků do žánru space opery.
Vám teď věnuji své ticho
V románu se Mario Vargas Llosa vrací do rodného Peru a přináší příběh muže, jenž sní o sjednocení své země prostřednictvím hudby a při psaní knihy, v níž by se jeho vize ztělesnila, propadne šílenství. To?o Azpilcueta žije a dýchá pro kreolskou hudbu – není většího znalce ani sběratele, který by se mu vyrovnal. Přesto se živí psaním článků o hudbě pro brakové plátky, které mu platí sotva pár šupů. Osudným se mu stane večer, kdy vyslechne představení neznámého kytaristy, v němž rozpozná hudebního génia a jehož životopis se rozhodne napsat…
Poslední román mistra latinskoamerické literatury Maria Vargase Llosy je plný vášní i hudby a tajemství, jemuž je jeho hrdina na stopě, odráží rozporuplnost celé jeho země.
„Díky neomylnému smyslu pro rytmus vyprávění, důslednosti v zacházení s daty a historickými reáliemi, opřenými o ohromující výzkum, a mistrné úspornosti dialogů jeho buřičské psaní otřásá světem podobně, jako to činili hrdinové rytířských románů, o nichž čítával.“
Oskar Ed: Môj najväčší sen
Usaďte sa spolu s Oskarom Edom na zadnom sedadle ošarpaného auta jeho rodičov, nasajte dym z cigariet jeho otca a parfum jeho matky a staňte sa tichým spolujazdcom na ich spoločnej ceste mesačnou krajinou. Zostrené zmysly a silná predstavivosť rozkladajú beztak dosť krehkú realitu do obrazov pripomínajúcich surreálny sen. Počítajte zvodidlá, odpočívadlá a motoresty, raz, dva, tri… Sedí sa vám dobre?
Oskar Ed sa vydáva na nekonečný výlet s množstvom zákutí vedúcich do jeho vlastných vesmírov. Zakaždým ho však dobehne tieň neutešenej prítomnosti. Kam sa ten jeho otec tak tvrdošijne ženie? Akoby celý osud tejto výstrednej rodiny závisel od cieľa, ktorý zostáva až do konca záhadou.
Grafický román Oskar Ed, Môj najväčší sen získal v roku 2015 hlavné ocenenie na Medzinárodnom festivale v Poľsku a Cenu Muriel v kategóriách „Najlepšia pôvodná kniha“ a „Najlepší pôvodný scenár“ (2016). Toto dielo je vyústením osemročnej práce autora. Takisto završuje eponymnú trilógiu, ktorej história sa začala písať pred dvadsiatimi rokmi. Vyšla postupne v troch zväzkoch v rokoch 2003 až 2006.
A Rivalry of Hearts - Fae Flings and Corset String 1
A Rivalry of Hearts is a spicy standalone fantasy romcom in the Fae Flings and Corset Strings series. Every book in this interconnected series is a complete story and ends with a HEA. If you like academic rivals, enemies to lovers, and quirky heroines, then you'll love this sizzling tale.
Two rival writers.
One prestigious publishing contract.
A bargain of hearts and desire.
They say never bargain with the fae. They also say don't get drunk on fae wine. Yet romance author Edwina Danforth has managed a blunder with both on her first visit to the infamous faelands. Now she's trapped in a magic-fuelled bet she barely remembers with a man she'd be happier to forget. The terms? Whoever can bed the most lovers during their month-long duelling book tour wins a coveted publishing contract.
The win should be easy for Edwina. She's known for penning scintillating tales of whirlwind romance. There's just one problem: her imagination vastly exceeds her bedroom experience. But when failure means plummeting her career back into obscurity, losing isn't an option.
Her handsome fae rival, William Haywood, poses an even greater challenge. Not only are his looks as aggravatingly perfect as his track record behind closed doors, but he has his own reasons for playing to win, and he won't go down without a fight. Unless, of course, it's a different kind of going down. In that case, he's fair game.
Edwina and William clash in a rivalry of romance. But what happens when their objects of desire...turn out to be each other?
The Fae Flings and Corset Strings series is set in the same world as The Fair Isle Trilogy and Entangled with Fae. Journey back to this beloved fae world or fall in love for the first time.
Children of Fallen Gods
No war can be fought with clean hands. Not even the ones waged for the right reasons. Not even the ones you win.Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders’ war - and Max is determined to protect her at all costs.But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye’s power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic.All the while, darker forces loom - far darker, even, than the Orders’ secrets. As Tisaanah and Max are ensnared in a web of ancient magic and twisted secrets, one question remains: what are they willing to sacrifice for victory, for power and for love?A tale of dark magic, passionate romance, vengeance and redemption for fans of Carissa Broadbent''s Crowns of Nyaxia series. Continue the series with Mother of Death and Dawn, the epic final book in the War of Lost Hearts trilogy.
A Poisoning at Castle Gloaming
After a two-day train journey, peripatetic dressmaker Jemima Flowerday makes the final approach to her new job on foot, following the canal to Castle Gloaming, which stands in the rugged North Wales countryside overlooking the foaming River Dee. Jemima has come to clothe Mrs Cornelia van Doorn, a wealthy South African widow who has leased the castle from its impoverished aristocratic owner, intending to launch herself and her young stepdaughter, Honor, into London society. But on her arrival she’s told she’s actually been summoned to investigate the disappearance of the girl. Even in a place still haunted by mystery and magic, the seventeen-year-old can’t have melted into thin air…
Beletria je často nazývaná aj krásnou, alebo umeleckou literatúrou. Toto označenie pochádza z francúzskeho názvu belles lettres (krásna literatúra). Výrazom beletria sa súhrnne označujú umelecké prozaické diela. K najznámejším beletristickým žánrom patrí poviedka, novela, román, črta či umelecká reportáž.
Romány, poviedky a novely ponúkajú pútavé príbehy s výraznými postavami a atmosférou. Divadelné hry zase slúžia ako materiál pre divadelné predstavenia a prinášajú konverzácie, dramatické situácie a komediálne alebo tragické prvky.
Beletria je neoddeliteľnou súčasťou literatúry, ktorá obohacuje naše vnímanie sveta a poskytuje nám príležitosť prežívať rôznorodé príbehy a vstúpiť do rôznych svetov. Bez ohľadu na to, či preferujete dobrodružstvo, romantiku alebo reflexiu, beletria vám umožní objaviť nové myšlienky, inšpirácie a zábavu.
Hľadáte knižných hrdinov, ktorí vás zavedú do sveta romantiky, histórie, sci-fi či fantasy? Prinášame vám ten najlepší výber skutočných príbehov, románov, detektívok, noviel a poviedok. K úspešným autorom beletrie patria Jozef Karika, Dominik Dán, Róbert Bryndza, Kristína Tormová, Urbaníková Evita, Táňa Keleová Vasilková a Stephen King.
