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Beletria - ostatné
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 
Beletria - ostatné
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It's Our Secret
In this powerful novel the horrific story of sexual abuse of young children by clergy is told through the lives of three main characters: the abuser, Archdeacon and then Bishop Colin; the abused, Jack; and finally the Reverend Katherine who offers hope and redemption to Jack. The circumstances and lives of Colin, Jack and Katherine are individually recounted and how they intertwine with one another develops through the novel. Despite its distressing storyline, the power of hope and love also shows that there is balance in life’s journey. Numerous themes are explored during the story including the role of institutions and the total disregard of the children’s voices and needs by Church, Police and Social Services who all take the importance of the ‘establishment’ to be a more vital aspect than that of the child. In particular it highlights the Church’s disgraceful policy of primarily wishing to preserve its reputation above the care of these vulnerable children.
Půjčovna loutek
Jednoho dne dostane XY, vypravěčka příběhů, spisovatelka, která žije v Indii, balíček z Prahy. Je v něm rukopis románu Půjčovna loutek, ve kterém vystupují dva hrdinové podivného jména: Pepe a Puppi. Kdo jsou a jaké jsou jejich osudy? Už jako dítě Pepe pochopil, že hmotná realita světa je jiná, než jak se nám jeví: každý atom je hlavně prázdný prostor. Tento objev ho stále pronásleduje. Co když jsou „prázdná místa“ možné styčné body s jinou, příští existencí? Dvě osoby ho ovlivnily – stárnoucí redaktor Ben a legendární geograf z Kroměříže Ferdinand Stoliczka. Při cestě za poznáním – od moravského blázince přes Prahu, Argentinu nebo Indii – má Pepe průvodkyni, kterou je půvabná Puppi, stejně jako on od dětství trochu šílená: má strach z hadrových panenek, z nichž se sypou piliny. Není přece rozdíl mezi hračkami a lidmi, kteří jsou ve skutečnosti jen loutkami pro různé životní role! Tragikomické příhody lemují fantastickou trasu, po níž jde Pepe z rodné Moravy až ke hrobu slavného krajana v Himálaji. Tam teprve zjistí, že celý život je vyrovnávání a smíření s koncem pozemské pouti a příprava na změnu.
Román ještě nekončí, přestože jeho autor opustil tento svět. Spisovatelka XY se totiž rozhodne příběh dopsat. Jeho závěrečná část je pro čtenáře vzrušujícím a překvapujícím vyústěním dramatu.
The Bombay Boys
In 1945 India, Partition is looming, and it is a dangerous and violent place. A fateful meeting and illicit romance between Joe Benedict and his boss’s wife Molly, starts an unstoppable sequence of events, as on their return to England they unwittingly become the founders of one of the most ruthless criminal gangs in London. Years later, London is ruled by violent gangs. Ambitious Nick Benedict and his best friend Subash, known as Basher, accidentally become involved with the dark side of Joe’s past. This leads Nick to become embroiled with the Magellis, a major London crime family. Eventually, battling for success against the Magellis, Krays and Richardsons, the Bombay Boys, (named for their Indian roots) fight to establish themselves in this violent world. The Bombay Boys is a savage and exciting journey filled with romance and thrills, as the family establish their territory in a gangster world that spans from London to New York, Las Vegas and even Sydney.
What Price Freedom?
Samuel Bass is fighting for his country, for himself, for forbidden love and for African Americans held in bondage. Leaving his wife and children, Samuel joins General Washington's newly formed Continental Army. Fighting at the battle of Germantown, he is badly wounded. Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, aide-de-camp to General Washington, rescues him from death and takes him to the home of a Quaker family in nearby Philadelphia to recover. Here he falls in love with the young woman slave assigned to care for him. Thus begins a tumultuous and, at times, dangerous journey into inner conflict, divided loyalties and a personal mission to provide equal education for everyone, regardless of their colour. In this sweeping narrative, the author skillfully gives an imaginative portrayal of one man’s life set against the background of American War for Independence but which, at the current time of global tension, addresses issues and conflicts that still resound today, such as the struggle for power and the destructive influence of widespread racial prejudice.
Rachel
This remarkable book is the story of the author''s mother, Rachel, a girl born in the Jewish Quarter of Damascus, who in 1927 wins a scholarship to study in Versailles to become a teacher with the Alliance Israelite Universelle. Posted to Baghdad, she meets Victor, a young man from a wealthy Iraqi Jewish family, fresh from study in Germany.The book follows their relationship, through the enormous and appalling upheavals of the twentieth century. The Holocaust is at first only a terrifying rumour to Syrian and Iraqi Jews, whose immediate problems result from the rise, following the collapse of the Ottoman rule, of a predominantly Muslim Arab nationalism whose sources in European fascism and Nazism make it a threat not only to Jews but to all the religious and ethnic minorities of the region, including the ancient Christian sects. The book covers the entire sequence of events, including the rise of Israel and the defeat of the Arab armies sent to suppress it, which led to the dispossession and expulsion, by the new nationalism, of virtually the entire Jewish community, in a vast act of what would now be called ethnic cleansing.In all of this Victor, extraordinarily, retains his nostalgia for an earlier, pre-Nazi Germany, and in the 1950s re-establishes himself in Hamburg.
The Milingimbi Adventure
When Nurse Mary is offered a contract to work in Milingimbi, one of the most beautiful islands in the Top End of Australia, she can’t believe her luck. Leaving behind the peaceful green fields of Ireland, her adventure takes her to the rugged red dirt, forests, beaches and saltwater crocodiles in the Outback. Little does she know, there are many challenges occurring behind the scenes, including missing persons, murders, drugs and dreadful encounters with dangerous native animals, leaving her and her colleague Amanda shocked at what they see each day. Are they ready to confront what’s out there in the huge Northern Territory of Australia?
Dear Debbie
A brand new twisted thriller that will have you cheering "good for her!" from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid!
Sometimes, enough is enough…Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands.
And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction. Or at least, she did. These days, Debbie's life seems to be spiraling out of control.
She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone.
Now, Debbie's done being the bigger person. She's done being reasonable and practical. It's time to take her own advice.
And now it's time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most.
From #1 Sunday Times and international bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a biting, subversive thriller about what happens when women finally choose to take justice into their own hands – with killer results.
Phoenix Vol. 3: Astral Bond
Jean Grey''s new status quo as cosmic defender Phoenix reaches new heights, from acclaimed writer Stephanie Phillips!A booming voice sounds across the cosmos: the voice of Ego, the Living Planet! And he speaks in distress of a great imbalance! A fracturing! A coming death. And the only one who can stand in its way is the Phoenix! But that’s not all, because Jean Grey’s new calling to space and responsibility to the galaxy becomes suddenly, critically personal with the return of a long-lost loved one — whose presence will throw everything Jean knows into total chaos!COLLECTING: Phoenix (2024) 11-15
Vojna a mier II (3. a 4. zväzok), 2. vydanie
Tolstoj písal Vojnu a mier v rokoch 1863 – 1869. Kompletné štvorzväzkové vydanie vyšlo v roku 1869. Dobová kritika najprv román odsúdila, ale čitateľský úspech bol obrovský. Dve vydania sa veľmi rýchlo rozpredali. V roku 1873 vyšlo tretie, podstatne prepracované vydanie, ktoré sa vydáva a vychádza v prekladoch dodnes.
Ide o klasický veľkoromán zo života ruskej spoločnosti v prvých desaťročiach 19. storočia. Popri množstve realisticky zobrazených postáv zasadených do historických udalostí plnohodnotne zobrazuje postavy generála Kutuzova a Napoleona. Nájdeme tu opis napoleonských rusko-francúzskych vojen prebiehajúcich v rokoch 1805 – 1812 (v románe je detailne opísaná bitka pri Slavkove 1805, ale aj bitka pri Borodine a francúzske obsadenie Moskvy). Hlavnými hrdinami románu sú dvaja šľachtici Andrej Bolkonský a Pierre Bezuchov, ako aj členovia rodiny Rostovovcov. Pierre Bezuchov je nositeľom Tolstého myšlienok a často veľmi výstižne hodnotí politicko-spoločenské dianie okolo seba, ako aj významné historické postavy.
Román bol niekoľkokrát úspešne sfilmovaný. V edícii Svetová klasika ODEON vychádza v druhom dvojzväzkovom vydaní.
Z ruského originálu Vojna i mir (Chudožestvenaja literatura, Moskva 1972) preložila Ružena Dvořáková-Žiaranová.
Vojna a mier I (1. a 2. zväzok), 2. vydanie
Tolstoj písal Vojnu a mier v rokoch 1863 – 1869. Kompletné štvorzväzkové vydanie vyšlo v roku 1869. Dobová kritika najprv román odsúdila, ale čitateľský úspech bol obrovský. Dve vydania sa veľmi rýchlo rozpredali. V roku 1873 vyšlo tretie, podstatne prepracované vydanie, ktoré sa vydáva a vychádza v prekladoch dodnes.
Ide o klasický veľkoromán zo života ruskej spoločnosti v prvých desaťročiach 19. storočia. Popri množstve realisticky zobrazených postáv zasadených do historických udalostí plnohodnotne zobrazuje postavy generála Kutuzova a Napoleona. Nájdeme tu opis napoleonských rusko-francúzskych vojen prebiehajúcich v rokoch 1805 – 1812 (v románe je detailne opísaná bitka pri Slavkove 1805, ale aj bitka pri Borodine a francúzske obsadenie Moskvy). Hlavnými hrdinami románu sú dvaja šľachtici Andrej Bolkonský a Pierre Bezuchov, ako aj členovia rodiny Rostovovcov. Pierre Bezuchov je nositeľom Tolstého myšlienok a často veľmi výstižne hodnotí politicko-spoločenské dianie okolo seba, ako aj významné historické postavy.
Román bol niekoľkokrát úspešne sfilmovaný. V edícii Svetová klasika ODEON vychádza v druhom dvojzväzkovom vydaní.
Z ruského originálu Vojna i mir (Chudožestvenaja literatura, Moskva 1972) preložila Ružena Dvořáková-Žiaranová.
Eliete - Normálny život
Eliete má po štyridsiatke a žije zdanlivo usporiadaný život – má rodinu, prácu, dom, ale nie je spokojná. Keď jej dni začnú skĺzať do úmornej rutiny, hľadá iskru, ktorá by ju znovu prebudila. Vytvorí si profil na online zoznamke, nehľadá však románik, ale samu seba. Čaká ju flirt, neistota aj otázky, aké si doteraz nekládla. Čo na to jej dcéry, manžel a babka?
Dulce Maria Cardoso píše s jemnou iróniou a neobyčajným pochopením pre veci ukryté pod povrchom „normálnosti“. Jej román je zrkadlom modernej osamelosti, majstrovsky zachytáva rozklad intímnych vzťahov v ére sociálnych sietí a zároveň skúma, čo ostáva z autenticity, keď sa život premení na sled rolí. Eliete – Normálny život nie je len portrét ženy, ale aj spoločnosti, ktorá sa naučila predstierať spokojnosť.
Portrét obyčajnej ženy, ktorá umára v nude a ľahostajnosti svojej rodiny – akási dnešná Madame Bovaryová, odhodlaná zmeniť svoj život a objavovať nové možnosti v ére Tinderu.
Expresso
Léto, kdy umřel Hikaru 2
Jošiki a Hikaru vyrostli společně v jedné vsi. Ale jednoho dne si Jošiki uvědomil, že Hikarua nahradilo něco jiného. Nějaký Hikaru, který je dokonalou kopií toho předchozího. Ale jak je potom možné, že si Jošiki té výměny všiml? V tomto svazku se dozvíme pravdu z jeho vlastních úst. Zároveň se věci dají do pohybu, protože podivného dění ve vsi si začíná všímat čím dál víc lidí. A na konci čeká krátký bonus, který prozradí, jak tenhle nový Hikaru vlastně uvažuje...
I'm the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! (Light Novel) Vol. 4
DOES THE MELEA PASS MUSTER?!After training under Marie's wing, Emma has finally managed to move the hearts of the Melea's crew-just in time for them to join the Empire's war!But before they're permitted to head into battle, the Melea's notoriously laid-back crew has to prove they're ready. The inspector who turns up to take stock definitely doesn't mesh with the ship's slackers...and the quirkiness on the team developing a new mobile-knight unit adds fuel to the fire. Staying focused on justice will be a challenge while Emma's hemmed in by countless eccentric comrades-especially if those comrades start to clash...
Kitayama and Minamiya Vol. 1
A Boys' Love rom-com about a horny guy who wants to see his coworker's erotic expression!Minamiya has a strange talent. Just by looking at someone, he can imagine what they'd look like when they're super turned on. In fact, he can't really stop. However, there's one exception-for some reason, he can't picture what his cute male coworker, Kitayama, would look like in the throes of passion. Unable to get these thoughts out of his head, a misunderstanding leads to the two men going out. But can the frisky Minamiya handle the real deal?
Vigil
Pre-order the latest book from the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo – a playful, wise, electric novel taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO, in the twilight hours of his life, as he is ferried from this world into the next''He will be read long after these times have passed'' Zadie SmithNot for the first time, Jill “Doll” Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favourite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion.She has performed this sacred duty three hundred and forty-three times since her own death. Her charges, as a rule, have been greatly comforted in their final moments. But this charge, she soon discovers, isn’t like the others: The powerful K.J. Boone will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold life, and the world is better for it. Isn’t it?Vigil transports us, careening, through the wild final evening of an epic, complicated life. Crowds of people and animals – worldly and otherworldly, alive and dead – arrive, clamouring for a reckoning. Birds swarm the dying man’s room, a black calf grazes on the loveseat, a man from a distant drought-ravaged village materialises, two oil-business cronies from decades past show up with chilling plans for Boone’s post-death future.With the acuity and explosive imagination we’ve come to expect, George Saunders takes on the gravest issues of our time – the menace of corporate greed, the toll of capitalism, the environmental perils of progress – and, in the process, spins a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the thorny question of absolution.
Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead
?Not even the Church of the Invincible Sun is invincible - and somebody has to do its dirty work. Enter Sister Svangerd and her accompanying priest, both accomplished practitioners. Their mission is simple: to make a meddlesome princess disappear (permanently). To get to her, they must attend the legendary Ecumenical Council, the once-in-a-century convening of the greatest spiritual minds the world has to offer. But when they arrive, they find instead a den of villainy that would make the most hardened criminal blush. To complicate matters further, it appears that some people long considered dead might not be after all. What began as a simple murder is about to escalate into a theological debate of terrifying complexity. From World Fantasy Award-winning author K. J. Parker comes a devilishly clever tale of murder, intrigue, and existential crisis.
A Titán játékosai
Addig jó, amíg játszunk.
Szegény Pete Garden most vesztette el Berkeley városát. Meg a feleségét is, de abból majd úgyis kap újat, amint gurít egy hármast. Ez mind része a Blöffnek, annak a játéknak, amely a Föld utolsó, egyre fogyatkozó lakóinak már-már a mániája.
A Blöff szabályai azonban egyszer csak megváltoznak, drasztikusan és végérvényesen, Pete Garden pedig egy olyan ellenféllel kerül szembe, aki nem is ember, a tét pedig sokkal nagyobb egy városnál.
Philip K. Dick ebben a regényben egy olyan világot mutat be, amely egyszerre megjósolhatatlan és perverz módon logikus.
Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over
Opposites attract chaos when Fire and Ice find themselves swapping powers and spiraling into an all-new disaster! Fire and Ice are back in action just not how they planned! After briefly reclaiming their Justice League status during Absolute Power, the duo is left dealing with an unexpected side effect Fire now wields ice, and Ice bursts into flames! With no solution in sight, they retreat to Smallville, hoping for a quiet reset. But when a magical mishap turns their predicament from bad to worse, their small-town sanctuary becomes the epicenter of another catastrophe. Can these best friends fix their powers before they burn or freeze everything to the ground? Writer Joanne Starer and artist Stephen Byrne bring heart, humor, and high-stakes hijinks in this must-read adventure! Collects Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #1 6.
Anywhere Else
A memoir of growing up in Florida interwoven with cultural reflections of the state from The X-Files to Emerson—revealing the complex truths of life as a FloridianFlorida and pop culture are a magnetic, viral match. From true crimes on social media to spring break movies to Miami Vice, the state has been served up for the rest of the world as a place of swamp things, serial killers, beach bums, teen girls, and dead poets. In Anywhere Else, Rachel Knox weaves her own story around the media caricatures, digging deeper into what it’s like to be from a “wild” place—and who gets to decide what that means. Knox writes from her own experiences of Florida as a child in Sunday school, a student on field trips to Everglades National Park, and a bartender making drinks for both out-of-state partiers and locals. She blends these memories with critical looks at touchstones from different cultural moments, such as Aileen Wuornos, America’s most famous female serial killer; Florida’s Highwaymen artists and Thomas Kinkade, the much-beloved religious “Painter of Light”; Ralph Waldo Emerson, the transcendentalist writer who spent time in St. Augustine; the gloriously trashy 90s neo-noir Wild Things; and the “Monster of the Week” episodes of The X-Files. Writing with clarity and searing honesty about real issues refracted through this prism of pop culture, Knox is both witty and vulnerable. In these essays, whether she’s bobbing in the warm waters of the Gulf or running through the trailer parks of her childhood, Knox portrays a Floridian struggling with a deep, complicated love of her home state. Anywhere Else is a book for anyone who resonates with the message that home may not be a perfect place, but that it is worth fighting for.
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.
