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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 
Beletria - ostatné
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Of Rice, Love and War
Amidst the turmoil of the Vietnam War, the line between loyalty and betrayal is blurred in this gripping romantic spy thriller. Amelie, a French journalist born in colonial Indochina, navigates the treacherous landscape of espionage as a communist spy working for the North Vietnamese. Under the guidance of her handler, Tran, Amelie finds herself entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse, operating between Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. When Amelie receives crucial evidence from a burned CIA operative in Bangkok, she becomes further embroiled in the war's chaos and her emotions are torn between two men: Magnus, a dashing Scottish reporter, and Tom, a charismatic American officer. As the stakes heighten and allegiances are tested, Amelie must confront the devastating impact of violence on her life and the cost of loyalty, duty, and love. Can she survive the war, find love, and uncover the truth without losing herself in the process?
A Death in the Gym
Josh Stern has two jobs and he likes to keep them separate. A personal trainer during the day and a part-time private investigator by night. When a dead body is found in Josh’s gym, it sets off a series of seemingly unconnected events, reigniting an old case he thought he’d solved – the disappearance of a twenty-year old student more than two decades ago. As Josh is pulled into a web of deception, decades of lies surrounding a young woman’s disappearance need to be untangled, where every truth uncovered reveals a darker secret.
Humeccan
A collection of short stories exposing human nature as mechanistic. The backdrop of our evolution is first painted via a quixotic character’s mission to alert his neighbourhood to coming doom. Two stories then follow different trajectories from the same inflection point of our shifting culture. One has doom averted, another careers towards the prophesied doom. Intimate tales follow, evoking both unseemly and more humane aspects of our nature. The central story, the dark heart, turns, presenting pathological behaviours as seen from the gene’s eye view and as resulting from forces that created us to be the gene-serving ape-machines we are. Further elaborating stories lead deeper into our psychology, dissecting the assumptions we make about ourselves and others. Projections are reflected back. We are challenged to justify our beliefs, and to confront a seemingly bleak view: that of a deterministic universe in which we evolved not for our wellbeing, but to propagate immortal genes. The final story in the collection imagines a future in which an evolved culture helps us live better with our evolved natures. Mechanical devices and scientific concepts are embraced in story titles, anchoring the narratives in the mechanistic character of human nature. The natural world reverberates throughout what is, ultimately, a humane vision.
Fleeting Glory
More Battles, Boudoirs and Bedsports. In the gripping sequel to Glory Beckons, three very different men find themselves in the collapse of Napoleon’s empire. Marshal Ney, Napoleon’s famous ‘Bravest of the Brave’, at the height of his illustrious career, with a secret that could destroy the Emperor’s infallible reputation. Sir Robert Wilson, an English general and diplomat, harbouring a hatred of Bonaparte, determined to be the man who assassinates him. Michael Bruce, young hedonistic Etonian with little interest in Napoleon’s ambitions, apart from when they interrupt his travels and erotic adventures. The exciting, dangerous and intertwining lives of these three men give them ringside seats to the end of a conflict that tore Europe apart and defined the shape of the world for the next century. Opening with Napoleon’s fateful entry into Russia and his advance towards Moscow, following the famous retreat through a Russian winter, and ending in the aftermath of Waterloo, Fleeting Glory is a non-stop page turner. Its racy depiction of gory battles, immoral court life and elegant lifestyles tells what it was really like for those caught in the finale of an empire.
White Collar
London, 2012. Six lives collide in pursuit of love, lust, violence and redemption. Dan Trench is unravelling. When he’s not going through the motions of life, he’s pining after his ex-fiancée and getting into fights. His chaotic path crosses with Gareth Eary, an old friend turned high-flying stockbroker whose success is built on a painful secret – one that draws him into the orbit of billionaire hedge-fund boss Aurelius Blois. Gareth is offered a chance to change his life forever, but at a cost: dirty work and dangerous alliances. Meanwhile, Dan’s romance with investment banker Marianne Bleekman ends in heartbreak. In her absence, he disappears into the City’s violent underbelly. And now, with financial deceit and personal ruin playing out across investment-bank trading floors and underground fight clubs, everyone is clawing for survival. When greed, revenge and sexual violence reach a brutal climax, Dan must decide: will he find redemption in restraint, or in one final, devastating act?
The Oedipus Cage
Christian Ward is CEO of the most successful software company on the planet. Enjoying a life full of wealth, indulgence and unashamed entitlement. But he has a problem. The establishment wants a favour and now he is being blackmailed. And Lucas Fox, a gifted hacker, is on the run with a life-or-death mission to stop Oedipus, before it is too late. Cue panic in London and in Langley, Virginia, and then a desperate chase to protect a conspiracy that goes to the very heart of the government and the security services. Plus a subterfuge so breathtaking that it threatens to change the world for ever. And for Lucas Fox, a chance to uncover a secret kept hidden for over 20 years. Who is trying to kill Lucas Fox, what do they want, and crucially, who or what is Oedipu? he Oedipus Cage combines the classic English murder mystery with the murky world of politics and international espionage.
No. 28
Behind the elegant façade of No. 28, a Victorian terraced house in a tree-lined avenue, five women try to outrun the darkness that threatens to consume them. Cloistered in separate apartments, seeking ways to fill the hours of solitude, their privacy is assured, each woman remaining oblivious to a strange secret that binds them all. The owner of No. 28, and occupant of the attic apartment, is unravelling at an alarming rate. Her psychiatrist, an enigmatic figure coaxed out of retirement, believes he is more than qualified to take on Alana’s case. But, as the sessions with his client dive deeper, the line between memory and fantasy blurs, and he begins to question his own view of reality. Those who cross paths with the residents of No. 28 find themselves drawn into a growing maelstrom of deception and chaos. And when the storm breaks, lives will be claimed. Darkly humorous and deliciously unsettling, No. 28 is a suspense-laced study of fractured minds and fragile alliances. A cautionary tale, it explores the tapestry of invisible strands that binds the fate of unsuspecting souls, and the destructive forces unleashed when the anchoring thread snaps.
The Istanbul Connection
A disillusioned young British journalist, Harry Marks, is drawn into a covert intelligence operation in Istanbul by a charismatic agent named James. What begins as a casual friendship spirals into espionage, murder, and manipulation as Harry unknowingly becomes a pawn in a rogue Anglo-American mission to seize Saddam Hussein’s stolen wealth. Haunted, hunted, and morally compromised, Harry must choose between loyalty, survival, and the truth. The Istanbul Connection is a gripping, morally complex thriller that explores the blurred lines between ideology and manipulation.
Encountering Baboons and Other African Stories
Set in the years between 1970 and 1982 in three newly independent countries, these stories dramatize the interactions between different cultures in the post-colonial period. The Night Watchman, based on the theme of theft, tells the tale of an Englishwoman and her husband living in West Africa, who hire a local man to guard their property and become intimately involved with the health of him and his wife. In Dealing with the Health of the People, an American Ph.D. student discovers that everything must be bartered for, from articles for daily living, to his use of local labour, to providing health care for ordinary people, as he gathers data from a West African maternal and child health clinic for his dissertation. Encountering Baboons follows a young American teaching first year science at a Southern African agricultural college as he faces wild animals; prejudiced colonial attitudes; clashes between African and Western beliefs and practices; directing a group of students in performing Shakespeare’s The Tempest; relations with three very different women; and both political and natural storms.
System Lockout
Peter Beamish is recruited into the prestigious consultancy firm Lex Savart following a gruelling series of interviews. Shortly afterwards, major national infrastructure companies are hit by cyber-criminals, demanding vast ransoms in crypto currency. Before he can help, Peter is let go from Lex Savart with no explanation or warning, and it is only then he starts to question what is really going on and who he can trust. The cyber-criminals are leaving a trail of blood and destruction as they wipe out key witnesses, and Peter fears he may be next. To save himself, he must get to the bottom of who caused the attacks and why.
Different Gravy
Eighteen-year-old Adam is unique. Not only is he an old soul on young shoulders, but he has a supernatural power. When he falls for his teacher, Sarah, and confesses his talent, she promises to keep it a secret and the pair embark on married life together. However, their path won’t be easy. Facing trolling, judgement and tragedy, their relationship becomes strained to the limit. And when the couple get caught up in the scene of a violent crime, Adam must choose whether to remain in the shadows or use his power to help others – a decision that will change their lives forever.
I, Claudia
Claudia Alcock is looking for a hitman. Not just any hitman but one who can get the job done properly. After all, she may be a frizzy-haired, middle-aged woman with paranoid tendencies and a chequered romantic past, but she’s no fool. Her cheating soon-to-be ex-husband Gary, aided by his equally unfaithful new lover Alexa, deserve nothing less than a fitting comeuppance. Unfortunately for Claudia, Gary has plans of his own. Determined to secure Claudia’s fortune, he hires his own hitman whose messy efforts range from bombs to snipers to poisonous spiders. Can Claudia dodge these increasingly ludicrous attempts on her lif? any, darkly comic and gloriously unpredictable.
Klub zakliatych princezien 3
Toto je tá princezná, ktorú nik nechcel?!
Pastelové princezné sa čoraz väčšmi zbližujú so svojimi snúbencami, Kockovanými princami, vrátane Gwendolyn a Fredericka. No zatiaľ čo Frederikove city ku Gwen silnejú, na scéne sa objaví jeho rival, ktorý má o princeznú tiež záujem. Leopold navyše dostal od kráľa úlohu, aby namaľoval princeznin portrét, a tak môže tráviť s Gwen viac času. Tá neustále bojuje so svojou sebadôverou a obrazom vlastnej krásy. Okrem toho sa v kráľovstve objaví tajomná postava princa Whitneyho z Čiernobieleho kráľovstva...
Zlodejka noci (Kniha noci 2)
Pokračovanie bestsellerovej temnej fantasy o zlodejoch tieňov a tajných spoločenstvách.
Charlie Hallová, talentovaná podvodníčka, pri poslednej prácičke takmer zomrela. Namiesto toho, aby sa niekam zašila, odovzdala svoju slobodu Klike, nemilosrdnej organizácii elitných tieňotvorcov. Teraz pre ňu loví ničivé tiene - nie z oddanosti, ale preto, aby Klika nemala dosah na Vincea, Charlinho záhadného frajera.
Puto, ktoré spája Charlie a Vincea, mu však vymazalo spomienky, zostal z neho len Red - nebezpečný zrádnik s Vinceovou tvárou. Chladný, nemilosrdný a nahnevaný Red Charlie nedôveruje a nemá ju rád, takže keď ju vodca bábkarov - najmanipulatívnejší člen Kliky - prinúti slúžiť mu, je na to sama.
Charlie nie je vyšetrovateľka, iba obyčajná zlodejka, a predsa má vypátrať zrádnika, ktorý stojí za brutálnym masakrom v kostole. Zraniteľná, zlomená a slabá Charlie dostane poslednú šancu zachrániť sa. Využije ju, hoci hrozí, že za to zaplatí stratou jediného človeka, ktorého odchod by nedokázala zniesť?
dostupné aj ako:
Kým sa stihnem rozlúčiť
Štvrtý diel o podivnej kaviarni bude možno pre mnohých čitateľov prekvapením. Dej sa vracia späť do tokijskej kaviarne Funiculi funicula, ale vracia sa aj v čase, do obdobia medzi dejom prvého a druhého dielu série. I tentoraz sa môžeme tešiť na štyri emočne silné príbehy. Všetci hrdinovia najprv pocítia sklamanie, keď zistia, že realitu zmeniť nedokážu, a svojho blízkeho pred smrťou neuchránia. Napriek tomu im toto stretnutie pomôže vyrovnať sa so smutnou situáciou.
A vizsgáztató
A Royal Hastings University most induló művészeti képzésébe az első pillanattól kódolva van a káosz. A résztvevők már nem egyetemista korúak, és egészen vegyes társaságot alkotnak: Alyson például máris befutott művész, és kétségtelenül túlképzettnek tűnik ide; a fogalmatlan Patrick viszont jóformán még kezelni se tudja a képszerkesztő szoftvert; Cameron, a városi gyerek, pedig mást se csinál, csak handabandázik.
Az egyéves képzés során előfordultak kisebb malőrök: egy diák felgyújtja egy másik műalkotását, a pletyka szerint becsúszott egy házasságtörés, és lezajlott egy katasztrofális kirándulás. Végül itt a vizsgafeladat: installációt kell készíteniük egy helybeli üzlet számára. Hat diák, akikben, úgyszólván, nincs semmi közös, pusztán az, hogy próbálják keresztülhúzni egymás számítását. Ugyan mi baj lehet ebből?
Mindössze annyi, hogy valakit meggyilkolnak. Színre lép a vizsgáztató, akinek értékelnie kell a diákok teljesítményét. Az lesz a meggyőződése, hogy egy diákot megöltek, és a többiek ezt igyekeznek eltussolni. Az igazsághoz csak a bizonyítékok mindenre kiterjedő vizsgálata vezethet el. Lássatok hozzá.
Runy - Stvůra tisíce tváří
„Zatoužil po moci, a našel temnotu, má klíč jen na zkoušku a v hlavě prázdnotu, otočí jedinkrát – srdce máš pryč…“
Ze všech bytostí, které obývají říši jménem Pišingr, není žádná tak obávaná jako Stínokrál. Ovládá temnou magii, a protože umí měnit podobu, místní ho nazývají Stvůrou tisíce tváří – nikdy nevíte, kde na něj narazíte.
Když do Pišingru zabloudí kamarádi Chiri a Daj ze sirotčince v Údolíčku, setkají se nejen s roztomile popleteným archeologem, kouzelnými zvířaty a přátelskými průvodci. Číhá tu také nebezpečí v podobě hrozivých hraček na klíček a dalších přisluhovačů Stínokrále. Blíží se boj, ve kterém je třeba sáhnout po meči i po zaříkávadlech.
Mladý komiksový tvůrce Carlos Sánchez vypráví příběh plný pastelových barev, ztřeštěných nápadů a tajemných run, který si získá fanoušky Času na dobrodružství a Studia Ghibli. A ukazuje, že někdy je stejně důležité umět rozluštit poselství starobylých nápisů jako porozumět si s neslyšícím kamarádem, který používá znakový jazyk.
Hexes of the Deadwood Forest
Anna Frenza hates the tyrannical tree huggers and idiotic eco-warriors, after all, she's CEO of Poland's biggest oil company. But when she finds herself sleepwalking into the woods and making love to a tree, all caught on camera, her career comes to an abrupt end. Her mind splinters and, whether by delusion or possession of spirit, she finds herself in a medieval province ruled by the Catholic Church.
Deep in the past, she falls in with Mathilde Spalt, leader of the Earthen Ones - a congregation of women who live in the woods and reject all patriarchy. Instead engaging in the ecstatic, sensuous worship of Mother Earth. Anna learns to love the forest she had once dismissed . . . until the Church decides to fell the trees and all the women within it.
Bold and entirely unexpected, Hexes of the Deadwood Forest is a collective rebellion, the death knell to the elevation of the erect. Take hold of your seat; patriarchy is coming to an end.
Predčítač
„Škandalózny" príbeh sexuálneho vzťahu pätnásťročného gymnazistu a zrelej, vyše tridsaťročnej ženy, ktorá neskôr stojí pred súdnym tribunálom obžalovaná z najťažších zločinov. Mala ich spáchať na sklonku druhej svetovej vojny ako dozorkyňa v koncentračnom tábore, teda ešte pred známosťou s nedospelým rozprávačom. Spojenie „chlapčenskej nevinnosti" a tragickej životnej skúsenosti v ľúbostnom vzťahu je nečakaným a neželaným, ale na druhej strane aj osudovým mostom medzi zločinmi minulosti a prítomnosťou, v ktorej a ktorou žijeme.
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.
