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Detektívky, trilery, horory 
Svetová beletria 
Sci-fi a fantasy 
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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Refuge: Stories of War (and Love)
Nur and Abid relearn to love after they escape from war. Marie, who keeps the women of the village from giving birth to children borne of war, finds herself in a situation she hasn't faced before. In a London park, an ageing MI-6 official discovers that the woman he meets every day may not be what she seems. Lyndsey's bouquets of twenty-seven tulips hold the secret of her dark past and a soldier adorns herself in jewels as she prepares for a final mission.
Spanning both decades and continents, Refuge turns its lens on those who are often overlooked in stories about war: women and children, civilians forced out of their homes in terror, those who wait for their brave soldiers to come home, and soldiers who commit unspeakable violence. this powerful collection simultaneously delves into the darkest parts of the human psyche whilst being an ode to humanity's ability to endure, love and retain dignity and compassion.
Homo Criminalis
When does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state?
On a thrilling whistle-stop tour of how the world's criminal underbelly has shaped state-making, capitalism, globalisation and all forms of so-called legitimate power, Homo Criminalis shows the emergence of modern society through the evolution of the underworld and its crimes. From Chinese banditry and eighteenth-century English tea smuggling to today's cocaine submarines and the high-tech crimes of tomorrow, this book shows us how the world's dark underbelly shapes us, no matter how we try to outpace it.
Entertaining, engaging and packed full of fascinating stories, Homo Criminalis is a book for those who want to see our grand story of progress through the surprising and subversive new lens of organised crime.
Warhammer - The Old World: Zabíječ bestií
Pátá kniha o Gotrekovi a Felixovi ze světa Warhammeru
Nad ledovým městem Praag se stahují bouřková mračna: odporné hordy Chaosu přitáhly ze zamrzlých krajů Kislevu, aby na ně zaútočily meči i magií. Pouze trpaslík Gotrek Gurnisson a jeho přísežný společník Felix Jaeger, stojí mezi silami Temnoty a zničením města. Ale jak nepřítel postupuje, aby Praag získal pro své temné bohy, Gotrekova touha po hrdinské smrti může brzy dojít naplnění.
Poslední úkol Mabel Beaumontové
Manžel Mabel Beaumontové miloval seznamy. Nechával je všude — lístky s nákupem i bleskovými nápady. Teď ale Arthur odešel. Zemřel tiše, poklidně, bez zbytečného povyku. A zbyl po něm seznam s jedním posledním úkolem: „Najít D“. Mabel nejprve netuší, co manželova poznámka znamená, ale brzy jí svitne. Musí vyhledat Dot, svou dávnou přítelkyni, s níž se neviděla celých šedesát let.
Jenže jak vypátrat člověka, který záměrně zmizel beze stopy? Naštěstí osud posílá Mabel do cesty další ženy, které sice řeší dost svých problémů, ale neváhají podat pomocnou ruku. Během pátrání po staré kamarádce Mabel zjišťuje, co všechno přátelství mezi ženami unese, a především sebere odvahu skutečně poznat sebe samu. Stihne však svůj poslední úkol splnit včas? A má vůbec ještě cenu na sklonku života hledat dávno ztracené štěstí?
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Varázslat volt minden pillanat
– Visszajövök – sikerül végül kiböknöm, és kissé megremeg a hangom. – Még szép.
– Muszáj lesz. Nem akarod magadra haragítani az univerzumot, miután annyit fáradozott azon, hogy idehozzon.
– Igaz – mosolygok. – Kivéve, hogy azt hittem, te nem hiszel az ilyesmiben.
– Ja, hát, közbeszólt az élet. Meg te.
Audrey és Ezra az életük legváratlanabb helyzetében pillantják meg egymást New York forgatagában. A lány kezdő modellként életében először jár igazán távol az otthonától, míg a fiú törött orral és vérző szívvel tér vissza külföldi tanulmányaiból.
A vonzalmuk azonnali, parázsló és mindent elsöprő.
A sors azonban hamarosan próbára teszi őket. Audrey szembesül a divatipar árnyoldalaival, Ezra pedig képtelen elmenekülni a múltja elől. Vajon az egymás iránt érzett szenvedélyük elég lesz ahhoz, hogy legyőzzék az előttük álló kihívásokat?
Bea Ingalls regényében két bájosan elesett, zűrös életű ember próbálja meg leküzdeni az élet nagy akadályait, hogy végérvényesen egymásra találjanak. A Normális emberek, az Egy na vagy Ali Hazelwood rajongói előnyben.
Ezüstróka
„Ahogy a nap rásütött, ezüstös fényben fürdött a hómező. Messziről, távcsővel egy sarki rókát pillantottunk meg. Vadászott. Óvatosan lépdelt, egyszer csak megállt. Fejét lehajtotta, majd egyik, aztán másik oldalára billentette. A hó fölött hallgatózott. Megfeszült a teste. Hirtelen, mintha rugó lökte volna ki, felugrott magasra. És fejjel előre, be a hóba. Csavaros mozgással egyre beljebb ásott, már csak a hátsó lába vége és a farka látszott ki. Majd ugyanolyan hirtelen kirúgta magát. Megrázta a bundáját. A szájában ott ficánkolt hosszú farokkal egy egér. Vagy cickány. Valami apró sarki rágcsáló. Cris rám nézett, és nevetett. Ezüstróka, így hívom. Már sok vadászatát láttam, nem tudok betelni vele. Te vagy ilyen, Lora. Kecses, okos, erős, aki nem adja fel. Kíváncsi, figyel, befúrja magát az ismeretlenbe… hogy élve maradjon.”
Balyi Laura odüsszeiája nem csupán kalandos életút, sokkal inkább egy ember felnövekedése önmagához. Lora ma hetvennyolc éves. Vallomása nem is emlékezés, inkább valami emlékfolyam, ami kiárad, elönt maga körül mindent, és visz, sodor, kincsesládikót, hordalékot, uszadékfát, amit ér.
Vrbětice. Ruská operace, která změnila Česko
V knize Vrbětice: ruská operace, která změnila Česko vypráví investigativní novinář týdeníku Respekt Jaroslav Spurný napínavý příběh o pátrání novinářů po strůjcích výbuchů muničních skladů ve Vrběticích. Útok ruské zpravodajské jednotky na českém území v roce 2014, který měl na svědomí dvě oběti a obrovské materiální škody, dává kniha na základě zjištěných faktů a indicií do souvislosti se zájmem Kremlu získat znovu vliv v bývalých satelitech někdejšího Sovětského svazu, včetně Česka.
Autor popisuje nejen tuzemské vyšetřování vrbětického případu, ale také související aktivity GRU, ruské vojenské zpravodajské služby, od doby sovětské okupace Československa až po současnost. Přibližuje, jak Rusko organizuje v Česku a dalších evropských zemích svou pátou kolonu a diverzní, kybernetické, dezinformační, ekonomické a subverzivní operace tajných služeb, které mají podpořit imperiální zájem Kremlu.
Součástí publikace jsou dosud nezveřejněné rozhovory s ředitelem BIS Michalem Koudelkou a ředitelem NCOZ Jiřím Mazánkem vzniklé exkluzivně pro tuto knihu.
1984
A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Orwell's terrifying, must-read dystopian novel about the erasure of individuality and free thought, with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.
The year is 1984. War and revolution have created an unrecognisable world. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is total and The Thought Police ensure no individual thinking is allowed.
Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history. But Winston dreams of freedom, and of rebellion. It is here that he falls in love with Julia, and starts a secret, forbidden affair with her - but in this world nothing can be kept secret, and they are forced to face consequences more terrifying than either of them could have ever imagined.
This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.
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Lowest Common Denominator
'Grandma made me take lots of naps. She believed sleep was the most important thing in the world for children. And that adults should be allowed to drink their afternoon coffee in peace.'
In this charming patchwork of fever dreams and memories, Pirkko Saisio transports us to the 1950s Finland of her youth, where she navigates life as an only child of communist parents. Convinced she will grow up to become a man, a young Pirkko keeps trying and failing to meet the expectations of the adults around her. But as she discovers that she can be the narrator of her own story, it is in language that she finds a refuge and a way to be seen at last.
In a world where mascara-streaked mermaids dodge tennis balls, a beloved green cap is stolen by the Big Bad Wolf, and the first tugs of infatuation are inspired by a swimsuit-clad circus announcer, Saisio captures the heart-wrenching intensity of childhood as it floods back in the wake of her father's death.
Deeply moving and disarmingly funny, Lowest Common Denominator is the first volume in a trilogy that has been celebrated in Finland as the best work of the century.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The 100th title in the much-loved Penguin Clothbound Classics series: a selection of stories, poetry and other writings from the master of Gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe.
This volume demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which Poe probed the darkest corners of the human mind. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In 'The Tell-Tale Heart', a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Cask of Amontillado' explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate. This volume also includes the classic 'The Raven', among other poems and essays.
This is the 100th volume in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series, designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design, and this edition also includes special endpapers.
Edited and with an introduction by the novelist, curator and academic David Galloway.
A Quiet Place
A thrillingly dark novel from 'Japan's Agatha Christie' (Sunday Times)
While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?
When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wife's death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wife's recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...
Deep Black - Arcana Imperii 2
Marca Nbaro had always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, with their vast cargo holds and a crew that could fill a city.
They are the lifeblood of human-occupied space, transporting an unimaginable volume - and value - of goods from City, the greatest human orbital, all the way to Tradepoint at the other, to trade for xenoglas with an unknowable alien species.
And now, out in the darkness of space, something is targeting them.
Nbaro and her friends are close to locating their enemy, in this gripping sequel to the award-nominated Artifact Space, but they are running out of time - and their allies are running out of patience . . .
Written by one of the most exciting new voices in SF, this space thriller will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Slovo jako inkoust a prožitek
Dnešní intelektuál, redukován na beztělesný intelekt, konzumuje informace jako data, která posléze zpracovává – stejně jako to činí AI, která jednoduše zrcadlí naši vlastní skutečnost. Tento odosobněný a mechanický způsob bytí je ideálem současného vzdělávání – tj. vzdělávání, které pod falešnou rouškou objektivity nekultivuje kulturu ani osobnosti, nýbrž vytváří pouhého teoretického člověka a teoretickou znalost kultury. Zaposloucháme-li se však do velikánů minulosti, zaslechneme, že kulturou se míní především vášeň – vyvstávající v niternosti, subjektivitě, činu a existenciálním zápase.
Svět jako inkoust a prožitek reflektuje povrchní kulturu, limity rozumu, svůdnou moc jazyka a nástrahy moderního vzdělávání. Je pozvánkou pro čtenáře, aby prozkoumával nové formy porozumění svému já a světu, které bude zakořeněno v subjektivitě, introspekci a žité zkušenosti. Současné formy diskurzu nejen na akademické půdě, ale také v běžném životě vyústily v prázdnou hru vyznačující se nekonečným přehazováním slov. Je zde však někdo, kdo by se zaručil za platnost těchto slov vlastní niternou zkušeností? Tato kniha je voláním po osvobození se ze současné ošemetné situace, a to tak, že zboříme vyprázdněnou modlu jazyka, abychom mohli prožít smysl.
„Člověčenství bez zápalu pro omámení – Kam poděli se ctitelé vína?“ lamentuje perský mystik Haféz. Dionýsus, Kristus, Rumí nebo Nietzsche – všichni tito velikáni nás opakovaně zvou k velké hostině, při níž se podává mystické víno Existence. Díky němu se konečně vnoříme do zahrady Bytí, kde hoří žár mystiky. Avšak kdo má dostatek vášně a touhy stát se ctitelem takového vína?
Open Wide
Open Wide will quite literally get under your skin - a weird, electrifyingly original love story about the mad, troubling and vulnerable things we do to get close to others
Olive is desperate to get close to Theo - really, really close.
Despite being a radio host, she's always struggled to connect with people. And now she's in her thirties, single, and so flustered by relationships that she secretly records her conversations, hoping to decipher social clues and find a way to be less alone.
Then Theo turns up for a shift at the food pantry where she volunteers. He's a surgeon fascinated by human organs, a former football player, and possibly as weird as Olive. For the first time, someone seems to crave and understand her.
Every recording Olive makes of Theo is a balm - which just makes her more afraid of losing him. The only solution seems to be to bind him to her forever. Luckily, the gap between Theo's front teeth is just wide enough for something - or someone - to slip inside.
The Peepshow
In 1953, the bodies of three young women are found by a tenant in the walls of a Notting Hill house. He tells the police that he chanced upon them while trying to put up a shelf for his transistor radio.
As a series of further horrors are discovered, the eyes of a nation turn to 10 Rillington Place.
In this riveting tale of violence, misogyny and tabloid frenzy, Kate Summerscale lifts the veil on what really happened inside the house - and suggests a new solution to one of the twentieth century's most notorious crimes.
Catalina
'In Garcia Márquez, people in love experienced bouts of vomiting, psychosomatic fevers and real catatonia. I wanted to make boys sick, too. This is how I wanted to be loved.'
When Catalina, a witty, vulnerable and beautiful Ecuadorian student, arrives at Harvard, she feels like one of the chosen. She is a miracle child who has escaped death in Latin America to be raised by undocumented grandparents and now studies at the most prestigious university in the world. She knows she has to play the part, but she also wants to have a good time in the process. And so begins her era of opulent parties, secret societies, desirable internships, flings with rich men and plenty of vodka sodas.
But in her final year, undocumented immigrants become the target of political turmoil and Catalina's life back in New York begins to unravel. As the clock ticks on the precarious future of her family, what will she sacrifice to save the people she loves the most?
Catalina is a daring, glamorous and sharply observed campus novel about coming into your own and the endless possibilities of freedom, love and power.
This Kind of Trouble
A riveting, emotionally-charged tale of forbidden love, centred on an estranged couple who are brought together to reckon with the events that tore their family apart decades ago.
In 1960s Lagos, a city enlivened with its newfound Independence, headstrong Margaret meets British-born Benjamin, a man seeking his ancestral roots after the death of his half-Nigerian father. Their connection is immediate, but as the two begin to fall in love, they discover that their pasts are more interwoven than they imagined due to a series of devastating events that transpired in their ancestral community. The shadow of these events, combined with Margaret's deteriorating mental health eventually tear them apart.
By 2005, the couple have been estranged for forty years. Margaret has retired to an upscale gated community in Lagos, and seemingly happy Benjamin lives alone in Atlanta, managing his heart problems but feeling unmoored when faced with the question of who to name as his next of kin. But their attempt at a settled life is shattered when their grandson begins to show ominous signs that echo the struggles Margaret once faced. Now, Margaret and Benjamin must finally reunite to confront the buried secrets that they had dismissed in the passion of their youth-secrets that continue to ripple through their family. Their reunion becomes a journey into the past-one that forces them to grapple with both the personal and ancestral burdens that have followed them through generations.
A startling and propulsive tale of forbidden love, THIS KIND OF TROUBLE traces the intertwined legacies of one family's history, exploring the complex relationship between tradition, modernity and the ways we seek healing in a changing world. Spanning a tumultuous century, the story moves us to consider the ways we are beholden to the past and what we owe the future. With this debut novel, Tochi Eze announces herself as a dazzling new literary voice in world literature.
Mina's Matchbox
On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars.
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.
While the 1970s transform Japan, her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion is a place out of time; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pet pygmy hippo. Equally beguiling are Tomoko's relatives, especially her cousin Mina. Their growing friendship draws her into an intoxicating world - one full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.
Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Mina's Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.
The Great Gatsby
A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Fitzgerald's glittering Jazz Age tale of illusion, delusion and the American dream, complete with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.
The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby's party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say he's a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in and whisper 'he killed a man once'. Just where is Gatsby from and what is the obsession that drives him?
This hardback is part of VINTAGE COLLECTOR'S CLASSICS, a series of luxurious books especially crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Sumptuous design meets the highest quality production. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.
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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.
