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Searoad


Searoad is a sandy track that runs between the town of Klatsand and the rugged Oregon coast. Across this stretch, locals with roots in the town overlap with visitors staying in its run-down motels: a man questions his wife's desire to be a poet; a summering librarian indulges in an affair; a waitress recalls the shooting of her teenage daughter by her own husband. And always, women walk on the long, long beach. And as the narrative shifts from the horizontal present to the vertical past, a four-generation chain of mothers and daughters reaches back to Klatsand's beginnings - and forward to its future. In Searoad, trailblazing feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin paints a vivid and powerfully evocative portrait of a small community built over the course of a century.
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This Census-Taker


In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries – and fails – to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogethe? novella filled with beauty, terror and strangeness, This Census-Taker is a poignant and riveting exploration of memory and meaning.
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A Crane Among Wolves - Daru a farkasok között


Egy testvér megmentése. Egy nép felszabadítása. Egy zsarnok megdöntése. 1506, Csoszon. Az ország népe a kegyetlen zsarnok Jonszán király uralma alatt szenved. A király elkobozza a földeket, betiltja és máglyára veti a könyveket, fiatal nőket és lányokat hurcol el, hogy aztán a játékszerévé tegye őket. Senki sem mer szembeszállni vele. A tizenhét éves Iszül eleinte védett, kiváltságos életet él, a királyságban uralkodó zűrzavar ellenére. Amikor azonban nővére, Szujon is a király prédájává válik, Iszül elhagyja faluja biztonságát, és tiltott területeken átkelve a fővárosba indul, azzal a reménnyel, hogy kiszabadíthatja nővérét. Hamarosan azonban rádöbben, hogy a király hatalma korlátlan, és uralmának megkérdőjelezésével a biztos halált kockáztatja. Dejun herceg az egész életét megvetett féltestvére, a király fenyegető árnyékában töltötte. Végignézte a kivégzéseket és a nép ellen elkövetett kegyetlenkedéseket, és egyre erősebb benne a vágy, hogy letaszítsa trónjáról a zsarnoki uralkodót. De egy puccs kudarca végzetes lehet számára, és nem tudhatja, kiben bízhat. Amikor Iszül és Dejun sorsa keresztezi egymást, kezdeti ellenszenvüknél csak a király iránt érzett gyűlöletük erősebb. Iszül családi kapcsolataival és Dejun udvari befolyásával együtt talán esélyt kapnak a lehetetlenre. "Lebilincselő és ellenállhatatlan." - Ann Liang, bestsellerszerző Lépj be a palotába, ahol a szerelem éppoly veszélyes, mint az árulás! "Rabul ejtő rejtelem, politikai ármány és egy veszélyesen gyönyörű románc." - Chloe Gong, bestsellerszerző Szereted a Vörös pöttyös könyveket? Vidd haza nyugodtan! Tetszeni fog. 16 éves kortól ajánljuk!
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14,93 €

How to Fake It in Society


Nicolas-Marc, Comte de Valois de La Motte, is making a splash in Society. The son of a French noblewoman wrongly convicted for a notorious crime, he hopes to restore his mother's reputation, if only he can raise the funds. Or, at least, that's his story. Titus Pilcrow, an unassuming shopkeeper, accidentally married an immensely wealthy woman on her deathbed. Now possessed of a fortune, he's the target of every conman and beggar in London. Including Nico. Broke and desperate, Nico latches on to Titus. It's his big chance to get rich-until he falls in love with the man he needs to cheat. Still, Nico is sure they can have a happy ending together. If he can just find a way out of his own web of lies . . .
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Kill Billionaire


Perhaps one reason not enough people kill billionaires is it's actually quite tricky... When her home is destroyed in wildfires, fourteen-year-old Australian outback genius Kayla Connolly decides to hunt down the culprits of climate change: billionaires. She teams up with Mr P, a giant ex-soldier from Tuvalu whose home is being flooded by rising sea levels. Together, they find ingenious ways to kill a property developer building on protected wetlands and a mining company CEO poisoning the earth with toxic chemicals. They also find an unexpected ally in Nancy, a wealthy elderly woman with a shocking past. The trio's mission soon develops a life of its own, taking them first to California to crack billionaire tech bros and then to London for superrich oil executives, spawning a global movement along the way. In pursuit are the FBI and Detective Sergeant Kate Anderson of Scotland Yard, but Kate is having doubts about whether Kayla is even in the wrong. Will Kayla be able to stay ahead of the game and pull off one final, remarkable hit?
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Molka


THE NEW NOVEL BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART Junyoung and Dahye are colleagues; he has a taste for voyeurism and she a hunger for revenge. Molka (n): the Korean term for spy cameras secretly and illegally installed, often to capture voyeuristic images and videos. Dahye has met the man of her dreams - Hyukjoon, who happens to be the heir to a multi-billion fortune. Till one day, a video of them having sex goes viral. She is all over the internet and he is nowhere to be found. Junyoung is a nobody; a nothing office worker who harbours a dark secret: in every women's cubicle, shower and bathroom in his workplace, are cameras - his secret cameras. Junyoung spends his days watching and preying on his unsuspecting female victims. Soon his perverse obsession turns to Dahye - but, this time, he has chosen the wrong woman to wrong. When Dahye's pain turns to blind rage - she decides that she will not rest until he has paid in blood...
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Trojlístek


Říkají si Trojlístek. Elsa, Magda a Hans vyrůstají v sirotčinci s příslibem, že je nic nerozdělí. To by se však do jejich přátelství nesměla vklínit zrada. O dvanáct let později vrcholí druhá světová válka a nad Německem se stahují bouřkové mraky. Hans z posledních sil bojuje na východní frontě proti Sovětům, před jejichž agresí Elsa prchá napříč zasněženým Pomořanskem. V Torgavě se Magda vypořádává s přítomností cizích vojáků ve vlastním domě. Jak dalekou cestu k sobě musejí dávní přátelé ujít?
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The Hotel Guest


'Haunting, intelligent, atmospheric' SAM BLAKEHer fate was in their hands. Now their future is in hers. Kit's summer job at the Abbaye de Saint Maurice was supposed to be a clean slate - until she fell in with 'the Olympians', a clique of wealthy young academics staying nearby. Kit, desperate to fit in, was drawn to them like a moth to a flame. Then came the incident. One night. One choice. One secret too dark to name. Kit fled, and for ten years, she stayed gone. When an invitation arrives, summoning her back to the Abbaye, Kit returns - not for redemption, but for a reckoning. A former lover is writing a book that threatens to crack open the past, and the Olympians want Kit to silence him. Again. Will Kit be able to betray the man she once loved for the good of the rest? How far are her old friends willing to go to protect themselves? And, in a place where memory is a weapon and desire cuts deep, who is Kit when the masks come off?'Lingers in your mind long after you turn the final page' GILL PERDUE'A truly hypnotic read' AMANDA CASSIDY
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Honey in Her Veins


A "deliciously atmospheric" (Sydney J. Shields) cottagecore fantasy about a man with a monster in his head who reunites with his first love to find mythical honey in the woods of Appalachia, perfect for fans of Adrienne Young and Alix E. Harrow. Arthur Connoway desperately wants to free himself from the monster inhabiting his mind. Instead, he is rapidly losing control of it following his mother's death. In a last-ditch effort to feel whole again-and to lay his mother's memory to rest-Arthur decides to return to the quiet bee farm he once called home, hoping their sacred honey can heal him in more ways than one. Eight years ago, Eva Moreau's flora magic caused a terrible accident, harming her father in the process. Now, she's desperate to find a way to heal him, but her attempts only seem to do the opposite. If she could just learn to control her magic, she might be able to save her father and leave the past behind. When Arthur returns to town looking for absolution, Eva once again loses control of her magic, putting everyone she loves in danger. Together, the pair decides to trek to the source of her family's magic to find a cure for both Arthur and her father. But there's a mysterious ghost haunting the forest, and it won't let Arthur and Eva leave the woods without confronting the secrets of their past...
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The Wild Huntress


From the bestselling author of The Bone Houses and The Drowned Woods comes a thrilling fantasy about three unlikely allies bound together in a deadly, magical competition-perfect for fans of Holly Black and Erin A. Craig. Every five years, two kingdoms take part in a Wild Hunt. Joining is a bloody risk, and even the most qualified hunters can suffer the deadliest fates. Still, hundreds gamble their lives to participate-all vying for the Hunt's life-changing prize: a magical wish granted by the Otherking. BRANWEN possesses a gift no other human has: the ability to see and slay monsters. She's desperate to cure her mother's sickness, and the Wild Hunt is her only option. GWYDION is the least impressive of his magically talented family, but with his ability to control plants and his sleight of hand, he'll do whatever it takes to keep his cruel older brother from becoming a tyrant. PRYDERI is prince-born and monster-raised. Deep down, the royal crown doesn't interest him-all he wants is to know where he belongs. A trickster, a prince, and a wild huntress-all in pursuit of the Champion's prize. If they band together against the monstrous creatures within the woods, they have a chance to win. But nothing is guaranteed. After all, all are fair game in love and the Hunt. Set in the same world as The Bone Houses and The Drowned Woods but with a whole new, unforgettable cast of characters-The Wild Huntress will have readers hooked from the very first page.
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In the Shadow of the Ripper


For centuries, it was believed that a corpse would ‘bleed anew’ in the presence of its murderer. Chaucer wrote about it; so did Shakespeare. Only slowly, as the Renaissance and the Age of Reason drove away the shadows of superstition, did forensic science find its feet. From the Ratlciffe Highway murders of 1811 to the first murder trial with fingerprint technology (the Stratton brothers in 1905), In the Shadow of the Ripper charts the grisly history of crime and focuses on the technological developments that brought real justice just a little closer. General practitioners, police surgeons, anatomists, chemists and many others argued with each other in spectacular cases like the Ripper murders in 1888, the poisonings of William Palmer, Florence Maybrick and the axe frenzy of Lizzie Borden. And if the expert witnesses disagreed, how were juries, ‘twelve men and true’, with no scientific knowledge supposed to come to a verdict at a murder tria? oday, we take forensic science with all its brilliance for granted. In the Shadow of the Ripper looks at how it all began. The Ripper case is a shining example of the fact that it does not matter how many forensic advances are made, a killer in the shadows can sometimes outwit the police and science for over 135 years … and counting.
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Pekní vtáci


Tretia kniha aforizmov Emila Babína je iná ako dve predchádzajúce. Teraz sa v nej stretli básnik a aforista Babín a filmový režisér Martin Šulík ako výtvarník. Ide o stretnutie nanajvýš šťastné: Babínove aforizmy Šulík skvelo ilustruje a nápadito interpretuje humornou optikou. Kniha sa tým významne získala farebnosť a znásobila jej estetiku. Autor aforizmov zažil dva režimy a založením je smoliar. Prečo? Lebo len čo si v demokracii konečne slobodne vystrel chrbát, seklo ho v krížoch. No pochopil, že dívať sa a vidieť sú dve rozdielne veci, iný uhol pohľadu. Náš svet je plný súčasníkov, ktorí sa potkýnajú aj na rovnej ceste. Všetky tie prešľapy a pády sú zdrojom aj komických situácií. Tak ako v aforizme Pekní vtáci: Väčšina poslancov má vtáčiu povahu. Do parlamentu sa prišli zazobať. Martin Šulík svojimi obrázkami zase dokazuje, že je nielen výborný režisér, ale i výtvarník s veľkým darom humoru. Vychádza v edícii DVAJAvJEDNOM. Dizajn a zalomenie knihy Martin Kurhajec.
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12,99 €

Sunnyside


Following Longford: A Manchester Love Story, Sunnyside: A New Beginning, continues JulietteTomlinson’s sweeping Victorian family saga. From tragedy on the Cornish coast to the industrialheart of Manchester, the novel returns to the Rylands household at Longford, where orphanedchildren, unexpected motherhood, and acts of quiet philanthropy reshape fragile lives. Rich inatmosphere, this lyrical continuation explores class, inheritance, and the enduring legacies of loveand loss, revealing how compassion and community can forge hope across generations.
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Heart the Lover


Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules. She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love. Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.
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The Mini Breakers


Five women. Twenty-two years of friendship. One annual holiday that promises escape, connection and chaos in equal measure. No matter how hectic their careers, relationships or family lives become, they keep their tradition alive: one week away together EVERY year. This time, the Mini Breakers are heading to Portugal. But as the sun comes out, so do the secrets. Between complicated love lives and the messy realities of middle age, this getaway might just be their most dramatic yet. Scandals, revelations and questionable decisions are guaranteed when this group of gloriously imperfect, perimenopausal and fun-loving friends reunite.
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Chasing Aliens


The US government has been investigating unidentified aerial phenomena in a secret division of the Department of Defence. A former intelligence official urged the US to disclose evidence of UFOs after saying the government possesses 'intact and partially intact' alien vehicles. And what about those sightings of Tic Tac, Gimbal, Go Fast and the infamous Oumuamua? Danny Lavelle, our charming, borderline-bewildered investigator, sets out on a road trip through America's UFO heartlands to get some answers (thankfully 41% of Americans believe aliens have made contact so he has plenty of sources to choose from). Talking to those in the know in government and the UFO scene - often the same thing - Danny follows Lue Elizondo, Jeremy Corbell, attends sky watches (sometimes falling asleep in the desert), listens to alien abductees and has coffee with Starseeds (human beings who claim to be actual aliens). Whether he's smoking weed whilst holding dumortierite crystals to access his interdimensional past, or discussing 'space beads' with the Harvard astrophysicist who's convinced he's found evidence of alien life, Danny's journey becomes a deeper story about our unshakeable fascination with little green men - and our deepest wishes not to be alone in the universe.
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A viking fiai - Bosszú


866 TAVASZA, BRIT-SZIGETEK A 15 éves Wulf kötéllel a nyakában áll az akasztófa alatt, amikor vikingek törnek be a faluba, és mindenkit lemészárolnak. Őt valamiért mégis életben hagyják, és magukkal viszik. Ahhoz azonban, hogy ne kelljen rabszolgasorban tengődnie élete végéig, bizonyítania kell a rátermettségét, és hasznos információkat kell adnia a szászokról. Hamarosan ugyanis rájön, hogy a falu elleni támadás nem volt véletlen: a híres viking, Ragnar Lodbrok öt fia - Vasbordájú Björn, Csonttalan Ivar, Kígyószemű Sigurd, Fehéringes Hálfdan és Ubbe - azért érkezett ide, hogy bosszút álljon apjuk feltételezett gyilkosán. Ahogy Wulf egyre jobban megismeri a viking harcosok életét és intrikáit, éles eszének és jó megfigyelőképességének hála zavarba ejtő nyomokra bukkan. Lehet, hogy valamelyik testvér ölte meg az apjukat? És ha igen, miért? Miközben a Lodbrok-fiúk inváziója fenyegeti a vidéket, elkezdődik a versenyfutás az idővel - vajon Wulf be tudja bizonyítani, hogy ki a gyilkos, hogy ezzel megmentse magát, és megakadályozza még több ártatlan ember halálát? A viking fiai - Bosszú izgalmas cselszövésekkel és véres harcokkal teli története Ragnar Lodbrok és fiai ősi legendáján alapul.
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15,46 €

The Railway Murders


The vast majority of Britain’s railways were built between 1825 and 1900. By the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth century, over one-hundred different railway companies were operating in Britain on more than 22,000 miles of railway track. Although these new railways brought prosperity to the nation, and enabled goods and passengers to be speedily transported the length and breadth of the country for the first time, this remarkable feat of engineering brought with it some unwelcome side-effects, one of which was crime. A vast number of passengers travel on Britain’s railway network each day, and unfortunately, a considerable amount of crime does occur on our railways. The types of crime committed on Britain’s railways varies considerably from petty or minor crime, to more serious crimes. Most people would consider that the crimes of “murder” and “attempted murder” are amongst the most serious crimes committed in our country, irrespective of where these appalling acts take place. A substantial number of murders and attempted murders have taken place on the railway network of Britain, during its two-hundred years of operation, and details surrounding the vast majority of these cases are revealed in this book, some for the first time. The author has spent many months of research, mainly through old newspaper archives, in order to obtain establish and publish historical information about murders committed on Britain’s railways, many of which have been long forgotten, or lost in the annals of time.
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An Accidental Death


Get ready to be hooked by the first book in the thrilling and atmospheric DC Smith/Kings Lake Investigation series, by the million-copy-selling crime writer. An experienced detective’s unorthodox methods land him in troubled waters... 'Pitch-perfect crime writing.' DAILY EXPRESS'Had me gripped from the very start to the extremely satisfying ending.' ***** Reader Review'Where has Peter Grainger been my whole life?' ***** Reader Review'I read a LOT of murder mysteries and this series is one of the best!' ***** Reader ReviewWhen a young man drowns after a boisterous party in a small riverside town, his friends and family report it to the Kings Lake police as a devastating accident. DC Smith, newly returned from leave, and the young, ambitious trainee Christopher Waters are assigned to the case as a routine investigation. But the post-mortem reveals violent injuries, witnesses give contradictory accounts of the events leading up to the drowning and locals seem determined to redirect their attention. Becoming increasingly suspicious of institutional caution and external interference, Smith and Waters strike out on their own. As they get closer to the truth, they realise the danger is not quite over. 'Ensconced in Kings Lake, in the company of Smith and his team, I didn’t want to leave.' FINANCIAL TIMES'The books are comforting, the writing is subtle and the plots are gripping.' THE TIMES
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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 KarikaDominik Dán, Róbert Bryndza, Kristína Tormová, Urbaníková EvitaTáňa Keleová Vasilková a Stephen King