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Kniha známeho publicistu a spisovateľa Mariana Jaslovského približuje osobnosť geniálneho hudobníka Mariána Vargu tak blízko, ako sa len dá. Jaslovský spolu s Vargovou manželkou Janou vyspovedali asi tridsiatku priateľov, členov rodiny a spolupracovníkov z Vargovho najbližšieho okruhu. Ich spomienky boli v mnohých prípadoch prekvapujúce aj pre Janu - najbližšiu Mariánovu osobu. Biografiu v duchu
O próze Večne je zelený, ktorá vznikala v sedemdesiatych rokoch, no prvýkrát vyšla až v roku 1989, autor povedal: „Je pravda, že o novele Večne je zelený som bol presvedčený, že nikdy nevyjde, a nielen pre režim. Možno aj vedomie, že ju nikto nebude čítať, spôsobilo, že sa mi písala báječne, uvoľnene. To bol jediný prípad, keď som na jeden dúšok vychrlil aj tri-štyri strany.“ Bezmenný rozprávač
Poviedková zbierka, ktorá prvý raz vyšla v roku 1986, pokrýva všetky Slobodove témy: vzťahy medzi mužom a ženou, otcom a synom, vzťah v pracovnom kolektíve i v rodine. Navonok sa poviedky javia ako humorné, no v skutočnosti sú vážne, odkrývajú vnútorné stavy a zážitky človeka tej doby.
Dejiny sa najlepšie píšu prostredníctvom ľudských príbehov a príbeh šľachtického rodu Friesenhof Oldenburg, ktorý žil v 19. až 20. storočí v kaštieli v Brodzanoch, stojí za rozpovedanie. Je unikátny svojimi nadnárodnými väzbami - alsaským pôvodom, spojením s habsburskou monarchiou a územím dnešného Slovenska, s veľmi silným ruským kontextom, prepojeným na rodinu básnika A. S. Puškina. Jeho
Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel.Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire is one of the hottest science fiction debuts around. For those who loved Ann Leckie's epic space opera Ancillary Justice, Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth and Iain M. Banks's Culture novels.Shortlisted for the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award.Shortlisted for the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards.In a war of lies she seeks
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER- Did an illegal immigrant avoid deportation because he had a cat?- Is the law on the side of the burglar who enters your home? - Are unelected judges 'enemies of the people'?Most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if we even think of it at all. But the law touches every area of our lives: from intimate family matters to the biggest issues in our
'"I thought it might be fun for people to be able to a read a neuroscience book on the beach," Barrett explains. But be warned: you may find your world turned upside down before it is time for cocktails.' - Guardian'Each lesson will enlighten and unsettle you. It's like lifting up the hood of a car to see an engine, except that the car is you and you find an engine that doesn't work at
A novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here, and why life isn't quite how she imagined it was going to be. And who is desperately trying to figure it all out when everyone around them is making gluten-free brownies. Meet Nell.Her life is a mess. In a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a f**k up. But when she starts a secret podcast and forms an unlikely friendship
'A fascinating exploration of how we learned what matter really is, and the journey matter takes from the Big Bang, through exploding stars, ultimately to you and me.' - Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden'If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.' - Carl SaganWe probably all have a vague idea of how to make an apple pie: mix flour and butter,
The Earthquake Bird is Susanna Jones's stunning, prize-winning first mystery - now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander.Winner of the CWA New Blood Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the YearWinner of the John Llewellyn Rhys PrizeEarly this morning, several hours before my arrest, I was woken by an earth tremor. I mention the incident not to suggest that there was a connection. . .
For a decade, while she was Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy gifted her thousands of readers an illustrated poem every Christmas, transporting them in one year to a seventeenth-century festival on the frozen Thames, in another to Western Front to witness the famous 1914 truce, then to a sweet winter's night in the South of France with Pablo Picasso and his small dog. Christmas Poems showcases
A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick Summer 2021'Smart, gobble-at-a-sitting thriller about life as a yummy mummy influencer and the dark side of Instagram' - Guardian'Brilliantly original' - Clare Mackintosh, author of After the End'Deliciously dark and devious' - Red 'Highly recommended' - Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange'Gone Girl-esque' - The Times'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough'
'A science fiction genius . . . Ted Chiang is a superstar.' GUARDIAN With Stories of Your Life and Others, his masterful first collection, multiple-award-winning author Ted Chiang deftly blends human emotion and scientific rationalism in eight remarkably diverse stories, all told in his trademark precise and evocative prose. From a soaring Babylonian tower that connects a flat Earth with the
'Action-packed SF adventure that zings along at hyperluminal speed' - Peter F. HamiltonGoodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction NovelTo Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful epic science fiction novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini.Kira Navarez dreamed of life on new worldsNow she's awakened a nightmare During a
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . . .From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes Tales from the Cafe, a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi
'An apocalyptic novel for our times' - Guardian'Horrifyingly resonant' - ObserverSuperbowl Sunday, 2022. A couple wait in their Manhattan apartment for their final dinner guests to arrive. The game is about it start.The missing guests' flight from Paris should have landed by now. Suddenly, screens go blank. Phones are dead.Is this the end of civilization? All anybody can do is wait. From one of
Evoking the golden age of crime, and for fans of Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie, comes the second book in the Aloysius Archer series, A Gambling Man from one of the world's bestselling thriller writers, David Baldacci.A lucky roll of the diceCalifornia, 1949. Aloysius Archer is on his way to start a new job with a renowned Private Investigator in Bay Town. Feeling lucky, he stops off at a
From the bestselling author of The Librarian of Auschwitz, Antonio Iturbe, comes a captivating historical novel based on a true story - the extraordinary life and mysterious death of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of The Little Prince. Writer. Romantic. Pilot. Hero. All Antoine de Saint Exupery wants to do is be a pilot. But flying is a dangerous dream and one that sets him at odds with his
From Booker Prize-winner Douglas Stuart, an extraordinary, page-turning second novel, a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in the hyper-masculine and violently sectarian world of Glasgow's housing estates. They should be sworn enemies
From the author of the modern classic A Little Life, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a
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