Când un cuplu vindec? un psihoterapeut... Ioana ?i Valentin Dorek: un cuplu cu doi copii, ajuns într-un moment de criz? la un consilier marital. Într-un stil comic ?i prin diverse exerci?ii, consilierul încearc? s?-i ajute s?-?i rezolve problemele ce par iremediabile. Ioana ?tie întotdeauna ce vrea, ce gânde?te ?i ce o s? spun? so?ul ei, ceea ce o face s? nu-i mai acorde nicio aten?ie. La rândul lui, Valentin o trateaz? cu indiferen?? ?i r?ceal?. Dar nu numai cuplul Dorek are probleme, însu?i consilierul pare c? trece prin aceea?i situa?ie. În Exerci?iul miraculos, Daniel Glattauer se dovede?te a fi un foarte bun cunosc?tor al firii umane ?i surprinde cu m?iestrie h??i?ul sentimentelor contradictorii ale omului contemporan. Adev?rul e c? sunt un scriitor care pretinde mult de la personajele sale, dar f?r? s? le considere ni?te biete marionete. Le las s? dobândeasc? via?? proprie. Sunt libere s? ac?ioneze, a?adar, s? simt?. Sunt un romantic incurabil. – Daniel Glattauer „Valentin: P?i, v? mai mul?umim o dat? din suflet pentru terapeutica… sau mai pu?in terapeutica… m? rog, pentru eforturile… ?i pentru r?bdarea dumneavoastr?… Ioana: ?i acum o suna?i imediat pe so?ia dumneavoastr?, trebuie s? ne promite?i! Consilierul: Da, asta, da, sigur… v? promit. Am s? atac imediat problema. N-am s?… n-am s? m? ascund. Am s? combin chestiunile acestea, no?iunea mea de în?elegere ?i… da, domnule Dorek, s? spunem cutezan?a dumneavoastr?. Am s? încerc. V? promit! La revedere! Ie?i?i singuri?! Ioana (îi strig? în urm?): Iar la urm?toarea ?edin?? ne povesti?i care a fost rezultatul.“

Pentru Lucio Battistini, aceasta e ?ansa de a-?i petrece restul vie?ii a?a cum ar fi trebuit mereu s? o fac? – pre?uind fiecare moment. Îi plac femeile, are multe defecte, dar ?i mult farmec personal – simpaticul Lucio Battistini a fost dat afar? din cas? de so?ie ?i doarme într-o înc?pere din spatele cofet?riei pe care o de?ine socrul s?u. Îns? vestea c? are o tumoare malign? inoperabil? îi schimb? complet perspectiva asupra vie?ii. Astfel încep cele o sut? de zile pe care le mai are de tr?it: Lucio se hot?r??te s? aib? grij? de familia sa, s?-?i recucereasc? so?ia ?i s?-?i petreac? urm?toarele trei luni tr?ind la intensitate maxim?. Alc?tuit din 100 de capitole scurte, unul pentru fiecare zi care i-a mai r?mas de tr?it lui Lucio, O sut? de zile de fericire e delicios ca o gogoa?? fierbinte ?i un cappuccino. Impregnat? de melancolie, umor ?i duio?ie, cartea lui Fausto Brizzi ne aminte?te tuturor c? via?a e nepre?uit? ?i c? fiecare clip? conteaz?. Un roman despre fericire ?i moarte. Mai precis, un roman despre ce se poate face cu ultimele o sut? de zile de via??, în care protagonistul ia o hot?râre foarte clar?: aceea de a fi fericit. Singurul s?u regret este acela c? va trebui s? moar? pentru a începe s? tr?iasc?. – Repubblica O num?r?toare invers?. O poveste original? ?i plin? de mesaje pozitive despre în?elesul profund al vie?ii. – Planeta de Libros Un roman uluitor, care ne înva?? s? savur?m fiecare minut ce ne-a fost dat pe acest p?mânt. -- librosquevoyleyendo.com „Voi ce a?i face dac? a?i mai avea o sut? de zile pân? la moarte?Iat? ni?te sugestii:V-a?i duce la birou sau la ?coal? mâine-diminea???A?i face dragoste în fiecare or? cu persoana pe care o iubi?i?A?i vinde totul ?i v-a?i muta la tropice?V-a?i ruga la Dumnezeul în care crede?i?V-a?i ruga la un Dumnezeu în care nu a?i crezut niciodat??A?i urla pân? când a?i r?mâne f?r? suflare?A?i privi la nesfâr?it în tavan, sperând s? se pr?bu?easc? peste voi ?i s? v? ucid??“

Al doilea volum al seriei Clubul fetelor dependente de ciocolat? În aceast? serie senza?ional?, fiecare dintre surori are o poveste de spus – care e preferata ta? Skye ?i Summer Tanberry sunt surori gemene ?i cele mai bune prietene. Fac totul împreun?, dar de curând Skye a început s? simt? c? e pe locul doi. Iar când Alfie îi m?rturise?te c? nu de ea s-a îndr?gostit, ci de sora ei, Skye sufer? ?i mai mult. Va putea oare Skye s? ias? din umbra surorii sale atât de grozave ?i s? se fac? remarcat?? G?se?ti aici o mul?ime de re?ete delicioase, teste de personalitate ?i multe altele! Cite?te ?i Pasiunea lui Cherry, primul volum din seria Clubul fetelor dependente de ciocolat?. Seria Clubul fetelor dependente de ciocolat? are în distribu?ie surori rebele, b?ie?i supercool ?i una dintre marile iubiri ale lui Cathy – ciocolata. Autoarea se declar? a fi o vegetarian? convins?, îndr?gostit? de ciocolat?. Cathy Cassidy ador? s?: citeasc?, s? scrie, s? viseze cu ochii deschi?i; înoate, s? se plimbe, s? m?nânce pr?jituri cu amicii; stea în jurul unui foc de tab?r? împreun? cu prietenii ?i familia, sub un cer plin de stele. Dintotdeauna am ?tiut ce gândim fiecare. Ne completam una alteia frazele, mergeam peste tot împreun?, împ?rt??ind acelea?i visuri, speran?e, juc?rii, mânc?ruri, haine ?i amici. Eram cele mai bune prietene. ?i chiar mai mult decât atât. Tr?iam una în pielea celeilalte. — Sunt de a dreptul superbe, zicea lumea. Nu i a?a c? sunt cele mai dulci fiin?e pe care le a?i v?zut vreodat?? ?i noi nu f?ceam decât s? ne uit?m una la alta, s? izbucnim în râs ?i s? fugim departe de persoanele adulte, ad?postindu ne în mica noastr? lume perfect?.

Unul tr?ie?te, cel?lalt moare. E singura solu?ie. Roman din seria Helen Grace Doi ostatici. Un singur glon?. Doar unul va supravie?ui. Sunt suflete-pereche. Vor s?-?i petreac? restul vie?ii ?mpreun?. ?ns? c?nd se trezesc singuri ?i dezorienta?i ?ntr-un subsol p?r?sit, groaza ?i cople?e?te. Nu au la dispozi?ie dec?t o arm? ?nc?rcat? cu un singur glon? ?i ?nso?it? de urm?torul mesaj: ?C?nd unul dintre voi ?l va ucide pe cel?lalt, supravie?uitorul va fi liber“. Cine a putut concepe un astfel de scenariu sinistru, ?n care victimele ?nse?i comit crima? Tortura?i de spaim?, disperare, sete ?i inani?ie, pentru ostatici nu exist? dec?t o singur? cale de a pune cap?t acestui supliciu: unul dintre ei trebuie s? moar?. M. J. Arlidge a creat o eroin? memorabil?: inspectoarea Helen Grace. – Daily Mail O poveste captivant? ?i ?nfrico??toare, scris? magistral. – Sun ??i d? fiori! – Sunday Mirror ?Mi se pare mie sau ?mbr??i??rile noastre nu ne mai prea ?nc?lzesc? ?i nu ne mai ap?r?? De c?nd s-a ?nt?mplat, ne-am ag??at zi ?i noapte unul de altul, dorind s? supravie?uim am?ndoi, dispera?i s? nu r?m?nem singuri ?n locul acesta cumplit. Am jucat tot felul de jocuri ca s? treac? timpul, imagin?ndu-ne ce vom face dup? ce va sosi cavaleria — ce-o s? m?nc?m, ce-o s? le spunem rudelor, ce-o s? primim de Cr?ciun. ?ns? aceste jocuri s-au terminat treptat, pe m?sur? ce am ?n?eles c? am fost adu?i aici cu un scop ?i c? nu va exista un sf?r?it fericit.“

Written in 1885 by Sir H Rider Haggard, it immediately became a best seller.The story is about a group of explorers who are searching in a remote part of Africa for the brother of one of the party, led by Allan Quartermain.At the time of publication, exploration to remote parts of the world was in its prime and this book was the first to reflect this and therefore set the standard.

Maia lives in the tropical country of Guyana, South America. Her adventures begin when she is left a treasure box by her beloved Granny Harriet. Within the box is a map of the ancient lost city of El Dorado, the City of Gold. At the centre of the city is a magnificent golden-barked oak tree called The Tree of El. Maia is following in the footsteps of a long line of explorers who have faced danger and hardship in their search for the fabulous treasure. Journey with her as she discovers The Secret of El Dorado City: The Tree of El.

Tomorrow it will be Ben's mum's birthday, and Ben has an idea. He whispers the idea to his dad, and he agrees to help. While Mum is safely out of the house, they slip into the kitchen, put on their aprons and set to work. It is important that she doesn't guess what they are up to, but the next morning she is in for a big surprise. This illustrated book has five different stories about five year old Ben and the adventures he has with his family and at school. Also included are the recipes that have been used in the book.

A fantastic collection of 19 essential mythological tales for children, from Beowulf, to the death of King Arthur, to the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

David Hughes presents a further five intriguing short stories in which scheming and plotting are uniting themes. 'Osama bin Laden's Children' tells how the male offspring of the head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda may have been hidden away and groomed by the elders to work undercover in enemy countries; 'Black Rain' shows how two opposing gangs could be used to unwittingly provide cover for other, more sinister organisations in the heart of London; and in 'Coma' a happily married woman experiences a terrible riding accident which leaves her in a coma, and on regaining consciousness, life is never the same again. 'Missing Glue' is the intriguing title for a story which illustrates how technology can work against a country when misused, especially when relying on the ability of others; and the final story, 'Nice Man He Lied', reveals how easy it is for trusting people to be manipulated by corrupt individuals for their own insidious designs!

Like a flash of lightning, the vicar appeared in the pulpit and immediately their eyes met. Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat; her body went weak. She gulped suddenly and nearly choked. A warm stream of fire raced through her body - something she had never felt before in all her life. She was love-struck. "e;Oh my gosh!"e; she mumbled. She had been praying secretly for a long time, asking God to send her a nice man to fill the gap in her life, but she never expected to fall in love with anyone.

This classic Dickens novel has been enjoyed around the world for over 150 years.Like much of Dickens' work, Little Dorrit is a social criticism, focusing on the injustices of the debtors' prisons, and of the bureaucracy of the British Treasury.

"O carte care te b?ntuie." -?The Sun Nimeni n-a aflat secretul lui Emily. O vei face tu?? O c?snicie fericit?. Un fiu superb. Un c?min perfect. Atunci ce anume o face pe Emily Coleman s? se trezeasc? ?ntr-o diminea?? ?i s?-?i schimbe radical destinul, plec?nd de acas? ?i l?s?nd ?n urm? tot ce a construit? ?ntr-o Londr? mai mult ostil? dec?t prietenoas?, cu un nume nou, cu o profesie nou?, dar cu acelea?i vinov??ii ?i co?maruri, Emily ?ncearc? s? se reinventeze ?i s-o ia de la cap?t. ?ns? nu poate sc?pa de fantomele trecutului, care continu? s? o b?ntuie.? ?i cur?nd, va trebui s? se confrunte cu urm?rile faptelor sale - o descoperire ?ocant? care s-ar putea s? o ?mping? cu un pas prea departe...? "Un roman zguduitor despre ce pre? trebuie s? pl?tim c?nd evad?m din propria via??."?- Kirkus Reviews "Thrillerul psihologic al Tinei Seskis ?ine cititorul ?n suspans p?n? ?n ultima clip?." -?US Weekly "N-ai cum s? nu te sim?i cople?it."?- New York Times

Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda es la última obra de Miguel de Cervantes. Pertenece al subgénero de la novela bizantina. El propio autor la consideró su mejor obra; sin embargo la crítica da este título unánimemente a Don Quijote de la Mancha. En ella escribió la dedicatoria al Conde de Lemos el 19 de abril de 1616, cuatro días antes de morir, donde se despide de la vida citando estos versos: Puesto ya el pie en el estribo, con las ansias de la muerte, gran se?or, esta te escribo.

The Canterville Ghost is a popular 1887 novella by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage. “The Canterville Ghost” is a parody featuring a dramatic spirit named Sir Simon and the United States minister (ambassador) to the Court of St. James's, Hiram B. Otis. Mr. Otis travels to England with his family and moves into a haunted country house. Lord Canterville, the previous owner of the house, warns Mr. Otis that the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted it ever since he killed his wife, Eleonore, three centuries before. But Mr. Otis dismisses the ghost story as bunk and disregards Lord Canterville’s warnings. When the Otises learn that the house is indeed haunted, they succeed in victimizing the ghost and in disregarding age-old British traditions. What emerges is a satire of American materialism, a lampoon of traditional British values, and an amusing twist on the traditional gothic horror tale.

Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared in 1890. Wilde was attacked for his decadence and corrupting influence, and a few years later the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, trials that resulted in his imprisonment. Of the book's value as autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps."

Intrus n lumea umbrelor“ este un roman de sertar… care a fost scris ntre 1982-1986 i care a zcut ascuns n beci, ntr-o lad cu nisip pentru ptrunjei i morcovi de iarn, din 1986 pn n 1991. Apoi s-a mutat ntr-un sertar al biroului… pn astzi… Aciunea primului volum, CAPCANA“, se petrece n anii 1982 – 1983. Un scriitor aflat n slujba partidului comunist, un autor care semnase pactul cu diavolul“, pact n general negat, dar existent n realitate, care scria cri la comand“, dezerteaz. Un personaj deopotriv curajos i destul de la nct s fi semnat acest pact blestemat, vicios, drept i cinstit n acelai timp, afemeiat i pctos, ncpnat i realist, vntor i braconier, ducnd o via deanat, trit pe muchie de cuit, o via plin de femei i de infideliti conjugale, chefuri, prieteni la fel de vicioi, curajoi, nelinitii i realiti ca i el. Obosit de contiina care nu-l las sa adoarm, se refugiaz la ar, n nordul extrem al rii, ntre pduri i dealuri, pentru a scpa de oameni i de minciun. i descoper prieteni uitai i rude pe care n ultimii ani le ignorase. Dar, cutnd un adevr de care nc nu era contient, i descoper i dumanii. ntr-o goan parc nebun dup regsirea de sine, i rentlnete iubirile pierdute, femei care l-au iubit i pe care el le prsise cutnd mereu altceva, femei pe care le iubise i care l-au prsit, prieteni i dumani care nu l-au uitat, oameni trectori prin viaa sa. Cu incontiena omului brusc trezit la realitate, se las purtat de valul ntmplrii, aflnd adevruri mereu ntrezrite i bnuite, dar tinuite ntr-o lege a tcerii pe care n-o nelege nc. Tenace din fire i venic gata s rite totul pe o carte dintr-o nevoie aproape bolnvicioas de senzaii tari, ncepe s ntrebe, contient c fr ntrebri, nu exist nici rspunsuri. Iar ntrebrile lui trezesc brusc furia stpnilor si comuniti. Ameninrile acestora i ale securitii care, la ordin, i urmrea fiecare micare, trezete n el i curajul neamului din care se trage i care dormise n el n toi aceti ani. ncpnat i ncrncenat, ncepe s afle adevrul despre colectivizarea din nordul ndeprtat, att de apropiat sufletului su. Pas cu pas afl despre crimele, ororile, minciunile i teroarea ce se aflau n spatele mreelor realizri ale partidului cruia i slujea. Afl despre oameni pe care i cunoscuse i care erau altceva dect crezuse el ca sunt. Obosit de atta minciun, se decide sa spun, n sfrit, adevrul. Realizeaz ns c pe nevzute i negndite, czuse n CAPCANA… pentru ca ce altceva este pn la urma adevrul, dect capcana propriei tale contiine! Cnd te hotrti s spui adevrul, nu te poi ocoli pe tine nsui pentru a-l spune doar despre ceilali! Adevrul este doar unul singur, i te include i pe tine i faptele tale… alturi de ceilali i de faptele lor…

"The Colour Out of Space" is a first-person narrative written from the perspective of an unnamed surveyor from Boston. In order to prepare for the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts, he surveys a rural area that is to be flooded near Lovecraft's fictional town of Arkham. He comes across a mysterious patch of land, an abandoned five-acre farmstead, which is completely devoid of all life.

"The Book" is an unfinished short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal Leaves in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. In the story fragment, the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange bookseller, and when he takes it home and examines it, weird and sinister events ensue.

The longer stories in this book are called Fairy Stories, because that is the name by which such tales are always known to children; and yet only a very few contain any direct reference to fairies. The most of them have to do with talking animals and with strange incidents and transformations such as have always delighted the childish fancy. They have been drawn from a variety of sources; and liberty has been taken to make such changes in the narratives as seemed most necessary to adapt them to the understanding and needs of the children of our own time and country. ??Free renderings, they may be called, of some of the most popular folktales of foreign lands. The Three Bears, Tom Thumb, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Tom Tit Tot are old English favorites dressed in modern garb; Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Princet and the Golden Blackbird, and Drakesbill and his Friends are variants of the well-known French versions by Perrault, Marelles, and Sebillot; Little Tuppen and The Three Goats named Bruse are from Norwegian sources; and the rest are founded upon German originals. In the retelling of these tales care has been taken to avoid whatever might distress the most sensitive child as well as everything that could give a wrong bias to his moral nature or distort his perception of the beautiful and the true.

Jean Bodel a minstrel of the thirteenth century, wrote, "There are but three subjects which interest men,—the tales of France, of Britain, and of Rome the great; and to these subjects there is nothing like. The tales of Britain are so light and pleasant, those of Rome are wise and of teachful sense; those of France, truly every day of greater appearance."??In this story of Roland as I propose telling it, I shall intro-duce you to some of the most pleasing of those "tales of France" The poems and legends which embody them were written in various languages, and at widely different times; but in them two names, Charlemagne and Roland are of very frequent occurrence. Charlemagne, as you know, was a real historical personage, the greatest monarch of medieval times. His empire included France, the greater part of Germany and Italy; and his power and influence were felt all over the Christian world. The fame of his achievements in war was heralded and sung in every country of Europe; his name was in the mouth of every story-teller and wandering bard; and it finally became customary to ascribe all the heroic deeds and wonderful events of three centuries to the time of Charlemagne. ??The songs and stories in which these events were related were dressed up with every kind of embellishment to suit the circumstances of their recital. Wild myths of the Pagan ages, legends and traditions of the Christian Church, superstitious notions of magic and witchcraft, fantastic stories derived from the Arabs of Spain and the East,—all these were blended in one strange mass, and grafted upon a slender core of historical truth. The result was a curious mixture of fact and fiction, of the real and the marvellous, of the beautiful and the impure, of Christian devotion and heathen superstition. And it was thus that "the tales of France", which we may term the legendary history of Charlemagne, came into being ..

Внеобычноммире,которыйсостоитизсовокупностейнародныхсказок, мифовилегендживётдевушкапоимениЛисяИнь-лучшаяученицамастера КунгФу,мечтающаястатьсильнейшиммастеромнасвете. ОднаждыгероинеприходитписьмосприглашениемпоучаствоватьвТысячелетнем турнире-битве,средисамыхвеликолепныхдевушекнавсёмбеломсвете.Но неожиданноподаренныйдругомдревнийартефактпревращаетдевушкувпарня. Чтобыизбавитьсяотпроклятия,онаотправляетсявдлинноепутешествиепо опасномуитаинственномумиру.