In 1861 Captain Grant succeeded Captain Burgess on Matinicus, taking his son with him as assistant. The old keeper left Abby on the rock to instruct the newcomers in their duties, and she performed the task so well that young Grant fell in love with her, and asked her to become his wife. Soon after their marriage she was appointed an assistant keeper. A few years later the husband was made keeper and the wife assistant keeper of White Head, another light on the Maine coast. There they remained until the spring of 1890, when they removed to Middleborough, Mass., intending to pass the balance of their days beyond sight and hearing of the rocks and the waves. But the hunger which the sea breeds in its adopted children was still strong within them, and the fall of 1892 found them again on the coast of Maine, this time at Portland, where the husband again entered the lighthouse establishment, working in the engineers' department of the first lighthouse district. With them until his death lived Captain Grant, who in the closing months of 1890, being then aged eighty-five, retired from the position of keeper of Matinicus light, which he had held for nearly thirty years. Not less lonely, but far more perilous than the life of the keepers of a light like that on Matinicus is the lot of the crew of the South Shoal lightship, whose position twenty-six miles off Sankaty Head, Nantucket Island, makes it the most exposed light-station in the world. Anchored so far out at sea, it is only during the months of summer and autumn that the lighthouse tender ventures to visit it, and its crew from December to May of each year are wholly cut off from communication with the land. It is this, however, that makes the South Shoal lightship a veritable protecting angel of the deep, for it stands guard not only over the treacherous New South Shoal, near which it is anchored, but over twenty-six miles of rips and reefs between it and the Nantucket shore—a wide-reaching ocean graveyard, where bleach the bones of more than a half thousand wrecked and forgotten vessels. The lightship is a stanchly built two-hulled schooner of 275 tons burden, 103 feet long over all, equipped with fore-and-aft lantern masts 71 feet high, and with two masts for sails, each 42 feet high. The lanterns are octagons of glass in copper frames, so arranged that they can be lowered into houses built around the masts. In the forward part of the ship is a huge fog bell, swung ten feet above the deck, which, when foggy weather prevails, as it frequently does for weeks at a time, is kept tolling day and night. A two-inch chain fastened to a "mushroom" anchor weighing upward of three tons holds the vessel in eighteen fathoms of water, but this, so fiercely do the waves beat against it in winter, has not prevented her from going adrift many times. She was two weeks at sea on one of these occasions, and on another she came to anchor in New York Harbor. Life on the South Shoal lightship is at all times a hard and trying one, and, as a matter of fact, the crew are instructed not to expose themselves to danger outside their special line of duty. This, however, does not deter them from frequently risking their lives in rescuing others, and when, several years ago, the City of Newcastle went ashore on one of the shoals near the lightship, all hands, twenty-seven in number, were saved by the South Shoal crew and kept aboard of her over two weeks, until the story of the wreck was signalled to a passing vessel. Isaac H. Grant holds a silver medal given him by the Government for rescuing two men from drowning while he was keeper at White Head; while Frederick Hatch, keeper of the Breakwater station at Cleveland was awarded the gold bar. The last mentioned badge of honor is granted only to one who has twice distinguished himself by a special act of bravery. It was given Hatch in the winter of 1898.

AZ UT?BBI ?VEK LEGNAGYOBB SCI-FI SZENZ?CI?JA, AMELYB?L RIDLEY SCOTT FORGAT FILMET HAMAROSAN. A GRAVIT?CI? C?M? FILMHEZ HASONL?AN EZ A K?NYV IS MEGH?D?TOTTA A SZ?LESEBB K?Z?NS?GET. Hat nappal ezel?tt Mark Watney az els?k k?z?tt érkezett a Marsra. Most úgy fest, hogy ? lesz az els? ember, aki ott is hal meg. Miután csaknem végez vele egy porvihar, ami evakuációra kényszeríti az ?t halottnak gondoló társait, Mark a Marson ragad. Még arra is képtelen, hogy üzenetet küldj?n a F?ldre, és tudassa a világgal, hogy életben van – de még ha üzenhetne is, a készletei elfogynának, miel?tt egy ment?akció a segítségére siethetne. Bár valószín?leg úgysem lesz ideje éhen halni. Sokkal valószín?bb, hogy még azel?tt vesztét okozzák a sérült berendezések, a k?ny?rtelen k?rnyezet vagy egyszer?en csak a jó ?reg ?emberi tényez?”. De Mark nem hajlandó feladni. Találékonyságát, mérn?ki képességeit és az élethez való hajthatatlan, makacs ragaszkodását latba vetve, rendíthetetlenül állja a sarat a számtalan leküzdhetetlennek t?n? akadállyal szemben. Vajon elegend?nek bizonyul-e leleményessége a lehetetlen véghezviteléhez? ?Egyszer?en letehetetlen ez a k?nyv! A marsi a jól megírt, eredeti sztori, az érdekes, valószer? karakterek, és az elképeszt? technikai hitelesség ritka kombinációja… olyan, mintha a MacGyver-t keresztezték volna A rejtelmes szigettel. ? Chris Hadfield asztronauta, a Nemzetk?zi ?rállomás parancsnoka ?A marsi rendesen odacsapott! Weir iszonyúan szórakoztató és nagyigény? túlél? thrillert írt, egy ?MacGyver a Marson”-sztorit, ami épp olyan valóságos és szívfacsaró, mint az Apollo 13 igaz t?rténete. ? Ernest Cline, a Ready Player One szerz?je Lebilincsel?… olyan, mint Defoe Robinson Crusoe-ja egy intelligensebb szerz? tollából. Larry Niven, t?bbsz?r?s Hugo- és Nebula-díjas író “?sid?k óta nem olvastam ennél jobb k?ny vet! Miel?tt felt?r?d a pecsétet, ürítsd ki a menetrended. Ett?l a t?rténett?l jobban beléd fojtja a lélegzetet, mint leveg?szivárgás egy ?rhajón. Szórakoztató, okos és p?rg?s – A marsi megad mindent, amit csak egy regényt?l vársz!” Hugh Howey, New York Times bestseller szerz? “Er?s, üt?s és t?k?s. Robinson Crusoe a Marson, huszonegyedik századi stílusban. Miel?tt ezt a k?nyvet elkezded, gondoskodj magadnak szabadid?r?l – kelleni fog, mert eszedben sem lesz letenni.” Steve Berry, New York Times bestseller szerz?

A horda megérkezett. Pikk élete ?r?k?s harcból állt, amíg Megváltásban be nem fogadták. A várost azonban k?rülzárták a mutáns korcsok, és fél?, hogy a lány máris elveszíti a nem rég megszerzett biztonságot, új, szeret? családját. Barátaival, Fakóval, Kószával és Tegannal ezért lehetetlen küldetést vállal: titokban elhagyja a települést, hogy segítséget szerezzen és megmentse azokat, akiknek új életét k?sz?nheti. Amikor útnak indulnak, Pikk még nem is sejti, hogy a mindent eld?nt? csata felé száguld. A korcsok már nem azok az értelem nélküli sz?rnyek, amiket az Enklávéban megismert: uralják a vadont, emberek városait rohanják le, felderít?ket küldenek ki. Véres háború k?zeleg, olyan küzdelem, amilyenre évszázadok óta nem volt példa. De az emberiség már elfeledte, hogyan álljon ki magáért. Csak egy valaki képes ?sszefogni ?ket: Pikk. A tét ezúttal nem csupán egy enkláve, egy hely?rség, vagy egy városka. Az egykori vadászn? most a teljes emberi faj túléléséért kénytelen fegyvert rántani, noha ? maga sem tudja, egyetlen lány és maroknyi barát megállíthatja-e a pusztítás hordáját… ?S?tét színek, hátborzongató t?rténet… Ann Aguirre k?nyvét nem lehet letenni!” Gena Showalter, a New York Times sikerszerz?je

Ha Agatha Christie és P. G. Wodehouse együtt írna detektívregényt, ilyen lenne. 1932, London. A trón?r?klési sorrendben Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie az esélytelen harmincnegyedik helyen áll, és szegény, mint a templom egere. Miután lelécel a skóciai családi kastélyból?, és ezzel megússza, hogy férjhez kelljen mennie Halpofához (Siegfried herceghez), Londonba k?lt?zik. A f?városban meglep? kalandok várnak rá: életében el?sz?r saját magának kell begyújtania egy kandallóba, belezúg egy házasságra alkalmatlan, nagyon szexi ír nemesbe, inkognitóban házvezet?n?i szolgálatot alapít, hogy ne kopjon fel az álla, a Királyn? felkéri, hogy kémkedjen a szoknyapecér trón?r?k?s után. De élete akkor vesz igazán új fordulatot, amikor holtan talál a fürd?szobájában egy férfit. Lady Georgiana pontosan tudja, ki az illet?: ez a francia idegen nemrégiben megzsarolta a családját, és azzal fenyeget?z?tt, hogy megszerzi a skóciai kastélyt. Lady Georgiana egyetlen módon tisztázhatja a helyzetet - ha miel?bb kideríti, ki volt a gyilkos.

A Fumax Irodalom sorozat szép sikerrel indult tavaly a Tolvajok tele cím? regénnyel. A Fumax Irodalom sorozat második k?tetére, Az elvarázsoltakra még tavaly tavasszal figyeltünk fel, amikor az Amazon legjobb k?nyve lett márciusban. Azóta megnyerte a Prix du premier roman étrangert (külf?ldi els?regény-díj), a jelent?s francia irodalmi díjat és számtalan más díjra is jel?lték, rengeteg év legjobbjai listára került fel, illetve bejutott a Goodreads-en a legjobb 20-ba a fiction kategóriában (ami talán a legjelent?sebb kategória) az év végi olvasói szavazáson. Bekerült az ALA (Amerikai K?nyvtárak Sz?vetsége) Figyelemreméltó K?nyveinek listájára, 2015-?s díjazottként, és esélyesnek tartják az idei Pulitzer-díjra való jel?lésre is. Az elvarázsoltak csodálatos és megváltással teli els? regény, melynek rideg világában találkozik a gonoszság és a mágia, Alice Sebold empátiája és líraisága és Stephen King s?tét képzel?ereje. TARTALOM: "Még a sz?rnyeknek is szükségük van a békére. Még a sz?rnyeknek is szükségük van valakire, aki valóban meg akarja hallgatni - és hallani - ?ket, hogy egy napon megtaláljuk a szavakat, amelyek t?bbek üres dobozoknál. Talán akkor megakadályozhatjuk, hogy a hozzám hasonlók létrej?jjenek." A szigorúan ?rz?tt b?rt?n halálsorán raboskodó fogoly egyedüli menedéke a megálmodott szavakban rejlik, a nyelv hatalmán keresztül megteremtett világban. Nincsen neve, nem tudjuk a b?nét sem. De figyel, megérzi azt is, amire mások képtelenek. Látomásai, melyekben aranysz?r? paripák vágtáznak a b?rt?n alatt, és olvadt fémként csurran hátukról a h?ség, a b?rt?nélet pusztító er?szakosságával ?tv?z?dnek. Két kívülálló lép világába: a bukott pap és a h?lgy, egy nyomozó, aki eltemetett morzsákat kutat a rabok múltjában, amelyek megmenthetik a kivégzésre várókat. Egy York nev? gyilkos múltjába ásva fájdalmas titkokra bukkan, amelyek felülírják a megszokott elképzeléseket áldozatról és b?n?z?r?l, ártatlanságról és b?n?sségr?l, míg végül a h?lgy saját megd?bbent? múltjára is fény derül. ?s a rab várakozik, várja, hogy az ? t?rténetét is meghallgassa valaki. Mert még a sz?rnyeknek is van t?rténetük. Ez a fájdalommal teli, ugyanakkor k?lt?i regény emlékeztet a mindannyiunkat ?sszek?t? emberségre, és arra, hogy még a legsz?rny?bb, rémálomba ill? valóságban is létezhet szépség és szeretet. A k?tetet a neves m?fordító és írón?, Kleinheincz Csilla ültette át magyar nyelvre.

John was not twenty years old when he assisted, as a volunteer, at the attack on Mont-Joui, which was captured, and where the Prince of Hesse lost his life. Our poor Johnny was wounded, taken prisoner, and carried into the town. The following is an account of his adventures from the attack of Mont-Joui till the taking of Barcelona. It is as told by a Catalonian lady, a little too free and too simple. Such stories do not find a way to the hearts of your wise men. I received it from her when I entered Barcelona in the suite of Lord Peterborough. You must read it without offence, as a true description of the manners of the country.

Un thriller de suspense y misterio de Katerina Carter, detective privada edición Espa?ol Diamantes, peligro y desaparición La investigadora de fraudes Katerina Carter no sabe retirarse a tiempo, y eso la coloca en situaciones peligrosas y precarias. Ahora que está sin trabajo y casi sin dinero, necesita conseguir clientes o se verá obligada a volver arrastrándose al cubículo de la empresa en la que trabajaba antes. Y para Kat, ese es un destino peor que las deudas. Por eso, cuando Susan Sullivan, directora ejecutiva de Liberty Diamond Mines, la contrata para buscar al director financiero, que ha desaparecido junto con una gran suma de dinero, Kat se apresura a aceptar el trabajo. La pobreza abyecta motiva mucho a la hora de aceptar casos difíciles, pero la alegría de Kat no tarda en dar paso al terror cuando dos empleados de la empresa son brutalmente asesinados. Eso hace que se dé cuenta de que la investigación puede ser más peligrosa de lo que anticipaba. Como si el caso no fuera ya bastante complicado, descubre una conexión siniestra entre diamantes de guerra y el crimen organizado. Lo único que tiene que hacer ya es conseguir pruebas… e impedir que la maten antes de que desenmascare a los criminales. Kat cuenta con la ayuda de sus amigos y de su excéntrico tío, pero tendrá que ir con cuidado si no quiere que su primer caso sea también el último. Maniobra de evasión es un suspense legal, económico y criminal al estilo de Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter y John Grisham. “Una historia internacional de diamantes, peligro y desaparición, Maniobra de evasión me enganchó desde la primera página…” “Maniobra de evasión, la primera novela llena de acción de la serie de suspenses de Katerina Carter, es un thriller psicológico lleno de intriga que no le permitirá dejar de leer”.. “… Tensión e intriga de vértigo”. Elogios a Maniobra de evasión “Un estupendo primer libro en una serie de suspense que supone el debut de la autora Colleen Cross… La contable forense Katerina Carter aprende del modo más duro que cuando algo huele mal, probablemente esté podrido hasta el núcleo. Hablamos de diamantes de guerra, de tráfico de armas y más… con la cantidad exacta de enredos para hacernos seguir pasando las páginas”. “Una historia internacional de diamantes, peligro y desaparición, Maniobra de evasion me agarró desde la primera página y me hizo seguir pasando páginas hasta mucho después de la hora en la que quería dormir”. La investigación de un fraude por parte de Katerina Carter saca a la luz una conspiración de blanqueo masivo de diamantes en Liberty Diamond Mines, justo cuando dos miembros claves de Liberty son asesinados. Kat podría ser la siguiente – a menos que deje ir sin castigo a los criminales. Maniobra de evasión es un suspense legal y lleno de acción en la línea de Michael Connelly y John Grisham. espa?ol,?suspense legal, policiaca negra suspense, misterio y thriller judicial, investigadora privado, acción y aventura, la chica del tren, ?ficción contemporánea,?espa?ol, hispanica, mujeres detectives, novela policiacas, novela negra

The aged Belus, king of Babylon, thought himself the first man upon earth; for all his courtiers told him so, and his historians proved it. We know that his palace and his park, situated at a few parafangs from Babylon, extended between the Euphrates and the Tigris, which washed those enchanted banks. His vast house, three thousand feet in front, almost reached the clouds. The platform was surrounded with a balustrade of white marble, fifty feet high, which supported colossal statues of all the kings and great men of the empire.

There is a fertile stretch of flat lands in Indiana where unagrarian Eastern travellers, glancing from car-windows, shudder and return their eyes to interior upholstery, preferring even the swaying caparisons of a Pullman to the monotony without. The landscape lies interminably level: bleak in winter, a desolate plain of mud and snow; hot and dusty in summer, in its flat lonesomeness, miles on miles with not one cool hill slope away from the sun.

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner and John Updike.

"The Beautiful Lady", is another of the short novels from Booth Tarkington's early career. It was originally published in two parts, December of 1904 and January of 1905, in "Harper's Magazine", and then as Tarkington's fifth book in May of 1905. As with many of Tarkington's other works, it is a bit too predictable, though in this case that doesn't detract too much from the story. The story appears to sets up a love triangle (or in this case it may be a love square), but it does deviate from that a bit. The story is told from the point of the Italian, Ansolini from Naples, living in Paris who due to being down on his luck is forced into a most embarrassing position of acting as a billboard by shaving his head and having an advertisement for a show placed on the back of his bald head. It is while performing this job, that he nearly meets the "beautiful lady", though he keeps his head down and sees only her feet and the hem of her skirt and hears her lovely voice as it has sympathy for his plight. In fact, Ansolini's feelings are appreciative of her beautiful soul, and not that of romance.

A young newspaperman who has just moved to a new town overhears the wealthy politician in the house next door talking aloud to nonexistent figures. Has David Beasley gone mad, or is his imagination simply greater than his friends and ex-fiancée believe?

Portugues do Brasil! No limiar dos tempos, dois antigos adversários batalharam pelo controle da Terra. Um homem insurge-se para ficar ao lado dos humanos. Um soldado cujo nome nós ainda lembramos hoje. Mortalmente ferido, as angelicais for?as especiais do coronel Mikhail Mannuki despertam em sua nave destruída. A mulher que salvou sua vida tem habilidades que lhe parecem familiares, mas, por estar sem memória de seu passado, ele nada p?de lembrar. O povo de Ninsianna tem profecias de um campe?o alado, de uma espada dos deuses, que irá defendê-los de for?as malignas. Mikhail insiste que n?o é um semideus, porém, sua misteriosa habilidade para matar diz o contrário. O mal sussurra a um príncipe sombrio. Espécies enfermas procuram frear sua extin??o. Dois imperadores, enraizados em suas antigas ideologias, n?o conseguem enxergar a amea?a neste relato da história épica, cujo cenário é a batalha entre o bem e o mal, o choque de impérios e ideologias, e o maior super-herói a andar pela Terra, o Arcanjo Mikhail. B?NUS ESPECIAL: contém o Livro 1: Heróis do Antigo. Este livro n?o é uma fic??o de religi?o. * Ordem de leitura - série Sword of the Gods: —Espada dos Deuses (conter 'Heróis do Antigo' novela) —N?o há Lugar para Anjos Caídos —Fruta Proibida (em breve)

It was the third week in September when the Fairfields left the seashore and returned to their Vernondale home.??“Now, my child,” said Mr. Fairfield, as they sat on the veranda after dinner, “I will unfold to you my plans for the coming winter, and you may accept, or reject, or amend them as you please.”??“Proceed,” said Patty, settling herself comfortably in her wicker chair; “I feel in an amiable mood this evening, and will probably agree to anything you may suggest.”??“I’ve been thinking for some time,” went on her father, “that I don’t want to spend the coming winter in Vernondale. I would much rather be in New York.”??“Reason number one—Nan,” said Patty, checking it off on her forefinger and smiling at her father.?“Yes,” he responded, with an answering smile, “she is reason number one, but there are others.”?To readers who are unfamiliar with Patty’s earlier history we may say right here that her mother had died when Patty was but three years old. ??At present she lived with her father in their little home in Vernondale, an establishment of which Patty greatly prided herself on her management.?Recently Mr. Fairfield had become engaged to Miss Nan Allen, a young lady who lived in Philadelphia, and who was a dear friend of Patty’s.

The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries: ”Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs. Dent, Mrs. Lang, Miss Eleanor Sellar, Miss Blackley, and Miss Lang. 'The Three Sons of Hali' is from the last century 'Cabinet des Faces,' a very large collection. The French author may have had some Oriental original before him in parts; at all events he copied the Eastern method of putting tale within tale, like the Eastern balls of carved ivory. ??The stories, as usual, illustrate the method of popular fiction. A certain number of incidents are shaken into many varying combinations, like the fragments of coloured glass in the kaleidoscope. Probably the possible combinations, like possible musical combinations, are not unlimited in number, but children may be less sensitive in the matter of fairies than Mr. John Stuart Mill was as regards music.

Cel mai vechi dintre cltorii romantici, Grigore Alexandrescu, n paginile consacrate vizitei sale la mnstirile olteneti (1842), ne ofer… destul de puin. Impresiile sale privesc mai degrab tradiiile istorice ale locurilor pe care le viziteaz sau unele particulariti ale ornduirii lor actuale. Cadrul natural este abia indicat. Cnd ajunge la Cozia, o simpl nsemnare topografic i este de ajuns… n faa Mnstirii Dintr-un Lemn descrierea este ceva mai bogat, dar fr elemente sensibile propriu-zise. Autorul descrie o configuraie, nu un peisagiu… Petera de la Polovraci l impresioneaz mai mult, dar spiritul de observaie rmne, chiar n faa acestui spectacol, inferior fanteziei constructive, creia i se pare a vedea, n grupul stalactitelor, siluete de copii sau de fantasmagorice fiine combinate din oameni i fiare, dac nu simple chipuri slbatice "c doi tlhari, care, cu armele gata, ateapt s atace un trector". Abia, ultima pagin a Memorialului jertfete esteticii timpului, zugrvind un motiv tipic-rasarirea lunii deasupra unei pduri… Pagina merit a fi reinut. Este acea prin care natura, ca obiect al descrierii literare, intr n operele prozatorilor romni, sub forma magiei lunare. Scriitorul nelege ce poate fi dulceag sau convenional n zugrvirea strlucirii nentinate a lunii i de aceea ntregete tabloul sau din contraste punnd alturi de lumin selenar, rspndit pe ziduri, pe stnci i poteci, masa ntunecat a pdurii rmase n umbr. Rsrirea lunii la Tismana rmne oricum o excepie n paginile de proz ale lui Grigore Alexandrescu.“Tudor Vianu, Arta prozatorilor romni, Chiinu, Casa de editura Litera, 1997, p. 69-70.

Mare poet clasic, Co?buc ?i-a asigurat locul printre marii creatori: Eminescu, Creang?, Caragiale, Slavici, prin con?inutul na?ional al operei sale, prin cultivarea ?i frecventarea clasicilor, prin puritatea expresiei ?i claritatea stilului, prin promovarea idealului de frumuse?e echilibrat?, ?n general prin ?nnoirea limbii poetice. Co?buc este – unanim recunoscut – un mare clasic al versului rom?nesc. Poet al naturii ?i al omului de la ?ar?, al exuberan?ei juvenile, al iubirii, al revoltei ?i luptei, al b?rb??iei, Co?buc ?nscrie una din cele mai pre?ioase experien?e ale literelor rom?ne?ti, ?ntr-un moment de r?scruce, c?nd, prin scrierile unei pletore de pseudoeminescieni, se crease ?n poezia noastr? o stare deprimant?, maladiv?, din care se p?rea c? nu exist? perspective de ie?ire spre un liman s?n?tos. ?n acest climat de mal de siecle, de Wetschmerz r?sare nea?teptat de viguros ?i nou George Co?buc, redres?nd poezia rom?neasc?, aduc?nd noi orizonturi, noi sensuri, noi valori artistice.

n cei peste o sut de ani care s au scurs de la publicarea lui, Gora a fost interpretat n multe feluri i din diferite puncte de vedere, n special n India i n mediile culturale anglofone. S-a spus adesea c, prin acest roman, Tagore a iniiat dezbaterea despre identitatea cultural a Indiei i despre locul religiei i al castei n cadrul ei. Dar problemele legate de religie i cast implic altele privitoare la gen i clas.Romanul ridic multe alte chestiuni la fel de importante, precum statutul femeii, autoguvernarea, reconstrucia rural, educaia naional etc.Dat fiind arta romanesc a lui Tagore – neinovatoare n form sau tehnic narativ, trgndu-i fora nu din aciune, ci din analiz psihologic i dezbatere de idei –, o perspectiv cultural asupra lui Gora este, ndeosebi ntr-o prefa, mai interesant dect una strict literar. Spre deosebire de celelalte romane ale sale, aici personajul central nu este unul feminin. Gora, biatul nou nscut al unui cuplu de irlandezi din Calcutta mori n timpul rscoalei sipahilor (1857), a fost adoptat n secret de o familie de brahmani liberali, fr ca acetia s dezvluie cuiva adevrata sa origine. Numele pe care i l-au dat (gora nseamn alb“ n bengali) este totui o marc identitar evident. Crescut i educat ca un indian din societatea bun, Gora s-a identificat – n ciuda nfirii sale europene – cu India, ajungnd ca dup terminarea studiilor universitare s adopte cea mai strict ortodoxie hindus i s militeze deschis mpotriva dominaiei britanice. Adevrul despre originea sa, ce i se dezvluie abia la finalul romanului, vine ca o surpriz doar pentru el nsui.Cititorul este prevenit chiar de la bun nceput, fapt care i pune aciunile i discursurile ntr o explicit perspectiv ironic. Motivul orfanului domin profilul celor mai importante personaje din roman. Nu numai Gora, dar i Binoy i Sucharita au mame sau tai surogat. Acetia ns se apropie mult mai mult de modelul printelui ideal dect mamele i taii biologici ai celorlalte personaje. Paresh Babu i Anandamayi se nscriu n galeria acelor nobile figuri ce nu pot fi uitate i nu e deloc o surpriz c, n cele din urm, Gora i recunoate ca noii si prini spirituali. Naterea este aadar tema n jurul creia se construiete drama eroului principal. i nu ntmpltor. n hinduismul ortodox, naterea determin att casta, ct i religia, mrci comunitare ce nu pot fi schimbate individual. Cineva se nate hindus i brahman – de pild –, nu poate s devin dect cel mult un bun hindus“ sau un bun brahman“, cum ar fi spus un reprezentant al ortodoxiei de la noi.

Biblioteca pentru toi copiii“ cuprinde cele mai preuite opere ale scriitorilor clasici ai literaturii romne i universale. Crile de neuitat ale copilriei sunt disponibile astzi si in format e-book.Publicat n 42 de limbi, aceast carte este una dintre cele mai traduse opere dup Biblie.Generaii ntregi de copii au hoinrit pe meleagurile Angliei n compania Sobolului, a oarecelui de ap, a Broscoiului i a Bursucului, prietenii memorabili din Vntul prin slcii. De la naterea lor acum mai bine de un secol, pentru a nsoi somnul fiului autorului lor, aceste poveti despre prietenie n lumea naturii au ncntat cititori de toate vrstele. O carte pe care toi o iubim i o citim iar i iar, cu voce tare sau n gnd: Vntul prin slcii. Aceast carte reprezint, ntr-un fel, dou cri ntr-una. Pe de o parte, sunt capitolele referitoare la aventurile Broscoiului, pe de alt parte sunt cele care exploreaz emoii omeneti precum frica, nostalgia, mirarea, dorul de duc.

Alexandra, o adolescent? rebel?, este trimis? de p?rin?i s? ??i petreac? vacan?a de var? ?ntr-un sat din Transilvania, pentru a fi ?ndep?rtat? de o iubire considerat? imoral?. Odat? ajuns? ?n V., ea este atras? de pove?tile localnicilor legate de o crim? s?v?r?it? ?n urm? cu mai mult de un veac: contesa Aneke fusese acuzat? de incest ?i vr?jitorie ?i ucis? ?n p?dure. Alexandra porne?te pe urmele contesei, hot?r?t? s? afle ce s-a ?nt?mplat cu adev?rat. Castelul ascunde mistere la fiecare col?… Pe m?sur? ce fapte ?i personaje stranii ies la iveal?, Alexandra ??i d? seama c? are ?n comun cu frumoasa vr?jitoare mai mult dec?t ?i-ar fi imaginat, inclusiv iubirea ei secret? ?i interzis?. Va reu?i Alexandra s? salveze aceast? iubire ?i ?n final propria via??, sau va avea soarta tragic? a Anekei?Dou? lumi distincte se ?ntrep?trund: lumea adolescen?ilor de azi, cu Facebook, concerte rock, tatuaje ?i pierce-uri, ?i lumea contesei disp?rute, cu intrigi de curte ?i pove?ti uitate.Un mistery romance ?n tonuri ?ntunecate despre incest, supersti?ii, tr?d?ri, secrete, legende transmise peste veacuri.

Auzim adesea pe c?te cineva spun?nd, Via?a mea e un roman! Dar c??i dintre noi au curajul s? zugr?veasc? ?n cuvinte ?i s? pun? pe h?rtie ceea ce li s-a ?nt?mplat de-a lungul anilor?Elena Dican este unul dintre foarte pu?inii care ?i-au transformat amintirile ?ntr-un roman. Domnia-sa nu numai c? a trecut testul curajului, dar a ?i dovedit c? are toate calit??ile necesare pentru a duce un astfel de proiect la bun sf?r?it: u?urin?a de a construi scene memorabile, de a da via?? fiin?elor evocate, cre?nd personaje veridice, gata s? sar? din pagin? ?n via?a real?, precum ?i capacitatea de a medita pe marginea celor v?zute, auzite, experimentate ?i rememorate.?n acest fel, scrierea Elenei Dican creeaz? nu un jurnal al vie?ii sale, ci un adev?rat roman, cu toate valen?ele ?i atributele romanului, dar care p?streaz? ?n acela?i timp ?i valoarea de document al vremurilor ceau?iste ?i al vremurilor de azi. Prin mijloacele specifice acestei specii literare, autoarea direc?ioneaz? cu mare pricepere curiozitatea ?i imagina?ia cititorului c?tre mesajul pe care ?l are de transmis.Un mesaj plin de c?ldur?, de umanitate, de ?ncredere ?n via?? ?i de recuno?tin?? pentru ceea ce este frumos ?i atr?g?tor pe aceast? lume.