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Mérő László
¥74.74
Szoboszlay Tamás százados a nyilas hatalomátvétel napján érkezik haza szül?városába, Budapestre, egy osztrák katonai kórházból. R?vid id?n belül egyértelm?vé válik, hogy számára már nem csak az oroszok ellen folyik a háború, hanem a hazáját megszálló sz?vetséges német hadsereggel szemben is. Az események sodrásában találkozik gyerekkori barátjával, akinek segít elbújtatni zsidó származású mennyasszonyát. Majd régi szerelmével is ?sszehozza a sors, akivel még nem zárta le a múltat. Pár héttel kés?bb már nem csak szerelméért, hanem az életben maradásért is küzdenie kell, az oroszok által ostromlott magyar f?városban.
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
J. A. Jance
¥74.65
New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings her two best-loved series characters together as Beaumont and Brady investigate a pair of cases that cross state lines Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont is working a series of murders in which six young women have been wrapped in tarps, doused with gasoline and set on fire. Their charred remains have been scattered around various dump sites, creating a grisly pattern of death across western Washington. At the same time, thousands of miles away in the Arizona desert, Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady is looking into a homicide in which the elderly caretaker of an ATV park was run over and left to die. All the man has left behind is his dog, who is the improbable witness to some kind of turf warfare – or something more sinister. But, here, as the threads of their two seemingly seperate cases wind together, Beaumont and Brady must put aside echoes of their shared past as they are once again drawn into an orbit of deception. Except this time it’s not just their own lives that are in danger but those of the people closest to them as well.
365 de zile care au marcat istoria omenirii
365 de zile care au marcat istoria omenirii
Marsh William B., Carrick Bruce R.
¥74.56
Cum se percepe o femeie pe sine ?ns??i sau cum – prin ce lentile distorsionante, cu ce preconcep?ii induse de o educa?ie cvasipatriarhal? – ?i vede ea pe ceilal?i? Care sunt grani?ele libert??ii ei de op?iune ?i ce obstacole ?nt?lne?te voin?a ei de a juca alte roluri dec?t acelea ce i sunt tradi?ional atribuite? Poate o femeie – mai bine zis, i se ?ng?duie – s? aspire a fi ?i altceva dec?t mam?, sor?, fiic?, so?ie etc. – atribute care o descriu doar din perspectiva rela?iilor ei cu al?ii, nu prin ceea ce este ea ?ns??i?! Sunt ?ntreb?ri identificabile ?n ?es?tura narativ? a c?r?ilor Cellei Serghi. Eroinele acestei autoare se revolt? ?mpotriva unei ordini sociale rigide, vor s? ?i afirme identitatea – feminin? ?i nu doar –, impulsionate nu at?t de mult invocata fantasm? a ?c?ut?rii fericirii“ (tem? asociat? de critic?, ?n virtutea unei iner?ii de judecat?, a?a numitei ?literaturi feminine“), c?t de o fireasc?, omeneasc? nevoie de integrare ?i de recunoa?tere.
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
Colleen McCullough
¥74.26
By the author of the hugely successful ‘The Thorn Birds’ It is a truth universally acknowledged that anyone who loved PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will want to know what happened to the Bennet sisters… Twenty years on, Jane has a happy marriage and large family; Lizzy and Mr Darcy now have a formidable social reputation; Lydia has a reputation of quite another kind; Kitty is much in demand in London’s parlours and ballrooms; but what of Mary? Mary is quietly celebrating her independence, having nursed her ailing mother for many years. She decides to write a book to bring the plight of the poor to everyone’s attention. But with more resolve than experience, as she sets out to travel around the country, it’s not only her family who are concerned about her. Marriage may be far from her mind, but what if she were to meet the one man whose own fiery articles infuriate the politicians and industrialists? And what if when she starts to ask similar questions, she unwittingly places herself in great danger?
Don't Be Scared
Don't Be Scared
Āris Birze
¥73.82
ris Birze is an unusual guy. Two years ago he began a journey towards financial independence following principles he found in various self-development books. All he had to do was to enliven those principles, it seemed, and success would inevitably come. So ris read, listened and tried almost everything that others shared with him - in the end only to find an entirely different kind of fortune. A rich life, lead by truly meaningful goals, with people whom he loves nearby. With the ability to freely sayYesandNowithout the sense of guilt or regret. And without fear.Don't Be Scaredcontains ris's notes written during a ten-day stay at an ashram in Rishikesh, India, which speak of solitude and battling out one's inner conflicts."These ten days changed the way I see life, because I made a choice which determined how I will proceed further. Making a decision is one way to take 100% responsibility for your life, and this is my wish to you:Always find the strength in yourself to make decisions with awareness, and never say that you don't care. If you live, you are of value to the world, create something beautiful, powerful, useful, and tell me about it, because, even if no one else will, I WILL pat you on your shoulder and say:AWESOME, keep it going."The notes really are raw. Later editing has been kept to a minimum as no one thought it a good idea to try to make a neat picture out of a messy reality. Because questioning oneself is not a neat process, as those of us who have ever done it would undoubtedly confirm.
Discovering the Body
Discovering the Body
Howard, Mary
¥73.76
Discovering the Body is a gripping novel filled with psychological suspense, sensitivity, and emotional complexity. With this stunning debut, Mary Howard has crafted an electrifying and hauntingly evocative novel of truth and perception, of the ties we tell others-and the lies we tell ourselves.Two years ago Linda Garbo left her graphic design job in Minneapolis to open a printmaking studio in a small town in Iowa with the encouragement of Luci Cole, a weaver and an old friend from art school. Arriving in Linden Grove for good, Linda agrees to stay with Luci and her boyfriend, Charlie, in their old farmhouse outside of town until the renovations to her new studio space are completed. But the following afternoon as she is driving down the long winding road toward Luci's house, Linda sees Luci's neighbor, Peter Garvey, walking out the front door-and when Linda enters the house a few minutes later, she discovers her friend's lifeless body on the kitchen floor.Now, two years later, Peter Garvey has been convicted of Luci's murder. Linda is married to Charlie and living in the very house where Luci died. And she is convinced someone is following her. As she begins to confront her fears-approaching the man she believes is spying on her, visiting Peter Garvey in prison-she finally faces the cause for her frequent panic attacks: she was too traumatized by her discovery of Luci's body to be a reliable witness. And if she's identified the wrong man, the killer may still be close by, ready to react if she admits she might have made a mistake. Compelled to unravel the mystery surrounding Luci's final days, Linda finds that Luci was a master at weaving her true colors into a complex tapestry, preferring involvements that required secrecy.A beautifully crafted tour de force of significant depth, passion, and power, Discovering the Body is a completely beguiling meditation on perception, loss, memory, and redemption whose conclusion proves to be as significantly haunting as it is satisfying.
Earl in the Yellow Shirt
Earl in the Yellow Shirt
Daugharty, Janice
¥73.76
From a new literary star and acclaimed author of Pawpaw Patch, Necessary Lies and Dark of the Moon comes the haunting and poignant novel of a family in crisis, set in the backwoods of Georgia.Meet the Scurvy family, an impoverished clan who are the scourge of their small white-trash community. Mother has died in childbirth, leaving behind her newborn and four uneducated children. Father, a toothless and slothful man, cannot muster the money for her funeral. Their 15-year-old daughter, the only girl among three brothers, realizes that the newborn infant is now hers to raise; something that will finally put meaning into her life. And the brothers find themselves enlisted by the town's corrupt bigwig to run moonshine -- a risky venture, but the only way they'll be able to earn the money to bury their mother.Written in a powerful voice unique to Daugharty, Earl in the Yellow Shirt is narrated in alternating chapters by each of the main characters, their voices corning to the story with different nuances of hope and despair. It is a compelling work that solidifies Daugharty's versatile storytelling talents.
Zymurgy: Best Articles
Zymurgy: Best Articles
Papazian, Charlie
¥73.76
Since 1978, Zymurgy magazine, official journal of the American Homebrewers Association, has served homebrewers with recipes, practical tips, debates, lore and entertainment. Now Charlie Papazian, founder of the magazine and first name in homebrewing, has combed through classic issues of Zymurgy for this unprecedented collection, packed with popular, timeless homebrewing wisdom for beginners and advanced homebrewers alike--Award-winning homebrew recipes, and recipes that use your brew as a cook ingredientWhats in your water--and why finding out can make all the difference to your beerHow to make exotic brews like stone beer, Swedish gotlandscrika or Dusseldorf AltbierSwitching to gain brewing--all you need to know about malts and malt extractHow to make authentic English bitters and serve it properly at homeHow to construct a homemade bottle fillerExperimenting wit herbs, spices and different strains of yeast for new tastes in your home brewAnd, much, much more!
Test Pattern
Test Pattern
Klein, Marjorie
¥73.76
A dazzling and strikingly original fiction debut from an exciting new talentFrom the moment a new TV set arrives at the Palmer household in 1954 in Newport News, Virginia, change is in the wind. Eleven-year-old Cassie glimpses snapshots of the future in the hypnotic test pattern. Mesmerized, Cassie sees snippets from Kennedy's assassination, the Beatles' debut, man's landing on the Moon, and the O. J. Simpson trial. Her starstruck mother, Lorena, delights in the magical images flickering on the screen too, and finds the strength to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional dancer. Lorena soon plunges into an affair with an old flame, whose cousin turns out to be a talent scout for Arthur Godfrey, and risks her marriage to Cassie's dad, an accident-prone, depressed construction worker. As Lorena learns that the path to fame and fortune is strewn with obstacles, Cassie's own eyes are being opened to the world outside of provincial Newport News-and to the even richer world within herself.Brilliantly re-creating the innocence and energy of the '50s, Test Pattern is a tour de force of wit, spirit, and imagination. From the moment a new TV set arrives at the Palmer household in 1954 in Newport News, Virginia, change is in the wind. Eleven-year-old Cassie glimpses snapshots of the future in the hypnotic test pattern. Mesmerized, Cassie sees snippets from Kennedy's assassination, the Beatles' debut, man's landing on the Moon, and the O. J. Simpson trial. Her starstruck mother, Lorena, delights in the magical images flickering on the screen too, and finds the strength to pursue her dreams of becoming a professional dancer. Lorena soon plunges into an affair with an old flame, whose cousin turns out to be a talent scout for Arthur Godfrey, and risks her marriage to Cassie's dad, an accident-prone, depressed construction worker. As Lorena learns that the path to fame and fortune is strewn with obstacles, Cassie's own eyes are being opened to the world outside of provincial Newport News-and to the even richer world within herself.Brilliantly re-creating the innocence and energy of the '50s, Test Pattern is a tour de force of wit, spirit, and imagination.
Old Man in a Baseball Cap
Old Man in a Baseball Cap
Rochlin, Fred
¥73.71
Conceived in a storytelling workshop given by Spalding Gray, Old Man In a Baseball Cap is not your typical story of World War II. Rochlin recounts in gritty detail how he--an ordinary young man--was thrust into outrageous circumstances during an extraordinary time. Whether he's bumping up against the army's bigotry because he's Jewish, aiding in the delivery of a baby by cesarean section, being ordered to obliterate a Hungarian village, or parachuting from his plane in the middle of Yugoslavia and then walking 400 kilometers to safety with an amorous guide, Rochlin captures the Intensely powerful experience of a teenager away from home for the first time. Old Man In a Baseball Cap is an astonishingly fresh, candid look at "the last good war." At once naive, candid, and wise, Fred Rochlin's voice is unforgettable.
Family Life
Family Life
Banks, Russell
¥73.71
In Family Life, Russell Banks's first novel, he transforms the dramas of domesticity into the story of a royal family in a mythical contemporary kingdom. Life inside this kingdom includes the king (dubbed "the Hearty" or "the Bluff"), who squeals angrily as is his wont; the queen, who, while pondering the mirror in her chambers, decides to write a book; three adolescent princes who are, respectively, a superb wrestler, a fanatical sports car driver, and a sullen drunk. Then there are the mysterious Green Man with a thing for princes; the Loon, who lives in a tree house designed by Christopher Wren; and a whole slew of murders, mayhem, coups, debauches, world tours, and love and loss and laughter.
Relation of My Imprisonment
Relation of My Imprisonment
Banks, Russell
¥73.71
The Relation of My Imprisonment is a work of fiction utilizing a form invented in the seventeenth century by imprisoned Puritan divines. Designed to be exemplary, works of this type were aimed at brethren outside the prison walls and functioned primarily as figurative dramatization of the test of faith all true believers must endure. These "relation," framed by *ure and by a sermon explicating the text, were usually read aloud in weekly or monthly installments during religious services. Utterly sincere and detailed recounting of suffering, they were nonetheless highly artificial. To use the form self-consciously, as Russell Banks has done, is not to parody it so much as to argue good-humoredly with the mind it embodies, to explore and, if possible, to map the limits of that mind, the more intelligently to love it.
My Goat Ate Its Own Legs
My Goat Ate Its Own Legs
Burrett, Alex
¥73.71
In a voice so unfailingly chipper it's suspicious, Alex Burrett poses in fiction some disturbing yet certainly possible futures for the human race (and other ambitious, earthbound mammals). Always ready with an impeccable phrase or a sly wink, he shares stories of the most darkly ironic sort, including a field report from a human abattoir, a chronicle of dating Death, and, of course, the tale of the goat that ate its own legs. These thirty brilliant, bizarre, and morbidly hilarious "tales for adults" will delight anyone who doesn't take life (or death) too seriously.
Women
Women
Chloe Caldwell
¥73.67
‘A beautiful read / a perfect primer for an explosive lesbian affair / an essential truth’ Lena Dunham ‘I have meditated repeatedly on what it was about Finn that had me so dismantled.' A young woman moves from the countryside to the city. Inexplicably, inexorably and immediately, she falls in love with another woman for the first time in her life. Finn is nineteen years older than her, wears men’s clothes, has a cocky smirk of a smile – and a long-term girlfriend. With precision, wit and tenderness, Women charts the frenzy and the fall out of love.
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
¥73.67
From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today – written as a letter to a friend. I have some suggestions for how to raise Chizalum. But remember that you might do all the things I suggest, and she will still turn out to be different from what you hoped, because sometimes life just does its thing. What matters is that you try. In We Should All be Feminists, her eloquently argued and much admired essay of 2014, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie proposed that if we want a fairer world we need to raise our sons and daughters differently. Here, in this remarkable new book, Adichie replies by letter to a friend’s request for help on how to bring up her newborn baby girl as a feminist. With its fifteen pieces of practical advice it goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century.
Αρχαιοελληνικ? Ασκημ?θεια
Αρχαιοελληνικ? Ασκημ?θεια
Κωνσταντίνος Ν. Δεληγιώργης
¥73.66
Φιλοδοξ?α του γρ?φοντο? ε?ναι να αποτελ?σει το εγχειρ?διο αυτ? ?να πολ?τιμο εργαλε?ο για τον μαθητ?, τον φοιτητ? αλλ? και τον καθηγητ? που θα θελ?σει να εμβαθ?νει στο πρακτικ? σκ?λο? τη? Αρχα?α? Ελληνικ?? Γλ?σσα?. Προσαρμοσμ?νο στι? διαδικτυακ?? απαιτ?σει? των καιρ?ν, εμπερι?χει στοχευμ?νε? ασκ?σει? Γραμματικ?? (χωρ?? να δ?νονται οι λ?σει?) και Συντακτικο? (με τι? λ?σει?), που καλ?πτουν επαρκ?στατα τι? σχολικ?? και πανεπιστημιακ?? αν?γκε?. Στο corpus του βιβλ?ου ?χουν επ?ση? ενταχθε? πρ?τυπα διαγων?σματα με αδ?δακτα κε?μενα κλιμακο?μενη? δυσκολ?α? (με τι? λ?σει? του?), εν? στο τελικ? Παρ?θεμα ο αναγν?στη? θα βρει χρηστικ?τατου? π?νακε? με τη Σ?νταξη βασικ?ν ρημ?των τη? Αρχα?α? Ελληνικ??, με τη σημασ?α των προθ?σεων, με ενδεικτικ? αλλ? πλο?σιο λεξιλ?γιο κτλ. Αν η εξειδ?κευση – ιδ?ω? σε ?να μ?θημα ?πω? αυτ? των Αρχα?ων Ελληνικ?ν – ε?ναι προαπαιτο?μενο για τη σ?γουρη επιτυχ?α, ο αναγν?στη?-λ?τη? του πον?ματο? που κρατ? στα χ?ρια του, μπορε? να νι?σει ?τι βαδ?ζει σε ασφαλ?? ?δαφο?!
Κρ?σταλλοι IV: 4η Τιτανομαχ?α
Κρ?σταλλοι IV: 4η Τιτανομαχ?α
Αντώνης Αναστασιάδης
¥73.66
Η σειρ? ?Κρ?σταλλοι? ε?ναι μια μυθιστορηματικ? σειρ?, η οπο?α ξεκιν?ει απ? τι? απαρχ?? τη? δημιουργ?α? του σ?μπαντο?, διαπερν? ολ?κληρο τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, φθ?νει στο παρ?ν και θα συνεχ?σει στο μ?λλον, παρακολουθ?ντα? περιληπτικ? την εξελικτικ? πορε?α του ανθρ?πινου πολιτισμο?.Στο πρ?το μ?ρο? τη? Σ?γκρουση? Υπερφυσικο? – Φυσικο? περιηγηθ?καμε την εξελικτικ? πορε?α τη? ζω?? απ? 50 εκατομμ?ρια χρ?νια με 200 χιλι?δε? χρ?νια πριν, παρακολουθ?σαμε τι? πρ?τε? συγκρο?σει? Υπερφυσικο?-Φυσικο?, την δημιουργ?α τη? βαλκανικ?? χερσον?σου, την κυριαρχ?α των θηλαστικ?ν, αλλ? ακολουθ?σαμε το ξεχωριστ? φυλογενετικ? δ?ντρο του ανθρ?που. ?γινε μια ευσ?νοπτη αναφορ? στο μορφωτικ?/εκπαιδευτικ? σ?στημα για την καλλι?ργεια των νοημ?νων ?μβιων ?ντων στα τρ?α πνευματικ? επ?πεδα, στα δ?κα ?πρ?σωπα?, στι? τρει? επιγν?σει?, στα τ?σσερα μονοπ?τια και στι? π?ντε πληγ??, που επηρε?ζουν ?μεσα και ?μμεσα τη ζω? του?. Στο δε?τερο μ?ρο? τη? Σ?γκρουση? Υπερφυσικο? – Φυσικο?, 200 με 100 χιλι?δε? χρ?νια πριν, παρακολουθο?με την αργ?συρτη μεταλλαγ? του Homo sapiens-sapiens, κατ? την οπο?α η ζω? αρ-χ?ζει να αποκτ? πλ?ρη αυτογνωσ?α. Γ?νεται η τελικ? δοκιμασ?α και η ορκωμοσ?α του Δ?α ω? Πο-λεμιστ? του Φωτ??, η αναζ?τησ? του, η αν?ληψη τη? ευθ?νη? του αγ?να τη? παλιν?ρθωση? των Φυσικ?ν Δυν?μεων. Κυριαρχο?ν οι επικ?? συγκρο?σει?, τιτανομαχ?ε? και μονομαχ?ε? μεταξ? των Τιτ?νων και Ολ?μπιων Θε?ν.Η 4η Τιτανομαχ?α παρακολουθο?με τη μεταστροφ? τη? φ?ση? στο λογικ?, την ενσ?ρκωση τη? φ?ση? με τη ζω? και την εκλογ?κευσ? τη? με τον Homo sapiens-sapiens. Ε?ναι το νο?μον ?μβιο ον με το οπο?ο προσπαθε? το σ?μπαν να αποκτ?σει αυτεπ?γνωση και αυτοπραγμ?τωση. ?τσι λοιπ?ν, απ? την μ?α παρακολουθο?με τι? δυσθε?ρητε? και ανυπ?ρβλητε? δυσκολ?ε? με τι? οπο?ε? ο Λευκ?? Κρ?σταλλο? θα φθ?σει τελικ? στον ?λυμπο στα χ?ρια του Δ?α, εν? απ? την ?λλη την ευκολ?α με την οπο?α ο Μα?ρο? Κρ?σταλλο? θα φθ?σει στην ?θρυ στα χ?ρια του Κρ?νου. Παρακολουθο?με κατ’ ουσ?α τη διαμ?χη του ορθολογικο? με το ανορθ?λογο και παρ?λογο και το π?ρασμα του ανθρ?που στο λογικ?. Π?λεψε ο ?νθρωπο? στην προσπ?θεια τη? μετ?βαση? αυτ??. Φωτι? π?ρε το μυαλ? του επ? σειρ? χιλι?δων ετ?ν, προσπαθ?ντα? να απαντ?σει στα τ?σο δ?σκολα και αναπ?ντητα ερωτ?ματ? του. Στο τ?λο? ν?κησε, προχ?ρησε, μα ?ταν μια π?ρρειο? ν?κη, αφο? διολ?σθησε σε μεταφυσικ?? και υπερφυσικ?? διαφυγ??. ?τσι, το μεταφυσικ? και ανορθολογικ? υποβ?σκει στην καθημεριν?τητα σε κ?θε σκ?ψη του, και αναδεικν?εται σε κ?θε δυσκολ?α. Για τ?τοια? μορφ?? τιτανομαχ?ε? συν?βησαν μ?σα στο ανθρ?πινο μυαλ?.
Blind Faith
Blind Faith
Ghose, Sagarika
¥73.62
The distraught daughter of an artist who committed suicide, Mia first meets Karna in London.Mesmerized by the charismatic young guru, she resolves to follow him to India, even if she must marry Vik, a suave corporate businessman, to do so.Once in India, Mia is drawn to Vik's mother, Indi, an accomplished, inordinately attractive woman who rages unceasingly against her blindness, her beauty, and her clinging son. Troubled by Indi's anguish, and by her own strange journey into duplicitous love, Mia realizes she must travel even further to the Kumb Mela religious pilgrimage for a different perspective on her clouded and confused life.Brilliant, bold, heartfelt, and transcendent, Blind Faith is a provocative reexamination of the human condition, of reason that binds, hate that liberates, and love that strangles.
The Shining Ones (The Tamuli Trilogy, Book 2)
The Shining Ones (The Tamuli Trilogy, Book 2)
David Eddings
¥73.58
Continuing the epic tale begun in Book One of The Tamuli, Domes of Fire… Prince Sparhawk and Queen Ehlana must remain with their retinue of Pandion Knights in the Eastern land of Daresia to assist the beleagured Emperor Sarabian. The rebellion against Sarabian within the walls of the famed pearl-encrusted city of Matherion was defeated. But Sarabian’s enemies will regroup and plan an attack that will be less easily routed. Trolls despoil Atan in the North, and vampires, werewolves, zombies, ghouls and Ogres form a vast conspiracy to take over the Empire. Most disturbing of all are reported sightings of Shining Ones among the hordes. These luminous beings inspire more fear than the rest combined. Queen Ehlana has taken Sarabian in hand and is educating him in ruthless statecraft – her skill in which has always inspired Sparhawk’s admiration. The Pandion Knight meanwhile resurrects the Bhelliom – with Flute’s help (actually, Sparhawk has no idea where it is, but Flute, fortunately, does) – and awaits the arrival of the full complement of Pandion Knights needed for the coming battle. The enemies of the Empire know that possession of the Bhelliom makes Sparhawk as dangerous as any god. But gods are among his foes. The outcome of the conflict is beyond the possibility of prediction… and while Sparhawk defends the far-flung Tamul Empire, he cannot also protect his beautiful Queen.
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
¥73.58
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events. Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests, he is as ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages. From one of our finest living writers, Wolf Hall is that very rare thing: a truly great English novel, one that explores the intersection of individual psychology and wider politics. With a vast array of characters, and richly overflowing with incident, it peels back history to show us Tudor England as a half-made society, moulding itself with great passion and suffering and courage.
Blind Faith
Blind Faith
Sagarika Ghose
¥73.58
A stunning and sumptuous tale of the boundaries between love and hate, truth and deception, set against the anticipation for the Kumbh Mela: the biggest festival in India. When Mia, acutely depressed by the suicide of her artist father, meets Karna, a young and mesmeric guru who bears a startling resemblance to a figure in her father’s painting, she feels compelled to follow him all the way from London to India. And if marrying Vik, the suave businessman her mother so approves of, is the way to get there, so be it. Once in India, Mia learns about Vik’s mother, Indi. She is a figure of great power, inordinately beautiful and gifted, but blind. Her rage ensnares and yet rejects anyone who tries to come close. Mia must travel to the Kumbh Mela, the festival on the banks of the Ganges, to make sense of everything: her own confused love for two men, Indi’s anguish, her own family’s history. And yet when she arrives, nothing is as she thought it would be; through a change in perspective, she comes to realise the limitations of vision… This is a remarkable tale of hope, destruction and ultimately of rebirth, as one young woman explores the shifting sands of illusion and truth.