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.

C?nd experta ?n psihologie Inger Johanne ajunge s? se implice, f?r? voia ei, ?n investigarea decesului unui b?ie?el de opt ani, suspectat de probleme comportamentale, b?nuie?te c? tragedia aceasta ascunde o realitate sordid?. ?n timp ce se str?duie?te s? descurce i?ele ?ncurcate ale unei mor?i suspecte, se vede nevoit? s? ?nfrunte ?i provoc?rile din via?a personal?. Cu tenacitate si intui?ie, Inger Johanne reu?e?te s? desfiin?eze aparen?ele care domnesc ?n familia lui Ellen, prietena ei ?i mama victimei, tr?g?nd simultan un semnal de alarm? referitor la condi?ia copiilor ?n familia modern?.Anne Holt alege drept fundal al pove?tii atacul terorist care a avut loc pe 22 iulie, ?n capitala Norvegiei, oferind cititorilor un thriller social complex. – AdresseAvisenUn roman poli?ist construit ?n jurul datei de 22 iulie 2011 – o zi neagr? pentru Norvegia: pare un demers at?t speculativ, c?t ?i riscant. Dar Anne Holt reu?e?te s? creeze o nara?iune ?n care suspansul ?i compasiunea omeneasc? se ?mbin? perfect. – DAgblAdet

C??tig?tor al Concursului de Debut ?Adenium START”, edi?ia a treia, sec?iunea Proz?, romanul Vrum-vrum o are ?n centrul s?u pe Clara B., care, din empatie pentru p?l?riatul artist ratat Poeteski, pleac? spre Hollywood pentru a-i recupera acestuia Muza care ?l p?r?sise. O c?l?torie donquijotesc? spre nic?ieri, condimentat? cu tot ce a putut re?ine mai bun literatura absurdului de la Jarry ?i Harms ?ncoace.

Cnd tatl tu e mai n vrst dect tine exact de dou ori“ este partea a II-a a rockmanului Tovari de camer“ de Mihail Vakulovski. Aciunea romanului are loc la Chiinu, cnd personajul homodiegetic triete acel moment unic n via, cnd e exact de dou ori mai tnr dect tatl su: Am 23 de ani, iar tata – 46. E unicul an din viaa noastr cnd tata e mai mare dect mine exact de dou ori“. Romanul poate fi citit i de sine stttor, dar i n continuarea primului roman din trilogie, Tovari de camer. Student la Chiinu“, pentru c Hai, personajul principal, i continu aventurile existeniale exact de unde ne-a lsat n prima parte, cnd absolvise facultatea, pe la mijlocul anilor ’90. Acum aciunea are loc n special la Universitatea la care lucreaz i la Academia de tiine, dar i n Chiinu i Braov, unde se duce dup prefaa crii i unde se ntlnete cu Mikealangelo, un personaj foarte pitoresc, pe care-l vom putea urmri i-n partea a treia a trilogiei, Tovari de camer. Doctorand la Bucureti“, volum bun de tipar care n mod normal va aprea n cel mai scurt timp. Aceast parte a povetii lui Hai este ca un pod peste Prut, e ca Prutul care leag cele dou ri surori, dar are viaa lui i personajele lui, care activeaz ntr-o lume mai puin cunoscut publicului larg – lumea academic, universitar, scriitoriceasc i jurnalistic. Dac vrei s aruncai un ochi cum sunt vzute aceste medii din interior, fi i necenzurat – Cnd tatl tu e mai n vrst dect tine exact de dou ori“ e romanul perfect pentru asta.

Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful story filled with adventure and unforgettable characters that no one who has read it will ever forget.?The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.

"A Daughter of the Snows" is Jack London's first novel. The novel features a strong female heroine, Frona Welse. Frona was born into a wealthy family and educated at Stanford but she takes to the Yukon trail after upsetting her father and his wealthy community of friends with her out-spoken ways and her innocent friendship with the town's prostitute. "All ready, Miss Welse, though I'm sorry we can't spare one of the steamer's boats." Frona Welse arose with alacrity and came to the first officer's side. "We're so busy," he explained, "and gold-rushers are such perishable freight, at least—" "I understand," she interrupted, "and I, too, am behaving as though I were perishable. And I am sorry for the trouble I am giving you, but—but—" She turned quickly and pointed to the shore. "Do you see that big log-house Between the clump of pines and the river I was born there." "Guess I'd be in a hurry myself," he muttered, sympathetically, as he piloted her along the crowded deck.Everybody was in everybody else's way; nor was there one who failed to proclaim it at the top of his lungs. A thousand gold-seekers were clamoring for the immediate landing of their outfits. Each hatchway gaped wide open, and from the lower depths the shrieking donkey-engines were hurrying the misassorted outfits skyward. On either side of the steamer, rows of scows received the flying cargo, and on each of these scows a sweating mob of men charged the descending slings and heaved bales and boxes about in frantic search. Men waved shipping receipts and shouted over the steamer-rails to them. Sometimes two and three identified the same article, and war arose. The "two-circle" and the "circle-and-dot" brands caused endless jangling, while every whipsaw discovered a dozen claimants. "The purser insists that he is going mad," the first officer said, as he helped Frona Welse down the gangway to the landing stage, "and the freight clerks have turned the cargo over to the passengers and quit work. But we're not so unlucky as the Star of Bethlehem," he reassured her, pointing to a steamship at anchor a quarter of a mile away. "Half of her passengers have pack-horses for Skaguay and White Pass, and the other half are bound over the Chilcoot. So they've mutinied and everything's at a standstill." "Hey, you!" he cried, beckoning to a Whitehall which hovered discreetly on the outer rim of the floating confusion. A tiny launch, pulling heroically at a huge tow-barge, attempted to pass between; but the boatman shot nervily across her bow, and just as he was clear, unfortunately, caught a crab. This slewed the boat around and brought it to a stop. "Watch out!" the first officer shouted. ABOUT AUTHOR: John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist, Authors of; "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. And also; as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.

A New York Times bestseller Hollóárnyék-trilógia Magyarországon is nagy sikert elért szerz?jének új sorozata! TARTALOM: Véráldottak – olyan férfiak és n?k, akik a vad sárkányok véréb?l készült elixírek elfogyasztásával mérhetetlen er?knek parancsolnak. A Vashajó Szindikátust a véráldottak hatalma tette naggyá. Most azonban pusztító vihar k?zeleg: a sárkányok vérvonala gyengül?ben, a felemelked? Korvantin Birodalom pedig ugrásra készen várja a pillanatot, hogy kihasználhassa a Szindikátus gyengeségét. Ráadásul a vadonban is mozgolódás támad: a sárkányok támadásai egyre gyakoribbá válnak – és ami még ennél is rosszabb, szervezettnek t?nnek. Az utolsó reménysugár nem más, mint egy mitikus sárkány, amelynek nagyerej? vére valódi csodákra képes – ha egyáltalán létezik ez a rejtélyes lény. A sors végül három h?st választ ki magának. Claydon Tocreekre, a lajstromozatlan véráldottra és kisstíl? tolvajra hárul a feladat, hogy az ismeretlen vadonban felkutassa a legendás sárkányt, aminek a létezésében még csak nem is hisz. Lizanne Lethridge, a Szindikátus félelmetes erej?, ifjú elit kéme hirtelen találja magát ellenséges terepen, küldetése egyre veszedelmesebb helyzetekbe sodorja. Corrick Hilemore, az ismert világ peremén cirkáló kalózvadász Vashajó parancsnokhelyettese k?nnyen lehet, hogy túl nagy fába vágta a fejszéjét, amikor a k?ny?rtelen rablók nyomába eredt – és helyettük egy jóval komolyabb ellenséggel kerül szembe. Ahogy a birodalmak egymásnak feszülnek, mindhármuknak harcolni kell azért, amiben hisznek, ha nem akarják, hogy a világot elnyelje az ébred? t?z.

How he put his fist through the oak-panel of the game-room door; how, when Long Merridew was carrying the ball, he caught up Merridew, ball and all, and ran swiftly past every opponent to the goal. It did not seem fit to us that such a one as he should trouble his head about spondees and dactyls, or care to know who signed Magna Charta. When he said in open class that King Alfred was the man, we little boys all felt that very likely it was so, and that perhaps Jim knew more about it than the man who wrote the book. Well, it was this business of the burglar that drew his attention to me; for he patted me on my head, and said that I was a spunky little devil, which blew me out with pride for a week on end. For two years we were close friends, for all the gap that the years had made between us, and though in passion or in want of thought he did many a thing that galled me, yet I loved him like a brother, and wept as much as would have filled an ink bottle when at last he went off to Edinburgh to study his father's profession. Five years after that did I bide at Birtwhistle's, and when I left I had become cock myself, for I was as wiry and as tough as whalebone, though I never ran to weight and sinew like my great predecessor. It was in Jubilee Year that I left Birtwhistle's, and then for three years I stayed at home learning the ways of the cattle; but still the ships and the armies were wrestling, and still the great shadow of Bonaparte lay across the country. How could I guess that I too should have a hand in lifting that shadow forever from our people?

A nagy író kezében arannyá válik, amihez hozzányul. Gárdonyi egy-egy ritka kirándulása a színm? területére páratlan remekm?vekben jut kifejezésre. Az Annuska vidéki t?rténet. Egyszer?, természetes, vonzó, csupa der?, csupa napsugár és emellett mélyen emberi.

Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.

As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!'For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700?titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the?series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date?translations by award-winning translators.

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Run ＆ Gun: A Dozen Tales of Girls with Guns

Midnight Quill Trio

The Meifod Claw: A Comedy

Robin ?tia c? Paul nu era perfect. Dar fiindc? el i-a spus c? sunt foarte noroco?i c? s-au ?nt?lnit, ea l-a crezut. ?n atmosfera stranie a Marocului, Paul e a?a cum a visat Robin: pasional, talentat, competent. E convins? c? aici va r?m?ne ?n sf?r?it ?ns?rcinat?. C?nd ?ns? Paul dispare brusc, iar Robin se treze?te principala suspect? ?n ancheta poli?iei, totul se schimb?. Pe m?sur? ce ?ncepe s? afle adev?rul, Robin r?t?ce?te din atmosfera decadent? ce ?nv?luie Casablanca ?n ar?i?a nemiloas? a de?ertului Sahara, prins? ?ntr-un v?rtej tot mai terifiant din care nu ?tie dac? va reu?i s? scape. Cu talentul s?u de a scrie romane care te ?in cu sufletul la gur?, dar te ?i ?ndeamn? la medita?ie, Douglas Kennedy te invit? ?ntr-o c?l?torie palpitant? ?n inima ?ntunericului, adres?ndu-?i totodat? o provocare: ce ai face dac? via?a ta ar depinde tocmai de aceast? c?l?torie? "Kennedy are o ?n?elegere profund? a personajelor feminine sofisticate, dar nefericite."?Daily Mirror "O poveste de dragoste?noir, superb scris?."?The Times "O aventur? psihologic? sub soarele arz?tor al de?ertului."?New Statesman

Un roman tulbur?tor despre via??, iubire ?i moarte.Unde se afl? via?a noastr? con?tient?? E posibil s? o transfer?m altcuiva? S? o p?str?m intact??Hope, Josh ?i Luke sunt trei studen?i la neuro?tiin?e, lega?i inseparabil printr-o priete?nie necondi?ionat? ?i o idee genial?.C?nd unul dintre ei ajunge pe moarte, hot?r?sc s? ?ncerce imposibilul ?i s?-?i pun? ?n practic? proiectul lor ie?it din comun.Emo?ionant, misterios ?i ?n acela?i timp plin de umor, Orizontul r?sturnat e o poveste de dragoste etern? cu un dez?nod?m?nt uluitor."Cea mai bun? carte a lui Marc Levy! Teribil de captivant?!" - Le Parisien

Roman inspirat din istoria contemporan?, Puzzle realizeaz? o viziune cuprinz?toare a voca?iei rom?nilor de-a armoniza ?ntr-un mod necunoscut celorlalte ??ri europene (Constantin Noica) dou? mentalit??i istorice?te opuse: oriental? ?i occidental?. ?n centrul c?r?ii se afl? un singur personaj – profesorul pensionar Neghibaur – ?n jurul c?ruia se dispun faptele ?i oamenii ca pe un ecran al imagina?iei, observa?iei ?i experien?ei fostului dasc?l. Construc?ie dens? ?i insolit?, romanul se re?ine ?i prin deschiderea de amploare ?i de ad?ncime asupra mecanismelor ascunse ale reac?iilor suflete?ti individuale determinate de importantele schimb?ri sociale intervenite ?n via?a ??rii dup? Revolu?ia din Decembrie, 1989.

These four stories follow on from the US radio series Imagination Theater that included Anthony Rathe stories. Linked by how Rathe is wracked with guilt over a suicide, they explore crime from a different angle: determination to find the truth, no matter how inconvenient to the investigating officer.

The Janjilons are not what they seem. They look like a type of monkey but they are really children. How did they turn into Janjilons? And could it happen to anyone? Behind this mystery is someone evil, Judge Ormerod who wants to be the next Duke of Westshire. With the help of three weird sisters, he has to rid the land of clever children from being an obstacle to him. The Janjilons work for him as the three sisters mete out punishment and keep them locked up. Petronella starts to look into these strange happenings. But time is running out because when the Judge no longer needs the Janjilons, they will be destroyed. Reviews “What happens next? You’ll have to jump on this fast moving fairy tale thriller to find out!”? Bill Baker, Maine, USA "... a great book for reluctant readers ... A good fantasy read with good vs. evil"? Ann Klausing, Books-a-Million "Loved this book - engaged with it straight away - especially liked Betty. Delightful book. Well recommended."? Lorraine Baker, Bookseller, Wales "There are three witches, a hidden school and a lot of evil in this story.? You'll meet characters that will surprise you and the ending is great ... Ms. Bentley does not write boring books.? I can see a young one reading this book more than once.? Maybe they can even write a story of their own..."? Jo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie

"Right on time," Daniel Mansen mouths to Alice as she pushes him to his death. Haunted by these words, Alice becomes obsessed with discovering how a man she didn't know could predict her actions. On the day of the funeral, Daniel's cousin, Thom, finds a piece of paper in Daniel's room detailing the exact time and place of his death. Ellipsis is a disturbing thriller stemming from what is left unsaid, what bounces around in the mind and evaporates when trying to remember. Can there be a conclusion when no-one seems to know the truth Reviews: “It's a tale that will keep them wondering, gasping, thinking, smiling, grimacing, rereading. What more can a reader ask for" - Spinetingler Magazine ”I wouldn't have stopped reading if my house was on fire!” - Cas Peace