Powieść
David Hewson
Sarah Lund straciła wszystko. Skomplikowane śledztwo w sprawie brutalnego morderstwa kosztowało ją nie tylko karierę w wydziale zabójstw i spokój ducha, ale też wygodne życie u boku ukochanego i syna. Teraz, zesłana na prowincję, jako funkcjonariuszka straży granicznej tropi nielegalnych imigrantów i rozpamiętuje dawne błędy. Aż do nieoczekiwanej wizyty... W Mindelunden, kopenhaskim Parku Pamięci, policja znajduje ciało bestialsko zamordowanej Anne Dragsholm, prawniczki i aktywistki. Lennart Brix, były szef Sary, wie, że odpowiedzi na coraz liczniej pojawiające pytania może odnaleźć tylko bezkompromisowa i przenikliwa komisarka. Tym bardziej że morderca nie powiedział jeszcze ostatniego słowa. Czy był to mord rytualny, czy zbrodnia w afekcie? Co łączy zabitą prawniczkę z żołnierzem osadzonym w więzieniu dla psychopatycznych oprawców? I co wspólnego ze sprawą ma miejsce pamięci o ofiarach nazistów? Śledztwo prowadzi Sarę wprost do koszar, na sam szczyt władzy, do więziennej celi, a nawet na front w Afganistanie. Czy i tym razem kobieta zaryzykuje wszystko, by rozwikłać sprawę? "The Killing" to rewelacyjna powieść kryminalna, która już osiągnęła status kultowej, podobnie jak jej pierwowzór, duński serial "Forbrydelsen", na podstawie scenariusza Sorena Sveistrupa, oraz jego amerykański remake. Zapraszamy do wysłuchania drugiego odcinka drugiego tomu!
David Hewson
Sarah Lund straciła wszystko. Skomplikowane śledztwo w sprawie brutalnego morderstwa kosztowało ją nie tylko karierę w wydziale zabójstw i spokój ducha, ale też wygodne życie u boku ukochanego i syna. Teraz, zesłana na prowincję, jako funkcjonariuszka straży granicznej tropi nielegalnych imigrantów i rozpamiętuje dawne błędy. Aż do nieoczekiwanej wizyty... W Mindelunden, kopenhaskim Parku Pamięci, policja znajduje ciało bestialsko zamordowanej Anne Dragsholm, prawniczki i aktywistki. Lennart Brix, były szef Sary, wie, że odpowiedzi na coraz liczniej pojawiające pytania może odnaleźć tylko bezkompromisowa i przenikliwa komisarka. Tym bardziej że morderca nie powiedział jeszcze ostatniego słowa. Czy był to mord rytualny, czy zbrodnia w afekcie? Co łączy zabitą prawniczkę z żołnierzem osadzonym w więzieniu dla psychopatycznych oprawców? I co wspólnego ze sprawą ma miejsce pamięci o ofiarach nazistów? Śledztwo prowadzi Sarę wprost do koszar, na sam szczyt władzy, do więziennej celi, a nawet na front w Afganistanie. Czy i tym razem kobieta zaryzykuje wszystko, by rozwikłać sprawę? "The Killing" to rewelacyjna powieść kryminalna, która już osiągnęła status kultowej, podobnie jak jej pierwowzór, duński serial "Forbrydelsen", na podstawie scenariusza Sorena Sveistrupa, oraz jego amerykański remake. Zapraszamy do wysłuchania drugiego odcinka drugiego tomu!
The Kingdom of the Sun. A Romance of the Far West Coast
Alexander Maitland Stephen
A young man, Richard Anson is a crewman on board Sir Francis Drakes Golden Hind, which is travelling north to the coast of what will one day become British Columbia. The Kingdom of the Sun: A Romance of the Far West Coast (1927) is an adventure novel by Alexander Maitland Stephen (May 8, 1882 July 1, 1942), who was a Canadian author of poetry and fiction. He began writing in the early 1920s. His first book was a volume of poetry called The Rosary of Pan which was published in 1923. He wrote two novels, the first being The Kingdom of the Sun in 1927. Most of his books were published by J.M. Dent and Sons where his brother worked as a vice-president. In March 1942 he became ill with pneumonia and died in Vancouver on July 1, 1942.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoy
So in this work the reader appears to be one of the companions in the train. At first, there are usual discussions on a common topic, when everyone expresses his opinion, and then, leaving at his station, he remains at his own. But those who go further can hear a frank story about passions, feelings, about the tragedy of one private life. Accurately written about the influence of music. And this moment only emphasizes that the person who so perceives music, deep down in his soul is capable of the strongest experiences. It is not surprising that it was music, observation of what was happening in the soul of musicians during a truly felt performance, that became a powerful impetus to that tragic act.
Harold Begbie
According to many people, true friendship lasts until the end of life. However, what happens if something goes wrong? The Laslett Affair novel was written on this subject. A story about friends who believe that there is nothing stronger than their friendship and nothing can prevent their friendship. However, everything changes with time...
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans - a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting frontier and Native American life created a unique form of American literature. The novel is set primarily in the area of Lake George, New York, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and Uncas, the latter two being the novel's title characters. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regard to their racial composition.
James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans - a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting frontier and Native American life created a unique form of American literature. The novel is set primarily in the area of Lake George, New York, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and Uncas, the latter two being the novel's title characters. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regard to their racial composition.
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens
This story is about two students who go on a journey to find a way to completely relax. Along the way, they encounter some problems and humorous incidents. The reader can distinguish the voice of Dickens and Collins in the narration. Especially memorable is the sensational story of Collins and Dickenss wonderful story about the wedding chamber. This is just one of many texts that are not widely used, but they are definitely worth reading.
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling wrote the first novel, The Light That Failed in many ways an autobiographical novel, having already gained fame with his poems and stories. In addition to the novel and selected stories from collections of different years, the book includes the story Brave Captains - about the romance and hardships of sea travel, the formation of the character of a young man, about metamorphoses that occur in people under the influence of merciless circumstances...
Honoré de Balzac
Autobiographical and exceptionally romantic, The Lily of the Valley is an 1835 novel about love and society by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (17991850) and is one of his personal favorites among his innumerable novels. The creator of the Human Comedy brings his creative insight to a portrait of a lady and a love affair set in the Loire valley. It concerns the affection emotionally vibrant but never consummated between Felix de Vandenesse and Henriette de Mortsauf. The young and successful Felix, a young man with a dark past always turned away, always unloved, begins a forthright correspondence on the subject of love with Henriette. Her unexpected reply to his candid reminiscences, however, reveals the truth about his lily of the valley and the feminine side of amour.
The Little Lady of the Big House
Jack London
“The Little Lady of the Big House” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. The Little Lady of the Big House is a novel by American writer Jack London. It was his last novel to be published during his lifetime. The story concerns a love triangle. The protagonist, Dick Forrest, is a rancher with a poetic streak. His wife, Paula, is a vivacious, athletic, and sexually self-aware woman, who falls in love with Evan Graham, an old friend of her husband.
Elena Armas
Najbardziej ryzykowna gra to ta, w której stawką jest twoje serce. Adalyn Reyes ma idealnie zaplanowany każdy dzień: wstaje o świcie, jedzie do siedziby drużyny piłkarskiej Płomienie Miami, ciężko pracuje, wraca do domu. Kiedy nagranie jej starcia z maskotką drużyny wycieka do internetu i staje się wiralem, ta rutyna się kończy. Właściciel klubu nie zwalnia Adalyn, tylko daje jej nowe zadanie by odzyskać dobre imię, ma odbudować drużynę Zielonych Wojowniczek. Sęk w tym, że klub jest w Karolinie Północnej, zawodniczki trenują w strojach baletowych, hodują kozy i są dziewięciolatkami. Na szczęście w miasteczku przebywa Cameron Caldani, znany bramkarz, który mógłby pomóc Adalyn wprowadzić drużynę do wyższej ligi. Jednak po fatalnym pierwszym spotkaniu (słowa klucze: kogut, zderzak, noga Camerona) dziewczyna raczej nie ma co liczyć na współpracę. Ale jest zdeterminowana, by z niesfornych dzieciaków zrobić gwiazdy piłki nożnej z pomocą Cama lub bez niej. Najbardziej ryzykowna gra to ta, w której stawką jest twoje serce. Nawet na końcu świata gra toczy się dalej! Jeśli małe kózki i przeuroczy Cameron nie przekonają was do sięgnięcia po The Long Game, może zrobią to spicy sceny, które gwarantują wypieki na twarzy! Przyciąganie między bohaterami w książkach Eleny jest nie do podrobienia! Nawet lepienie z gliny może być hot ! Oliwia Panek, @ksia_zkowe Tylko Elena Armas potrafi stworzyć historię, która łamie serce i wyciska z oczu łzy, by po chwili otoczyć ciepłem i wywołać najczulsze uczucia. To się skończy książkowym kacem. I nie mówcie, że nie ostrzegałam! Natalia Miśkowiec, @prostymislowami Pokochałam tę książkę za humor i przewrotną fabułę, ale przede wszystkim za wywołanie ogromu emocji. Kilkukrotnie musiałam przerwać lekturę, aby powstrzymać napływające do oczu łzy. Nieraz do niej wrócę! Karolina Łukawska, @ksiazkidobrejakczekolada Zabawna relacja Adalyn i Camerona bardzo wciąga, sprawiając, że ciężko oderwać się od lektury. Ta historia was wzruszy i rozbawi. I sprawi, że uwierzycie w siebie. Małgorzata Wojtasik, @goszaczyta Czytając tę książkę, przekonacie się, jakie to uczucie mieć nieustannie szalejące motylki w brzuchu oraz uśmiech szczęścia na twarzy. Nigdy nie miałam dość Camerona i Adalyn oraz tego, jakim ciepłem otuliła mnie ich miłość. Elena Armas to królowa slow-burnów, które wywołują szybsze bicie serca! Weronika Czuryszkiewicz, @swiatromansow
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Lost Continent“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. In 2137, Pan-American Navy Lieutenant Jefferson Turck is commander of the aero-submarine Coldwater, tasked with patrolling the 30th meridian from Iceland to the Azores. Disaster strikes when the vessel's anti-gravitation screens fail, dooming it to wallow upon the surface of the ocean, and the engines fail, leaving it adrift. As its wireless radio has failed as well, Turck cannot even summon help.
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World - a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. It is a novel concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures.
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World - a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. It is a novel concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Mad King“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. Set in the fictional European kingdom of Lutha, the protagonist is a young American named Barney Custer, of Beatrice, Nebraska, who is the son of an American farmer and a runaway Luthan princess, Victoria Rubinroth. Unaware of his royal blood, much less that he is a dead ringer for his relative Leopold, the current king of Lutha, Barney visits Lutha on the eve of the First World War to see for himself his mother's native land.
G.K. Chesterton
This is a detective story collection of Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Most of the stories in the collection are about the hermit of society, Horn Fischer, who has the talent to solve crimes. Journalist Harold March was walking around the outskirts of Turnbull and met the bizarre Horn Fisher, whom he immediately made friends with. No sooner did they get to know each other when they became witnesses of the disaster: the car flew off the road and fell into the abyss. Fisher and March approached the crash site and identified Sir Humphrey Turnbull, the local rich man. It turned out that he was shot, so that he fell into the abyss. New acquaintances take up the investigation.
The Marble Faun. Or, The Romance of Monte Beni
Nathaniel Hawthorne
At the center of the novel is a group of four characters. These are two young American artists, Hilda and Kenyon, who were brought to Rome by a thirst to comprehend the secrets of art, and their friends the artist Miriam and the young Donatello, who are introduced into this circle not by a passion for art, but by love for Miriam. Everyone is struck by the similarity of the count with the famous statue of Praxiteles, depicting a faun. Most importantly, this similarity is not limited to external similarity: traits dominate in the depiction of his image, beyond which the innocence of a creature unaware of the existence of evil is revealed.
Honoré de Balzac
Just a plain old story told by a superb story teller. A Marriage Contract (French: Le Contrat de marriage) is an 1835 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac and included in the Scenes de la vie privée section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine. Set in Bordeaux, the marriage between an elegant but weak young Parisian gentleman, Paul de Manerville, and the beautiful but spoiled daughter of a Spanish heiress, Natalie Evangélista, is undermined from the beginning by a fight over the contract of marriage and the financial arrangements, which causes the mother-in-law to seek revenge against Paul. The story is told in a typical Balzac prose style, a forthright narrative sprinkled with witty adages and life lessons, a swift change in emotions running in his characters such that its difficult to decipher the true nature of each character but only to gratify ones curiosity by admitting that inherent fallacy of human character its multi-faced nature.