Roberta Rambelli Książki

Najsłynniejsza powieść Kena Folletta, która zapoczątkowała cykl Kingsbridge. Należące do niego powieści zostały sprzedane w ponad 80 milionach egzemplarzy. Historia o ludziach, których od naszych czasów dzieli prawie 1000 lat. A jednak niewiele się od nas różnią. Przeżywają te same emocje: miłość, nienawiść, chęć zemsty, chciwość, gniew I żywią ambicje, na które dziś chyba nikt by się nie odważył. Rok 1123. Na miejskim rynku tłum czeka na egzekucję złodzieja. Wśród gapiów stoi dziewczyna, która tego dnia poprzysięga zemstę czterem wpływowym możnym: księdzu, mnichowi, rycerzowi i szeryfowi.

Walter Tevis is the acclaimed author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Queen's Gambit.'A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman and Star Wars' LA TIMES

DOSKONAŁY THRILLER PRAWNICZY, KTÓRY Z MIEJSCA STAŁ SIĘ KLASYKĄ GATUNKU. JEDNA Z NAJLEPSZYCH POWIEŚCI ULUBIONEGO PISARZA AMERYKI. PROKURATOR, KTÓRY NIKOMU NIE UFA. ADWOKAT NIENALEŻĄCY DO ŻADNEGO Z UKŁADÓW. JEDENASTOLETNI CHŁOPIEC, KTÓRY WIE ZBYT DUŻO. Marc Sway znalazł się w niewłaściwym miejscu w niewłaściwym czasie. Był świadkiem samobójstwa nowoorleańskiego prawnika, który przed śmiercią wyjawił mu, gdzie ukryto zwłoki zamordowanego senatora Boyda Boyette’a. Obarczony tym strasznym sekretem chłopiec, którego wychowała ulica, zdaje sobie sprawę, że on, jego matka i młodszy brat są w śmiertelnym niebezpieczeństwie. Z jednej strony Marca ściga mafia, z drugiej – ambitny prokurator wszelkimi dostępnymi środkami próbuje go zmusić do złożenia zeznań. Jedyną nadzieją chłopca jest Reggie Love, niekonwencjonalna prawniczka gotowa zrobić wszystko – łącznie ze złamaniem prawa – żeby chronić swojego nieletniego klienta. Kapitalna ekranizacja „Klienta”, z Susan Sarandon i Tommym Lee Jonesem, nie tylko stała się kasowym hitem, ale weszła wręcz do klasyki kina. Absorbująca i szalenie oryginalna – najlepsza do tej pory książka Grishama. „The Wall Street Journal” Możliwe, że uchowało się jeszcze parę osób, które nie czytały „Firmy”. Ale od lektury doskonałego „Klienta” już nikomu nie uda się uciec. „The Boston Globe” Grisham u szczytu swoich możliwości. „The Atlanta Journal”

Evocatively written as Henry VIII's private journals, Margaret George tells the former king's life, using her now trademark mix of history and imagination to tell the story as he might have told it.

Foreign correspondent Stephanie Ryder falls in love with the dedicated surgeon, Dr. Jen Yong, and struggles to find happiness amid the turmoil of the Communist revolution in China

The story revolves around two twin sisters, each envious of the other's life. One enjoys a glamorous lifestyle filled with parties and suitors, while the other is settled in a stable family life. Their decision to switch places as a playful escape spirals into a web of deception, leading to unforeseen complications and challenges. As they navigate their swapped lives, both sisters confront their desires and the realities of their choices, revealing the complexities of identity and fulfillment.

Starożytny Egipt pod rządami faraona Mamose jest państwem chylącym się ku upadkowi: bezlitośni bandyci pustoszą kraj, administrację toczy korupcja, w Delcie Nilu zagnieździł się uzurpator, tymczasem arystokracja pławi się w złocie i rozrywkach. Wielki wezyr Intef, faktycznie rządzący Egiptem, ma tylko jedną ambicję - zasiąść na tronie faraon�w. Aby zrealizować ten cel, got�w jest poświęcić jedyną c�rkę, piękną księżniczkę Lostris...

In John T. Lescroart's brilliant new novel, The 13th Juror, Dismas Hardy, lawyer/investigator, undertakes the defense of Jennifer Witt, accused of murdering her husband and their eight-year-old son as well as her first husband, who had died nine years earlier from an apparent drug overdose. While preparing his case, Hardy learns that both of Jennifer's husbands had physically abused her. But Jennifer refuses to allow a defense that presumes her guilt. She is not guilty, she claims. Hardy is now driven to seek an alternative truth a jury can believe. As the trial progresses, the complex truth itself begins to change, to bend, to fade in and out of focus as the clock keeps ticking on Jennifer's fate, until there seems only one person left to convince, and she is "the 13th juror"—the judge. The 13th Juror is a stunning and suspenseful novel of moral ambiguity, of good intentions, bad judgements and the tortuous path to ultimate justice.

Clarice Starling, młoda adeptka Akademii FBI w Quantico, rozpoczyna staż w sekcji behawioralnej Biura, zajmującej się seryjnymi zabójstwami. Jej pierwszym zadaniem jest spotkanie z przybywającym w szpitalu dla umysłowo chorych wielokrotnym mordercą i kanibalem, z zawodu psychiatrą – doktorem Hannibalem Lecterem, prawdziwym geniuszem zła.Zwierzchnik Clarice, Jack Crawford, liczy na to, iż Lecter pomoże FBI w zidentyfikowaniu innego zbrodniarza, nazwanego przez media Buffalo Billem, który od kilku miesięcy terroryzuje Stany Zjednoczone, porywając, mordując i obdzierając ze skóry młode kobiety. Starling wdaje się z Lecterem w niebezpieczną grę psychologiczną: w zamian za okruchy informacji na temat Buffalo Billa opowiada mu o swoim dzieciństwie, pozwalając, by oddawał ją osobliwej psychoanalizie. Czy dzięki genialnej intuicji Lectera uda się wpaść na trop psychopaty, zanim ten zabije kolejną porwaną kobietę? A może doktor wie o morderstwach więcej, niż chce ujawnić?

The seventh scroll is nearly 4000 years old. Within it lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time. Duraid Al Simmu and his wife, Royan, discovered the scroll and made research notes on it. But Duraid is murdered, and Royan has to flee to England to seek refuge.

She was the exquisite daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant. From a charmed girlhood in opulent New Orleans, she would be swept into the cataclysm of the Civil War. Forced to choose between her duties as a Southern wife and mother and her love for a forbidden man, a forbidden cause, Miriam Raphael is at the center of the whirlwind in a spellbinding novel of divided loyalties and divided hearts.

Był taki czas, kiedy wędrowiec, jeśli miał ochotę i znał choćby kilka tajemnic, mógł wypłynąć łodzią na Morze Lata i dotrzeć nie do Glastonbury pełnego mnichów, lecz do Świętej Wyspy Avalon. W tamtych czasach wrota łączące światy unosiły się we mgle i otwierały się wedle woli i myśli wędrowca... Morgiana, obdarzona darem Wzroku i związana z losem Artura, brata-kochanka, opowiada historię krótkiej świetności Kamelotu. Nie jest to opowieść o rycerskich czynach, lecz widziana kobiecym okiem wizja społeczeństwa u progu dziejowych zmian.

#1 New York Times Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles The vampire hero of Anne Rice’s enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story—passionate, complex, and thrilling. Praise for The Vampire Lestat “Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires.”—The Village Voice “Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive.”—The New York Times Book Review “Luxuriantly created and richly told.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War-reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra-priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.

"New York Times" bestselling author Wilbur Smith captures the agony, beauty, and hope of men and women who have given their lives to a land in this breathtaking third novel in his Ballantyne series--an epic set in the former African nation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

Prosecutor Rusty Sabich is transformed from accuser to accused when he is handed an explosive case--that of the brutal murder of a woman who happens to be his former lover.

Un mondo in transizione dal paganesimo al cristianesimo. Territori popolati da creature misteriose e arcane. Dame che possono penetrare nel magico regno di Avalon e influire sulle vite degli eroi. Un capolavoro dal respiro epico nella grande tradizione ispirata alla leggenda di Artù.

"A great novel that is American to its core...so gently memorable, so bursting with life, that those who abandon themselves to its pages will find it claiming a permanent place close to their hearts." --New York Daily News "A warm, evocative, often hilarious picture of society, culture, politics and family life." --Atlanta Constitution "A warmly human story...never flags from first page to last." --Publishers Weekly A groundbreaking bestseller with two and a half million copies in print, "...And Ladies of the Club" centers on the members of a book club and their struggles to understand themselves, each other, and the tumultuous world they live in. A true classic, it is sure to enchant, enthrall, and intrigue readers for years to come. "It is hard to think of a better place to spend the summer than in AHelen Hooven Santmyer's? world." --Cosmopolitan

Tracy uważa się za prawdziwą szczęściarę. Ma świetną pracę, przystojnego narzeczonego, spodziewa się wymarzonego dziecka. Koncentruje się na przygotowaniach do ślubu, gdy nagle życie zmienia się w koszmar. Zostaje oskarżona o kradzież cennego obrazu i usiłowanie zab�jstwa. Skazana na piętnaście lat więzienia, szybko sobie uświadamia, że padła ofiarą spisku. Nie załamuje się, postanawia zacisnąć zęby, przetrwać najgorsze, a po wyjściu na wolność zemścić się na wszystkich, kt�rzy zniszczyli jej życie.

Ambientata in un mondo di arcipelaghi e vasti oceani, la Saga di Earthsea narra la storia di Ged, un giovane pastore dell'isola di Gont con misteriosi poteri, destinato a diventare un grande arcimago. Il racconto si divide in tre parti. Ne "Il mago di Earthsea", Ged, ancora fanciullo, inizia a imparare le arti magiche come apprendista. Spinto dal desiderio di apprendere rapidamente, commette errori che lo portano a evocare l'Ombra della sua stessa morte. In "Le tombe di Atuan", intraprende la ricerca della metà mancante dell'anello di Erreth-Akbe, essenziale per riportare pace e unità in Earthsea. Infine, in "La spiaggia più lontana", Arren, giovane principe, avverte Ged di un terribile flagello: la scomparsa della magia nel Nord. Insieme, partono per un viaggio attraverso le isole di Earthsea, fino a Selidor, l'isola all'estremità del mondo, dove risiedono i draghi e oltre, in un luogo desolato. L'allegoria delle gesta di Ged esplora il complesso rapporto tra luce e tenebre, paragonando questo ciclo narrativo ai capolavori della letteratura fantastica, come "Il Signore degli Anelli". Ursula Le Guin sottolinea che "il mondo e l'ombra, la luce e le tenebre sono un tutt'uno", evidenziando l'equilibrio tra vita e morte.

Kiedy Carl Lee Hailey zabija gangsterów, którzy brutalnie zgwałcili jego córkę, mieszkańcy małego miasteczka Clanton walczą o jego uniewinnienie. Kiedy jednak ekstremiści spoza Clanton dowiadują się, że czarny zabił dwóch białych mężczyzn, najeżdżają na miasteczko, zdeterminowani aby zniszczyć wszystko i wszystkich, którzy ośmielą się im przeciwstawić. Młody adwokat, Jake Brigance, zostaje zatrudniony do obrony Hailey’a. Dzięki tej sprawie ma szansę wypłynąć, ale również zostać pokonanym.

Plan Aurora, hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow and initiated with relentless brilliance and skill, is a plan within a plan that, in its spine-chilling ingenuity, breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare.

Thriller historyczny i pasjonująca saga rodzinna w jednym. Pieniądze, zemsta, miłość i zbrodnia w realiach dziewiętnastowiecznej Anglii. Hugh Pilaster – zdolny, pracowity i bezkompromisowy. Edward Pilaster – chorobliwie ambitny, bez skrupułów i nieuczciwy. Różnią się jak ogień i woda, a jednak należą do tej samej rodziny. Od dwudziestu lat toczą pojedynek o przejęcie kontroli nad potężnym bankiem, który bogaci się na podejrzanych operacjach finansowych z nękanym wojną domową krajem Ameryki Południowej. Jedno majowe popołudnie 1886 roku stanie się punktem zwrotnym nie tylko dla nich, ale i dla kilkorga młodych ludzi powiązanych z rodziną londyńskich finansistów. Wznowienie jednej z najlepszych i najambitniejszych powieści Kena Folletta – teraz w odświeżonej, efektownej szacie graficznej! Niesamowicie uzależniająca fabuła. „Los Angeles Times” Zapierająca dech w piersiach opowieść – nieubłaganie trzyma w napięciu. „New York Times” Follett buduje napięcie aż do dramatycznego punktu kulminacyjnego z tym samym mistrzowskim opanowaniem, które cechowało

Marty McFly è un ragazzo come tanti: vive in una cittadina di provincia, frequenta svogliatamente la scuola, ama il rock degli anni Ottanta, ha ovviamente un paio di genitori, anche se non della miglior specie. Se non ci fosse la tenerezza di Jennifer, la bella e spigliata compagna di scuola, e soprattutto la complice amicizia con "Doc" Brown, un eccentrico scienziato, per Marty la vita sarebbe qualcosa da cui sfuggire. La fuga, ma un'incredibile fuga all'indietro, avverrà comunque, grazie a un ardito esperimento dell'amico scienziato e a una ruggente DeLorean a propulsione nucleare che funge da "macchina del tempo". Marty si ritrova così scaraventato nel 1955, addirittura prima della sua nascita, nella sua cittadina com'era una volta. Non penserebbe che a "ritornare al futuro", se non ci fosse l'occasionale incontro con due coetanei destinati a diventare i suoi genitori.

Rezerwy ropy na świecie sa̦ coraz mniejsze. Rozpre̦żenie stosunków mie̦dzy wschodem a zachodem jest koniecznościa̦, co zagraża producentom broni, i jeden z nich próbuje ratować sie̦ porywaja̦c syna amerykańskiego prezydenta

Napínavý příběh detektivního pátrání se odehrává v imaginárním historickém panoramatu, kde je Německo vítězem druhé světové války a chystá se na oslavu 75. narozenin Adolfa Hitlera. Berlín na jaře 1964. Xavier March je detektiv, který se potýká s problémy s alkoholem a osamělostí po rozvodu. Jeho život je poznamenán špatným spánkem a cynickým humorem. March, pyšnící se titulem Sturmbannführera SS, se dostává na stopu tajemství, které by mohlo zkalit oslavu Vůdcových pětasedmdesátin. Autor Robert Harris zkoumá myšlenku, že Hitler žije, a Evropu ovládá Německá říše. Tento román, známý také díky filmové adaptaci, zkoumá temné stránky totalitního režimu a odhaluje složité morální dilema detektiva, který se snaží najít pravdu v dystopickém světě.

Książka wydana również pod tytułem "Dezinformator". Sam McCready to postać otoczona legendą w świecie brytyjskiego wywiadu. Przez siedem lat kierowania nim przeprowadził nie tylko wiele niebezpiecznych misji, ale i... narobił sobie wrogów „na górze”. Teraz oni właśnie mają uznać, czy wraz z końcem zimnej wojny Sam może jeszcze się przydać, czy też odesłać go na „zasłużoną emeryturę”.

Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan The adventures of Luke Skywalker did not end with the destruction of the Death Star. Though the Rebel Alliance won a significant battle, the war against the Empire has only just begun. Several months have passed, and the Rebels have established a hidden outpost on the frozen wasteland of Hoth. But even on that icy backwater planet, they cannot escape the evil Darth Vader’s notice for long. Soon Luke, Han, Princess Leia, and their faithful companions will be forced to flee, scattering in all directions—with the Dark Lord’s minions in fevered pursuit.

In this magnificent return to the world of Evergreen, Henrietta Roth, an extraordinary woman, fights to control her destiny; and three turbulent generations come vividly to life against a background of immigrant struggle, war, and passion.

Benazir Bhutto is the daughter of Pakistan's former President Bhutto, who was executed by General Zia in 1979. At his death, she inherited the leadership of the Pakistan People's Party, the largest and most powerful mass-based group in the country.

Turow's acclaimed second novel, which topped international bestseller lists, is now available in trade paperback. Sandy Stern, the brilliant defense attorney from Presumed Innocent, faces an event so emotionally shattering that no part of his life is left untouched. It reveals a family caught in a maelstrom of hidden crimes, shocking secrets, and warring passions.

In a Britain struggling to survive Roman invasion, Eilan is the daughter of a Druidic warleader, gifted with visions and marked by fate to become a priestess of the Forest House.But fate also led Eilan to Gaius, a soldier of mixed blood, son of the Romans sent to subdue the native British. For Gaius, Eilan felt forbidden love, and her terrible secret will haunt her even as she is anointed as the new High Priestess. With mighty enemies poised to destroy the magic the Forest House shelters, Eilan must trust in the power of the great Goddess to lead her through the treacherous labyrinth of her destiny.

Frozen inside a million-ton mass of ice-the charred remains of a long missing luxury yacht, vanished en route to a secret White House rendezvous.  The only clue to the ship's priceless-and missing-cargo: nine ornately carved rings and the horribly burned bodies of its crew.

Jedna z najwybitniejszych książek mistrza thrillerów prawniczych. W ekranizacji tej powieści zagrali Chris O’Donnell, Gene Hackman i Faye Dunaway. Czy na amerykańskim Południu może dojść do sprawiedliwego procesu rasisty? Miasteczko Greenville, stan Missisipi, rok 1967. Dwóch członków Ku-Klux-Klanu podkłada bombę w kancelarii adwokata żydowskiego pochodzenia. Ginie dwóch pięcioletnich chłopców. Jeden ze sprawców, Sam Cayhall, zostaje błyskawicznie ujęty i oskarżony o podwójne zabójstwo. Choć dowody nie pozostawiają wątpliwości, że jest winny, dwa kolejne procesy kończą się – wskutek niemożności ustalenia werdyktu przez ławę przysięgłych – unieważnieniem postępowania. Czasem nawet najzagorzalszy przeciwnik kary śmierci ma wątpliwości. Kilkanaście lat po pierwszych dwóch procesach Sam Cayhall ponownie staje przed sądem. Tym razem zostaje skazany na karę śmierci. Trwająca dziewięć lat batalia apelacyjna kończy się niepowodzeniem. Do egzekucji pozostały dwa tygodnie i wygląda na to, że nic już nie uratuje go przed komorą gazową, zwłaszcza że zrezygnował z pomocy prawnej. Nagle jednak do walki o uratowanie mu życia włącza się młody adwokat z Chicago. Jego decyzja nie jest przypadkowa. I nie chodzi tylko o to, że jest przeciwko karze śmierci. Powieść, która hipnotyzuje i zmusza do myślenia. „Washington Post”

This story describes the dramatic lives of Prince Dmitri Korolev and his family caught up in the upheavals of European revolution and war. They flee Russia in 1919, escape to Switzerland and then Paris, but, with the Second World War, they come under further pressure from the Communist police. The author worked for many years in Paris as a foreign correspondent and wrote several novels including "Tanamera", "A Farewell to France", "A Woman of Cairo" and "The Other Side of Paradise".

Des livres au contenu prodigieux ont été systématiquement détruits tout au long de l'Histoire, d'autres ont été rendus inaccessibles au public grâce à des méthodes de chiffrage. C'est le casdu livre de Thoth, des stances de Dzyan, du manuscrit Voynich et d'Excalibur, le livre qui rend fou. Ils sont successivement étudiés par Jacques Bergier, dans cet ouvrage inédit, qui examine également le pourquoi des destructions massives d'ouvrages ésotériques, commece fut le cas dans l'incendie de la Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie. Une conclusion s'impose: il existe une conspiration contre un certain type de savoir, faussement appelé occulte, une conspiration qui couvre tous les pays et se rencontre à toutes les époques. Qui donc brûle les livres maudits ?

A metà del Settencento i gemelli Colin e Bea lasciano la Svizzera per intraprendere un lungo viaggio che li condurrà in Cina: lui è dotato di un eccezionale talento di orologiaio e l'imperatore ha bisogno della sua abilità; lei ha avuto in dono una bellezza ammaliante. Ma è solo quando raggiungono la favolosa città di Ayuthia, con le sue mille cupole dorate, che i due fratelli incontrano il loro destino: Colin s'innamora di una donna che il sovrano vuole invece tutta per sé, mentre Bea si lascia trascinare da una passione che la condurrà al tradimento...

An action-filled chase through the Amazon jungle for 16th Century Spanish treasure. Joining in the pursuit are Dirk Pitt, the hero, his congresswoman girlfriend, the FBI, the Customs Service, archaeologists, a tribe of local Indians, smugglers and various thieves. There's plenty of treasure for everyone, the gold requiring 200 men just to lift.

When Adam Dalgliesh visits Larksoken, a remote headland community on the Norfolk coast in the shadow of a nuclear power station, he expects to be engaged only in the sad business of tying up his aunt's estate.

Jean M. Auel’s enthralling Earth’s Children® series has become a literary phenomenon, beloved by readers around the world. In a brilliant novel as vividly authentic and entertaining as those that came before, Jean M. Auel returns us to the earliest days of humankind and to the captivating adventures of the courageous woman called Ayla. With her companion, Jondalar, Ayla sets out on her most dangerous and daring journey--away from the welcoming hearths of The Mammoth Hunters and into the unknown. Their odyssey spans a beautiful but sparsely populated and treacherous continent, the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe, casting the pair among strangers. Some will be intrigued by Ayla and Jondalar, with their many innovative skills, including the taming of wild horses and a wolf; others will avoid them, threatened by what they cannot understand; and some will threaten them. But Ayla, with no memory of her own people, and Jondalar, with a hunger to return to his, are impelled by their own deep drives to continue their trek across the spectacular heart of an unmapped world to find that place they can both call home.

Gennaio 1954. Un Boeing C-97 Stratocruiser decolla dalla base militare di Buckley Field, nel Colorado. Nome in codice: Vixen 03. Carico top secret: 36 micidiali bombe batteriologiche. Destinazione: Pacifico meridionale. Dopo poche ore di volo, l'aereo scompare nel nulla, durante una tormenta di neve. Dopo quattro mesi di ricerche la pratica del Vixen 03 viene archiviata e insabbiata. Settembre 1988. Dirk Pitt scopre il Vixen 03 sul fondo di un lago ghiacciato nel Colorado. Recupera il relitto e 34 bombe. Ne mancano due. Che fine hanno fatto? Che cosa succederebbe se un'organizzazione terroristica ci mettesse le mani sopra?In uno dei più bei romanzi di Clive Cussler tutto finirà per avere una spiegazione grazie alle inesauribili risorse di Dirk Pitt.

Newsweek calls him "an extraordinarily canny and empathetic observer." In bestseller after bestseller, Turow uses his background as a lawyer to create suspense fiction so authentic it reads with the hammering impact of fact. But before he became a worldwide sensation, Scott Turow wrote a book that is entirely true, the account of his own searing indoctrination into the field of law called ... The first year of law school is an intellectual and emotional ordeal so grueling that it ensures only the fittest survive. Now Scott Turow takes you inside the oldest and most prestigious law school in the country when he becomes a "One L," as entering students are known at Harvard Law School. In a book that became a national bestseller, a law school primer, and a classic autobiography, he brings to life the fascinating, shocking reality of that first year. Provocative and riveting, One L reveals the experience directly from the combat zone: the humiliations, triumphs, hazings, betrayals, and challenges that will make him a lawyer-and forever change Turow's mind, test his principles, and expose his heart.

'Your unquestioning obedience. You will be my man.' Such is Manfred's demand when he offers Rod Ironsides the general managership of the Sonder Ditch gold mine. For Rod, ambitious and hard-living but totally gripped by the life of the mine, it is the chance of a lifetime. Manfred Steyner is neurotic and ruthless, a compulsive gambler who treats people as counters in a private game and his beautiful, frustrated wife Terry as a social prop and source of cash. He already despises Rod, and when he discovers Rod's passion for Terry, icy dislike turns to mortal hatred. Neither Rod nor Manfred, however, understands that they are both involved in a more significant drama. They have become the unwitting tools of a group of powerful men, who for personal and political gain plan to destroy the largest gold mine in the world.

Robert and Lynn Ferguson are a picture-perfect couple with two beautiful daughters and a lovely home in an exclusive Connecticut community. Robert is on the fast track of a major corporation. Lynn is devoted to her family and good works. But in the Ferguson's closed doors hide a painful secret Lynn must keep from the world-and her children-at any cost... Not even the Fergusons's best friends, Josie and Bruce Lehman, know of Lynn's shame. Social worker Josie sees her bruises distrusts the too-ambitious, too perfect Robert, and suspects the real cause of the children's increasingly disturbed behavior. But not even Josie can pierce Lynn's wall of silence, a wall that will not crumble until Lynn is forced to face herself-and the truth-at last. Belva Plain's searing novel of a family's heartbreak, a woman's courage, and a subject too often talked about only in whispers.

A thriller, who-dunnit and morality tale rolled into one.

"Hollywood, 1945. Shipping heir Ward Thayer and screen star Faye Price are reunited after a chance meeting two years earlier. Unable to forget the connection they shared and helpless to resist it, romance quickly sparks. But for Faye, daring and passionate, the life she's heading for with Ward is a threat to her ambition. How can she decide between Hollywood and motherhood? Is it right to choose fame over family? Faye is on the brink of an impossible choice that will shape her life - and the lives of those she loves - in ways she could scarcely have imagined."--Publisher's description.

Kilku pracowników amerykańskiej firmy elektronicznej zostaje uwie̦zionych w Iranie. Właściciel firmy postanawia odbić ich na własna̦ re̦ke̦

Maris of Amberly, a fisherman's daughter, wants to be a silver-winged flyer, crossing oceans, braving shiftng winds, to bring news, gossip, songs, and stories to a waiting populace. But when she challenges tradition, a revolution is sparked that threatens to destroy the world she fought to join.

Jedna z najsławniejszych powieści giganta thrillera prawniczego, sfilmowana z Julią Roberts i Denzelem Washingtonem. Fabuła, której zazdroszczą Grishamowi autorzy na całym świecie, łączy polityczne intrygi, walkę o władzę i pytania o moralność w bezwzględnym świecie prawa. Studentka prawa na tropie spisku w Kapitolu odkrywa, że dwóch sędziów Sądu Najwyższego USA zostało zamordowanych. FBI i CIA są bezradne, a Darby Shaw, ambitna studentka z Nowego Orleanu, ma teorię na temat sprawcy. Spisuje swoje ustalenia w tzw. Raporcie Pelikana i przekazuje je przyjacielowi, który zna kogoś w FBI. Kiedy bomba zabija przyjaciela Darby, zdaje sobie sprawę, że jest w niebezpieczeństwie. Nie może ufać nikomu, a zwłaszcza FBI. Musi szybko poskładać elementy układanki i dowiedzieć się, kto chce ją zabić. Osoba ta przeczytała Raport Pelikana i nie cofnie się przed niczym, by zniszczyć dowody zbrodni. Grisham, mistrz budowania napięcia, w tej powieści przekracza granice gatunku, ukazując siłę ludzkiego ducha i nadzieję, która potrafi pokonać największe przeciwności. To opowieść o złożoności moralnej i zagrożeniach płynących z niekontrolowanej władzy.

A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an unprecedented historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar, the Cathar heretics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a dynasty of obscure French kings deposed more than 1,300 years ago. The author's conclusions are persuasive: at the core is not material riches but a secret - a secret of explosive and controversial proportions, which radiates out from the little Pyrenees village all the way to contemporary politics and the entire edifice of the Christian faith. It involves nothing less than... the Holy Grail.

Movie producer Sy Spencer -- one of the premier summer residents of the Hamptons, Long Island's oh-so-fashionable beach resort for everyone who is anyone -- has hosted his last power clambake, thanks to whoever shot him dead beside his oceanfront pool. Heading the investigation is Hamptons native Steve Brady. His prime suspect is Sy's ex-wife Bonnie, a strangely appealing and energetic woman both in and out of bed. As the case against Bonnie builds, so does Brady's obsession with her. Before long, he's laying the case and his career on the line for her, ignoring all the rules, all the evidence, and all common sense

A serious crisis in the environment assumed the proportions of a global menace. This was pinpointed by the U.N. Commission's report, Our Common Future. The global challenge involved in this crisis was aggravated by the economic crisis of monetarism and debt. Gorbachev addressed the same themes in a powerful message to the U.N. The power of separate nation states was no longer sufficient to meet the world-wide threat.

The psychiatrist's couch holds many secrets. Can it also hold the key to a series of murders? John Hanson—murdered in the street in a gruesome but apparently arbitrary attack. Carol Roberts—tortured and left to die in agony. In this chilling game of cat and mouse, psychiatrist = Judd Stevens must trust no one, especially none of his patients. Could the killer be Teri Washburn, Hollywood starlet, thrown out of Tinseltown in scandalous circumstances? Or could it be Harrison Burke; a top business man and disturbed paranoiac? Or possibly Alexander Fallon, a crazed evangelist determined to avenge all sin in the world? In the deadly game, there can only be one survivor and Judd must play to win if he is to stay alive . . .

Przekręt, który zbulwersuje cały świat handlu dziełami sztuki.Modigliani. Bezsprzecznie jeden z największych artystów, jacy kiedykolwiek żyli. Kobiety Modiglianiego. Ich pociągłe, zapadające w pamięć figury, wiecznie prowokacyjne niczym Mona Lisa. I zaginione arcydzieło tego niezwykłego artysty. We współczesnym świecie intryg, rywalizacji i ciągłego zabiegania o sławę nie trzeba długo czekać, by plotka o rzekomym zaginionym arcydziele Modiglianiego zawładnęła umysłami wielu ludzi. Gdy zostaje wyznaczona nagroda dla tego, kto jako pierwszy odnajdzie ten bezcenny skarb, obsesja poszukiwań ogarnia niemal wszystkich. W szaleńczy pościg angażuje się również Peter Usher, dobrze zapowiadający się artysta, który zrobi wszystko, by zabłysnąć na londyńskiej scenie sztuki. W pogoni za arcydziełem Usher natrafi na trop podejrzanych postaci, które stoją za przekrętem, jakiego świat dotąd nie widział. Czy geniusz sztuki zostanie nagrodzony? Czy zwykły malarski pędzel może się okazać bardziej śmiercionośny niż broń?

Rebecca was Daphne du Maurier's most famous and best-loved novel. Married to the sophisticated, wordly-wise Maxim, the second Mrs de Winter's life should be happy and fulfilled. But the vengeful ghost of Rebecca, Maxim's first wife, continues to cast its long shadow over them.

La Cabala è un sistema di pensiero esoterico e mistico fondato sui testi sacri ebraici. Considerata da molti come l'aspetto esoterico degli insegnamenti di Mosè, raggiunse il suo apice nel Medio Evo, un periodo di intensa ricerca per "definire l'indefinibile" e comprendere l'Universo, manifestazione di Ayn Soph, il Nulla, l'Infinito. Questo testo illustra la nascita e lo sviluppo del misticismo ebraico, i suoi rapporti con il mondo cristiano, la sua diffusione in Europa e nel bacino mediterraneo, e i temi fondamentali come il concetto di Dio, la dottrina delle Sefirot e delle Shemittot, il problema del Male, il significato della Torah e la Creazione. La seconda parte del libro esplora gli elementi e le correnti che hanno influenzato il pensiero cabalistico: lo Zohar, lo Shabbateanismo, il Frankismo, la Demonologia, l'Escatologia, la Gematria, la Meditazione e il Misticismo della Merkabah. La terza parte esamina le personalità che hanno segnato il pensiero cabalistico, da Azriel di Gerona a Isaac Luria. Attraverso un lavoro sistematico di ricerca, l'autore chiarisce questa dottrina mistica ed esoterica, una delle più potenti e affascinanti mai elaborate dall'uomo nel suo anelito alla Conoscenza.

Contiene un meraviglioso mazzo di 22 carte (gli arcani maggiori) stampato a 6 colori. Wirth esamina e spiega tutti gli aspetti occulti ed esoterici dei tarocchi, risalendo alle origini della loro complessa simbologia e presentandone il lato alchemico, quello astrologico, quello magico-religioso e quello esoterico moderno. Certamente, i tarocchi possono venire usati anche come strumento divinatorio, e l'autore infatti illustra anche questo loro aspetto, chiarendo i molteplici significati di ciascun arcano e il modo in cui farne uso, tuttavia questa non è che una faccia, forse la più popolare, di un poliedro.

At the end of the journey, Sam Clemens and his crew, including the giant Joe Miller, embark on the iron riverboat Not for Hire to reach the river's headwaters, where humanity has been resurrected. After 33 years on the river, they face their final challenge: the evil king John Lackland, who waits upriver on the Rex Grandissimus, the first riverboat Sam built and which John hijacked. Their conflict is complicated by the presence of agents from the Ethicals, advanced beings who created Riverworld for unknown reasons, and the involvement of the Mysterious Stranger, a rebel Ethical enlisting humans for a cause that may lead to salvation. The impending battle occurs along the shores inhabited by the Church of the 2nd Chance, a group pursuing ethical perfection to advance to the next phase of existence. Though non-violent, their leader, La Viro, may attempt to sink the ships to prevent conflict. Among the 2nd Chancers is former Nazi officer Hermann Goring, who previously encountered Sir Richard Burton. Burton and others, contacted by the Mysterious Stranger, are reluctantly aboard John’s boat to reach the headwaters. Will any of X's humans survive the battle, and how can they confront the Ethicals, who possess the power to reshape planets and resurrect humanity?

Twenty-four-year-old Alexa Walden secretly married 64-year-old millionaire Arthur Bannerman. And after his death, Alexa finds herself tainted with scandal and pitted against the powerful and privileged world of the New York rich, where she must fight the entire Bannerman dynasty for control of The Fortune.