Michel Ganstel Książki

Hannah Conroy oduvijek je željela poći očevim stopama i postati liječnica. Kako je u devetnaestom stoljeću u Engleskoj ženama zabranjeno obavljati medicinsku profesiju, Hannah u taj svijet pokušava ući na mala vrata, kao primalja. No, početak njezine karijere prekida osobna tragedija. Pokušavajući izbjeći potencijalnu osudu za umorstvo u Engleskoj, Hannin svijet doslovno doživljava preokret kada se ukrca na brod za Australiju. Mlada i naivna, s očevim bilješkama i šačicom medicinskih instrumenata, nada se da je Australija mjesto novih početaka i svježih pokušaja, mjesto na kojem će moći raditi kao primalja. Hannah u Australiju stiže u vrijeme velikih promjena, i stoga se suočava s bezbroj izazova. Ne samo da se mora boriti kako bi je prihvatili kao liječnicu, nego se istodobno zaljubljuje u dva muškarca i mora se odlučiti za jednoga od njih: Neala Scotta, američkog istraživača i fotografa koji želi započeti novi život u Australiji ili Jamieja O`Briena, neodoljivog odmetnika koji bježi pred zakonom...Ova zlatna zemlja velika je povijesna saga o Australiji i ljubavna priča koju ne može izbrisati ni vrijeme ni velike udaljenosti.

Young lawyer Mary DiNunzio finds her life in jeopardy when she digs too closely into the suicide of an Italian-American in a World War II internment camp, and starts receiving ominous threats.

From master storyteller Barbara Taylor Bradford comes a magnificent new novel, a powerful, moving story of two women, two families, and an extraordinary friendship challenged by tragedy and a devastating secret from the past.... Some secrets are too terrible to share--even with your best friend.... Nothing hurts like the truth. A truth that has haunted Claire Benson all her life. A truth that Claire has revealed to no one, not even to her best friend, International art dealer Laura Valiant. But the friendship that has sheltered both women throughout childhood, marriage and divorce is about to meet its greatest test. Suddenly old nightmares surface as Claire turns to her dearest friend for help. And as Laura's career leads her into the past, in an investigation of artwork stolen by the Nazis, she uncovers disturbing links to the present, to Claire, and a profoundly personal reason to follow a twisted trail to its surprising end....

From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes a triumphant novel of an unforgettable woman Determined to rise above all that she has ever known, a young and impoverished Emma Harte embarks on a journey first of survival, then of unimaginable achievement. Driven to succeed, the iron-willed Emma parlays a small shop into the world's greatest department store and an international business empire: Harte Enterprises. Unhappily married twice, loving only the one man she can never marry, personal happiness eludes her. Harte Enterprises, the realization of her grand dreams, is her all: her heart, her soul, her life. When those closest to her threaten to destroy her empire through their greed and envy, Emma brilliantly outwits her enemies. She wreaks her devastating revenge on those who would betray her in a way only she knows how. Drawing us into the mesmerizing life of a remarkable woman who dared to seize a dream and was willing to pay any price to make it come true, Barbara Taylor Bradford's deeply involving novel is a celebration of an indomitable spirit.

Nouvelle Angleterre. A vingt-deux ans, réceptionniste aux Verreries Wright, la splendide Jewel est prête à tout pour échapper à la médiocrité de son existence. Le temps d'une soirée, dans la somptueuse demeure des Wright, elle sent que sa vie pourrait changer aux côtés de Jeff, un brillant homme d'affaires... Jeune héritière de la dynastie Wright, Gwen n'a, elle, que faire du luxe qui l'entoure et préfère passer ses journées dans les livres. Jusqu'à ce qu'elle tombe sous le charme de Stan, un simple électricien. C'est alors que sa rencontre avec Jewel et les terribles révélations de celle-ci vont tout faire basculer... Secrets de famille, jalousies sociales, rivalités amoureuses... Quand le destin frappe à nouveau, c'est pour plonger les deux femmes dans un tourbillon de désir, de vengeance et de trahison qui va les mener au bout d'elles-mêmes...

TEST A group of aliens builds a colony deep under the ocean, for the purpose of watching humans and human society from afar. But what happens when this watching is no longer enough?In the tradition of his highly successful, TV-adapted novel INVASION, Robin Cook again gives us an enthralling blend of cutting-edge technology blended with the possibilities of alien contact.

In Caring For The Wounded, She Found The Strength Of Her Duty. To the battle-broken soldiers in Honour Langtry's care, she was all they had. The beautiful nurse whose selfless devotion calmed the seething hostilities among them. Their one precious reminder of a world before war. The woman each of them adored. In Loving One Man, She Found The Weakness Of Her Heart. The arrival of decorated hero Michael Wilson changed everything. His outward toughness of body and mind didn't match the official reports of something shameful and disturbing about him. Yet despite Honour's fear about his true feelings, she was becoming possessed by Michael. And after a night of passion so long denied, the tensions among Honour's men exploded into a violent tragedy of jealousy and death...and a heartbreaking choice that Honour Langtry would endure for the rest of her life.

The New York Times bestseller that Nelson DeMille said "will keep...readers entranced and entertained from cover to cover." Savvy young Los Angeles P.I. Regan Reilly faces an unusual challenge when she gets an urgent call from Lilac Weldon, owner -- with her two hippie brothers -- of the run-down California winery Altered States. Lilac asks Regan to find her actress daughter, Whitney, AKA "Freshness," in time to attend the wedding of Lilac's wealthy aunt Lucretia Standish, a 93-year-old silent-film star. The Weldons have learned from a secret source that each family member will receive a gift of $2 million from Lucretia -- but only if they all attend. Lucretia's bridegroom, a 46-year-old con man and former actor, knows he must keep Whitney away; they have met before and she is wise to his game. How Regan foils his plot makes for an exciting climax to this comic suspense novel, filled with Carol Higgins Clark's inimitable characters.

Quand le grand vent de liberté des années soixante-dix envoie valser les traditions et les secrets bien gardés de toute une famille... Le dernier roman de Belva Plain, la reine de la saga familiale. A trente ans, Laura McAllister ne sait plus où elle en est. Investie dans une carrière qui la comble, elle est mariée à un homme qui la préférerait femme au foyer, et doit subir les foudres de sa mère, qui a une vision de la femme pour le moins conventionnelle. Sa rencontre avec Nick va venir tout chambouler. Au contact de ce beau photographe, Laura se sent pousser des ailes. Enfin, elle s'avoue ce qu'elle se cache depuis si longtemps : non, son mariage ne la rend pas heureuse, c'est en femme libre qu'elle veut désormais s'épanouir. Mais ce que Laura ignore, c'est que, pour s'affranchir du carcan McAllister, elle va devoir faire face aux zones d'ombre du passé maternel. Aura-t-elle le courage de briser les tabous familiaux et d'en assumer les douloureuses conséquences ?

Grace Agbrigg has ambitions beyond merely ornamenting the home of a rich husband. But high Victorian England is still almost wholly a man's world in which women - rich or poor - must do the bidding of father, husband or employer. Attracted against her will to the ambitious and ruthless Gideon Chard, Grace instead makes the marriage that is expected of her. But eventually she breaks free of a relationship that is a sham to become the only divorcee in Cullingford - and a social outcast. Set against a background of change and unrest, of dazzling wealth cheek by jowl with bitter poverty, The Sleeping Sword, which concludes the magnificent Barforth saga, is an unforgettable portrait of an age as well as a compelling story of love between two strong and determined people.

Dans la formule romanesque, un bon récit américain qui ferait un film à succès. Un homme devient soudain veuf avec deux enfants de dix et seize ans. Après une période douloureuse, il se remarie ... On devine le scénario mais c'est joliment fait et ça tient le coup. [SDM].