Irene Ketman Książki

W roku 1942 Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - geniusz matematyczny i młody kapitan Marynarki Wojennej USA - zostaje przydzielony do Jednostki 2702. Ta formacja jest tak tajna, że o jej istnieniu wie zaledwie garstka ludzi; niektórzy z nich noszą nazwiska w rodzaju Roosevelt czy Churchill. Misja Waterhouse'a i Jednostki 2702 dowodzonej przez żołnierza piechoty morskiej Bobby'ego Shaftoe: utrzymać Niemców w niewiedzy, że aliancki wywiad złamał legendarną Enigmę, to rodzaj gry, kryptograficznej partii szachów między Waterhouse'em a jego niemieckim odpowiednikiem, tłumaczonej na język akcji wojskowych przez dzielnego Shaftoe i jego żołnierzy.

A novel told in the voices of two narrators: Violet, who in 1944 is imprisoned in the tower of a rambling country house by her family; and Claudine, a modern-day property negotiator who becomes involved in handling the sale of the derelict Whitecliff in 2004.

On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty five years later, one survivor of that day reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor is now out of prison, looking for reparation in any form he can find it. The Turnaround takes us on a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the '70s to the changing neighborhoods of D.C. today, from the diners and auto garages of the city to the inside of Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, where wounded men and women have returned to the world in a time of war. A novel of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, loss, victory and violent redemption, The Turnaround is another compelling, highly charged novel from George Pelecanos, "the best crime novelist in America."

Kate Grenville's modern classic of one man's loss, struggle and survival in the Australian wilderness, introduced by Diana Athill

U ovom raskošnom povijesnom romanu, utemeljenom djelomično na historijskim činjenicama, autorica oživljuje likove dviju sestara glazbenica, koje su svoje glazbeno umijeće izgradile u samostanu Pieta` u Veneciji te ga nadogradile zahvaljujući jednom od najslavnijih baroknih skladatelja i violinista, Antonija Vivaldija. Od najranijeg djetinjstva, kad su se, napuštene od majke, našle u samostanu, prelijepa i zavodljiva Chiaretta i njezina starija sestra, ponešto suzdržana i skromna Maddalena, otkrivaju ljubav prema glazbi. Dok će Chiarettin put voditi od slavne solo-pjevačice u samostanskom zboru do aristokratove nevjeste i sudionice pomalo razvratnog života u osamnaestostoljetnoj Veneciji, Maddalena će ostati posvećena samostanskom životu i svojoj strasti prema violini, ali i prema Vivaldiju. No, usprkos različitim putovima i nedaćama koje će uslijediti, sestre će ostati vjerne jedna drugoj kao i svojoj ljubavi prema glazbi. Četiri godišnja doba otvaraju okno u prostor-vrijeme Venecije u njezinu zlatnom dobu i otkrivaju kako je nastalo jedno od najvećih remek-djela klasične glazbe, Vivaldijevi koncerti okupljeni pod naslovom ovog romana.

'A gleeful satire on the self-help industry and a must-read' JONATHAN COE schovat popis

This book does a great job in illustrating Feng Shui and your landscapes, home, and business.

Onderzoek naar het thema lichamelijke schoonheid, waarbij wordt geconcludeerd dat schoonheid een universeel onderdeel is van de menselijke ervaring dat gezien kan worden als een biologische aanpassing.

Een Britse vrouw stuit op een groot onrecht: de kwestie Tibet en besluit daartegen de protesteren; ze richt onder meer de organisatie Act for Tibet op.