Irodalom

A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II, from the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr. When MarieLaure goes blind, aged six, her father builds her a model of their Paris neighborhood, so she can memorize it with her fingers and then navigate the real streets. But when the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittanycoast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall. In another world in Germany, an orphan boy, Werner, is enchanted by a crude radio. He becomes a master at building and fixing radios, a talent ultimatelymakes him a highly specialized tracker of the Resistance. Werner travels through the heart of Hitler Youth to the far-flung outskirts of Russia, and finally into Saint-Malo, where his path converges with Marie-Laure. Deftly interweaving the lives ofMarie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.

A kötet szinte az egész Márai-életművet átíveli.Témája jellegzetesen márais: az emberi kapcsolatokat vizsgálja a sors és titok,találkozás és elvárás motívumain keresztül gazdag leírásokkal és belső monológokkal.Az Eszter hagyatéka (A gyertyák csonkig égnek mellett) az elmúlt évek egyiklegnagyobb könyvsikere Nyugat-Európában.kartonált, 176 oldal

New York, 1909. Aus einem transatlantischen Frachter steigt eine junge Frau mit ihrem Sohn Natale. Sie kommenaus dem tiefsten Süden Italiens - mit dem Traum von einem besseren Leben in Amerika. Doch in der von Armut,Elend und Kriminalität gezeichneten Lower East Side gelten die gnadenlosen Gesetze der Gangs. Nur wer über ausreichend Robustheit und Durchsetzungskraft verfügt, kann sich hier behaupten. So wie derjunge Natale, dem überdies ein...

Wie wird ein junger Tagedieb, der seine Kindheit in einer Höhle verbrachte, zu einem glühenden Verfechter der Freiheit? Wie wird ein jüdischer Überlebenskünstler zu einem anerkannten Arzt? Und wie wird ein Mädchen mit einem schweren Schicksal zu einerAufsehen erregenden Modeschöpferin? Die Antwort liegt in Venedig. Denn dort, im Labyrinth der Gassen und Kanäle der geheimnisvollsten Lagune Europas, zwischen der Pracht San Marcos und dem Elend der Spelunken von Rialto, findet sich das 

From Subhash's earliest memories, at every point, his brother was there. In the suburban streets of Calcutta where they wandered before dusk and in the hyacinth-strewn ponds where they played for hours on end, Udayan was always in his older brother'ssight.So close in age, they were inseparable in childhood and yet, as the years pass - as U.S tanks roll into Vietnam and riots sweep across India - their brotherly bond can do nothing to forestall the tragedy that will upend their lives. Udayan - charismaticand impulsive - finds himself drawn to the Naxalite movement, a rebellion waged to eradicate inequity and poverty. He will give everything, risk all, for what he believes, and in doing so will transform the futures of those dearest to him: his newlymarried, pregnant wife, his brother and their parents. For all of them, the repercussions of his actions will reverberate across continents and seep through the generations that follow.

Friedrich Schillers groáes Drama über Liebe, Hass, Tod und Freiheit.Deutschland im 18. Jahrhundert: Karl von Moor will nach seiner Studienzeit nach Hause zurückgehen, zu seinem Vater und seiner groáen Liebe Amalia. Aber sein Bruder Franz hat andere Pläne  Er erzählt Lügen über Karl, so böse Lügen, dass dieser nicht mehrzurück nach Hause darf. Karl, wütend und verzweifelt, sieht keinen Sinn mehr im Leben und wird Räuber. Aber damit fangen seine Probleme erst richtig an 

Priamus király, a felesége, Hecuba királynő, és a fiúk, Paris történetével kezdődik a trójaiháború. Paris elrabolja Menelaos király feleségét, a szép Helenát,magára és a trójaiakra haragítva a görögöket.Mi történik, mikor Paris bátyja, Hector, és a hős görög Achilleus találkoznak a csatában? Ki és hogyan nyeri meg a csatát?Minden kérdésre választ kapunk, ha elolvassuk a könyvecskét.

Sa carricre, il ne la doit qu'a lui-meme. Devenu l'un des spécialistes les plus réputés de Boston, le docteur Craig Bowman est aussi surpris qu'humilié de se retrouver accusé de négligence, et traŒné en justice par la famille d'une riche patiente morteentre ses mains. Une bavure, prétend-on, qui pourrait couter trcs cher a cet homme ambitieux. Les apparences ne jouant pas en sa faveur, sa femme fait appel a Jack Stapleton, un médecin légiste new-yorkais. Et quand ce dernier demande l'exhumation etl'autopsie du cadavre, seule fa‡on de démontrer s'il y a eu faute, il ignore qu'il est en train d'ouvrir la boŒte de Pandore. Pour l'empecher de découvrir la vérité, certains sont prets a tout... Avec ce thriller médical, Robin Cook évoque la menace quinous hante tous : l'erreur médicale.

Carlo Franconi, un mafioso new-yorkais qui avait accepté de collaborer, est abattu en pleine rue alors qu'il se trouvait sous protection de la police. Son cadavre, transporté a la morgue, est volé durant la nuit. Tandis que le docteur Laurie Montgomerytente d'élucider cette énigme, son collcgue Jack Stapleton est confronté a un autre mystcre : il doit identifier un corps sans mains ni tete repeché au petit matin. Malgré la mutilation subie par le cadavre, Jack a la surprise de découvrir qu'il s'agitde Franconi. Détail troublant, celui-ci venait récemment de subir une transplantation du foie sans qu'on puisse en déterminer l'origine. Quant au code ADN des tissus greffés, il est pour le moins déstabilisant...Le docteur Laurie Montgomery et le flic Lou Soldano, héros de Vengeance aveugle sont de retour. Avec le légiste Jack Stapleton, rencontré dans Contagion, ils vont unir leur courage et leurs intelligences pour affronter la pcgre et des praticiens plussoucieux de profits que d'éthique. Leur enquete va les mener dans la jungle de l'Afrique tropicale... Un récit trcs documenté et plein de rebondissements qui fait froid dans le dos.

This book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the elections of 1988. It tells above all the thrilling story of a people which becamea great power in the region and then fought against - and was invaded by - Ottomans, Germans and Soviets. The Hungarian people preserved nevertheless a continuous individuality through its Ural-born language and a specifically Hungaro-European culture.Dominated from the sixteenth century by the Habsburgs, while ruling its own national minorities, Hungary was deprived of two-thirds of its lands and peoples through successive treaties which followed the two World Wars, after which it fell under Sovietdomination for nearly fifty years. Free and independent since 1990, Hungary continues to seek its rightful position in Europe. A comprehensive history of the Hungarian lands and peoples from early medieval times to the fall of communism  Illustrated by many photographs and maps which illuminate the text  Written by a very experienced, authoritative author, who has himselfsuffered from the dramatic upheavals in Hungarian history in the twentieth century

A castle at the foot of the Carpathian mountains in the 1930s. Two men, inseparable in their youth, meet for the first time in forty-one years. They have spent their lives waiting for this moment. Four decades earlier a murky, traumatic event - somethingto do with a betrayal, and a woman - led to their sudden separation. Now, as their lives draw to a close, the devastating truth about that moment will be revealed. EMBERS is a masterpiece - an unforgettable story of passion, fidelity, truth anddeception.

Mehr als zwanzig Jahre hat Emerenc den Haushalt des Budapester Schriftstellerpaars versorgt. Ihre Herrschaft hatte sie fest im Griff. Es gefiel ihr, wenn sie gebraucht wurde. Sie selbst aber blieb unnahbar. Doch wem sie diente, dem erwies sie unzähligeLiebesdienste, so auch der Schriftstellerin, zu der sie allmählich eine fast innige Beziehung entwickelt. Dann erkrankt Emerenc. Sie stirbt in dem Glauben, daá ihre Herrin sie nie geliebt hat. Sonst hätte sie nicht zugelassen, dass man in ihreverschlossene Wohnung eindringt und sie ins Krankenhaus bringt. Seither wird die Schriftstellerin von einem immer wiederkehrenden Traum heimgesucht: sie steht vor einer verschlossenen Tür, zu der sie den Schlüssel zu haben glaubt. Doch wie sehr sie sichauch bemüht: sie bekommt die Tür nicht auf.

Brillant étudiant en informatique, Beau se blesse au doigt en ramassant un mystérieux petit disque de métal noir. Il ressent une forte ficvre et manifeste les sympt“mes d'une grippe carabinée, puis tout rentre dans l'ordre. Rétabli, il semble plus fortqu'avant. Mais sa compagne Cassy s'inquicte. La personnalité de son ami a changé. Ce gar‡on studieux scche ses cours, ne parle plus que d'écologie ou de sexe, et dans le noir, ses yeux deviennent phosphorescents. Plus inquiétant encore, l'épidémie degrippe se répand dans la ville et bient“t dans tout le pays. Quelle est l'origine de ce virus mystérieux ? Quels sont les buts de cet Institut du Nouveau Départ que vient de fonder Beau avec l'aide de la plus grosse entreprise d'informatique du monde ?Cassy, avec un petit groupe, décide de résister pour combattre ce mal venu d'ailleurs.

It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox.By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back.The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. But it's Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting betweenSMERSH's driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin.Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race uncovering a plan that could bring the West to its knees.Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly grippingadventure. Trigger Mortis is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material.This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.

Gárdnyi Géza Egri csillagok című könyvének angol nyelvű változata.

Shirley Homes is a private investigator. She is clever with computers, and knows London like the back of her hand. She laughs when people say, 'Was Sherlock Holmes your grandfather?' Sherlock Holmes, of course, was not a real person, but, like Sherlock,Shirley has good eyes, and good ears. And she knows the right questions to ask.And in the Lithuanian Case, the right questions are important. Because Shirley must find a missing person - Carrie Williams, aged fifteen. Where is she? Who is she with?

The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery, in the desert, of a small boy from another planet - the Little Prince of the title - and his stories of intergalactictravel, while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition.First published in 1943, the year before the author's death in action, this translation contains Saint-Exupery's delightful illustrations.

An icon in the world of television news, Blaise McCarthy seems to have it all: beauty, intelligence and courage. But privately there is a story she has protected for years...Blaise's daughter Salima, blinded by juvenile diabetes, lives at a year-roundboarding school. But when the school suddenly closes, she returns home to Blaise's New York apartment with her new carer, Simon. As new challenges change the way they see one another, the bond between mother and daughter deepens as never before. ThenBlaise's personal and professional worlds collide, and the well-guarded secrets of her home life are exposed. Suddenly her life is no longer perfect, but real. Can mother and daughter together learn how to face a world they can't control?