Ta kategoria dedykowana jest współczesnym czytelniczkom literatury kobiecej. Bardzo szeroki wybór romansów, kryminałów, powieści obyczajowe, poruszająca literatura kobieca, erotyki, harlequiny polskich i zagranicznych autorów. Każda lubiąca czytać kobieta znajdzie coś szczególnego dla siebie.
Polecamy literaturę Sergiusza Piaseckiego, Stanisława Srokowskiego, Diany Palmer czy w końcu Blanki Lipińskiej.
A special edition of The Provincial Lady by E. M. Delafield reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. The Provincial Lady should lead a charmed, upper-middle class life in her Devonshire village but with a husband reluctant to do anything but doze behind The Times, mischievous children and trying servants, it's a challenge keeping up appearances on an inadequate income, particularly in front of the infuriating and haughty Lady Boxe. Delightfully witty, the Provincial Lady was the Bridget Jones of the 1930s, documenting the chaotic peculiarities of everyday life with wonderful wit and humour. This abridged edition takes the very best extracts from her first two `diaries' and presents them as one brilliantly comic novel.
This Was a Man is the seventh and final, captivating instalment of the Clifton Chronicles from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer.This Was a Man opens with a shot being fired, but who pulled the trigger, and who lives and who dies?In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife Karin from the Cabinet Secretary. Is she a spy or a pawn in a larger game?Harry Clifton sets out to write his magnum opus, while his wife Emma completes her ten years as Chairman of the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and receives an unexpected call from Margaret Thatcher offering her a job.Sebastian Clifton becomes chairman of Farthings Kaufman bank after Hakim Bishara resigns for personal reasons. Sebastian and his wife Samantha's talented daughter, Jessica, is expelled from the Slade School of Fine Art, but her aunt Grace comes to her rescue.Lady Virginia is about to flee the country to avoid her creditors when the Duchess of Hertford dies, and sees another opportunity to clear her debts and finally trump the Cliftons and the Barringtons.In a devastating twist, tragedy engulfs the Clifton family when one of them receives a shocking diagnosis that will throw all their lives into turmoil.
The House of New Beginnings is a moving and uplifting novel from bestselling author Lucy Diamond.One life-changing summer . . . In an elegant Regency house near the Brighton seafront, three tenants have more in common than they know . . . A shocking revelation has led Rosa to start over as a sous chef. The work is gruelling but it's a distraction . . . until she comes up against the stroppy teenager next door who challenges her lifestyle choices. What if Rosa's passion for food could lead her to more interesting places?Having followed her childhood sweetheart down south, Georgie is busily carving out a new career in journalism. Throwing herself into the city's delights is fun, but before she knows it she's sliding headlong into all kinds of trouble . . . Nursing a devastating loss, Charlotte just wants to keep her head down. But Margot, the glamorous older lady on the top floor, has other ideas. Like it or not, Charlotte must confront the outside world, and the possibilities it still holds. As the women find each other, hope surfaces, friendships blossom and a whole new chapter unfolds for them all.
*Tell Tale, the New Short Story Collection from the Master Storyteller is out soon* From the superb Jeffrey Archer, The Prodigal Daughter is the magnificent story of love and politics. It is the enthralling sequel to the global phenomenon Kane and Abel, described by The Times as a 'classic novel of modern literature'. Hers was the ultimate ambition . . . The titanic battle between two men obsessed with destroying each other follows on to the next generation. Florentyna Rosnovski, Abel's daughter, inherits all of her father's drive, but none of his wealth.A woman gifted with beauty and spirit, but above all with indomitable will, she sets out in pursuit of an ambition that dwarfs both Kane and Abel, as she battles for the highest office of all . . .
A special edition of Savages by Shirley Conran reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. Five pampered wives accompany their high-powered husbands to an exotic island, expecting to stay aboard their luxury yacht whilst a lucrative mining deal is struck inland. But when a coup breaks out and their spouses are captured by terrorists the women are forced ashore, and left to fend for themselves in the jungle . . . As misfortune rains down on the castaways they must battle jungle, cannibalistic natives and their own frightening desires in order to survive. But can this group of spoilt women summon the wits, strength and courage to make it alone?Desperate Housewives meets Lord of the Flies in this riveting bestseller by the author of Lace.
Danielle Steel tackles major political scandal and a power crisis in the White House in her gripping bestseller, Dangerous Games.TV journalist Alix Phillips is always willing to put herself on the frontline for her job. All that matters is getting the story.After a personal tragedy, only her beloved mother and daughter are allowed to get close. And her cameraman, Ben. Neither of them fears death - it's love that is more terrifying.When Alix's boss suspects a major political scandal in the White House involving the Vice-President, he sends Alix to uncover the truth. This story could blow the corridors of power wide open, and this time Alix is feeling the heat. But when Alix receives some shocking news, she must make a decision about where real happiness lies. Those she loves are at risk.For someone who was never scared, Alix now realises that the time has come to play some very Dangerous Games.
*Tell Tale, the New Short Story Collection from the Master Storyteller is out soon* Jeffrey Archer's Kane and Abel was a global phenomenon when it was first released, selling over one million copies in its first week of sale, and it has captivated readers worldwide ever since.They had only one thing in common . . . William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant - two men born on the same day on opposite sides of the world, their paths destined to cross in the ruthless struggle to build a fortune.Kane and Abel is the marvellous story, spanning sixty years, of two powerful men linked by an all-consuming hatred, brought together by fate to save . . . and finally destroy . . . each other.Jeffrey Archer's international bestseller is followed by the enthralling sequel, The Prodigal Daughter.
Mightier than the Sword opens with an IRA bomb exploding during the MV Buckingham's maiden voyage across the Atlantic - but how many passengers lose their lives? When Harry Clifton visits his publisher in New York, he learns that he has been elected as the new president of English PEN, and immediately launches a campaign for the release of a fellow author, Anatoly Babakov, who's imprisoned in Siberia. Babakov's crime? Writing a book called Uncle Joe, a devastating insight into what it was like to work for Stalin. So determined is Harry to see Babakov released and the book published, that he puts his own life in danger.His wife Emma, chairman of Barrington Shipping, is facing the repercussions of the IRA attack on the Buckingham. Some board members feel she should resign, and Lady Virginia Fenwick will stop at nothing to cause Emma's downfall.Sir Giles Barrington is now a minister of the Crown, and looks set for even higher office, until an official trip to Berlin does not end as a diplomatic success. Once again, Giles's political career is thrown off balance by none other than his old adversary, Major Alex Fisher, who once again stands against him at the election. But who wins this time?In London, Harry and Emma's son, Sebastian, is quickly making a name for himself at Farthing's Bank in London, and has proposed to the beautiful young American, Samantha. But the despicable Adrian Sloane, a man interested only in his own advancement and the ruin of Sebastian, will stop at nothing to remove his rival.Jeffrey Archer's compelling Clifton Chronicles continue in this, his most accomplished novel to date. With all the trademark twists and turns that have made him one of the world's most popular authors, the spellbinding story of the Clifton and the Barrington families continues.
A Richard and Judy Book Club pick, a Radio 2 Book Club Choice - and the novel of the summer.Tess and Gus are meant to be. They just haven't met properly yet. And perhaps they never will . . . Today is the first day of the rest of your life is the motto on a plate in the kitchen at home, and Tess can't get it out of her head, even though she's in Florence for a final, idyllic holiday before university. Gus and his parents are also on holiday in Florence - and, for one day, the paths of these two eighteen-year-olds will criss-cross before they each return to England. Over the course of the next sixteen years, life and love will offer them very different challenges. Separated by distance and chance, there's no way the two of them are ever going to meet each other properly . . . or is there?Get to know Tess and Gus in Kate Eberlen's first novel, Miss You, perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Jojo Moyes.
A special edition of It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. Ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby, recently qualified vet James Herriot is acclimatizing to life with his unpredictable colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon. But veterinary practice in the 1930s was never going to be easy, and there are challenges on the horizon, from persuading his clients to let him use his 'modern' equipment, to becoming an uncle to a pig called Nugent. Throw in his first encounters with Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, and this year looks to be as eventful as the last . . .Heart-breaking and hilarious in equal measure, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet is James Herriot's brilliant memoir of life as a country vet and the story behind the much loved television series and film, All Creatures Great and Small.
A special edition of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Civil War, Margaret Mitchell's magnificent historical epic is an unforgettable tale of love and loss, of a nation mortally divided and a people forever changed. Above all, it is the story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett O'Hara and the dashing soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler.Since its first publication in 1936, Gone with the Wind has endured as a story for all our times and was immortalised in the 1939 film starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.
Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia.Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy?Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot.Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a workaholic, whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls for Priya, a beautiful Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry. Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting to bring him and his chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over Farthings. Harry Clifton remains determined to get Anatoly Babakov released from a gulag in Siberia, following the international success of his acclaimed book, Uncle Joe. But then something unexpected happens that none of them could have anticipated.Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles and, like the five previous novels - all of which went to number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list - showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling with his trademark twists.
A special edition of England, Their England by A. G. Macdonell reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary. Banished from his native Scotland by a curious clause in his father's will, Donald Cameron moves to London and decides to conduct a study of the English people; a strange race who, he is told, have built an entire national identity around a reverence for team spirit and the memory of Lord Nelson . . . What follows is one of the funniest social satires ever written. Whether Cameron is haplessly participating in a village cricket match, being shown around an exclusive golf course, or trying to watch a rugby match in the thick London fog, his affectionately bemused portrait of his new countrymen is a joy to read. Reminiscent of the gentle wit of P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome K. Jerome, England, Their England offers a delightful portrait of Britain in the 1920s.
City of Friends is the number one bestselling twentieth novel from the highly acclaimed author, Joanna Trollope.She glanced at her phone again. There were appeals from the girls, from her colleagues, a text from Steve reading with uncharacteristic imperiousness, 'Call me.' She couldn't. She couldn't call anyone . . . She leaned forward, gripping the edge of the bench, and stared at the ground. God, she thought, am I losing my mind? Is this what happens when you lose your job?The day Stacey Grant loses her job feels like the last day of her life. Or at least, the only life she'd ever known. For who was she if not a City high-flyer, Senior Partner at one of the top private equity firms in London?As Stacey starts to reconcile her old life with the new - one without professional achievements or meetings, but instead, long days at home with her dog and ailing mother, waiting for her successful husband to come home - she at least has The Girls to fall back on. Beth, Melissa and Gaby. The girls, now women, had been best friends from the early days of university right through their working lives, and for all the happiness and heartbreaks in between.But these career women all have personal problems of their own, and when Stacey's redundancy forces a betrayal to emerge that was supposed to remain secret, their long cherished friendships will be pushed to their limits . . .
Stella Douglas odkrywa rodzinną tajemnicę. Przed 16 laty jej uznawana za zmarłą matka Olivia uciekła z domu. Stella wyrusza w fascynującą podróż po Europie, Afryce i Bliskim
Wschodzie z nadzieją, że uda się jej odnaleźć matkę żywą. Jedyną wskazówką są czarne perły z magicznego naszyjnika lady Olivii. Za każdą z nich kryje się zaskakująca historia.
Stella odwiedza Dolinę Motyli na wyspie Rodos. Jest absolutnie zachwycona ich skrzącymi się w słońcu kolorowymi skrzydłami oraz uspokajającym szumem, jaki słychać w tym miejscu. Jest jak w transie i czuje się niczym w raju. Nigdy nie widziała czegoś tak pięknego!
Gdy wreszcie opuszcza dolinę, tuż za zakrętem staje oko w oko z zaskakującą prawdą...
Kiedy otworzyła oczy, to, co zobaczyła, wyrwało ją z otępienia i rozpaczy. Poniżej rozciągała się dolinka, a w niej w powietrzu wirowały setki, tysiące motyli. Ich kolorowe skrzydełka lśniły w blasku słońca. Z fascynacją patrzyła w dół, a potem jak w transie ruszyła po skałach, aż stanęła na miękkim podłożu w dolinie. Nie widziała już niczego poza kolorowymi,
roztańczonymi stworzonkami. Czuła, że porywają ją do swojej kolorowej afirmacji życia.
E L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe. Their scorching, sensual affair ended in heartbreak and recrimination, but Christian Grey cannot get Anastasia Steele out of his mind, or his blood. Determined to win her back, he tries to suppress his darkest desires and his need for complete control, and to love Ana on her own terms. But the horrors of his childhood still haunt him, and Ana's scheming boss, Jack Hyde, clearly wants her for himself. Can Christian's confidant and therapist, Dr. Flynn, help him face down his demons? Or will the possessiveness of Elena, his seducer, and the deranged devotion of Leila, his former submissive, drag Christian down into the past? And if Christian does win Ana back, can a man so dark and damaged ever hope to keep her?
Opowiadania Mikołaja Gogola należą do arcydzieł literatury rosyjskiej i do ścisłego kanonu literatury światowej. W tomie znajdują się najsławniejsze opowiadania Gogola: Nos, Płaszcz i Wij. Czytelnik odnajdzie w tych krótkich utworach najistotniejsze cechy literackiego kunsztu, który wyniósł rosyjskiego pisarza do rangi mistrza komedii obyczajowej i satyrycznych utworów o życiu mniej lub bardziej zwykłych ludzi. Wciągający styl i niezwykłe poczucie humoru przyczynią się do przyjemności czytania tych drobnych, ale jakże magnetyzujących tekstów. Opowiadania Gogola wywarły ogromny wpływ na rozwój groteski i prozy fabularnej w literaturze rosyjskiej i światowej.
Stary dom, tajemnica sprzed lat i mgła, w której trudno oddzielić prawdę od przywidzenia. To nie jest thriller ani kryminał. To coś znacznie mocniejszego. To siła znakomitej literatury.Mogłoby się wydawać, że chodzi o zwykłą sąsiedzką przysługę. Frank musi zawieźć żonę do szpitala. Prosi więc właściciela pobliskiego domu, aby ten przez kilka godzin zaopiekował się jego dziećmi. Minna i Andreas zostają pod opieką Johannesa, a państwo Lehmanowie odjeżdżają. I na zawsze znikają bez śladu.Wiele lat później, po śmierci Johannesa, jego wychowanek ponownie zjawia się na wyspie. Wraz z trzaskiem starego zamka we frontowych drzwiach Andreas powraca do wydarzeń, o których pamiętają już tylko nieliczni mieszkańcy. Także ci od lat obserwujący wszystko z okien posiadłości tajemniczych Kaufmannów, niegdysiejszych właścicieli wyspy, których wielu podejrzewa o kolaborację z nazistamiPoszukiwanie tożsamości, niejasna przeszłość i milczenie, które najsilniej łączy ludzi mających coś do ukrycia. Niepokojąca atmosfera, precyzyjnie budowane napięcie, konsekwentnie dawkowane emocje, a wszystko w pełnym niedomówień świecie mieszkańców małej wysypy u wybrzeża Norwegii. Nowa powieść autora bestsellerów Biedni ludzie z miasta Łodzi oraz Wybrańcy.
Stach stwierdza, że w kraju potrzebna jest bezwzględna rewolucja, która… wymaga ofiar.
Atmosfera w Mieście Kata jest duszna jak za dawnych lat. Środowisko tamtejszej bohemy przesycone jest melancholią i poczuciem kresu egzystencji. Młody pisarz Ignacy wraca do miasta po śmierci swojej żony, oddając się przyjemności alkoholowego zatracenia i samotności. Po pewnym czasie poznaje młodego studenta prawa, Stacha, który pod wpływem tajemniczego kloszarda radykalizuje się, chcąc dokonać przewrotu politycznego w kraju targanym społeczną frustracją. Wkrótce, porywając za sobą tłumy, okaże się jedną z najniebezpieczniejszych osób w państwie. Stach, kierowany romantycznymi pobudkami, stwierdza, że w kraju potrzebna jest bezwzględna rewolucja, która… wymaga ofiar. Zaczyna wcielać w życie swój obłąkańczy plan… Stach stwierdza, że w kraju potrzebna jest bezwzględna rewolucja, która… wymaga ofiar.
Powieść z literackim pazurem! Po książce Piękno to bolesna rana opowieści o kobietach, ofiarach męskiego pożądania w ręce polskich czytelników trafia wreszcie najsłynniejsza powieść Eki Kurniawana. To właśnie Człowiek tygrys zapewnił Indonezyjczykowi nominację do Nagrody Bookera oraz zwycięstwo w plebiscycie na książkę roku Financial Times.Wszystko zaczyna się od morderstwa, które wstrząsa życiem małego miasteczka, położonego na indonezyjskim wybrzeżu. Oto Margio, młody mężczyzna o raczej nieposzlakowanej opinii, zabija znacznie starszego lokalnego artystę. Robi to w wyjątkowo niespotykany sposób zaciskając zęby na szyi ofiary. Nic nie jest jednak takie, jak mogłoby się wydawać. Margio nosi w sobie bowiem pewną tajemnicęMagiczna i brutalna zarazem. Traktująca onirycznie o najprzyziemniejszych namiętnościach. Powieść, którą Kurniawan mocno zaznacza swoją obecność na międzynarodowej scenie literackiej.Pisarstwo Kurniawana stawia go w jednym szeregu z największymi nazwiskami literatury. The Guardian
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