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.
Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised. Known for the brutal act of killing her own children to exact vengeance on her deceitful husband, Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, Medea has carved out a singularly infamous niche in our histories.
But what if that isn’t the full story?
The daughter of a sea nymph and the granddaughter of a Titan, Medea is a paradox. She is at once rendered compelling by virtue of the divinity that flows through her bloodline and made powerless by the fact of her being a woman. As a child, she intuitively submerges herself in witchcraft and sorcery but soon finds her skills may not be a match for the prophecies that hang over her entire family like a shroud.
As Medea comes into her own as a woman and a witch, she also faces the arrival of the hero Jason, preordained by the gods to be not only her husband but also her lifeline to escape her isolated existence. Medea travels the treacherous seas with the Argonauts, battles demons she has never imagined, and falls in love with the man who may ultimately be her downfall in this fresh and propulsive “must-have” (Library Journal, starred review) read in which you will finally hear Medea’s side of the story through a fresh and feminist lens.
Summer is in full swing when Daisy drives back into Wynmouth in her almost-clapped-out car, having left both her most recent job and the man her parents thought she was going to marry. Coming home could be just what she needs to move her life on.
At Wynbrook Manor, things are in disarray. Owner Algy isn’t getting any younger, and Daisy’s mum Janet, housekeeper at the manor, spends her days running around after him, while Daisy’s dad Robin, the gardener, has been let down by the person he had lined up to take care of the new cut-flower garden.
As Daisy tries to find her place at Wynbrook and in the village, she’s drawn to summer visitor Josh. But when he turns out to be not the person he appears to be, will the spark between them fizzle out? And with it, the chances of this turning into the best summer ever?
Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he doesn’t have to keep faking his way through this lonely life. After a devastating day, Paz decides he’s done waiting around for Death-Cast. If they say he’s not dying, he’ll just have to prove them wrong. But right before Paz can die, a boy saves his life.
Alano Rosa is heir to the Death-Cast empire that encourages everyone to live their best lives, but he doesn’t feel in control of his own existence thanks to his father. And with a violent organisation called the Death Guard threatening Alano, his End Day might be closer than he thinks. It’s time to live.
Fate brings Paz and Alano together. But they must survive the tragic trials ahead so no one dies at the end.
This book contains themes that some readers may find difficult.
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize
“Neneh is cool, Neneh is wise, Neneh is a legend. Her memoir is a treasure. I loved it.” —Zadie Smith
This vibrant memoir from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry offers an inside look at her fascinating career and is “a living testament to artistic invention and the people who are driven by it” (The Guardian).
Born in Sweden in 1964, Neneh Cherry’s father Ahmadu was a musician from Sierra Leone. Her mother, Moki, was a twenty-one-year-old Swedish textile artist. Her parents split up just after Neneh was born, and not long afterwards Moki met and fell in love with acclaimed jazz musician Don Cherry. Eventually, the strong pull New York City in the 1970s drew him them there, but they made a home wherever they traveled. Neneh and her brother Eagle-Eye experienced a life of creativity, freedom, and, of course, music.
In A Thousand Threads, Neneh takes readers from the charming old schoolhouse in the woods of Sweden where she grew up, to the village in Sierra Leone that was birthplace of her biological father, to the early punk scene in London and New York, to finding her identity with her stepfather’s family in Watts, California. Neneh has lived an extraordinary life of connectivity and creativity and she recounts in intimate detail how she burst onto the scene as a teenager in the punk band The Slits, and went on to release her first album in 1989 with a worldwide hit single “Buffalo Stance.”
Neneh’s inspiring and deeply compelling memoir both celebrates female empowerment and shines a light on the global music scene—and is perfect for anyone interested in the artistic life in all its forms.
The must-read BL webtoon by DOYAK is now in print! In this mature-rated drama, three men collide in a tangled web of love, power, and crime.
When a chance encounter brings earnest photographer Jo into the orbit of the aloof and gorgeous Ian, Jo falls hard. An undeniable attraction simmers between them, and Jo is determined to break through Ian’s indifferent façade. But Ian’s life isn’t made for romance. As he works to free himself from his past life as a high-profile member of a dangerous gang — and from TJ, his on-again, off-again lover — a power struggle threatens to erupt within the crime syndicate. If Ian isn’t careful, events might spiral out of control, dragging him back into a world of corruption and murder.
Volume 1 collects episodes 1–13 of the webcomic Wet Sand.
The leadership manual Tony Blair wishes he had when he became prime minister, with personal insights and global examples that show aspiring leaders how to go from talking about change to making change.
Sir Tony Blair learnt the precepts of governing the hard way: by leading a country for over ten years. In that time he came to understand that there were certain key characteristics of successful government that he wished he had known when he started.
Now Sir Tony has written the manual on political leadership that he would have wanted back in 1997, sharing the insights he has gained from his personal experience and from observing other world leaders at first hand, both while he was in office and since, through his Institute’s work with political leaders and governments globally.
Written in short, pithy chapters, packed with examples drawn from all forms of political systems from around the world, the books answers the key questions: How should a leader organize the center of government and his or her own office? How should he or she prioritize and develop the right plan and hire the right personnel, cope with unforeseen events and crises, and balance short-term wins with long-term structural change? What’s the best way to deal with an obstructive or inert bureaucracy, to attract investment, to reform healthcare or education, and to ensure security for the citizen? And how should governments harness the massive opportunities of the 21st-century technological revolution?
This is a masterclass on leadership in general, and political leadership in particular, from a master statesman.
Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love – the Greek tale of Hades and Persephone gets a romantic modern update in the gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning Lore Olympus, including a brand new bonus short story!
"You have no authority here.”
Revelations rock Olympus as Persephone’s trial ends, threatening to throw the gods into a new war.
Though Persephone and Hades become closer than ever after she opens up to him about all she has endured, their peace is shattered when another truth is revealed: Apollo is Zeus’s son. The announcement shocks the pantheon, and the king of the gods realizes that the would-be usurper wants Persephone’s power to take the throne.
Zeus banishes Persephone to the Mortal Realm and, out of fear, cuts it off entirely from the rest of the gods. This decree succeeds in undercutting Apollo’s plan, but also inadvertently begins a decade-long divine cold war when Hades strikes back by shuttering the Underworld. With the gods scattered and weakened, Kronos uses the ensuing bedlam to finally escape his imprisonment and begin staging his own coup.
Persephone has only one choice when she discovers all the realms on the verge of collapse: Descend into the Underworld to try to defeat the power-hungry Titan, claim her rightful place as queen, and reunite with her one true love.
This edition of Smythe’s original Eisner Award–winning webcomic Lore Olympus features a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe and brings the Greek pantheon into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.
This volume collects episodes 180–206 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.
This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives - all connected by a single drop of water. A dazzling feat of storytelling from one of the greatest writers of our time, Elif Shafak's "There are Rivers in the Sky" is a rich, sweeping novel that spans centuries, continents and cultures, entwined by rivers, rains, and waterdrops.
In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position.
What begins as simple amusement for the nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen―and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor.
Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive―even if that means enlisting the help of Guillén Santángel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.
In 2009, Simon Sinek ignited a movement to help people find a greater sense of purpose at work and added a new word to the lexicon of business: WHY. People and companies now regularly talk about their WHY. Sinek’s videos have been seen by over a billion people around the world, including more than 65 million who’ve watched his TED Talk based on Start with Why.
Sinek starts with a fundamental question: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over?
Start With Why shows that the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way— and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common but they inspired people, not with WHAT they did...but with WHY they did it.
Sinek provides a simple framework that inspires people to build organizations and lead movements in a more powerful and effective way. And it all starts with WHY.
With a new foreword touching on the importance of holding onto our WHY in a distracted age, new examples, and original stories updated, this 15th anniversary edition celebrates a simple but transformative idea that has changed the way we think about leadership and legacy.
"To miał być najpiękniejszy dzień w życiu Kaliny chwila to już chyba było, nie? Nie szkodzi! Kalina przygotowuje się do ślubu z Markiem i robi wszystko, aby tym razem uniknąć weselnego pecha. Wszystko przebiega idealnie do momentu, kiedy pan młody nie stawia się przed ołtarzem. To komplikuje dosyć solidnie całe Kalinowe zamążpójście. Dziewczyna wyrusza na poszukiwanie zaginionego narzeczonego i trafia do domu pewnego gangstera. Na miejscu przekonuje się, że niedoszły mąż nie dość, że o ślubie wcale nie myśli, to jeszcze w ogóle jej nie poznaje. Nie z Kaliną takie numery! Jak daleko posunie się zakochana kobieta, aby odzyskać mężczyznę swojego życia i doprowadzić go przed ołtarz?"
Wczoraj największy wróg.Rowan Roth i Neil McNair przez całe liceum byli zaciekłymi rywalami. Egzaminy, wybory do samorządu, debaty każde spotkanie było walką o pozycję. W ostatni dzień szkoły Rowan pragnie tylko jednego: pokonać Neila po raz ostatni. Dzisiaj nieoczekiwany sojusznik.Kiedy Neil zostaje ogłoszony prymusem roku, Rowan widzi swoją ostatnią szansę na zwycięstwo musi wygrać grę terenową, w organizację której zaangażowane jest całe miasto. Gdy okazuje się, że inne drużyny chcą ich wyeliminować, Rowan i Neil muszą zacząć działać razem. Jutro ktoś wyjątkowy.Wspólna noc pełna przygód sprawia, że Rowan zaczyna dostrzegać w Neilu coś więcej niż tylko wkurzającego kujona z klasy. Może ich rywalizacja zawsze była czymś więcej? Może chłopak, którego tak długo nienawidziła, jest tym, którego szukała? "
To nie jest kolejna bajka o szczęśliwym zakończeniu. To historia kobiety, która kochała za bardzo, przetrwała zbyt wiele i nauczyła się żyć od nowa. "W blasku cieni" to poruszająca opowieść o toksycznej miłości, manipulacji i wyzwoleniu. Dla wszystkich, którzy chcą odzyskać głos i odnaleźć siebie.Angelika Lasek - autorka poruszających powieści o sile kobiet, które przeszły przez piekło toksycznych relacji. Pisze szczerze, odważnie i bez upiększeń. Swoje historie opiera na własnych doświadczeniach i życiowych obserwacjach. Prywatnie miłośniczka muzyki, sportu i podróży. "W blasku cieni" to jej literacki debiut - pełen emocji, prawdy i nadziei.
Siedem dni, które zmienią wszystko.Sycylijskie słońce, błękitne morze i pozornie beztroskie wakacje w nadmorskim hotelu. Jednak każdy z gości przybywa z bagażem - nie tylko wypełnionym letnimi strojami.Roma przyjeżdża z ukochanym mężczyzną, nieświadoma, że za kilka dni odkryje prawdę, która zburzy wszystko, w co dotąd wierzyła. Chiara, każdego ranka, tuż przed świtem, ucieka na pustą plażę, by w samotności zmierzyć się z myślami o śmierci. Stanisław wie, że niektórych rzeczy nie da się już naprawić. Lena po raz pierwszy w życiu czuje, że może być szczęśliwa, ale czy to uczucie przetrwa powrót do rzeczywistości?Cztery osoby. Cztery historie. Cztery spojrzenia na życie. Siedem dni, które każdego z nich zmienią na zawsze.Poruszająca opowieść o sile, która rodzi się w najtrudniejszych momentach. O przyjaźni dojrzewającej w cieniu tragedii i o tym, że czasem trzeba wszystko stracić, by odnaleźć siebie.Tomasz Sablik, ur. w 1988 roku w Bielsku-Białej, gdzie mieszka do dziś. Autor powieści: Mój dom (2024), Przypadłość (2022), Lęk (2021), Winda (2020), Próba sił (2019, 2024). Introwertyk, najlepiej czujący się we własnym domu. Lubi zaglądać do ludzkich umysłów i przelewać swoje obserwacje na papier.
A jeśli największa prawda o Tobie… to ta, że potrafisz kochać? Chloe od lat kończy związki szybciej, niż zdążą zacząć się na poważnie. Nie dlatego, że nie chce miłości, ale nie potrafi inaczej. Kiedy wszystkie znaki na niebie i ziemi mówią, że chłopak zamierza jej się oświadczyć, porzuca go i wyjeżdża do rodzinnej Irlandii. Tylko mieszkająca tam ukochana ciotka Sorcha może ją zrozumieć. Szybko okazuje się, że kobiety oprócz więzów krwi, łączy skłonność do fatalnych zauroczeń. Sorcha wyjawia Chloe swój największy sekret. Historię miłości do chłopaka, który wyjechał przed laty za ocean, a ona nigdy potem nie pokochała już nikogo innego. Chloe postanawia odnaleźć dawnego ukochanego Sorchy. Wylatuje do Teksasu, mając tylko szczątkowe informacje, karty tarota i intuicję. Skoro ona nie może zaznać szczęścia, może chociaż da komuś innemu szansę, której sama nigdy nie miała. Zwierciadła to kontynuacja Masek Melki Kowal (@s0ymel). To nieodkładalna historia rozdzierająca serce na kawałki po to, by potem delikatnie złożyć je na nowo. Opowieść o tym, że czasem trzeba zrobić coś kompletnie irracjonalnego, żeby odnaleźć sens, samą siebie, a może czasem miłość? „Melka Kowal stworzyła powieść na miarę światowego bestselleru. To romans idealny na wakacje. Książka porusza ważne tematy, ale jednocześnie zachowuje lekkość, ciepło i humor. Pokochałam historię Chloe całym sercem!” Kamila Kolińska Zocharett „Nareszcie doczekałam się historii ulubionej Chloe! Jest dojrzalej. Pełniej. I bezbrzeżnie wzruszająco. Melka z charakterystyczną dla siebie swadą i inteligentnym dowcipem zagrała na nosie sceptykom, którzy w powieści obyczajowej upatrują jedynie łzawego czytadła. Popełniła bowiem błyskotliwą, emanującą charyzmą romantyczno-komediową historię w iście międzynarodowym stylu! I wycisnęła ze mnie wszystkie łzy… W tym momencie stałam się największą fanką autorki.” Małgorzata Tinc, ladymargot.pl Odnajdziecie w Zwierciadłach wiele odcieni miłości: piękną relację rodzinną, rodzącą się bliskość dwóch, zranionych dusz, ale też uczucie, które było silniejsze od dzielących ich kilometrów i lat. Wzruszycie się, uśmiechniecie, a finalnie ta historia zostanie w Waszych sercach na długo. Natalia Miśkowiec @prostymislowami
On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and three British citizens.
A tense six-day siege ensued as millions gathered around screens across the country to witness the longest news flash in British television history, in which police negotiators and psychiatrists sought a bloodless end to the standoff, while the SAS – hitherto an organisation shrouded in secrecy – laid plans for a daring rescue mission: Operation Nimrod.
Drawing on unpublished source material, exclusive interviews with the SAS, and testimony from witnesses including hostages, negotiators, intelligence officers and the on-site psychiatrist, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes readers on a gripping journey from the years and weeks of build-up on both sides, to the minute-by-minute account of the siege and rescue.
Recreating the dramatic conversations between negotiators and hostages, the cutting-edge intelligence work happening behind-the-scenes, and the media frenzy around this moment of international significance, The Siege is the remarkable story of what really happened on those fateful six days, and the first full account of a moment that forever changed the way the nation thought about the SAS – and itself.
At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Inspired by the activists, artists and lawmakers of the young ‘Rights of Nature’ movement, Macfarlane takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.
Is a River Alive? flows like water from the mountains to the sea, over three major journeys:
The first is to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened with destruction by gold-mining.
The second is to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is under way.
The third is to north-eastern Quebec, where a spectacular wild river – the Mutehekau or Magpie – is being defended from death by damming in a river-rights campaign.
Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream who rises a mile from Macfarlane’s house, and flows through his own years and days.
Passionate, immersive and revelatory, Is a River Alive? is at once Macfarlane’s most personal and most political book to date. It is a book that will open hearts, spark debates and challenge perspectives. Lit throughout by other minds and voices, it invites us radically to reimagine not only rivers but also life itself. At the centre of this vital, beautiful book is the recognition that our fate flows with that of rivers – and always has.
Some secrets are best left in the dark... A gothic mystery with an immersive setting and strong heroine at its heart
London, 1833
Doctress Hester Reeves has been offered a life-changing commission.
But it comes at a price. She must leave behind her husband and their canal-side home in Kings Cross and move to Tall Trees – a dark and foreboding house in Fitzrovia.
If Hester can cure the ailing health of its owner, Gervaise Cherville, she will receive payment that will bring her everything she could dream of.
But on arriving at Tall Trees, Hester quickly discovers that an even bigger task awaits her. Now she must unearth secrets that have lain hidden for decades – including one that will leave Hester’s own life forever changed…
‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’
1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward – a man of strict principles and high Christian values.
But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary’s life is suddenly changed.
Her new stepmother comes from a large, happy and sociable family and Fanny’s sisters become Mary’s first friends. Her aunt, Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton, is especially kind. Her brothers are not only amusing, but handsome and charming.
And as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in particular.
Soon, they are deeply in love and determined to marry. They expect no opposition. After all, each is from a good family and has known the other for some years.
It promises to be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way?
Hugo Hunter was the most celebrated gay novelist of the 20th century. He published two masterpieces, securing his place alongside the dazzling literary greats of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and rubbing shoulders with everyone from Truman Capote to James Baldwin, Gore Vidal and George Orwell.But after decades of fame and excess, just as New York City enters the 1980s and awakes to the coming horror of AIDS, Hugo finds himself running out of money. Out of nowhere, he receives an extraordinary lifeline: an offer from his longtime publisher. Two million dollars, for a memoir and a new novel.The money will solve all his problems – except for one thing. Hugo Hunter is an imposter. He stole both of his novels. Now, how far will he go to produce a third?
At once dark, moving and deliciously vicious, OBJECTS OF DESIRE traverses the 20th century, featuring an astonishing cast of characters. It is both a colourful glimpse into the lives of the cultural elite, and a tense, gripping story of betrayal, deceit, and literary fraud.***
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