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.
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.***
'I cannot stress enough how much I loved Think Again. Readers are going to be beyond delighted' - Holly Bourne
'Enchanting, moving, meaningful, fun - thank God for Jacqueline Wilson!' - Alice Winn
No job. No love life. Perhaps it's time to THINK AGAIN.
Ellie Allard isn’t quite where she thought she'd be by her late thirties. Though she’s got her beautiful daughter, her beloved cat and the best friends anyone could wish for, her love life is non-existent and she feels like she’s been living on auto-pilot, just grateful to be able to afford the rent on her poky little flat.
But on her fortieth birthday, it seems it’s time for all that to change – whether Ellie wants it to or not. As she navigates new, exciting and often choppy waters, she’s about to discover that life will never stop surprising you – if only you let it.
She’s living a perfect life – so why does Laurence feel so torn?
Weekends in the country, weekdays in Paris – Laurence’s life features all the trappings of 1960s French bourgeoisie. She has money, a handsome husband, two daughters and a lover. She also has a successful career as an advertising copywriter, though her mind writes copy while she’s at home, and dreams of domesticity in the office.
All her life she has strived to meet the expectations of others. But when her 10-year-old daughter, Catherine, starts to vocalise her despair about the unfairness of the world, Laurence must finally grapple with a life that prizes image over truth.
Slim but powerful, this is a classic story of womanhood and its oppressors, parents and their children, and the quest for personal truth – by the iconic feminist Simone de Beauvoir.
Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural village in the north of Sweden. He is elderly and his days are punctuated by visits from his care team and his son.
Fortunately, he still has his rich memories, phone calls with his best friend Ture, and his beloved dog Sixten for company.
Only now his son is insisting the dog must be taken away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotions and makes Bo determined to resist and find his voice.
When the Cranes Fly South is a profoundly moving and life-affirming novel about one man’s desire to preserve his autonomy, the multitude of stories contained within a life, and the big things for which we have no words.
'A magical reading experience; among the most moving things I’ve ever read' No.1 internationally bestselling author Camilla Läckberg
'A book that will echo in your soul' Garth Stein, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain
‘We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I’m very pleased we have…’
It is summer. Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him with a fragile hold on reality and a hunger to connect with the mother who abandoned him. His therapist, Martin, also faces challenges, including his adopted daughter Olivia’s tenuous relationship with her biological mother. Olivia, meanwhile, is producing a radio series on natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life.
Over a year, their fates collide in outrageous and poignant ways, revealing their destinies in a new light. Parallel Lines is a novel about connection, family, love, and the cascading consequences of our choices.
From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a sizzling dark hockey romance set in a new glamorous secret world.
In a den of vipers, revenge is the deadliest venom.
They shattered my world; now, I’ll bring down theirs.
The problem? I have virtually no way to trace the puppet master.
My only lead: The Vipers.
An elite college hockey team that rules the ice—and the shadows beyond it.
To infiltrate their secret society, I set my sights on their weakest link.
Kane Davenport.
The charismatic captain and the lone green flag in a nest of serpents.
But too late, I realize I’ve enticed the most venomous snake.
Kane’s friendly façade hides a predator more dangerous than I imagined.
He quickly unveils the monster lurking beneath the surface.
A monster who lured me in only to trap me in a lethal game with no escape.
This book marks the start of a new chapter in the #Rinaverse. No other book should be listened to prior to this.
Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshamsbury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel, is drowning in debt. The only solution, according to his mother, is for him to attend his sister’s wedding and seduce a woman with money.
Will it be the French hotel heiress with a royal bloodline? The venture capital genius who passes out billions like lollipops? Or will Rufus betray his family and confess his love for his best friend and ‘girl next door’ Eden? But when a volcanic eruption burns through the nuptials and a hot mic exposes a secret tryst, the Gresham family plans – and their reputation – go up in flames, making Rufus’ choice all the more impossible.
Twenty-year-old Wren Darlington is not your ordinary Mod. She’s one of the most powerful in existence.
But her world is divided. On the Continent, being a known Modified means certain death, as the Primes—those immune to the biotoxin that nearly wiped out the population 150 years ago—want nothing more than to eliminate those who were enhanced by the toxin and developed psychic powers.
Wren has survived all these years by concealing her abilities and keeping a low profile while doing what she can to aid the rebel Uprising in fighting against the Primes’ oppressive rule. But one careless mistake places her in the crosshairs of the Continent’s military, and she is forced to join their most elite program: Silver Block. Unwittingly, her enemy has given her—and the Uprising—the perfect opportunity to strike a devastating blow from inside their ranks.
That is, if she can keep her powers hidden, survive training, and prove herself to Cross Redden, her cocky, maddeningly attractive commanding officer.
Despite the explosive chemistry between them, Wren cannot let Cross get in the way of her mission. But as war rages between Mods like her and those who aim to destroy them, emotions run high and secrets are revealed, forcing Wren to decide how far she’s willing to go to protect herself . . . and how much of the Continent is worth saving.
Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives perfecting.
In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.
‘The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself…’
Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for her mistakes by old friend Mr Knightley, it is only when Harriet starts to pursue her own love interests that Emma realises the true hidden depths of her own heart.
Delightful, engaging and entertaining, and with a dazzling gallery of characters, Emma is arguably Austen’s most well-loved social comedy.
Considered the most light-hearted and satirical of Austen’s novels, Northanger Abbey tells the story of an unlikely young heroine Catherine Morland. While staying in Bath, Catherine meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor who invite her to their family estate, Northanger Abbey. A fan of Gothic Romance novels, naive Catherine is soon letting her imagination run wild in the atmospheric abbey, fuelled by her friendship with the vivacious Isabella Thorpe.
It is only when the realities of life set in around her that Catherine’s fantastical world is shattered. A coming-of-age novel, Austen expertly parodies the Gothic romance novels of her time and reveals much about her unsentimental view of love and marriage in the eighteenth century.
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‘She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.’
Written at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Persuasion is a tale of love, heartache and the determination of one woman as she strives to reignite a lost love.
Anne Elliot is persuaded by her friends and family to reject a marriage proposal from Captain Wentworth because he lacks in fortune and rank. More than seven years later, when he returns home from the Navy, Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him, but Wentworth only appears to have eyes for a friend of Anne’s.
Moving, tender, but intrinsically ‘Austen’ in style, with it’s satirical portrayal of the vanity of society in eighteenth-century England, Persuasion celebrates enduring love and hope.
‘I pay very little regard…to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.’
Humble and lowly, a young Fanny Price goes to live with her wealthy Aunt and Uncle at their grand house, Mansfield Park. Growing up with her privileged and spoilt cousins, the Bertrams, she lives in the shadows of their glamorous lives, but manages to find an ally in her cousin, Edmund.
When Henry and Mary Crawford come to visit, the house is thrown into disarray as romance flourishes between the young people, leading Fanny to finally confront the extent of her true feelings for Edmund.
Cena decyzji bywa wyższa, niż jesteśmy gotowi zapłacić.Młody ksiądz, Krzysztof, przyjeżdża na urlop do malowniczej wioski, pragnąc uciec od duchowych wątpliwości. Wśród pól spotyka Zofię - ciekawą życia dziewczynę, której nie zdradza swojej prawdziwej tożsamości. Ich relacja szybko przeradza się w coś więcej, a pewnego gorącego dnia przekraczają granicę, której nie powinni.A szczególnie nie powinien przekraczać jej onGdy Zofia oznajmia mu, że jest w ciąży, wszystkie jego plany, wiara i przekonania zostają wystawione na próbę. Jak postąpi? Czy zostawi za sobą dotychczasowe życie i wybierze Zosię oraz ich nienarodzone dziecko? A może odwróci się i pójdzie drogą, którą wybrał przed laty?Wybór należy do niego.Ale czy którakolwiek z tych dróg pozwoli mu zaznać spokoju?
Tak wielu marzy o miłości. ale kiedy ona wreszcie przychodzi, nie zawsze jest łatwo.Kacper sądził, że o tym uczuciu wie wszystko. Żadna kobieta nigdy mu nie odmówiła spotkania. Do czasu, gdy naprawdę się zakochał. Co robić, gdy uczucie przychodzi w złym czasie? Dziadek Kacpra zakochał się miesiąc przed ślubem w innej kobiecie niż przyszła żona. Dopiero gdy tego doświadczył, zrozumiał, czym jest prawdziwa miłość. Nie odważył się stawić czoła rodzinie, odwołać przygotowanego już wesela. Całe życie tego żałował. Czy wnuk powtórzy rodzinną historię? Kacper jest w podobnej sytuacji. Nikt nie daje tej miłości szans. Krótko się znają, on ma narzeczoną. Może nie warto? A może tylko to warto?Piękna opowieść o miłości, która nie jest łatwa.
Zakończenia bywają początkiem tego, co naprawdę ważne Klęska powstania i brutalne represje torują drogę do przemian społecznych, obyczajowych i gospodarczych drugiej połowy XIX wieku. Ale ta droga nie jest łatwa - również dla rodziny Zalewskich i ich majątku w Zalesicach. Gdy posiadłość zaczyna chylić się ku upadkowi, Amelia - wbrew rodzicom, lecz za aprobatą babki - postanawia wziąć sprawy w swoje ręce i ocalić to, co kocha najbardziej. W nowej rzeczywistości próbują odnaleźć się także rodziny Jarosławskich i Siedleckich. Magdalena podejmuje trudną decyzję o samodzielnym życiu i wzięciu odpowiedzialności za siebie oraz córkę. Nie spodziewa się, że tym razem los zacznie jej sprzyjać - dając szansę nie tylko na spełnienie dawnych marzeń, ale także na odzyskanie spokoju i poczucia własnej wartości. Skrywane tajemnice wreszcie wychodzą na światło dzienne. Bohaterowie uczą się trudnej sztuki przebaczania i zbliżają się do uzyskania odpowiedzi na pytania, które dręczyły ich od lat
Czy da się śnić o szczęściu, gdy wokół płonie świat? Magdalena ponownie staje na rozdrożu. W związku z tragicznym zdarzeniem porzuca posadę guwernantki w Zalesicach i wraca do rodzinnego domu w Warszawie. Tam staje wobec wyboru między spokojem, który daje jej oddany przyjaciel, a płomieniem uczucia, którego nie potrafi zgasić. Tymczasem na ulicach Warszawy wrze. W odpowiedzi na rosyjską brankę wybuchają powstańcze walki, a terror zaborcy narasta z każdym dniem. Bohaterowie muszą dokonać wyboru: podjąć ryzyko i stanąć do bitwy czy wycofać się w imię bezpieczeństwa? Gorzkie rozczarowania, potrzeba wyrzeczeń i tęsknota za dawnym życiem doprowadzą ich do miejsc, w których nigdy nie spodziewali się znaleźć
Epicka i poruszająca opowieść, która pokazuje, jak miejsca, w których się rodzimy i dorastamy łączą nas wszystkich, nawiedzają nasze sny i sprawiają, że jesteśmy tacy, jacy jesteśmy. Lato 1932 roku. Położone nad brzegiem rzeki Gilead w Minnesocie Lincoln Indian Training School jest bezwzględnym miejscem, gdzie uczą się rdzenne amerykańskie dzieci, przymusowo oddzielone od swoich rodziców. W szkole tej mieszka Odie OBanion, sierota, którego wybryki ściągają na niego gniew władz szkoły. Wreszcie po popełnieniu straszliwego przestępstwa, Odie i Albert są zmuszeni uciekać wraz z ich najlepszym przyjacielem Mosesem, niemym młodzieńcem pochodzącym z plemienia Siuksów. Zabierają ze sobą również dziewczynkę, Emmy, i uciekają razem w kanu. Podczas jednego niezapomnianego lata czwórka sierot podróżuje w nieznane, spotykając plejadę barwnych postaci i kierując się w stronę wspaniałej rzeki Missisipi w poszukiwaniu miejsca, które będą mogli nazwać domem.
Książka wydana w serii Wielkie Litery – w specjalnym formacie z dużą czcionką dla seniorów i osób słabowidzących.
Upalny czerwiec 1963 roku. Słońce rozlewa się po wrocławskich ulicach. Mieszkańcy zaczynają snuć wakacyjne plany, a kąpieliska już za chwilę będą pełne plażowiczów.
I tylko sygnały karetek słychać jakby częściej niż zazwyczaj…
Gdy Wrocław znienacka staje się ogniskiem czarnej ospy, życie doktor Alicji Surowiec w jednej chwili wkracza na nowy tor. Jako świeżo mianowana szefowa szpitala epidemicznego musi zrobić wszystko, co w jej mocy, by opanować rozprzestrzenianie się choroby.
Walka z zarazą w odizolowanym mieście okazuje się jednak bardziej nieobliczalna, niż ktokolwiek mógł przypuszczać. Gdy śmiercionośny wirus zbiera żniwo, życie uparcie przynosi coraz więcej niespodzianek.
Czy w tak trudnym czasie można jeszcze myśleć o miłości?
Opowieść inspirowana prawdziwą historią bohaterskich kobiet walczących z epidemią czarnej ospy we Wrocławiu w 1963 roku.
Music is what makes us alive, mindful and connected to each other. Music is what makes us human. This is the power of music.
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason knows and feels the transformative power of music as much as any musician alive. From winning the prestigious BBC Young Musician Award to performing at Harry and Meghan’s wedding; from Bach’s solo suites to Bob Marley’s reggae; his ferocious passion shines through in every single performance, whether in a packed-out concert hall or on record.
But how was it that someone like him – a person of colour, from a state school in Nottingham – rose to the upper echelons of the classical music world? What were the obstacles that he had to overcome, what did he learn along the way, and how could a young person follow in his footsteps today?
In The Power of Music, Sheku explores the experiences and values that led him here, from a childhood of football practice and family music sessions, to his work today in the world’s finest concert halls and in the less privileged communities that surround them. As his star continues to rise, he shows us the darker side of an industry ruled by exclusivity and stubborn adherence to tradition.
With its power to transform our mental and physical health, to effect social change, and to make a house a home, Sheku shows us that classical music is for everyone, not just an elite few. The Power of Music is a celebration of music of all sorts and those who make it, and a rallying call to change.
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