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.
The compelling and heartrending new novel from the award-winning author of Norwegian By Night and How To Find Your Way In The Dark
We will lie, cheat, steal, fight, sin... Whatever it takes to survive.
The bombing of Rome in 1943 leaves fourteen-year-old Massimo orphaned and with no choice but to set out on a journey to discover any remaining relatives in Naples. A chance meeting with the mysterious and charismatic Pietro Houdini will deliver both of them to the doors of the abbey of Monte Cassino, a centuries-old haven of contemplation, learning and art. But war has no time for such niceties and before long the abbey is threatened by the relentless Allied advance. In the face of the coming cataclysm, Pietro and Massimo must do what they can to save the monastery's priceless art from oblivion.
To do so, they must learn to dissemble, to disguise, to outwit, all skills that evidently Pietro has in spades, but as their cherished haven edges ever closer to war, it becomes clear that Massimo is not without a surprise or two either...
The Curse of Pietro Houdini is a sweeping tale of resilience, hope and survival which is at once an action-packed adventure heist, an imaginative chronicle of forgotten history and a philosophical coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of All the Light We Cannot See, City of Lies and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
From acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz and The Rings of Saturn, a collection of essay on the Austrian writers who meant so much to him
As a German in self-chosen exile from his country of birth, Sebald found a particular affinity with these writers from a neighbouring nation. The traumatic evolution of Austria from vast empire to diminutive Alpine republic, followed by its annexation by Germany, meant that concepts such as ‘home/land’, ‘borderland’ and ‘exile’ occupy a prominent role in its literature, just as they would in Sebald’s own.
Through a series of remarkable close readings of texts by Bernhard, Stifter, Kafka, Handke, Roth and more, Sebald charts both the pathologies which so often drove their work and the seismic historical forces which shaped them. This sequence of essays will be a revelation to Sebald’s English-language readers, tracing as they do so many of the themes which animate his own literary writings, to which these essays form a kind of prelude.
The beloved Australian classic, published in a stunning Penguin Clothbound Classics edition for the first time
Miles Franklin’s debut novel follows the vivacious and rebellious sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn – closely modelled on Franklin herself – as she fights to break free of restrictive bush life. Growing up on her parents’ outback farm, Sybylla is desperate to read, write, sing and achieve great things. Yet her aspirations for a ‘brilliant career’ are persistently thwarted, first by the arduous demands of rural family life, and later by the shackles of a proposed conventional marriage to the wealthy Harold Beecham. With only her brilliant, conflicted mind to guide her, Sybylla is forced to define a life on her own terms.
My Brilliant Career is acclaimed for capturing the spirit of Australia at the turn of the twentieth century. The struggles of its fiery, precocious protagonist shine a light on the emergent women’s rights and suffrage movement during this period, and memorably evoke the intensity of youth.
A lost princess and a vanished world: a remarkable true story that moves from the Punjab of the Raj to 1930s Paris and the cataclysm of the Second World War
A lost princess and a vanished world: a remarkable true story that moves from the Punjab of the Raj to 1930s Paris and the Second World War
‘Remarkable and compelling’ Edmund de Waal
‘Thoroughly engaging’ Kamila Shamsie
In a Mumbai museum in 2007, Livia Manera Sambuy encounters a photograph that will change her life forever.
The caption claims that the Punjabi princess Amrit Kaur sold her jewels in occupied Paris to save Jewish lives, only to be arrested by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp where she died within a year.
For Livia, this marks the beginning of a compulsive search for the truth as she delves into the history of the British Raj, the diamonds and sapphires of the twentieth-century aristocracy, and the lives of extraordinary figures: bankers, jewellers, explorers and spies.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake comes a stunningly beautiful tale about love, family and seeking a new life in the aftermath of tragedy
Ebby Freeman’s life has always been marked with tragedy. First, the death of her brother Baz, killed in an anonymous armed robbery when they were teenagers. Then her perfect fiancé Henry deserting her on the day of their wedding, without an explanation.
When Ebby arrives in a sleepy French village, she believes she’s found an opportunity for healing and anonymity. Until Henry appears, staying at the neighbouring property with his beautiful new girlfriend in tow.
It’s the worst situation that Ebby can imagine. But might it give her a chance to piece together the fragments of her past – and finally embrace her future?
W eseju You Can’t Step into the Same Street Twice (Nie można wstąpić dwa razy na tę samą ulicę) Stuart Dybek w intrygujący sposób opisuje świat swojego dzieciństwa na South Side w Chicago, które jawi się nam niemal jak biała plama na mapie polarnika. „Obszar ten jest teraz nazywany Pilsen – pisze autor – ale wówczas nie był obdarzony żadną nazwą. Ludzie identyfikowali swoje rejony zamieszkania, wskazując graniczne ulice, ale te granice wciąż się przesuwały, w miarę jak różne grupy etniczne przetaczały się tam niczym plemiona koczownicze. Panowało ciągłe poczucie tymczasowości”. Ulokowany w tej miejskiej scenerii fikcyjny świat Dybka, wciśnięty między ekspresówkę Dan Ryan a południową odnogę rzeki Chicago, mieni się różnorodnością, kryje w sobie pozostałości starego świata tworzonego przez fale zadomawiających się na South Side imigrantów z Europy Wschodniej, a jednocześnie nosi wyraźne znamiona przemian społecznych i demograficznych z lat po drugiej wojnie światowej, gdy w okolicy tej zaczęły się osiedlać rodziny afroamerykańskie i meksykańskie.
Anatomically correct
An unsurpassed treatise of the human body
We owe a great debt to Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797–1849) for his Atlas of Anatomy, which was not only a massive event in medical history, but also remains one of the most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated anatomical treatises ever published.
Bourgery began work on his magnificent atlas in 1830 in cooperation with illustrator Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782–1871), a student of the French painter Jacques Louis David. The first volumes were published the following year, but completion of the treatise required nearly two decades of dedication; Bourgery lived just long enough to finish his labor of love, but the last of the treatise’s eight volumes was not published in its entirety until five years after his death.
The eight volumes of Bourgery’s treatise cover descriptive anatomy, surgical anatomy and techniques (exploring in detail nearly all the major operations that were performed during the first half of the 19th century), general anatomy and embryology, and microscopic anatomy. Jacob’s spectacular hand-colored lithographs are remarkable for their clarity, color, and aesthetic appeal, reflecting a combination of direct laboratory observation and illustrative research. Unsurpassed to this day, the images offer exceptional anatomical insight, not only for those in the medical field but also for artists, students, and anyone interested in the workings and wonder of the human body.
From bestselling author Martha Beck, a new path to overcoming anxiety by awakening the creativity within.
We live in an epidemic of anxiety. Most of us assume that the key to overcoming it is to think our way out. And for a while it works. But there is always something that sends us back into the anxious spiral we’ve been trying to climb out of.
In Beyond Anxiety, Dr Martha Beck explains why anxiety is skyrocketing around you, and likely within you. She also tells you how to not only reduce your anxiety but use it to propel you into a life filled with peace, meaning, and joy.
Using a combination of the latest neuroscience as well as her background in sociology and coaching, Beck explains how our brains tend to get stuck in an ‘anxiety spiral,’ a feedback system that can increase anxiety indefinitely. To climb out, we must engage different parts of our nervous system – the parts involved in creativity. Beck provides instructions for engaging the ‘creativity spiral,’ in a process that not only shuts down anxiety but leads to innovative problem solving, a sense of meaning and purpose, and joyful, intimate connection with others – and with the world.
The opposite of anxiety, it turns out, is a wonderful new way of life – one that can calm and inspire us as individuals and help us become a source of healing for everything around us.
Ostatnia część bestsellerowej tureckiej sagi. Demir przygotowuje się do wyjazdu do Polski, gdzie ma rozpocząć pracę, tymczasem Basia decyduje, że zostanie w Turcji. Wcześniej jednak oboje goszczą na ślubie Ruzgara i Arife, który daje początek serii zaskakujących zdarzeń. Czy niespodziewany prezent od byłego męża, nad którego przyjęciem zastanawia się Basia, stanie się przyczyną kłopotów? Jak para poradzi sobie z rozłąką? Czy uda im się pokonać trudności? Jak zachowa się Demir, gdy na jego drodze stanie kolejna piękna Polka? Ostatnia część Tureckiej sagi to pełna zwrotów akcji opowieść o miłości, ale też kopalnia wiedzy o tureckich obyczajach i zasadach rządzących tym krajem. Czy kobieta, która przeszła już tak wiele, wreszcie odnajdzie prawdziwe szczęście? Mira Hafif pisząca pod pseudonimem Polka, która dzieli życie między Turcję, gdzie mieszka, a Polskę, która jest jej rodzinnym domem. W 2019 roku w dramatycznych dla siebie okolicznościach postanowiła opisać swoją turecką historię na jednym z forów internetowych. Gdy tylko może, udziela w internecie porad kobietom, które zastanawiają się nad porzuceniem wszystkiego dla wakacyjnej miłości. Zadebiutowała powieścią Turecka rozkosz, rozpoczynającą pięciotomową sagę, którą pokochały czytelniczki.
Czy tobie również zdarzyła się miłość, która rozkwitła, gdy było już za późno? Rozpoczyna się najdłuższe lato ich życia parne, leniwe, nieco szalone. Ostatnie lato przed wielkimi zmianami, przed chwilą, gdy będą musieli powiedzieć sobie: Do zobaczenia być może. Paczka przyjaciół z Końca, miejsca za ostatnim przystankiem podmiejskiego autobusu, postanawia wykorzystać ten czas jak najlepiej. Każde z nich ma inne plany, inne marzenia i inne strachy. Każde musi odpowiedzieć sobie na pytanie, co dalej i nie każde jest gotowe, by to zrobić. Wśród nich są Alicja i Mateo. Ona wydaje się być wyrwana z musicalu rozśpiewana, roztańczona, chciałaby żyć pełnią życia. On, stojąc w cieniu, obserwuje ją z uśmiechem i pilnuje, by nic złego się nie stało. Na początku lata Alicja i Mateo to tylko przyjaciele. Dwie osoby z tej samej paczki, które spędziły ze sobą niemal całe życie. Jednak pewna noc zmienia wszystko imprezowe szaleństwo sprawia, że tych dwoje nagle spogląda na siebie inaczej. Mateo obiecuje Alicji, że jeszcze kiedyś z nią zatańczy. Ale czy jedno lato wystarczy, żeby zrozumieć swoje uczucia? Czy nie jest za późno, żeby się w sobie zakochać? Julia Hantulik mieszka w Tychach, które czasem są dla niej Końcem, a czasem centrum świata. Skończyła filologię polską, a także sztukę pisania, czyli studia z creative writingu. Najczęściej pisze w autobusach obowiązkowo z odpowiednim podkładem muzycznym, bo bez niego nic nie lubi robić. Organizuje warsztaty pisarskie dla młodzieży. W wolnym czasie uwielbia grać w planszówki (radzi sobie lepiej niż Alicja i Mateo). Kiedyś chciałaby mieć dom na Bałkanach, ale przeraża ją wizja przeniesienia tam całej biblioteczki, kolekcji gier i psa, który chyba nie nauczyłby się szczekać po chorwacku.
Konsul Tomek przybywa do polskiej placówki dyplomatycznej w Omanie i z miejsca zostaje wplątany w sieć intryg i tajemniczych wydarzeń. Romanse, zazdrość, rywalizacja Losy trzech kobiet, które dzieli wiek i doświadczenie, niespodziewanie krzyżują się, a każda z nich pragnie, by Tomek wyciągnął do niej pomocną dłoń. Jakie pułapki czyhają na młodą polską absolwentkę londyńskiej uczelni, która dostała intratną pracę w Maskacie? Dlaczego piękna żona ambasadora będzie potrzebować wsparcia konsula i przebojowej dziennikarki? Czy handel żywym towarem kwitnie nawet w takim statecznym kraju jak Oman? Akcja powieści toczy się w trudnym i niebezpiecznym okresie arabskiej wiosny, która ogarnęła kraje muzułmańskie, niejednokrotnie czyniąc w nich straszliwe spustoszenie. Powieść Sultan, moja miłość jest oparta na osobistych przeżyciach autora. Sultan, moja miłość to trzecia część serii Kulisy zakazanych związków autorstwa Igora Kaczmarczyka po Islamskim fatum i We władzy szejka. Igor Kaczmarczyk absolwent arabistyki na UJ oraz stosunków międzynarodowych i współczesnej dyplomacji na UW. Pracował jako tłumacz języka arabskiego w firmach eksportowych w Libii, a następnie dyplomata w polskich placówkach w Trypolisie, Rijadzie i Dżakarcie w funkcji konsula RP oraz radcy politycznego i radcy ekonomicznego. Długoletni zastępca szefów placówek. Mieszkał ponad dwadzieścia pięć lat w krajach muzułmańskich, w tym w Libii i Arabii Saudyjskiej, a następnie w Indonezji. W 2018 roku zakończył dyplomatyczną karierę i wrócił do Polski.
Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition Little Women complete with a stunning new cover.
Christmas won't be the same this year in the March household, with Father at war and Mother struggling to make ends meet. But even though times are tough, the March sisters' spirits remain high! Together, through love, heartache, and a 'misplaced' manuscript, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy learn that growing up and into the 'little women' society expects them to be is going to be much harder than they thought...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
Ashes in the Snow, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.
Ashes in the Snow follows fifteen-year-old Lina Vilkas as she’s taken from her home in Lithuania with her mother and younger brother. Lina uses her love of art to try and find her father and keep herself and her family alive.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
After You, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.
Lou is now living in London and trying to be happy, but it’s difficult when she misses Will so much. One night, a young girl appears at her door. “My name’s Lily Houghton-Miller,” she says. “I need to talk to you about my father – Will Traynor.”
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
This Summer's Secrets, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.
It’s a hot summer in Cornwall. When 16-year-old Senara Jenkins and her friends lose their drone in the garden of Cliff House, they discover that it is full of secrets. As Senara meets a world of beautiful rich people, her life changes. But should some secrets stay secret?
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
Clouds Over California, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.
Clouds over California is a story about an eleven-year-old girl called Stevie, and the changes that happen in her life when her older cousin comes to stay. It is also about life in the 1970s and important events that changed things in the United States of America for women and Black people.
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
It's Not Summer Without You, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.
It’s Not Summer Without You is the second of three famous books about Belly and her feelings for Conrad and his brother, Jeremiah. Conrad is now at college, and he and Belly are dating. But, Susannah is very ill and Conrad loves his mother very much. Is this the right time for him and Belly?
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
I Capture the Castle, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.
The poor Mortmain family move to an old castle. Mr Mortmain’s daughter Rose wants a rich husband. Her sister, Cassandra, wants to be a writer like her father. But when the Mortmains meet their two rich neighbours, Simon and Neil Cotton, both Rose and Cassandra have their lives changed forever.
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