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 brilliant reinvention of the detective novel, set in Renaissance Florence and packed with art, scandal, murder and scheming – from the author of the international bestseller HHhH.
Florence, New Year’s Day 1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart.
Above him, the paintings he laboured over for more than a decade. At his home, a hidden painting scandalously depicting Maria de Medici, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Florence, as a naked Venus. Who is the murderer? Who is behind the painting? As the city erupts in chaos, Giorgio Vasari, the great art historian, is picked to lead the investigation.
Letters fly back and forth carrying news of political plots and speculation about the killer’s identity – between Maria and her aunt Catherine de’ Medici, the queen of France; between Catherine and her scheming agents in Florence; and between Vasari and his friend Michelangelo. Meanwhile, the Pope is banning books and branding works of art immoral. And the truth, when it comes to light, is as shocking as the bold new artworks that have made Florence the red-hot centre of Europe.
Bursting with characters and colour, Perspectives is a mystery like no other that shows us Renaissance Florence as we’ve never seen it before – a dazzling, hugely entertaining novel of court machinations, murder and art.
After a grave mistake, Henry Talbot has been forced to take a position as village doctor in remote Wales where he can't speak the language and belief in myth and magic is rife. When Henry discovers his predecessor died in mysterious circumstances, and starts to notice a cryptic symbol appearing in odd places, he sets out to find answers.
The lady of the manor, Linette Tresilian, is vexingly unhelpful at first. She seems to know little about the shelves of occult books Henry notices in her family’s library. But Linette has suspicions of her own about what’s happened in the village and, together, their investigations will bind their destinies in ways neither thought possible.
‘An alluring, immersive Gothic mystery’ Jennifer Saint
'A haunting, transporting mystery…kept me completely enthralled' Elodie Harper
‘I was gripped… the story was so dark and clever’ Stacey Thomas
How do you start again, after losing everything? Find out in the Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling sensation!
Anna had a dream life - according to everybody else.
She lived in New York, had a long-term boyfriend, and had The Best Job In The World working as a highly successful beauty PR.
So why did she decide to take a flamethrower to the lot?
Because now she's back Dublin, living with her parents. She's undeniably forty-eight, with no partner, no job, and no direction.
Anna's lost her purpose. She needs a new challenge to help her fall back in love with life again.
When an opportunity arises to solve a PR crisis in the tiny town of Maumtully, Anna leaps at the chance.
But will the appearance of an old love interest derail her plans?
A sharply funny and well-observed novel about an unconventional family from the award-winning writer, journalist and podcaster, Nell Frizzell.
After Nancy’s father dies, she is faced with two life-changing revelations.
One: She has a half-brother she knew nothing about.
Nancy’s world is punched inside out at the discovery of a mysterious new sibling. But she can’t help but feel curious about Oliver, this stranger who shares her DNA. Her sister Rita, on the other hand, is furious and wants nothing to do with their ‘cuckoo’ brother.
Two: She’s pregnant.
The father – Nancy’s not-quite-boyfriend from her not-quite-relationship – doesn’t want to commit any time soon. He isn’t even in the same continent as her right now. And with her mother and sister in shock about Oliver, Nancy’s struggling to find someone to turn to for support.
In a tumult of grief, fear and hope, Nancy pushes herself into an uncertain future as she rethinks what really makes a family. But there’s one more thought in the back of her head…
Is there space in her family for two more?
It’s 1968 and it’s cold when Felicity arrives in London to stay with her mother, improve her English, do a secretarial course - and meet a suitable man.
She is already missing her home in Provence and her father and his new wife and their extended family. But it’s only for a year she tells herself - and then she can go back to France and do what she really wants and become a painter.
And then she bumps into Oliver who is quite the most interesting young man she has ever met. He lives on a barge for one thing and has a collection of jobs, but his passion is looking for hidden treasures along the shores of the river Thames.
In a word, he’s a mudlarker - and before long Felicity is mudlarking too. She is also pursuing her dreams and painting scenery for Oliver’s actor friends.
But is Oliver a Suitable Man of whom her mother will approve? Felicity knows she will not …
Love, tangled relationships, and a real life adventure lie at the heart of Katie Fforde’s heart-warming new novel.
From the international Number One bestselling author of Someone Else's Shoes - thirty years after Lila's father ran away to Hollywood, he's back to wreck – or save – her life . . .
Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A recently broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Not to mention a once promising writing career that is now in freefall. So when her real dad - a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago - suddenly appears on her doorstep wanting to make amends, it feels like the final straw.
But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, friendship, and what it actually means to be family.
As a girl, Clara del Valle can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future.
Following the mysterious death of her sister, Rosa the Beautiful, Clara is mute for nine years. When she breaks her silence, it is to announce that she will be married soon to the stern and volatile landowner Esteban Trueba.
Set in an unnamed Latin American country over three generations, The House of the Spirits is a magnificent epic of a proud and passionate family, secret loves and violent revolution.
Emma i Dex? Doprawdy, trudno o mniej dobraną parę. Ona - zakompleksiona idealistka w grubych okularach. On - superprzystojniak z poczuciem, że świat należy do niego. Ona na wszystko musi ciężko zapracować. Jemu natychmiast udaje się to, o czym zamarzy. Ona szuka miłości, on seksu...
Jest rok 1988. 15 lipca. Oboje dostają dyplomy uniwersyteckie i spędzają ze sobą noc. Następnego dnia każde pójdzie w swoją stronę. Gdzie będą w ten dzień za rok? Za dwa lata? I każdego następnego roku? Czy mają szansę spotkać się, a jeśli tak, to czy będzie im ze sobą po drodze?
Kilkuletnia Zosia mieszka z mamą, przybranym ojcem, młodszą siostrzyczką i czworonożnym przyjacielem w jednej z gdańskich kamieniczek. Pewnego dnia do sąsiedniej kamienicy wprowadza się młoda kobieta z chłopcem, będącym mniej więcej w wieku Zosi. Dziewczynka bardzo szybko zaprzyjaźnia się z Kubą. Postanawiają sprzedawać świąteczne ciasteczka, a cały dochód przeznaczyć na schronisko dla zwierząt.Tymczasem jeden z sąsiadów, samotny pan Eryk, ze względu na pamięć ukochanej żony, jak co roku, tworzy papierowe łabędzie i wiesza je na okolicznej fontannie. Przeszłość splata się z teraźniejszością, życie lokatorów kamienicy przy ulicy Ogarnej, przeplatane jest wspomnieniami nie tylko z lat wojennych, ale również powojennych.BO KAŻDY DOM, KAŻDA KAMIENICA, PRZECHOWUJĄ W SOBIE WSPOMNIENIA, KTÓRE OD CZASU DO CZASU DOMAGAJĄ SIĘ PRZYPOMNIENIA.A ŚWIĘTA TO NAJLEPSZY CZAS, BY SIĘ Z NIMI ZMIERZYĆ I OTOCZYĆ TROSKĄ SWOICH NAJBLIŻSZYCH.
After a chance encounter on a train the English teacher William Bradshaw starts a close friendship with the mildly sinister Arthur Norris. Norris is a man of contradictions; lavish but heavily in debt, excessively polite but sexually deviant. First published in 1933 Mr Norris Changes Trains piquantly evokes the atmosphere of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis.
A deliberate historical parable. Prater Violet resembles episodes in Goodbye to Berlin and keeps up the same high level of excellence' - Edmund Wilson
An impatient phone call from the temperamental Austrian director, Friedrich Bergmann, introduces a young Christopher Isherwood to the film industry. Isherwood's job is to rescue the script of an idiotic love story set in nineteenth-century Vienna, a film called Prater Violet. In the real Vienna of 1934 the Austrian Right crushes a socialist uprising. Bergmann is distraught and his prophecy of the coming war goes unheeded. As tensions on set grow, studio intrigues and competing egos threaten to derail the whole project.
Jak daleko się posuniesz, by zaspokoić swoje żądze? Jak nisko musisz upaść, by zrozumieć, że podążasz drogą autodestrukcji? „Broń, dziwki, narkotyki. Brawo, Roxanne.” „Soulmate” to powieść, która pożera cię od pierwszego zdania, wciągając w wir erotycznej namiętności i psychologicznej głębi. Roxanne – piękna, ambitna i zagubiona – zabiera cię w podróż przez luksusową codzienność Warszawy, namiętne noce Barcelony i zmysłowe wybrzeża Grecji, by ostatecznie dać się zaskoczyć Szwecji. Każda sceneria to nowe pokusy i pragnienia, które tylko czekają, by je zaspokoić. I kolejne kroki w przepaść. To opowieść o obsesji i o kobiecie, która za cenę hedonistycznych rozkoszy traci kontrolę nad swoim życiem,balansując na granicy autodestrukcji. Sukces i blichtr to tylko fasada, za którą kryje się samotność, uzależnienie od adrenaliny i pragnienie wypełnienia emocjonalnej pustki. Czy naprawdę można uciec przed sobą? Czy w takim świecie Roxanne ma szansę odnaleźć bratnią duszę?
O AUTORCE:
Anna I Hains to autorka, której twórczość jest równie intensywna, jak życie: barwna, odważna, kontrowersyjna. To kobieta wulkan, kumulacja energii. Nie boi się mówić głośno o seksie, relacjach i życiu, a jej przemyślenia wzbudzają emocje i poruszają tabu. Zanim świat usłyszał o Annie jako pisarce, była królową gastronomii i życia nocnego w Szwecji. Przez lata prowadziła prestiżową restaurację i klub, udowadniając, że biznes nie ma płci, a sukces wymaga odwagi i bezkompromisowości. Jej życie to kalejdoskop kontrastów – egzotycznych podróży przez sukcesy zawodowe, aż po momenty, gdy musiała podnieść się z ruin i zaczynać wszystko dosłownie od zera. Autorka, która pisze tak, jak żyje – intensywnie, szczerze i bez cenzury. „Soulmate” to jej historia, jej ból i wyzwolenie, ale to również podróż, w którą zabiera swoich czytelników.
Kempf opuszcza ojczyznę ze swoimi rodakami w poszukiwaniu lepszej przyszłości. Osiadają w Sławonii (kraina historyczna we wschodniej Chorwacji, położona w międzyrzeczu Sawy i Drawy). Mijają lata i pokolenia Niemców czynią Sławonię swoim domem. Ale w 1940 roku, kiedy Europa znów jest w stanie wojny, ta mniejszość, zostaje wezwana do walki za Rzeszę, za kraj, który jest teraz dla nich obcy.
To z jednej strony saga rodzinna, a z drugiej potężna powieść historyczna o losie tych, którzy są skrępowani historią, o pokoleniach skazanych na odziedziczenie sprzecznych losów swoich przodków. Šnajder sięga do własnej biografii, aby uchwycić dwieście lat konfliktów i dzielącej ideologii. W trakcie tego procesu rekonstruuje świat, który się rozpadł.
O autorze
Slobodan Šnajder (ur. w 1948 r. w Zagrzebiu) ukończył filozofię i anglistykę na Wydziale Filozoficznym w Zagrzebiu. Był współzałożycielem i wieloletnim redaktorem pisma teatralnego Prolog. Aktywny w różnych gatunkach literackich. Od 1966 roku publikuje prozę. Od 1969 roku pracuje jako dramaturg.
A groundbreaking, profound and intimate novel about capitalism’s effects on the human heart: Money to Burn is the first volume of the Scandinavian Star series, a new masterpiece of Danish literature
‘A comet in Scandinavian literature’ Olga Ravn
‘Startling and irresistible’ Claire-Louise Bennett
Maggie and Kurt are struggling to hold their marriage together after their only daughter has left home. They live in an old farmhouse in Nyborg but somehow keep missing each other, unable to discuss the events that brought them together.
Decades ago, a passenger ferry called the Scandinavian Star caught fire, killing 159 people. The event is still considered a national tragedy in Denmark and Norway. Years later, it was revealed not to be an accident, but the result of an insurance scam gone wrong.
How is the Scandinavian Star disaster connected to Maggie and Kurt? How does money affect and infect our closest relationships? And is it ever possible to escape?
'A new masterpiece of Nordic literature' - Dag og Tid
'The most ambitious literary project of the 2020s' - Jyllands-Posten
A BROTHER. A SISTER. A LOT OF EMOTION IN ONE APARTMENT.
This is the story of Greta and Valdin: twenty-something brother and sister with a near-unpronounceable surname, a sprawling Maori-Russian-Catalonian family and questionable taste in partners.
While Valdin can’t seem to get over his ex-boyfriend who fled the country, Greta has an unrequited crush on fellow English tutor Holly, who uses her for admin support. But all hope is not lost for these lovelorn siblings. Through the misadventures and mess of modern adulthood, at least they still have each other — unless drama gets in the way.
From bad dates to family feuds and embarrassing karaoke nights, this acclaimed bestseller from New Zealand is a fresh, heartwarming and hilarious story about the trials and tribulations of love in its many forms.
‘Compelling' Marie Claire
'Immensely enjoyable' Observer
'Fascinating' Red
One week into lockdown, the tenants of a Manhattan apartment building have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories in this exciting new twist on the novel.
With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned buckets. Gradually the tenants – some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now – become real neighbours.
With each character secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood to John Grisham and Celeste Ng, Fourteen Days is a heart-warming ode to the power of storytelling and human connection.
Includes writing from: Margaret Atwood, Sylvia Day, Emma Donoghue, Dave Eggers, Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Erica Jong, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, Doug Preston, R.L. Stine, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Meg Wolitzer and many more.
‘A valuable reminder that stories can teach, console and perhaps even change their readers’ Financial Times
Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of Pride and Prejudice.
When two rich young gentlemen move to town, they don't go unnoticed - especially when Mrs Bennett vows to have one of her five daughters marry into their fortunes. But love, as Jane and Elizabeth Bennett soon discover, is rarely straightforward, and often surprising. It's only a matter of time until their own small worlds are turned upside down and they discover that first impressions can be the most misleading of all.
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.
Les Misérables, 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.
In nineteenth-century France, life was hard for many people. Victor Hugo's famous book tells the story of Jean Valjean, who spends 19 years in prison for stealing bread. When Valjean leaves prison he starts a business and tries to become a better man, but Javert the policeman will do anything to stop him.
The major new novel from the once-in-a-generation author of The End of Eddy
The major new novel from the once-in-a-generation author of The End of Eddy
'One of the most important, politically vital and morally bracing writers of his generation’ Keiran Goddard, Guardian
‘Change fills me with admiration and inspiration, as well as renewed faith in writing itself’ Maggie Nelson
‘One of the major writers of our time' Garth Greenwell
‘A mesmeric novel’ Daily Mail
Édouard Louis longs for a life beyond the poverty, discrimination and violence in his working-class hometown - so he sets out to study in Amiens, and, later, at university in Paris. He sheds the provincial 'Eddy' for an elegant new name, determined to eradicate every aspect of his past. He reads incessantly; he dines with aristocrats; he spends nights with millionaires and drug dealers alike.
Everything he does is motivated by a single obsession: to become someone else. Change is at once a personal odyssey, a story of dreams, friendship and the perils of leaving the past behind, and a profound portrait of a society divided by class, inequality and power.
Światowy fenomen literacki i jedna z najgłośniejszych powieści XXI wieku.Sally Rooney, nazywana Salingerem doby snapchata, w "Normalnych ludziach" opowiada o trudnej miłości wplątanej w skomplikowane, zhierarchizowane relacje organizujące świat, w którym nastoletni bohaterowie muszą się odnaleźć. Rooney udowadnia, że o miłości nie napisano jeszcze ostatniego słowa.Marianne i Connell żyją tuż obok siebie, choć pochodzą z dwóch różnych światów. Mieszkają w niewielkim mieście, jednym z tych, z których chce się jak najszybciej uciec. Chodzą do tej samej szkoły, ale na korytarzu mijają się bez słowa, unikają swoich spojrzeń, chociaż łączy ich więcej niż wspólne lekcje. Ukrywanie tej znajomości nie jest trudne, komplikacje zaczynają się wtedy, gdy między dwojgiem nastolatków budzi się uczucie.Powieść "Normalni ludzie" nominowana była do Nagrody Bookera oraz otrzymała Costa Book Award w 2019 r.Na podstawie książki powstał uwielbiany na całym świecie serial z Paulem Mescalem i Daisy Edgar-Jones w roli głównej."To przyszły klasyk literatury"The Guardian"Fascynująca historia miłosna dwudziestego pierwszego wieku" Times Literary Supplement
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