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.
It's time to remake the world - the ground-breaking book on what steps we should all be taking for the autistic people in our lives.
The modern world is built for neurotypicals: needless noise, bright flashing lights, small talk, phone calls, unspoken assumptions and unwritten rules - it can be a nightmarish dystopia for the autistic population. In Untypical, Pete Wharmby lays bare the experience of being 'different', explaining with wit and warmth just how exhausting it is to fit in to a world not designed for you.
But this book is more than an explanation. After a late diagnosis and a lifetime of 'masking', Pete is the perfect interlocutor to explain how our two worlds can meet, and what we can do for the many autistic people in our schools, workplaces and lives. The result: a practical handbook for all of us to make the world a simpler, better place for autistic people to navigate, and a call to arms for anyone who believes in an inclusive society and wants to be part of the solution.
Blending families can be tricky - what's another branch on the family tree?
Things are finally looking up for Anna. Seventeen miserable years of marriage to man-child Connor have left her drained. So when they separate, she couldn't be more thrilled to move in with James, a handsome lecturer who is everything her ex-husband is not: kind, thoughtful, and above all, reliable.
But Anna and James' kids hate living with the loved-up couple. Their teenage daughters - one a studious high achiever and the other a cool rich girl - have nothing in common. And Anna's wild football-mad nine-year-old son declares war on bookish James.
Nobody said step-parenting was easy; Anna and James are about to find out exactly how complicated it can be. Do they have what it takes to make their blended family work?
An immersive historical debut which tells the story of a mixed-race woman who plays a freak on the stage in Victorian London and finds herself caught in a reckoning with her own identity.
Crowds gather at Crillick's Variety Theatre, where curiosity is satisfied with displays of intrigue and fear. They're here for the star of the show - the Great Amazonia warrior. They needn't know this warrior is in fact Zillah, a mixed-race actress from the East End fooling them each night with her thrilling performance.
But something is amiss, and when Crillick's new act goes missing Zillah feels compelled to investigate, knowing the fates that can befall women in Victorian London.
From the bustle of the West India Docks to the coffee houses of Fleet Street to the parlours of Mayfair, Zillah's journey for answers will find her caught between both sides of her own identity, and between two men: her wealthy white admirer, and an African merchant appalled by her act.
ver since she can remember, Meg has wanted to be a professional cook.
But it's 1964, and in restaurant kitchens all over England it is still a man's world.
Then she gets a call from her mother who is running a small hotel in Dorset.
There's an important banqueting event coming up. She needs help and she needs it now!
When Meg arrives, the hotel seems stuck in the past. But she loves a challenge, and sets to work.
Then Justin, the son of the hotel owner, appears, determined to take over the running of the kitchen.
Infuriated, Meg is determined to keep cooking - and soon sparks between them begin to fly.
Will their differences be a recipe for disaster? After all, the course of true love never did run smooth...
A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives.
We tend to imagine Western Civilisation as a golden thread, leading through the centuries from classical antiquity to the countries of the modern West - a cultural genealogy that connects Plato to NATO. It is an idea often invoked in the speeches of politicians and the rhetoric of journalists, and which remains deeply embedded in popular culture. But what if it is wrong?
In an epic sweep through the ages, prize-winning archaeologist and historian Naoise Mac Sweeney charts the history of this idea - an idea of enormous political significance, but which is nonetheless factually incorrect and obscures the wondrous, rich diversity of our past. She reveals how this particular version of Western history was invented, how it has been used to justify imperialism and racism, and why it is no longer ideologically fit for purpose today.
Told through the lives of fourteen fascinating historical figures - including a formidable Roman matriarch, an unconventional Islamic scholar, an enslaved African American poetess and a British prime minister with Homeric aspirations - The West is a groundbreaking retelling of Western history and a powerful corrective to one of the greatest myths of all: Western Civilisation.
An essential guide to navigating our data-driven world, from one of the most influential psychologists of the twenty-first century
Is more data always better?
Do algorithms really make better decisions than humans?
Can we stay in control in an increasingly automated world?
Drawing on examples from all spheres of life - media literacy, online dating, self-driving cars, the justice system, health records - Gerd Gigerenzer shows how, when it comes to data and decision making, more isn't always better: when dealing with uncertainty, the elegant and nuanced simplicity of human reasoning beats complex algorithms time and time again.
Filled with practical examples and cutting-edge research, How to Stay Smart in a Smart World examines the growing role of AI at all levels of daily life with refreshing clarity. This book is a liferaft in a sea of information and an urgent invitation to actively shape the digital world in which we want to live.
Forgetting is terrifying. Remembering is worse...
Charlie Wynwood and Silas Nash have been best friends since they could walk. They've been in love since the age of fourteen. But as of this morning... they are complete strangers. Their first kiss, their first fight, the moment they fell in love... every memory has vanished.
Now Charlie and Silas must work together to uncover the truth about what happened to them and why. But the more they learn about the couple they used to be... the more they question why they were ever together to begin with.
'Gorgeous, tragic, and timeless, Underwood's LIES WE SING TO THE SEA makes an age-old story feel new again. This is Greek tragedy at its best: sweeping in scope yet deeply intimate in characterization. This book will break your heart.' - Grace Li Sunday Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief
In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each summer brings the hanging of twelve maidens, a gift to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a long-forgotten island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that there's only one way the curse can be broken. Leto must kill the last prince of Ithaca . . .
In Lies We Sing to the Sea, debut author Sarah Underwood delivers a thrilling and breathtaking tale that will enthral readers from the very first page as they are transported to the cursed shores of Ithaca.
A reclamation of a story from thousands of years ago, Lies We Sing to the Sea is about love and fate, grief and sacrifice, and, ultimately, the power we must find within.
Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, launches a new trilogy of magic and mayhem with this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artefacts and ancient mysteries, and one woman's quest to seize a final chance at glory...
A pirate of infamy and one of the most storied and scandalous captains to sail the seven seas.
Amina al-Sirafi has survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
But when she's offered a job no bandit could refuse, she jumps at the chance for one final adventure with her old crew that will make her a legend and offers a fortune that will secure her and her family's future forever.
Yet the deeper Amina dives the higher the stakes. For there's always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savour just a bit more power...and the price might be your very soul.
Strach przed miłością kontra strach przed samotnością. Paradoksalnie wygra ten, który jest słabszy. Książka „Czas na miłość” opowiada o tęsknocie za miłością, jej poszukiwaniu oraz stracie. Podróż pełna miłosnych przygód i rozważań. Kiedy trzeba zawalczyć o uczucia drugiej osoby, a kiedy odpuścić? Jak wybaczyć, nie potrafiąc zapomnieć? Kiedy słowa „Miłość” i „Kocham Cię” nabierają znaczenia? Bohaterowie powieści muszą znaleźć odpowiedź nie tylko na te pytania.
To jednak nie będzie łatwe. Zarówno miłość jak i jej brak, zmienia nie tylko nasze patrzenie na świat, ale i nas samych.
George Orwell, angielski pisarz i dziennikarz o lewicowych przekonaniach, autor "Folwarku zwierzęcego" i "Roku 1984", przez kilka lat przebywał w Birmie, brytyjskiej kolonii, służąc w Królewskiej Policji Imperialnej. Pokłosiem tego czasu jest powieść "Birmańskie dni".Orwell opisuje losy Johna Flory'ego. Jego bohater należy do społeczności białych kolonizatorów, ale jest wrażliwy na wyzysk i krzywdę miejscowej ludności. Z szacunkiem odnosi się do birmańskiej kultury i religii, a także Chińczyków i Hindusów, którzy żyją w Birmie. Z tego powodu czuje się wyobcowany w świecie białych, którzy odnoszą się z wyższością i pogardą do Birmańczyków.
Czekać na kobietę W agonii oczekiwania na kogoś, kto się nie zjawia, jest pewna przyjemność, jakaś porywająca namiętność, która przypomina smak przegranej w grze, żeton po żetonie, minuta po minucie. Tą przyjemnością doprawiałem teraz moje myśli, opierając się o murek z napisem: KTOKOLWIEK WIDZIAŁ, KTOKOLWIEK WIE?, z fotografiami żołnierzy. Czas mijał, a Marty nie było widać, tutaj, koło kiosku z napojami, gdzie wedle obietnicy miała się ze mną spotkać. Nie nadchodziła, a ja z gorzką zachłannością myślałem o jej ciele wydzielającym różne substancje, o jej plwocinach, sączących się płynach, jej pocie, łzach, wysiękach, o krwotokach skazanej na upływy krwi, o jej triumfalnym krwiopluciu. Jakie to dziwne, zakochać się w ciele, które je, wydziela, wypróżnia się: gęsto pokryte kosmkami, kubkami smakowymi, wysepkami Malpighiego Nazwy z mojego przedwojennego liceum, które sobie teraz powtarzałem, odnajdując je ponad zgiełkiem minionych lat, by badać geologię tego wilgotnego grobowca ciała z wnikliwością generała, który w przeddzień inwazji pochyla się nad mapą nieprzyjacielskiego terytorium Pogrążony w myślach, zobaczyłem ją nagle jak przechodzi przez ulicę, zdziwiony nie tylko z powodu jej ostrożnych kroków i dwukrotnego spoglądania za siebie, ale dlatego, że zjawiła się z innej niż przypuszczałem strony, z bocznego zaułka, który nie wiadomo skąd prowadził. Bardzo nadłożyłam drogi powiedziała przepraszająco i dodała żartobliwie musiałam buscar el levante por el poniente. W tramwaju był Panzera, czarny duch doktora Grifeo, który mnie nie spuszczał z oka, miałam wrażenie, że mnie śledzi. Zauważyłem mimochodem, że nie nazwała Chudzielca Wielkim Chudzielcem, więcej uwagi poświęciłem natomiast jej sukience z liliowej organdyny w białe kropki, z której wystawały chude, nagie ramiona, i linii jej szyi, jej twarzy, zarazem sennej i dumnej, ze źrenicami podobnymi do spłoszonych motyli i pięknymi wygiętymi wargami, w których każde słowo brzmiało jak melodia dawnej pawany.
Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Forced to resign, she reluctantly signs on as the host of a cooking show, Supper at Six. But her revolutionary approach to cooking, fuelled by scientific and rational commentary, grabs the attention of a nation.
Soon, a legion of overlooked housewives find themselves daring to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.
From the Costa-shortlisted author of Montpelier Parade, a heart-breaking novel about finding - and losing - the person who understands you like nobody else
Juno loves Legs. She's loved him since their first encounter at school in Dublin, the time she fought the playground bullies for him. That day they saw something in each other and this is the story of that once-in-a-lifetime bond.
On a cool autumn day in 1948, Victoria Nash delivers late-season peaches from her family's farm set amid the wild beauty of Colorado. As she heads into her village, a dishevelled stranger stops to ask her the way. How she chooses to answer will unknowingly alter the course of both their young lives.
So begins the mesmerising story of split-second choices and courageous acts that propel Victoria away from the only home she has ever known and towards a reckoning with loss, hope and her own untapped strength.
Gathering all the pieces of her small and extraordinary existence, spinning through the eddies of desire, heartbreak and betrayal, she will arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life for ever.
GO AS A RIVER is a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettable characters and a breathtaking natural setting, it is a sweeping story of survival and becoming, of the deepest mysteries of love, truth and fate.
The unmissable new work from Ali Smith, following the dazzling Man Booker-shortlisted Seasonal quartet
One day in post-Brexit, mid-pandemic Britain, artist Sandy Gray receives an unexpected phone call from university acquaintance Martina Pelf. Martina is calling Sandy to ask for help with a mysterious question she's been left with after she's spent half a day locked in a room by border control officials for no reason she can fathom:
'Curlew or curfew? You choose.'
And what's any of this got to do with the story of a young and talented blacksmith hounded from her trade and her home more than five hundred years ago?
Ali Smith's novel takes wing, soaring between our atomised present and our medieval past in the hope we can open our locked down homes and selves to all the other times, other species, other histories, other possibilities.
'[An] entertaining and expert portrayal of the world we live in, seen by the most beguiling and likeable of novelistic intelligences' Telegraph
'[Companion piece] makes you look at the world afresh. For me, it turned a cold and depressing day into a bright one' New Statesman
'Not only a dazzling analysis of the workings of sexism, but a balm for the soul. It will teach you how to survive and how to transform the world' Hannah Dawson
We have to keep saying it because they keep doing it.
Do colleagues roll their eyes in a meeting when you use words like sexism or racism? Do you refuse to laugh at jokes that aren't funny? Have you been called divisive for pointing out a division? Then you are a feminist killjoy, and this handbook is for you.
The term killjoy has been used to dismiss feminism by claiming that it causes misery. But by naming ourselves feminist killjoys, we recover a feminist history, turning it into a source of strength as well as an inspiration.
Drawing on her own stories and those of others, especially Black and brown feminists and queer thinkers, Sara Ahmed combines depth of thought with honesty and intimacy. The Feminist Killjoy Handbook unpicks the lies our culture tells us and provides a form of solidarity and companionship that can be returned to over a lifetime.
'The most important thing is probably always precisely the thing you can't have. That's where all the happiness is'
In these brief, acid-sharp stories of love, marriage and family from one of Denmark's most celebrated writers, the ordinary events of everyday life - a wife anxious not to wake her husband, a little boy losing his father's beloved knife, a woman's obsessive longing for a yellow silk umbrella - become dark and disconcerting. Here Tove Ditlevsen explores yearning, fear and the elusiveness of that strange thing called happiness.
'The purity and dazzling insight of Ditlevsen's writing speaks for itself' Daily Telegraph
'Authentic, unforced and utterly lucid' Sunday Times
'Ditlevsen's wonderful and devastatingly bleak short stories simmer with melancholy and despair' Daily Mail
Mnemosyne/Lesmosyne Tomasza Teodorczyka to opowieść o pamięci i jej meandrach, o utracie i próbie pogodzenia się z nią, wreszcie to intymny zapis doświadczeń zanurzonych w mitycznych opowieściach, filozoficznych odniesieniach i literackich poszukiwaniach.
„Wy, ludzie – mówiła dalej czarownica – należycie do gatunku homo defectus, rządzi wami wiele nieczystych motywacji w rodzaju strachu, poczucia winy, ambicji i pozycjonowania się względem innych. Próbujecie się od tego uwolnić poprzez brak świadomości i zaprzeczanie temu na wiele różnych sposobów, więc jeśli chcesz uzdrowić brata, musisz oddać mi swoją człowieczą zdolność do stosowania wszystkich mechanizmów obronnych, które chronią cię przed świadomością tego, kim i jaka jesteś.
Kobieta milczała przez chwilę.
– Nie wiem, czy starczy mi życia, żeby to wypełnić – powiedziała – nie jestem też pewna, czy nie stawiasz mi poprzeczki zbyt wysoko. Ale cóż, skoro się na to zgodziłam, nie pozostaje mi nic innego jak dalej iść tą drogą – zakończyła.”
Wzruszająca opowieść o miłości do skrzywdzonego dziecka. napisana przez Kristin Hannah, uwielbianą na całym świecie autorkę powieści „Słowik” oraz „Zimowy ogród”.
Pewnego jesiennego dnia mieszkańców Rain Valley elektryzuje wiadomość o znalezieniu w parku dziwnego dziecka. Emocje sięgają zenitu, a plotki nie milkną, ponieważ okazuje się, że z kilkuletnią przerażoną dziewczynką nie sposób nawiązać kontaktu.
Kim jest dziecko i jak przetrwało samo w leśnej głuszy?
Czy siostrze pani komendant, psychiatrze Julii Cates, która wskutek fatalnego zbiegu okoliczności traci pacjentów i wraca do rodzinnego miasteczka leczyć swoje rany, uda się stworzyć więź z dzieckiem?
Czy odnaleziona dziewczynka pokona strach i znów zaufa ludziom?
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