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.
Pierwszy tom wspaniałej, rodzinnej sagi "Przystań śpiących wiatrów" Magdaleny Kordel - autorki wielu bestsellerówTej wiosny nad głową Stelli gromadzą się czarne chmury. Gdyby żyła prababka Marcelina, powiedziałaby, że ktoś rzucił na dziewczynę urok. Obłudna przyjaciółka okazała się intrygantką, Stella straciła pracę i została z ogromnym kredytem.Stella próbuje robić dobrą minę do złej gry, nie chce angażować w swoje problemy rodziny, zwłaszcza podejrzliwego brata Benjamina i rezolutnego synka Frania.Tymczasem w Kotkowie, małej miejscowości, w której wszyscy się znają, a lokalna piekarenka pełni funkcję centrum wymiany wiadomości, sąsiedzi zdają się być lepiej poinformowani niż sama Stella. Muszą wiedzieć coś więcej, bo wysyłają jej niezrozumiałe sygnały. A kiedy w lokalnym pensjonacie meldują się dwaj tajemniczy mężczyźni, miasteczko zaczyna wręcz huczeć od plotek.To pewne, że do Kotkowa i życia Stelli tej wiosny nadciągnął wiatr zmian."Ból w okolicach serca przybierał na intensywności. Tamował oddech, pozbawiał tchu. Ciężko opadła na ławkę obok pudeł i właśnie wtedy sięgnęła po sernik, który dostała od sióstr. Jadła go prosto z papierka, kawałek po kawałku. Był przepyszny. Z bursztynową polewą o smaku słonego karmelu. Gdy poczuła, że nie zmieści już ani okruszka, starannie zawinęła to, co zostało, i czule zapakowała do torby. Ten sernik nie tylko dostarczył jej dawki cukru, której tak bardzo w tamtej chwili potrzebowała, ale był też dowodem na to, że ktoś się o nią troszczy. Siostry Kazimierczakówny miały swoje własne sposoby na głaskanie ludzi po sercach. Ten sernikowy w przypadku Stelli sprawdził się idealnie."
An eye-opening and urgent re-examination of nature in our cities, from the Sunday Times bestselling winner of the Somerset Maugham Awards
Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the natural world. In fact, as Ben Wilson reveals in this captivating re-examination of urban landscapes around the world, nature has always been at the heart of the city.
Urban Jungle explores the wild side of cities past, present and future: the middens, abandoned sites and strips of land alongside railway lines. For much of history, wild patches in cities provided essential food, fuel, medicine and places of recreation and escape for city-dwellers, and the dividing line between city and countryside was blurred. Even our post-industrial cities are much wilder places that we imagine, with booming animal and plant populations - if we know where to look. On today's urbanised planet, natural forces - be they floods, storms, droughts or pandemics - look set to determine the future of our cities. In a time of climate crisis, cities that once built walls and towers to defend against attack now have to become greener to protect themselves from external threats.
Our future - and that of the planet - will be made in the city. Only by looking deep into the past, examining the present and casting an eye to the future can we really begin to understand the bountiful potential and wonder of our extraordinary urban ecosystems.
An Englishman's home is his castle. But what if it's French?
One Place de L'Eglise is a thousand-year-old Languedoc ruin. Leaky, crumbling, lacking basic amenities, it is ignored by the local villagers. But for Londoners Trevor and Kaz it is love at first sight. Over the years they turn the house into a home, navigating floods and freezing winters. Here, these two English find their place - their bar, their baker, their builder (ignore him at your peril).
And gradually they learn slower joys - scents of thyme and lavender, warm sun on stone, nights hung with stars, silence in the hills, the secrets of fig jam.
One Place de L'Eglise is a love letter - to a house, a village, a country - from an outsider who discovers you can never be a stranger when you're made to feel so at home.
Mother. Monarch. Murderer. Magnificent.
You are born to a king, but marry a tyrant. You stand helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore and comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own.
You play the part, fooling enemies who deny you justice. Slowly, you plot.
You are Clytemnestra.
But when the husband who owns you returns in triumph, what then?
Acceptance or vengeance - infamy follows both. So you bide your time and wait, until you might force the gods' hands and take revenge. Until you rise. For you understood something that the others don't. If power isn't given to you, you have to take it for yourself.
A blazing novel set in the world of Ancient Greece and told through the eyes of its greatest heroine, this is a thrilling tale of power and prophecies, of hatred and love, perfect for fans of ARIADNE and THE SONG OF ACHILLES.
In 1954, Darrell Huff decided enough was enough. Fed up with politicians, advertisers and journalists using statistics to sensationalise, inflate, confuse, oversimplify and - on occasion - downright lie, he decided to shed light on their ill-informed and sneaky ways. How to Lie with Statistics is the result - the definitive and hilarious primer in the ways statistics are used to deceive.
With over one and half million copies sold around the world, it has delighted generations of readers with its cheeky takes on the ins and outs of samples, averages, errors, graphs and indexes. And in the modern world of big data and misinformation, Huff remains the perfect guide through the maze of facts and figures that are designed to make us believe anything.
Lauren Groff's critically acclaimed The Monsters of Templeton was shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Award for New Writers 2008, and critics hailed her as an enormous talent and a writer to watch. In Delicate Edible Birds, she fulfils that promise.
Delicate Edible Birds includes nine stories of vastly different styles and structures. 'L. De Bard and Aliette' recreates the tale of Abelard and Heloise in New York during the 1918 flu epidemic; 'Lucky Chow Fun' returns to Templeton, the setting of Groff's debut novel, for a contemporary account of what happens to outsiders in a small, insular town; the title story of Delicate Edible Birds is a harrowing, powerfully moving drama about a group of war correspondents, a lone woman among them, who fall prey to a frightening man in the French countryside while fleeing the Nazis.
With a dazzling array of voices and settings, Delicate Edible Birds will cement Lauren Groff's reputation as one of the foremost talents of her generation.
'Brunetti . . . long ago joined the ranks of the classic fictional detectives' Evening Standard
When the body of a young man is pulled out of a fetid Venetia canal, all clues point to a violent mugging. But for Guido Brunetti, Commissario of the Venice Police, robbery seems altogether too convenient a motive. Then something very incriminating is discovered in the dead man's flat - something which points to the existence of a high-level conspiracy. But who could be going to such great lengths to provide a ready-made solution to the crime?
'The characters of Brunetti and his family continue to deepen throughout the series ' The Times
A Jeeves and Wooster collection
A classic collection of stories featuring some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster, gentleman, and Jeeves, his gentleman's gentleman - in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages, seeking whom she may devour, while Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession (including the bestselling romantic novelist Rosie M. Banks). And Bertie, with Jeeves's help, hopes to evade the clutches of the terrifying Honoria Glossop... At its heart is one of Wodehouse's most delicious stories, 'The Great Sermon Handicap.'
A beautifully illustrated history celebrating the achievements of American women from 1920 to present day
The year 2020 will mark the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in America, and what better way to commemorate the 19th Amendment than with a gorgeously illustrated handbook that explores a century’s worth of feminism? Each chapter illustrates 10 landmark moments in each decade from 1920 to 2020. Featuring iconic events and the trailblazing women who made them happen, from Amelia Earhart to Shirley Chisholm, The Illustrated Feminist will inspire both dedicated feminists and burgeoning activists to continue the fight for women’s rights. Aura Lewis’s powerful artwork coupled with her well-researched and accessible text make this book an ideal gift for anyone looking to celebrate groundbreaking women and their colorful history.
‘A tour de force that provides fresh insight not only into the nature of sport, but cooperation, the mind, altruism, teamwork, leadership, tribalism and ritualism. It’s a book that every sports fan should read, and every sports writer should absorb’ Matthew Syed
‘David Papineau’s book is an important contribution to our thinking about sports, society, psychology, and moral philosophy. But it is also much more than that. Gripping from start to finish, it is a terrific read full of humour and good sense. You don’t even have to like sports to enjoy it’ Ian Buruma
Why do sports competitors choke? How can Roger Federer select which shot to play in 400 milliseconds? Should foreign-born footballers be eligible to play for England? Why do opposing professional cyclists help each other? Why do American and European golfers hate each other? Why does test cricket run in families? Why is punching tolerated in rugby but not in soccer?
These may not look like philosophical questions, but David Papineau shows that under the surface they all raise long-standing philosophical issues. To get to the bottom of these and other sporting puzzles, we need help from metaphysics or ethics, or from the philosophy of mind or political philosophy, as well as numerous other philosophical disciplines.
Knowing the Score will be an entertaining, fact-filled and erudite book that ranges far and wide through the sporting world. As a prominent philosopher who is also an enthusiastic amateur sportsman and omnivorous sports fan, David Papineau is uniquely well-placed to show how philosophy can illuminate sporting issues. By bringing his philosophical expertise to bear, he will add a new dimension to the way we think about sport.
This iconic bestseller from the bestselling author of All Marketers Are Liars proves that winners are just the best quitters and ‘should be on every entrepreneur’s book list’ (Entrepreneur.com)
Every new project (or career or relationship) starts out exciting and fun. Then it gets harder and less fun, until it hits a low point – really hard, really not fun. At this point you might be in a Dip, which will get better if you keep pushing, or a Cul-de-Sac, which will never get better no matter how hard you try. The hard part is knowing the difference and acting on it.
According to marketing guru and best-selling author Seth Godin, what sets successful entrepreneurs (and pop stars and weight lifters and car salesmen) apart from everyone else is their ability to give up on Cul-de-Sacs while staying motivated in Dips. Winners quit fast, quit often and quit without guilt – until they commit to beating the right Dip for the right reasons. You’ll never be number one at anything without picking your shots very carefully. The Dip is a short, entertaining book that helps you do just that. It will forever alter the way you think about success.
‘Smart, honest, and refreshingly free of self-help posturing, this primer on winning-through-quitting is at once motivational and comically indifferent. . . Godin’s truth-that “we fail when we get distracted by tasks we don’t have the guts to quit”-makes excellent sense of an often-difficult career move’ (Publishers Weekly)
Do you feel unhappy or unfulfilled? Tired and stressed? Lacking focus and energy?
Then you need Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. In this ground-breaking classic, he gives you the spiritual framework to:
- Understand yourself better
- Manage, manifest and achieve your goals
- Reach your full potential
- Channel conflict into something positive
- Change negative habits
- Live in the moment
Open your mind and follow Eckhart Tolle's guidance to happiness and health in the modern world. A New Earth is waiting for you.
Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award
‘What a remarkable book this is; tender, funny, brave, heartfelt, radiant with love and life. It brought me often to laughter and – several times – to tears. It sings with joy and kindness’ Robert Macfarlane
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Your Life in My Hands comes this vibrant, tender and deeply personal memoir that finds light and love in the darkest of places.
As a specialist in palliative medicine, Dr Rachel Clarke chooses to inhabit a place many people would find too tragic to contemplate. Every day she tries to bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives and to help make dying more bearable.
Rachel’s training was put to the test in 2017 when her beloved GP father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. She learned that nothing – even the best palliative care – can sugar-coat the pain of losing someone you love.
And yet, she argues, in a hospice there is more of what matters in life – more love, more strength, more kindness, more joy, more tenderness, more grace, more compassion – than you could ever imagine. For if there is a difference between people who know they are dying and the rest of us, it is simply this: that the terminally ill know their time is running out, while we live as though we have all the time in the world.
Dear Life is a book about the vital importance of human connection, by the doctor we would all want by our sides at a time of crisis. It is a love letter – to a father, to a profession, to life itself.
We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? This is the exhilarating story of human morality and the science underpinning the biggest question of all: what makes us human?'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks
What makes great art great? Why do some works pulse in the imagination generation after generation, century after century? From Botticelli’s Birth of Venus to Picasso’s Guernica, some paintings and sculptures have become so famous, so much a part of who we are, we no longer really look at them. We take their greatness for granted; our eyes have become near-obsolete. We need a new way of seeing.
Unsatisfied with traditional, hand-me-down interpretations of these masterpieces interested only in learning about art, and not from it, Kelly Grovier combed the surface of revered works from the Terracotta Army of the First Qin Emperor to Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits. What did he find? The key to their enduring power to move and delight us. He discovered that every truly great work is hardwired with an underappreciated detail, a flourish of strangeness, that ignites it from deep inside.
Quiet Pattern is an exploration of designs that deliver the gentlest of backdrops for your home, creating a peaceful sanctuary in which to retreat and recharge from everyday life. Starting with quiet pattern’s historical roots and close links to nature, we are introduced to contemporary, artisanal designers around the world, who reveal their inspirations, work and living spaces. The book also examines how quiet pattern can be used in a practical way at home, room by room. Delicate and inspiring, this is a book for everyone interested in pattern that is unobstrusive, calming and a little magical.
Abigail began her career studying fine art at Wimbledon School of Art in London and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After a brief stint assisting in galleries in New York, a passion for interiors took over and she returned to London to style shoots and write about interiors for a diverse range of editorial and commercial clients; such as Ikea, The White Company, Marks & Spencer, Harrods, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, House & Garden and Country Livingamongst many others. She was also Deputy Decorating Editor at Country Homes & Interiorsmagazine for several years.
Abigail launched her first wallpaper collection in 2011, the award winning, hand drawn designs now grace the walls of homes and commercial spaces around the world. Her products, including handmade ceramics, are available via her online shop.
A lush celebration of all that it means to be a black female. I love that The Color Purple doesn't try to soften its blows but is also courageous enough to hold on to a wonderfully affirming faith in possibility, in forgiveness and kindness and hope'
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
'The Color Purple is my go-to comfort novel. Every single time I read this book, I walk away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it up'
Tayari Jones
'I think that The Color Purple was the first book that made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the South'
Jesmyn Ward
'I got the book and read it, in one day, when it came out. And then I went back, the next day, and bought every copy they had'
Oprah Winfrey
A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia.
Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown.
Abused repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', Celie has two children taken away from her and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker - a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny.
And gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she loves.
Beloved by generations of readers, The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker's epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love.
'One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read. It is stunning - moving, exciting and wonderful'
Lenny Henry
'The Color Purple needs no category other than the fact that it is superb'
Rita Mae Brown
'The great irony about The Color Purple is that it transcends colour. One of the greatest books of all time'
Benjamin Zephaniah
'A unique blend of serenity and immediacy that makes your senses ache'
Helen Dunmore
'A genuinely mind-expanding book'
Patrick
Świat o świcie potrafi być pomarszczony jak twarz stulatka. Te wszystkie mgły, nitki babiego lata, porozpraszane, potargane chmury. Rozbiegane baranki pędzące na obrzeża niebieskiego boiska, do zachodniej bramki. Nie przykryje ich rumieniec słońca ani pomarańczowo-złote niebo, jakie wznosiło się nad otuliną mgławic, całunem pomroków, woalem tumanów. W takich tumanach tylko chochoły były w stanie dłużej ustać, bo od stóp było zimno, ziemia mokra, na żółknących trawach lśniły kropelki rosy.
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Gorący romans biurowy autorki bestsellerowego "Niegrzecznego szefa"Z okazji trzydziestych urodzin Chloe chce przeżyć coś niezwykłego. Jej życie nadal nie jest poukładane, nie ma rodziny, dynamicznie rozwijającej się kariery ani nawet zarysu planu na przyszłość. Ale przez tę jedną noc nie będzie o tym myśleć! To ostatni moment, by przeżyć coś szalonego i spontanicznego. A przygoda z przypadkowo poznanym przystojniakiem z obezwładniającym brytyjskim akcentem to wprost idealny sposób na świętowanie trzydziestki! Czy aby na pewno?Cztery tygodnie później ów "urodzinowy prezent" wkracza do wydawnictwa, w którym pracuje Chloe, jako jej nowy szef. Takiego scenariusza dziewczyna z pewnością nie brała pod uwagę. Szybko okazuje się jednak, że to dopiero początek kłopotów. Jest coś, o czym nieznajomy nie powiedział Chloe, kiedy się poznali. Jest także coś, czego ona nie zdradza jemu. Czy jedna noc może spowodować aż taki bałagan? I najważniejsze - jak niby mają go teraz posprzątać?
Ciepła, wzruszająca i podnosząca na duchu powieść o sile tkwiącej w książkach.Wdowiec Mukesh prowadzi spokojne życie w londyńskiej dzielnicy Ealing. Nie jest mu łatwo po stracie żony. Czuje się stary i samotny. Bardzo zależy mu na nawiązaniu relacji z wnuczką, która miała dużo lepszy kontakt z babcią - obie łączyła miłość do książek.Aleisha spędza lato, pracując w lokalnej bibliotece. Pewnego dnia w jednej z książek odkrywa tajemniczy liścik. To lista powieści opatrzona dopiskiem "Przeczytaj w razie potrzeby". Zaintrygowana postanawia, że przeczyta je wszystkie. Po kolei. Opisane w nich historie przenoszą ją w niezwykłe światy - z dala od rzeczywistości i codziennych problemów.Kiedy do biblioteki trafia Mukesh, mający nadzieję, że książki pomogą mu nawiązać kontakt z wnuczką, Aleisha przekazuje mu znalezioną listę. Chciałaby, żeby pomogła mu w tym, z czym Mukesh się zmaga.Powoli lista zaczyna spełniać swoje zadanie. Bo nigdy nie jest za późno, żeby zacząć czytać, kochać i marzyć.
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