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Labeled deaf, retarded, disturbed and insane, Donna Williams lived in a world of her own. Alternating between rigid hostility and extroversion, she waged what she termed her "war against the world." She existed in a dreamlike state, parroting the voices of those around her in the hope that they would leave her alone. Few people understood her, least of all Donna helself. It was not until the age of twenty-five that Donna discovered the word- autism- that would at last give her the opportunity to understand herself and begin to build a bridge to join the world as most know it. "Nobody Nowhere, Donna Williams' extraordinary autobiography, is her heroic attempt to come to terms with autism. This eloquent memoir reveals a fierce intelligence, great creativity and much humour. It will shatter many myths and misconceptions. The poetic sensibility and extraordinary insights of "Nobody Nowhere make it inspiring reading for everyone. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

Hlavními protihráči románu jsou zámožný podnikatel, úspěšná, ambiciózní mladá žena, se kterou se nově oženil, a jeho bývalá odstrčená manželka, nečekaně mládnoucí po boku nového milence.

The semiautobiographical Martin Eden is the most vital and original character Jack London ever created. Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. London, dissatisfied with the rewards of his own success, intended Martin Eden as an attack on individualism and a criticism of ambition; however, much of its status as a classic has been conferred by admirers of its ambitious protagonist. Andrew Sinclair's wide-ranging introduction discusses the conflict between London's support of socialism and his powerful self-will. Sinclair also explores the parallels and divergences between the life of Martin Eden and that of his creator, focusing on London's mental depressions and how they affected his depiction of Eden.

Jess Aarons si è allenato tutta l'estate per vincere la gara di corsa dellascuola. Non avrebbe mai pensato che a fargli mangiare la polvere sarebbe statauna ragazzina: Leslie Burke, la nuova arrivata, che si veste come un maschio eabita in una casa piena di libri. Jess non avrebbe mai immaginato neanche diessere suo amico, eppure i due diventeranno in poco tempo inseparabili. Jess eLeslie sono due outsider nella piccola scuola del villaggio, ma saranno Re eRegina nel meraviglioso mondo di Terabithia, un luogo immaginario e segretodove condividono storie e sogni, e dove nessuno può fare loro del male. Solotra gli alberi di quel magico regno Jess e Leslie riescono a vincere le paure.Finché qualcosa di terribile non romperà l'incanto...

A young man is on death row for a crime he didn't commit, while a stranger lurks in the shadows ...

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Warlight traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an abandoned Italian villa at the end of World War II. “A rare spellbinding web of dreams.” —Time The nurse Hana, exhausted by death, obsessively tends to her last surviving patient. Caravaggio, the thief, tries to reimagine who he is, now that his hands are hopelessly maimed. The Indian sapper Kip searches for hidden bombs in a landscape where nothing is safe but himself. And at the center of his labyrinth lies the English patient, nameless and hideously burned, a man who is both a riddle and a provocation to his companions—and whose memories of suffering, rescue, and betrayal illuminate this book like flashes of heat lightning.

Ve své knize se doktor Pollar zabývá otázkami kolem eutanazie: ekonomickou stránkou zdravotní péče, úrovní léčebné péče o umírající, jak se vyrovnat s problémem po právní stránce, průzkumy veřejného mínění, otázkou defektních novorozenců. Seznamuje se situací v Holandsku, kde byla eutanazie uzákoněna a zamýšlí se nad tím, kdo by měl eutanazii provádět. Boří mýty kolem eutanazie a vyvrací některé běžné názory. Zdůrazňuje potřebu věnovat se v první řadě tomu, abychom odstranili utrpení samo, a ne člověka, který trpí.

Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, goes to war - the War to End All Wars. He finds himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare; of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, Ross performs a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death. The Wars is quite simply one of the best novels ever written about the First World War.

A savagely satirical tale of marital revenge. Madeleine wants revenge: Madeleine wants to be remembered: Madeleine wants love. Who doesn't? Madeleine is ex-wife of and chief persecutor to Jarvis, the architect. Why not? She hates him. Hilary is their daughter, growing fatter and lumpier every day under Madeleine's triumphant care, witness to the wrongs her mother suffered. For Jarvis has a clean new life with a clean new wife, Lily, and a nice new baby, Jonathan. The furniture is polished and there is orange juice for breakfast. Jarvis is content, or thinks he is, fending off Madeleine's forays as best he can. Jarvis has a part-time secretary, too, Margot, now the doctor's wife, unremembered from the days of her youth. Margot, unacknowledged wife and mother, accepting, tending, nurturing his children and her own, complaisant in her lot. Until Madeleine, hurling out her dark reproaches from the other side of violent death, uncovers new familial links in the disruption she creates.