Diář s citáty z děl nejoblíbenějšího autora naší doby Paula Coelha má tentokrát za hlavní téma „svobodu“ a obsahuje originální, půvabně vyjádřené a hluboce pravdivé myšlenky, které pronášejí postavy jeho četných románů, včetně toho nejnovějšího, ale také autor sám ve svých fejetonech. Ideální dárek pro každého, kdo si přeje, aby ho slova tohoto věhlasného spisovatele provázela každým dnem nadcházejícího roku.
Rozluštěná tajemství peruánských pyramid. Populárně-naučná kniha pátrá po tajemstvích předkolumbovských civilizací na území dnešního Peru a Bolívie. Představuje božské postavy slunečních králů Viracochy Pachacamaka a Viracochy, jejich úlohu v náboženských představách Močiků, Inků a Tíwanaků.
Uważana za arcydzieło Antonia Lobo Antunesa powieść "Zadupia" opowiada historię portugalskiego lekarza nękanego wspomnieniami z wojny, który jak dawni żeglarze, opowie swoją historię każdemu, kto zechce jej posłuchać. Wpisując się w tradycję Williama Faulknera i Gabriela Garcii Marqueza, Lobo... číst celé
As the civil war rages in 1980s Mozambique, an old man and a young boy, refugees from the war, seek shelter in a burnt-out bus. Among the effects of a dead passenger, they come across a set of notebooks that tell of his life. As the boy reads the story to his elderly companion, this story and their own develop in tandem. Written in 1992, Mia Couto’s first novel is a powerful indictment of the suffering war brings.
It is 1905 and Luis Bernardo Valenca, a thirty-seven-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping company, is revelling in Lisbon's luxurious high society. But his life is turned upside down when King Dom Carlos invites him to become governor of Portugal's smallest colony, the island of São Tomé e Principe. Luis Bernardo is ill-prepared for the challenges of plantation life – used to a softer urban existence, he is shocked by the conditions under which the workers labour. But with the English closing in on São Tomé's cocoa plantations, the island's main means of survival, Luis Bernardo must endeavour to protect the island and its community.
Vtipný příběh o ženě, která v harému krále Šalamouna soupeří s ostatními konkubínami o místo v loži slavného krále. Vzhledem k tomu, že jako jediná žena u Šalomounova dvora uměla číst a psát, způsobilo, že po několika humorných i napínavých peripetiích tuto inteligentní ženu král pověřil, aby v příbězích sepsala dosavadní dějiny lidstva. V jejím podání je řada biblických pasáží vyprávěna s neodolatelným humorem a ironickým nadhledem, ale vlastně bez jakéhokoliv zásadního zkreslení nebo posunu významu. Šalomounova intelektuálka sepisuje své vyprávění od počátků lidstva, ale hlavním obdobím, které má popsat, je doba krále Šalomouna a jeho otce, krále Davida. Své texty pak předkládá Šalomounovy redaktorskému posouzení, s nímž nad leckterou formulací živě diskutuje v obhajobě svých autorských postupů.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2016 The brilliant new novel from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. On the eve of Angolan independence, Ludo bricks herself into her apartment, where she will remain for the next thirty years. She lives off vegetables and pigeons, burns her furniture and books to stay alive and keeps herself busy by writing her story on the walls of her home. The outside world slowly seeps into Ludo's life through snippets on the radio, voices from next door, glimpses of a man fleeing his pursuers and a note attached to a bird's foot. Until one day she meets Sabalu, a young boy from the street who climbs up to her terrace.
The beauty behind the black veil...Christal Van Alen was wanted from Maine to Missouri. Swathed in widow's weeds, she was running to Wyoming Territory...when the outlaw, Macaulay Cain, captured their stagecoach, and the aristocratic New Yorker was prisoner again. She couldn't trust the infamous outlaw; she couldn't share her real name or her secret past. Yet he was her only hope against the dangerous gang of gunmen that held her. And even as she clung to him for protection, she fought against the passions that threatened to betray her—until one explosive night when all secrets must be revealed—and she was a fugitive again.The cold-eyed outlaw would unveil her...He was a man who could take—or leave—a woman at will. Then Macaulay Cain encountered the mysterious, ravishing "Widow Smith." Her honor, her shattered innocence, became his obsession. She was a woman whose secrets he vowed to unlock even as she fled his embrace. Why did she run? If it took him years, he would find her, possess her, unlock her darkest secrets—even if it cost him his life.
In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. The elephant's journey from Lisbon to Vienna was witnessed and remarked upon by scholars, historians, and ordinary people. Out of this material, José Saramago has spun a novel already heralded as a triumph of language, imagination, and humor. Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, begin in dismal conditions, forgotten in a corner of the palace grounds. When it occurs to the king and queen that an elephant would be an appropriate wedding gift, everyone rushes to get them ready: Subhro is given two new suits of clothes and Solomon a long overdue scrub. Accompanied by the Archduke, his new wife, and the royal guard, our unlikely heroes traverse a continent riven by the Reformation and civil wars. They make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy: Genoa, Piacenza, Mantua, Verona, Venice, and Trento, where the Council of Trent is in session. They brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner Passes; they sail across the Mediterranean Sea and up the Inn River (elephants, it turns out, are natural sailors). At last they make their grand entry into the imperial city. The Elephant's Journey is a delightful, witty tale of friendship and adventure.
"Il mio obiettivo è comprendere l'amore." Così scrive Maria, la protagonista del nuovo, sorprendente romanzo di Paulo Coelho, all'inizio del suo diario. Maria è una ragazza del sertão brasiliano che, dopo aver incontrato un impresario teatrale sulla spiaggia di Rio de Janeiro, si lascia sedurre dal miraggio di una vita diversa. Trasferitasi a Ginevra, sfumato rapidamente il sogno di lavorare come ballerina di samba, la ragazza, con l'ingenuo cinismo di chi non ha ancora conosciuto il vero amore, affronterà la vita come un'avventura, cercando di conoscere il mondo e l'anima delle persone attraverso la lente dei fugaci incontri che la sua attività le impone, finché un pittore non saprà aprirle le porte di una nuova consapevolezza. Dall'autore di L'Alchimista, una sconvolgente meditazione sul sesso come strumento di conoscenza e di esplorazione di sé, un meraviglioso percorso di risveglio sensuale, emotivo e spirituale.
