Olga Bártová Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Osud bájného ptáka rozhodne o budoucnosti světa Marjan Dastáníová úspěšně vede dvojí život. Jen málokdo ví, že když zrovna není ve škole, cestuje a stará se o bájná zvířata. Na mise ji vysílá tajuplná rodinná organizace, která chce tvory prodat a ještě více tak zbohatnout. V dobrodružství, které ji zavede napříč kontinenty a spojí ji s těmi nejdivočejšími bájnými zvířaty, musí vypátrat Ptáčka tisíce příběhů dřív, než ho najde někdo s nekalými úmysly. Čím blíž však má k mytickým tvorům, tím větší hrozí nebezpečí, že přijde o přátelství – a vše, co ji poutá k životu, který znala.

Autobiografie dívky, kterou rodiče nechali unést a poslali na drsnou převýchovu. Patnáctiletá Elizabeth je vzorná žačka a skvělá sportovkyně, ale jednoduché to s ní není – chodí tajně ven, často se opíjí a trpí silnými výbuchy vzteku. Rodiče s ní jednoho dne ztratí trpělivost a rozhodnou se pro převýchovu. Elizabeth je s jejich vědomím unesena do divočiny, kde v drsných podmínkách stráví s dalšími „problémovými“ dívkami tři měsíce. Další rok prožije v uzavřené internátní škole, jejíž program připomíná spíš sektu. Teprve o mnoho let později dokáže vyprávět svůj traumatizující příběh

Captured by the Gestapo, Maria is imprisoned in Auschwitz while her family is sent to their deaths. Realizing her ability to play chess, the sadistic camp deputy, Fritzsch, intends to use her as a chess opponent to entertain the camp guards. Literally playing for her life through four grueling years, Maria intends to orchestrate Fritzsch's downfall. Maria, vowing to avenge the murder of her family, challenges her former nemesis to one final game, certain to end in life or death, in failure or justice. Print run 30,000

Mi chiamo Eleanor Oliphant e sto bene, anzi: benissimo. Non bado agli altri. So che spesso mi fissano, sussurrano, girano la testa quando passo. Forse è perché io dico sempre quello che penso. Ma io sorrido, perché sto bene così. Ho quasi trent'anni e da nove lavoro nello stesso ufficio. In pausa pranzo faccio le parole crociate, la mia passione. Poi torno alla mia scrivania e mi prendo cura di Polly, la mia piantina: lei ha bisogno di me, e io non ho bisogno di nient'altro. Perché da sola sto bene. Solo il mercoledì mi inquieta, perché è il giorno in cui arriva la telefonata dalla prigione. Da mia madre. Dopo, quando chiudo la chiamata, mi accorgo di sfiorare la cicatrice che ho sul volto e ogni cosa mi sembra diversa. Ma non dura molto, perché io non lo permetto. E se me lo chiedete, infatti, io sto bene. Anzi, benissimo. O così credevo, fino a oggi. Perché oggi è successa una cosa nuova. Qualcuno mi ha rivolto un gesto gentile. Il primo della mia vita. E questo ha cambiato ogni cosa. D'improvviso, ho scoperto che il mondo segue delle regole che non conosco. Che gli altri non hanno le mie stesse paure, e non cercano a ogni istante di dimenticare il passato. Forse il «tutto» che credevo di avere è precisamente tutto ciò che mi manca. E forse è ora di imparare davvero a stare bene.

Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His mother, Jane, is a famous feminist author; his father, Jonathan, is an expert at getting "lost boys" to open up. They both work at a psychiatric clinic that has attracted staff and patients from around the world. Adam is a renowned debater, expected to win a national championship before he heads to college. He is one of the cool kids, ready to fight or, better, freestyle about fighting if it keeps his peers from thinking of him as weak. Adam is also one of the seniors who bring the loner Darren Eberheart--who is, unbeknownst to Adam, his fathers' patient--into the social scene, to disastrous effect. Deftly shifting perspectives and time periods, The Topeka School is the story of one family's struggles and strengths: Jane's reckoning with the legacy of an abusive father, Jonathan's marital transgressions, the challenge of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinity. It is also a riveting prehistory of the present: the collapse of public speech, the trolls and tyrants of the New Right, and the ongoing crisis of identity among white men

Deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, Jakub Rand is forced to sort through Jewish books for a so-called Museum of the Extinct Race. Hidden among the rare texts is a tattered prayer book, hollow inside, containing a small pile of dirt. Meanwhile Frantiska Roubickova contemplates her failed marriage, despairing of her conversion to Judaism. When the Nazis summon her two eldest daughters for transport, she must sacrifice everything to save them. Decades later, Bram Presser embarks on a quest to find the truth behind the stories his family built around these remarkable survivors.

Wren and her father are Tom traveling the Bird Roads in their airship, trying to forget that Hester has betrayed them. In the ruined wreckage of the city of London they make a discovery that will change the world. The fourth instalment of Reeve's critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet.

Born to survivalists in Idaho, Tara Westover didn't go to school. As she grew older, her father became more radical and her brother more violent. At sixteen, Tara knew she had to leave home. In doing so she discovered both the transformative power of education, and the price she had to pay for it.

Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Her crime ? The killing of her stalker. Inside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside : the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where she was once a dancer. Her seven-year-old son, Jackson. As Romy forms friendships over liquor brewed in socks and stories shared through sewage pipes her future seems to unfurl in one long, unwavering line - until news from beyond the prison bars forces Romy to try and outrun her destiny.