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The story of a Quaker family and a Jewish family in love and at war during WWII.

Sophie Hardach is here to guide us through the strange and wonderful ways that humans have used languages throughout history. She takes us from the earliest Mesopotamian clay tablets and the 'book cemeteries' of medieval synagogues to the first sounds a child hears in their mother's womb and their incredible capacity for language learning. Along the way, Hardach explores the role of trade in transmitting words across cultures and untangles riddles of hieroglyphics, cuneiform and the ancient scripts of Crete and Cyprus. This is a book about languages, the people who love them and the linguistic threads that connect us all.

The compelling and original debut novel from the Costa Prize-shortlisted author of Confession with Blue Horses. Swimming for his life towards traffickers on the Italian shore, Selim enters a world where Kurdish refugees disguise themselves as tomatoes, dates of birth are a matter of opinion, and a residency permit is a ticket to paradise. When he ends up in a small town in Germany, Selim believes he is finally safe, until the law catches up with him and the clock starts ticking. Selim realises there is only one way to avoid deportation... Fifteen years later, in a town hall in Paris, a Registrar receives an unsettling book: 'The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages' fuels her suspicions surrounding an impending Kurdish wedding. She embarks on an investigation that will bring her uncomfortably close to an old acquaintance. Written with real imaginative flair, heart and humour, The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages introduces an unlikely hero who'll prove impossible to forget, and a prodigious new talent in Sophie Hardach.

Sebrané muminí spisy patří k povinné zimní i letní výbavě každého komiksového fanouška (o obdivovatelích Tove Janssonové se asi nemusíme vůbec zmiňovat). Vzhledem k tomu, že první vydání je z větší části dávno vyprodané, přinášíme muminí omnibus, který obsahuje všech pět knih, které doposud česky vyšly. Čeká vás opravdická nálož muminích stripů, které vycházely v britských novinách (původně Evening News) mezi lety 1954–1975. Autorka je na zakázku kreslila přímo pro britský trh, ale na samém vrcholu muminí kariéry stripy vycházely ve více než 40 zemích a přebíralo je 120 periodik s celkovým nákladem 20 milionů výtisků denně. České noviny mezi nimi bohužel nebyly ani jedny. Tato kniha obsahuje první polovinu celkového objemu existujících muminích stripů. Druhou, česky doposud nevydanou polovinu, připravujeme v další, stejně objemné knize.

Un quartetto di racconti in bilico tra l'orrore e l'avventura, l'incubo e la fantasia. Il riscatto di un uomo condannato ingiustamente per omicidio. Il morboso rapporto tra un adolescente e un ex nazista. Quattro ragazzini alla ricerca del cadavere di un coetaneo. Una donna che partorisce in circostanze surreali. Quattro storie da brivido, agghiaccianti e paradossali, che hanno per protagonisti mostri moderni.

Už je to tady, přinášíme česky doposud nevydané muminí komiksy! Druhý muminí omnibus obsahuje první třetinu patnáctiletého kralování Larse Janssona v úloze tvůrce komiksových stripů. Od roku 1960 předala Tove pochodeň svému bratrovi, aby se mohla věnovat jiným uměleckým projektům. V době svého největšího rozmachu vycházel Muminek ve více než 40 zemích a přibližně ve 120 novinách. Denně jej četlo přes 20 milionů čtenářů, což z něj činí nejúspěšnější finský komiks všech dob. Návdavkem se s vámi Sophia Janssonová, dcera Larse a kreativní ředitelka a předsedkyně představenstva společnosti Moomin Characters, podělí o své vzpomínky na vyrůstání ve světě muminků.

1936. Judith non conosce la sicurezza di una vera famiglia, dovendo passare l'adolescenza in un collegio della Cornovaglia mentre i genitori si trovano a Ceylon. Ma la sua vita non è del tutto infelice, essendo stata affettivamente adottata da una famiglia di vicini e passando molto tempo nella loro splendida proprietà. Lì conosce l'amore e, confortata da quel calore, si trasforma da ragazza naive in giovane donna sicura di sé. Per questo, allo scoppio del conflitto mondiale, è pronta a fare la sua parte: si arruola nelle ausiliarie e si imbarca per l'Estremo Oriente. Conoscerà le sofferenze della guerra,attraverserà il tragico destino di molti suoi amici, affronterà la scomparsa dei suoi genitori, prima di ritrovare la serenità in Cornovaglia.

'Confirms Harris's undisputed place as our leading master of both the historical and contemporary thriller' Daily Mail There was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins. Cicero's comeback requires wit, skill and courage. And for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator is once more the supreme senator in Rome. But politics is never static. And no statesman, however cunning, can safeguard against the ambition and corruption of others. 'The finest fictional treatment of Ancient Rome in the English language' Scotsman

Sullo sfondo dei drammatici eventi scatenati dallo scoppio della Prima guerra mondiale e dalla Rivoluzione russa, i destini di cinque famiglie si intrecciano inesorabilmente attraverso due continenti. Dalle miniere di carbone del Galles ai candelabri scintillanti di palazzi sontuosi, dai corridoi della politica alle alcove dei potenti, da Washington a San Pietroburgo, da Londra a Parigi, il racconto si muove incessantemente fra drammi nascosti e intrighi internazionali. Ne sono protagonisti ricchi aristocratici, poveri ambiziosi, donne coraggiose e volitive e sopra tutto e tutti le conseguenze della guerra per chi la fa e per chi resta a casa. Primo grande romanzo di "The Century", la nuova trilogia di Ken Follett incentrata sulla storia del ventesimo secolo, La caduta dei giganti è uno straordinario affresco storico, un'opera epica.

Ken Follett ritorna al Medioevo ambientando 'Mondo senza fine' due secoli dopo la costruzione della cattedrale gotica di Kingsbridge, sullo sfondo di un mutamento - che rivoluzionerà le arti quanto le scienze - in cui ci si lascia alle spalle il buio e si cominciano a intravedere i primi bagliori di una nuova epoca.

Je to vyprávění o vytrvalých pokusech matky najít vhodného ženicha pro svou dceru a o neúnavných protestech dcery provdat se bez lásky jenom proto, aby se podrobila tradici a přemrštěným požadavkům své matky. Román líčí soukromý i veřejný život čtyř široce rozvětvených rodin, ale přináší také panoramatický obraz Indie krátce po získání nezávislosti, obraz plný nadějí a zklamání, naivity a intrik, politiky a poezie, okořeněný i přítomností českého živlu v tropickém prostředí vzdáleného světa. V duchu tradice G. Eliotové a L. Tolstého napsal Vikram Séth román, který lze bez nadsázky nazvat úplným obrazem lidského života. Velkolepý, vážný i veselý je tento jedinečný příběh, jenž pojednává o odvěkém zázraku - spojení dvou úplně cizích lidí na celý život.... a zcela čtenáře pohltí.

Jádrem románu Vikrama Sétha je příběh lásky - nebo výstižněji - vyprávění o vytrvalých pokusech matky najít vhodného ženicha pro svou dceru a o neúnavných protestech dcery provdat se bez lásky jenom proto, aby se podrobila tradici a přemrštěným požadavkům své matky. Román líčí soukromý i veřejný život členů čtyř široce rozvětvených rodin, ale přináší také panoramatický obraz Indie krátce po získání nezávislosti, obraz plný nadějí a zklamání, naivity a intrik, politiky a poezie, okořeněný i přítomností českého živlu v tropickém prostředí vzdáleného světa. V duchu tradice George Eliotové a Lva Tolstého napsal Vikram Séth román, který lze bez nadsázky nazvat úplným obrazem lidského života. Velkolepý, vážný i veselý je tento jedinečný příběh, jenž pojednává o odvěkém zázraku - spojení dvou úplně cizích lidí na celý život… a zcela čtenáře pohltí. (Vydavatel)

In una fredda mattina di gennaio del 1895, nel cortile dell'École Militaire nel cuore di Parigi, Georges Picquart, ufficiale dell'esercito francese, presenzia alla pubblica condanna e all'umiliante degradazione inflitta al capitano Alfred Dreyfus, ebreo, accusato di avere passato informazioni segrete ai tedeschi. In piazza ventimila persone urlano: "Traditore! A morte gli ebrei!". Picquart, patriota integerrimo, scapolo quarantenne, intellettuale e moderatamente antisemita, con un'amante sposata a un funzionario del ministero degli Esteri, non ha alcun dubbio: Dreyfus è colpevole. Il condannato viene trattato in modo disumano e confinato sull'isola del Diavolo, nella Guyana francese, dove l'unica forma di sollievo alla sua angoscia e alla solitudine è scrivere accorate lettere alla moglie lontana. La faccenda sembra archiviata. Picquart, ora promosso capo della Sezione di statistica - l'unità del controspionaggio militare che aveva montato le accuse contro Dreyfus -, si accorge però, dopo il ritrovamento di un "petit bleu", che qualcuno sta ancora passando documenti segreti al nemico. Forse Dreyfus è innocente ed è stato incastrato proprio dagli uomini con cui lui sta lavorando? Questa possibilità getta Picquart nello sconforto e, determinato a scoprire la verità, diventa a sua volta personaggio assai scomodo per i suoi superiori. L'ufficiale e la spia si ritrovano così entrambi a dover difendere il proprio onore.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Roses comes "epic storytelling that plunges the reader headfirst" into the fate of heiress Samantha Gordon and ranch hand Nathan Holloway as their lives collide in early 1900s Texas. (Jackie K Cooper, The Huffington Post) Texas in the early 1900s was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres Lomas cattle ranch near Fort Worth, and Nathan Holloway, a sweet-natured and charming farm boy from far north Texas. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, Samantha and Nathan's connection drives this narrative compulsively forward as they love, lose, and betray. In this grand yet intimate novel, Meacham once again delivers a heartfelt, big-canvas story full of surprising twists and deep emotional resonance.

Zoznámte sa s Bensonovcami. Je to príjemný, milý manželský pár. Nikomu sa nepletú do života, občas prehodia so susedmi pár slov. A majú krásne dievčatko Daisy. Niečo však nesedí. Dcérka žije v podkrovnej izbe bez okien, za zamknutými dverami. Vždy keď jej donesú jedlo či zaželajú dobrú noc, dievčatko stŕpne a radšej váži každé slovo. Daisy nie je ich. Uniesli ju. Prednedávnom ju donútili oslavovať desiate narodeniny. Keď naposledy videla pravých rodičov, mala sedem. Teraz sa Bensonovci rozhodli pre súrodenca... Detektív seržant Nathan Cody sa čoskoro stretne s najtemnejším a najstrašnejším prípadom vo svojej kariére.

In 1944, Magda Denes was ten years old and living in Budapest. Squeezed into a tiny two-room apartment with her mother, adored brother Ivan, grandparents, aunt and cousin Erwin, the family were learning to adapt to the brutal regime of the occupying German forces. As rumours filtered through about concentration camps and mass deportations, Hungarian Jews found their lives more and more desperate. Starving, terrified, indiscriminately murdered, tortured and abused, they were now barricaded in underground ghettos. They formed militant resistance groups that went out by night to fight the Germans. Ivan and Erwin, both resistance fighters, were shot. Magda's grandfather died of starvation. The depleted family escaped from Budapest and with great difficulty made their way to Spain, via France, and then by boat to America, and a new life.

Captain Ann Campbell is a West Point graduate, the daughter of legendary General "Fighting Joe" Campbell. She is the pride of Fort Hadley until, one morning, her body is found, naked and bound, on the firing range. Paul Brenner is a member of the Army's elite undercover investigative unit and the man in charge of this politically explosive case. Teamed with rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, with whom he once had a tempestuous, doomed affair, Brenner is about to learn just how many people were sexually, emotionally, and dangerously involved with the Army's "golden girl." And how the neatly pressed uniforms and honor codes of the military hide a corruption as rank as Ann Campbell's shocking secret life.

Michael Violet je zdánlivě normální sanfranciský obchodník s auty. Zdání však může klamat – ve skutečnosti to je talentovaný kapsář, který krade klíče od nejluxusnějších aut ve městě. Tenhle kriminální život však Michael tají před svým bratrem Jonem, jenž naopak zasvětil svůj život novinařině a odhalování zločinu. Když je však Jon zavražděn, pokusí se Michael, poháněný pocitem viny a touhou po pomstě, využít svého nadání, aby vypátral bratrova vraha. Jenomže proměna zloděje v hrdinu nebude tak snadná, jak sám doufal…

Eine Familie zerrieben zwischen den Fronten, zerrissen durch die Grenze, verbunden durch die Liebe Sommer 1987, in einer Hinterhauswohnung in Prenzlauer Berg: Die achtjährige Ella wohnt mit ihren beiden kleinen Brüdern, den Eltern und Großeltern nah an der Grenze, doch davon bekommt sie wenig mit. Ihr Leben besteht aus orangenen Ziehbadewannen, Sommertagen an der Datsche und Balkonen, die von Häusern fallen. Bis ein Urlaub an der ungarisch-österreichischen Grenze ihrer Kindheit ein jähes Ende setzt und die Familie für immer zerreißt. Zwanzig Jahre später führt das Tagebuch ihrer Mutter Ella zurück nach Berlin. Mithilfe der Notizen und Akten aus dem Stasiarchiv versucht sie zu rekonstruieren, warum die Flucht damals so verheerend gescheitert ist. Und was mit ihrem kleinen Bruder Heiko geschehen ist, den sie in all den Jahren niemals vergessen hat. Schmerzlich schön erzählt Unser geteilter Sommer von Sehnsucht und Verlust und davon, was eine Familie im Kern zusammenhält.

An examination of production and operations management in the form of a novel.

In this New York Times bestseller, you will discover how the calmness of Zen masters can help you stop time, refuel, and focus on the things that really matter. Our world is an overwhelming place. Each day’s commitments to career and family take everything we’ve got, and we struggle to focus on our health, relationships, and purpose in life. Technology brings endless information to our fingertips, but the one thing we really want—a sense of satisfaction and contentment—remains out of reach. Pedram Shojai is here to change all of that. With practice, you can stop time, refuel, and focus on the things that really matter, even among the chaos that constantly surrounds us. His no-nonsense life mastery program brings together clear tools to elevate your existence. He guides you in learning to honor the body and mind, discharge stuck energy, and shake free from toxicity and excess stress. The world needs you to step up and live your life to the fullest. Pedram Shojai is the Urban Monk who can show you how to drink from infinity, find peace and prosperity, and thrive.

Ambientato nel 1944, nella Reims occupata dai tedeschi, l'ultima trama di Ken Follett si ispira a un fatto reale: durante la seconda guerra mondiale cinquanta donne inglesi vennero mandate in Francia come spie dai servizi segreti britannici. Di queste, solo 36 sono sopravvissute, le altre hanno sacrificato la vita per il loro paese. Follett racconta le gesta di Flick, una giovane agente inglese che ha il ruolo delicato e vitale di collegamento tra la resistenza francese e un'organizzazione militare segreta britannica. Flick è a capo di una squadra tutta al femminile di agenti (nome in codice: gazze ladre) con una pericolosa missione da portare a termine: sabotare la maggiore centrale tedesca di informazioni all'interno di un castello nei sobborghi di Reims.

Historický román o dramatickém životním osudu starořeckého básníka Simónída se odehrává v bouřlivé době plné válek, v 6. století př.n.l. Simónídes byl významným básníkem antického Řecka v 6. stol. před Kristem. V románě je vylíčena jeho životní pouť od narození ve městě Iúlis až do sklonku života v Syrakúsách. Básník, jehož nevzhledná tvář ostře kontrastovala s krásou jeho veršů, žil v době plné válek, intrik a zvratů; to se odráželo i na jeho osobních vzestupech a pádech. Autorka umně skloubila historická fakta s fantazií a podařilo se jí přiblížit čtenářům antický svět velkých tyranů i velkých básníků. A také připomenout, že Simónides je autorem epitafu "Poutníče, zvěstuj Lakedaimonským...", který byl určen Sparťanům padlým u Thermopyl.... celý text

Vermomd als Arabier jaagt een Britse beroepsofficier en geheim agent ten tijde van de Golfoorlog op Saddam Husseins atoombomkanon: de vuist van God.

Charlotte is looking after her best friend's daughter the day she disappears. She thought the little girl was playing with her own children. She swears she only took her eyes off them for a second. Now, Charlotte must do the unthinkable: tell her best friend Harriet that her only child is missing. The child she was meant to be watching. Devastated, Harriet can no longer bear to see Charlotte. No one could expect her to trust her friend again. Only now she needs to. Because two weeks later Harriet and Charlotte are both being questioned separately by the police. And secrets are about to surface. Someone is hiding the truth about what really happened to Alice

State of Terror is a critically acclaimed, Sunday Times and number one New York Times Bestseller; it is an edge of your seat international political thriller by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny.

Lanny è una donna bellissima, sensuale, appassionata... E ha oltre duecento anni. Lanny è un’immortale, ma la sua vita eterna le ha chiesto un sacrificio molto alto. Troppo alto. È costretta a fuggire e a nascondersi di continuo, perché l’uomo che le ha donato l’immortalità, il potente e spietato Adair, vuole tenerla avvinta a sé, anche se lei ha trovato un altro uomo, e con lui un nuovo, profondo legame che le dà forza in una quotidianità finalmente «normale» e condivisa. Adair ha più di mille anni, ma nella sua lunghissima vita non ha mai incontrato una donna come Lanny. E ora che si è liberato dalla cella in cui lei l’ha rinchiuso per più di un secolo, Adair deve scegliere: ascoltare la voce dell’odio e della vendetta, che gli impone di scovare Lanny e ucciderla dopo orribili sevizie? Oppure cedere a una voce più profonda e autentica, che non sentiva da secoli: quella dell’amore? L’eros può rendere possibile l’impossibile, ma maggiore è la sua forza, più alto il prezzo da pagare... Erotismo e suspense si mescolano in una storia unica di passione e perdita, tradimento e redenzione.

I giorni dell'eternità è l'appassionante conclusione dell'epica "Century Trilogy", nella quale Ken Follett segue lungo tutto il Novecento il destino di cinque famiglie legate tra loro. Dai palazzi del potere alle case della gente comune, le vicende dei suoi indimenticabili protagonisti si intrecciano nel periodo che va dai primi anni Sessanta fino alla caduta del Muro di Berlino, anni segnati da eventi sociali, politici ed economici tra i più drammatici del "secolo breve": le lotte per i diritti civili in America, la Guerra fredda, la sfida per la conquista dello spazio, l'assassinio dei Kennedy e di Martin Luther King, il Vietnam, il Watergate, ma anche i Beatles e la nascita del rock'n'roll. I giorni dell'eternità è l'affascinante racconto di un'epoca ricca di svolte la cui eco si fa ancora sentire ai giorni nostri, gli anni della contestazione e dei grandi movimenti di massa, anni in cui la lotta per la supremazia tra blocco sovietico e blocco occidentale, con la minaccia di un conflitto nucleare, ha influenzato la vita di milioni di persone. Con il tocco di un vero maestro, Ken Follett ci porta in un mondo che pensavamo di conoscere, ma che ora non ci sembrerà più lo stesso.

John and Laura are on holiday in Venice, but it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose.

Enveloped in the dark inner kingdom of her schizophrenia, sixteen-year-old Deborah is haunted by private tormentors that isolate her from the outside world. With the reluctant and fearful consent of her parents, she enters a mental hospital where she will spend the next three years battling to regain her sanity with the help of a gifted psychiatrist. As Deborah struggles toward the possibility of the “normal” life she and her family hope for, the reader is inexorably drawn into her private suffering and deep determination to confront her demons. A modern classic, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden remains every bit as poignant, gripping, and relevant today as when it was first published.

The body of a disgraced college lecturer is found on an abandoned railway line. In the four years since his dismissal for sexual misconduct, he'd been living like a hermit. So where did he get the 5,000 pounds found in his pocket? Leading the investigation, Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks begins to suspect that the victim's past may be connected to his death. Forty years ago the dead man attended a university that was a hotbed of militant protest and divisive, bitter politics. And as the seasoned detective well knows, some grudges are never forgotten-or forgiven. Just as he's about to break the case open, his superior warns him to back off. Yet Banks isn't about to stop, even if it means risking his career. He's certain there's more to the mystery than meets the eye . . . and more skeletons to uncover before the case can finally be closed.

Gennaio 1958. Un uomo si sveglia nella toilette della stazione di Washington. E' lacero, sporco, vestito come un barbone, e non ricorda nulla del passato. Come è finito lì? Chi è veramente? E perché qualcuno lo sta seguendo? A poco a poco dalla memoria affiorano immagini, nomi, volti, ed eventi. E la vicenda di Luke, questo è il nome dell'uomo misterioso, si intreccia a una storia di missili spaziali, scienziati, spionaggio e tradimenti.

On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body. Willie finds himself in a strange purgatory-- the bardo-- where ghosts commisserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance ... and where a struggle erupts over his soul

Sf thriller exploring our greatest journey and our greatest mystery -- death itself -- from the winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards. Psychologist Dr Joanna Lander has spent two years at Mercy General Hospital studying patients who have been declared clinically dead but then revived. Many have had near-death experiences, NDEs, which are remarkably similar the world over. Then brilliant young neurologist Richard Wright discovers a way to induce an NDE using psychoactive drugs. He's convinced that NDEs are a survival mechanism, and that through them more patients might be brought back from the edge of death. Patients like Joanna's young friend Masie, who is almost certain to die before she gets the heart transplant she desperately needs. So when Joanna realizes that Richard's project is under threat due to a shortage of suitable subjects, she volunteers to take the dangerous journey to the limits of knowledge herself. Immediately fascinated by her simulated near-death experiences, Joanna becomes increasingly desperate to discover the meaning behind the strangely familiar images and feelings she encounters. As she begins to unravel the mystery, her sense of dread grows. Becau

Il romanzo di John Irving è, prima di tutto, l'insolita storia d'amore tra un'artista canadese del tatuaggio, Alice, e un organista con l'ossessione di farsi tatuare tutto il corpo, William. A ricostruirla è il figlio della coppia, Jack Burns, destinato a diventare un celebre attore di Hollywood, che conosce il padre solo attraverso i racconti della madre. Dopo la morte di Alice, Jack scopre che la donna nascondeva molti misteri e si mette alla ricerca del padre.

Agnostic theologian Bernard Walsh has a professional interest in heaven. But when he travels to Hawaii with his father, Jack, it is not in quest of a vacation paradise; it is to visit Jack’s dying, estranged sister. The hand of fate and family tensions frustrate the planned reunion, however. And surrounded by quarrelling honeymooners, girls looking for Mr Right, a freeloading anthropologist, and assorted tourists all determinedly pursuing their humdrum visions of paradise, Bernard finds Waikiki more like purgatory. Until, that is, he stumbles upon something he had given up hope of finding – the astonishing possibility of love…

A penetrating new novel about the burden of celebrity and the making of American myths and heroes by one of America's bestselling writers 'Updike is one of the very few people who are among Oates's peers' - TLS

EVERYONE'S IN DANGER. ANYONE COULD BE NEXT. An imposing, isolated hotel, high up in the Swiss Alps, is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But she's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when she receives an invitation out of the blue to celebrate her estranged brother's recent engagement, she has no choice but to accept. Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge. Though it's beautiful, something about the hotel, recently converted from an abandoned sanatorium, makes her nervous - as does her brother, Isaac. And when they wake the following morning to discover his fiancée Laure has vanished without a trace, Elin's unease grows. With the storm cutting off access to and from the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic. But no-one has realized yet that another woman has gone missing. And she's the only one who could have warned them just how much danger they're all in . . .

"England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tasting alligators in Peru, escaping bandits in Persia and she has just arrived in England after a chaotic forty-five-day flight from South Africa. Chipstone is about the sleepiest town you could have the misfortune to meet. And to add to these indignities - she's now a Lady. Lady Eleanor, as she would prefer not to be known, reluctantly returns to her uncle's home, Henley Hall. Now Lord Henley is gone, she is the owner of the cold and musty manor. What's a girl to do? Well, befriend the household dog, Gladstone, for a start, and head straight out for a walk in the English countryside, even though a storm is brewing... But then, from the edge of a quarry, through the driving rain, Eleanor is shocked to see a man shot and killed in the distance. Before she can climb down to the spot, the villain is gone and the body has vanished. With no victim and the local police convinced she's stirring up trouble, Eleanor vows to solve this affair by herself. And when her brakes are mysteriously cut, one thing seems sure: someone in this quiet country town has Lady Eleanor Swift in their murderous sights..."--Publisher description

Bol raz jeden bernandín, a ten mal všetko, čo si len zaželal. Mal kde bývať, mal sa s kým hrať a každý deň ho čakali nové dobrodružstvá... A potom stretol Missy! Missy je krásna bernardínka, ktorá si získala Beethovenovo srdce. Zamilovaných psov však čakajú na ceste k šťastiu veľké prekážky. Podarí sa Beethovenovi vyslobodiť Missy z rúk chamtivých zloduchov a zachrániť svoje šteniatka?

Tahle lež jí tak trošku přerostla přes hlavu… Když třicetiletá Alison Mullallyová, která je po dvojnásobné mastektomii a jen málokdy vyhledává jakékoli dobrodružství, dorazí na pohřeb svého bývalého přítele Sama, nevychází z údivu. Nikdo z přítomných totiž nemá ani páru o tom, že jí Sam stihl dávno před svou smrtí dát kopačky. Nakonec však svolí s tím, že v rodinném zájmu sehraje truchlící přítelkyni a taky že vyklidí Samův byt s jeho nejlepším kamarádem Adamem Bergem. To by neměl být zas až takový problém. Koneckonců to zabere jen čtyři víkendy.