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V životopisném románě přibližuje současný americký autor život a dílo slavného francouzského sochaře Augusta Rodina. Spolu s ním předvádí celou plejádu vynikajících osobností uměleckého i politického života, s nimiž se Rodin stýkal a jež zasahovaly do jeho lidských i uměleckých osudů.

Over the course of six episodes, the early years of Dr. Finlay are explored, as he gets to grips with the locals in the Scottish Highland town of Levenford. But the new doctor is full of surprises; caring, stub-born, idealistic and clever, but he proves to be more than a match for the local residents. His patients range from the stingiest and most cunning widow in Scotland to a pantomime actress, and from a hen-pecked husband, to the Scobie sisters, who have managed to live together for fifteen years without speaking.

Tegen de achtergrond van het ruige Australië spelen zich de levens af van drie generaties van één familie met als centrale figuur een vrouw die een verhouding aangaat met een priester waaruit een zoon wordt geboren die door de ironie van het lot eveneens tot een kerkelijk ambt wordt gedreven.

Der Venezianer - Ein Tizian Roman - bk297; Droemer Knaur Verlag; David Weiss; pocket_book; 1980

(2nd book of The Heaven Tree trilogy) Young Harry Talvace, the son of Ralf Isambard's master-builder who raised the great church of Parfois and was put to death by his jealous patron, has grown up at the court of Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales. Deep in his heart he nurses a desire for vengence, and when Harry become innocently involved in the tragedy which strikes Llewelyn's marriage he sets out to avenge his father's death. Alone he makes his way to Parfois to challenge Isambard. But enmity can prove as complex as love, Harry discovers, as in his turn he falls under the spell of the old warrior.

Accusé à tort d'avoir chassé une biche dans une forêt domaniale, le jeune Harry Talvace, fils cadet d'un chevalier anglais, et Adam, son frère de lait, fils de serf, se réfugient en France. A Paris, Harry se distingue par ses dons de tailleur de pierre et de sculpteur. Il est remarqué par Ralf Isambard, riche seigneur de Parfois, de retour des Croisades, qui désire faire bâtir une église sur ses terres, à la frontière galloise. Les deux hommes échangent alors un serment. Harry aura toute latitude pour accomplir son oeuvre; aucun moyen matériel ne lui sera refusé. En contrepartie, il devra demeurer sur place quoi qu'il advienne, jusqu'à ce que sa tâche soit achevée.

Avery Corman vertelt in dit ontroerende verhaal wat er gebeurt als een vrouw haar man en vierjarig zoontje plotseling in de steek laat; omdat zij het leven van "groene weduwe" in een van de suburbs van New York niet langer aankan. Ted Kramer, een man die nooit precies wist of hij nou wel of niet een kind had willen hebben, ervaart al spoedig na het vertrek van zijn vrouw Joanna dat hij zonder de kleine Billy niet verder zou kunnen leven. Ondanks een aantal kortstondige verhoudingen is en blijft de relatie tot zijn zoon centraal, een relatie waarin hij te maken krijgt met babysitters, werksters, kleuterscholen, vakanties en vriendjes. Zelf een procedure over de voogdij blijft hem niet bespaard, want Joanna komt terug... Het boek van de ontroerende, Ocarwinnende film, met Dustin Hoffman en Meryl Streep.

Novela australského spisovatele, známého u nás už svými válečnými romány Dvacet tisíc zlodějů a Veteráni. Jevištěm jeho nové práce je zapadlá australská vesnice a osou děje příběh anglické učitelky, která do ní přichází učit. Střetá se se zvláštnostmi prostředí, prožívá s vesnicí neuvěřitelné změny, jež v jejím životě vyvolal krotký a podivuhodnými vlastnostmi vybavený delfín.

Oliver Barrett IV, un tânăr provenind dintr-o familie aristocratică, student la Harvard și vizând o carieră în domeniul dreptului... Jenny Cavilleri, o frumusețe sarcastică, aparținând clasei muncitoare, care studiază muzica la Radcliffe... Fără nimic în comun în aparență, Oliver și Jenny sunt spirite înrudite din lumi complet diferite. Iar iubirea lor sfidează orice obstacole, dar e sortită să se sfârșească prea curând... Au trecut doi ani de când a pierdut-o pe Jenny, iar Oliver crede că nu va mai iubi niciodată. Apoi, într-o zi, Marcie, frumoasă și misterioasă, intră în lumea lui... și deodată viitorul dezvăluie promisiunea unei noi iubiri... Două romane emoționante, două ecranizări de excepție: Love Story, cu Ali MacGraw și Ryan O’Neal, și Oliver’s Story, cu Ryan O’Neal și Candice Bergen, și o replică ce rămâne în mintea și în inima cititorilor: „Iubirea înseamnă să nu fii nevoit vreodată să spui că îți pare rău".

Some very imaginative children spend a summer camping on an island in the middle of an English lake. They sail on the lake and pretend they are in exotic parts of the world and, as a result, have many exciting adventures. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Australský voják Harding je během 2. světové války vysazen v Malajsii na tajnou misi. Japonci ho však brzy chytí, zajmou a mučí. Později ho vysvobodí partyzáni a mezi nimi je i krásná dívka Liu-Sun.

Renata, Rinaldo, and Charlie fove out destinies complicated by the unforgettable Humboldt. and Humboldt-drinker, lover, sometimes bum, and lifetime shadow of Charlie Citrine-plots a dubious revenge for services rendered in the name of friendship.

Pastoor Gorman is op een donkere, mistige avond in Londen op weg naar een stervende vrouw als hij wordt neergeslagen. De politie vind op zijn licheaam een lijstje met namen van mensen die bijna allemaal zijn gestorven. Achter twee namen staat een vraagteken. Zijn het de namen van toekomstige slachtoffers...?

The ups, downs, and exploits of a group of British Catholics--for whom the sexual revolution came a little later than it did for everybody else... In this bracing satire, a group of university students make their way through the fifties and into the turbulent sixties and seventies. We first meet Dennis, Michael, Ruth, Polly, and the others at the altar rail of Our Lady and St. Jude, but soon enough they get caught up in the alternately hilarious and poignant preoccupations of work, marriage, sex, and babies--not always in that order. A satirical comedy in the tradition of Evelyn Waugh, Souls and Bodies take an unblinking look at the sexual revolution and the contemporaneous upheavals in the Catholic Church. The result is as unsettlingly true as it is funny.

Oliver Barrett IV, a wealthy jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law . . . Jenny Cavilleri, a sharp-tongued, working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe . . . Opposites in nearly every way, Oliver and Jenny are kindred spirits from vastly different worlds. Falling deeply and powerfully, their attraction to one another defies everything they have ever believed—as they share a passion far greater than anything they dreamed possible . . . and explore the wonder of a love that must end too soon. One of the most adored novels of our time, this is the book that defined a generation—a story of uncompromising devotion, of life as it really is . . . and love that changes everything.

Do you realise you, and all the people you know, play games? All the time? Sexual games, marital games, complex games that you�re not even aware of as you go about your usual life? You might play games like �Alcoholic� or �The Frigid Woman' at weekends, or perhaps 'Ain't it awful' or �Kick me� while you�re at work. First published in the 1960s and recognized as a classic work of its kind by professionals, the bestselling �Games People Play� is also an accessible and fascinating read. It is a wise, original, witty and very sensible analysis of the games we play in order to live with one another � and with ourselves.

Milano, Garzanti, 1977, 8vo brossura con copertina a illustrata a colori, pp. 222

Příběhy navrátilců z první světové války do malého hornického městečka na severu Anglie, kteří musejí překonávat docela jiné překážky než na frontě, když jim vývoj událostí v městečku položí otázku, co dělat, nechtějí-li hladovět

Černošský spisovatel z kmene Sotho v jižní Africe vypráví o svém bědném dětství a tvrdé cestě za vzděláním a životním povoláním učitele i o svém růstu v uvědomělého politického pracovníka-revolucionáře, který cítí přímo zoufalou nutnost bojovat za lepší a dokonalejší jižníAfriku, zbavenou jha kolonialismu.