Drahoslava Janderová Boeken

A gripping mystery-adventure about a desperate search for identity by critically acclaimed author, Timothee de Fombelle.

Druhý a třetí díl volné trilogie navazuje na Velký sešit (1986), který tvoří deníkové záznamy osudově spojených bratrů – dvojčat, podivně geniálních i cynicky krutých, kteří prožívají dětství za války v pohraničním městečku u své babičky. Důkaz (1988) sleduje příběh jednoho z nich, Lukase, úředně prohlášeného za idiota, který poté, kdy jeho bratr překročí ilegálně hranice do sousední svobodné země, dál osaměle hospodaří v babiččině domě v zemi okupované cizí armádou. Třetí lež (1991) je retrospektivním monologem dvou stárnoucích mužů: Clause T., jehož osudy jsou totožné s osudy Lukasova bratra emigranta, a Klause Lukase, slavného básníka nedávno osvobozené země.

Book Two in the Internationally Bestselling Mirror Visitor Quartet WINNER of the 2021 Prix Albertine Jeunesse In book two of the bestselling Mirror Visitor Quartet, "the plots multiply, the world of the Arks gains depth, details abound, and the story envelops the reader as the pages fly by." (Le Monde des ados) When Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight. her gift--the ability to read the secret history of objects--is now known by all, and there can be no greater threat to the nefarious denizens of her icy adopted home than this. Beneath the golden rafters of Pole's capitol, she discovers that the only person she may be able to trust is Thorn, her enigmatic and emotionally distant fiancé. As one influential courtier after another disappears, Ophelia again finds herself unintentionally implicated in an investigation that will lead her to see beyond Pole's many illusions to the heart of a formidable truth.

In this third volume of the Christelle Dabos's bestselling saga, Ophelia, the mirror-traveling heroine, finds herself on the ark of Babel guarding a secret that may provide a key both to the past and the future. After two years and seven months biding her time on Anima, her home ark, it's finally time to act, to put what she has discovered in the Book of Farouk to use. Under an assumed identity she travels to Babel, a cosmopolitan and thoroughly modern ark that is the jewel of the universe. Will Ophelia's talent as a reader suffice to avoid being lured into a deadly trap by her ever more fearful adversaries? Will she ever see Thorn, her betrothed, again?

Long ago, following a cataclysm called 'The Tear,' the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands. Known now as Arks, each has developed in distinct ways and at a different pace; each seems to possess its own unique relationship to time. Ophelia lives on Anima, an ark where objects have souls, with which Ophelia can communicate. When she is promised in marriage to Thorn, from the powerful Dragon clan, Ophelia must leave her family and follow her fiancee to the floating capital on the distant Ark of the Pole. Though she doesn't know it yet, she has become a pawn in a deadly plot.

Survival in Auschwitz is a mostly straightforward narrative, beginning with Primo Levi's deportation from Turin, Italy, to the concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland in 1943. Levi, then a 25-year-old chemist, spent 10 months in the camp. Even Levi's most graphic descriptions of the horrors he witnessed and endured there are marked by a restraint and wit that not only gives readers access to his experience, but confronts them with it in stark ethical and emotional terms: "[A]t dawn the barbed wire was full of children's washing hung out in the wind to dry. Nor did they forget the diapers, the toys, the cushions and the hundred other small things which mothers remember and which children always need. Would you not do the same? If you and your child were going to be killed tomorrow, would you not give him something to eat today?" --Michael Joseph Gross

The narrative delves into the journeys of the traditional Magi to Bethlehem, introducing an imaginative fourth Magus, Taor, a prince from Mangalore. Driven by his passion for a delicious confection, he embarks on a quest across Western Asia, ultimately ending up imprisoned in a salt mine in Sodom. Through his hardships, Taor not only uncovers the coveted recipe but also discovers profound insights about Jesus and redemption. This tale intertwines themes of longing, transformation, and the search for meaning in life's challenges.

YA. FANTASY & MAGICAL REALISM (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). A compelling story of a first love that defines a lifetime; perfect for fans of David Levithan, told with the intricate and beautiful writing style of bestselling author Timothee de Fombelle. Joshua Pearl is from a world that our own no longer believes in. He knows that his great love is waiting for him in that distant place, but he is trapped in our time. As his memories begin to fade, he discovers strange objects, tiny fragments of a story from a long time ago. Can Joshua remember the past and believe in his own story before his love is lost for ever?. Ages 13+

"Ainsi vous avez tout dans votre magasin ? demanda la jeune fille. Vraiment tout ?" Tomek se trouva un peu embarrassé : "Oui... enfin tout le nécessaire..." "Alors, dit la petite voix fragile, alors vous aurez peut-être... de l'eau de la rivière Qjar ?" Tomek ignorait ce qu'était cette eau, et la jeune fille le vit bien : "C'est l'eau qui empêche de mourir, vous ne le saviez pas ?"

Příběh objevení Ameriky Kryštofem Kolumbem zpracovaný ve formě cestopisného románu. Mladý vypravěč, student a šlechtic Luiz de Avarra, se účastní Kolumbovy výpravy na palubě lodi Santa Maria. Barvitě líčí strastiplnou plavbu přes Atlantik, přistání u ostrova San Salvador, setkání s domorodci i cestu zpátky do Evropy. Autor v knížce plné dobrodružství a napětí nechává promlouvat jak skutečné historické postavy, tak fiktivní účastníky slavné výpravy.