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In 1492 Spain is held in firm grip by the inquisition. Per decree an announcement is made that all Jews have to leave the country. A large exodus starts. 15-year-old Yonah is left on his own after his brother and father are killed. Instead of converting to Christianity or fleeing he decides to stand firm by his faith and to fight for himself. Three years later Yonah is keen to settle somewhere. In Granada he finally meets people of his own faith again - the family of the silk merchant Saadi, who still practice Judaism in secrecy. Yonah's love for Ines, the young daughter of the family, however remains unfulfilled. Yonah moves on to Gibraltar where he starts an apprenticeship with Fierro, an armourer. Fierro has to flee from the inquisition himself and asks his young apprentice to accompany him on his journey to the North and when he finally arrives in Saragossa meeting Nuno seals his fate. Yonah immediately senses that medicine is his true calling...

Alive and pulsating with the events of our history, TRUE WOMEN tells the story of two dynastic family lines in Texas, the Kings and the Woodses. Euphemia Texas Ashby King could ride and shoot like any man, and she was there when Sam Houston's rag-tag army routed Santa Anna at San Jacinto . . . . Though she risked her plantation running the Yankee cotton blockade during the Civil War, Georgia Virginia Lawshe Woods still had to defend her family from a corrupt Yankee officer . . . . Bettie Moss King survived wolves, storms, and the Ku Klux Klan to steer her family through the turbulent birth of modern times. Inspired by the author's own Texas roots, here is an unforgettable saga of the grit, determination, and courage of TRUE WOMEN. ""Heartfelt . . . The hardships and adventures faced by [this] family are so movingly described that I was in tears." -- The New York Times Book Review

Román z prostředí a historie Dálného východu nás zavádí do Japonska druhé poloviny 19. století, do období historického zlomu: přestože Japonsko stále lpí na tradicích a brání se sílícímu vlivu bílých přivandrovalců – gaidžinů, ti moudřejší si uvědomují, že bez přijetí základů evropské a americké civilizace se Země vycházejícího slunce v budoucnu neobejde. Spletité osudy několika hlavních postav plasticky vykreslují střet dvou civilizací a kultur a v neposlední řadě nabízí příběhy plné napětí, intrik a vášní. ISBN 80-7202-008-0 (soubor Ikar) ISBN 80-7176-297-0 (soubor Knižní klub)

Yokohama, 1862. Japan bevindt zich op de rand van een burgeroorlog. Rivaliserende groepen samoerai vechten verbeten om de macht. Een groep jonge, idealistische krijgsheren is vastbesloten de oude tradities weer in ere te herstellen: zij vinden dat Yoshi Toronaga- de eerste Shogun- de macht van hun keizer heeft gestolen. De volgelingen van de Shogun gaan echter tot het uiterste om het gezag van hun heerser te vuur en te zwaard te verdedigen. Centraal in deze wereld van corruptie en eergevoel, intriges en persoonlijke offers staan de Gai-Jin, de vreemdelingen. De gehate, arrogante buitenlanders die proberen te profiteren van de onderlinge twisten: zij handelen met elke Japanse partij die voldoende geld bezit. Het enige waarin de Gai-Jin geïnteresseerd zijn, is de torenhoge winst die ze op hun oorlogsmaterieel kunnen maken. Onderling zijn de Gai-Jin echter sterk verdeeld. Britten staan lijnrecht tegenover de Fransen, de Pruisen tegenover de Russen en de kooplui tegenover de militairen. Eén van de machtigste handelshuizen dat zich in Yokohame heeft gevestigd is het machtige Noble House. En het is de jonge Malcolm Struan, kleinzoon en erfgenaam van de machtige en legendarische Dirk Struan die de Japanse belangen van Noble House overeind moeten houden. Maar, als Malcolm levensgevaarlijk gewond raakt bij een treffen met vijandige samoerai, lijkt het geluk de Struans en Noble House in de steek te laten. Tyler Brock, de eeuwige aartsvijand van de Struan-familie, beraamt in het diepste geheim plannen om de macht van Noble House voor eens en voor altijd te breken...

Ruth is beautiful, intelligent and privileged, but she can never be satisfied - there is a moral vacuum where her heart should be. She envies her cousin Elisabeth and this obsession leads her inexorably to tragedy. By the author of "Damage".

""It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler...Tai-Pan!"" "From the Trade Paperback edition."

Damage is the gripping story of a man’s desperate obsession and scandalous love affair. He is a man who appears to have everything: wealth, a beautiful wife and children, and a prestigious political career in Parliament. But his life lacks passion, and his aching emptiness drives him to an all-consuming, and ultimately catastrophic, relationship with his son’s fiancée. Chilling and brilliant, Damage is a masterpiece—a daring look at the dangers of obsession and the depth of its shattering consequences.