Olga Bártová Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)






Ptáček tisíce příběhů
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- 13 uur lezen
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.
Unesená
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- 12 uur lezen
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
Ik ben Eleanor Oliphant
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- 14 uur lezen
Eleanor Oliphant heeft haar leven vrij goed onder controle. Ze draagt elke dag dezelfde kleren, eet elke dag dezelfde maaltijd, en koopt elk weekend twee flessen wodka. Met Eleanor Oliphant gaat eigenlijk alles goed. Haar zorgvuldig gestructureerde leven loopt op rolletjes en ze mist niks. Of althans, soms (best wel vaak eigenlijk) is ze eenzaam en zou ze gelukkig willen zijn. Als Eleanor op een dag samen met een collega een oudere man helpt die gevallen is, verandert haar hele leven onverwachts. De muren die haar al zo lang beschermen verdwijnen als sneeuw voor de zon, en ze zal voor het eerst de confrontatie met haar angsten en twijfels aan moeten gaan. Want Eleanor Oliphant weet misschien wel hoe ze moet functioneren, maar ze heeft geen idee hoe ze moet leven.
The Topeka School
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- 11 uur lezen
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
The Book of Dirt
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- 12 uur lezen
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.
A Darkling Plain
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- 20 uur lezen
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.
Educated
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- 14 uur lezen
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.
The Mars Room
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- 13 uur lezen
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.





