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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.

A Stephen King novel telling of unfair imprisonment and escape.

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.

Judith Dunbar is veertien als ze wordt ondergebracht op een kostschool in Cornwall omdat haar familie in het buitenland verblijft. Ze sluit vriendschap met de eigenzinnige Loveday en leert een nieuwe wereld kennen: de rijkdom en glamour van de Britse aristocratie.

'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

In 1911 verandert de wereld voorgoed. Arbeiders laten zich niet langer onderdrukken, vrouwen eisen hun rechten op, de rijke aristocratie kan haar macht niet langer handhaven. En overal fluisteren diplomaten elkaar woorden in die het lot van miljoenen mensen over de hele wereld zullen veranderen. Aan de vooravond van de Eerste Wereldoorlog proberen acht mensen hun weg in deze roerige wereld te vinden: Gus Dewar, rechterhand van de Amerikaanse president; Lev en Grigori Pesjkov, twee arme Russische broers op zoek naar een beter leven; mijnwerker Billy Williams en zijn ambitieuze zus Ethel, huishoudster van de vermogende graaf Fitzherbert; de vrijzinnige lady Maud en haar geliefde, de Duitse diplomaat Walter von Ulrich. Terwijl hun levens elkaar kruisen, dragen deze mensen ieder op hun eigen manier bij aan een titanenstrijd die zijn weerga niet kent

Aan de hand van vier personages, onder wie een bouwmeester die de 12e eeuwse gotische kathedraal van Knightsbridge wil restaureren, wordt een beeld gegeven van het politieke, sociale en godsdienstige leven in het 14e eeuwse Engeland.

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)

Op een ijskoude dag in januari 1895 wordt de Joods-Franse officier Alfred Dreyfus voor het oog van een woedende menigte van zijn zwaard en rang ontdaan en veroordeeld tot levenslange opsluiting op Duivelseiland. Dreyfus is schuldig bevonden aan spionage voor de Duitse aartsvijand. Een van de toeschouwers is Georges Picquart,officier van de Franse geheime dienst. De slimme en vindingrijke Picquart krijgt de opdracht om een geheim onderzoek te leiden naar de Dreyfus-affaire. Enkele maanden later ontdekt hij dat de werkelijke spion nog steeds in het Franse leger actief is en hij zet een listige operatie in werking om hem in de val te lokken. Het resultaat van de operatie is echter vele malen schokkender dan verwacht: een spoor van corruptie en leugens leidt tot in de hoogste regionen van het Franse leger en de regering. De memoires van Picquart lagen meer dan honderd jaar achter slot en grendel; ze vertellen het ware verhaal van een schandaal dat Frankrijk volledig op zijn kop zette.

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.

Een in romanvorm gegoten handleiding voor de verbetering van productieprocessen met behulp van het TOC-principe (Theory of Constraints).

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.

A brand new thriller from the master storyteller set against the menacing backdrop of the Second World War and crackling with suspense and action. It is May, 1944 - a time of international tension where nothing is certain... Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attack a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications - but the building is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a daring new plan: she will parachute into France with an all-woman team known as the 'Jackdaws' and they will penetrate the chateau in disguise. But, unknown to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant, ruthless intelligence colonel, Dieter Franck, to crush the Resistance. And Dieter is on Flick's trail...

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

This is an exciting espionage thriller set during the 1991 Gulf War about an attempt by the British to trap an Iraqui mole who is part of Sadam Hussein's inner circle.

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

Na een wraakneming op zijn Soedanese vijanden met een gestolen Amerikaanse drone door de Tsjadische president waarbij een Chinese basis wordt beschadigd, ontwikkelt zich een lokaal conflict in sneltreinvaart tot een mondiaal uiterst dreigende situatie.

De nummer-1-bestsellerauteurs Hillary Clinton en Louise Penny presenteren een meeslepende thriller die met ongeëvenaarde spanning en insiderkennis komt. Vier jaar na het vertrek van de Amerikaanse leiding wordt een nieuwe president beëdigd, terwijl zijn concurrente het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken overneemt. Een reeks verwoestende terroristische aanslagen brengt de wereldorde in gevaar, en de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken moet een team samenstellen om de dodelijke samenzwering te ontrafelen die profiteert van een geïsoleerde Amerikaanse regering. Deze thriller biedt een fascinerend inzicht in de wereld van internationale intriges en onthult details die alleen een insider kan kennen. De samenwerking tussen Clinton en Penny is ontstaan uit gesprekken over Clintons ervaringen als minister van Buitenlandse Zaken. Het boek wordt geprezen om zijn fijne humor, feminisme en spannende plot. Het is verfijnd en vol slimme wendingen, wat het tot een boeiende leeservaring maakt. De combinatie van Clintons politieke kennis en Pennys vertelkunst creëert een unieke thriller die zowel vermaakt als tot nadenken aanzet.

I turned to Luke and reached for him. My blood felt as though it had seized up in my veins. Lanny, what is it? Luke asked. I clutched his lapel desperatelyIt's Adair. He's free.FOR 200 YEARS SHE'S BEEN HIDINGHe gave her immortality. She tried to destroy him. Now he is searching for her. They must not meet. Or there will be a RECKONING

When Rebecca Hoffmann, a teacher in East Germany, finds herself pursued by the secret police, she discovers that she has been living a lie. Her younger brother, Walli, longs to escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain to become part of the burgeoning music scene. In the United States, George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration, is a fierce supporter of the Civil Rights movement - as is the woman he is in love with, Verena, who works for Martin Luther King, Jr. Boarding a Greyhound bus in Washington to protest against segregation, they begin a fateful journey together. Russian activist, Tania Dvorkin, narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news sheet. Her actions are made all the more perilous as her brother, Dimka, is a rising star in the heart of the Communist Party in the Kremlin.

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.

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is the story of a sixteen-year-old who retreats from reality into the bondage of a lushly imagined but threatening kingdom, and her slow and painful journey back to sanity. Chronicles the three-year battle of a mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl against a world of her own creation, emphasizing her relationship with the doctor who gave her the ammunition of self-understanding with which to help herself. "I wrote this novel, which is a fictionalized autobiography, to give a picture of what being schizophrenic feels like and what can be accomplished with a trusting relationship between a gifted therapist and a willing patient. It is not a case history or study. I like to think it is a hymn to reality." —Joanne Greenberg

Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead; his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near his home. There's no sign of a struggle, and no concrete evidence except for one distinguishing package: £5,000 of cash, tucked inside the man's pocket. But when DCI Banks delves into Miller's past, he uncovers a troubled existence tarnished by accusations of abuse and misconduct which throws up an array of puzzling questions. What really occurred at the college where the victim used to teach? How was he embroiled in political activism at Essex University, over forty years ago? And what links him to an upstanding pillar of the community, who also harbours a dark secret from her past? One thing is clear: someone will stop at nothing - even murder - to prevent Banks from discovering the truth . . .

From the bestselling author comes a thriller that deals with one of the most ruthlessly contested arenas of the Cold War, where each second brings destruction closer...

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

'Jack Burns was volgens zijn moeder al acteur eer hij acteur was, maar zelf bewaarde hij zijn duidelijkste jeugdherinneringen aan de momenten waarop hij de dringende behoefte had zijn moeders hand vast te houden. En dan acteerde hij niet.' Zo begint John Irvings elfde roman, 'Tot ik jou vind' het verhaal van de acteur Jack Burns. Zijn moeder Alice is tatoeëerster in Toronto. Als Jack vier is, reist Alice verscheidene havensteden aan de Noordzee met hem af. De twee zijn op zoek naar Jacks verdwenen vader William, een kerkorganist die verslaafd is aan het laten zetten van tatoeages. Maar Alice is een mysterie en William blijft onvindbaar. Zelfs Jacks herinneringen zijn onzeker. Jack Burns gaat naar school in Canada en New England, maar echt vormend is zijn omgang met enkele oudere vrouwen. Irving schildert Jacks leven als acteur in Hollywood met dezelfde rijkdom aan detail en verscheidenheid aan emoties die hij aanwendt bij de beschrijving van de tatoeagestudio's in de genoemde havensteden en de weergalmende orgelmuziek die Jack als kind in Europese kerken heeft gehoord. De toon van het boek, de stem die eruit opklinkt, is weemoedig. Tot ik jou vind is doortrokken van verdriet en bedrog; het is daarnaast een krachtige, komische roman die zich zonder meer laat vergelijken met Irvings meest ambitieuze en ontroerendste werk.

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.