Kate Atkinson (25 kníh)
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Kate Atkinson A God in Ruins ENKate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life, the bestselling adult book this year to date in the UK, explored the possibility of infinite chances, as Ursula Todd lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. In A God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy - would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband and father - as he navigates the perils and progress of the…
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Kate Atkinson A God in RuinsA God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd – would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather – as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, often deliriously funny yet emotionally devastating book looks at war – that great fall of…
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Kate Atkinson Big SkyJackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an ageing Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It’s picturesque, ...
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Kate Atkinson Boh v ruináchPútavý, miestami láskavo komický a hlboko emocionálny pohľad na druhú svetovú vojnu a na dôsledky, ktoré doľahli nielen na tých, čo prežili, ale aj na budúce generácie. Hlavným hrdinom je Teddy, pilot Britského kráľovského letectva, na ktorého životných osudoch autorka vyrozprávala dramatický príbeh 20. storočia a zachytila obrovské zmeny, ktoré sa udiali v povojnovej Británii. Sleduje jeho život od detstva, opisuje…
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Kate Atkinson Bůh v troskách CZVe svém skvělém románu Život za životem, jedné z nejprodávanějších knih pro dospělé v roce 2014, zkoumala Kate Atkinsonová možnosti nekonečných příležitostí – Ursula Toddová prožívala znovu a znovu převratné události dvacátého století. V Bohu v troskách obrací Atkinsonová pozornost k Ursulinu milovanému mladšímu bratrovi Teddymu – adeptu básnictví, pilotovi bombardéru RAF, manželu a otci – a sleduje ho na jeho…
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Kate Atkinson Case Histories ENCase Histories continues a winning streak for Kate Atkinson which began when her impressive novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum won the Whitbread First Novel Award. Since that book, Atkinson has gleaned a keen following of readers who are prepared to follow in the surprising directions the unpredictable author takes us on. And Atkinson—so far—hasn’t let us down.
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Kate Atkinson Case Histories ENCambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet - Lost on the left, Found on the right - and the two never seem to balance. Jackson has never felt at home in Cambridge, and has a failed marriage to prove it. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted by a family tragedy,…
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Kate Atkinson Case Histories ENCase Histories is Kate Atkinson's first foray into crime fiction, and introduces the popular Jackson Brodie, who returns in One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News and Started Early, Took My Dog. A six-part BBC1 drama series starring Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie and set in Edinburgh is scheduled for transmission in autumn 2011.A sweltering, unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector…
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Kate Atkinson Life After Life ENWhat if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be…
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Kate Atkinson Life After Life ENWINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD! What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale.What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live…
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Kate Atkinson Neuzavřené případy CZSoukromý detektiv Jackson Brodie se ve své praxi vesměs potýká jen se sledováním nevěrných manželek. Bezprostředně za sebou se ale objeví tři, z policejního hlediska mrtvé případy. Obrátí se na něj dvě sestry, které v pozůstalosti po otci objevily oblíbenou hračku své třetí sestry, jež před pětatřiceti lety zmizela. Obézní právník, jehož největší láskou v životě byla jeho mladší dcera, ho žádá, aby našel brutálního…
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Kate Atkinson Neuzavřené případySoukromý detektiv Jackson Brodie nemá jednoduchý život. Manželka se s ním rozvedla a jeho dcerku teď vychovává cizí hejhula, bolí ho zuby a má protivnou sekretářku. Navíc většinu času tráví poněkud nudným sledováním...
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Kate Atkinson One Good Turn ENIt is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident – a near-homicidal attack which changes the lives of everyone involved: the wife of an unscrupulous property developer, a crime writer, a washed-up comedian. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander – until he becomes a murder suspect. Stephen King called Case…
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Kate Atkinson PřepisMladičká Juliet Armstrongová se v r. 1940 přimotá do světa špionáže a dostane za úkol sledovat aktivity britských sympatizantů s fašismem. Není z toho nijak nadšená, práce jí často připadá úmorná, navíc v ní vzbuzuje strach. Když válka skončí, s úlevou...
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Kate Atkinson Started Early, Took My Dog ENA day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn.
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Kate Atkinson TranscriptionThe magnificent new novel by bestselling award-winning Kate Atkinson. In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring ...
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Kate Atkinson TranscriptionTranscription is a bravura novel of extraordinary power and substance. Juliet Armstrong is recruited as a young woman by an obscure wartime department of the Secret Service...
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Kate Atkinson TranscriptionIn 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, ...
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Kate Atkinson When Will There be Good News? ENIn rural Devon, six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie works as a nanny for a G.P. But Dr Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards…
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Kate Atkinson When Will There be Good News? ENIn rural Devon, six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie works as a nanny for a G.P. But Dr. Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling…
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Kate Atkinson When Will There Be Good News? ENIn rural Devon, six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie works as a nanny for a G.P. But Dr. Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling…
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Kate Atkinson Život za životem CZAngličanka Ursula Toddová zemře těsně po narození jedné únorové noci roku 1910. V následující kapitole se téže únorové noci narodí znovu, přičemž tentokrát přežije, aby podstoupila celou řadu tragických, mnohdy heroických konců. Tak jako na divadle padá opona, v Ursulině příběhu „padá tma“, tedy smrt. Ta ovšem neznamená temný konec, ale je příslibem dalších, neomezených variant a pokračování. Není divu, že Ursula…
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