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Miniaturista
Jednoho podzimního dne roku 1686 klepe na dveře velkolepého domu v nejbohatší části Amsterodamu osmnáctiletá Nella Oortmanová. Přijela z chudé venkovské rodiny, aby se ujala role manželky zámožného kupce Johannese Brandta, avšak místo milujícího manžela ji přivítá jeho odměřená sestra, černý sluha a prostořeká služebná. Když se Johannes později vrátí z cest, věnuje Nelle velice zvláštní svatební dar – skříňkovou repliku jejich domu. Nella si do ní objedná zařízení od tajuplného miniaturisty a od té chvíle se začnou dít prapodivné věci…
Román zachycuje dramatické osudy rodiny Brandtových na pozadí Amsterodamu sedmnáctého století, kdy toto město patřilo k nejbohatším a nejvlivnějším centrům své doby.
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Lacná kniha Miniaturista (-90%)
Jedného jesenného dňa v roku 1686 zaklope na dvere veľkolepého domu v najbohatšej časti Amsterdamu osemnásťročná Nella Oortmanová. Mladučká vidiečanka sa má ujať roly manželky zámožného kupca Johannesa Brandta, no privíta ju len jeho odmeraná sestra, čierny sluha a prostoreká slúžka. Manžela stretne až na druhý deň a ten jej venuje zvláštny svadobným dar, dokonalú zmenšeninu ich honosného sídla, veľkú ako skriňová vitrína. Nella si do nej objedná zariadenie od tajuplného miniaturistu a od tej chvíle sa začnú diať zvláštne veci. Drobné výtvory do detailov kopírujú skutočný život rodiny – až desivo verne. Umelec zjavne pozná životy jej členov lepšie, než oni sami, a drží ich osudy vo svojich rukách.
Miniaturista je dojímavý príbeh lásky a posadnutosti, zrady a odplaty, ktorý vás chytí za srdce. Autorka sa pri písaní románu inšpirovala miniatúrou domu od neznámeho umelca vystavenou v Rijksmuseu v Amsterdame, ktorú kedysi vlastnila skutočná Nella Oortmanová.
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Miniaturista
Jedného jesenného dňa v roku 1686 zaklope na dvere veľkolepého domu v najbohatšej časti Amsterdamu osemnásťročná Nella Oortmanová. Mladučká vidiečanka sa má ujať roly manželky zámožného kupca Johannesa Brandta, no privíta ju len jeho odmeraná sestra, čierny sluha a prostoreká slúžka. Manžela stretne až na druhý deň a ten jej venuje zvláštny svadobným dar, dokonalú zmenšeninu ich honosného sídla, veľkú ako skriňová vitrína. Nella si do nej objedná zariadenie od tajuplného miniaturistu a od tej chvíle sa začnú diať zvláštne veci. Drobné výtvory do detailov kopírujú skutočný život rodiny – až desivo verne. Umelec zjavne pozná životy jej členov lepšie, než oni sami, a drží ich osudy vo svojich rukách.
Miniaturista je dojímavý príbeh lásky a posadnutosti, zrady a odplaty, ktorý vás chytí za srdce. Autorka sa pri písaní románu inšpirovala miniatúrou domu od neznámeho umelca vystavenou v Rijksmuseu v Amsterdame, ktorú kedysi vlastnila skutočná Nella Oortmanová.
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Miniaturist
The phenomenal Number One Bestseller Winner of the Specsavers National Book Award 2014 Waterstones Book of the Year 2014 Selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club 2015 There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed ...On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways ...Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? And will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall? Beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding suspense, Jessie Burton's magnificent debut novel The Miniaturist is a story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
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The Miniaturist
There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed ...On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways ...Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? And will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall? Beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding suspense, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
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The Miniaturist
There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed ...On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways ...Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? And will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall? Beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding suspense, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
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The Miniaturist - TV Tie-In Edition
NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIESThe phenomenal Number One BestsellerWinner of the Specsavers National Book Award 2014Waterstones Book of the Year 2014Selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club 2015There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . . On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected ways . . .Nella is at first mystified by the closed world of the Brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? And will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall?Beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding suspense, Jessie Burton's magnificent debut novel The Miniaturist is a story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
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Stezka Českem
...může jít každý! První oficiální přechod po hranicích republiky.
Stezka Českem, to je první oficiální přechod po hranicích republiky tvořící tisícikilometrovou trasu po jižní části a tisícikilometrovou po severní. Jak se z nápadu party nadšenců stane přechod ve stylu Pacifické hřebenovky nebo Camina, který se dostane do největší světové aplikace dálkových treků a do amerického Forbesu? Proč dokáže takováto cesta během roku nadchnout tisíce lidí? A proč se na stezku vydalo několik psů, kůň, kuře, ale pštros ještě ne?
Kniha obsahuje jednak informativní kapitoly, ve kterých jsou popsány jednotlivé etapy, rady, jak se připravit na cestu, na co si dát pozor nebo tipy na nejkrásnější místa, ale také motivační kapitoly psány lidmi, kteří se rozhodli na Stezku vypravit. Jsou to nadšenci, jenž vyrazili jinak: mladé ženy, které se vydaly poprvé na dálkovou trasu úplně samy, maminky z Klubu minituristů putující s kočárky, rodiny, které cestu pojaly jako putování na více let, pes, co se svou paničkou obešel celou Stezku, či lidé důchodového věku. Samostatná kapitola je věnována Trail Angels, lidem, kteří ve svém volném čase dobrovolně pomáhají poutníkům na Stezce.
Dočtete se ale také, na jakých principech a zásadách je Stezka založena, o Klubu českých turistů nebo třeba o udržitelném turismu. Kniha je určena širokému čtenářskému publiku, protože na Stezku Českem může vyrazit opravdu každý. A pokud se na ni necítí, může si alespoň přečíst krásné a inspirativní příběhy těch, kteří překonali sami sebe a vydali se na trasu, která jim změnila život.
Ve FB skupině Stezka Českem je nyní přes 28 000 členů, další tisíce jsou na Instagramu. Stezka Českem spolupracuje s Klubem českých turistů a Czech Tourism. Připravuje se dokument a spousta dalších projektů. Další na www.stezkaceskem.cz
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Račí mor
Slívova desátá. Jistý kritik o něm kdysi napsal, že je "básníkem toho, co odchází". Ano, Vít Slíva (nar. 1951), kritikou i čtenáři oceňovaný básník, také ve své poslední sbírce potvrzuje, že poezie - toť především návrat do dětství, k mrtvým již rodičům, k času, který neodvolatelně zmizel, do míst, kde si lze připomenout, co jsem všechno býval a co už nikdy nebudu. Avšak právě tato sbírka ukazuje také šíři Slívovy poezie - básník-miniaturista, který dokáže vystačit se čtyřmi slovy, i takový, který vyklene básnickou skladbu přes několik stran. Je toho moc, co tento básník umí, ale jeho umění není blazeovaně předvádivé. Je hledačem podstat a definitiv na území láska - smrt - poezie - Bůh, poutník "z rodiště do hrobu", na cestě, jejíž směr si neurčujeme jen my sami.
Stezka Českem
Stezka Českem, to je první oficiální přechod po hranicích republiky tvořící tisícikilometrovou trasu po jižní části a tisícikilometrovou po severní. Jak se z nápadu party nadšenců stane přechod ve stylu Pacifické hřebenovky nebo Camina, který se dostane do největší světové aplikace dálkových treků a do amerického Forbesu? Proč dokáže takováto cesta během roku nadchnout tisíce lidí? A proč se na stezku vydalo několik psů, kůň, kuře, ale pštros ještě ne?
Kniha obsahuje jednak informativní kapitoly, ve kterých jsou popsány jednotlivé etapy, rady, jak se připravit na cestu, na co si dát pozor nebo tipy na nejkrásnější místa, ale také motivační kapitoly psány lidmi, kteří se rozhodli na Stezku vypravit. Jsou to nadšenci, jenž vyrazili jinak: mladé ženy, které se vydaly poprvé na dálkovou trasu úplně samy, maminky z Klubu minituristů putující s kočárky, rodiny, které cestu pojaly jako putování na více let, pes, co se svou paničkou obešel celou Stezku, či lidé důchodového věku. Samostatná kapitola je věnována Trail Angels, lidem, kteří ve svém volném čase dobrovolně pomáhají poutníkům na Stezce, nebo třeba bandě ze Sportovního klubu vozíčkářů, která projíždí Stezku po etapách. A právě SKV je věnován autorský honorář.
Dočtete se také, na jakých principech a zásadách je Stezka založena, o Klubu českých turistů nebo třeba o udržitelném turismu.
Kniha je určena širokému čtenářskému publiku, protože na Stezku Českem může vyrazit opravdu každý. A pokud se na ni necítí, může si alespoň přečíst krásné a inspirativní příběhy těch, kteří překonali sami sebe a vydali se na trasu, která jim změnila život.
Ve FB skupině Stezka Českem je nyní téměř 35 000 členů, další tisíce jsou na Instagramu. Stezka Českem spolupracuje s Klubem českých turistů a Czech Tourism. Připravuje se dokument a spousta dalších projektů.
Další na www.stezkaceskem.cz
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The Bookseller of Florence
'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's artists and architects. But equally important were geniuses of another kind: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars and booksellers. At a time where all books were made by hand, these people helped imagine a new and enlightened world.
At the heart of this activity was a remarkable bookseller: Vespasiano da Bisticci. His books were works of art in their own right, copied by talented scribes and illuminated by the finest miniaturists. With a client list that included popes and royalty, Vespasiano became the 'king of the world's booksellers'. But by 1480 a new invention had appeared: the printed book, and Europe's most prolific merchant of knowledge faced a formidable new challenge.
'A spectacular life of the book trade's Renaissance man' JOHN CAREY, SUNDAY TIMES
Doorways
Aurora Award Finalist story from a multi-award winning author. The House promised Jack wealth, fame, and revenge...if it didn’t kill him first.~~~Dr. Lucius Rainer, head of research at GenTech, is dead. But to Jack, it seems that his old mentor still lives on through his house. Certainly, Rainer’s strange island retreat exudes the personality of its late owner: isolated and eccentric, brooding and uninviting. But when GenTech learns that the house holds a working model of Rainer’s final project, Jack discovers that the house shares one other trait with its former owner.Dangerous.The house will open only to Jack’s biometrics, and will only allow two very specific people to accompany him: Wendy, Jack’s now ex-wife, and Deak Sanderson, Wendy’s new lover and Jack’s former rival at GenTech. As the three of them explore the house and its secrets, Jack discovers that some doors—in this house and in life—should never be opened.“A couple months ago I was introduced to Douglas Smith by way of his collected short stories, Impossibilia. So I was looking forward to his story 'Doorways' and was not disappointed. ... This story has a cunningly satisfying conclusion. I find a good short story falls into two categories: There is the complete story, the novel miniaturised, which is a nearly perfect art form. These are hard to capture but constantly illustrated by such writers as Douglas Smith.” —SF Crowsnest Book Reviews“…is based on an interesting concept … The puzzles [in the story] and the final invention that they hint at are intriguing … Smith ties [the story's] denouement’s metaphorical significance in well with the technological concept at the center of the plot.” —The Fix
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My Name Is Red
In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. But when one of the miniaturists goes missing and is feared murdered, their master seeks outside help.
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The House of Fortune
The House of Fortune is the sequel to Jessie Burton's million-copy bestseller The Miniaturist. Set in the golden city of Amsterdam in 1705, it is a story of fate and ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young woman's determination to rule her own destiny.
Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits her, but at home in the house on the Herengracht, winter has set in - her father Otto and Aunt Nella argue endlessly, and the Brandt family are selling their furniture in order to eat. On Thea's birthday, also the day that her mother Marin died, the secrets from the past begin to overwhelm the present.
Nella is desperate to save the family and maintain appearances, to find Thea a husband who will guarantee her future, and when they receive an invitation to Amsterdam's most exclusive ball, she is overjoyed - perhaps this will set their fortunes straight. And indeed, the ball does set things spinning: new figures enter their life, promising new futures. But their fates are still unclear, and when Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she wonders if the miniaturist has returned for her . . .
Medusa
A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from the internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist, stunningly illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill.
Exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods, Medusa has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. But when a charmed, beautiful boy called Perseus arrives on the island, her lonely existence is disrupted with the force of a supernova, unleashing desire, love and betrayal...
Filled with glorious full-colour illustrations by award-winning Olivia Lomenech Gill, this astonishing retelling of Greek myth is perfect for readers of Circe and The Silence of the Girls. Illuminating the girl behind the legend, it brings alive Medusa for a new generation.
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The Confession
The sensational new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse.
One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. Elise follows Connie to LA, a city of strange dreams and swimming pools and late-night gatherings of glamorous people. But whilst Connie thrives on the heat and electricity of this new world where everyone is reaching for the stars and no one is telling the truth, Elise finds herself floundering. When she overhears a conversation at a party that turns everything on its head, Elise makes an impulsive decision that will change her life forever.
Three decades later, Rose Simmons is seeking answers about her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby. Having learned that the last person to see her was Constance Holden, a reclusive novelist who withdrew from public life at the peak of her fame, Rose is drawn to the door of Connie's imposing house in search of a confession . . .
From the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse, this is a luminous, powerful and deeply moving novel about secrets and storytelling, motherhood and friendship, and how we lose and find ourselves.
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The Glass Woman
When Rosa is betrothed to Jon Eiriksson, she is sent to a remote village.
There she finds a man who refuses to speak of his recently deceased first wife, and villagers who view her with suspicion.
Isolated and disturbed by her husband's strange behaviour, her fears deepen.
What is making the strange sounds in the attic?
Who does the mysterious glass figure she is given represent?
And why do the villagers talk of the coming winter darkness in hushed tones?
The Glass Woman is a mysterious and captivating tale of love, fear and superstition, perfect for readers of The Miniaturist, The Silent Companions, and The Bear & The Nightingale.
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The Restless Girls
A dazzling, feminist fairytale from the bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. This inspirational story about family, sisterhood, imagination and bravery is a modern classic to be handed down from mother to daughter for generations
'A fierce fairytale for the rebel girl' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'A complete revelation' THANDIE NEWTON
'A magical modern retelling of an old fairytale ... Exquisite' JACQUELINE WILSON
'Wild, wise, generous, ferocious' KATHERINE RUNDELL
For her twelve daughters, Queen Laurelia's death in a motor car accident is a disaster beyond losing a mother. Their father, King Alberto, cannot bear the idea of the princesses ever being in danger and decides his daughters must be kept safe at all costs. Those costs include their lessons, their possessions and, most importantly, their freedom.
But the eldest, Princess Frida, will not bend to his will without a fight and she still has one possession her father can't take: the power of her imagination. And so, with little but wits and ingenuity to rely on, Frida and her sisters begin their fight to be allowed to live.
18 Tiny Deaths
For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training. People often got away with murder. Modern forensic investigation originates with Frances Glessner Lee - a pivotal figure in police science.
'Disturbing dioramas created by an American millionairess revolutionised the art of modern forensics.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962), born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she became the mother of modern forensics and was instrumental in elevating homicide investigation to a scientific discipline.
Frances Glessner Lee learned forensic science under the tutelage of pioneering medical examiner Magrath - he told her about his cases, gave her access to the autopsy room to observe post-mortems and taught her about poisons and patterns of injury. A voracious reader too, Lee acquired and read books on criminology and forensic science - eventually establishing the largest library of legal medicine.
Lee went on to create The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death - a series of dollhouse-sized crime scene dioramas depicting the facts of actual cases in exquisitely detailed miniature - and perhaps the thing she is most famous for. Celebrated by artists, miniaturists and scientists, the Nutshell Studies are a singularly unusual collection. They were first used as a teaching tool in homicide seminars at Harvard Medical School in the 1930s, and then in 1945 the homicide seminar for police detectives that is the longest-running and still the highest-regarded training of its kind in America. Both of which were established by the pioneering Lee.
In 18 Tiny Deaths, Bruce Goldfarb weaves Lee's remarkable story with the advances in forensics made in her lifetime to tell the tale of the birth of modern forensics.