The terror (film tie in) - dan simmons

The most advanced scientific enterprise ever mounted, Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition in search of the fabled North-West Passage had every expectation of triumph. But for almost two years his ships HMS Terror ()and Erebus have been trapped in the Arctic ice. Supplies of fuel and food are running low. Scurvy, starvation and even madness beging to take their toll. And yet the real threat isn't from the constantly shifting, alien landscape, the flesh-numbing temperatures or being crushed by the unyielding, frozen ocean. No, the real threat is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness. It stalks the ships and snatches men. It is a nameless thing. At once nowhere and everywhere, this terror has become the expedition's nemesis . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha:,Velkolepá audio adaptace předlohy kultovního seriálu přináší téměř 36 hodin nezapomenutelného poslechu v podání 11 interpretů v čele s Martinem Stránským, Vladislavem Benešem, Davidem Novotným, Janem Vlasákem a dalšími. Tohle místo nás chce zabít!Dvě lodě britského královského námořnictva – Erebus a Terror ()– se roku 1845 vydaly hledat severozápadní cestu, jak ovšem víme z historie, Franklinova expedice skončila tragicky. Co se vlastně stalo? Svou verzi událostí líčí kapitán Francis Crozier, velící na lodi Terror, a další účastníci výpravy. V mozaice výpovědí se vyjevují osudy námořníků, kteří uvázli v arktické ledové pasti, docházejí jim potraviny, sužují je nejrůznější choroby, a navíc je pronásleduje tajemný netvor z inuitských mýtů Obsazení:Kpt. Francis Crozier - Martin StránskýSir John Franklin - Vladislav BenešDr. Harry Goodsir - David NovotnýThomas Blanky - Jan VlasákJohn Bridgens - Miloslav MejzlíkHarry Peglar - Robert MiklušDélka nahrávky: 35 hodin 51 minut (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Audiokniha:,Dvě lodě britského královského námořnictva – Erebus a Terror ()– se roku 1845 vydaly hledat severozápadní cestu, jak ovšem víme z historie, Franklinova expedice skončila tragicky. Co se vlastně stalo? Svou verzi událostí líčí kapitán Francis Crozier, velící na lodi Terror, a další účastníci výpravy. V mozaice výpovědí se vyjevují osudy námořníků, kteří uvázli v arktické ledové pasti, docházejí jim potraviny, sužují je nejrůznější choroby, a navíc je pronásleduje tajemný netvor z inuitských mýtů. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor John Boyne, 216 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná John Boyne's striking holocaust novel is now a Miramax film production. The cast includes Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon and David Thewlis, although details of the film's release are still to be confirmed. (alza.cz)

Kniha - 550 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 550 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Lois Lowry, 224 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná New film tie-in edition of this classic award-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre, and will see a major film adaptation in 2014, starring Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift. Ages: 11+. (alza.cz)

What did she see? It's been ten months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside. Anna's lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family, they are an echo of the life that was once hers. But one evening, a scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something horrifying. Now she must uncover the truth about what really happened. But if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Film tie-in edition of Bernhard Schlink's exceptionally powerful novel - 'A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' [Independent on Saturday] (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A dramatic account of the 33 miners of the San Jose mine in Chile by novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar, in official collaboration with 'The 33' and with the full cooperation of the Chilean authorities behind the daring rescue ope (knihydobrovsky.cz)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SOON TO BE A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES "A first-rate tale of crime and punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages."--Entertainment Weekly "Caleb Carr's rich period thriller takes us back to the moment in history when the modern idea of the serial killer became available to us."--The Detroit News When The Alienist was first published in 1994, it was a major phenomenon, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list, receiving critical acclaim, and selling millions of copies. This modern classic continues to be a touchstone of historical suspense fiction for readers everywhere. The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler--a psychologist, or "alienist"--to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. From there the two embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology: creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who will kill again before their hunt is over. Fast-paced and riveting, infused with historical detail, The Alienist conjures up Gilded Age New York, with its tenements and mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. It is an age in which questioning society's belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and fatal consequences. Praise for The Alienist "[A] delicious premise . . . Its settings and characterizations are much more sophisticated than the run-of-the-mill thrillers that line the shelves in bookstores."--The Washington Post Book World "Mesmerizing."--Detroit Free Press "The method of the hunt and the disparate team of hunters lift the tale beyond the level of a good thriller--way beyond. . . . A remarkable combination of historical novel and psychological thriller."--The Buffalo News "Engrossing."--Newsweek "A ripsnorter of a plot . . . a fine dark ride."--The Arizona Daily Star "Remarkable . . . The reader is taken on a whirlwind tour of the Gilded Age metropolis, climbing up tenement stairs, scrambling across rooftops, and witnessing midnight autopsies. . . . A breathtaking, finely crafted mystery."--Richmond Times-Dispatch "Gripping, atmospheric . . . intelligent and entertaining."--USA Today "A high-spirited, charged-up and unfailingly smart thriller."--Los Angeles Times "Keeps readers turning pages well past their bedtime."--San Francisco Chronicle "Harrowing, fascinating . . . will please fans of Ragtime and The Silence of the Lambs."--The Flint Journal (knihydobrovsky.cz)

THE RUNAWAY SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER AND THRILLER OF THE YEAR'Really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. The alcoholic narrator is dead perfect' STEPHEN KINGRachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls them. Their life – as she sees it – is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she’s only watched from afar.Now they’ll see; she’s much more than just the girl on the train… (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELEN MIRREN AND IAN MCKELLENThis is a life told back to front.This is a man who has lied all his life.Roy is a conman living in a leafy English suburb, about to pull off the final coup of his career. He is going to meet and woo a beautiful woman and slip away with her life savings.But who is the man behind the con and what has he had to do to survive this life of lies?And why is this beautiful woman so willing to be his next victim?______________________________________________'You will have your socks knocked, nay, blown off' Stylist'An assured thriller in the footsteps of le Carré, Highsmith and Rendell' Guardian'A part-thriller, part-human condition novel that packs a tremendous punch' Financial Times (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A dramatic account of the 33 miners of the San Jose mine in Chile by novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar, in official collaboration with 'The 33' and with the full cooperation of the Chilean authorities behind the daring rescue ope (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Film tie-in edition of Bernhard Schlink's exceptionally powerful novel - 'A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' [Independent on Saturday] (knihydobrovsky.cz)

THE RUNAWAY SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER AND THRILLER OF THE YEAR 'Really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. The alcoholic narrator is dead perfect' STEPHEN KING Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar. Now they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train… (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Agatha Christie's most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover to tie in with the highly anticipated 2020 film adaptation. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting' nothing is ever quite what it seems... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNOWS HIS NAME. BUT IT'S YOU HE WANTS. To the media, Hayes Campbell is the star of a record-breaking British boyband.To his fans, he's the naughty-but-nice front man - whose dimples and outlandish dress sense drive them crazy. To Solène Marchand, he's just the pretty face that's plastered over every girl's bedroom wall. Until a chance meeting throws them together .. . The attraction is instant.The chemistry is electric. The affair is Solène's secret. But how long can it stay that way? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELEN MIRREN AND IAN MCKELLENThis is a life told back to front.This is a man who has lied all his life.Roy is a conman living in a leafy English suburb, about to pull off the final coup of his career. He is going to meet and woo a beautiful woman and slip away with her life savings.But who is the man behind the con and what has he had to do to survive this life of lies?And why is this beautiful woman so willing to be his next victim?______________________________________________'You will have your socks knocked, nay, blown off' Stylist'An assured thriller in the footsteps of le Carré, Highsmith and Rendell' Guardian'A part-thriller, part-human condition novel that packs a tremendous punch' Financial Times (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Julian Barnes, 150 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The film stars Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Michelle Dockery and Emily Mortimer. (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Agatha Christie, 384 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Agatha Christie's most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting' nothing is ever quite what it seems... (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Mitchell Zuckoff, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

NOW THE STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES OUTLANDER In this rich, vibrant tale, Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that began with the now-classic novel Outlander and continued in Dragonfly in Amber. Sweeping us from the battlefields of eighteenth-century Scotland to the exotic West Indies, Diana Gabaldon weaves magic once again in an exhilarating and utterly unforgettable novel. VOYAGER Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her . . . and her body still cries out for him in her dreams. Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to him and staying with their daughter in her own era, Claire must choose her destiny. And as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face the passion and the pain awaiting her . . . the deadly intrigues raging in a divided Scotland . . . and the daring voyage into the dark unknown that can reunite--or forever doom--her timeless love. Praise for Voyager "Voyager is, frankly, an amazing read. An unusual mix of romance, suspense and history. . . . If you can put this huge tome down before dawn, you're made of sterner stuff than I am."--Arizona Tribune "Rousing . . . audacious . . . exciting . . . Gabaldon masterfully weaves . . . flashbacks . . . crossing time periods with abandon but never losing track of the story."--Locus "Unconventional . . . memorable storytelling."--The Seattle Times (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor David Grann, 338 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná, doprava zdarma s AlzaPlus+ (alza.cz)

With an introduction by Martin Scorsese 'One of the finest historical novels written by anyone, anywhere ...Flawless' - David Mitchell Father Rodrigues is an idealistic Portuguese Jesuit priest who, in the 1640s, sets sail for Japan on a determined mission to help the brutally oppressed Japanese Christians and to discover the truth behind unthinkable rumours that his famous teacher Ferreira has renounced his faith. Once faced with the realities of religious persecution Rodrigues himself is forced to make an impossible choice: whether to abandon his flock or his God. Winner of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed novel and a classic of its genre. It caused major controversy in Japan following its publication in 1967. Silence will soon be a major film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Ronit has left London and transformed her life. She has become a cigarette-smoking, wise-cracking, New York career woman, who is in love with a married man. But when Ronit's father dies she is called back into the very different world of her childhood, a world she thought she had left far behind. The orthodox Jewish suburb of Hendon, north London is outraged by Ronit and her provocative ways. But Ronit is shocked too by the confrontation with her past. And when she meets up with her childhood girlfriend Esti, she is forced to think again about what she has left behind. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

*Features lyrics from a brand-new song by Tim Minchin - written especially for the new Matilda the Musical film!*Read it before you see the film - hitting cinemas in October, and starring Emma Thompson, Stephen Graham and Lashana Lynch.These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: you are not alone.Matilda is a brilliant child with a magical mind.Her parents have decided she is a waste of space.And her headmistress Miss Trunchball is a terrible bully, who thinks children are rotten and awful and should be locked up.But it's time for Matilda to find the power to change her story, and show them just how extraordinary children can be . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Stephen King, 1392 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - autor Stephen King, 1392 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Derry, Maine is just an ordinary town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part, a good place to live. It is a group of children who see - and feel - what makes Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurks, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes is appears as an evil clown named Pennywise and sometimes IT reaches up, seizing, tearing, killing . . . Time passes and the children grow up, move away and forget. Until they are called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirs and coils in the sullen depths of their memories, emerging again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality. (alza.cz)

*New special film edition - includes photos of the film, an introduction from director Kenneth Branagh and a note from Eoin Colfer himself* Join the world of Artemis Fowl, the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer. Now a major Disney film! Rumour has it Artemis Fowl is responsible for every major crime of the new century. Just twelve years old and already he's a criminal genius, plotting to restore his family's fortune with a spot of corruption and kidnapping. Kidnapping a fairy for ransom, to be precise. Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous - and extremely high-tech - fairies. But he may have underestimated their powers. They will fight back. Is the boy about to trigger a cross-species war? Let the misadventure begin. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A story based on the major new movie, Peter Rabbit, hopping into cinemas in Spring 2018.Peter Rabbit is always breaking into Old Mr McGregor's garden and stealing his vegetables. And it's always getting him into trouble! But everything is about to change . . . Will Peter finally be able to take control of the vegetable patch, or will someone stand in his way? Relive all the best moments of the movie in this action-packed chapter book. Also look out for the Peter Rabbit Sticker Activity book. Perfect for keeping little paws busy for hours! (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Now a major film starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy. It's 1940. In a small advertising agency in Soho, Catrin Cole writes snappy lines for Vida Elastic and So-Bee-Fee gravy browning. But the nation is in peril, all skills are transferable and there's a place in the war effort for those who have a knack with words. Catrin is conscripted into the world of propaganda films. After a short spell promoting the joy of swedes for the Ministry of Food, she finds herself writing dialogue for 'Just an Ordinary Wednesday', a heart-warming but largely fabricated 'true story' about rescue and romance on the beaches of Dunkirk. And as bombs start to fall on London, she discovers that there's just as much drama, comedy and passion behind the scenes as there is in front of the camera...originally published as Their Finest Hour and a Half. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Now a major film starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively as a pair of mismatched best friends, each with something to hide . . . 'Packed with betrayal, secrets and plenty of twists and turns' - Telegraph What happened to Emily? When her best friend, Emily, asks Stephanie to pick up her son from school she agrees happily. Their children are classmates and best friends. And five-year-olds love being together - just like she and Emily. As a widow and stay-at-home blogger mum living in suburban Connecticut, Stephanie was lonely until she met Emily, a glamorous and successful PR executive. The trouble is that Emily doesn't come back. No matter what the police say, Stephanie knows that she would never leave her son. Terrified, she reaches out to her fellow mummy bloggers. And she also reaches out to Emily's husband - just to offer her support. What Stephanie hasn't shared are the secrets buried in a murky past. For fans of Gone Girl and Big Little Lies, A Simple Favour by Darcey Bell ratchets up the tension in a taut, unsettling, and completely absorbing thriller that holds you in its grip until the final page. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The #1 New York Times bestseller is now a major Netflix film starring Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush and Isabela Moner.It's Christmas Eve and the worst blizzard for fifty years has blanketed Gracetown. But as well as snowflakes, love is in the air - and appearing in the most unexpected ways . . .Who'd have thought a freezing hike from a stranded train would end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger? Or that a trip to the Waffle House through four feet of snow could lead to romance with an old friend? Or that the path to true love begins with a painfully early morning shift at Starbucks?Touching, hilarious and filled with festive cheer, the magic of the holiday season shines on these three interconnected tales of love, romance and breathtaking kisses. The perfect book for a cold winter's night for any fan of The Fault in Their Stars, The Sun is Also a Star and Eleanor and Park._____John Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down, The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns and, with David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson.Maureen Johnson is the bestselling author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Devilish, Girl at Sea, The Name of the Star and Suite Scarlett.Lauren Myracle is the author of many books for teens, including Shine, Kissing Kate, Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks and The Winnie Years series. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

As the eagerly-anticipated new film Blade Runner 2049 finally comes to the screen, rediscover the world of Blade Runner . . . World War Terminus had left the Earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalked, in search of the renegade replicants who were his prey. When he wasn't 'retiring' them with his laser weapon, he dreamed of owning a live animal - the ultimate status symbol in a world all but bereft of animal life. Then Rick got his chance: the assignment to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But in Deckard's world things were never that simple, and his assignment quickly turned into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit - and the threat of death for the hunter, rather than the hunted . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When Leila discovers the Web site Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people who understand her. A sheltered young woman raised by her mother, Leila has often struggled to connect with the girls at school; but on Red Pill, a chat forum for ethical debate, Leila comes into her own, impressing the Web site's founder, a brilliant and elusive man named Adrian. Leila is thrilled when Adrian asks to meet her, flattered when he invites her to be part of "Project Tess." Tess is a woman Leila might never have met in real life. She is beautiful, urbane, witty, and damaged. As they e-mail, chat, and Skype, Leila becomes enveloped in the world of Tess, learning every single thing she can about this other woman—because soon, Leila will have to become her. An ingeniously plotted novel of stolen identity, Kiss Me First is brilliantly frightening about the lies we tell—to ourselves, to others, for good, and for ill. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A cool, cruel, rediscovered classic of American noir adapted for cinemas by Guillermo del Toro, starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara 'Read and shudder. And relish' Guardian 'A creepy, all-too-harrowing masterpiece' Washington Post Stanton Carlisle, employed as a carny at a travelling circus watches their freak-show geek - an abject alcoholic, the object of the voyeuristic crowd's gleeful disgust and derision - and wonders how a man could fall so low. There's no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him. Unlike the tragic figure he sees before him, Stan is young, clever and ambitious and quick to learn from the other carnival acts. Initially teaming up with a beautiful but vulnerable woman as part of a double act in which he mesmerises her, Stan soon leaves his circus days behind him, becoming a successful spiritualist who exploits the weak and the wealthy. But even the very best con-men can meet their match.... With a new introduction from James Smythe, Nightmare Alley is a forgotten classic of Depression-era America: a brilliant, horrifying, compulsive journey into the true darkness of the human mind. Review More than just a steamy noir classic. As a portrait of the human condition, Nightmare Alley is a creepy, all-too-harrowing masterpiece ? Washington Post Along with The Grapes of Wrath and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, this is a great American Depression-era novel. Read and shudder. And relish ? Guardian Published On: 2014-05-06 A brilliant and horrific book ? The Times The 'nightmare' of the title rings true, for this delirious and unstoppable novel ... inverts the American dream ... Never was noir more autobiographical than here. Nightmare Alley remains a masterpiece ? Los Angeles Times (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for murder Behind oak-panelled doors in the House of Commons, men with cut-glass accents and gold signet rings are conspiring to murder. It's the late 1960s and homosexuality has only just been legalised, and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide. As long as Norman Scott, his beautiful, unstable lover is around, Thorpe's brilliant career is at risk. With the help of his fellow politicians, Thorpe schemes, deceives, embezzles - until he can see only one way to silence Scott for good. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When Leila discovers the Web site Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people who understand her. A sheltered young woman raised by her mother, Leila has often struggled to connect with the girls at school; but on Red Pill, a chat forum for ethical debate, Leila comes into her own, impressing the Web site's founder, a brilliant and elusive man named Adrian. Leila is thrilled when Adrian asks to meet her, flattered when he invites her to be part of "Project Tess." Tess is a woman Leila might never have met in real life. She is beautiful, urbane, witty, and damaged. As they e-mail, chat, and Skype, Leila becomes enveloped in the world of Tess, learning every single thing she can about this other woman—because soon, Leila will have to become her. An ingeniously plotted novel of stolen identity, Kiss Me First is brilliantly frightening about the lies we tell—to ourselves, to others, for good, and for ill. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor André Aciman, 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Call Me By Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blooms between seventeen-year-old Elio and his father's house guest Oliver during a restless summer on the Italian Riviera. Unrelenting currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire threaten to overwhelm the lovers who at first feign indifference to the charge between them. What grows from the depths of their souls is a romance of scarcely six weeks' duration, and an experience that marks them for a lifetime. For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing they both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. (alza.cz)

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - Stephen King's terrifying classic. 'They float...and when you're down here with me, you'll float, too.' Derry, Maine is just an ordinary town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part, a good place to live. It is a group of children who see - and feel - what makes Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurks, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread. Sometimes is appears as an evil clown named Pennywise and sometimes IT reaches up, seizing, tearing, killing . . . Time passes and the children grow up, move away and forget. Until they are called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirs and coils in the sullen depths of their memories, emerging again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

On 28 February 2013, a 600-year-old tradition was shattered: the conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement. He would resign. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,200 years, a one time tango club bouncer, a passionate football fan, a man with the common touch. From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour, The Pope is a fascinating, revealing and often funny tale of two very different men whose destinies converge with each other - they both live in the Vatican - and the wider world. How did these two men become two of the most powerful people on Earth?What's it like to be the Pope?What does the future hold for the Catholic Church and its 1 billion followers? The Pope is a dual biography that masterfully combines these two popes' lives into one gripping narrative. From Benedict and Francis' experiences of war in their homelands - when they were still Joseph and Jorge - and the sexual abuse scandal that continues to rock the Church to its foundations, to the intrigue and the occasional comedy of life in the Vatican, The Pope glitters with the darker and the lighter details of life inside one of the world's most opaque but significant institutions. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - 368 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Při úpatí hory Olympus Mons na Marsu zuří Trojská válka, kterou z výšin pozoruje a ovlivňuje Zeus se svou nesmrtelnou rodinou. A jistý Thomas Hockenberry, profesor z jednadvacátého století, má sehrát roli v záludných soukromých válkách mezi mstivými bohy a bohyněmi.Zatímco na Zemi se nepočetná skupina zbývajících lidí snaží najít klíč ke ztracené minulosti a zničující pravdě, odlétá z prostoru Jupiteru několik inteligentních strojů s cílem prošetřit a případně ukončit vyzařování z vrcholku hory desítky kilometrů nad terraformovaným povrchem Rudé planety, které může mít katastrofální následky. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Potomci lidstva sami sebe transformovali do podoby řeckých bohů a rozehráli mezi sebou hru, v níž se hrdinové trojské války znovu střetnou o osud mýty opředené metropole. Boj však neprobíhá podle předem vytyčeného plánu a přestává být pouhým představením. Thomas Hockenberry, univerzitní profesor klasických studií z časem zavátého dvacátého století, již není pouhým pozorovatelem pevně daných událostí, ale je přímým účastníkem nemilosrdných bojů mezi božskými stvořeními vzdálené budoucnosti.Současně se na Zemi zbytky obyvatel, geneticky upravených k dlouhověkosti, pokoušejí přežít vyhlazovací snahy vedené stvořeními z jiného vesmíru. Harman, Daeman, Ada a další se bezděčně stávají těmi, na nichž možná spočívají poslední naděje starého lidstva.A nakonec jsou tu moravci – lidmi vytvoření kyborgové, původně určení k pracím na asteroidech a vnějších planetách. Přilákáni zvýšenou kvantovou aktivitou v okolí Marsu a Země, hlásí se ke svému lidskému dědictví a pokoušejí se zastavit šílenou destrukci dříve, než bude nenapravitelně narušen samotný vesmír. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Ke kolonizovaným planetám pod správou Hegemonie Člověka se blíží mohutná invaze Vyvrženců, kdysi obyčejných lidí, nyní proměněných pro život v hlubinách vesmíru. Nadcházející válečný konflikt hodlají využít ke splnění vlastních, těžko srozumitelných cílů manipulativní umělé inteligence Technojádra, jež se vymkly veškeré kontrole. V předvečer zkázy se sedm poutníků vydává na odlehlou planetu Hyperion k otevírajícím se Hrobkám času, tajemným artefaktům neznámé funkce, a na své pouti Mořem trav si vyprávějí podivuhodné příběhy. V cíli jejich dlouhé cesty je očekává smrtonosný Štír, legendární vraždící stroj, anděl smrti, jenž by mohl jednomu z nich splnit nejvroucnější přání. Ostatním pak podle všech předpokladů věnuje pouze krutou smrt. Tam, kde se hroutí mocné vesmírné impérium, však bývá jen zřídkakdy vše takové, jak by se zprvu mohlo zdát. V pozadí dramatických událostí zuří mnohem důležitější bitva. Bitva o samotnou spásu lidské duše. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Na planéte Hyperion, za hranicami vplyvu zákonov Hegemónie človeka, číha hrozivý tvor menom Rapír. Niektorí ho uctievajú, iní sa ho desia a ďalší ho chcú zničiť. Rapír vyčkáva v Údolí Hrobiek času, kde sa zlovestné monumenty hýbu proti prúdu času. V predvečer armagedonu sa sedem pútnikov vydáva na poslednú cestu na Hyperion hľadať odpovede na nevyriešené hádanky vlastných životov. Každý z nich si nesie zúfalú nádej a strašné tajomstvo. A jeden z nich môže mať v rukách osud celého ľudstva. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Ke kolonizovaným planetám pod správou Hegemonie se blíží mohutná invaze Vyvrženců, kdysi obyčejných lidí, nyní uzpůsobených k životu v hlubinách vesmíru. Nadcházející válečný konflikt hodlají využít k uskutečnění vlastních cílů manipulativní umělé inteligence Technojádra, jež se vymkly veškeré kontrole. V předvečer zkázy se sedm poutníků vydává na odlehlou planetu Hyperion k otevírajícím se Hrobkám času, tajemným artefaktům neznámé funkce, a na své pouti Mořem trávy si vyprávějí podivuhodné příběhy. V cíli jejich dlouhé cesty je očekává smrtonosný Štír, legendární vraždící stroj, anděl smrti, jenž by mohl jednomu z nich splnit nejvroucnější přání, přestože ostatním zřejmě dopřeje pouze krutou smrt. Tam, kde se hroutí mocné vesmírné impérium, bývá však jen zřídkakdy vše, jak by se zprvu mohlo zdát. V pozadí dramatických událostí zuří mnohem důležitější bitva. Bitva o spásu lidské duše. Nové vydání jednoho z dlouhodobě nejoblíbenějších románů žánru science fiction přináší vedle revidovaného překladu rovněž autorovu bonusovou povídku „Kentaurova smrt“. Věhlasnou žánrovou cenou Hugo odměněný román je úvodním svazkem čtyřdílné ságy Kantos Hyperionu. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

MISTROVSKÝ ROMÁN OD AUTORA HYPERIONU, TERRORU A PÁTÉHO SRDCE…Jeremy Bremen má tajemství. Celým životem ho provází schopnost číst lidem myšlenky. Zná všechny jejich skryté touhy i obavy a pouze díky své manželce Gail, která roky fungovala jako štít mezi ním a děsivou tíhou jeho nadání, ještě nepřišel o rozum. Jenže Gail umírá, její vědomí utichá a Jeremymu hrozí, že se z náhlého přívalu myšlenek zblázní.A proto se dává na útěk – před svou týranou myslí, minulostí i sám před sebou –, v naději, že mu samota a izolace přinesou kýžený klid. Osud mu však nepřeje a klade před něj jednu překážku za druhou. Jeremy se vydává na nebezpečnou cestu po Americe, při níž odhalí nejen ty nejtemnější a nejkrutější hlubiny lidské duše, ale také tajemství samotné podstaty smrtelnosti a vesmíru. Existuje jen jeden svět, nebo je jich víc? A mohli by se Gail s Jeremym v některém z nich znovu setkat? (knihydobrovsky.cz)