Ein Jugendroman, der die Fantasie von Jugendlichen ebenso anspricht, wie die von Erwachsenen. Benjamins Abenteuer in der Vergangenheit sind verbunden mit magischen Elementen. Von Antakya bis Antalya. Für den in der Schule gemobbten 13-jährigen Benjamin hält die Bildungsreise, die seine Eltern für den Sommer gebucht haben, eine unerwartete Überraschung bereit. Frustriert, gelangweilt und voller Angst, was er wohl nach den Ferien von seinem Sommerurlaub zu erzählen haben wird, begegnet er dem Wanderfalken Zadak. Dieser bietet dem Jungen spannende Abenteuer in der Vergangenheit, die er ihm mit seinen magischen Kräften vermitteln kann, wenn - ja wenn Benjamin dafür genügend Vertrauen und Mut aufbringt. Dann warten auf ihn ungewöhnliche Abenteuer und Aufgaben. Begegnungen mit Apostel Paulus, einem Schlangenmenschen oder sogar dem Hl. Nikolaus könnten möglich sein.
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A fresh take on family and what it means to fit in. Hugely commercial and filled with heart, this book is for every reader who needs help being true to themselves. Perfect for fans of Sarah Hagger-Holt and Benjamin Dean. Donor conceived Quinn loves her family, but she often feels the odd one out. Not only because she's the only one with red hair and green eyes, but because she would rather be quietly drawing than surfing or rock-climbing or whatever mad activity her mums and brother Olly might like to do on holiday. But when Quinn's mums tell her and Olly they have sixteen donor siblings, Quinn is really excited. Maybe one of them will be more like her! The only problem is her parents want them to wait until they are older to contact anyone. As she tries to secretly find out more, Quinn starts to lose sight of what's really important - especially when she starts to believe her worst enemy could be one of her siblings! Can she find a way back to her family, whilst finding a way to tell them how she really feels?
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<p>Jak rozwiązać tajemnicę zbrodni, skoro nawet sam morderca nie wie, że ją popełnił?</p> <p>Niesamowita, mieszająca gatunki i rozpalająca wyobraźnię powieść. Nowa zagadka kryminalna od nagrodzonego Costa First Novel Award autora bestsellerowych powieści „Siedem śmierci Evelyn Hardcastle” oraz „Diabeł i mroczna toń”.</p> <p>Niedaleka przyszłość, samotna wyspa pośrodku nicości. Świat, jaki znamy, unicestwiła toksyczna mgła, stworzona przez człowieka i przypadkowo uwolniona lata wcześniej. Trujący opar spowił całą planetę i przyniósł śmierć każdemu, kogo dotknął. Jednak tutaj, na idyllicznej wyspie, w idealnej symbiozie i pokojowej harmonii żyje stu dwudziestu dwóch prostych ludzi i trzech naukowców. Społeczność zadowala się łowieniem ryb i uprawą roli, karnie przestrzegając nocnej godziny policyjnej i ochoczo wykonując prace, wyznaczone przez mądrzejszych od nich.</p> <p>Do czasu, gdy ku przerażeniu mieszkańców wyspy jeden z ich ukochanych naukowców zostaje brutalnie zasztyletowany. A system bezpieczeństwa wokół wyspy, który dotąd powstrzymywał śmiercionośną mgłę, przestaje działać. Jeśli zagadka morderstwa nie zostanie rozwiązane w ciągu 92 godzin, mgła spowije wyspę i unicestwi jej mieszkańców. Niestety, awaria systemu bezpieczeństwa wymazała również z pamięci wszystkich jakiekolwiek wspomnienia o tym, co tak naprawdę wydarzyło się poprzedniej nocy...</p> <p>Książki Stuarta Turtona tłumaczone są na 30 różnych języków, a ich łączna sprzedaż przekroczyła już półtora miliona egzemplarzy.</p> <p>"Mieszająca gatunki łamigłówka z niesamowitym zakończeniem – w życiu nie czytałem czegoś tak dobrego!" A.J. Finn</p> <p>"Przebiegła powieść! Stuart Turton odpala literackie fajerwerki!" Benjamin Stevenson</p> <p>"Stuart Turton jest czarodziejem wyobraźni i mistrzem misternie skonstruowanych kryminałów." C.J. Tudor</p>
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He was born old—and grew younger with time. In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, F. Scott Fitzgerald flips the script on human life with a surreal yet poignant story of a man who ages in reverse. Born as a 70-year-old and regressing to infancy, Benjamin must confront society's expectations, the strangeness of love, and the fragility of identity in a world that doesn't understand him. Originally published in 1922, this remarkable short story blends wit, tragedy, and philosophical wonder, showcasing Fitzgerald's gift for exploring the human condition with imaginative brilliance. This Edition Features: ✔ Unabridged and professionally formatted text ✔ Kindle-optimized with a clickable table of contents ✔ Ideal for fans of speculative fiction, literary short stories, and classic American literature What Readers Say: "A haunting and brilliant metaphor for how time shapes who we are." "Fitzgerald's genius in miniature—brief, beautiful, unforgettable." "Heartfelt, strange, and deeply human." Download The Curious Case of Benjamin Button today and experience a literary classic that defies time itself.
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<h2>Powieść „A jeśli jutra nie będzie” Edwarda Guziakiewicza</h2> <p>należy do nurtu postapokaliptycznego w fantastyce. Akcja toczy się współcześnie w USA. Po ataku zabójczego wirusa z kosmosu przy życiu pozostaje niespełna dwa procent ludzi na Ziemi. Czy to kres cywilizacji? Co z pozostawionymi bez obsługi elektrowniami atomowymi?</p> <p>Nastolatki z Florydy usiłują przetrwać w obliczu totalnego zagrożenia i odnaleźć się w nowej rzeczywistości. Głównym bohaterem jest Oscar Moore, uczeń szkoły średniej w West Palm Beach. Towarzyszą mu rówieśnicy. Pozostali przy życiu nieliczni starsi mieszkańcy miasta, których wirus oszczędził, organizują się, by stanąć na nogi. Na pierwszy rzut oka radzą sobie całkiem nieźle. Powstają komitety ocalenia publicznego.</p> <p>Powieść ukazuje mniej znane dorosłym oblicze nastolatka i jego zachowania w ekstremalnych warunkach. Ma ona także drugie dno. Wiąże się ono z kalendarzem Majów i zapowiadanym przez nich czwartym końcem świata, który miał przypaść 21 grudnia 2012 r.</p>
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them. There are actual breaks in the narrative between the first three parts, but Part Three's narrative continues into Part Four without an authorial break (only an editorial one).
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Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Metropolitan Magazine (New York), Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Collier's, Chicago Sunday Tribune, or Vanity Fair. The Jelly-Bean: This is a Southern story, with the setting laid in the small Lily of Tarleton, Georgia. Fitzgerald wrote that he had "a profound affection for Tarleton, but somehow whenever I write a story about it I receive letters from all over the South denouncing me in no uncertain terms." Written shortly after his first novel was published, the author also collaborated with his wife on certain scenes. The story momentarily follows the life of a "jelly-bean", or idler, named Jim Powell. An invitation to a dance with the old crowd revives his dreams of social advancement and love, until the consequences of drink and power of money come through and ruin them. The Camel's Back: In the short introduction to this short story, Fitzgerald wrote, "I suppose that of all the stories I have ever written this one cost me the least travail and perhaps gave me the most amusement." The story, he confessed, was written "with the express purpose of buying a platinum and diamond wrist watch which cost six hundred dollars", and took seven hours to finish. Though it was the least-liked story by Fitzgerald in the volume, it was included in the O. Henry Memorial Collection (of the O. Henry Award) of 1920. May Day: Published as a novelette in the The Smart Set in July, 1920, "May Day" relates a series of events which took place in the spring of the previous year, during the "general hysteria" which inaugurated the Jazz Age. Porcelain and Pink: A play, published in The Smart Set in January, 1920.
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Rilla of Ingleside is the eighth of nine books in the Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery, but was the sixth "Anne" novel in publication order. This book draws the focus back onto a single character, Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe. It has a more serious tone, as it takes place during World War I and the three Blythe boys—Jem, Walter, and Shirley—along with Rilla's sweetheart Ken Ford, and playmates Jerry Meredith and Carl Meredith—end up fighting in Europe with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The book is dedicated: "To the memory of FREDERICA CAMPBELL MACFARLANE who went away from me when the dawn broke on January 25, 1919—a true friend, a rare personality, a loyal and courageous soul." Frederica, Maud's cousin and best friend, grew up in Park Corner, PEI, but died in the worldwide flu epidemic of 1918/19. Frederica may have been the model for Diana Barry, Anne of Green Gables' "bosom friend": both had unusual, non-Christian first names, and the fictional Diana's husband was named, perhaps not coincidentally, Fred. Rilla of Ingleside is the only Canadian novel written from a woman's perspective about the First World War by a contemporary. The novel is also groundbreaking as it is one of the first non-Australian texts to mention the Gallipoli campaign and the sacrifice made by the ANZACs. At some point after Montgomery's death in 1942, publishers quietly trimmed Rilla of Ingleside of a few thousand words, removing among other things passages containing historically accurate but now offensive anti-German sentiment. The trimmed version was the only available "in print" version for decades, until a new, restored and annotated edition of Rilla of Ingleside, edited by Benjamin Lefebvre (editor of Montgomery's The Blythes Are Quoted) and Andrea McKenzie, was published by Viking Canada in October 2010.
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