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„Christie-t ​​karácsonyra! Így hirdette az angol kiadója évtizedeken keresztül Agatha Christie új könyvét. Bizonyára nem csak üzleti fogásról volt szó: maga a krimi királynője akart boldog ünnepeket kívánni az olvasóinak egy új könyvvel minden évben. Mert Christie számára a karácsony különösen fontos volt, ami abból is tudható, hogy több regényében és elbeszélésében is az ünnep szolgáltatja a hátteret az eseményekhez. Az egyikben Hercule Poirot vidéken tölti a karácsonyt, és az ünnep reggelén holttestet talál a hóban, amely aztán eltűnik… A második történet főhőse szintén Poirot, aki majdnem negyven évvel később megint kénytelen egy vidéki kúriában karácsonyozni, és a herceg ellopott rubinját kell megkeresnie. Majd megint csak Poirot következik, és egy gyűlölködő család emlékezetes leírása. A szeretet ünnepén a családfőt holtan találják, és a jelenlevők közül senki sem sajnálja. Végül azért Miss Marple is kap egy emlékezetes karácsonyi szerepet. Egy vidéki szállodában gyilkosság történik az ünnepek alatt, és csak a szelíd, kék szemű vénkisasszony lát át a gonosztevő mesterkedésén. Az írónő karácsonyi krimijeit most először gyűjtöttük össze magyarul is egy kötetben.” (a Kiadó)

By the author of THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET, David Mitchell's bestselling and Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, one of Richard & Judy's 100 Books of the Decade, CLOUD ATLAS has now been adapted for film. The major motion picture, directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Grant. The novel features six characters in interlocking stories, each interrupting the one before it: a reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified dinery server on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation. The narrators of CLOUD ATLAS hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changes in ways great and small. Mitchell's other novels are GHOSTWRITTEN, BLACK SWAN GREEN and NUMBER9DREAM, all published by Sceptre.

Tres generaciones de la familia del multimillonario griego Aristide Leonides conviven en Inglaterra bajo el mismo techo: una curiosa mansión de estructura inclinada. Una multitud de personajes se entremezcla en los pasillos y las estancias de la casa, incluidas la joven y hermosa Brenda, segunda esposa del anciano patriarca, y Sophia, su más avispada nieta, cuyo futuro suegro es comisario de policía. Sin embargo, la paz hogareña se trunca cuando Aristide es envenenado. Las sospechas recaen sobre todos los miembros de la familia. ¿Quién es el asesino? El misterio está servido. «Escribir La casa torcida fue un placer de principio a fin, y creo poder afirmar que es una de mis mejores obras», Agatha Christie

El éxito de la superproducción Asesinato en el Orient Express, ha vuelto a poner de plena actualidad a la Gran Dama del Crimen: una autora que no pasa de moda. El cuerpo sin vida del juez de paz y coronel retirado Lucius Protheroe aparece en el despacho del vicario de St. Mary Mead, un pequeño y tranquilo pueblo de la campiña inglesa. La esposa del coronel y su amante, un joven pintor, confiesan el asesinato. Sin embargo, su vecina, Miss Jane Marple, una anciana solterona con un profundo conocimiento de la naturaleza humana y una agudísima intuición, descarta inmediatamente su culpabilidad. La hija adolescente del coronel, el neurótico coadjutor del vicario, que guarda un secreto que le atormenta, el doctor del pueblo, un exconvicto encarcelado por el coronel por caza furtiva y la enigmática viuda de un explorador a quien se ha visto discutir acaloradamente con el difunto forman la larga lista de sospechosos.

Nanny McPhee embarks on a brand new adventure in this brilliant, funny and captivating novel based on the new Nanny McPhee film. The Green family is trying to survive the war in their house in the country, but unfortunately they are not out of harm's way. A wicked uncle is intent on getting his hands on the family fortune and the children miss their father who is away fighting who knows where, and then their horrible cousins arrive! Life is not easy in the Green household... Thank heavens for Nanny McPhee!

La extraordinaria continuación de La brújula dorada , el clásico de la fantasía moderna, nombrada como una de las grandes novelas de todos los tiempos. Continúa la aventura épica que ha capturado a más de veinte millones de lectores de todo el mundo y que ha inspirado a la serie de televisión de HBO. «¿Qué es? ¿Amigo o enemigo?» «Es un asesino.» Will acaba de matar a un hombre. Es un fugitivo. Su huida lo llevará mucho más allá de su propio mundo, al sobrecogedor desasosiego de una ciudad desierta, y a conocer a una niña, Lyra. El destino de esta se halla extrañamente ligado al suyo y juntos deben encontrar el arma más poderosa de todos los mundos... Una obra maestra de

Set in South Africa under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is both a riveting chronicle of human disintegration and a beautifully understated social critique. Mary Turner is a self-confident, independent young woman who becomes the depressed, frustrated wife of an ineffectual, unsuccessful farmer. Little by little the ennui of years on the farm work their slow poison, and Mary's despair progresses until the fateful arrival of an enigmatic and virile black servant, Moses. Locked in anguish, Mary and Moses - master and slave - are trapped in a web of mounting attraction and repulsion. Their psychic tension explodes in an electrifying scene that ends this disturbing tale of racial strife in colonial South Africa. The Grass Is Singing blends Lessing's imaginative vision with her own vividly remembered early childhood to recreate the quiet horror of a woman's struggle against a ruthless fate. Author Biography: Doris Lessing was born to British parents in Persia in 1919 and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books - novels, short stories, reportage, poems, and plays - and is considered among the most important writers of the postwar era. Her most recent works include two volumes of autobiography, Under My Skin and Walking in the Shade, and a novel, Mara and Dann .

Jane Marplová, jedna z najobľúbenejších literárnych postáv detektívneho žánru, je vďaka svojmu bystrému umu a znalosti ľudskej povahy schopná vypátrať vraha aj tam, kde polícia zlyháva. V románe z roku 1953 sa záhadné úmrtie majiteľa londýnskej firmy Rexa Fortescua stáva podnetom pre slečnu Marplovú, aby sa rozlúčila s pokojným životom na anglickom vidieku. Tento na prvý pohľad rutinný prípad robí vrásky na čele aj inšpektorovi Neelovi zo Scotland Yardu, a to nielen kvôli spôsobu, akým obeť umrela, ale predovšetkým kvôli motívu vraždy. Finančníkova pestrá minulosť a rodinné pozadie, vrátane peknej vdovy, dcéry a synov, ktorí majú svoje vlastné záujmy, vytvárajú zložitú sieť podozrivých. Iba milá stará dáma, ovládajúca umenie vyťahovať z ľudí zaujímavé informácie, sa môže nenápadne votrieť, kam treba, a odhaliť páchateľa.

According to Vonnegut's alter ego, science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13 February 2001. It is a moment when the universe suffers a crisis of consience. Should it expand or make a great big bang? It decides to back up a decade to 1991, making everyone in the world ten years of deja vu and a total loss of free will - not to mention reliving every nanosecond of one of the tawdriest and most hollow decades. In 1996, dead centre of the 're-run' Vonnegut is wrestling again with Timequake I, a book he couldn't write the first time and won't be able to now. As he struggles, he addresses, with his trademark wicked wit, the relationship between memory and deja vu, humanism, sucicide, the Great Depression and World War Two as the last generational character builders, the loss of American eloquence, the obsolescent thrill of reading books, and what 'extended family' really means.

If you loved My Family and Other Animals and can't get enough of the Durrells after the Corfu series, this is the book for you. It constitutes a series of anecdotal snippets and short stories including 'The Picnic', a laugh-out-loud account of an ill-fated Durrell family excursion, which should have been a relaxing, jolly affair. But with the Durrells things are seldom straightforward and on this occasion all that could go wrong did go wrong - except Gerald Durrell's sense of humour in recounting the tale. Other hilarious and surreal Roald Dahlesque stories ensue, including the critically acclaimed Gothic horror story 'The Entrance'.

The Thorn Birds is a sweeping romantic saga centered on the Cleary family, beginning in the early 20th century when Paddy Cleary relocates his wife, Fiona, and their seven children to Drogheda, a vast Australian sheep station owned by his domineering sister. The narrative spans over fifty years, culminating in the life of Justine O'Neill, the last of the third generation, who seeks her path far from her origins. Central to the story are Meggie, the only daughter, and her deep love for the handsome, ambitious priest Ralph de Bricassart. Ralph's journey takes him from a remote Outback parish to the Vatican, while Meggie's life is anchored to Drogheda, despite a brief, unhappy marriage. Their enduring feelings shape their lives across distances. The novel features a cast of compelling characters, including Paddy, who harbors a hidden past; Fiona, who struggles with love; and Frank, a tormented soul. The hardworking Cleary sons pour their devotion into the land, which is depicted as both harsh and bountiful, reflecting the cycles of drought and flood. The vivid portrayal of Drogheda adds depth to the family's story, making it a unique and unforgettable setting.

Sok fényt, boldogságot nem ismert nagy regénye lapjain mégis meg-megcsillan a korát meghazudtoló bölcsességből fakadó, mindent megbocsátó, szívbéli derű. A kerettörténetet elbeszélő Gilbert könnyed életfelfogású ifjúból a szemünk láttára válik érett férfivá - a könyv zömét pedig Helennek, a környéken sok szóbeszédet keltó, magányos, gyönyörű, fekete ruhás asszonynak a naplója teszi ki.