Elizabeth

Isabelle Sliford is a young girl who dreams of the books she reads and lives to read them. She sees life through the eyes of Brion, Shelley, Shakespeare and Dickens. George Gilbert, a handsome young doctor, sees that she and she are so different... więcej >

„The Garden of Vision” (1929) is a story of Japanese Zen Buddhism and martial arts situated in Britain and Japan in the 1920’s. The chief character is an English woman who joins the school. „L. Adams Beck” was one of the pen-names of... więcej >

The plot tells the story of Ida Pallizer, the daughter of a poor Anglican pastor. Miss Pugh’s teacher and a wealthier student named Urania Pallizer often taunts and makes silly remarks about her poverty. The best line from this part of the book is... więcej >

The spiritual romance of a soul in the Himalayas. An Englishman in India is so influenced by a group of converts to Buddhism that he travels to a monastic retreat in Tibet in the search for spiritual enlightment. The author, also known as E.... więcej >

Antonia Thornton is raised to be a religious skeptic by her father, but has doubts after meeting with Oxford Methodists, such as Stobard. Lord Killrush is impressed by her beauty and intelligence and suggests making her his mistress. Dying from... więcej >

Antonia Thornton is raised to be a religious skeptic by her father, but has doubts after meeting with Oxford Methodists, such as Stobard. Lord Killrush is impressed by her beauty and intelligence and suggests making her his mistress. Dying from... więcej >

A collection of ten short stories of supernatural phenomena, psychic events and the occult. „These stories are founded on the deepest and highest range of Asiatic thought though the scenes of some are in the West. That thought is as vital for the... więcej >

„The Splendor of Asia” (1926) is the Story and Teaching of the Buddha. Elizabeth Louisa Moresby was already sixty years old by the time she started writing her novels, which commonly had an oriental setting, and then became a prolific author.... więcej >

„Project Runway” w połączeniu z „Mulan”? Porywająca opowieść o młodej dziewczynie, która udaje chłopca, by rywalizować o rolę cesarskiego krawca. Maia Tamarin marzy o byciu najlepszą krawcową w kraju. Kiedy królewski posłaniec... więcej >

Mistrzyni subtelnych narracji pulsujących intensywną siłą emocjonalną powraca z nową prozą.Kilka miesięcy po premierze amerykańskiej do rąk polskich czytelników trafi zbiór dziewięciu niepublikowanych wcześniej oryginalnych opowiadań... więcej >

To, co możliwe – Niezapomniane postaci znane z powieści Mam na imię Lucy zmagające się z ciężarem miłości i straty w kolejnej książce Elizabeth Strout, bestsellerowej autorki i laureatki Nagrody Pulitzera. Po kilkunastu latach wracamy... więcej >

Raven French napisała bestsellerową fikcyjną autobiografię luksusowej call girl. Jeden z bohaterów książki, Ethan, przypomina znanego w elitach towarzyskich milionera Gavina Masona. Gavin wściekły, że jego reputacja została zszargana,... więcej >