Několik hodin před vlastní popravou diktuje Marjorie Standifordová své paměti. Loupila a vraždila spolu se svým manželem Lamontem a milenkou Natalií po celém Jihozápadě, přesto tvrdí, že ona sama nikoho nezabila. Aby zajistila svému synovi budoucnost, dala si vyplatit od známého spisovatele honorář za to, že mu přenechá svůj příběh…
This brilliant epic novel set in New York and Prague introduces us to two misfit young men who make it big by creating comic-book superheroes. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just smuggled himself out of Nazi-invaded Prague and landed in New York City. His Brooklyn cousin Sammy Clay is looking for a partner to create heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit America the comic book. Inspired by their own fears and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapists, The Monitor, and Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is the winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Jack Nicholson patří mezi největší hvězdy světového filmu. Držitel tří Oscarů se do povědomí českých filmových diváků dostal hlavně svou nezapomenutelnou kreací ve Formanově Přeletu nad kukaččím hnízdem. Od té doby vytvořil ještě řadu rozličných rolí, v posledních letech zářil například ve filmech Lepší už to nebude a Lepší pozdě, než později. V dubnu roku 2007 se dožívá 70 let, ale stále se o něm mluví jako o jednom z největších svůdníků v Hollywoodu. Jeho pestrý životní příběh přibližuje detailně právě tato kniha.
After the death of her mother, author and journalist Helen Epstein set out to uncover her mother's past and to learn more about her grandmother and great- grandmother, victims of the Holocaust. The result is this compelling biography, both a chronicle of three generations of women and a social history of Czechoslovakia's Jews.
As in all hospitals, the medical hierarchy of The House of God was a pyramid - a lot at the bottom and one at the top.Put another way it was like an ice-cream cone...you had to lick your way up! Roy Basch, the 'red-hot' Rhodes Scholar, thought differently - but then he hadn't met Hyper Hooper, out to win the most post-mortems of the year award, nor Molly, the nurse with the crash helmet.He hadn't even met any of the Gomers ('Get Out of My Emergency Room!'), the no-hopers who wanted to die but who were worth more alive!
Max Tivoli is writing the story of his life. He is nearly seventy years old, but he looks as if he is only seven - for Max is ageing backwards. The tragedy of Max's life was to fall in love at seventeen with Alice, a girl his own age - but to her, Max looks like an unappealingly middle-aged man. However when Max reaches the age of thirty-five, with an appearance to match, he has his second chance at love. But tragedy befalls this star-crossed couple, and desperate measures are required.
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