Magdalena Słysz Livres

Dramatyczna historia ucieczki przed wojną i terroryzmem, którą udało się zorganizować czterem nieznajomym mającym do dyspozycji wyłącznie media społecznościowe. Urodzony w Jemenie, Muhammed Al Samawi został nauczony nienawiści do Żydów i świata Zachodu. Częściowo sparaliżowany z powodu dziecięcej choroby i wychowany w tradycyjnej rodzinie, dorastał całkowicie podporządkowany rodzicom. Gdy w wieku dwudziestu jeden lat po kryjomu przeczytał Biblię, zrozumiał, jak wiele łączy ją z Koranem. Przez Internet nawiązał też kontakt z żydami i chrześcijanami z innych krajów, by wkrótce zacząć działać na rzecz pojednania trzech wielkich religii. W mediach społecznościowych i na międzynarodowych konferencjach poznawał kultury, które do tej pory były dla niego obce. Te działania bardzo szybko obróciły się przeciwko Mohamedowi. Groźby śmierci ze strony Al-Kaidy zmusiły go do ucieczki z rodzinnego miasta. W trosce o swoje bezpieczeństwo przeprowadził się do Adenu, który wkrótce stał się areną trwającej do dziś wojny domowej. Uwięziony w wynajmowanym mieszkaniu, zagrożony przez terrorystów z południa i wojnę na północy Mohammed postanowił spróbować ostatniej szansy. Bez nadziei na przeżycie, wysłał apel o pomoc…

"In the summer of 2011, just after Nour loses her father to cancer, her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her father's spirit as she adjusts to her new home, Nour tells herself their favorite story--the tale of Rawiya, a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker. But the Syria Nour's parents knew is changing, and it isn't long before the war reaches their quiet Homs neighborhood. When a stray shell destroys Nour's house and almost takes her life, she and her family are forced to choose: stay and risk more violence or flee across seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety--along the very route Rawiya and her mapmaker took eight hundred years before in their quest to chart the world"--Amazon.com.

Two college sweethearts are living a happy, rather ordinary life in New York but there's a slight twist - she's the breadwinner, supporting her musician boyfriend. Until the tables are turned when he's discovered by a Sony exec and their worlds are turned upside down. Soon they are holidaying in the Hamptons, adorning the cover of Vanity Fair and attending every glitzy party in town - all the while his career is reaching new, dizzying heights. But the trappings of this elite lifestyle mean our heroine must face the wrath of the US press. Scorned for having a less-than-perfectly-honed LA body and brutalised for being 'ordinary' things couldn't get any worse... Then news erupts that her best friend, who's been her confidante through these months of misery, has sold her innermost secrets to the press and her life spirals out of control. She finds solace in a secret support group: The Civilian Ex-Wives and Girlfriends of Celebrities Group - a place to gossip, lubricated with lashings of shared experiences and strong cocktails. As this sassy group right the wrongs of their past relationships, our heroine must decide if she's going to sink or swim.

We grant men a right to solitude. Why can’t we do the same for women? Ivory Frame arrives in Paris at the height of the surrealist movement. She falls in with a set of bohemian artists and begins an intense love affair with a volatile, married Russian painter. But this freedom cannot last forever. When the Second World War comes, she is forced to flee, leaving everything she cares about behind. Years later, as Ivory compiles her last, greatest work — a vast account of animal languages — she receives unexpected news. She is told that she has a grandchild, despite never having had a child of her own. Inspired by the life of surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, this is a thrillingly elegant yet raw evocation of a woman clawing her way to a creative life.