Milena Pelarová Livres

An extraordinary debut literary page-turner with echoes of Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina.

Rok 1943. New York. Město nových nadějí, tisíce kilometrů vzdálené od válkou zmítané Evropy i rodného Leningradu. Město, do něhož Taťána přijela začít nový život a kde se narodilo její dítě – Alexandrův syn. Jenomže ani oceán nedokáže Taťanu oddělit od stínů minulosti a z nejistého pocitu, že je její manžel stále naživu, se stává jistota i posedlost. Mezitím se v ruinách Starého světa Alexandr ze všech sil snaží uniknout všudypřítomné smrti. Ví, že proti němu stojí nejen nacistický nepřítel, ale i vražedné soukolí Stalinova režimu. Kupředu ho žene jediná myšlenka – ještě jednou se setkat s Taťánou… Druhý díl legendární romantické ságy Paulliny Simonsové.

První díl Gilbertova třídílného příběhu dějin století popisuje jeho prvních třiatřicet let, končí zvolením Roosevelta prezidentem Spojených států a nástupem Adolfa Hitlera do úřadu německého kancléře. Málokdo se vyrovná Gilbertovi v jeho mimořádné schopnosti přinést složité a podrobné faktické údaje v živém a přesvědčivém vyprávění. S lehkostí se pohybuje z kontinentu na kontinent a z jedné země do druhé, aby čtenářům přiblížil dramatické události, zápasy a úspěchy století. Nezabývá se však pouze válkami, revolucemi a politickými zvraty.

Mnoho překvapivých poznatků a nepřeberné množství informací vás přenese do doby, kdy Vikingové vládli mořím. Déle než dvě století byli Vikingové na vrcholu svého rozmachu a slavili největší úspěchy. Tehdy se celá Evropa chvěla hrůzou před jejich děsivými nájezdy. Tato bohatě ilustrovaná a vzrušující interaktivní kniha vysvětluje, proč tomu tak bylo. Vykresluje všechny stránky historie a kultury Vikingů, od poměrně neznámých legend a mýtů až po objevné cesty a výboje i náhodné a neuvěřitelné objevení Ameriky pět set let před Kolumbem.

Provides a rapid short survey, with a geographical introduction, of the whole course of Ireland's history. This revised and enlarged version brings the narrative to the end of 1992, and the illustrations have been correspondingly augmented. It is updated to the Maastricht Treaty.

The Magnificent Conclusion to the Timeless Epic Saga Through years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. Miraculously reunited in America, they now have a beautiful son, Anthony, the gift of a love strong enough to survive the most terrible upheavals. Though they are still young, the ordeals they endured have changed them—and after living apart in a world laid waste, they must now find a way to live together in postwar America. With the Cold War rising, dark forces at work in their adopted country threaten their lives, their family, and their hard-won peace. To regain the happiness they once knew, to wash away the lingering pain of the past, two lovers grown distant must somehow forge a new life . . .or watch the ghosts of their yesterdays destroy their firstborn son. The Summer Garden . . . their odyssey is just beginning.

The Magnificent Conclusion to the Timeless Epic SagaThrough years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. Miraculously reunited in America, they now have a beautiful son, Anthony, the gift of a love strong enough to survive the most terrible upheavals. Though they are still young, the ordeals they endured have changed them--and after living apart in a world laid waste, they must now find a way to live together in postwar America.With the Cold War rising, dark forces at work in their adopted country threaten their lives, their family, and their hard-won peace. To regain the happiness they once knew, to wash away the lingering pain of the past, two lovers grown distant must somehow forge a new life . . .or watch the ghosts of their yesterdays destroy their firstborn son.The Summer Garden . . . their odyssey is just beginning.

A disinherited English baron and a young New York heiress marry and move West to build an agricultural empire in Palm Springs in the 1920s when it was just a budding town on the edge of the Mojave Desert. This is also the story of a woman finding her own personality and strength in the West against a breathtaking desert landscape that changes constantly and shows its deadly side in poisonous snakes, flash floods and sand storms, with dramatic moments of forbidden romance, reversals, treachery, betrayal and, ultimately, triumphs.

Pete Riley is a stay-at-home dad; his partner Maddie works in advertising. After Pete drops two-year-old Theo off at nursery one morning, he's politely accosted by a man who looks just like Theo. The man, Miles Lambert, breaks the devastating news that Theo is in fact not Pete's son, but his - the two babies got mixed up at hospital, and Miles and his wife Lucy now have the Rileys' son at home. They've already carried out DNA testing to prove it. The two couples agree that, rather than swap the children back, they'll try to involve each other in the children's lives. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an official investigation that unearths some disturbing questions about just how the babies got mixed up. And when Theo is thrown out of nursery for hitting other children, Pete and Maddie have to ask themselves: how far do they want this arrangement to go? What are the secrets hidden behind the Lamberts' smart front door? And how much can they trust the real parents of their child - or even each other?

An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Dear Luke, First let me say--I love you...I didn't want to leave you... Luke Richardson has returned home after burying Natalie, his beloved wife of sixteen years, ready to face the hard job of raising their three children alone. But there's something he's not prepared for--a blue envelope with his name scrawled across the front in Natalie's handwriting, waiting for him on the floor of their suburban Michigan home. The letter inside, written on the first day of Natalie's cancer treatment a year ago, turns out to be the first of many. Luke is convinced they're genuine, but who is delivering them? As his obsession with the letters grows, Luke uncovers long-buried secrets that make him question everything he knew about his wife and their family. But the revelations also point the way toward a future where love goes on--in written words, in memories, and in the promises it's never too late to keep.