Alexandra Fraisová Ordre des livres

'A writer the world should be reading right now.' Independent Who would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now? Dawn is a death doula, and spends her life helping people make the final transition peacefully. But when the plane she's on plummets, she finds herself thinking not of the perfect life she has, but the life she was forced to abandon fifteen years ago - when she left behind a career in Egyptology, and a man she loved. Against the odds, she survives, and the airline offers her a ticket to wherever she needs to get to - but the answer to that question suddenly seems uncertain. As the path of her life forks in two very different directions, Dawn must confront questions she's never truly asked: What does a well-lived life look like? What do we leave behind when we go? And do we make our choices, or do our choices make us? Two possible futures. One impossible choice. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 'It is hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes.' Financial Times 'Her intelligent, meticulously researched novels explore ethical dilemmas through heartrending, headline-grabbing scenarios.' The Sunday Times 'A matchless talent for hitting emotional notes.' Irish Times

With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards crafted iconic riffs, lyrics, and songs that captivated the world, embodying the essence of rock and roll for over four decades. Now, he shares his extraordinary journey through life in the crossfire hurricane. From his childhood in post-war Kent, where he obsessively listened to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters, to learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, Richards recounts the band's rise to fame as a notorious bad-boy group. He reflects on the infamous Redlands drug bust and the confrontations with a wary establishment that solidified his image as an outlaw and folk hero. The creation of timeless riffs in tracks like "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women," his passionate relationship with Anita Pallenberg, and the tragic death of Brian Jones are pivotal moments in his narrative. He discusses tax exile in France, tumultuous tours of the U.S., and landmark albums like "Exile on Main Street." As fame brought isolation and addiction, he found love with Patti Hansen, navigated estrangement from Jagger, and later reconciled. With disarming honesty, Richards delivers an essential life story that resonates deeply with the essence of our times.

The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big city attorney, comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania, to defend Katie, two cultures collide - and, for the first time in her high profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Delving deep into the world of those who live 'plain', Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. As she unravels a tangled murder case, Ellie also looks deep within - to confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past comes back into her life.

When the ghost of his murdered fourteen-year-old daughter identifies her boyfriend as her killer, an overprotective father with a secret past decides to take the law into his own hands, a choice that takes him from a small New England community into the wilds of the Alaskan bush. By the author of Vanishing Acts

A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned - they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear.

Tout ce qu'elle a toujours rêvé d'avoir, Judith Rashleigh le possède aujourd'hui : une galerie d'art à Venise, une vie de luxe, de shopping griffé et d'amants d'une nuit. Au prix de quelques morts, évidemment. Et d'un changement d'identité. Et cela aurait pu se prolonger jusqu'à l'engloutissement de la Cité des Doges si les mafieux russes, toujours bien renseignés, ne s'étaient pas mis en tête de la faire chanter. Le deal ? Dénicher pour leur compte un inestimable dessin du Caravage. L'engrenage est enclenché. Si Judith ne gagne pas cette bataille, elle n'en sortira pas vivante.

Trpěli jste na dietě hlady, ničili se do úmoru v tělocvičně nebo se stravovali zdánlivě zdravě, ale přesto se vám nedařilo trvale zhubnout a cítili jste se neustále vyčerpaně? Přední odborník na stravování J. Colella v této knize ukazuje, jak se zbavit nadbytečných kil a úbytek si udržet, aniž byste měli hlad.

Jak se obléknout na schůzku v bance? Jak na první rande s potenciálním partnerem? A co první oběd u jeho rodičů? Tato příručka Ines de la Fressange, autorky veleúspěšné knihy Se šarmem Pařížanky, obsahuje tipy na nový stylový vzhled pro jakoukoliv situaci. Se základními kousky v šatníku a touto knihou v ruce si už nikdy neřeknete: „Nemám co na sebe.“

Príbeh o zabudnutom súperení Leonarda a Michelangela Florencia – v tomto úžasnom a prosperujúcom meste sa začiatkom 16. storočia na čas skrížia osudy dvoch velikánov renesančného umenia. Očarujúci päťdesiatnik Leonardo da Vinci sem prichádza tak trochu z osobných dôvodov po dvadsiatich rokoch strávených v Miláne, kde so slávou predstavil verejnosti svoju Poslednú večeru. Mladý a v tom čase takmer neznámy Michelangelo sa vracia do rodnej Florencie z Ríma, kde sa naplnili jeho sny, keď mu v Chráme sv. Petra odhalili sochu Pieta, ktorá očarila aj samotného pápeža. Po čase sa im vo Florencii naskytne príležitosť získať zákazku na spracovanie mramorového monolitu, po čom túžia obaja. Leonardo je presvedčený, že má kameň istý, ale predstavitelia mesta napokon uprednostnia temperamentného Michelangela. Leonardo len ťažko nesie svoju porážku a začne verejne spochybňovať návrhy svojho rivala. Ale aj Michelangelo je v koncoch, zúfalo stojí pred kusom neforemného mramoru a nevie, ako začať. Až k nemu kameň prehovorí a on začne zúrivo tesať... Náhoda zasiahne aj do Leonardovho života – na trhu uvidí krásnu ženu a pristúpi na žiadosť pána Gioconda, že preňho namaľuje jej portrét. Volá sa Lisa. Dávid a Mona Lisa, dnes tieto diela obdivuje celý svet, ale len málokto vie, ako ťažko sa rodili, ba ani to, že boli príčinou rivality dvoch renesančných géniov – Leonarda da Vinci a Michelangela Buonarrotiho.