Najznačajniji roman hrvatskog pisca Vladana Desnice, koji je po samom autorovom priznanju nastajao punih dvadeset godina od 1936. do same objave romana 1957. godine.

Fabula romana prilično je jednostavna; riječ je o prisjećanjima glavnog lika Ivana Galeba, glazbenika, za vrijeme njegova boravka u bolnici između dva proljeća.

Riječ je o ispovjednoj prozi, psihoanalitičkoj autoanalizi gdje se iznosi čitav život glavnog junaka, od djetinstva do boravka u bolnici, sa svim proživljanjima koje jedan intelektualac doživljava i osjeća.

The Magician's Nephew opens the doorway to the magical land of Narnia for the first time...

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy stumble upon the world of Narnia. Here, winter and the White Witch are the greatest threats, and the children must join forces with the great lion, Aslan, to battle against the evil enchantment.

In The Horse and His Boy, Shasta, the slave boy, meets Bree, a talking horse, and together they flee on a wild and dangerous journey through strange cities, eerie tombs, and harsh deserts - in search of Narnia, where there is freedom and safety.

This volume brings together the first three books of the timeless fantasy series.

Considerado el mayor escritor brasileño del siglo XX y uno de los grandes renovadores de la literatura moderna universal, João Guimarães Rosa (1908-1967) es comparado con Proust, Joyce y Borges.

Este es su primer libro, que se compone de nueve extensos relatos. "Sagarana" lleva alrededor de sesenta ediciones en portugués: la presente es la primera en lengua castellana.

Con este libro, Adriana Hidalgo editora comienza el proceso de rescate de un autor clave de la literatura internacional.

ما الجنون؟ إنه فيما يبدو حالة غامضة كالحياة والموت، تستطيع أن تعرف الكثير عنها إذا أنت نظرت إليها من الخارج، أما الباطن، أما الجوهر، فسر مغلق. وصار هنا يعرف الآن أنه نزل ضيفاً بعض الوقت بالخانكه ويذكر، الآن أيضاً، ماضي حياته كما يذكره العقلاء جميعاً، وكما يعرف حاضره، أما تلك الفترة القصيرة، قصيرة كانت والحمد لله، فيقف وعيه حيال ذكرياتها ذاهلاً حائراً لا يدري من أمرها شيئاً تطمئن إليه النفس.

كانت رحلة إلى عالم أثيري عجيب. مليء بالضباب، تتخايل لعينيه منه وجوه لا تتضح معالمها، كلما حاول أن يسلط عليها بصيصاً من نور الذاكرة ولّت هاربة فابتلعتها الظلمة. وتجيء أذنيه منه أحياناً ما يشبه الهمهمة وما إن يرهف السمع ليميّز مواقعها حتى تفر متراجعة صمتاً وحيرة.

ضاعت تلك الفترة السحرية بما حفلت من لذة وألم، حتى الذين عاصروا عهدها العجيب قد أسدلوا عليها ستاراً كثيفاً من الصمت والتجاهل لحكمة لا تخفى، فاندثرت دون أن يتاح لها مؤرخ أمين يحدث بأعاجيبها. ترى كيف حدثت؟! متى وقعت؟ كيف أدرك الناس أن هذا العقل غدا شيئاً غير العقل؟ وأن صاحبه أمسى فرداً شاذاً يجب عزله بعيداً عن الناس كأنه الحيوان المفترس.

يقول نجيب محفوظ في إحدى مقابلاته بأن متعته الكبرى تلك الساعات التي كان يجلس فيها على ناصية حي من الأحياء الشعبية. وذاك حقاً ما يحس به القارئ وذلك عند مضيه في قراءة نجيب محفوظ من خلال مجموعته القصصية "همس الجنون". لم يكن ذاك الكاتب مجرد ناقل لتلك الصور التي حرّكت مشاهد سردياته الحكائية؛ إلا أنه كان متقناً في تصويره للنفس الإنسانية على اختلاف الشخصيات التي حفلت بها قصصه. كان صادقاً إلى حد يجعل القارئ وقد انسلخ عن مكانه منتقلاً والكاتب إلى عالمه المليء بتلك الحكايات التي تمثّل بتحليلاتها وباسترسالاتها جزءاً من الواقع، بل الواقع كله.

Pather Panchali deals with the life of the Roy family, consisting of Harihar, Sarbajaya, Apu and Durga, both in their ancestral village Nishchindipur in rural Bengal and later when they move to Varanasi in search of a better life. The story explores the anguish and loss they face during their travels.

It first appeared as a serial in a Calcutta periodical in 1928 and was published as a book the next year; it was the first published novel written by the author. It was followed in 1932 by a sequel Aparajito, which was later also adapted into a film of the same name by Satyajit Ray.

One of the most thrilling science fiction adventures of all time.

A huge sea monster has attacked and wrecked several ships from beneath the sea. Professor Arronax bravely joins a mission to hunt down the beast. He goes aboard the Nautilus, a secret submarine helmed by the mysterious Captain Nemo.

At first, the mission is exciting, as Nemo takes Arronax on a voyage around the underwater world. But when things start to go wrong, Arronax finds there's no escape from the Nautilus -- he is now Captain Nemo's captive!

There were dozens of us on the ship, all ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke.

It was a grey day with drizzle in the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed past. That is all I remember of England!

When orphaned Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WW II, he loses his sister, his country, and everything he knows. The coming years will test him to his limits, as he endures mistreatment, neglect, and forced labour in the Australian outback. But Arthur is also saved, again and again, by his love of the sea.

And when he meets a nurse whose father owns a boat-building business, all the pieces of his broken life come together. Now, at the end of his life, Arthur has built a special boat for his daughter Allie, whose love of the sea is as strong and as vital as her father's.

Now Allie has a boat that will take her to England solo, across the world's roughest seas, in search of her father's long-lost sister! Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?

Fairy tales are just the beginning. The Masked Man is on the loose in the Land of Stories, and it's up to Alex and Conner Bailey to stop him...except Alex has been thrown off the Fairy Council, and no one will believe they're in danger.

With only the help of the ragtag group of Goldilocks, Jack, Red Riding Hood, and Mother Goose and her gander, Lester, the Bailey twins discover the Masked Man's secret scheme: He possesses a powerful magic potion that turns every book it touches into a portal, and he is recruiting an army of literature's greatest villains!

So begins a race through the magical Land of Oz, the fantastical world of Neverland, the madness of Wonderland, and beyond. Can Alex and Conner catch up to the Masked Man, or will they be one step behind until it's too late?

Fairy tales and classic stories collide in the fourth adventure in the bestselling Land of Stories series as the twins travel beyond the kingdoms!

Cancer: It can be a lonely journey. This book chronicles a deeply personal experience of a husband dealing with his wife's cancer.

Through heartfelt narratives, the author shares the emotional challenges and resilience required to navigate such a journey.

This book serves as a beacon of hope for those who find themselves on a similar path, providing insight and comfort in times of need.

Firmin is a rat born in a book—a shredded copy of Finnegan's Wake—who finds the books he consumes also consume his soul. He becomes a vagabond and philosopher, struggling with mortality and meaning.

In the basement of a Boston bookstore, Firmin is born in a shredded copy of Finnegan's Wake, nurtured on a diet of Zane Grey, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and Jane Eyre (which tastes a lot like lettuce). While his twelve siblings gnaw these books obliviously, for Firmin the words, thoughts, deeds, and hopes—all the literature he consumes—soon consume him.

Emboldened by reading, intoxicated by curiosity, foraging for food, Firmin ventures out of his bookstore sanctuary, carrying with him all the yearnings and failings of humanity itself. It’s a lot to ask of a rat—especially when his home is on the verge of annihilation.

A novel that is by turns hilarious, tragic, and hopeful, Firmin is a masterpiece of literary imagination. For here, a tender soul, a vagabond and philosopher, struggles with mortality and meaning—in a tale for anyone who has ever feasted on a book…and then had to turn the final page.

Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solitary existence. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply.

Book Two is at heart a love story—the story of Karl Ove falling in love with his wife. But the novel also tells other stories: of becoming a father, of the turbulence of family life, of outrageously unsuccessful attempts at a family vacation, of the emotional strain of birthday parties for children, and of the daily frustrations, rhythms, and distractions of Stockholm keeping him from (and filling) his novel.

Knausgaard is intense and utterly honest, unafraid to voice universal anxieties. The need for totality brings superb, lingering, celestial passages. He wants us to inhabit the ordinariness of life, which is sometimes vivid, sometimes banal, and sometimes momentous, but all of it perforce ordinary because it happens in the course of a life, and happens, in different forms, to everyone.

Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas and Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.

Sworn to a goddess. One with her blade. A heart yet unbroken.

It would have been only one more year of training. One year in the dust and wind of the Calma Desert. But Gandrett Brayton’s fate storms in disguised as a beautiful stranger with a damning secret.

As he forces her into the service of the lord who tore her from her mother’s arms ten years ago to commit her to the Order of Vala, Gandrett is left with a choice: run, or work for the man she despises and earn the chance to see her family again.

Trained with all the weapons she can wield with her hands, Gandrett must learn that at the courts of the shattered kingdom of Sives, her sword won’t help her - especially when it is her own heart on the line.

Shattered Kingdom is bestselling author Angelina J. Steffort's new young adult epic fantasy romance about a girl whose heart could change the course of history.

"The Obernewtyn Chronicles Omnibus, #1-6" by Isobelle Carmody compiles the first six volumes of this beloved epic fantasy series. Dive into a world where freedom is a memory, and powerful mental abilities make you a target.

Obernewtyn: For Elspeth Gordie, freedom is a distant memory after the Age of Chaos. Those with extraordinary powers are hunted by the Council. Elspeth must hide her abilities to survive.

The Farseekers: The Misfits, led by Elspeth, thrive in their secret community at Obernewtyn. An expedition is launched to rescue a powerful Misfit, and Elspeth faces the challenge of dismantling deadly weapons from the past.

Ashling: Elspeth embarks on a journey to form an alliance with rebels and seeks help to destroy weaponmachines. She must uncover the truth of her dreams and why the world was destroyed.

The Keeping Place: After a kidnapping, Elspeth and the Misfits join the rebellion against the Council. She travels the Dreamtrails, guided by Maruman the cat, to uncover vital clues.

The Stone Key: Captured by an old enemy, Elspeth learns of a plot to destroy the west coast. Her success in stopping it is crucial to her quest to find the weaponmachines.

The Sending: Elspeth's quest to stop the computermachine Sentinel begins. Her journey takes unexpected turns, testing her as never before.

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty is a lyrical tale by acclaimed Irish playwright Sebastian Barry. It follows the life of Eneas McNulty, a man whose happy, innocent childhood in County Sligo in the early 1900s is disrupted by the violence and conflict that grips Ireland.

After World War I, Eneas, unable to find work, joins the British-led police force, the Royal Irish Constabulary. This decision brands him a traitor to Irish nationalists, forcing him to flee from the IRA hitmen. Eneas leaves behind his homeland, his family, and Viv, the woman he loves.

His journey takes him to the Isle of Dogs, a haven for sailors, where he finds redemption through a final act of generosity. The novel is a compelling saga that illuminates Ireland's complex history and tells the poignant story of a lost man.

Understanding is more than just a book; it's a journey through the author's reflections and insights on life. With each page, Timothy M. Nugent invites readers to explore the depths of human emotion and experience.

Enjoy life! This book encourages you to pause, reflect, and find joy in the simple moments. It's perfect for those seeking inspiration and a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them.