Pierwsza czesc nowego cyklu powiesciowego Joanny Jax - autorki sagi o rodzinie von Becków. Podobnie jak w swych poprzednich ksiazkach pisarka osadzila fabule powiesci w kilku krajach, pokazujac losy dwóch spokrewnionych z soba mezczyzn i ich potomków na przestrzeni kilkudziesieciu lat. Julian Chelmicki i Emil Lewin sa przyrodnimi bracmi, ale oprócz wspólnego ojca dzieli ich wszystko - pozycja spoleczna, stopien zamoznosci, wyznawane wartosci.

Pierwsza czesc wspanialej trylogii Henryka Sienkiewicza. Wielka milosc rycerza bez skazy, Jana Skrzetuskiego i uroczej, niewinnej szlachcianki Heleny Kurcewiczówny. A w tle dzieje Polski w dobie powstania Chmielnickiego (1648-1654).

Bohaterowie próbują odpowiedzieć sobie na pytania, co jest w życiu najważniejsze i czym dla nich jest prawdziwe szczęście. Niektórym z nich przyjdzie zapłacić za to najwyższą cenę, a tkwiące w ludzkich duszach demony kolejny raz dadzą o sobie znać. Inni po wielu życiowych dramatach odnajdą spokój i swoje miejsce na ziemi. Dla kogo los okaże się łaskawy, a kogo nie oszczędzi? Jak wiele determinacji musi mieć w sobie człowiek, by poświęcić tak wiele dla miłości? Czym jest prawdziwa przyjaźń w egoistycznym, brutalnym świecie?

Kazde miasto ma swoje mroczne tajemnice... Mieszkancy Szczecinka zastygli w smiertelnym przerazeniu. Dwie brutalnie zamordowane mlode kobiety, dwoje porwanych dzieci i oskórowany mezczyzna - to bilans kilku tygodni. Gdy emerytowany komisarz policji staral sie uciec przed zmorami przeszlosci, to miejsce wydawalo mu sie sielska przystania. Tymczasem staje on przed podwójnym wyzwaniem. Musi wlaczyc sie w poszukiwania psychopatycznego mordercy, a takze po raz drugi zmierzyc sie z niejakim Lezka, szefem szczecinskiej mafii, który przed laty wydal wyrok na jego córeczke.

Kwiecień 1943 roku. Debora Singer wyskakuje z wagonu transportującego krakowskich Żydów. Podczas próby ucieczki boleśnie skręca w kostce nogę i nie jest w stanie iść. Przekonana, że nie ocali życia, siada w sosnowym zagajniku, czekając na śmierć. Słyszy odgłosy obławy. Nagle nadjeżdża wojskowy motocykl. Do przestraszonej dziewczyny zbliża się esesman. Debora jest Żydówką, czyli - jest winna. Przed nią staje hauptsturmführer Bruno Kramer. W tym miejscu ta historia mogłaby się właściwie skończyć. To jednak dopiero jej początek.

Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.

Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car - strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."

Life’s not going well for forty-year-old Abby. When her beautiful and charismatic best friend dies suddenly, she’s left reeling. Hetty’s always been such a dominant force in her life; now Abby must figure out who she is – and who she wants to be – without Hetty by her side. Abby has always been the odd one out in Hetty’s wealthy, privileged friendship group. Despite their differences, Abby has managed to carve out a place for herself. But Hetty isn’t an easy friend to have. She blows hot and cold, alternating between fierce loyalty and unwarranted cruelty.