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J. R. R. Tolkien - The ​Hobbit
Seldom ​has any book been so widely read and loved as J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale, The Hobbit. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals: Alice, Pooh, Toad... As with all classics, repeated readings continue to bring new detail and perspectives to the reader's mind, and Tolkien's Middle-earth is a vast mine of treasures and knowledge, its roots delving deep into folklore, mythology and language. The Hobbit is, therefore, an ideal book for annotation: as well as offering a marvellous and entrancing story, it introduces the reader to the richly imagined world of Middle-earth, a world more fully and complexly realised in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

Ransom Riggs - Vándorsólyom ​kisasszony különleges gyermekei
"Fordulatos, ​megindító, sajátos hangulatú regény. Izgalmasan társítja a furcsa régi fényképeket a felejthetetlen történettel." John Green, a _New York Times_ újságírója, több sikerkönyv szerzője Egy rejtélyes sziget Egy elhagyott árvaház Egy különös fényképekből álló gyűjtemény Ez vár felfedezésre a _Vándorsólyom kisasszony különleges gyermekei_ című felejthetetlen regényben, amely a fantázia és a fotográfia elegyéből kever izgalmas olvasmányt. Történetünk kezdetén rettenetes családi tragédia indítja útnak a tizenhat esztendős Jacobot egy távoli, Wales partjai közelében lévő szigetre, ahol felfedezi Vándorsólyom kisasszony különleges gyermekek számára alapított otthonának omladozó romjait. Ahogy Jacob végigjárja az elhagyott hálótermeket és folyosókat, rájön, hogy Vándorsólyom kisasszony gondozottjai nem csak különlegesek voltak, de talán veszélyesek is. Lehet, hogy nem véletlenül száműzték őket egy kietlen szigetre. És valamiképpen – lett légyen ez bármilyen valószínűtlen – talán még mindig élnek. Ez a nyugtalanító, réges-régi fényképekkel illusztrált regény élvezetes olvasmány felnőtteknek, tiniknek és bárkinek, aki élvezi a hátborzongató kalandokat.

Yann Martel - Pi ​élete
Pi ​Patel különös fiú. Egyesek szerint (közéjük tartoznak a szülei is) bogaras. Tizenhat évesen elhatározza, hogy nemcsak hindu akar lenni (születésénél fogva az), hanem keresztény és moszlim is. És keresztül is viszi az akaratát: nemcsak hogy megkeresztelkedik, de beszerez egy imaszőnyeget is. Hősünknek már a neve is furcsa: keresztnevét - Piscine Molitor - egy párizsi uszodáról kapta. Iskolatársai persze Pisisnek csúfolják, mire ő lerövidíti a nevét, és a gyengébbek kedvéért felírja a táblára: π=3,14. Az is furcsa, hogy egy állatkertben lakik Pondicherry városában, amelynek apja a tulajdonosa és vezetője. És éppen itt kezdődnek a bajok: az állatkert nem jövedelmező - a család úgy dönt, hogy eladja az állományt, s átköltöznek Kanadába. Az Észak-Amerikába szánt példányok egy része velük utazik a Cimcum nevű teherhajón. A hajó egy éjszaka valahol a Csendes-óceán kellős közepén elsüllyed. Az egyetlen túlélő Pi Patel - valamint egy mentőcsónak-rakományra való állat: egy zebra, egy orangután, egy hiéna - és egy bengáli tigris! Kezdetét veszi a jámbor, vallásos és vegetáriánus Pi több mint kétszáz napos hányódása a végtelen vizeken. Vajon mennyi és miféle leleményességre van szükség ahhoz, hogy egy kamasz gyerek meg egy két és fél mázsás tigris kialakítson valamiféle békés egymás mellett élést? S ha ez sikerül is, honnan és hogyan szereznek ételt-italt ilyen hosszú időn át? Egyáltalán: mivel telhet ilyen hosszú idő a végtelen, de korántsem kihalt tengeren? Milyen kalandok, milyen élmények várnak rájuk? Meg lehet-e úszni ép ésszel az ilyesmit? A Spanyolországban született, Kanadában élő Yann Martel egy csapásra világhírű lett ezzel a lebilincselően izgalmas és fájdalmasan szép könyvvel, amellyel elnyerte a Booker-díjat is.

David Mitchell - Cloud ​Atlas
'Souls ​cross ages like clouds cross skies...' A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850; a disinherited composer blagging a precarious livelihood in between-the-wars Belgium; a high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California; a vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors; a genetically modified dinery server on death-row; and Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation. The narrators of _Cloud Atlas_ hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small. In his extraordinary third novel, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanity's dangerous will to power, and where it may lead us.

George R. R. Martin - A ​Feast for Crows
Crows ​will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes. Bloodthirsty, teracherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.

Markus Zusak - The ​Book Thief
Here ​is a small fact: You are going to die. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. Some important information: This novel is narrated by Death. It's a small story, about: a girl an accordionist some fanatical Germans a Jewish fist fighter and quite a lot of thievery. Another thing you should know: Death will visit the book thief three times...

Suzanne Collins - Catching ​Fire
This ​is the second book in the ground-breaking "Hunger Games" trilogy. After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ...and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless they can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying. Then comes the cruelest twist: the contestants for the next Hunger Games are announced, and Katniss and Peeta are forced into the arena once more.

Yann Martel - Life ​of Pi
After ​the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy.The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years. Yann Martel's Life of Pi is a transformative novel, a dazzling work of imagination that will delight and astound readers in equal measure. It is a triumph of storytelling and a tale that will, as one character puts it, make you believe in God.

Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit ​451
"Fahrenheit ​451 fok az a hőmérséklet, amelynél a könyvnyomó papír tüzet fog és elég..." A könyveket el kell pusztítani, mert ártalmas fegyverek: sosem lehet tudni, ki ellen fordul egy olvasott ember. Guy Montag a tűzőrségen dolgozik, hivatása a könyvégetés, a fellobbanó lángok mindig gyönyörűséggel töltik el. Életében a munka, a nyugtató tablettákhoz menekülő feleség, és három óriási tévéfal a főszereplők. Új szomszédja egy kedves lány, aki furcsa dolgokról mesél: hogy családja esténként leül az asztal köré, és beszélgetnek, hogy a tűzőrök valamikor régen még oltották a tüzet, hogy szép a hajnal, amikor harmat telepszik a fűre, és felkel a nap... Érthetetlen. Egy napon aztán beleolvas egy halálra ítélt könyvbe, az események ettől kezdve megállíthatatlanok...

David Foenkinos - Delicacy
Natalie ​isn't certain of anything anymore. One minute she is happily married, successful in her career, and convinced the future is full of promise. But when her husband is run over by a car, her whole world is turned upside down. Years later, still bruised by grief but desperate to move on with her life, she impulsively kisses her colleague Markus. For Natalie, the kiss is just a gratuitous act. For the awkward, unassuming Markus, it is the moment at which he falls hopelessly, helplessly in love. But how will he ever convince such a beautiful, intelligent but confused young woman that he is the man who can bring her back to life?

F. Scott Fitzgerald - The ​Great Gatsby
The ​exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing," as well as Fitzgerald's sharp social sense; and Thomas Wolfe hailed it as Fitzgerald's "best work" thus far. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when, The New York Times remarked, "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s that resonates with the power of myth. A novel of lyrical beauty yet brutal realism, of magic, romance, and mysticism, The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics of twentieth-century literature.

David Mitchell - Felhőatlasz
MINDEN ​ÖSSZEFÜGG Egy zaklatott életű ifjú zeneszerző az ihlet pillanatában ráérez az örökkévalóságra. Sorsszerű viszonyok, cinikus érzelmek és látnoki szerelmek motívumaiból hat történet rajzolódik ki, melyek mindegyike túlmutat önmagán – egy leírhatatlan harmónia felé. Ez az átkozottul tökéletes összhang szólal meg a Felhőatlasz olvasóiban. David Mitchell bravúros felépítésű, virtuóz nyelvezetű művében az összefonódó életek minden időbeli és térbeli határt átlépve hatnak egymásra. A lelkek korokon és kontinenseken át vándorolnak, akár az égbolton átvonuló felhők. De ki irányítja sorsunkat: mi magunk vagy valamilyen külső erő? Képesek vagyunk-e tanulni a múltból, az előző életekből, vagy az emberiség újra és újra elköveti ugyanazokat a hibákat? A regényből a Mátrix-trilógia és A parfüm rendezői forgattak vibrálóan szellemes filmet. „Az eddigi legmerészebb vállalkozás… egyedi teljesítmény egy rendkívül tehetséges és nagyratörő író tollából.” – Matt Thorne, Independent on Sunday „David Mitchell egy hullámvasútra csábítja olvasóit, akik először vonakodva szállnak fel, de miután belevágtak a kalandba, nem akarják, hogy véget érjen az út. Velem legalábbis ez történt.” – A.S. Byatt, Guardian „A jövőbe látás, az elmélkedés és a szórakoztatás ragyogó, elégikus egyvelege.” – Neel Mukherjee, The Times „A mód, ahogy Mitchell a Felhőatlasz történetét elmeséli, valósággal rabul ejtett.” – Lawrence Norfolk,

Charlotte Brontë - Jane ​Eyre (angol)
The ​orphaned Jane Eyre has emerged a fiercely independent young woman. As governess at Thornfield Hall, she’s found her first real home—though it stands in the shadow of the estate’s master, Mr. Rochester, and its haunted halls ring with maniacal laughter. For even the grandest houses have secrets. As much a story about defying convention as it is about coming-of-age, Jane Eyre remains one of the most beloved novels in the English language. Both Gothic and Victorian in its influence and scope, it captures one woman’s determination to live life on her own terms—choosing courage over fear, while finding power in love and compassion. Revised edition: Previously published as Jane Eyre, this edition of Jane Eyre (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Kazuo Ishiguro - Never ​Let Me Go
From ​the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day comes a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss. As children Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were. Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time she is beginning to look back at their shared past and understand just what it is that makes them special–and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together. Suspenseful, moving, beautifully atmospheric, Never Let Me Go is another classic by the author of The Remains of the Day.

Jane Austen - Pride ​and Prejudice
The ​Collector's Library in Colour takes the favourite illustrated titles of The Collector's Library and presents them in full colour. Jane Austen's best-loved novel is a memorable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, about the power of reason, and above all about the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions. Here, where Hugh Thomson's delightful period illustrations were originally black-and-white, they have been sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain 's most accomplished colourists. A tour de force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice shows how the headstrong Elizabeth Bennett and the aristocratic Mr Darcy must have their pride humbled and their prejudices dissolved before they can acknowledge their love for each other." With an Afterword by Henry Hitchings.

Iris Murdoch - The ​Bell
A ​lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell,legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. Michael Mead, leader of the community, is confronted by Nick Fawley, with whom he had disasterous homosexual relations, while the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercies discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved whatever that may mean...Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel is about religion, the fight between good and evil and the terrible accidents of human frailty.

John Burnham Schwartz - The ​Commoner
John ​Burnham Schwartz bases his fourth novel on the Empress Michiko and Crown Princess Masako of Japan. Though Japanese imperial life remains shrouded in mystery, Schwartz teases out the details through extensive research. Much to the astonishment and pleasure of the critics, he gives Haruko an authentic and completely convincing voice. While his vivid depictions of postwar Japan are stunning, it is Haruko’s vibrant inner life that propels the narrative and resounds with readers. Though not as intense as Reservation Road (1998), Schwartz’s unflinching portrayal of the aftermath of a child’s death, and though slightly marred by an implausible ending, The Commoner will captivate readers by providing a haunting look into the 2,000 years of secrets surrounding the Chrysanthemum Throne.

Christopher Paolini - Eragon ​(angol)
When ​Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands...

F. Scott Fitzgerald - This ​Side of Paradise
Published ​in 1920, _This Side of Paradise_ was Scott Fitzgerald's first novel. It chimed precisely with the brittle mood of the bright young things of the Jazz Age : indeed its instant appeal could be compared to the success of _The Catcher in the Rye_ thirty years later. In a series of literary snapshots Fitzgerald describes the adolescence and youth of Amory Blaine, in the course of which we see an egotist evolve into a personage. Princeton University never quite forgave the author for his version of the racy and hectic life of the young gentlemen of the day - smart, vain, snobbish, idle, thoughtless, but as effervescent as soda-water in leisure and love.

Arthur Golden - Memoirs ​of a Geisha
A ​seductive and evocative epic on an intimate scale, that tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan's most dramatic history, it uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. From a small fishing village in 1929, the tale moves to the glamorous and decadent heart of Kyoto in the 1930s, where a young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house. She tells her story many years later from the Waldorf Astoria in New York; it exquisitely evokes another culture, a different time and the details of an extraordinary way of life. It conjures up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the most powerful men.