'Portrait in Sepia' is both a historical novel set at the end of the 19th century in Chile and a family saga peopled by characters from Daughter of Fortune and The House of the Spirits, two of Allende's most celebrated novels.

An ecological romance with a pulsing heart, equal parts Rider Haggard and Chico Buarque -- one of the world's greatest and most beloved storytellers broadens her style and reach with a Amazonian adventure story which will appeal to all ages Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the chance to take the trip of a lifetime. With his mother in hospital, too ill to look after him, Alex is sent out to his grandmother Kate -- a fearless reporter with blue eyes 'as sharp as daggers' points'. Kate is about to embark on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon rainforest, but rather than...

The life story of Isabel Allende - one of the world's favourite writers. It is based on her memories of her family and the political upheaval in her native country, which provides both a political and geographical framework of Chile.

Bestselling author Isabel Allende's first adult novel since 'Portrait in Sepia' - beautiful, disturbing and atmospheric.

In December 1991, Allende's daughter Paula, aged 26, fell gravely ill and sank into a coma. This book started as a letter to Paula written during the hours spent at her bedside, and became a personal memoir and a testament to the ties that bind families - a brave, enlightening, inspiring true story.

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile, and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s.

Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric, cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature and of history, converge in a brlliantly realised novel.

Isabel Allende tells the sweet and sinister story of an orphan who beguiles the world with her astonishing visions, triumphing over the worst of adversity and bringing light to a dark place.

We begin - at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country - in the childhood home of the woman who will be the mother and grandmother of the clan, Clara del Valle. A warm-hearted, hypersensitive girl, Clara has distinguished herself from an early age with her telepathic abilities - she can read fortunes, make objects move as if they had lives of their own, and predict the future. Following the mysterious death of her sister, the fabled Rosa the Beautiful, Clara has been mute for nine years, resisting all attempts to make her speak. When she breaks her silence, it is to...

Práce se zabývá zachycením vzniku a vývoje významné kulturní instituce, Galerie Benedikta Rejta v Lounech. Autorka položila důraz hlavně na osobnosti, které se na vzniku a podobě GBR významně podílely (malíři a pedagogové Kamil Linhart, Vladislav Mirvald a Zdeněk Sýkora, historici umění Josef Hlaváček a Jan Sekera a sochař Josef Šimůnek), a utváření galerie pojala především jako výslednici konkrétních lidských aktivit. Vznikem instituce v roce 1966 se začíná odehrávat vlastní život jednoho fenoménu éry československých šedesátých let. Ten je...