Princess Daisy is a novel about the fate of Marguerite Valensky, daughter of Russian Prince Stash Valensky and American film star Francesca Vernon. The novel manages to reconcile the spirit of former Europe and its nobles with modern values.
Four men - a professor, a doctor, a gallery owner and an aristocrat - are swindled out of a million pounds by stockbroker Harvey Metcalfe. They team up for revenge, aiming to recover exactly what they lost through a series of ingeniously devised scams.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, the messenger of a lost generation, paints a portrait of the era between the two wars in this collection of eleven stories: hedonism that bites, moral decay that intoxicates, and youth that burns like fireworks.
Šareni dućan, 2009.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
11.24 €
American literature • Indian literature • Social literature
"The Woman Who Painted with Henna" is the debut novel of Indian-American author Alka Joshi, the first part of the Jaipur trilogy. The novel has been praised for its authentic portrayal of Rajasthani culture and the universal theme of female emancipation.
Mozaik knjiga, 2021.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
13.22 €
American literature • Detective Stories • Thriller
Topaz is a Cold War suspense novel by Leon Uris, published in 1967 by McGraw-Hill. The novel spent one week atop The New York Times Best Seller List, and was Uris's first New York Times number-one bestseller since Exodus in 1959.
Otokar Keršovani, 1970.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
8.68 €
American literature • Fantastic literature • Romance Novels • Thriller • Science Fiction
Canyons of Night (2011) by Jayne Castle (pseudonym Jayne Ann Krentz) is the third and final novel in the "Mirror" trilogy. Typical of Castle/Krentz: a strong heroine, a protective hero, psi-energy, mystery, and light eroticism.
The novel is a typical Leonard crime novel: fast-paced, eccentric characters, unexpected twists, a mix of violence and comedy. The book is an entertaining, cynical critique of the American South and human greed, with a touch of the blues in its soul.