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Dominic Smith

    Dominic Smith je autorem pěti románů, které se vyznačují hlubokým vhledem do lidské psychiky a mistrovským vypravěčským stylem. Jeho díla často zkoumají složité vztahy a morální dilemata s jemností a pronikavostí. Smithův jazyk je bohatý a obrazotvorný, což čtenářům umožňuje plně se ponořit do světů, které vytváří. Jeho schopnost vykreslit postavy a jejich vnitřní život z něj činí významného současného literárního hlasu.

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    The Electric Hotel
    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre
    The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
    Paediatrics at a glance
    • Paediatrics at a glance

      • 152 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení
      4,3(12)Ohodnotit

      This popular title in the at a Glance series is structured into seven sections which reflect the full range of paediatrics and the real-life presentation of children. With new material on childhood obesity, allergy and living with chronic illness, Paediatrics at a Glance reflects the changing face of modern paediatrics and now features: * Organisation by presenting symptom or problem, making the text highly relevant to clinical practice and problem-based learning * Key points on history, examination and investigations listed with each presentation for rapid revision * Expanded material on investigations, congenital abnormalities, newborn screening and immunisations * Highly visual colour presentation and self-assessment case studies to make revision more rewarding Paediatrics at a Glance is an ideal companion for anyone about to start a paediatric attachment or module and will appeal to medical students, junior doctors and GP trainees. In addition, the text will provide valuable insight for nursing students, physiotherapists and other health professionals.

      Paediatrics at a glance
    • The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

      • 386 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení
      3,9(344)Ohodnotit

      An utterly gripping story following a trail of art, forgery and deception. In the 1600s, Sara de Vos, in grief, paints a girl watching a group of ice skaters from the edge of a wood. In 1950s New York, struggling art student Ellie accepts a commission to forge a copy of the stolen At the Edge of a Wood, a decision that will haunt her for decades to come.

      The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
    • A tale set in the cafs and streets of early Bohemian Paris finds increasingly delusional photographer Louis Daguerre anticipating the apocalypse and pursuing ten objects he wants to daguerreotype before the world comes to an end. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.

      The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre
    • The Electric Hotel

      • 352 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení
      3,6(683)Ohodnotit

      A sweeping work of historical fiction from the New York Times–bestselling author Dominic Smith, The Electric Hotel is a spellbinding story of art and love. For more than thirty years, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films who started out as a concession agent for the Lumière brothers, the inventors of cinema, Claude now spends his days foraging for mushrooms in the hills of Los Angeles and taking photographs of runaways and the striplings along Sunset Boulevard. But when a film history student comes to interview Claude about The Electric Hotel—the lost masterpiece that bankrupted him and ended the career of his muse, Sabine Montrose—the past comes surging back. In his run-down hotel suite, the ravages of the past are waiting to be excavated: celluloid fragments in desperate need of restoration, as well as Claude’s memories of the woman who inspired and beguiled him. The Electric Hotel is a portrait of a man entranced by the magic of moviemaking, a luminous romance, and a whirlwind trip through early cinema. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

      The Electric Hotel
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      • 336 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      "The story of an heir's return to an abandoned town in Italy, the secrets of the family who stayed, and the long shadow of fascism and collaboration in World War II"-- Provided by publisher

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