Fiction Genres

«ومع أنه كان يُعاقِر الخمر كلَّ ليلة إلى إفراطٍ في الشرب حتى السُّكْر، إلا أنه لم يكن ليُقرِّر العودةَ إلى بيته حتى تُزايِله سَوْرةُ الخمر، ويستعيدَ سيطرتَه على نفسه؛ حرصًا منه على وقاره، والمظهرِ الذي يجب أن يبدوَ به في بيته.»

«بين القصرين» هو الجزء الأول من ثُلاثيَّة «نجيب محفوظ»، التي جمع فيها بين التأريخَين السياسي والاجتماعي، من خلال سردِ حياةِ أسرةٍ مصرية متوسطة؛ هي أسرة «السيد أحمد عبد الجواد»، بدايةً من نهايات العقد الثاني من القرن العشرين حتَّى منتصف أربعينياته، وراح يُبرِز فيها الأبعادَ النفسية والاجتماعية لكل شخصيةٍ بإتقانٍ فريد. وتدور أحداثُ الثلاثية في حي الجمالية، الذي سُمِّي هذا الجزء على اسم أحد شوارعه، وهو شارع «بين القصرين». وفي هذا الجزء يَسرُد «محفوظ» الحياةَ اليومية للأسرة، والتناقُضات المتناغِمة التي شكَّلتها الظروف الاجتماعية وغذَّتها التركيبة النفسية، والدورَ الذي تلعبه كلُّ شخصية، وخاصَّة شخصيةَ «السيد أحمد عبد الجواد» العَصِية على التصنيف؛ لكثرةِ ما تَتضمَّنه من تناقُضات. وتبدأ أحداث الرواية بإيقاعٍ هادئٍ يرتفع تدريجيًّا حتى يصل إلى مَداه مع أحداثِ ثورة ١٩١٩م، واستشهادِ «فهمي» الابنِ الثاني للأسرة.

This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach Brida about the spiritual world. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting

Emperor Mapidéré was the first to unite the island kingdoms of Dara under a single banner. But now the emperor is on his deathbed, his people are exhausted by his vast, conscriptive engineering projects and his counsellors conspire only for their own gain

Falsely accused of murder after one of his burglary victims is found dead, gentleman-thief Arsène Lupin is determined to solve the case. However, things are never as they seem and Lupin must juggle pseudonyms, disguises, and mysterious clues, all whilst evading an unknown enemy who wants to bring him down.

The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands.

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray.

Nesta Archeron has always been prickly – proud, swift to anger and slow to forgive. And since the war – since being made High Fae against her will – she's struggled to forget the horrors she endured and find a place for herself within the strange and deadly Night Court.

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Bristol detective DS George Cross has mounted an investigation that will uncover jealousy, ambition and a family tearing itself apart... An investigation that could cost him his career.

Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman. But then she had led an unusual life. First, on a treacherous Cornish hillside, the brakes on her car failed. Then, on a coastal path, a falling boulder missed her by inches. Later, an oil painting fell and almost crushed her in bed. Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat, Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection. At the same time, he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed. Yet.