Beletria, alebo aj prozaické umelecké dielo, prináša do našich životov nové príbehy, vzrušenie i zážitok, ktorý pre nás napísal autor a pred našimi očami ho nakreslila naša vlastná fantázia. Klasická anglická literatúra prináša nezabudnuteľné príbehy Williama Shakespaera či Jane Austenovej. Knihy po anglicky a príbehy ukryté na ich stránkach nám nielenže rozjasňujú dni a vytŕhajú nás z každodennej nudnej rutiny, ale rovnako nás nútia aktívne premýšľať nad vetnými konštrukciami a pomáhajú nám v zdokonaľovaní sa v cudzom jazyku.
Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder ...
When a man''s favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset; a couple''s midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald''s; a woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden; an insomniac wife wakes up to a twilight world ...
Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just ...
The inspiration behind ''''Life of Pi'''' director Ang Lee''''s ''''Brokeback Mountain'''' is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales. ''''Brokeback Mountain'''' is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. ...
Klima, a celebrated jazz trumpeter, receives a phone call announcing that a young nurse with whom he spent a brief night at a fertility spa is pregnant. She has decided he is the father. And so begins a comedy which, during five madcap days, unfolds with ever-increasing speed. Klima''''s beautiful, jealous ...
Good-natured and garrulous, Svejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army's most loyal Czech soldier when he is called up on the outbreak of the First World War - although his bumbling attempts to get to the front serve only to prevent him from reaching it.
From the international bestselling author of the Outlander series, the terrific new novel featuring the ever-popular Lord John. 1760. Jamie Fraser is a paroled…
A norvég Jo Nesbo a világ egyik leghíresebb krimiírjója. Regényeit 50 nyelvre fordították le, és világszerte több mint 40 millió példányban keltek el. A fiatal és tehetséges nyomozó a város bűnbandájának felszámolására teszi fel életét, ám amikor sikerei nyomán magasabb pozícióba kerül, őt is megkísérti ...
Walker Books: From Chris Haughton, the multi award-winning author-illustrator of A Bit Lost and Oh No, George!, comes a...
Cena:11.87€ | Autor:Welsh, Irvine | Rok vydania:1995 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780099435013 | Vydavateľ:Vintage
I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974.' So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope, and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family, ...
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a compelling, moving story exploring injustice and mob hysteria by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. ''On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the ...
Everybody knows that it is true that any rich, single man must definitely want a wife. And, of course, all mothers think this rich, single man is the perfect partner for one or another of their daughters.’ Tag Love & Friendship In this Reader you will find: - Information about Jane Austen’s life - Sections ...
Richard Brautigan\''s wonderfully zany, hilarious episodic novel set amongst the rural waterways of America. Here\''s a journey that begins at the foot of the Benjamin Franklin statue in San Francisco\''s Washington Square, wanders through the wonders of America\''s rural waterways and ends, inevitably, ...
Sie heissen bide Will Grayson, wohnen beide in Chicago, sind beide siebzehn und tragen neben demselben Namen und demselben Alter dasselbe Problem mit sich herum: Aus lauter Anggst, das Ding mit der Liebe zu versemmeln, lassen sie sich auf Romantisches gar nicht erst ein. Der eine Will zögert seit Wochen, ...
Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A PUFFIN BOOK. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende is a classic fantasy adventure. Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux ...
It\''s hard work being good all the time. And it\''s especially hard for a dog like George! Harris is off to do some shopping. "Will you be good, George?" he asks. George hopes he can. He really wants to. but chocolate cake is just so very delicious and he does love to chase cat. What will George do ...
