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.
Elegant, startling, and universal in its applications, The Black Swan is a concept that will change the way you look at the world. Black Swans underlie almost everything, from the rise of religions, to events in our own personal lives. A Black Swan i s a highly improbable event with three principle characteristics: ...
"Stick Man lives in the family treeWith his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three."But it''s dangerous being a Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him,a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a fire!Join Stick Man on his troublesome journey back to the family tree.
In the 1920s and ''''30s, H P Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft''''s tales of cosmic horror revolutionised modern horror fiction. This title collects Lovecraft''''s fictions. H.P. Lovecraft fused ...
It''s 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She''s in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they''re trying for a baby - and she doesn''t want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue ...
Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers.§Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing ...
''Like A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD written by Tina Fey'' (Sam Baker, RED). The 2013 Women''s Prize shortlisted, NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup.
Cena:15.99€ | Autor:Wallace, David Foster | Rok vydania:1997 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780349121086 | Vydavateľ:Abacus
A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring nov el, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ...
By the author of THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET, David Mitchell''''s bestselling and Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, one of Richard & Judy''''s 100 Books of the Decade, CLOUD ATLAS has now been adapted for film. The major motion picture, directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, stars Tom Hanks, ...
With an introduction by Caitlin Moran A dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? As Bridget documents her struggles through the social minefield of her thirties and tries to ...
WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 A STORY OF LOVE AFTER DEATH ''A masterpiece'' Zadie Smith ''Extraordinary'' Daily Mail ''Breathtaking'' Observer ''A tour de forc….
Aria, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Alison have been best friends since the third grade. They go everywhere together, thinking no-one can come between them. If anyone is the ringleader of the group it is Alison, and the other girls cannot help but confide all their secrets to her. One night, during a sleepover, ...
Previously adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola starring Kirsten Dunst, this is the story of the five Lisbon sisters - beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the entire neighbourhood. The boys that once loved them from afar are now grown men, determined to understand a ...
Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Gumiho: Wicked Fox, Autoři : Kat Cho, Rok vydania : 2019,
