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.
Inspired by his experiences as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War, Ernest Hemingway''s For Whom the Bell Tolls tells the story of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer in the International Brigades fighting to defend the Spanish Republic against Franco. After being ordered to work with guerrilla ...
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 ...
A beautiful gift-edition hardback of the classic Discworld novel, Pyramids. Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you. Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country whose largesse - and indeed ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ''It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.'' Set in ...
The new Regency romance from Julia Quinn is funny, heart-warming and - best of all - completely unputdownable - think Bridget Jones meets Jane Austen! Synopsis: Sebastian Grey is in limbo. He is the heir presumptive to the Earl of Newbury, unless the current earl, a widower, can find a bride who will ...
Lord Jim je tragický príbeh mladého námorného dôstojníka, ktorého prenasleduje pocit, že stratil svoju česť, keď v zdanlivo beznádejnej situácii opustil potápajúcu sa loď bez ohľadu na ohrozených cestujúcich, a ktorý hľadá vykúpenie z viny v obetavej pomoci domorodcom v zapadnutej malajskej dedine pri ...
Danny and his dinosaur have an out of this world adventure that''s a total blastDanny and Dinosaur are back, and this time they are going to space. But when Danny realizes he''s forgotten Dino''s lunch box, the very hungry dinosaur eats everything in sight, including their only way home: the rocket! ...
Tie-in to the major motion picture, released on 12th March 2010. US Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to find an escaped murderer named Rachel Solando. As a killer hurricane bears down on the island, the investigation deepens and ...
Cena:11.3€ | Autor:Beaton, M. C. | Rok vydania:2010 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9781472121431 | Vydavateľ:Robinson Publishing
What are you wearing today? Well, it depends! In this new addition to the Flip Flap Pop-up book series, young children are invited to help each character in the book decide what to wear. The result is a highly entertaining book that is packed with flaps to lift, tabs to pull, and plenty of surprises. ...
Cena:14.13€ | Autor:ADICHE, CHIMANDA N. | Rok vydania:2005 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780007189885 | Vydavateľ:HarperCollins
A stunning literary thriller in the tradition of Umberto Eco. The discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alive...
When socialite Lexi Volkov almost overdoses, she thinks she''s hit rock bottom. She''s wrong. Because rock bottom is when she''s forced into an exclusive rehab facility. From there, the only way is up for Lexi and her fellow inmates, including the mysterious Brady. As she faces her demons, Lexi realises ...
''I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought. Now ever where I go there''s.'' Death, to be precise. And plenty of it. In unpleasant variations. This isn''t real life ...
The Internal Revenue Service Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, Illinois, 1985. Here the minutiae of a million daily lives are totted up, audited and accounted for. Here the workers fight a never-ending war against the urgency of their own boredom. Here then, squeezed between the trivial and the ...
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is 6 years old, bullied, resented and alone. And he might be humanity''''s only hope. Ender is recruited to the International Fleet''''s child warriors in training, to fight in defense of the planet. His promise is high, and his teachers are sure he will rise to the test - if Battle ...
This simple board book allows little ones to make their own discoveries about school by lifting the flaps to uncover activities such as storytime, painting and spelling (Daily Mirror ).
A new edition of the sequel to "Trainspotting", published to tie in with a new film adaptation, "T2". The film is directed by Danny Boyle, features the same cast as the first "Trainspotting" movie, Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Ewan Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller, and is due to hit the cinemas in January.
