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.
Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared the symptoms of pregnancy, as they did everything else, inseparably. At their six breasts, Omar was warned against all feelings and nuances of shame. It was training which would prove useful when he left his mothers' fortress (via the dumb-waiter) ...
While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerillas, unfrocked priests and reformed though by no means inactive whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfillment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by ...
Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world – or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children’s mental arithmetic. ...
This book is short-listed for both the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award, and published here as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home and beyond the loving embrace of his ...
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. ...
The Communist regime destroyed Jana Matinova´s husband, their love for one another and her daughter´s respect for her. But she has never stopped being a seeker of justice. Now, she has risen to the rank of commander in the Slovak police force. This investigation takes her from Kiev in Ukraine to Strasbourg; ...
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me ...Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day - mock me horribly!' A story of evil, debauchery and scandal, ...
Big girls don\''t cry. they get even. Postcard perfect Jar Island is home to charming tourist shops, pristine beaches, amazing ocean front homes and three girls quietly plotting revenge.Kat is tired of having people lie to her. One more cruel word from her ex best friend or her secret hook up acting ...
Cena:9.89€ | Autor:CLARKE, STEPHEN | Rok vydania:2005 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780552772969 | Vydavateľ:Black Swan
Cena:9.25€ | Autor:HURWITZ, GREGG | Rok vydania:2009 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780751542103 | Vydavateľ:Sphere Books
Jane Griffiths writes mysteriously resonant poems about home, exile and shifting frontiers in classically precise language. "Another Country" presents a selection from her first two collections, "A Grip on Thin Air" and "Icarus on Earth", as well as a whole collection of new work. Where the earlier books ...
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently ...
The paperback edition of the 4th book in the bestselling }44 Scotland Street{ series. Following the success of }Love Over Scotland{, which sold over 130,000 copies, it follows child genius Bertie Pollock, who has much to contend with after the birth of his brother Ulysses. From the hugely successful ...
Published at the dawn of the twentieth century, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) immediately captivated child and adult readers alike. This new edition includes many of W. W. Denslow's original illustrations, and the introduction considers both the famous MGM film version and recent literary theory ...
Cena:10.44€ | Autor:Goodkind, Terry | Rok vydania:2008 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9780752889771 | Vydavateľ:Littlehampton Book Ser
Dionisio Vivo, a young South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policemen in town, the message is all too clear: Dion isios letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, ...
