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.
There''s an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It''s been there for an age. I keep on saying that I''ll write a journal. So I''ll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write? I can''t just ...
This novel by the author of "The Name of the Rose" follows that book's format of a complex intellectual thriller. The plot ranges back and forth through the centuries, full of arcane knowledge, secret societies, love, death, passion and perversion.
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 ...
Middle-aged history professor George, and his wife Martha, are joined by another college couple. The result is an all-night drinking session that erupts into a nightmare of revelations.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v za hraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú ...
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 ...
Sam Madison never knew life could change overnight. But, that's exactly what happens when she saves the life of the President of the United States as she's bunking off art class one night. Now, an instant (if highly reluctant and very unlikely) celebrity, not to mention teen ambassador to the ...
High design, brilliant graphics, essential learning skills―these features distinguish the TouchThinkLearn titles, presenting knowledge in a new dimension. Xavier Deneux applies the same unique vision that informed TouchThink-Learn: ABC to this year''s most innovative counting book. Die-cut numerals and ...
Originally titled&,nbsp,Children’s and Household Tales,&,nbsp,The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales&,nbsp,contains the essential bedtime stories for children worldwide for the better part of two centuries.&,nbsp,The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German linguists and cultural researchers ...
Continuing the hardcover collections of Alan Moore's award-winning run on THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, this third volume is brimming with visceral horrors including underwater vampires, a werewolf with an unusual curse, the hideous madman called Nukeface. Best of all, this volume features the comics ...
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, ...
My name\''s Cameron Wolfe. I have a little bit of sense. I don\''t have much sense. My older brother Ruben gets me into plenty of trouble. I get Rube into as much trouble as he gets me into. I have a family, yes, that doesn\''t really function without tomato sauce. That\''s me. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe ...
Cosmically fast-paced and wildly imaginative, this debut novel is a perfect potion of magic and suspenseOnce a city of enormous wealth and culture, Prague was home to emperors, alchemists, astronomers, and, as it’s whispered, hell portals. When music student Sarah Weston lands a summer job at Prague ...
As legend has it, the storyteller Aesop was a slave who lived in ancient Greece during the sixth century B.C. His memorable, recountable fables have brought amusing characters to life and driven home thought-provoking morals for generations of listeners and modern-day readers. Translated into countless ...
A love affair pushed to the brink ...Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for another woman. She flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina, to look after a friend's guesthouse for the weekend. But when a major storm moves in, she is stranded. ...
A chance meeting in Rio takes Maria to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune, yet ends up working the streets as a prostitute. In Geneva, Maria drifts further and further away from love
Cena:8.9€ | Autor:Skvorecky, Josef | Rok vydania:2010 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780141047676 | Vydavateľ:Penguin Classics
