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.
My brother, Jonathan, knew that I was going to die. ''How can things be so terrible,'' I asked. ''That some people have to die, when they''re not even ten years old?'' ''I don''t think it''s that terrible,'' said Jonathan. ''I think you''ll have a marvellous time.'' A tender story of courage, love, and ...
Lonely Planet Amsterdam is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Soak up centuries of artistic masterpieces, cycle through the city’s canal-woven core, or get gezellig in a brown cafe; all with your trusted travel companion. ...
''All warfare is based on deception.'' According to General Malik, Pakistan is defined by three ''A''s: Allah, Army and America. Yet, for one brilliant and educated man, the war isn''t based on religious extremism. It''s personal. When his family''s compound is bombed by a US military drone, Professor ...
If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose. Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment. Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the third and final instalment of the bestselling "Infernal Devices" trilogy. This book ...
Kniha - 528 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná.The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a manmade plague - has ...
Čo ak by ste nikdy nemuseli spať? Snažím sa žiť normálny život, verte mi. Cez deň mi to ide. Rozdávam úsmevy, podpisy a zmluvy na nové knihy. Keď ale večer všetci odídu do sveta, v ktorom pre mňa nie je miesto, musím si nájsť nejakú zábavu. 25 rokov bez spánku. Viete si to predstaviť? Čo by ste robili ...
61 Hours ended with maverick loner Jack Reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. Even for him. But Reacher has done the impossible before. Now there''s deadly trouble in the wilds of Nebraska.and Reacher walks right into it. First he falls foul of the Duncans, a local ...
The fourth volume in the hugely popular and highly acclaimed epic fantasy. There is passion here, and misery and charm, grandeur and squalor, tragedy, nobility and courage. Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. But fear ...
From the back list of Elif Shafak, author of The Architect''s Apprentice, The Bastard of Istanbul is a tale of an extraordinary family curse and was long listed for the 2008 Orange Fiction Prize. One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor''s surgery. ''I need to have an abortion'', ...
It is the summer of 1947, and Stingo is living in a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic.
Eating Animals is a riveting exposé which presents the gut-wrenching truth about the price paid by the environment, the government, the Third World and the animals themselves in order to put meat on our tables more quickly and conveniently than ever before. Interweaving a variety of monologues and balancing ...
Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns. His mother, Alice, is a Toronto tattoo artist. His father, William, is an Edinburgh organist who is addicted to being tattooed. When Jack is four, he travels with Alice to several North Sea ports - Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, and Amsterdam, ...
Cena:14.13€ | Autor:Abercrombie, Joe | Rok vydania:2012 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780575083851 | Vydavateľ:Orion
American Godsby international bestseller, and creator of Sandman, Neil Gaiman is an award-winning epic novel, highly acclaimed major TV series starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane and Gillian Anderson and now, for the first time, adapted in stunning comic book form. This is the first of three bind-up ...
Bloodlines: The Golden Lily is the second book in the bestselling Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead, set in the world of Vampire Academy - Now a Major Film. A pulse-pounding world of magic, alchemy, vampires and true love awaits.Sydney Sage protects vampire secrets - and human lives. Will Love Lose ...
George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age, and is now available in a collectible box set. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast. George R.R. Martin\''s A Song of Ice and Fire series has set the benchmark for contemporary ...
Was wäre wohl passiert, wenn Darth Vader seine Erzieherrolle wirklich ausgelebt hätte? Was, wenn Vader und Luke einfach nur Vater und Sohn gewesen wären? Natürlich mit allen Problemchen, die die dunkle Seite der Macht so mit sich bringt?§In diesem herrlich schrägen Meisterstückchen aus der Feder des ...
