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.
A luxurious anthology of plays written by one of the greatest dramatists of all time, William Shakespeare. With stories of love, loss, joy and heartbreak, this collection will captivate young children with every page. The perfect book for children studying The Bard, or those who simply enjoy reading ...
Crusoe’s father wants him to be a good guy, but Crusoe wants nothing more than to travel around the world. His first voyage is a disaster! Robinson survives but doesn’t go home and travels to Brazil. Then… At the age of eighteen, Robinson Crusoe, a young Englishman, leaves his family to see the world. ...
Cena:12.21€ | Autor:Orwell, George | Rok vydania:2001 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9780141184388 | Vydavateľ:Penguin Classics
"Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" is the first bestselling book in Rick Riordan''s phenomenally successful Percy Jackson series - now with a new cover look. Half boy. Half God. ALL Hero. Look, I didn''t want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, ...
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The Catcher in the Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: ...
Mary Shelley tizennyolc évesen, egy lidércnyomás hatására találta ki rémtörténetét egy baráti költői versenyre. A versenyt megnyerte, ezzel pedig teremtménye elindult világhódító útjára. A hátborzongató, mára már ikonikus történet szerint Victor Frankenstein életet lehel a holt anyagba, ám később megtagadja ...
A vivid, passionate and intensely moving YA novel from prizewinning author John Green. "In the dark beside me, she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette, but even in the dark, I could see her eyes -- fierce emeralds. And not ...
When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically ...
‘The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.’ Centred around a glorious yellow diamond that carries with it a menacing history, The Moonstone tells the story of Rachel Verinder, who inherits the stone on her eighteenth birthday. That very evening, ...
The electrifying first appearance of Jo Nesbo’s detective, Harry Hole. Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian ...
Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942: two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich - chief of the Nazi secret services, ''''the hangman of Prague'''', ''''the blond beast'''', ''''the ...
A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s most famous historical novel.Set in Paris and London at the time of the French Revolution, this is the story of two men, Frenchman, Charles Darnay, and Englishman, Sydney Carton. As the Revolution takes hold and the Terror begins, the two men’s destinies bring ...
Canadians have enjoyed a long history of encounters with Shakespeare, from the visual arts to creative new adaptations, from traditional and nontraditional interpretations to distinguished critical scholarship. We have in over two centuries remade Shakespeare in ways that are distinctly Canadian. The ...
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling! A deluxe hardcover edition of Frank Herbert''s epic masterpiece—a triumph ...
The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist from the author of Everything, Everything is now a major motion picture starring Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton!This movie tie-in edition features key movie cover art and a photo insert. Natasha: I''m a girl who believes in science and ...
Time is a prison. She is the key. Packed with danger, temptation and desire - a perfect read for fans of The Red Queen. In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything - even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. ...
Charlie is a freshman. And while he\''s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ''Wouldn''t it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?'' A heart-warming tale of love, sisterhood and hardship during the New England Civil War, Little Women tells ...