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.
"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, ...
Penguin presents the audio CD edition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, read by Dan Russell. Let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL, not a diary. This was Mom's idea, not mine. But if she thinks I'm going to write down my "feelings" in here or whatever, she's crazy. The only reason I ...
"Rodrick Rules" is the hilarious sequel to bestselling and award-winning "Diary of a Wimpy Kid". Perfect for readers of 8+, reluctant readers and all the millions of Wimpy Kid fans out there. "Rodrick Rules" was also a major movie hit at the box-office and the rib-tickling third "Wimpy Kid movie, Dog ...
Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities, an interactive MultiROM, and exciting, fully dramatized audio for every story, the new edition of the series makes reading motivating for ...
Nicky Belane, private detective and career alcoholic, is a troubled man. He is plagued by broads, booze, lack of cash and a raging ego, and by the surreal jobs he's been hired to do. He has been hired to track down French classical author Celine - who's meant to be dead - and supposed to find the elusive ...
Cena:8.65€ | Autor:SHARMA, ROBIN | Rok vydania:2009 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780007848423 | Vydavateľ:Thorson Element
Kompletné a nekrátené vydanie slávneho románuDracula je nepochybne jednou z „ikonografických" postáv popkultúry 20. storočia. O jeho nesmiernej obľube svedčí neuveriteľne vysoký počet nových reedícií na celom svete, ale aj neustály záujem filmárov, divadelníkov, či autorov grafických noviel, ktorý neutícha ...
Late at night, in a New York cafe, Jack Reacher orders coffee in a cup made of foam, not china. He owns nothing, carries less. He has never met a woman who said no or a case he couldn't solve. But now Reacher faces a new case so disturbing that the truth eludes him. He has to sweat the details and work ...
''The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears'' house. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the ...
Five decades after it was first published, Jack Kerouac''s seminal Beat novel On the Road finally finds its way to the big screen, in a production from award-winning director Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) starring Sam Riley (Control, Brighton Rock), Garret Hedlund (Friday Night Lights), Kristen ...
'Ex-CID. Ex-New York. Ex-cellent' reads the sign outside the Satisfaction Guarantee Detective Agency. Cephas Buthelezi certainly talks the talk, Precious discovers, but would he have the wherewithal to deal with her current case - a man who has been attacked by ostrich rustlers, and is eager ...
No book in modern times has matched the uproar sparked by Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses", which earned its author a death sentence. Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic ...
Cats slink across the pages; the seasons are marked by cherry blossom and Japanese maple; spaghetti strands or telephone cords separate the days; and a generous selection of quotations and extracts from Murakami''s novels and stories appear on almost every page to inspire, amuse or entertain. This is ...
In one of the most memorable novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly ...
The sea: turbulent and leaden,transparent and opaque,magician and mother. When Cahrles Arrowby,over sixty,a demi god of the theatre- director,playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world in order to ''abjure magic and become a her mit'',it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least ...
Provocative, startling, prophetic, and more relevant than ever, The Handmaid''s Tale has become a global phenomenon. Now, in this stunning graphic novel edition of Margaret Atwood''s modern classic, the terrifying reality of Gilead is brought to vivid life like never before. "Everything Handmaids wear ...
''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 ...
In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war, to the 'war to end all wars'. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experiences came A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway's description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his ...
"Need it be said — the little grey cells solve once more the seemingly insoluble. Mrs Christie makes an improbable tale very real, and keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end." Times Literary Supplement "A brilliantly ingenious story." Dorothy L. Sayers, Daily Herald "Ingenuity at its height ...
A collection of fantasy short stories from the author of LORD OF THE RINGS, which are set in Middle Earth, from the time of the Elder Days to the end of the War of the Ring. Includes stories which feature Gandalf, the Riders of Rohan, the Five Wizards, the Palantiri, the legend of Amroth, and the halycon ...
