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.
Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don''''t want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. There will be no dates and no engagement - just a straight wedding march ...
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 ...
From the author of }The Wind-up Bird Chronicle{ comes a new novel, a classic tale of quest, but also a bold exploration of mythic and contemporary taboos, of patricide, of mother-love, of sister-love. Above all it is an entertainment of a very high order, following the fortunes of two remarkable characters. ...
Filled with creative, playful activities, This Book Thinks You’re an Artist asks budding artists to imagine their eccentric- artist alter ego before working through seven key topics: observation, drawing, color pattern, design, sculpture, and, crucially, how to steal ideas (Be inspired! Offend the viewer!). ...
When socialite Lexi Volkov almost overdoses, she thinks she''s hit rock bottom. She''s wrong. Because rock bottom is when she''s forced into an exclusive rehab facility. From there, the only way is up for Lexi and her fellow inmates, including the mysterious Brady. As she faces her demons, Lexi realises ...
Ryszard Kapuściński, otec poľskej reportážnej školy, autor mnohých úspešných kníh reportážneho žánru. Svetové uznanie mu priniesli najmä reportáže z krajín tretieho sveta (Afrika, Južná Amerika). Kniha Impérium (1993) je výsledkom viacerých autorových ciest po bývalom Sovietskom zväze, najmä z posledného ...
This title comes with an introduction by Francesca Segal. The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James ...
A completely new collection of poetry with a celestial theme in The Universe of Us.
Includes an essay on the text, a chronology of major events in Milton's life, and a selected bibliography, as well as the first known biography of Milton, written by Edward Phillips in 1694.
It is 498 years since the two Foundations came into existence - half-way through the Interregnum planned by Hari Seldon. The Second Foundation has once more successfully concealed its existence so that the laws of psychohistory can operate to usher in a new Empire ruled by the mental sciences.
The book of the major new film starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick. Photographer Joanne Eberhart has just moved home to Stepford with her family, but for some reason she is having a lot of difficulty making new friends. As far as Joanne is concerned, there’s something peculiar about the women ...
From the award-winning author of The Graveyard Book, and the illustrator behind the acclaimed Sandman comics series comes this lyrical journey peopled by a cast of mythical characters. Ages: 1 - 5 years.
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 ...
''people get out of prison, and when they get out, and their name is Edmond Dants, they take their revenge!'' Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dants is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Château d''If. Having endured years of incarceration, he ...
Set in Istanbul between 1975 and today, this title tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small boutique.
