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.
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and ...
It was Patrick\''s idea that they should have the tennis party. After all, he has the perfect setting - the White House, bought out of his bonuses as an investment banker. He hasn\''t actually told Caroline, his brash and beautiful wife, what the real reason for the party is. She is glad to welcome Stephen ...
1968. The year Paris takes to the streets. The year Martin Luther King loses his life for a dream. The year Eleanor Maud Portman is born. Young Elly''s world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips and knows exotic words like ...
This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "Gulliver''s Travels" by Jonathan Swift. ''Fifteen hundred of the Emperor''s largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant''. A savage and hilarious satire, ...
What happens when the one that got away comes back? Find out in this sparkling debut from Mhairi McFarlane. ''''Think of the great duos of history. We''''re just like them.'''' ''''You mean like Kylie and Jason? Torvill and Dean? Sonny and Cher?'''' ''''I think you''''ve missed the point, Rachel.'''' ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ''It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.'' Set in ...
Write clearer business documents more efficiently This brand new self-study book is the ideal way for business people to refine and perfect their written English. It is aimed particularly at executives who communicate in written English frequently or work in foreign or multinational companies. Collins ...
Cena:12.78€ | Autor:FRANZEN, JONATHAN | Rok vydania:2007 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780007232444 | Vydavateľ:Fourth Estate
Presenting an account of the author's childhood in Czechoslovakia, this title features the tales of the his father's battle to provide for his family both in we…
Everyone knows that Old King Cole is the merriest soul and that Jack is nimble, quick, and likes to jump over candlesticks. Now little ones can follow along word-for-word as Mickey and friends introduce them to classic Mother Goose rhymes. Sturdy board pages, a padded cover, and one rhyme per page make ...
This timeless collection brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesop''s fables in a volume that will delight young and old readers alike. Here are all the age-old favourites - the wily fox, the vain peacock, the predatory cat and the steady tortoise - just as endearingly vivid ...
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 ...
