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.
Cena:11.12€ | Autor:Redhill, Michael | Rok vydania:2008 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780099466253 | Vydavateľ:Arrow Books
For ten years, newly retired Policeman Michael McLoughlin has been haunted by the case of a young woman brutally murdered and the affection he felt for the victim’s mother, Margaret. A favor for a friend leads him to another woman who has lost a child – her daughter has been found drowned in the same ...
Cena:11.12€ | Autor:HETTCHE, THOMAS | Rok vydania:2008 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9780330452083 | Vydavateľ:Picador
Back in 1976, a Russian front-line pilot defected to Japan in a MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor, flying virtually at sea level to avoid pursuing fighters and surface-to-air missiles. With about thirty seconds of fuel remaining, he landed at Hakodate Airport, bursting a tyre and skidding off the runway. Before ...
Following on from "Stranger Shores", which contained J.M. Coetzee''s essays from 1986 to 1999, "Inner Workings" gathers together his literary essays from 2000 to 2005. Of the writers discussed in the first half of the book, several - Italo Svevo, Jose ph Roth, Bruno Schulz, Sandor Marai - lived through ...
Following the publication of Anna Gavalda''s international bestseller, "Hunting and Gathering", this book introduces us to Anna Gavalda''s witty and dazzling collection of stories, "I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere", together with her heart breaking and poignant novella, "Someone I Loved" ...
Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where 'sharing' is valued above all, and privacy is considered a dangerous perversion. Trafford wouldn't call himself a rebel, but he's daring to be different, to stand out from the crowd. In his own small ways, he wants to push against ...
"Tree of Smoke" - the name given to a ''psy op'' that might or might not be hypothetical and might or might not be officially sanctioned - is Denis Johnson''s most gripping, visionary and ambitious work to date. Set in south-east Asia and the US, and spanning two decades, it ostensibly tells the story ...
Three lives will change the destiny of nations. Helikaon, the young prince of Dardania, haunted by a scarred and traumatic childhood. The priestess Andromache, whose fiery spirit and fierce independence threatens the might of kings. And the legendary warrior Argurios, cloaked in loneliness and driven ...
This penetrating, timely portrait of Robert Mugabe is the psycho-biography of a man whose once-brilliant career has ruined Zimbabwe and cast shame on the African continent. Heidi Holland\''s tireless investigation begins with her having dinner with Mugabe, the freedom fighter, and ends in a searching ...
Cena:10.79€ | Autor:BIRCH, CAROL | Rok vydania:2008 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9781844083916 | Vydavateľ:Virago
Cena:13.19€ | Autor:Fallon, Jennifer | Rok vydania:2008 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9781841496528 | Vydavateľ:Orbit
"Starbook" tells the tale of a prince and a maiden in a mythical land where a golden age is ending. Their fragile story considers the important questions we all face, exploring creativity, wisdom, suffering and transcendence in a time when imagination still ruled the world. A magnificent achievement ...
Bojujte, stateční rytíři! Člověk umírá, sláva přežije! – Bojujte! Je lepší zemřít, než se vzdát! Mladý rytíř Wilfred z Ivanhoe se ve věci lásky vzepřel otcově vůli, a tak musel opustit Anglii. S vojskem krále Richarda Lví srdce se zúčastnil křížové výpravy do Svaté země a nyní se vrací poháněn vášnivou ...
Celebrities would have us believe they lead a charmed life, and never make mistakes like us mere mortals. Charmed life my arse! With his wicked trademark wit, Ricky Tomlinson reveals the truth: they\''re just as likely to suffer from bloopers, blunders and bloody awful cock-ups as the rest of us. Packed ...
What would you do if you were born on Oscar night into Hollywood royalty? If you went to Vanity Fair parties rather than birthday parties? And if your life felt like a glamourous movie - but you were only an extra in it, playing boyfriendless, jobless hopeful no.310? Meet Lola Santisi. She\''s an Actorholic. ...
Among the well-to-do families of Jeddah, Palestinian-born desert guide Nayir is an outsider. But when Nouf ash-Shrawi, the sixteen-year-old daughter of a wealthy Saudi dynasty, disappears just before her arranged marriage, Nayir is the man the Shrawis trust to bring her home. Days later Nouf\''s body ...
When Mike and Gally move to a new cottage in Somerset, it’s to make a new start. But the relationship comes under strain when Gally forms an increasingly close attachment to an old countryman, Ferney, who seems to know everything about her. What is it that draws them together? Reluctantly at first, then ...
When little Nona is sent from her sunny home in India to live with her relatives in chilly England, she is miserable. Then a box arrives for her in the post and inside, wrapped up in tissue paper, are two little Japanese dolls. A slip of paper says their names are Miss Happiness and Miss Flower. Nona ...
