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.
One evening in 1951, an itinerant storyteller arrives unannounced and mysterious at a house in the Irish countryside. By the November fireside he begins to tell the story of this extraordinary land. One of his listeners, a nine-year-old boy, grows so entranced by the storytelling that, when the old man ...
Bringing together six of Turgenev''s best known stories in volume, this collection includes First Love," "Asya," "Mumu," "The Diary of a Superfluous Man," "Song of Triumphant Love," and "King Lear of the Steppes." ".
As winter approaches and Souls\'' Night draws near, the Eagle Owl Mage holds the clans in the grip of terror. To fulfill his destiny, Torak must seek his lair in the Mountain of Ghosts. He must defy demons and tokoroths, and find his way through the Gorge of the Hidden People. Wolf must overcome terrible ...
Emma, die Floristin des ''Wedding Quartets'' sucht, wie ihre Kindheitsfreundinnen Mackensie, Parker und Laurel noch immer nach ihrem eigenen ''Mr.Right'', obwohl die Männer sie umschwärmen.Doch manchmal liegt das Glück genau dort, wo man nie hinschaut, vor der eigenen Nase. Der 2. Teil der ''Wedding ...
Samuel Beckett patrí k newyorskej smotánke. Úspešný mladý muž dobre vyzerá, je nadštadardne zabezpečený a chodí s krásnou ženou. Život na vysokej nohe má však aj temné stránky. Sam sa brodí bahnom výčitiek, obáv a neistôt. Každý nový deň a každá ďalšia spoločenská interakcia â€" či už s pacientmi, priateľkou, ...
Cena:13.6€ | Autor:King, Stephen | Rok vydania:2009 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780340980309 | Vydavateľ:Hodder
With a new Introduction by Professor Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D. The Forsyte Saga is Galsworthy''s enduringly popular masterpiece. Initially, the plot centres on Soames Forsyte, a successful solicitor living in London with his beautiful wife, Irene. A pillar of the late-Victorian upper middle class, wealthy ...
"The Collected Stories" - a stunning volume of William Trevor''s unforgettable short stories. William Trevor is one of the most renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as ''the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language'' by the New Yorker and acclaimed for his haunting ...
Cena:9.89€ | Autor:CLARKE, STEPHEN | Rok vydania:2005 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780552772969 | Vydavateľ:Black Swan
It is the year 2001, and Eugene Dabbs Hartke, suffering from TB, is recording his disastrous life on scraps of paper while awaiting trial for a crime he hasn't committed. This humorous novel is set in a Japanese-owned America, where everything is run for profit. By the author of Slaughterhouse 5".
Cena:11.87€ | Autor:Welsh, Irvine | Rok vydania:1995 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780099435013 | Vydavateľ:Vintage
Three books. Three riddles. Three masks. Can you guess who the animal is? ‘I am as big as a house – but scared of a mouse…’. Unfold the books for clues and then turn them over for the answers. Bold fluorescent colours and patterns and playful rhymes provide a great, fun way to engage with young children, ...
Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to shelter in the Ural Mountains, Yuri Zhivago finds himself embroiled in a battle between the Whites and the Reds, ...
'Can books conduct electricity?' 'My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that's ok... isn't it?' A John Cleese Twitter question ['What is your pet peeve?'], first sparked the
After her mother dies in childbirth , Aurora del Valle is raised by her grandmother in San Francisco, but despite growing up in this rich and privileged environment, Aurora is unhappy. Haunted by terrible nightmares and the inexplicable absence of many of her childhood memories, and finding herself alone ...
Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. On vacation in Florida, he meets two women in a seedy bar, ending up at their apartment for a coke binge interrupted by two ...
