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.
The inspiration behind ''''Life of Pi'''' director Ang Lee''''s ''''Brokeback Mountain'''' is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales. ''''Brokeback Mountain'''' is set in the beautiful, wild landscape of Wyoming where cowboys live as they have done for generations. ...
Ali Shirazi has arrived back in Lahore, Pakistan, to celebrate the wedding of his childhood friend and elder cousin Samar Api to her long sought-after \''Amitabh\'' - a stand-in for the Bollywood star she always dreamed of marrying. Amidst the flurry of preparations in the house in which he grew up, ...
An old man sits in a room, with a single door and window, a bed, a des k and a chair. Each day he awakes with no memory, unsure of whether or not he is locked into the room. Attached to the few objects around hi m are one-word, hand-written, labels and on the desk is a series of va guely familiar black-and-white ...
When Kathy, a young recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband, fails to a open a series of tax letters that have been sent to her in error, the State of California seizes the house she and her brother have inherited from her father. Th e State sells the house at auction to Behrani, a former ...
Meet Fletcher Moon. Half-pint schoolboy and fully qualified private investigator. Since graduating online, he has solved all sorts of minor mysteries at school and at home. It was only a matter of time before things got serious. When Fletcher starts asking questions about a spate of odd crimes in the ...
More than three decades have passed since the events described in The Witches of Eastwick and the three divorcees – Alexandra, Jane and Sukie – have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world to exotic lands such as Canada, China ...
Since her days in the orphanage, Latha has been a companion and servant to Thara, a more fortunate girl her own age. But since her trip to the hill country when she caught her first glimpse of a rose, Latha has known she was destined for a better life. For now, she must watch silently as Thara receives ...
A mixture of puzzles, games, colouring and drawing activities, this super hands-on activity book is absolutely packed full of fun! Draw pictures around the pupp…
The long-awaited, never-before-told, no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Aerosmith frontman. Finally, all the lurid tales of debauchery, sex, drugs and rock n' roll are told straight from the horse's lips as The Demon of Screamin' describes his unimaginable highs and unbelievable lows ...
From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. She cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the ...
A man and a woman meet by chance while returning to their homeland, which they had abandoned 20 years earlier when they chose to become exiles. Will they manage to pick up the thread of their strange love story, interrupted as soon as it began and then lost in the tides of history?
From the world''s leading "Dead Sea Scrolls" scholar, Geza Vermes'' "The Story of the Scrolls: The Miraculous Discovery and True Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls" is an ideal introduction to understanding these ancient documents. The discovery of the "Dead Sea Scrolls" in Qumran, between 1947 and ...
The face of war is changing. The other side doesn''t play by the rules much any more. There''s thinking, in some circles, that we need to play by a different set of rules too.'' Fresh from Afghanistan, James Bond has been recruited to a new agency. C onceived in the post-9/11 world, it operates independent ...
This is the brand new edition of the hilarious seventh book in the brilliant "Adrian Mole" series, Sue Townsend''s "Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction". Wednesday April 2nd. My birthday. I am thirty-five today. I am officially middle-aged. It is all downhill from now. A pathetic slide towards ...
'This book is a novel in the form of variations. The various parts follow each other like the various stages of a voyage leading into the interior of a theme, the interior of a thought, the interior o
The Peculiars is the story of Lena Mattacascar, a teenager who doesn\''t understand why her hands and feet are so gangly and long and why she isn\''t like other girls and especially why her grandmother calls her a goblin. Lena\''s father, who she has not seen since she was a little girl, has disappeared ...
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, ...
Twenty interchangeable storytelling cards, perfect for stilmulating children's imaginations and helping them develop their narrative skills.
The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams’ bestseller The World’s Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand new gang of hilariously horrible kids from everyone’s favourite children’s author, illustrated in glorious full colour by Tony Ross. If you thought you had read about the World’s Worst Children ...
"John Green fans will appreciate this tale." —USA Today"[A] humorous, deeply human coming-of-age story." —The Washington P…
