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.
Rejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the hideously deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo believes he is safe under the watchful eye of his master, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. But after Quasimodo saves the beautiful Romani girl Esmeralda from the gallows and brings her to sanctuary in the cathedral, ...
FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE. This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has brought the animals of his world back from the brink of disaster, and he believes there is hope on the other side. And, he might just be right. The final heart-stopping instalment of the Dark Wild ...
In an impassioned rebuttal to religion, a noted scientist and author of The Blind Watchmaker speaks out on his the irrationality of belief in God; criticizes the dire impact of religion on society, from the Crusades to September 11; and argues that religion fuels war, bigotry, child abuse, violence, ...
Cena:7.47€ | Autor:REICHS, KATHY | Rok vydania:2001 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780099307105 | Vydavateľ:Arrow
"How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind." The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch\''s hat, bow and wand. Luckily, they are retrieved by a dog, a bird ...
The SS is the most historically important institution of Third Reich Germany yet it remains amongst the least well understood. The SS was at the forefront of implementing the most radical and terrible policies of Nazi Germany: the Jewish Holocaust and mass resettlement of Russia and eastern Europe; the ...
Bestselling travel writer explores Siberia travelling by truck, bus and boat and compares the post Soviet Union to his previous visit in the early 80s where he travelled in an old Morris Minor. "This is a truly outstanding book" }Observer{
A guy walks into a bar.From here the story could take many turns. A guy walks into a bar and meets the love of his life. A guy walks into a bar and finds no one else is there. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless. In Let\''s Explore Diabetes with Owls, Sedaris delights with twists ...
Did you ever hear of a nice girl that was not?" This edition contains two of Henry James\''s most popular short works. Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she ...
Cena:12.72€ | Autor:Asimov, Isaac | Rok vydania:1995 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780586057247 | Vydavateľ:Harper Collins
Mia Holl lives in a state governed by The Method, where good health is the highest duty of the citizen. Everyone must submit medical data and sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, and regular exercise is mandatory. Mia is young and bea utiful, a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient ...
Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to ...
In the chaos of Cannery Row a collection of misfits gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists live side-by-side. There is Dora, of the flaming orange hair, who runs the brothel with clockwork efficiency; Mack and his gang of good-natured losers, who inhabit the Palace Flophouse; Lee Chong, astute owner ...
Bride McTierney has just been dumped via FedEx. There\''s not much that could ease such a broken heart until Vane Kattalakis wanders into her shop and her life. Their whirlwind affair feels too good to be true. Deadly and tortured, Vane Kattalakis isn\''t what he seems. Most women lament that their boyfriends ...
This is the official novelisation of the amazing new movie story. Follow the action and fun as Paddington arrives in London, meets the Brown family and gets involved in lots of exciting adventures. The original story of the movie is retold by the brilliant children's author Jeanne Willis.
Set in Rhodesia, this is the story of Dick, a failed white farmer and his wife, Mary, dependent and disappointed. Both are trapped by poverty, and in the heat of the brick and tin house, hemmed in by the bush, Mary finds herself seeking solace in the arms of the houseboy.
Elizabeth Wurtzel writes with her finger on the faint pulse of an overdiagnosed generation whose ruling icons are Kurt Cobain, Xanax, and pierced tongues. Her famous memoir of her bouts with depression and skirmishes with drugs, Prozac Nation is a witty and sharp account of the psychopharmacology of ...
Cena:10.5€ | Autor:Gaiman, Neil | Rok vydania:1999 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780747263685 | Vydavateľ:Headline Future
The Woman in White is the first English ‘sensation novel’ full of mystery and dark secrets.After meeting a strange woman one night in London, Walter Hartright begins to realise that this mysterious woman is connected, in some way, to his new life at Limmeridge House and the woman he loves, Laura Fairlie. ...
Jacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining "variation" on Diderot\''s novel Jacques le Fatalist, written for Milan Kundera\''s "private pleasure" in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. When the "heavy Russian irrationality" fell on Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera ...
