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.
Following their acclaimed Parting Shots, Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson bring together further sharp-eyed, thoughtful and often hilarious despatches from British Ambassadors abroad. Packed with curious and revealing stories (some once thought to be urban myths), including the horse given by the Turkmenistan ...
Baby is twelve years old. Her mother died not long after she was born and she lives in a string of seedy flats in Montreal''''s red light district with her father Jules, who takes better care of his heroin addiction than he does of his daughter. Jules is an intermittent presence and a constant source ...
From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children, which was awarded the Best of the Booker Prize in 1993, comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would ...
Cena:11.69€ | Autor:Grey, C. T. | Rok vydania:2012 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9780752265452 | Vydavateľ:Boxtree
''As enjoyable as it is thought-provoking'' Jared DiamondBy the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this power….
The new heroic fantasy starring the genre\''s most popular new heroes: The Raven. James Barclay has rapidly established himself as one of the leading lights of the genre with his two linked trilogies starring fantasy\''s most popular new heroes in many years: The Raven. The first trilogy was the Chronicles ...
THIS IS THE END.The dragons have gone home, the elves are safe. The Raven have kept their promises. But fate has not finished with them. As the war between the colleges rages on an old enemy senses that his chance to revenge a bitter defeat has come. Tessaya, Lord of the Paleon Tribes has waited patiently ...
Another action-packed adventure from the new master of fantasy launches Legends of The Raven, a new trilogy starring the cult heroes made famous in Chronicles of The Raven. The Raven travel to a new continent in search of mages to help the ruined college of Julatsa rebuild. and find themselves in the ...
Harper can find dead people, but now it\''s clear someone wants her dead. When she was 15, Harper Connelly was struck by a bolt of lightning, which left her with a spiderweb of red over her body, headaches, and episodes of weakness. Sometimes her right hand shakes. And she can find dead people. It\''s ...
Cena:13.19€ | Autor:Mailer, Norman | Rok vydania:2006 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9780007204953 | Vydavateľ:Harper Perennial
Paul Gauguin achieved a high public profile during his lifetime, and was one of the first artists of his generation to achieve international recognition. But his prominence has always had as much to do with the dramatic events of his life - his self-imposed exile on a remote South Sea island, his turbulent ...
MAX MCDANIELS LIVES a quiet life in the suburbs of Chicago until the day he stumbles upon a mysterious Celtic tapestry. Many strange people are interested in Max and his tapestry, and his discovery will lead him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where great things await him. But dark things are waiting, ...
Cecelia Ahern''s debut novel, PS, I Love You, follows the engaging, witty and occasionally sappy reawakening of Holly, a young Irish widow who must put her life back together after she loses her husband Gerry to a brain tumour. Ahern, the twentysomething daughter of Ireland''s Prime Minister, has discovered ...
The new children''s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a deliciously daft Tall Story of a child who had everything, but still wanted more. Illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross. Meet the Meeks! Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn''t enough. She ...
The moving story of the extraordinary friendship between a boy and his fox and their epic journey to be reunited. Beautifully illustrated by multi-award winner, Jon Klassen. Now available in Paperback! Pax was only a kit when his family was killed and he was rescued by ''his boy'', Peter. Now the country ...
Cena:12.72€ | Autor:Dietz, William C. | Rok vydania:2012 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:2-3 týždne | ISBN:9781841499857 | Vydavateľ:Orbit
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack, -Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book.Penned by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling in 1894, The Jungle Book is a co.
This illustrated edition includes two new short stories - Cinderella, A Version and The Rat King, the latter introducing the Crooked Man who is central to the world of The Book of Lost Things - and an afterword from the author.
