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.
Embracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in to day''s world. What good, he asks in a talk delivered ...
In early 1998 I went to Perth in Western Australia in order to attend the literature festival, and part of the arrangement was that I should go to Karratha to do their first ever literary dinner. Karratha is a mining town a long way further north. Th e landscape is extraordinary, being composed of vast ...
What happens after the \''happy ever after\''? When Robin asked Tilly to marry him, it was the happiest moment of her life. Ten years on, the sparkle has faded - household bills, household chores, two small children and a boisterous dog have seen to that - but Tilly is convinced their love can survive ...
Mimi and Ralph have left social climbing, pushy parenting and their marital problems behind them in London, and moved west to the bucolic green depths of the country. Or so they thought. Yes, there\''s mud and masses of fresh air, plenty of handsome hayseeds and there\''s Rose, Mimi\''s new best friend ...
Marjorie Daw is a librarian, and takes her job - and indeed the truth of words - very seriously. She doesn't know it, but her world and ours - Roundworld - is in big trouble. On Discworld, a colossal row is brewing. The Wizards of Unseen University feel responsible for Roundworld (as one would for a ...
A thrilling, wintry Nordic epic from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell, weaving a tale of legend, magic and adventure which will grip and enchant readers from beginning to end. Odd, a young Viking boy, is left fatherless following a raid and in his icy, ...
Following the premature death of her parents, 19-year-old Dee Hewson puts her college plans on hold to go travelling with her boyfriend, Neil. All goes well until they reach Las Vegas, where Neil develops a dangerous addiction to gambling. After two
"True Confessions of Adrian Mole, Margaret Hilda Roberts and Susan Lilian Townsend" is the third book in Sue Townsend''s brilliantly funny "Adrian Mole" series. Monday June 13th. I had a good, proper look at myself in the mirror tonight. I''ve always wanted to look clever, but at the age of twenty years ...
From LEGO(R) City and LEGO(R) NINJAGO(TM) to LEGO(R) Pirates and much more, have lots of fun dressing up all your favourite LEGO minifigures in LEGO(R) Minifigure Dress-Up! Ultimate Sticker Collection. Packed with 1,000 colourful stickers to dress up LEGO minifigures in fun outfits LEGO(R) Minifigure ...
Lonely Planet Kids'' brand new series of sticker activity books, "Let''s Explore", is perfect for any child with a sense of adventure. With fascinating facts, puzzles to solve and pages to colour and complete, little explorers aged 5 and up will love discovering the amazing environments of our planet. ...
Explore the fascinating Star Wars(TM) galaxy with this updated edition of Star Wars: Complete Locations. Discover all the locations and film settings featured in the entire Star Wars saga. Incredible inside looks at the Star Wars world make this a must-have for any avid Star Wars fan, and show the Star ...
Not suitable for children under 2 years of age. Peppa and George are inside watching television on a sunny day when Granny Pig sends them outside to play. Grandpa Pig builds George his very own pedal car and Peppa and George soon discover that real life racing is better than watching it on television!
Bypassing all safeguards, terrorists enter Fort Stephens - the newest high-tech Army base - and detonate a truck full of powerful explosives. Within hours, other bases are hit. Under attack, the Army calls in Net Force to help. Teaming up with Army intelligence and the National Guard, Net Force\''s own ...
A poignant coming-of-age story and a gripping novel of natural wonder, rejacketed to coincide with the publication of Jim Lynch's new novel, Border Songs
Bethany Fisher\''s life has always been overshadowed by her missing brother. Four-year-old Michael was abducted when Bethany was a baby. Twenty years later, Bethany is a college graduate and has a small son of her own. But her life is thrown into turmoil one evening when her mother follows a man home ...
Davinsky Labour Camp, Siberia, 1933: Sofia Morozova knows she has to escape. Only two things have sustained her through the bitter cold, aching hunger and hard labour: the prospect of one day walking free; and the stories told by her friend Anna, beg uiling tales of a charmed upbringing in Petrograd ...
One balmy Texas evening, widowed financier Ben Fosberg answers the door to two Homeland Security agents. From the minute he lets them in, his life spirals out of control. A businessman has been killed in a hit gone wrong and Ben''s card is in the dead hitman''s pocket. The agents have a thousand questions ...
In a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee pare…
