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.
When Commander Dalgliesh is persuaded by an old friend to visit the Dupayne, a small private museum on the edge of Hampstead Heath, he can have no idea that he will return to it one week later under very different circumstances. One of the family trustees has been horribly murdered and Dalgliesh and ...
After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their ...
Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They\'re identical, and they do Everything together, especially since their mother died three years earlier - but they couldn\'t be more different. Bossy, bouncy, funny Ruby loves to take charge, and is desperate to be a famous actress, while quiet, sensitive, ...
Queen Camilla is the brilliantly funny sequel to The Queen and I by Sue Townsend. What if being Royal was a crime? The UK has come over all republican. The Royal Family exiled to an Exclusion Zone with the other villains and spongers. And to cap it all, the Queen has threatened to abdicate. Yet Prince ...
Három különböző válság egyszerre zúdul az emberiségre. A petesejtfaló baktérium megakadályozza, hogy a nők kisbabákat szülhessenek. A gazdasági világválság hatására pénzért többé nem kapható táplálék. Továbbá kitör a világháború. Az emberiség elpusztul. Tíz túlélő sodródik a messzi Galápagos-szigetek ...
For Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were both highly personal and intensely political. In the Shadow of No Towers, his first new book of comics since the groundbreaking Maus, is a masterful and moving account of the events and aftermath ...
Five goofy, greedy elephants are up against five teeny-tiny mice in this picture book parable for modern times. One day, deep in the jungle, five elephants discover a new tree - a tall tree - and, atop that tree, the most mouth-wateringly delicious fruit any of them had ever seen. "MINE!" each elephant ...
Cena:9.79€ | Autor:Brooks, Terry | Rok vydania:2008 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9781841495767 | Vydavateľ:Orbit
In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah''''s fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his ...
What is certain is the civil war between the Slovaks and the Junjans is becoming fiercer. Reports from the battlefield talk of dozens of dead combatants daily, on both sides. The fighting spares no-one; that includes accredited journalists in the war zone. The number of journalists killed in action is ...
1: How this book works 2: Africa 3: Aircraft 4: American West 5: Amphibians 6: Ancient China 7: Ancient Egypt 8: Ancient Greece 9: Ancient India 10: Ancient Rome 11: Animal families 12: Animal groups
What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were ...
Little Willy has a big job to do. When his grandfather falls ill, it is up to Willy alone to save their farm from the tax collector. But where can a ten-year-old get five hundred dollars in a hurry? Then Willy sees the poster for the National Dogsled Race. The race pits Willy against the best dog teams ...
The book begins with a chase through the streets of Calcutta in May 1916. Lieutenant Peake pauses for breath outside the ruins of the Jheeter''''s Gate station knowing that he only has a few hours to live. Inside his overcoat he is sheltering two newborn babies - twins, a boy and a girl. Pursued by his ...
James Gleick, the author of the bestsellers Chaos and Genius, brings us his crowning work: a revelatory chronicle that shows how information has become the modern era''''s defining quality--the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. We live in the information age. But every era of history ...
The Templar Legion is a historical conspiracy thriller that will have readers on the edge of their seats as John Holliday''''s search for the truth about the Templar Order continues. The Templar Legion is the gripping fourth novel from Paul Christopher, the acclaimed author of The Templar Throne and ...
The story continues in the ninth volume of Hiccup\''s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs. Bad times have come to the Archipelago. Ever since the woods of Berserk burned down, it is almost as if the world is cursed. Dragons are starting to revolt against their Masters. The waters have risen, flooding fields ...
Make unique creations with the Punch Yarn Pillow kit from Klutz Press. Designed for ages 8 years and older, this kit includes 8 fun designs to choose from and allows kids the ability to creatively craft their own decorative pillow. Just choose your design, and use the included yarn and custom punch-needle ...
