The collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist and poet. By turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in transition, as well as the everyday objects ...
Karl IV., römischer Kaiser und König von Böhmen, machte sich um den Ausbau zahlreicher monumentaler Bauten verdient, wobei sein Hauptaugenmerk dem St.-Veits-Dom auf der Prager Burg galt. Diesel Dom sollte ein Meisterwerk der Gotik werden – eine aus Stein gefertigte Verkörperung des Glaubens, Symbol Seiner ...
Rod Campbell''s classic lift-the-flap book Dear Zoo has been a firm favourite with toddlers and parents alike ever since it was first published in 1982. With Dear Zoo Book and Puzzle Blocks children can have fun doing six different puzzles featuring all their favourite animals from the original story. ...
Are we living through the great derangement of our times? In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of ''woke'' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, ...
The second part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The Treason of Isengard continues the account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings ...
This deluxe, illustrated edition celebrates the New York Times-bestselling series, The Kingkiller Chronicle—a masterful epic fantasy saga that has inspired readers worldwide. One: The Name of the Wind. My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town ...
The fourth volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien''''s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion. In this fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth, the shaping of the chronological and geographical structure of the legends of Middle-earth and Valinor is spread ...
světová literatura v anglickém překladu - dílo Haruki Murakami vypráví příběh dvou dávných spolužáků Aomame a Tenga, ona je geniální fyzioterapeutka, on vynikající matematik se spisovatelským talentem. Ti dva se celých dvacet let neviděli, v hloubi duše ale nepřestávají myslet jeden na druhého. Oni sami ...
What if Darth Vader took an active role in raising his son? What if \''Luke, I am your father\'' was just a stern admonishment from an annoyed dad? In this hilarious and sweet comic reimagining, Darth Vader is a dad like any other- except with all the baggage of being the Dark Lord of the Sith. Celebrated ...
The legendary 1951 scroll draft of On the Road, published as Kerouac originally composed it IN THREE WEEKS in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of On the Road—typed as a single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets of tracing paper, which he later taped together to form a 120-foot ...
A New York Times No. 1 best seller §On the New York Times Best Seller List for more than 52 consecutive weeks §Includes an excerpt from the much-anticipated sequel and an interview with author Ransom Riggs §A mysterious island.§An abandoned orphanage.§A strange collection of very curious photographs§It ...
''She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.'' Anne Elliot seems to have given up on present happiness and has resigned herself to living off her memories. More than seven years earlier she complied with duty: ...
1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt''s isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. But in the nearby woods, Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre - and a timele ss mystery whose traces are written in blood. 2007. ...
A dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages, the third part of a quintet appearing at two yearly intervals, richly illustrated by the author. The Abarat a magical otherworld composed on an archipelago of twenty-five islands — one for each hour of the day, plus an island out of time. Candy Quackenbush, ...
A whimsical read-aloud of delicious answers to ridiculous questions about what can - and cannot - be done in the kitchen!Food critic and author Joshua David Stein tackles the world of cookery with his signature quirk and charm. From the practical ("Can I fry a scoop of gelato?") to the playful ("Do frozen ...
From the internationally bestselling author of LOVE HER WILD comes THE DARK BETWEEN STARS, a new illustrated collection of heartfelt, whimsical, and romantic poems from Instagram poetry sensation, Atticus. Atticus has captured the hearts and minds of nearly 700k followers (including stars like Karlie ...
One life-changing summer Sixteen-year-old Charlie meets Fran. 8 million copies since STARTER FOR TEN first introduced us to his incomparable talent for making us laugh, cry and wince with recognition in the space of a single sentence; ten years after ONE DAY became the iconic love story for a generation; ...
This is a best-selling classic set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong repackaged for a new generation of readers. Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, "Tai-Pan" is the story of Dirk Struan, the ruler - the Tai-Pan - of the most powerful trading company ...