Nerve is a classic novel from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time. Rob Finn''s winning streak made him one of the most sought-after steeplechase jockeys. But his subsequent collapse in form surprised no one more than himself. As word spreads that Finn has lost his nerve, he ...
The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, and the revenge of his wife, Gudrún, upon those who betrayed him. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún tells in narrative verse the saga of a Norse hero, Sigurd, ...
When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset; a couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's; a woman finds she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden; an insomniac wife wakes up to a twilight ...
After the gravity of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Immortality," "Slowness" comes as a surprise: It is certainly Kundera''''s lightest novel, a "divertimento," an "opera buffa," with, as the author himself says, "not a single serious word in it"; then, too, it is the first of his novels to ...
Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel''s strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller''s classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier named Yossarian who is frantic and furious because thousands ...
Kniha vychází jako pátý svazek dvojjazyčné shakespearovské edice. V úvodní studii se překladatel Martin Hilský zabývá vznikem hry a její interpretací v kontextu evropské renesance. Následují anglický originál hry a jeho český překlad, které jsou uspořádány na stránkách proti sobě a vybaveny poznámkami ...
Kniha - autor Marek Vácha, 192 stran, anglicky, Pevná bez přebalu lesklá To walk through life not just collecting photographs and souvenirs but insight and revelation. Ethics lecturer, naturalist and explorer describes the journey to God and spiritual dimensions of life through travel, nature, prayer, ...
Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Laura a Sebastián, Autoři : Dana Janebová, Rok vydania : 2019,.
Discover more secrets about the Shadowhunters as they fight to protect the world from demons in the fifth book in the internationally bestselling series. What price is too high to pay, even for love? Jace is now a servant of evil, bound for all eternity to Sebastian. Only a small band of Shadowhunters ...
In the darkest corners of the night in Caldwell, New York, a conflict like no other rages. The city is home to a band of brothers born to defend their race: the warrior vampires of the Black Dagger Brotherhood...Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned ...
What event could unite the world in peace - or in war? From the bestselling author of The Last Templar. A remote shelf in the Arctic circle. A small TV crew is braving the harsh conditions to film the breaking off of a major ice shelf - yet another nail in the planet\''s eco-coffin. Then someone calls ...
"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 ...
Little ones will love Santa, Snowman, Reindeer and their soft-to-touch friends in this hand-puppet board book. With an adorable animal on each fingertip and a board book attached to the palm, this soft hand puppet is an easy way to read and play with your baby.
Half a crusading epic, half based in Tolkien-esque mythology, Neil Gaiman\''s award-winning graphic novel fantasy is now back in a brand-new edition! It is here in Wall that young Tristran Thorn loses his heart to the town beauty—a woman who is as cold and distant as the star she and Tristran see fall ...
AutorPatrik Rothfuss VydavateľstvoGollancz VäzbaBrož Strán1002 ISBN 9780575081437 Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MAN''''S FEAR is the second instalment of this superb fantasy trilogy from Patrick Rothfuss. This is the most exciting fantasy series since George R. R. Martin''''s ...
Split into two books for the paperback, the third volume in George R.R. Martin''''s superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter ...
After the Feast - A Dance with Dragons 2 (A Song of Ice and Fire).HBO''s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin''s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: AFTER THE FEAST is the SECOND part of the ...
In Red Rabbit Tom Clancy gives Jack Ryan fans an insight into his greatest hero''''s first years fighting terrorism. Jack Ryan. The early CIA days.When young Jack Ryan joins the CIA as an analyst he is thrust into a world of political intrigue and conspiracy. Stationed in England, he quickly finds himself ...
