When Tom and Hester''s scrapyard aircraft is pursued by rocket-firing gunships, they seek sanctuary in the speeding ice city of Anchorage. But it is no safe refuge. Devastated by plague and haunted by ghosts, Anchorage is heading for the Dead Continent. The second instalment of Reeve''s critically acclaimed ...
Zemeckisův film je brilantním shrnutím dosavadních režisérových poznatků o možnostech "comicsového" vyprávění. Formálně i obsahově nejméně konvenční z jeho snímků přesvědčuje komediálními gagy i naléhavě patetickým tónem. Jeho hrdinou je prosťáček Forrest Gump, typický obyčejný muž, který od dětství ...
This classic Seussian tale tells the story of the disgruntled Grinch and his fiendish attempts to steal Christmas from the citizens of Who-ville. With wacky rhymes and zany illustrations from the master himself, it has been a seasonal favourite with young readers for over 40 years.The Grinch hated Christmas! ...
The definitive 70th anniversary edition of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank and edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler, the world''s most famous diary and ''one of the greatest books of the century''. ''12th June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never ...
Percy Jackson and The Battle of the Labyrinth is the fourth exciting adventure in Rick Riordan''s bestselling series. Now with a thrilling new cover look. Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. Honestly, blowing up another school was the last thing I wanted to do. As the son of a Greek God, I''ve had my share ...
A sharp, witty and hugely entertaining debut novel, The Devil Wears Prada is The Nanny Diaries set in the world of high fashion. Welcome to the dollouse, baby! When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She's never heard of the world's most fashionable ...
Before his tragic death, Szilárd Borbély had gained a name as one of Europe\''s most searching new poets. Berlin-Hamlet one of his major works evokes a stroll through the phantasmagoric shopping arcades described in Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, but instead of the delirious image fragments of nineteenth-century ...
",How I long to sail!", said the tiny snail. The Snail and the Whale is a delightful tale of adventure and friendship by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the ...
Containing an enchanting mix of familiar favourites and hidden gems, the "Penguin Classics" edition of Hans Christian Andersen''s "Fairy Tales" is translated by Tiina Nunnally and edited with an introduction by Jackie Wullschlager. The first writer to create timeless, universal fairy tales from his own ...
Toddly discovers what a birthday party is like. After he blows out the candles on his cake and makes a wish, his dream comes true.
When Dorothy and her little dog Toto end up in the Land of Oz, they and their friends the scarecrow, tin man and cowardly lion have many adventures on their way to see the Wizard of Oz! Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird''s best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped ...
Les enfants de deux villages voisins s?affrontent depuis toujours dans une terrible guerre.Quand ils sont faits prisonniers, on leur vole tous leurs boutons et ils rentrent quelquefois chez eux sans leurs vetements. Pour cela ils sont souvent punis par leur ma�tre d?�cole et leurs parents. Qui va ...
História puzzle siaha do osemnásteho storočia a za jeho zrodom stojí anglický rytec a kartograf John Spilsbury. Prvé puzzle okolo roku.1760 vytvoril tak, že na mapu pripevnil tenké tvrdé drevo a jemnou ostrou pílkou na vytváranie intarzie z neho vyrezal hranice krajín. Takto vytvorený produkt deťom v ...
Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for… the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning… When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking ...
It is their first day at Drama Arts, and the circle of huddled, nervous students are told in no uncertain terms that here, unlike at any other drama school, they will be taught to Act. To Be. To exist in their own world on the stage. But outside is the real world - a pitiless, alluring place in which ...
The daring and handsome nobleman Robin Hood is forced to live as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest, after the evil Sheriff of Nottingham kills his family and takes his land and money. With the help of his Merry Men, Robin becomes a hero, stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Will the wicked Sheriff ...
''''you are to understand, Mr. Pip, that the name of the person who is your liberal benefactor remains a profound secret.'''' Young Pip lives with his sister and her husband the blacksmith, with few prospects for advancement until a mysterious benefaction takes him from the Kent marshes to London. Pip ...
Kniha - autor Paul Dowswell, 208 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Zrcadlový text vám přináší napínavý příběh jak v českém tak anglickém jazyce – na levé straně knihy je původní text, na pravé jeho překlad do češtiny. Ideální čtení nejen na dovolenou, u kterého se pobavíte, ale navíc se procvičíte ...
