War has come to Discworld. The homes and businesses throughout the duchy of Borogravia limp along, doing the best they can without their men, sent to fight their age-old enemy. Polly has taken over the lion\''s share of reponsibility for the running of her family\''s humble inn, The Duchess. Her beloved ...
Here''s a book about Tokyo that''s seriously streetwise. Lonely Planet Kids'' City Trails: Tokyo features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won''t find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. We''ll ...
Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as "flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes ...
Jiné děti dostávají na hraní xylofonky. Zuzance stačilo požádat dědečka, aby si vysvlékl vestu. Ano. V té rodině je Smrť. Je težké vyrůstat jako obyčejné děvče, když dědeček jezdí na velkém bílém koni a máchá kosou. Pak najednou musíte z jistých důvodů převzít zavedený rodinný podnik a spousta lidí si ...
From the Orange Prize long-listed and award-winning author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Bastard of Istanbul Elif Shafak, Honour is a novel of love, betrayal and a clash of cultures. "A powerful book; thoughtful, provoking and compassionate". (Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat). ''My mother died ...
The Death of Bunny Munro recounts the last journey of a salesman in search of a soul. Following the suicide of his wife, Bunny, a door-to-door salesman and lothario, takes his son on a trip along the south coast of England. He is about to discover that his days are numbered. With a daring hellride of ...
Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge – these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin to Dordogne. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, the cruel confidence trick or the cold shock of coincidence, Frederick Forsyth is never less than ...
A guy walks into a bar.From here the story could take many turns. A guy walks into a bar and meets the love of his life. A guy walks into a bar and finds no one else is there. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless. In Let\''s Explore Diabetes with Owls, Sedaris delights with twists ...
Margaret and Patrick, married just a few months, set off on a great adventure - a year living in Kenya. While Patrick practices medicine, Margaret works as a photojournalist, capturing a dizzying and sometimes dangerous city on film.When a British couple invites the newlyweds on a climbing expedition ...
Another day. Another death. Death du Jour. My God, how many such days would there be?'' On a bitterly cold march night in Montreal, forensic anthropologiest Dr Temperance Brennan is exhuming the remains of a nun proposed for sainthood in the grounds of an old church. Just hours later, Tempe is called ...
