Inspired by his experiences as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War, Ernest Hemingway''s For Whom the Bell Tolls tells the story of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer in the International Brigades fighting to defend the Spanish Republic against Franco. After being ordered to work with guerrilla ...
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and ...
Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell''s fable of a workers'' revolution gone wrong has been recognized as a classic of modern political satire. Fuelled by Orwell''s intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing--both an engaging story and an allegory ...
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 of near-death disaster - and now my arch enemy Luke wants to invade our camp via an ancient labyrinth. If he succeeds, thousands of bloodthirsty monsters will ...
''As enjoyable as it is thought-provoking'' Jared DiamondBy the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this powerful new big-picture framework explains how some countries develop towards and provide liberty while others fall to despotism, anarchy or asphyxiating ...
Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical fact. From the Qu\''ran to Shakespeare, this city with three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - ...
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 ''Elegant and evocative. A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world'' Guardian ''There is high, high music in the air at the end of Home Fire'' New York Times Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings ...
"Kafka on the Shore" follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father''s dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly ...
Historie jedné lásky, vyprávěná autorovým alteregem, začínajícím spisovatelem Aronem. Ten tápe ve svým milostných vztazích, aby dospěl ke konečnému prozření a našel svou lásku v prosté, upřímné a čisté duši dívky jménem Šoša.Dátum vydania: 18.3.2002Vydanie: 1.Väzba: viazanáISBN: 978-80-7203-406-2Strán: ...
Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective in fiction, a crime-solver gifted with powers of observation that allow him to see clues that ordinary detectives easily overlook. For more than a century, his adventures have thrilled generations of readers with crimes that are seemingly insoluble until the ...
George R. R. Martin''''s superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms in the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving ...
