A powerful study of bigotry, persecution, obsession and hypocrisy in early American society, the "Penguin Classics" edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne''s. "The Scarlet Letter" contains an introduction by Nina Baym and notes by Thomas E. Connolly. Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century ...
George Orwell''s chilling fable of Soviet Russia''s brutal dictatorship, "Animal Farm" brings to life in lucid, uncomplicated language the disastrous project of Russian Communism. This "Penguin Modern Classics" edition includes an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. ''All animals are equal - but some are ...
Titul je novinkaNajde svou skutečnou matku? Dojemné líčení osudů žen z různých světů, jež strhne čtenáře přesvědčivostí a hlubokou pravdivostí. Život doktorky Somer se odvíjí přímo ideálně: Právě se vdala a zahájila lékařskou kariéru v San Francisku. Pak ale přijde rána z čistého nebe – dozví se, že ...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including ...
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 FEAST FOR CROWS is the fourth volume in the series. The Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne. The war in the Seven Kingdoms ...
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister’s place and must rely upon her sharp instincts ...
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. ''''Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts.'''' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased ...
Until I Find You is the story of the actor Jack Burns his life, loves, celebrity and astonishing search for the truth about his parents. When he is four years old, Jack travels with his mother Alice, a tattoo artist, to several North Sea ports in search of his father, William Burns. From Copenhagen to ...
Jedna z vrcholných tragédií Williama Shakespeara je drama zločinu, svědomí a trestu a divadelní sonda do hlubin lidské duše, z nichž se rodí zlo. Macbeth, skotský šlechtic a hrdina, člověk obddivovaný a uctívaný všemi, v této hře podlehne ctižádosti a touze po moci natolik, že se dopustí zločinu nejtěžšího ...
Mrs Dalloway is a novel that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-World War I. It is one of Woolf’s best-known novels. In this Reader you will find: Information about Virginia Woolf life | Sections focusing on background and context | Glossary | Comprehension activities Tags Love | ...
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 ...
Second in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy, this new foiled edition of CATCHING FIRE is available for a limited period of time. After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out.and ...
Do you feel like you are too nice? Sherry Argov''s Why Men Love Bitches delivers a unique perspective as to why men are attracted to a strong woman who stands up for herself. With saucy detail on every page, this no-nonsense guide reveals why a strong woman is much more desirable than a "yes woman" who ...
On board the whaling ship Pequod, a crew of wise men and fools, renegades, and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by a crazed captain hell-bent on hunting down Moby Dick, the mythic White Whale who left him crippled. As the ""great flood-gates of the wonder-world"" swing open, Melville ...
Thomas war sicher, dass sein Entkommen aus dem Labyrinth das Wiedererlangen seines alten Lebens bedeuten würde, nicht nur für sich, auch für die Gladers. Doch hatte keiner geahnt, wie die Welt draußen inzwischen aussah: Die Erde ein Schlachtfeld, auf der Cranks, von einem mörderischen Virus heimgesuchte ...
Brave New World is a novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. Set in London in the year AD 2540 (632 A.F.—"After Ford"—in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that combine ...
''''It''''s said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds somewhere in the world.Lee Child''''s genius has been to create a tough guy hero that men will envy and women will adore". (Daily Express). After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher ...
Prostorové leporelo v angličtině, které seznamuje své malé čtenáře s králíčkem. Skvělá pomůcka, pokud chcete děti formou hry seznámit s angličtinou. Look inside for some pop-up fun with Bunny. Discover how he uses his long ears and floppy feet.
One of the most celebrated works of classic literature for children, "The Wind in the Willows" follows Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger from one adventure to the next - in gipsy caravans, stolen sports cars, to prison and back to the Wild Wood. A story of animal cunning and human camaraderie, this remains ...
