Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger''s New Yorker stories, particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme. With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE ...
An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius: not since Albert Einstein has a scientific figure held such a position in popular consciousness. In this enthralling memoir, writer and physicist Leonard Mlodinow tells the story of his friend and their friendship, offering ...
Kniha - spoločnosť Mike Stocks; Bram Stoker, 208 strán, angličtina, Zrkadlový text vám prináša napínavý príbeh tak v slovenskom tak anglickom jazyku - na ľavej strane knihy je pôvodný text, na pravej jeho preklad. Ideálne čítanie nielen na dovolenku, u ktorého sa pobavíte, ale navyše sa precvičíte v ...
The third book in the latest series from international bestselling author, Rick Riordan He was a God once. Until he was cast out his father, Zeus. Now, he''s an awkward teenager. Called Lester. The only way out is a series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For his third trial, Apollo must journey ...
Dripping Thighs, Sticky Chicken Fingers, Vanilla Chicken, Chicken with a Lardon, Bacon-Bound Wings, Spatchcock Chicken, Learning-to-Truss-You Chicken, Holy Hell Wings, Mustard-Spanked Chicken, and more, more, more!&,nbsp,Fifty chicken recipes, each more seductive than the last, in a book that makes ...
Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? This is the question Paulo Coelho faces in this story of his confrontation with his past. The Valkyries is a compelling account of his journey, as Paulo and his wife embark on a forty day quest into the searing heat of the Mojave Desert, where they encounter ...
Juliette will not stand alone in a battle that will decide the fate of her world. In Destroy Me, Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45, refuses to let her go. In Fracture Me, Adam, Juliette\''s first love, will do anything to get her back. These two explosive novellas are available in print for the ...
Fans of The Gruffalo and Giraffes Can''t Dance will love this feelgood rhyming story portraying a positive message about facing up to change, something that young children can sometimes struggle with. Sometimes change comes along whether we like it or not.but if you let it, change can be the making of ...
Tracing the lives of a group of friends, The Waves follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters: their ...
Autor : George Orwell, Popis : Satire on the possible horrors of a totalitarian regime in England in 1984.Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : 1984, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 268.
For fans of Hilary Mantel, Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir, Elizabeth Fremantle''''s first novel, Queen''''s Gambit, is a riveting account of Katherine Parr, the Tudor queen who married four men and outlived three of them - including Henry VIII. Queen''''s Gambit: "Gripping". (Woman & Home). "Sumptuous". ...
Jake Brigance, the protagonist of John Grisham''s classic legal thriller, A Time to Kill, is back. This time he''s at the epicenter of a sensational murder trial that bitterly divides the citizens of Clanton, Mississippi. John Grisham''s A Time to Kill is one of the most popular novels of our time. It ...
Are we living through the great derangement of our times? In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of ''woke'' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, ...
Anyone who has spent time in the developing world will know that one of Bombay''s claims to fame is the enormous film industry that churns out hundreds of musical fantasies each year. The other, of course, is native son Salman Rushdieless prolific, perhaps than Bollywood, but in his own way just as fantastical. ...
Napsal ho sedmadvacetiletý „rozhněvaný mužâ€ś, kterého vedla potřeba kritizovat a literárně zobrazit dĹŻsledky změny chudinského zákona v roce 1834. Tento zákon zrušil chudobince při jednotlivých farnostech a zavedl centralizovaný systém, který vedl ke korupci a rozkrádání prostředkĹŻ pro chudé a k ...
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick ‘A remarkable debut’ JOJO MOYES ‘It’s beautiful, so moving and clever. I truly adored it.’ JOSIE SILVER, author of One Day in December ___________________________ A lifetime of love. Six months of silence. One last chance. Frank hasn''t spoken to his wife Maggie for six months. ...
Kniha - autor Astrid Lindgren, 192 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná Karl Lion admires his older brother Jonathan, who is brave and strong - things that Karl isn''t. Karl is sick and knows he''s going to die, so Jonathan tells him tales of the afterlife, Nangiyala, to comfort him. But then ...
If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose. Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment. Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the third and final instalment of the bestselling "Infernal Devices" trilogy. This book ...
Autor : Amanda Lovelace, Ladybookmad, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : The Mermaid''s Voice Returns in This One, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 208.