This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and ...
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 ...
Meet Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, Roald Dahl''''s most disgraceful and extraordinary character.Aside from being thoroughly debauched, strikingly attractive and astonishingly wealthy, Uncle Oswald was the greatest bounder, bon vivant and fornicator of all time. In this instalment of his scorchingly frank ...
"Allen Ginsberg''''s Howl & Other Poems was originally published by City Lights Books in the fall of 1956. Subsequently seized by U.S. Customs and the San Francisco police, it was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. ...
Három különböző válság egyszerre zúdul az emberiségre. A petesejtfaló baktérium megakadályozza, hogy a nők kisbabákat szülhessenek. A gazdasági világválság hatására pénzért többé nem kapható táplálék. Továbbá kitör a világháború. Az emberiség elpusztul. Tíz túlélő sodródik a messzi Galápagos-szigetek ...
Harry Hole, drunkard, loner and brilliant detective is reassigned to surveillance after a high profile mistake. He’s bored by his new job until a report of a rare and unusual gun being fired sparks his interest because of its possible links to Neo Nazi activity. Then a former soldier is found with his ...
Song of Susannah continues directly from the almost literally cliff-hanging epilogue to Wolves of the Calla. Meanwhile the penultimate instalment in the Dark Tower septet follows three interlocked storylines. Roland and Eddie in New England, where they undergo the firestorm of the book’s only major action ...
Edgar Freemantle jól menő építési vállalkozó, gazdag, kiegyensúlyozott, középkorú férfi, boldog családapa. Egy szép napon szörnyű munkahelyi balesetet szenved, kis híján életét veszti. Súlyos testi fogyatékossággal felépül ugyan, ám pszichés problémáival nehezen birkózik meg. A házassága tönkremegy. ...
The first part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety. The Return of the Shadow is the story of the first part of the history of the creation ...
Crusoe’s father wants him to be a good guy, but Crusoe wants nothing more than to travel around the world. His first voyage is a disaster! Robinson survives but doesn’t go home and travels to Brazil. Then… At the age of eighteen, Robinson Crusoe, a young Englishman, leaves his family to see the world. ...
The new bestselling novel, now in paperback, from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist. A chance meeting in Rio takes Maria to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune, yet ends up working the streets as a prostitute. In Geneva, Maria drifts further and ...
In tough times, even the criminals are making cut-backs, it seems. Right now, the most significant part of defence lawyer Mickey Haller''''s business is not about keeping clients out of jail but about keeping a roof over their heads, as the foreclosure industry booms. Lisa Trammel had been a client of ...
Four friends, three big and one little, are out for a walk. Suddenly, they spot it - a beautiful bird perched high in a tree! They simply MUST have it and - SHH! - they have a PLAN. So they tip-toe, tip-toe very slowly, nets poised - "Ready one.ready two.ready three.GO!" But, at the turn of the page, ...
´But I don´t want to go among mad people,´ Alice remarked. ´Oh, you ca´n´t help that,´ said the Cat. ´We´re all mad here.´ The ´Alice´ books are two of the most translated, most quoted, and best-known books in the world, but what exactly are they? Apparently delightful, innocent fantasies ...
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 | ...
Treasure Island is an adventure novel, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold”. Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action. In this Reader you will find: Focus on… | difficult words | Comprehension activities | Test yourself | CLIL activity Tags Adventure ...
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the ...
Angela Tomkinson ELI PUBLISHING Kniha, angličtina, 64 stran.
