''''there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; and out of those seven one was a boy.'''' When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his frightening tales; the sailor''''s sudden death is the beginning of one of the most exciting ...
Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Captain Corelli''''s Mandolin is the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history. The place is the Greek island of Cephallonia, where gods once dabbled in the affairs of men and the local saint periodically rises ...
Percy, the park keeper, always feeds the animals in the park where he lives. But on a very cold winter night his animal friends require more of him than just food. One by one they appear, shivering on his doorstep, asking for shelter. Soon there is no room in the bed for Percy. This, the first Percy ...
A companion to the New York Times bestselling Miss Peregrine''s Home for Peculiar Children, now in a deluxe paperback edition with a never-before-seen story! Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. ...
The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers, The Dry and Force of Nature. He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. Whatever had been going through Cameron''s mind when he was alive, he didn''t look peaceful in death.Two ...
Autor : Christopher Andrew, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : The Secret World, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 948.
When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he holes up in the mountain home of a famous artist. The days drift by, spent painting, listening to music and drinking whiskey in the evenings. But then he discovers a strange painting in the attic and unintentionally begins a strange ...
In this novel - a story of irreconcilable loves and infidelities - Milan Kundera addresses himself to the nature of twentieth-century ''Being'' In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its ...
Toddly loves to visit Granny on her farm.She makes the best cakes and theres lots to see and do. But will Butch the dog ever be his Friend ? Anglický etxt.
Children are always asking questions and their bodies are an endless source of fascination to them. This quirkily illustrated book has lots of answers and will engross curious children. You can find the answers to intriguing questions such as How do I smell things? What makes me burp? Why do I need to ...
La publication des Misérables suscita dans les milieux littéraires et politiques un tollé général. « Livre dangereux », « livre immonde, inepte ». selon les mots de Lamartine, faisait « trop craindre aux heureux et trop espérer aux malheureux ».Si la critique fut hostile, le peuple salua avec enthousiasme ...
The New York Times Bestseller ''An addictive Jilly Cooperesque saga'' Guardian ''A fun, fast-paced read packed with drama, scandal and romance'' The Sun Crazy Rich Asians meets The Crown in this completely addictive modern-day royal romance. The Washingtons have ruled America for almost 250 years. They''re ...
''''Lady Pokingham'''' and ''''La Rose d''''Amour'''' are taken from The Pearl (A Magazine of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading), which was first published between 1879 and 1880 and revelled unashamedly in its reputation for salubrious gossip from the upper echelons of society. Are there really two sides ...
An eleven-year-old had discovered a secret that not even an adultshould know. A US State Senator is dead, and Mark Sway is the only onewho knows the body is hidden. The FBI want him to tell them where is atwhatever cost to Mark and his family. The killer wants him silencedforever. Reggie Love has been ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray was a succčs de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to sell his soul in exchange ...
Book Five in the Magnificent Dune Chroniclesthe Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and ...
This classic Seussian tale tells the story of the disgruntled Grinch and his fiendish attempts to steal Christmas from the citizens of Who-ville. With wacky rhymes and zany illustrations from the master himself, it has been a seasonal favourite with young readers for over 40 years.The Grinch hated Christmas! ...
