Bursting with the imaginative power of Neil Gaiman, this story blends fantasy with humour and drama. Fat Charlie Nancy is not actually fat. He was fat once but he is definitely not fat now. No, right now Fat Charlie Nancy is angry, confused and more than a little scared - right now his life is spinning ...
Not any more. Not Since Mr Orange. Sixteen-year-old Marlon has made his mum a promise - he''ll never follow his big brother, Andre, down the wrong path. So far, it''s been easy, but when a date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. They''re after the mysterious Mr Orange, and they''re going to ...
Named one of The Guardian''s "Best Books of 2016" From the author of My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante returns to a story that animated the novel she considers to be a turning point in her development as a a writer: The Lost Daughter. But this time the tale takes the form of a children''s fable told ...
Shortlisted for the Guardian Children''s Fiction Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017. Perfect for fans of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. This is a beautiful, vivid and deeply moving story about a refugee boy who has spent his entire life living in a detention centre. This novel reminds us all of ...
You’re still alive in alternate universes, Theo, but I live in the real world where this morning you’re having an open casket funeral. I know you’re out there, listening. And you should know I’m really pissed because you swore you would never die and yet here we are. It hurts even more because this isn’t ...
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is 6 years old, bullied, resented and alone. And he might be humanity''''s only hope. Ender is recruited to the International Fleet''''s child warriors in training, to fight in defense of the planet. His promise is high, and his teachers are sure he will rise to the test - if Battle ...
A luxurious anthology of plays written by one of the greatest dramatists of all time, William Shakespeare. With stories of love, loss, joy and heartbreak, this collection will captivate young children with every page. The perfect book for children studying The Bard, or those who simply enjoy reading ...
Zjednodušená francouzská četba pro děti na základní škole. Součástí knihy je poslechové CD, doplňkové aktivity a obrázkový slovník. - příběh PB3 a robota Robina z planety P3, kteří se ocitnou na Zemi. Přátelé Coco a Coralie jim opět pomohou.
Laughable Loves is a collection of stories that first appeared in print in Prague before 1968, but was then banned. The seven stories are all concerned with love, or rather with the complex erotic games and stratagems employed by women and especially men as they try to come to terms with needs and impulses ...
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller The New York Times Bestseller From the author of the monumental My Struggle series, Karl Ove Knausgaard, one of the masters of contemporary literature and a genius of observation and introspection, comes the first in a new autobiographical quartet based on the four ...
A fun, thriller of an adventure told in words and pictures from master storyteller, Philip Pullman, including beautiful cover illustration by Peter Bailey and sumptuous illustrations throughout by David Mostyn. Rose and Lily and their little brother Ned live in an orphanage - a terrible place, where ...
Kniha – autor Charles Goodger, 120 stran, česky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Výuka angličtiny prostřednictvím "akčních písniček" rozvíjí znalost jazyka cestou hudby, jednoduchých pohybových cvičení a napodobování. Texty písniček obsahují základní slovní zásobu, melodie jsou svěží, originální a chytlavé. ...
''A blood-pumping, nerve-shredding thriller...ingenious'' (A. J. Finn, author ofThe Woman in the Window).&,nbsp,.Six confined psychopaths.A killer on the loose.1935.As Europe prepares itself for a calamitous war, six homicidal lunatics - the so-called ''Devil''s Six'' - are confined in a remote castle ...
Split into two books for the paperback, the third volume in George R.R. Martin''''s superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter ...
Kniha vychází jako pátý svazek dvojjazyčné shakespearovské edice. V úvodní studii se překladatel Martin Hilský zabývá vznikem hry a její interpretací v kontextu evropské renesance. Následují anglický originál hry a jeho český překlad, které jsou uspořádány na stránkách proti sobě a vybaveny poznámkami ...
