A sharp, witty and hugely entertaining debut novel, The Devil Wears Prada is The Nanny Diaries set in the world of high fashion. Welcome to the dollouse, baby! When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She's never heard of the world's most fashionable ...
"Kafka on the Shore" follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father''s dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly ...
Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape ...
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 ...
This stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time. It is sure to be a literary event.§Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student ...
On Monday 20 March 1995 the Japanese Aum cult released a deadly cloud of Sarin nerve gas into the Tokyo underground. 12 people were killed and an estimated 3,800 suffered serious after-effects. Haruki Murakami, one of Japan's leading novelists (considered by many to be one of the most important writers ...
Kniha - autor Haruki Murakami, 300 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná.A marvelous hybrid of mythology and mystery, A Wild Sheep Chase is the extraordinary literary thriller that launched Haruki Murakami''s international reputation. It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive ...
Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince. A beautiful gift edition of this touching and wise classic children''s book, with the original translation by Katherine Woods and full-colour illustrations. A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning ...
While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerillas, unfrocked priests and reformed though by no means inactive whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfillment. But for Cardinal Guzman, a man tormented by ...
Historie jedné lásky, vyprávěná autorovým alteregem, začínajícím spisovatelem Aronem. Ten tápe ve svým milostných vztazích, aby dospěl ke konečnému prozření a našel svou lásku v prosté, upřímné a čisté duši dívky jménem Šoša.Dátum vydania: 18.3.2002Vydanie: 1.Väzba: viazanáISBN: 978-80-7203-406-2Strán: ...
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 ...
One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over Manhattan\''s hippest neighbourhood, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into - one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell\''s stellar new novel, One Fifth Avenue is at the heart of the lives they\''ve ...
In der Nähe einer Militärbasis in Carter Crossing, Mississippi wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau aufgefunden. Ist der Mörder ein Bewohner der Stadt oder ein Soldat? Um das herauszufinden schickt man Jack Reacher auf eine Undercover Mission. Jack Reacher ist zurück in seinem 16. Abenteuer.Everything starts ...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is the massively funny fifth title in the highly-illustrated, bestselling and award-winning "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney. Perfect for both boys and girls of 8+, reluctant readers and all the millions of devoted Wimpy Kid fans out there. You can also ...
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 ...
One of the acknowledged masterpieces of 19th century realism, Madame Bovary is revered by writers and readers around the world, a mandatory stop on any pilgrimage through modern literature. Flaubert''s legendary style, his intense care over the selection of words and the shaping of sentences, his unmatched ...
The thrillingly dark sequel to New York Times bestseller, Divergent- a major motion picture franchise. One choice can transform you - or it can destroy you. Tris Prior\''s initiation day should have been marked by victorious celebrations with her chosen faction; instead it ended with unspeakable horrors. ...
J. R. R. Tolkien\''s Unfinished Tales is a collection ranging from the time of The Silmarillion – the Elder days of Middle-earth – to the end of the War of the Ring in The Lord of the Rings. Its many treasures include Gandalf\''s lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ''If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.'' A comedic romance of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night begins with a shipwreck, splitting up Viola ...