In the spring of 1948, Arthur Miller retreated to a log cabin in Connecticut with the first two lines of a new play already fixed in his mind. He emerged six weeks later with the final script of "Death of a Salesman" - a painful examination of American life and consumerism. Opening on Broadway the following ...
Autor : Adam Kay, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 160.
Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in the toil of his father before him, fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. Then he dies in a tragic accident, trying to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a lush Garden of Eden, ...
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 - 112 strán, česky, brožovaná bez lesklého krytu Rozprávky preložil zo sanskritu hinduistický psychológ a politik S. M. Mitra a pre anglické deti upravila Nancy Bellová. Indické deti je počúvajú od rodičov nielen pre pobavenie, ale hlavne pre poučenie. Príbehy majú za úlohu cvičiť pamäť, koncentráciu ...
In the previous volume of this bestselling series of fantasy novels, our hero Richard Rahl, wielder of the Sword of Truth, and his lover Kahlan unwittingly released upon the New World a terror from the malign and wild magic of the Old World. The Chimes now run free in the Midlands and Richard and Kahlan, ...
The Chalk Man is coming... PREORDER NOW. IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS YEAR MAKE IT THIS ONE. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER... ''If you like my stuff, you''ll like this'' STEPHEN KING ''Wonderfully creepy - like a cold blade on the back of your neck'' LEE CHILD ''A tense gripper with a leave-the-lights-on ...
Beneath the surface we are all connected . . .'An authentically soothing, powerful, thought-provoker.'MATT HAIG'On Connection is medicine for these wounded times.'MAX PORTER'On Connection came to me when I needed it most, and reminded me that the links we have to places, people, words, ourselves, are ...
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 ...
Journey back in time and find out where the dinosaurs roamed. This unique children\''s atlas explores each continent, revealing fossil sites and stories on every map. Part of the best-selling What\''s Where on Earth series, this atlas is packed with maps of early Earth and more than 40 profiles of dinosaurs ...
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and gift-worthy hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing ...
Charlotte Brontë leghíresebb regénye, a Jane Eyre rengeteget elárul szerzőjéről: életrajzi elemekből építi fel Jane gyermekkorának keserves éveit, és lelke legmélyéből veszi hősnőjének törhetetlen, makacs jellemét is. A regény romantikus cselekménye és érzelmessége révén már első megjelenésekor nagy ...
Mark Twain''s great American masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design Mark Twain''s tale of a boy''s picaresque ...
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 ...
Discover a world of adorable baby dinosaurs hiding in the pages of this exciting baby book. As Baby T.rex tries to find Mummy T.rex, he discovers lots more dinky dinosaurs hiding along the way! There\''s hungry Baby Ankylosaurus, noisy Baby Triceratops, and many more! When each flap is lifted, a new ...