After decades of British rule Kenya has declared its independence, but drought and poor harvests still govern the village of Ilmorog. Undeterred by nature, Munira, Karega, Wanja, and Abdulla, move to Ilmorog in search of a more provincial life, only to find themselves suspects in a crime that signals ...
Greetings, initiate!Carter Kane, here. Congratulations on reaching Brooklyn House in one piece. You are quite clearly descended from Egyptian royalty, with magi….
They said I''ve done something wrong?. And they''ve just left me down here to starve. Haven''t had a drop in days more so.Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of his name or situation or orientation – he may have killed a man. That man may have been his best friend. ...
''Cracking. A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj'' Daily ExpressIndia, 1920. Captain Sam Wyndham is visiting the kingdom of Sambalpore, home to diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the Maharaja''s eldest son is assassinated, Wyndham realises that the realm is riven ...
Want to hear a ghost story? That’s good. I know a few...After their recent adventures, the Lockwood &,amp, Co team deserve a well-earned break... so naturally they decide to risk their lives breaking into a heavily-guarded crypt. A building full of unsettled souls, it’s also the final resting place ...
Kniha - autor Alastair Reynolds, 784 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná.This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as ''the mastersinger of space opera'' THE TIMES.With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, ...
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER FROM THE BOOKER-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS ''A sprawling kaleidescopic fable'' Guardian, Books of the ...
So, the thing is, I come from the world we were supposed to have.That means nothing to you, obviously, because you live here, in the crappy world we do have. But it never should''ve turned out like this. And it''s all my fault - well, me and to a lesser extent my father. And, yeah, I guess a little bit ...
Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the 20th century''s greatest writers. More than half of Vonnegut''s output was short fiction, and never before has the world had occasion to wrestle with it all together. Organised thematically - War, Women, Science, Romance, Work Ethic ...
''Obsessed with sex!'' said Jassy, ''there''s nobody so obsessed as you, Linda. Why if I so much as look at a picture you say I''m a pygmalionist.'' In the end we got far more information out of a book called Ducks and Duck Breeding. ''Ducks can only copulate,'' said Linda, after studying this for a ...
When ''The Awakening'' was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into obscurity and irreparably damage its author''s reputation. But a century after her death, it is widely regarded as Kate Chopin''s great achievement. Through careful, subtle changes of style, ...
''They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden party if they had ordered it'' A windless, warm day greets the Sheridan family on the day of their garden party. As daughter Laura takes the reins on party preparations the news of a neighbour''s demise casts a cloud over the host and threatens ...
From New York Times-bestselling author Nick Bilton comes a true-life thriller about the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, the founder of the online black market Silk Road. In 2011, Ulbricht, a 26-year-old libertarian idealist and former Boy Scout, launched "a website where ...
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a "rare and astonishing" (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic ...
There is an art to parenting, but nobody knows what it is. All the \''how to\'' books can never prepare you for the fun that lies ahead. The Art of Parenting is a must-have for soon-to-be or new parents. It is a pictorial guide to the things only parents of little ones know, and the new ones should know. ...
Rayov život sa dramaticky zmenil, keď sa raz ráno pohádal s otcom a nastúpil do osudného auta. Ako sa popasuje s prekážkami, ktoré ho po smrti čakajú? Ako do toho všetkého zapadá Dominika?
Kniha - anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná.Following on from the hugely successful title, "Poems That Make Grown Men Cry" - the highest selling poetry book of 2014 - comes a new collection of poetry with 100 highly influential female contributors, from Judi Dench to Olivia Coleman and Yoko Ono. Revealing ...
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Kniha je rozdelená na tri časti a každá je venovaná inej generácii Unglerovcov. Kým prvá hovorí o ceste malej Claire zo Španielska do Pruska, druhá sleduje osud Johana von Ungler, ktorý dezertoval z pruskej armády k rakúskemu vojsku. Mal na to vážny dôvod: zamiloval sa do Márie Terézie. Opätovala mu ...
