Knihy v angličtině

Fear has plenty of faces. Sometimes it prowls in the darkness around us, other times it ambushes us from inside.

Using an innovative approach, these 13 comic strips narrate the destinies of people who in the battle against totalitarian power either morally triumph or succumb to their weaknesses.

Kniha přináší originální zpracování unikátního materiálu, který vznikl v polovině sedmdesátých let 20. století a v angličtině nebyl dosud monograficky publikován.

The air of times long past; the strong walls from bygone centuries; narrow portals; a host of house signs and a wealth of architectural styles: these are the houses of old Prague.

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Amory Clay's first memory is of her father doing a handstand - but it is his absences that she chiefly remembers.

When Oberleutnant Karin Müller is called to investigate a teenage girl's body at the foot of the Wall, she imagines she's seen it all before.

The novel that inspired the 2016 major motion picture Nocturnal Animals, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, is a dazzling, eerie, riveting thriller of fear and regret, blood and revenge.

This inspiring and courageous book is a guiding star for us all in troubled times.

Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones) selects and introduces chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story - E.F.

Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’.

In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame …

Published for the first time in flipback - the new, portable, stylish format that's taken Europe by storm.

From the author of the magnificent, award-winning GILEAD comes a masterpiece novel that returns to the people and places of Gilead.

The latest atmospheric, suspenseful novel from multi-award winning and number one New York Times bestselling author, Louise Penny.

Kniha přibližuje tradiční lidovou kulturu na Moravě v časovém období od poloviny osmnáctého do konce devatenáctého století prostřednictvím šesti tematických os: autochtonnost – externí vlivy – stálost …

Im vorliegenden Buch wird eine komplexe erzähltheoretische Analyse der byzantinischen erbaulichen Erzählung angestrebt.

The groundbreaking No. 1 bestseller is sure to turn nightly bedtime battles into a loving and special end-of-day ritual.

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal.

A masterful recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, set in 19th century Cornwall.

In 1946 Regina Robichard is a rarity.

When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why.

Irena Štěpánová in this book explores Isaac Newton’s engagement with ancient wisdom, the Hexameral tradition, Hermeticism, theology, alchemy as well as natural philosophy.

A soldier returns from the frontline of battle to report that Inspector Pekkala's charred body has been found at the site of an ambush.

The "Analysis and Comparison of Forms and Methods for the Education of Older Adults in the V4 Countries" is based on national studies which are systematically compared in an attempt to address four key …

San Francisco, 1876: a stifling heat wave and smallpox epidemic have engulfed the City.

Darkly funny, searingly honest short stories from Hans Fallada, author of bestselling Alone in Berlin.

Our aim is to create a platform for scholarly exchange not only within the Czech Republic but internationally.

The essays in this book deal with those who currently figure among the most important Czech artists and whose work is internationally recognized.

The subject of this book is a culture of a Nungon ethnic group, who live in the mountainous part of Huon peninsula in Papua-New Guinea.

The present monograph Concepts of Harmony in Five Metaphysical Poets analyses the significance of Pythagorean cosmology for the understanding the world and man in the English Renaissance.