Anglická beletrie pro dospělé

Winner of the NCR Book Award A naive young man, a railway enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the British Empire at Singapore in 1942.

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.

Larkin (The Tribune) picks up the reins for the fifth entry in the Ludlum-spawned Covert-One biotech series (The Altman Code; etc.), bringing to the task a solid intelligence, some really scary nanotechnology …

Location scouting is to the film business what Switzerland is to war.

I sent a letter to the fish, I told them, "This is what I wish." The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.

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.

Monografie Work in Glass sleduje téměř tři desetiletí tvorby Vladimíry Klumpar, špičkové americké sklářky a výtvarnice českého původu, která se již od svých studií u profesora Libenského věnuje skleněné …

Prostorové leporelo v angličtině, které seznamuje své malé čtenáře s králíčkem.

Jeffrey Deaver knows how to hook readers and keep them guessing with suspenseful, twisty plots.

A group of terrorists destroy a dam in Turkey, threatening the water supply of their homeland.

In a secret room in Washington DC John Tanner is asked to stake his life - and those of his wife and children - on a gamble whose goals and risks no one will fully reveal to him.

Překlad románu Kličky na kapesníku je svébytným "úvodem" do světa a díla Bohumila Hrabala pro anglojazyčné čtenáře.

Monolog ženy - udavačky, která svůj osud chápe jako situaci anděla spravedlnosti, držícího v rukou osud světa.

Annie is born into a world where like most of us she meets her Granny.

This Printz Honor Book is a "tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) that distills lyrical truths about family and friendship.

Nora's life has been going from bad to worse.

Kniha aforismů od PhDr. Václava Budinského,spisovatele, publicisty, homorologa, autora desítek knih a publikací, které začal vydávat po roce 1990.

Už po více než tři staletí odměřují čas na bývalém hradčanském předměstí zvonky zavěšené v lucerně štíhlé světlé věže s měděnou cibulovitou střechou.

Seven Czechoslovak parachutists hidden in the crypt of the Church of St.

While Bruce Chatwin is best known as a master of travel literature, his three acclaimed novels must not be overlooked.

Now a major motion picture, directed by five-time Oscar-nominee Richard Linklater and starring Oscar nominees Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, and Laurence Fishburne.When middle-aged veteran Meadows learns …

THE PURSUIT by Janet Evanovich is an action-packed adventure featuring FBI agent Kate O'Hare and her secret partner, fugitive Nicolas Fox.

From the bestselling author of Presumed Innocent comes Testimony, Scott Turow's most twist-filled thriller to date.

In his first book David Jason told us about himself from his early years training as an electrician through to making it as one of Britain's greatest actors.This autumn, in a follow up autobiography, …

When Leila discovers the Web site Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people who understand her.

Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers relief for an evergreen problem: unanticipated and unwelcome change.

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the hypnotic tale of a ghost writer writing the memoir of a notorious con man, and the chilling events that unfold as their …

Hot breath on Grace's face.

In fifteen beautifully wrought stories-ranging from occupied Czechoslovakia to California's Central Valley to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest-Mark Slouka explores moments in life when our …

The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were being lied to.