In the brief golden years of King Edward VII's reign, Rosie McCosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in Kent, with their neighbours the Pitt boys on one side and the Pendennis boys on the other... Zobraziť viac
Po první světové válce se Rosie a Daniel stěhují se svou dcerkou na Cejlon, aby začali nový život, ovšem ani v tropickém ráji uprostřed čajových plantáží jim není souzeno najít štěstí. Také Rosiiným třem sestrám... Zobraziť viac
Red Dog was a Red Cloud kelpie, an Australian sheepdog. His life was full of excitement and adventure. He travelled all over Western Australia, and never really had an owner. But he had many, many friends, and... Zobraziť viac
While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, unfrocked priests and reformed – though by no means inactive – whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfillment... Zobraziť viac
A beautiful and unlikely love story about what unites us from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. Chris is in his forties: bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. He's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of London,... Zobraziť viac
Louis de Bernières sa vo svojich spomienkach vracia do malej anglickej dedinky, kde v šesťdesiatych a sedemdesiatych rokoch vyrastal, a sprevádza nás Anglickom, ktoré sa pomaly vytráca, prostredníctvom pôvabných príbehov... Zobraziť viac
Příběh o lásce, cti a pomstě, jenž je neobyčejně vtipný a zároveň hluboce tragický... Zobraziť viac
Q wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he's looking for somewhere to ride out what's ahead... Zobraziť viac
Birds Without Wings tells of the inhabitants of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman empire... Zobraziť viac
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides'. It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces... Zobraziť viac
Dionisio Vivo, a young South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door... Zobraziť viac
Louis de Bernieres is one of our most treasured writers and these stories show his imaginative range and unique storytelling power. The collection includes 'Gunter Weber's Confession' which revisits characters from Captain Corelli... Zobraziť viac
Published 2008. Elementary to Pre-Intermediate CEF level A2/B1 - 700 Headwords. Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience... Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skill Zobraziť viac
Contemporary / British English. This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia’s fiancé is fighting the Italian army... Zobraziť viac
Auf Kephallonia, einer griechischen Insel: Der alte Landarzt Iannis hat zwar nie eine Universität besucht, kennt aber gegen... Zobraziť viac
The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts is the first novel in a trilogy set in South America. It won a Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1991. Zobraziť viac
A beautiful collection of poems from bestselling author Louis de Bernieres. From the very start of his writing career Louis de Bernieres has loved poetry. Here the author of the much-loved Captain Corelli's Mandolin returns to this... Zobraziť viac
Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the lus Zobraziť viac
Set in North London during the Winter of Discontent, A Partisan’s Daughter features the relationship between Chris, an unhappily-married, middle-aged Englishman and Roza, a young Serbian woman who has recently moved to London... Zobraziť viac
Louis de Bernieres is one of our most treasured writers and these stories show his imaginative range and unique storytelling power. The collection includes 'Gunter Weber's Confession' which revisits characters from Captain Corelli... Zobraziť viac
