Living with his sister and her husband, Pip is an orphan without any expectations. It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman, Miss Havisham and her adopted niece that he begins to hope for something better... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest -Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!' Upon finding a map in his parents' inn, young Jim Hawkins joins a crew on route to ... Zobraziť viac
A chance acquaintance brings together the prosperous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, ... Zobraziť viac
The scientist Victor Frankenstein, obsessed with possessing the secrets of life, creates a new being from the bodies of the dead. But his creature is a twisted, gruesome parody of a man who, rejected for his monstrous appearance, ... Zobraziť viac
Originally published in 1903-1904, The Return Of Sherlock Holmes is the thirteen-story collection of one of the greatest-ever fictional detectives. Three years after the supposed death of ... Zobraziť viac
The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963... Zobraziť viac
From the internationally bestselling author of Love her Wild comes The Dark Between Stars, a new illustrated collection of... Zobraziť viac
Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Although renowned for its minimalism and brevity, usually running three lines in seventeen syllables, .and by its use of natura Zobraziť viac
From brightly coloured corals to shimmering shoals of fish, the diversity of life on a coral reef is celebrated in this... Zobraziť viac
Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, ... Zobraziť viac
Whether in search of comfort, inspiration or escape, this treasury of celebrated verse brings together half a millennium of... Zobraziť viac
Milton's celebrated epic poem, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectable editions are bound in high-quality, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the... Zobraziť viac
J.D. Salinger published his first story in The New Yorker at age twenty-nine. Three years later came The Catcher in The Rye, a novel that has sold more than sixty-five million copies and achieved mythic status since its publication in 1951... Zobraziť viac
Here, even if I had a thousand dollar in my pocket, I know of no sight which could arouse in me the feeling of ecstasy. Looking back to Henry Miller's bohemian life in 1930s Paris, ... Zobraziť viac
Anglická verzia knihy Píseň. Zbierka 144 krátkych básní - poetických meditácií o živote, Bohu a našom postavení vo svete. Časť znierky vyšla pôvodne v samizdate pod názvom Proto jsem ti zahrál tuto píseň... Zobraziť viac
Stories and poems by Herman Melville drawn from his years at sea. Includes stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Zobraziť viac
This leatherbound collection of classic works traces the founding of America, from the birth of the nation in the late 1760s to the creation of a more perfect union at the end of the early 1800s... Zobraziť viac
No writer portrayed America's Roaring Twenties as vividly as F. Scott Fitzgerald. In his effervescent tales of elegant ingenues on the prowl for husbands, Ivy League heirs en route to futures of idle entitlement, and endless alcohol-fueled ... Zobraziť viac
The book speaks to the poet's own (young) generation about how technology affords new ways of expressing love, while nostalgically evoking times before Facebook and selfies. However, nature-versus-technology is not the primary theme here... Zobraziť viac
A hardcover gift edition of Milk and Honey, the #1 New York Times bestselling poetry and prose collection by Rupi Kaur, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival... Zobraziť viac
