There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, ... Zobraziť viac
After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet. Their strange and moving meeting illuminates for the aviator many of life's universal truths, as he comes ... Zobraziť viac
Seventeen-year-old Margot Allan was a respectable vicar's daughter and madly in love with her fiance Harry. But when Harry was reported Missing in Action from the Western Front, and Margot realised she was expecting his child, ... Zobraziť viac
From the Number One bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes an enchanting fairy tale, written with her teenage daughter. Delilah knows it's weird, but she can't stop reading her favourite fairy tale. Other girls her age are dating and cheerleading... Zobraziť viac
Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a terrible surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad... Zobraziť viac
In a beautifully crafted and captivating graphic novel from award-winning writer Sherri L. Smith and Eisner-nominated artist Christine Norrie, a Japanese-American girl must survive years of uncertainty and questions of loyalty... Zobraziť viac
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language.With carefully adapted text,new illustrations and language learning exercises,the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online... Zobraziť viac
Severin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost - one that still haunts all of them. Desperate to make amends, Severin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long-lost artefact rumoured... Zobraziť viac
When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody says she is the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It is true, too. Mary is pale, spoilt and quite contrary. But she is also horribly lonely... Zobraziť viac
Ever since she and her brother were abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman sultan's courts, Lada has known that ruthlessness is the key to survival. For the lineage that makes her and her brother special also makes them targets... Zobraziť viac
The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960... Zobraziť viac
Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war... Zobraziť viac
Between Shades of Gray is a haunting and powerful Second World War novel by Ruta Sepetys That morning, my brother's life was worth a pocket watch ...One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet... Zobraziť viac
Draculu od irského spisovatele Brema Stokera zná snad každý. Ve zjednodušené verzi je navíc doplněna českým překladem (po levé straně), slovníčkem, překladem frází a okomentováním gramatických jevů. Čtenář tak může číst originální příběh, pokud by... Zobraziť viac
Count Dracula is a vampire. He drinks people’s blood. He lives in a lonely castle in the mountains of Transylvania. But then he comes to England and strange things start happening. People change. People become ill. Professor Van Helsing knows about ... Zobraziť viac
Anna Karenina is a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society. Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who Zobraziť viac
Anglická spisovatelka a básnířka Edith Nesbitová (1858 – 1924) napsala či spolupracovala na více než šedesáti dětských knihách. Některé z nich byly zfilmované (např. The Railway Children, 1970). E. Nesbitová psala i romány a povídky pro dospělé... Zobraziť viac
Kdo by neznal Robinsona Crusoa od anglického spisovatele Daniela Defoa. Je vlastně zobrazením tzv. self-made mana, muže,... Zobraziť viac
Robinson Crusoe (zkrácené dvojjazyčné vydání) převyprávěné moderním jazykem, pro začínající a mírně pokročilé angličtináře. První a nejznámější román Daniela Defoea, který byl vydaný v roce 1719, když bylo jeho autorovi... Zobraziť viac
