Discover the fascinating story of Hayao Miyazaki, from a wartime evacuee to a legendary and award-winning film maker.Born in 1941 in Tokyo during World War II, Miyazaki’s father was the manager of Miyazaki Airplane, a company that built fighter planes... Zobraziť viac
Reviewed in The Observer, Telegraph, Financial Times and Irish Times; 'compelling', 'lyrical', 'superbly chilling', 'elegantly plotted', 'a tale of injustice, magic and redemption.' What calls across the centuries to three girls drawn together to lay... Zobraziť viac
George Orwells großer dystopischer Klassiker in meisterhafter Neuübersetzung 1948 beendete George Orwell nach dreijähriger Arbeit seinen letzten Roman, der ihn weltberühmt machen sollte: »1984« schildert eine Welt, in der ein totalitärer... Zobraziť viac
With a foreword by TBC. ‘Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.’Rediscover Shakespeare’s tale of exile and forgiveness. What goes around, comes around. Prospero, the usurped Duke of Milan, was doomed to live out his life on a small... Zobraziť viac
Děti se mohou ve všech dobách a na všech místech ocitnout v nejrůznějších nebezpečích. Existují ale bytosti, které jim pomohou tak, že si nakonec dokážou poradit i samy. Jednou z těchto záhadných bytostí je bába Bedla. Napůl žena... Zobraziť viac
Vstupte s Bárou pomocí kouzelného atlasu do středověku. Dostanete se na královský hrad a zažijete nečekaná setkání a dobrodružství... Zobraziť viac
Amsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, ... Zobraziť viac
When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains... Zobraziť viac
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a magical novel for adults and children alike. This new hardback is one of five special Puffin Classics editions created in partnership... Zobraziť viac
Easton je bohatý, inteligentný a sebavedomý krásavec. Pravý Royal telom i dušou. Užíva si život a kašle na dôsledky, lebo si to môže dovoliť. Pri jednom zo svojich výstrelkov spozná Hartley Wrightovú, na prvý pohľad tuctové dievča... Zobraziť viac
In 1976, Dana dreams of being a writer. In 1815, she is assumed a slave. When Dana first meets Rufus on a Maryland plantation, he's drowning. She saves his life - and it will happen again and again. Neither of them understands his power to ... Zobraziť viac
Graceful and lovely Lady Audley may not be all that she seems in this Victorian-era equivalent of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl-with an introduction by Flynn Berry, the Edgar Award-winning author of Under the Harrow and ... Zobraziť viac
The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to ... Zobraziť viac
One of Charles Dickens's most renowned and enjoyable novels, Great Expectations tells the story of Pip, an orphan boy who wishes to transcend his humble origins and finds himself unexpectedly given the opportunity to live a life of wealth and ... Zobraziť viac
The hero is Edmond Dantés, a young sailor who, falsely accused of treason, is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of Château d'If... Zobraziť viac
Dvojjazyčné vydanie. Text v nemeckom a anglickom jazyku... Zobraziť viac
The first American novel to become an international best-seller, Stowe`s book charts the paths from slavery to freedom of fugitives who escape the chains of American chattel slavery, and of a martyr who transcends all earthly ties... Zobraziť viac
On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat... Zobraziť viac
Young d'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join King's Louis XIII's elite guards, but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to... Zobraziť viac
Bold and experimental, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway is a landmark in twentieth-century fiction and a book that gets better and better with every reading... Zobraziť viac
