„První moderní anglická autorka“ – „Mladší sestra Shakespearova“ – to jsou jen dva z mnoha lichotivých atributů, jimiž obdivovatelé vzdávají hold autorce, která už víc jak dvě století poutá neutuchající lásku vděčných čtenářů... Zobraziť viac
Třiadvacetiletá Catherine Sloperová, dcera vyhledávaného newyorského lékaře, je podle morálky vrcholného „zlatého věku“ zralá na vdávání. Je ale na soužití v páru skutečně připravená? Když na večírku pozná sympatického Morrise Townsenda, propadne... Zobraziť viac
Román cenami ověnčeného irského autora vypráví prostý příběh obyčejné mladé ženy, která na popud rodiny odejde za prací do New Yorku. Dobrý úmysl sestry a matky vede k tomu, že dívka nastoupí cestu do neznáma, do světa, který s ní nemá... Zobraziť viac
„První moderní anglická autorka“ – „Mladší sestra Shakespearova“ – to jsou jen dva z mnoha lichotivých atributů, jimiž obdivovatelé vzdávají hold autorce, která už víc jak dvě století poutá neutuchající lásku vděčných čtenářů... Zobraziť viac
Válka světů je prvním dílem sci-fi žánru, které představuje mimozemšťany jako technologicky mnohem vyspělejší civilizaci, což pro sebejistý lidský druh znamená varování. Vetřelci z Marsu zaujímají vůči lidem stejné postoje jako... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British English: Moby Dick is the most dangerous whale in the oceans. Captain Ahab fought him and lost a leg. Now he hates Moby Dick. He wants to kill him. But can Captain Ahab and his men find the great white whale... Zobraziť viac
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read First published in 1851, Herman Melville’s masterpiece is, in Elizabeth Hardwick’s words, “the greatest novel in American literature.” The saga of Captain Ahab... Zobraziť viac
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Claudia L. Johnson, Princeton University "Linda Bree has done a marvelous job in this superb new... Zobraziť viac
This title comes with an introduction by Lynne Truss. The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, ... Zobraziť viac
Persuasion narrates the emotional journey of its protagonist Anne Elliot, who chances upon Captain Wentworth, a suitor she was persuaded to reject seven years earlier, and whose reappearance causes... Zobraziť viac
The seminal masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, ... Zobraziť viac
The classic story by Charles Dickens retold as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. Set during the French Revolution, the lives of Charles Darnay and his family are ... Zobraziť viac
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's; that as men busied themselves about their various ... Zobraziť viac
Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable... Zobraziť viac
Oh the tedium of waiting to grow up! Longing for love, obsessed with weddings and sex, Linda and her sisters and cousin... Zobraziť viac
When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his master's obsessive desire for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale who ... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Ian F.A. Bell, Professor of... Zobraziť viac
Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he... 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
