Since the 1922 publication of Babbitt, its eponymous antihero—a prosperous real estate broker and relentless social climber inhabiting a Midwestern town called Zenith—has become a symbol of stultifying values and middle-class hypocrisy... Zobraziť viac
And so begins the story of Jubilee Jenkins, a 28-year-old woman with a unique and debilitating medical condition - she's allergic to other humans. After a humiliating, near-death experience in high school, Jubilee has become reclusive in ... Zobraziť viac
The Pearl is a haunting and timeless tale of the dangers of unexpected wealth by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first... Zobraziť viac
Adam Gordon is a senior at Topeka High School, class of '97. His parents are psychologists, his mom a famous author in the field. A renowned debater and orator, an aspiring poet, and - although it requires a lot of posturing and weight lifting - one... Zobraziť viac
Playing for Pizza is a short novel about a fallen American football star who can no longer get work in the National Football League and whose agent, as a last resort, signs a deal for him to play for the Parma Panthers, in Parma, Italy... Zobraziť viac
Překlad raných próz Bohumila Hrabala vychází z prvního svazku Hrabalových spisů, nazvaného Křehký dluh. V těchto existenciálně laděných experimentujících textech se poprvé setkáváme se zásadními postavami jeho tvorby, například... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions Ltd: 'I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot', Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves.... Zobraziť viac
Composed in an unconventional narrative mode, the novel is a rich fusion of satiric and romance idioms, and found a... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: ‘When it comes to writers of historical fiction, Philippa Gregory is in the very top... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions.: Contains: Queen Lucia; Miss Mapp: Lucia in London Lucia is one of the great comic characters in... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: 'A magnificent and timely work' Fay Weldon, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year; 'A passionate defence of... Zobraziť viac
Faber & Faber: The residents of Pepys Road, London - a banker and his shopaholic wife, an old woman dying of a brain tumour,... Zobraziť viac
Therapist Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice — where her patients are looking for answers, and so is she. She recounts her experiences with her own therapist, Wendell, and explores the inner lives of her patients... Zobraziť viac
Pure escapism on every page, The Distant Shores tells the story of a family torn apart, and the woman who will bring them back together... Zobraziť viac
A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped. A secret British intelligence agency must find out why. But as the quarry is pursued from grimy Soho to the other side of the world, what seemed a straightforward mission... Zobraziť viac
Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood... Zobraziť viac
From the author of White Tears comes a breathtaking, state-of-the-world novel about one man’s struggle to defend his values and create a reality free from the shadows of the past. ‘From now on when you see something, you’re seeing it because I want... Zobraziť viac
We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue's powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa... Zobraziť viac
How do you find your way through the broken pieces and the pain to peace? In this searingly honest and searching book, the New York Times bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant recounts the last decade of her profoundly human journey. Although Ilyanla had... Zobraziť viac
Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Buchan's classic work... Zobraziť viac
