Penguin Books Ltd: Banished from England for seeking to marry against his father’s wishes, Ivanhoe joins Richard the... Zobraziť viac
Hardy tells the story of Tess Durbeyfield, a beautiful young woman living with her impoverished family in Wessex, the southwestern English county immortalized by Hardy. After the family learns of their connection to the wealthy d'Urbervilles, they s... Zobraziť viac
Sbírka pěti žánrově různých povídek od detektivního příběhu přes kyberpunk až k romantické povídce nové vlny. Mé oči se za mnou zavřely (The persistence of vision), Létající komando (Air raid), Překupník (The pusher)... Zobraziť viac
The Binding meets The Handmaid's Tale - Discovering a book of dark and ancient power, a convent librarian must defend it with her life. Perfect for fans of dark academia and historical feminist fiction... Zobraziť viac
Agatha Christie's famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to 'get rid of' her ... Zobraziť viac
Proceedings includes materials of the international scientific conference «SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE – 2015», held in Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary‐Russia, Moscow, 24‐25 December 2015. The main objective of the conference Zobraziť viac
Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time. In it the dashing young hero, Edmond Dantes, is betrayed by his enemies and thrown into a... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery of a body, this classic horror... Zobraziť viac
The Woman in White is the first and greatest "Sensation Novel." Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue... Zobraziť viac
In the first thaw of spring the body of a young woman surfaces in the River Torne in the far north of Sweden. Rebecka Martinsson is working as a prosecutor in nearby Kiruna, her sleep troubled by visions of a shadowy, accusing figure... Zobraziť viac
Une femme, surnommée la Grande Perche a cause de sa grande taille, et qui, dans le passé, a été arretée par Maigret, vient trouver le célebre commissaire pour lui demander de l'aide car son mari se trouve melé a une étrange affaire... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as a... Zobraziť viac
Agatha Christie's seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection.First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding... then the discovery of a corpse in a chest... next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'They all agreed that it was a huge creature, luminous, ghastly and spectral.'Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine, Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervill... Zobraziť viac
Sherlock Holmes is one of the best-known literary characters of all time. The quintessential detective is referenced in everyday conversation by people the world over and has been portrayed in film by actors Basil Rathbone, Ian McKellen, Christopher... Zobraziť viac
In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, ... Zobraziť viac
The apparent suicide of his policeman brother sets Denver crime reporter Jack McEvoy on edge. Surprise at the circumstances of his brother's death prompts Jack to look into a whole series of police suicides, and puts him on the trail ... Zobraziť viac
