In 1965, after being rejected by more than a dozen publishing houses, a book called "Dune" was brought out by the Chilton Book Company. Its respected author, journalist Frank Herbert, had written "Dune" with nothing more in mind than ... Zobraziť viac
Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written... Zobraziť viac
Faber and Faber: The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's only novel. Renowned for its intensity and outstandingly vivid prose, it... Zobraziť viac
When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece... Zobraziť viac
Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written... Zobraziť viac
Hodder & Stoughton General Division - 'King's most purely entertaining novel in years . . . utterly compelling.' (John Connolly Zobraziť viac
Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his fathers dark prophecy... Zobraziť viac
Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written... Zobraziť viac
CCV - Stuart Jeffries, Guardian 'I've never read a novel that I found so compelling because of its narrative inventiveness an Zobraziť viac
A game. A husband and wife game. Gerald's Game. But this time Jesse didn't want to play. Zobraziť viac
„Když se Řehoř Samsa jednou ráno probudil z nepokojných snů, shledal, že se v posteli proměnil v jakýsi nestvůrný hmyz. Ležel na hřbetě tvrdém jako pancíř, a když trochu nadzvedl hlavu, uviděl své vyklenuté, hnědé břicho... Zobraziť viac
Die Amerikanerin Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), »die beste, aufregendste und maßgeblich rücksichtsloseste Dichterin ihrer Generation« (John Updike), hat mit ihrem einzigen Roman, der im Jahr ihres Selbstmordes erschien... Zobraziť viac
Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance's sanity, as his paranormal gift known as "the shining" opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook—and his father's... Zobraziť viac
One September evening in 1785, the merchant Jonah Hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstep. He has sold Jonah’s ship for what appears to be a mermaid... Zobraziť viac
It was the longest of nights, when the strangest of things happened... the spell-binding novel from best-selling author Diane Setterfield will captivate readers in its multi-layered mystery... Zobraziť viac
"A remarkable and gifted debut novel" (Colson Whitehead) about two outsiders—a lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Earth—as they grapple with love, regret, and survival in a world transformed... Zobraziť viac
Blek·hit-haus, bal-maskarad. Ob odynadtsyatiy bude vbyto donʹku hospodarya mayetku — yunu Evelin Hardkasl. Znovu. Tsey zhakhlyvyy tsykl nemozhlyvo rozirvaty... Zobraziť viac
The fifth novel from award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, who was named in 2013 as one of Granta's best of young British novelists. A retelling of the Snow White myth, Boy, Snow, Bird is a deeply moving novel about three women and an unbreakable bond... Zobraziť viac
The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under — maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity t Zobraziť viac
I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles Zobraziť viac
