Příběh od skotského spisovatele Roberta Louise Stevensona patří mezi klenoty nejen anglické, ale i světové literatury. Rozpolcená postava doktora Jekylla a pana Hyda plná napětí a protikladů inspirovala filmové tvůrce, hudebníky i textaře. Zobraziť viac
Ve svých knihách ruský spisovatel Alexandr Grin vytvořil svět veselých a odvážných lidí, nádhernou zemi plnou voňavých keřů a slunce. Zemi nevyskytující se na žádné mapě s názvem Grinlandie... Tam se fantazie prolíná s realitou a z roztodivných událostí s Zobraziť viac
Bilingvní výbor z krátkých novinových povídek ruského klasika svázaných tématem "on a ona" v dárkovém provedení edice Kanapka. Zobraziť viac
Danubia is the brilliant and entertaining companion to the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Germania. It was Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013... Zobraziť viac
John Steinbeck's paean to the Monterey County of his youth, "Cannery Row" contains an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw in "Penguin Modern Classics". In the din and stink that is "Cannery Row" a colourful blend of misfits ... Zobraziť viac
John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson... Zobraziť viac
His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Zobraziť viac
Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess... Zobraziť viac
John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson... Zobraziť viac
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Gatsby's mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the... Zobraziť viac
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. The year is 1984, and life in Oceania is ruled by the Party. Under the gaze of Big Brother, Winston Smith yearns for intimacy and love ... Zobraziť viac
One of Britain's most popular novels, George Orwell's dystopian tale "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology .... Zobraziť viac
This handy guide to the Greek and Roman Myths brings classical mythology to life... Zobraziť viac
The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and... Zobraziť viac
The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, it is set in Long Island's North Shore and New York City during the summer of 1922. The novel chronicles an era that Fitzgerald himself dubbed... Zobraziť viac
Captivate, kill or destroy the whole force of the enemy' was the order given to the American soldiers. THE FORT is the blistering new novel from worldwide bestseller Bernard Cornwell. Zobraziť viac
First published this Spring in the New Yorker, The Embassy of Cambodia is a rare and brilliant story that takes us deep into the life of a young woman, Fatou, domestic servant to the Derawals and escapee from one set of hardships to another. Zobraziť viac
The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories - authored by some of today's most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction... Zobraziť viac
Since its first publication in 1890, Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, has remained the subject of critical controversy... Zobraziť viac
Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky... Zobraziť viac
