Brutally violent, Blood Meridian is the story of one teenage runaway in the nineteenth-century American South, as a sadistic gang unleashes its massacre across the desert land... Zobraziť viac
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
Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chroniclesthe Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All TimeDune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better knownand fearedas the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more... Zobraziť viac
CCV: 'Welsh has certainly described the world surrounding Edinburgh's underground drug movement with a most amazing... Zobraziť viac
Old Man and the Sea - Random House - Jazyk: EN - Vazba: Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 100 str. - ISBN: 00-999084-0-9 - Kniha Zobraziť viac
"Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight--how to get from shore to food and back again,"... 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
A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and ... Zobraziť viac
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire ... Zobraziť viac
Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he's been alive for centuries... Zobraziť viac
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed... Zobraziť viac
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl... Zobraziť viac
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate ... Zobraziť viac
Ana is born in Galilee at a time when women are seen as possessions, only leaving their fathers' homes to marry... Zobraziť viac
Jay, the narrator of Hanif Kureishi's third novel, tells his story on the night that he is preparing to leave his lover, Susan, and their two boys. His departure will not be impulsive... Zobraziť viac
Charles Dickens' uplifting Christmas story about the redemption of an angry miser is a classic. This book also looks at the story's contribution to Christmas traditions in Britain, and suggests a real or virtual tour of Dickens’ London. Zobraziť viac
A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, ... Zobraziť viac
This text of Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, with both narrative and dialogue, is a reader as well as a playscript. The book also contains files on Shakespeare and the supernatural, as well as on Hamlet in performance... Zobraziť viac
Twenty-eight-year-old Lana Green has never been good at making friends. She's perfectly happy to be left alone with her books. Or at least, that's what she tells herself... Zobraziť viac
The phenomenal New York Times Number One bestseller about the unbreakable bond between a dog and their human. Now a major... Zobraziť viac
