In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child – not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up ... Zobraziť viac
Bronte′s infamous Gothic novel tells the story of orphan Jane, a child of unfortunate circumstances. Raised and treated badly by her aunt and cousins and eventually sent away to a cruel boarding school, it is not until Jane becomes... Zobraziť viac
I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. It comprises sixteen finished stories and one partial short fiction, ... Zobraziť viac
Europa Editions Two: A vibrant and intimate portrait of a writer at work.Frantumaglia invites readers into Elena Ferrante's... Zobraziť viac
Mit gerade einmal 36 Jahren wird bei Paul Kalanithi Lungenkrebs im fortgeschrittenen Stadium diagnostiziert. Die Karriere als Neurochirurg, die gemeinsame Zukunft mit seiner Frau Lucy, alles löst sich in Luft auf... Zobraziť viac
Auf Thornfield Hall gehen nachts seltsame Dinge vor, über die niemand reden mag. Jane, eine eher unscheinbare, aber recht intelligente junge Frau, arbeitet seit kurzer Zeit hier als Gouvernante... Zobraziť viac
Little, Brown Book Group: 'A remarkable portrait, with deftly woven accounts of weddings and journeys, books and... Zobraziť viac
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later... Zobraziť viac
A lyrical and moving Polish family saga set against the turbulent backdrop of twentieth-century Europe. Lala has lived a dazzling life. Born in Poland just after the First World War and brought up to be a perfect example of her ... Zobraziť viac
<i>What If</i>... one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science... Zobraziť viac
Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai’s best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraits shows the legendary writer at his best―and worst... Zobraziť viac
Nikdy neodeslaný „Dopis otci“ (1919) je považován za klíč k literárnímu dílu Franze Kafky (1883-1924). Toto působivé svědectví dramatického konfliktu mezi otcem a synem lze označit za mimořádný dokument světové literatury. Zobraziť viac
For any reader of Edmund de Waal's THE HARE WITH THE AMBER EYES or Erik Larson's IN THE GARDENS OF BEASTS, Norman L Eisen's THE LAST PALACE tells the story of the tumultuous past 100 years in Europe as seen from the most beautiful house in Prague, the Pet Zobraziť viac
To westerners, being Gypsy means being wild, romantic and free. To Eliska Tanzer, it means being rented out to dance for older men. It means living without running water. It means not being allowed a job or an education. It means being stuffed into... Zobraziť viac
From the author of Jane Eyre, a strikingly modern story of a young woman starting over "Villette! Villette! Have you read it?" exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Brontë's final novel appeared in 1853. "It is a still more wonderful book ... Zobraziť viac
En su libro más autobiográfico, Paulo Coelho narra el encuentro entre dos jóvenes... Zobraziť viac
A favorite work of Czech humor, We Were a Handful depicts the adventures of five boys from a small Czech town through the diary of Petr Bajza, the grocer's son... Zobraziť viac
Dies ist das literarische Manifest einer Jugend, inmitten der 'schlechtesten der Welten' ein leidenschaftliches Bekenntnis zum 'glückseligen Leben' ablegte. Tempo, Jazz, Marihuana, Sex und Freiheit waren die Zauberwörter der Beatgeneration... Zobraziť viac
Charlotte Brontë's first published novel, Jane Eyre was immediately recognised as a work of genius when it appeared in 1847. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the.. Zobraziť viac
Blonde is a mesmerising novel about the most enduring and evocative cultural icon of the 20th century: the woman who became Marilyn Monroe... Zobraziť viac