Slavná a nesmrtelná Shakespearova tragedie o lásce dvou milenců z nesvářených rodů Monteků a Kapuletů vychází v nádherném básnickém překladu Josefa Topola jako 74. svazek edice D... Zobraziť viac
Osobní vyprávění českého vojáka, ve kterém otevřeně a bez příkras líčí své osudy od vstupu do armády přes výcvik až po půlroční nasazení na základně v Afghánistánu a návrat domů… Zobraziť viac
Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air - and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. In Air-Borne, award-winning New York Times columnist and Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author ... Zobraziť viac
V učebnicích historie a vědeckých dílech najdeme údaje o panovnících, slavných bitvách, hospodářství i umění, ale o základních lidských potřebách se toho dozvíme málo či vůbec nic... Zobraziť viac
Čtenářům se dostává do rukou kniha, která má ambici předestřít co nejucelenější vhled do afrického regionalismu, a to se zvláštním zřetelem na jih tohoto kontinentu. Často se hovoří o tom, že Afrika je nejvíce... Zobraziť viac
KNIHA Svým popisem trojčlenného vztahu mezi Židy, Římany a Řeky zpracovává Michael Grant jedno z nejvýznamnějších témat světových dějin. Zobraziť viac
We are an astonishing species. Over the past millennium of plagues and exploration, revolution and scientific discovery, woman's rights and... Zobraziť viac
'With his wealth of knowledge and exacting eye for detail, [Fisher's] book on D-Day is sure to impress a vast audience' Dan Snow'Stephen Fisher... is a very rare beast - a man who can bring stunning research and scholarship hand-in-glove with the gifts... Zobraziť viac
Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this epic edition of Aesop's Fables. The original Aesop Fables, ... Zobraziť viac
The Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey’s past – the nation the author’s father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man. It is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times... Zobraziť viac
Pablo Escobar had one obsession. Not drugs, not money, not power... football.Narcoball uncovers the incredible story of Colombian football during the early 1990s - shaped by drug lords, rivalries, and ambition. It uncovers a football empire backed by... Zobraziť viac
V roku 1944 obsadili nacisti Maďarsko a narýchlo sa pustili do masovej likvidácie židovského obyvateľstva. Väčšinu deportovali do vyhladzovacieho tábora v Osvienčime. Rovnaký osud postihol aj lekára Miklósa Nyiszliho... Zobraziť viac
When Jo Lancaster, the first British pilot to eject in an emergency, triggered his ejection seat in 1949, it took thirty seconds before he was safely away from the aircraft and under his parachute... Zobraziť viac
AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2024'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums, revealing the sunken secrets of .. Zobraziť viac
Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... Zobraziť viac
The daughter of a successful paediatrician and a fashionable socialite, Margo Jefferson spent her childhood among Chicago's black elite. She calls this society 'Negroland': 'a small region of Negro America where residents were sheltered by... Zobraziť viac
The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century – and inspiration for ‘Moby-Dick’ – reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in December 2015, ... Zobraziť viac
Closely reported and narrated from multiple perspectives, this is the story of the Ukrainians who were held hostage and worked shifts for weeks instead of days to spare the world a new nuclear accident. We meet Valentyn Heiko, the foreman who had also... Zobraziť viac
This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... Zobraziť viac
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world. ‘A wonderful book’ Rory Stewart‘Nuanced and deeply researched’ Financial Times‘Not just a welcome corrective... Zobraziť viac
