Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell. In 1928 the young George Orwell arrived in Paris, a city known as a thriving art scene and home to some of literature's most esteemed figures... Zobraziť viac
Rodinné paměti české šlechtičny z let 1657-1677 a ukázky z její knihy kuchařských, lékařských a veterinárních receptů... Zobraziť viac
Alexander the Great’s story often reads like fiction: son to a snake-loving mother and a battle-scarred father; tutored by Aristotle; a youth from the periphery of the Greek world who took part in... Zobraziť viac
Na konci 50. let podnikl Jan Werich, spolu s dcerou Janou, výlet do Itálie a své zážitky z cesty pak literárně zpracoval. Zobraziť viac
In a business where dreams are often short-lived, Sir Tom Jones has maintained his sensational career across six decades... Zobraziť viac
Scorching heat, rich, fertile soil, and treacherous snakes marked the landscape in which Tété-Michel grew up in 1950s Togo, West Africa. When he discovered a book on Greenland as a teen, this distant land became an instant obsession... Zobraziť viac
A lost princess and a vanished world: a remarkable true story that moves from the Punjab of the Raj to 1930s Paris and the Second World War‘Remarkable and compelling’ Edmund de Waal‘Thoroughly engaging’ Kamila ShamsieIn a Mumbai museum in 2007, Livia... Zobraziť viac
Vítěz ceny Magnesia Litera 2020 – překlad. První tři díly částečně autobiografické pětidílné série románů o Patricku Melroseovi, která sloužila jako předloha televizní minisérie, kde titulní roli bravurně ztvárnil Benedict Cumbe Zobraziť viac
This New York Times bestseller from the author of The Emerald Mile is a rollicking and poignant account of an epic 750-mile odyssey, on foot, through the heart of the Grand Canyon... Zobraziť viac
In the wake of a traumatic lockdown, Nancy Campbell buys an old caravan and drives it into a strip of neglected woodland between a canal and railway... Zobraziť viac
V letech 1999 až 2009 zaznamenal Chris Kyle z jednotky amerického námořnictva SEAL nejvíce odstřelovačských zásahů v dějinách USA. Nepřátelé mu přezdívali Ďábel, spolubojovníci ze SEALu Legenda. Tato autobiografická kniha líčí... Zobraziť viac
July 15, 1942, Wednesday. Remember this day; remember it well. You will tell generations to come.Since 8 o'clock today we have been shut away in the ghetto. I live here now... Zobraziť viac
Dnes již dospělá Christiane F. se poprvé ve svých dvanácti letech setkala v evangelickém centru pro mládež s hašišem, ve třinácti na diskotéce s heroinem. Brzo se stala na drogách závislou, přes den chodila do školy a odpoledne... Zobraziť viac
Pokud jde o slasti a strasti doby, kdy se člověk stává opravdu dospělým, novinářka a bývalá autorka sloupku o randění v Sunday Times Dolly Alderton viděla a vyzkoušela všechno. Zobraziť viac
Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. Zobraziť viac
Ernest Hemingway’s literary apprenticeship was served in journalism, a career that he pursued for over four decades. From his early work as a correspondent for the Toronto Star in Europe during the 1920s, ... Zobraziť viac
Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable - together. This is their true story... Zobraziť viac
Anya Hindmarch is a mother of five, stepmother, entrepreneur and globally renowned businesswoman. In If In Doubt, Wash Your Hair, she shares what she has learned during her busy and eclectic life, what she still worries about... Zobraziť viac
From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a story of a lifetime of connection and heartbreak that has fueled her... Zobraziť viac
Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records, played sell-out concerts all over the world and been central to the significant musical developments... Zobraziť viac
