The extraordinary true story of a young Jewish girl in Holland during World War II, who hides from the Nazis in the homes of an underground network of foster families, one of them the author''s grandparents Bart van Es left Holland for England many years ago, but one story from his Dutch childhood never ...
Dionisio Vivo, a young South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policemen in town, the message is all too clear: Dion isios letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, ...
This stunning and elegiac novel by the author of the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan and is now available to American audiences for the first time. It is sure to be a literary event.§Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student ...
Perfect for fans of Jessica Jones and True Blood, this is a blockbuster modern fantasy set in a divided world where one woman must uncover the truth to seek her revenge. Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life.
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. ''''Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts.'''' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased ...
Haruki Murakami is arguably one of Japan´s finest, modern writers and is, increasingly, being seen as one of the top authors working today. The last novel of his to find its way to these shores, Norwegian Wood, was a delightful, if slightly one-dimensional coming-of-age tale. The pyrotechnics of his ...
Great fun flap book packed with interesting information about space, and the amazing things that float through it - stars, moons, comets, and the planets of our solar system.
Darkness falls.Despair abounds.Evil reigns.Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, the ...
Autor : Dana Schwartz, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : Anatomy: A Love Story, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 352
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. This bestselling modern classic, reissued with a beautiful new cover design, is a story for people who want to follow their dreams and make their own rules ...
Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942: two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich - chief of the Nazi secret services, ''''the hangman of Prague'''', ''''the blond beast'''', ''''the ...
