From New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman, comes a novel of memory, magic and survival, about the power of stories and the darkness inside each of us. Dive into a magical novel of memory and the adventure of childhood, from one of the brightest, most brilliant writers of our ...
"Oneworld Classics" will include the greatest masterpieces of all time, from every literature and genre and will also redefine and enrich the classics canon by promoting unjustly neglected works of enduring significance. Psychological study, ghost story, gothic thriller, historical romance, religious ...
All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume - plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ''My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.'' The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious ...
A young beggar boy meets the Prince of Wales by chance. It is a moment that will change their lives forever. Two boys are born on the same day, but their lives are very different. Edward Tudor is a prince and Tom Canty is a pauper. One day they decide to change identities. The poor boy’s dreams come ...
Traduje se, že matematik Ch. L. Dodgson, kterého známe pod pseudonymem Lewis Carroll, vymyslel příběh při projížďce na člunu, kde jej vyprávěl dceři svého přítele - Alici. Ta jej uprosila, aby o dobrodružstvích napsal knihu. Hlavní hrdinkou je stejnojmenná dívka Alenka, která proletí hlubokou králičí ...
The electrifying first appearance of Jo Nesbo’s detective, Harry Hole. Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian ...
WHAT WAS LOST WILL BE FOUND.Harvard professor Robert Langdon is summoned to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building, Washington DC. But within minutes of his arrival, a gruesome and disturbing discovery is made at the epicentre of the Rotunda. Langdon recognizes it as an ancient invitation, ...
The title of this book is Czech Life and Institutions and it was written by Eliška Morkesová. This edition of Czech Life and Institutions is in a Book format. This books publish date is January 1, 1995. It was published by IMPEX and has 166 pages in the book.Dátum vydania: 13.3.1995Vydanie: 1.Väzba: ...
AutorH.P. Lovecraft VydavateľstvoGollanczVäzba BrožISBN 978-0575081574Strán896Rozmery 152 x 241 mm WIKIPEDIA says: ''''H.P. Lovecraft''''s reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century, exerting an influence ...
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others - the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival - comes a groundbreaking second collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. In ''The Merchant and the Alchemist''s ...
Each of the extraordinary portraits made by photographer Annie Leibovitz for her book Women stands on its own. Looked at together, these "photographs of people with nothing more in common than that they are women (and living in America at the end of the 20th century), all—well almost all—fully clothed", ...
I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther''s life begins to slide ...
Historie jedné lásky, vyprávěná autorovým alteregem, začínajícím spisovatelem Aronem. Ten tápe ve svým milostných vztazích, aby dospěl ke konečnému prozření a našel svou lásku v prosté, upřímné a čisté duši dívky jménem Šoša.Dátum vydania: 18.3.2002Vydanie: 1.Väzba: viazanáISBN: 978-80-7203-406-2Strán: ...
AutorJ. R. R. TolkienVydavateľstvoHarperCollinsVäzba BrožEAN 9780261102736Strán448Rozmery 111 x 178 mm Designed to take fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings deeper into the myths and legends of Middle-earth The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. ...
As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens. For many years, Kurt tried to write about Dresden but the words would not come. When ...
The unforgettable and moving international number 1 bestseller ''This is a novel of international significance. Courageous, provocative, haunting, it will open our eyes'' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz In the midst of war, he found love. In the midst of darkness, he found courage. ...
X-Men meets The Handmaid\''s Tale in this first instalment in an epic and romantic YA fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard\''s The Red Queen, Netflix\''s Stranger Things and Leigh Bardugo\''s Six of Crows. A fragile young teenage girl is held captive. Locked in a cell by ...
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love-she''s lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can''t stomach the idea of rejection. So she''s ...
In the 1920s and ''''30s, H P Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft''''s tales of cosmic horror revolutionised modern horror fiction. This title collects Lovecraft''''s fictions. H.P. Lovecraft fused ...