In January 1912, Britain`s Captain Robert F. Scott reached the South Pole, only to find he had been beaten by Roald Amundsen`s Norwegian expedition. Scott and his companions faced an 850-mile march to safety. All perished on the return. A few months... Zobraziť viac
Homer's great epic, The Odyssey, is perhaps Western literature's first adventure story, and certainly remains one of its finest. It describes King Odysseus of Ithaca's epic, ten-year quest to return home after... Zobraziť viac
When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle. This title takes us inside the White House as they grapple with their new roles, change the country, raise children, maintain friendships,... Zobraziť viac
In "Not Quite World`s End", Simpson offers a lively and upbeat look at the challenges and the changes the world has gone through in his life and long career. In it, he looks at the world and takes the perhaps surprising view that it`s actually not nor... Zobraziť viac
Offers a detailed account of the lives of more than four hundred saints, each with a biographical overview, a record of religious journeys, a discussion of personal philosophies and theological influences... Zobraziť viac
Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the delightfully witty and independent spinster Miss Ley surveys a tangled web of lives; Through Miss Ley's eyes we witness the brief but happy marriage of a... Zobraziť viac
Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo. Zobraziť viac
Written by an emigrant French aristocrat turned farmer, the Letters from an American Farmer (1782) posed the famous question `What, then, is the American, this new man?'', as the new nation took shape before the eyes of the world. The Letters... Zobraziť viac
Three notebooks of Jane Austen's teenage writings survive. The earliest pieces probably date from 1786 or 1787, around the time that Jane, aged 11 or 12, and her older sister and collaborator Cassandra left school. By this point Austen was already an... Zobraziť viac
This is the epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece...After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed... Zobraziť viac
Internationally bestselling author, Anne Rice, has written twenty-eight novels - magnificent tales of other worldly beings that explore the realms of good and evil, love and alienation: each a reflection of her own moral journey. Now, in her powerful... Zobraziť viac
In this new offering from Stanley Wells comes an exploration of one of the world's greatest dramatists: William Shakespeare. Written with enthusiasm and flair, Wells looks at both the world Shakespeare lived in and all of his major works, to show how... Zobraziť viac
The great hero Odysseus has been away from his family for twenty years when the goddess Athene decides to help him find his way back to the island of Ithaca. But the journey will not be easy... Zobraziť viac
V každej veriacej rodine na Slovensku by sme mali poznať životný príbeh našej prvej slovenskej blahoslavenej Zdenky Schelingovej. Ťažisko knihy je na jej detstve, avšak príbeh nám vyrozpráva jej celý strastiplný život až po jej hrdinskú... Zobraziť viac
Peter Seewald publikoval dve knihy rozhovorov s kardinálom Josephom Ratzingerom - Soľ zeme i Boh a svet. Po zvolení za pápeža priblížil jeho osobnosť v diele Benedikt XVI. s podtitulom Portrét zblízka... Zobraziť viac
V dalším svazku promluv Benedikta XVI. z generálních audiencí dostáváme do rukou portréty nejvýznamnějších postav středověké... Zobraziť viac
Betsabe SK - Edice: Výnimočné biblické ženy - Dobrá kniha - Jazyk: SK - Vazba: Pevná bez přebalu matná - 154 str. - ISBN: 80-714 Zobraziť viac
Kronika neobyčajného života - Ottovo nakladateľstvo - Jazyk: SK - Vazba: Pevná bez přebalu lesklá - 160 str. - ISBN: 80-7181-767 Zobraziť viac
Počas jednej z návštev po osadách, keď sedeli pri ohni, pristúpil k donovi Šutkovi zdatný náčelník Nayapi, vážne sa mu zahľadel do očí a položil mu otázku: „Padre Juan, zomrieš tu?“ Dona Šutku otázka prekvapila a zamrazila. Hlavou mu blyslo, že... Zobraziť viac
Životopis Ignáce z Loyoly představuje zakladatele Tovaryšstva Ježíšova, výtečnou osobnost, známou zejména dílem duchovních... Zobraziť viac
