Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run... Zobraziť viac
Autor patrí k najzaujímavejším a najčítanejším francúzskym autorom 20. storočia. Román Červená tráva u nás zatiaľ nevyšiel a Vian ako originálny dedič jarryovskej patafyziky a surrealistov v ňom vytvára pomocou fantázie, poézie a... Zobraziť viac
In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys fell in love. Now they must discover what it means to stay in love and build a relationship in a world that seems to challenge their very existence... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: A misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric... Zobraziť viac
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl... Zobraziť viac
An enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter ... Zobraziť viac
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC: 'It's what I'm giving all my girl friends' Julia Roberts 'Every woman should read it' Elle... Zobraziť viac
David Mitchell has fast established himself as a novelist of considerable authority and power... Anyone who read his remarkable debut, or its successor, number9dream, will instantly recognise ... Zobraziť viac
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is... Zobraziť viac
It’s the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? Our narrator has many of the advantages of life: Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on ... Zobraziť viac
One of Britain's most popular novels, George Orwell's dystopian tale "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology .... Zobraziť viac
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child – not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up ... Zobraziť viac
A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued... Zobraziť viac
Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. Ozamu Dazai died, a suicide, in 1948... Zobraziť viac
Published after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, Persuasion is poignant and passionate story of love, disappointment, loss, and... Zobraziť viac
If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it... Zobraziť viac
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston... Zobraziť viac
From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, ... Zobraziť viac
A terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle´s right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation... Zobraziť viac
Sandrine lives alone, rarely speaking to anyone other than her colleagues. She is resigned to her solitary life, until she sees on TV a man despairing for his wife who has mysteriously disappeared. Sandrine is drawn to him and... Zobraziť viac
