Oscar-winning film Charly starring Cliff Robertson and Claire Bloom-a mentally challenged man receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache... Zobraziť viac
To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, ... Zobraziť viac
It is 1984 and a small town somewhere in the east of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is in the firm grip of... Zobraziť viac
The bestselling love story behind the massive Hollywood film starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan. They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks - with a passion that would change their lives for ever... Zobraziť viac
Raskolnikoff, a young student, has been forced to give up his university studies because of lack of money. He withdraws from society and, poor and lonely, he develops a plan to murder a greedy old moneylender... Zobraziť viac
Patrick Suskind's Perfume is a classic novel of death and sensuality in Paris, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 'In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and ... Zobraziť viac
A new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is cause for celebration. Her bestselling novels, including Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys, have illuminated our most tender relationships. Now, in My Name Is Lucy Barton, ... Zobraziť viac
Raised the daughter of a black maid in a privileged white household, Ruth Jefferson is no stranger to prejudice - though as a respected senior nurse, she feels a world away from the inequality that defined her mother's life... Zobraziť viac
This title comes with an introduction by Amanda Vickery. The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, ... Zobraziť viac
After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert, a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet. Their strange and moving meeting illuminates for the aviator many of life's universal truths, as he comes ... Zobraziť viac
Chris Riddell's brilliant full-colour illustrated The Little Prince in a sumptuous hardback and jacketed edition. A perfect gift for families, children and all fans of this much-loved favourite classic... Zobraziť viac
A lost typewriter — A dead dog — The bones of the snake that killed it. Matthew Dunbar, eldest of five brothers, is on a journey to find them all. Only then can he tell the astonishing story of his family, rocked by tragedy and a long-buried secret... Zobraziť viac
Nikdy neodeslaný „Dopis otci“ (1919) je považován za klíč k literárnímu dílu Franze Kafky (1883-1924). Toto působivé svědectví dramatického konfliktu mezi otcem a synem lze označit za mimořádný dokument světové literatury. Zobraziť viac
Dissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste begrudgingly works as an engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture, and is in a self-imposed dysfunctional relationship with a younger woman... Zobraziť viac
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARD From the internationally bestselling author of WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT comes a heartbreaking celebration of love in all its forms, and the moments that illuminate the life of one man. This is almost a love story... Zobraziť viac
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed... Zobraziť viac
This powerful novel of a nation in social and moral crisis was first published by New Directions in 1956... Zobraziť viac
An ex-boxer turned nail salon worker falls for a pair of immaculate hands; a mother and daughter harvest earthworms in the middle of the night; a country music-obsessed housewife abandons her family for fantasy; and a young girl's love for her father... Zobraziť viac
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime... Zobraziť viac
Here is a story told inside out and back to front. Five Dunbar brothers are living - fighting, loving, grieving - in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups... Zobraziť viac
