Představte si, že se ocitnete sami uprostřed pouště, kde široko daleko není živé duše, když vtom se před vámi zjeví blonďatý chlapec. A jako by to nestačilo, nedá jinak, než abyste... Zobraziť viac
„Namaluj mi beránka.“ Touto větou osloví malý kudrnatý chlapec s šálou zkroušeného pilota, který havaroval v saharské poušti. Odkud se hoch vzal? Přiletěl opravdu se spřežením husí z daleké planety? Nebo je Malý princ jen výplodem pilotovy fantazie? Zobraziť viac
„Namaluj mi beránka.“ Touto větou osloví malý kudrnatý chlapec s šálou zkroušeného pilota, který havaroval v saharské poušti. Odkud se hoch vzal? Přiletěl opravdu se spřežením husí z daleké planety? Nebo je Malý princ jen výplodem pilotovy fantazie? Zobraziť viac
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry napsal a poprvé vydal Malého prince v roce 1943, pouhý rok před tím, než jeho letadlo zmizelo během průzkumného letu nad Korsikou. A je jen málo knih, kterých by si dospělí cenili stejně jako děti. Tento lyrický příběh s... Zobraziť viac
Set in the closing months of World War II in an American bomber squadron off the coast of Italy, Catch-22 is the story of a... Zobraziť viac
Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage... Zobraziť viac
One by one the boys begin to fall... In 1914, a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth, they sign up. What follows is the... Zobraziť viac
Le premier soir je me suis donc endormi sur le sable mille milles de toute terre habitée. J´étais bien plus isolé... Zobraziť viac
Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories, particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme... Zobraziť viac
Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with cynical adolescent. Holden... Zobraziť viac
The four March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - live in financial hardship in New England with their mother, while their father has been drafted to fight in the Civil War. The girls embark on a series of adventures and endure a number of unexpected... Zobraziť viac
Deeply in love and about to marry, students Misha and Sophia flee a Warsaw under Nazi occupation for a chance at freedom. Forced to return to the Warsaw ghetto, they help Misha's mentor, Dr Janusz Korczak, care for the two hundred children in his ... Zobraziť viac
Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, ... Zobraziť viac
One by one the boys begin to fall... In 1914, a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth, they sign up. What follows is the... Zobraziť viac
Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the... Zobraziť viac
Be Careful What You Wish For, the fourth instalment in Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles, opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But... Zobraziť viac
A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd – would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather – as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, ... Zobraziť viac
A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. "Please," asks the stranger, "draw me a sheep." And the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand, ... Zobraziť viac
It is the summer of 1947, and Stingo is living in a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Stingo is drawn into the heart of their passionate... Zobraziť viac
