Emmett returns home to pick-up his little brother Billy, tie-up his late father's estate and get out of town for good. Since leaving the Kansas youth facility where he's served time, Emmett has wanted one thing: to give them both a fresh start ... Zobraziť viac
Gerold Plassek ist Journalist bei einer Gratiszeitung, und auch sonst war sein Leben bislang frei von Höhepunkten. Manuel, 14, dessen Mutter Alice für ein halbes Jahr im Ausland arbeitet, sitzt bei ihm im Büro, beobachtet ihn beim Nichtstun und ahnt... Zobraziť viac
Orion Publishing Co - "A sensation across Europe... a page-turning mystery.... a coming of age tale.... And it's a hymn of prais Zobraziť viac
Henry James's heroine in Washington Square is the plain, shy heiress Catherine Sloper... Zobraziť viac
Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to... Zobraziť viac
Deftly weaving from one end of life to another - from ageing parents to newborn babies, from a young girl's coming-of-age to an old woman's unexpected delivery of a strange new second youth, from mystery and wonder at a life at its close .. Zobraziť viac
For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the birth of a yearned-for son; bubbling vats of lemon and sugar to wax women's legs while men are at prayer; ... Zobraziť viac
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics... Zobraziť viac
In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival -... Zobraziť viac
For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes a heart-breaking story of the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances... Zobraziť viac
The Death of Bunny Munro recounts the last journey of a salesman in search of a soul. Following the suicide of his wife,... Zobraziť viac
Struggling to keep a grip on reality after his wife's death, Bunny Munro does the only thing he can think of: with his young son in tow, he hits the road. An epic chronicle of one man's judgement, ... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by... Zobraziť viac
The Salpêtrière asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad or hysterical, outcasts from society. But the truth is much more complicated - for these women are often... Zobraziť viac
Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in 1743, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same. It is 1779 and ... Zobraziť viac
An unforgettable coming of age novel for fans of 13 Reasons Why, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Fifteen-year-old Jeff wakes up on New Year’s Day to find himself in the hospital ... Zobraziť viac
Cento canti di altissima poesia: la Divina Commedia è il capolavoro della letteratura italiana, l'opera immortale del nostro sommo poeta, commentata in questa edizione - che riproduce il testo critico secondo l'ultima vulgata stabilita ... Zobraziť viac
Dracula is an adapted Intermediate level reader written by Bram Stoker. This is one of the most famous horror stories ever written. The book tells the story of a man called Jonathan Harker who is a lawyer in London... Zobraziť viac
Jonathan Harker, incarcerated in a Transylvanian castle, has an alluring but terrifying dream of three women, eager to prey... Zobraziť viac
Set in Transylvania, London, and Whitby, it pits the sinister but seductive Count Dracula against a team of Vampire-hunters armed only with typewriters, phonographs, and syringes... Zobraziť viac