Krásná Daisy Buchananová a mladý zbohatlík James Gatz, přezdívaný také Velký Gatsby, pronikli do sfér lepší společnosti každý po svém a podobně se vyrovnávají i s novým životním stylem... Zobraziť viac
Stín trávil tři roky ve vězení, kde se držel zpátky a snažil se přežít. Všechno co chtěl, bylo vrátit se do náručí své milující ženy a po zbytek života se vyhýbat malérům... Zobraziť viac
Soubor jedenácti povídek, majících společného vypravěče, ne však čas. První se odehrává v roce 1986 na bizarní cestě Bulharskem, poslední v současné pražské čajovně. Povídky jsou řazeny chronologicky, jde tedy o jakýsi nepravý časosběr... Zobraziť viac
Karola sa ako osemročná ocitla v novej rodine. Má nevlastného brata, mamu, otca aj deda. Brat Oskar je astrálny cestovateľ, otec Ján pripomína Gándhího a v susedstve žijú čudesní neoliberáli.... Zobraziť viac
Táto kniha vznikla zvláštnym spôsobom. Po vydaní mysteriózneho trileru Strach sa autorovi ozval človek, ktorý mu vyrozprával naozaj desivý príbeh. Jozef Karika jeho rozprávanie zaznamenal, mnohé tvrdenia overil, doplnil o vlastné zistenia a spracoval... Zobraziť viac
In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the 'hush-hush floor' of an exclusive Hollywood Hotel, the characters we encounter range from... Zobraziť viac
Never trust your heart to the New York Times bestselling master of suspense, Stephen King. Especially with an anthology that features the classic stories "Children of the Corn," ... Zobraziť viac
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, ... Zobraziť viac
Together, this unlikely trio make up Finley & Figg: specialists in injury claims, quickie divorces and DUIs. None of them has ever faced a jury in federal court. But they are about to take on one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the States... Zobraziť viac
A mindbending new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami. The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator... Zobraziť viac
For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead. A cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger. Dave Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from... Zobraziť viac
After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a car crash, in adulterous circumstances... Zobraziť viac
In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are visited... Zobraziť viac
John Steinbeck's paean to the Monterey County of his youth, "Cannery Row" contains an introduction by Susan Shillinglaw in "Penguin Modern Classics". In the din and stink that is "Cannery Row" a colourful blend of misfits ... Zobraziť viac
It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by ... 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
The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and... Zobraziť viac
The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed responds to the heartbreak of the current refugee crisis with this deeply moving, ... Zobraziť viac
Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others... Zobraziť viac
