Von Pianosa, einer fiktiven italienischen Mittelmeerinsel aus, fliegt ein amerikanisches Bombergeschwader Feindeinsätze. Held des Geschehens ist der Bombenschütze John Yossarian... Zobraziť viac
They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks - with a passion that would change their lives for ever. But life would force them apart. Years later, the lines they had drawn between past and present are about to slip... Zobraziť viac
France, 1916. Sophie Lefevre must keep her family safe whilst her adored husband Edouard fights at the front. When she is ordered to serve the German officers who descend on her hotel each evening, her home becomes riven by fierce tensions. Zobraziť viac
Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds... Zobraziť viac
They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks - with a passion that would change their lives for ever. But life would force them apart. Years later, the lines they had drawn between past and present are about to slip... Zobraziť viac
First published this Spring in the New Yorker, The Embassy of Cambodia is a rare and brilliant story that takes us deep into the life of a young woman, Fatou, domestic servant to the Derawals and escapee from one set of hardships to another. Zobraziť viac
Based on the line of successful greeting cards, this book of masquerading animals is ideal for all ages. Through the magic of makebelieve a cute puppy morphs into the ultimate diva. And wait, what about the hamster who reminds you of that uncle... Zobraziť viac
Unlike the rest of her family, Maggie Walsh has always done everything right. At thirty-three she has a proper job, is happily married to Gavn and never puts a foot wrong... Zobraziť viac
Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle ... Zobraziť viac
Graded reading with texts adapted according to the level of knowledge of vocabulary and grammatical structures of the students... Zobraziť viac
Go Set a Watchman is set during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New York to visit her father Atticus... Zobraziť viac
Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses. But what will his re-education mean? ... Zobraziť viac
For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime... Olive is always unlucky; her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world... Zobraziť viac
Eileen is sick of being 79. Leena's tired of life in her twenties. Maybe it's time they swapped places... Zobraziť viac
Retired Professor of Lingustics Desmond Bates is going deaf. It's a bother for his wife who has an enviably successful new career and is too busy to be endlessly repeating herself... Zobraziť viac
'Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though any morning it was all going to come together... Zobraziť viac
A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher. How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last? Eighteen-year-old Leonard Peacock knows exactly what he'll do... Zobraziť viac
A Book People Debut Fiction Choice that went on to win the 2013 Costa First Novel Award and also the overall title of Costa Book of the Year 2013, The Shock of the Fall is a brave and ambitious portrait of one man's ... Zobraziť viac
I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer... Zobraziť viac
