This vividly rendered novel reads like HBO’s Game of Thrones if it were set in the Ottoman Empire. Ambitious in scope and intimate in execution, the story’s atmospheric setting is rife with political intrigue, ... Zobraziť viac
A rapturous work of savage beauty, Willa Cather's 1913 tale of a pioneer woman who tames the wild, hostile lands of the Nebraskan prairie is also the story of what it means to be American... Zobraziť viac
Penny ist überglücklich, endlich stimmt wieder alles zwischen Noah und ihr. Und es kommt noch besser: Sie können zwei ganze Wochen miteinander verbringen, denn Noah lädt sie ein, mit ihm auf Europatour zu gehen. Wie genial ist das denn? ... Zobraziť viac
Told from three diverse points of view, this story of life and love after loss is one Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs.... Zobraziť viac
Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell's narrative is more timely that ever. Zobraziť viac
Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his death right around the corner he's got more reasons than ever to live. Befriending the Foxes was inadvisable. Kissing one is unthinkable... Zobraziť viac
Une piece brillante dans laquelle la ferblanterie sentimentale (C. Aziza) fait bon ménage avec une langue colorée et... Zobraziť viac
An opulent mythology for those without a pot to piss in, through the labyrinthine streets and pages ofJerusalem tread ghosts that sing of wealth and poverty; of Africa, and hymns, and our threadbare millennium... Zobraziť viac
CCV: `Too often the best European literature doesn't reach this island; here we have a little consolation.' --Waterstone's... Zobraziť viac
Hidden away in the vast and forbidding deserts of North Africa, Taita has passed the years since the death of his beloved... Zobraziť viac
Andie has a plan and she always sticks to the plan. Future? A top tier medical school. Dad? Avoid as much as possible (which... Zobraziť viac
It is AD 9. In Northern Europe an army is dying, and an empire is being brought to its knees.The Roman Empire is at the height of its power. Rome's soldiers brutally enforce imperial rule, and its legions are the most efficient and aggressive fighting... Zobraziť viac
A finales de enero de 1939, un grupo de prisioneros franquistas es fusilado cerca de la frontera francesa por soldados republicanos. Entre los prisioneros se halla Rafael Sánchez Mazas, ideólogo de la Falange, quien consigue escapar y ocultarse en el... Zobraziť viac
Pan Macmillan: One Thursday lunchtime Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur... Zobraziť viac
Following on from the bestselling The Seven Sisters and The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister is the third book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series, loosely based on the mythology of the Seven Sisters star cluster. Star D'Apliese is at a crossroads in... Zobraziť viac
1957, south-east suburbs of London. Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and - on the brink of forty - living a limited existence with her truculent mother... Zobraziť viac
1811. The Adriatic, the 'French Lake', is now the most valuable territory Napoleon Bonaparte possesses. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd finds his glorious return to England cut short when the Admiralty summons him... Zobraziť viac
Oscar Wildes Dorian Gray ist eine der berühmtesten Figuren der Weltliteratur: So stauneswert schön er ist, so unverdorben und naiv ist sein Blick auf die Welt... Zobraziť viac
Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin... Zobraziť viac
