The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.´ When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by... Zobraziť viac
Bilingvní vydání mistrovsky napsaných povídek klasika moderní americké literatury, které, byť vyšly poprvé již v roce 1953,... Zobraziť viac
Knihu vytvořili bratři Tomáš a Martin Welsovi jako dárek pro své rodiče k Vánocům roku 1938. Podařilo se jim zachytit každodenní život jejich rodiny v Praze na konci třicátých let 20. století. Svazek je sestaven z dialogů ... Zobraziť viac
Bilingvní vydání tří povídek, které ukazují tři různé polohy autorova psaní a tři životní situace. Železniční země je jedním... Zobraziť viac
Wilde's first and only published novel recounts the story of handsome Dorian Gray who upon having his portrait painted desires that it will age and grow ugly while he may remain eternally beautiful... Zobraziť viac
Bilingvní vydání americké kultovní novely čtenářům znovu připomene půvabný příběh Thomase Tracyho, newyorského mladíka, ke kterému se jednoho dne připojí jako stálý společník tygr, na něhož mladík už od dětství čeká, aby v něm probudil lásku k dívce... Zobraziť viac
Dvacet tisíc mil pod mořem (zkrácené dvojjazyčné vydání) převyprávěné moderním jazykem, pro začínající a mírně pokročilé angličtináře. Děj románu začíná roku 1866, kdy se v anglických listech objevila zmínka o... Zobraziť viac
Lehce erotický deník mladého muže... Zobraziť viac
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were... Zobraziť viac
Old Man and the Sea - Random House - Jazyk: EN - Vazba: Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 100 str. - ISBN: 00-999084-0-9 - Kniha Zobraziť viac
Penguin: With an essay by Peter Ackroyd. 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the... Zobraziť viac
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague? Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it? For Mitch Albom, that person was... Zobraziť viac
<i>Franny and Zooey</i> is composed of two sections, which were originally published in the New Yorker magazine as two separate short stories. The first story or section, <i>Franny</i>, was published in the New Yorker in January 1955... Zobraziť viac
A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and ... Zobraziť viac
When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece... 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
A young woman is making a living faking it as a cut-price psychic (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke... Zobraziť viac
Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine, Conan Doyle′s ′The Hound of the Baskervilles′ follows the infamous Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville... Zobraziť viac
From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for THE NEW YORKER comes a masterful collection of short stories that has already received rave reviews from many of the most prominent writers working today... Zobraziť viac
It is 1984 and a small town somewhere in the east of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is in the firm grip of... Zobraziť viac