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
In a large Swedish forest Beartown hides a dark secret. Cut-off from everywhere else it experiences the kind of isolation that tears people apart. And each year more and more of the town is swallowed by the forest... Zobraziť viac
Czy jesteście gotowi do bujnięcia się na tamten świat? Wielu czytelnikom to pytanie wyda się niestosowne, a nawet dziwaczne, wielu - odległe, ale w przypadku niektórych okaże się może całkiem aktualne, choć zwykle nie dopuszczamy do siebie myśli... Zobraziť viac
That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation... Zobraziť viac
Bantam: In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling... Zobraziť viac
Set in the Gulf Stream off coast of Havana Hemnigway´s mgnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and giant fish. Zobraziť viac
American Gods, the extraordinary, highly acclaimed epic novel from storytelling genius and international bestseller Neil Gaiman, comes vividly to life in a major new TV series on Amazon Prime Video starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, ... Zobraziť viac
American Godsby international bestseller, and creator of Sandman, Neil Gaiman is an award-winning epic novel, highly... Zobraziť viac
When Joe “Rick” Rickman, a former golden boy of the CIA, steals a massive amount of the Agency’s most classified documents in an elaborately masterminded betrayal of his country... Zobraziť viac
In these tales of loss and pleasure, lovers and family, a woman learns to conduct an affair, a child of divorce dances with her mother, and a woman with a terminal illness contemplates her exit... 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 mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances... Zobraziť viac
Básník, prozaik, dramatik a publicista Viktor Dyk se v této novele (časopisecky 1911–1912, knižně 1915) inspiroval starou saskou pověstí, již použil jako volný rámec pro vyprávění o tajemném poutníkovi, který na žádost občanů... Zobraziť viac
In Letters of Note: Cats, Shaun Usher collects together the most engaging missives that celebrate, eulogise, rail against and analyse the idiosyncratic ways of our feline companions... Zobraziť viac
With two years experience behind him, James Herriot still feels privileged working on the beautiful Yorkshire moors as... Zobraziť viac
n Letters of Note: Love, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about love ever composed, whether inspired by love's first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the ... Zobraziť viac
These are stories of women's lives now. They also happen to be horror stories. In some, women endure the horror. In others, they inflict it... Zobraziť viac
Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression... Zobraziť viac
