The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated and sometimes violent husband, delicate Gertrude devotes her life to her children, especially to her sons, William and Paul ... Zobraziť viac
Colection of Nathaniel Hawthorne´s books... Zobraziť viac
The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play... Zobraziť viac
'It's a dreadful thing to yield...but resist now?Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin?That's dreadful too.'The remarkable story of Greek tragedy's most intrepid heroine.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th... Zobraziť viac
'I will go in, out of this dust and heat, out of this dry glitter of vanity, out of these toilsome futilities. I will go and never return.' Three disturbing, mysterious and moving stories from Wells, science-fiction pioneer... Zobraziť viac
'...a good bit of spice to give the critlings a flavour, and plenty of treacle to make the mince-meat look rich' Radical Victorian reformer Henry Mayhew walked the streets of London interviewing ordinary flower girls, market traders, piemen and costermon Zobraziť viac
'The valley was full of snakes and serpents as big as palm trees, so huge that they could have swallowed any elephant that met them.' A selection of fantastic and perilous adventures at sea from the Thousand and One Nights... Zobraziť viac
Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famine Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics... Zobraziť viac
A stunning pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, ... Zobraziť viac
Anglická verzia knihy Píseň. Zbierka 144 krátkych básní - poetických meditácií o živote, Bohu a našom postavení vo svete. Časť znierky vyšla pôvodne v samizdate pod názvom Proto jsem ti zahrál tuto píseň... Zobraziť viac
When an albatross leads a stricken ship out of treacherous ice, a hapless mariner shoots the bird, arousing the wrath of... Zobraziť viac
Teach your little one first words with this delightful, touch and feel book for babies and toddlers. Stroke, tickle, and touch the textures together. Feel a fleecy sock, a very fluffy dog, teddy's soft, furry ears, and more. Look at the shiny, ... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? ?First published in 1896, A.E. Housman’s best-loved collection of poetry is a poignant... Zobraziť viac
One freezing morning a lone man wandering across the Artic ice caps is rescued from starvation by a ships captain Victor Frankensteins story is one of ambition murder and revenge As a young scientist he pushed moral boundaries in order to cross the... Zobraziť viac
From the acclaimed author of The Old Ways and Landmarks — an essay on the beauty and joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There are things in that wallpaper that nobody knows about but me, or ever will'... Zobraziť viac
Some call him a Russian Mark Twain. And with his special blend of comedy, social commentary, and fantasy, Nikolai Gogol paved the way for his countrymen Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky... Zobraziť viac
Lions, foxes and cicadas expose the foibles of humanity in these sparkling 17th-century tales from France's greatest fabulist. Zobraziť viac
The first of Sinclair Lewis’s great successes, Main Street shattered the sentimental American myth of happy small-town life with its satire of narrow-minded provincialism. Reflecting his own unhappy childhood in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, ... Zobraziť viac
'Pale Terror Goes Him, Death and Devastation Follow!' This is from the father of American literature, four sparkling comic tales of extraordinary animals and parables subverted... Zobraziť viac
