Knihy v angličtině

'Before you reject me, before you hate me, remember: I never asked to be Hel's queen.' But being a normal teenager wasn't an option either.

When Oberleutnant Karin Müller is called to investigate a teenage girl's body at the foot of the Wall, she imagines she's seen it all before.

The novel that inspired the 2016 major motion picture Nocturnal Animals, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams, is a dazzling, eerie, riveting thriller of fear and regret, blood and revenge.

This inspiring and courageous book is a guiding star for us all in troubled times.

Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones) selects and introduces chilling tales by the unsung master of the classic ghost story - E.F.

Václav Havel claimed to want a quiet life dedicated to writing, but he lived exactly the opposite: as the most famous dissident in Czechoslovakia under Communist rule, he spent many years in jail as …

A picture hides a thousand words . . .

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 Sunday Times bestseller ‘It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon…' This is the way …

Not many writers introduce a phrase - let alone a whole idea - into the language.

In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame …

A one-in-a-million story for anyone who loves to laugh, cry, and think about how extraordinary ordinary life can be.

Published for the first time in flipback - the new, portable, stylish format that's taken Europe by storm.

Vanda, an archaeologist, is thrust into the world of organized crime and forgery of antiquities while investigating an artifact connected to the helmet of Saint Wenceslaus.

Kniha přibližuje tradiční lidovou kulturu na Moravě v časovém období od poloviny osmnáctého do konce devatenáctého století prostřednictvím šesti tematických os: autochtonnost – externí vlivy – stálost …

WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARD A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd – would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather – as he navigates the perils and …

The novelisation of Youth (La Giovinezza) - an original film by Paolo Sorrentino, starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel and Rachel Weisz.

Im vorliegenden Buch wird eine komplexe erzähltheoretische Analyse der byzantinischen erbaulichen Erzählung angestrebt.

The No. 1 New York Times bestseller from the author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEESFrom the celebrated author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of Bees comes an extraordinary novel about two …

Publikace předkládá přehled teoretických a empirických studií k aktuálním tématům české výtvarné pedagogiky a podrobněji se věnuje třem tématickým okruhům vztahujícím se ke klíčových pojmům vyjadřujícím …

The master storyteller at his best delivers a generous, thrilling new collection of stories featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why and how he came to write each story.

London. A snowy December, 1888.

The girl w ith the dragon tattoo is back: Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in a continuation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal.

A masterful recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, set in 19th century Cornwall.

Perfect for fans of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Simon Mawer - tightly plotted, emotionally gripping and a brilliant sense of place and period.

Prague Cuisine is a culinary journey of discovery.

Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates a wealth of subjects from the mundane to the esoteric in this all-new collection of musings that begin with two simple words: What …

In 1946 Regina Robichard is a rarity.

When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why.

A chilling modern horror story in which the source of the horror is totally unexpected - and utterly terrifying.