Knihy v angličtině

The world of spas at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, when the emperor, the aristocracy and famous visitors from all over Europe would take the waters, is long gone.

The publication provides insight into the complex life story of the artist Vojtěch Chytil (1896-1936) and the history of his collections of modern Chinese ink painting, ancient Chinese art, as well as …

Monografie Syntactic and FSP Aspects of the Existential Construction in Norwegian demonstruje aplikaci Firbasovy teorie aktuálního členění na norských psaných textech a zkoumá norskou existenciální konstrukci …

Internationally bestselling author Val McDermid is one of our finest crime writers, and her gripping, masterfully plotted novels have garnered millions of readers from around the globe.

Ascher - although the name and the brand are entirely unknown in the Czech Republic, in Western Europe they have been synonymous with fine textile design for more than seventy years.

Grace and Tom Penderford had a strong marriage, a comfortable home in the English countryside and a healthy baby girl, Chloe.

This is a true story about my friend who was badly hurt and unlikely to survive… If something bad happens to us, we feel sorry for ourselves and keep asking why?

Over a generous time span, this book follows the varied lives of several high-school classmates, from their teenage growing pains to their early forties.

25-year-old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of more than 8.3 million teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube presence.

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, …

Fear has plenty of faces. Sometimes it prowls in the darkness around us, other times it ambushes us from inside.

Using an innovative approach, these 13 comic strips narrate the destinies of people who in the battle against totalitarian power either morally triumph or succumb to their weaknesses.

Kniha přináší originální zpracování unikátního materiálu, který vznikl v polovině sedmdesátých let 20. století a v angličtině nebyl dosud monograficky publikován.

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Amory Clay's first memory is of her father doing a handstand - but it is his absences that she chiefly remembers.

In this follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, expert Sherlockians Laurie King and Les Klinger put forth the question: What happens when great writers/creators who are not known …

Everyone's dying to know the truth ...When Aerin Kelly was eleven, she idolised her seventeen-year-old sister, Helena, and they did everything together.

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.

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

A picture hides a thousand words . . .

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.

From the author of the magnificent, award-winning GILEAD comes a masterpiece novel that returns to the people and places of Gilead.

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.

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.