John Boyne (44 kníh)
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John Boyne Noe na útekuOsemročný Noe má problémy a zdá sa mu, že najlepšie je na ne nemyslieť. Preto jedno ráno ujde z domu. Kráča lesom po nevyšliapanom chodníku, až príde k obchodu s hračkami. No nie je to obyčajný obchod. Je to hračkárstvo, kde sa dejú neobyčajné veci. Noe sa zoznámi smajiteľom obchodu, veľmi zvláštnym výrobcom bábok. Starý pán mu porozpráva príbehy o dobrodružstvách, zázrakoch a nedodržaných sľuboch.Vezme Noema na…
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John Boyne Skrytá zuřivost srdceCyril Avery není pravý Avery – alespoň mu to tak říkají jeho adoptivní rodiče. Ale když není pravý Avery, kdo ve skutečnosti je? ...
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John Boyne The Absolutist ENSeptember 1919: Twenty-years-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together. But in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield and declared himself a conscientious objector, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft…
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John Boyne The Boy at the Top of the Mountain ENWhen Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler. Quickly, Pierrot is taken under Hitler's wing, and is thrown into an…
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John Boyne The Boy at the Top of the Mountain ENWhen Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler. Quickly, Pierrot is taken under Hitler's wing, and is thrown into an…
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John Boyne, Oliver Jeffers The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ENBruno doesn't like his new house. He had to leave all his friends behind in Berlin, and there are no children to play with here - until Bruno meets Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the wire fence near Bruno's house, and who wears a strange uniform of striped pyjamas. A stunning anniversary edition of John Boyne's powerful classic bestseller, with illustrations from award-winning artist Oliver Jeffers.
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John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ENThe story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book. We think it is important that you start to read without knowing what it is about. If you do start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy called Bruno. And sooner or later you will arrive…
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John Boyne The Heart's Invisible Furies ENCyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt…
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John Boyne The Hearts Invisible Furies ENCyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt…
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John Boyne The House of special Purpose ENRussia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer's son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family and is instantly proclaimed a hero. Rewarded with the position of bodyguard to Alexei Romanov, the only son of Tsar Nicholas II, the course of his life is changed for ever. Privy to the secrets of Nicholas and Alexandra, the machinations of Rasputin and the…
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John Boyne The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket ENThere's nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family - and they're keen to keep it that way. But when Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents' horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity - and floats. Soon, the Brockets decide enough is enough. The neighbours are starting to talk. They never asked for a weird, abnormal, floating child. Barnaby has to go..…
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John Boyne Úžasná cesta Barnabyho Brocketa okolo svetaNa rodine Brocketovcov nie je nič neobyčajné. Sú nudní, vážení a sú na to hrdí, ohŕňajú nos nad všetkým nezvyčajným a odlišným. Až do okamihu, keď prišiel na svet Barnaby Brocket, ktorý sa odmietal podriadiť zákonom gravitácie – on jednoducho lietal. Zúfalo chcel potešiť svojich rodičov, snažil sa zo všetkých síl ostať nohami na zemi, ale jednoducho to nešlo. Jeden osudný deň sa Brocketovci rozhodli, že toho majú…
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John Boyne Úžasná cesta Barnabyho Brocketa okolo svetaNa rodine Brocketovcov nie je nič neobyčajné. Sú nudní, vážení a sú na to hrdí, ohŕňajú nos nad všetkým nezvyčajným a odlišným. Až do okamihu, keď prišiel na svet Barnaby Brocket, ktorý sa odmietal podriadiť zákonom gravitácie – on jednoducho lietal. Zúfalo chcel potešiť svojich rodičov, snažil sa zo všetkých síl ostať nohami na zemi, ale jednoducho to nešlo. Jeden osudný deň sa Brocketovci rozhodli, že toho majú…
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John Boyne V tomto domě straší CZRomán V tomto domě straší od irského spisovatele Johna Boynea, který proslul celosvětově knížkou pro děti Chlapec v pruhovaném pyžamu, je strhující poctou duchařským příběhům z devatenáctého století. Boyne mistrně využívá prostředky dickensovského stylu i klasické duchařské motivy. Je rok 1867 a Eliza Cainová se po smrti otce, jehož stála život návštěva přednášky Charlese Dickense, ocitne bez prostředků a přijme…
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John Boyne Zostaň, kde si, a potom odíďĎalší príbeh od autora Chlapca v pásikavom pyžame. V deň, keď vypukla prvá svetová vojna, Alfiemu Summerfieldovi sľúbil otec, že nikdy neodíde bojovať, no hneď nasledujúci deň svoj sľub porušil. O štyri roky neskôr Alfie netuší, kde jeho otec naozaj je, myslí si, že je na špeciálnej tajnej misii. Raz, keď na stanici King's Cross čistil topánky, úplne náhodou zazrel na papieroch vojenského doktora otcovo meno.…
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John Boyne Zostaň, kde si, a potom odíďĎalší príbeh od autora románu Chlapec v pásikavom pyžame. V deň, keď vypukla prvá svetová vojna, Alfiemu Summerfieldovi sľúbil otec, že nikdy neodíde bojovať, no hneď nasledujúci deň svoj sľub porušil...
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