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Joseph Conrad Lord Jim ENJim is a well-bred young romantic who takes to the seas with hopes of adventure and the aspiration to prove his mettle. When the boat he sails in threatens to sink, Jim abandons ship in fear in order to save himself, leaving the other passengers to their fate. However, the ship does not sink and guilt-ridden Jim admits to the maritime court of inquiry that he deserted the boat and is consequently stripped of his…
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Joseph Conrad Lord Jim ENWhen Lord Jim first appeared in 1900, many took Joseph Conrad to task for couching an entire novel in the form of an extended conversation - a ripping good yarn, if you like. Conrad defended his method, insisting that people really do talk for that long, and listen as well. In fact his chatty masterwork requires no defense - it offers up not only linguistic pleasures but a timeless exploration of morality. The…
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C.S. Forester Lord Hornblower EN1813, and Horatio Hornblower is propelled toward the heart of the French Empire and his old enemy, Napoleon . . . Sir Horatio Hornblower has received strict and highly confidential orders from the highest rank: he must embark upon a grave and perilous mission to recapture the Flame in the Bay of Seine, where the brutal and foul-tempered Lieutenant Augustine Chadwick is being held prisoner by a mutinous crew.…
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Agatha Christie Lord Edgware Dies ENAgatha Christie’s famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to ‘get rid of’ her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldn’t help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed…
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Oscar Wilde Lord Arthur Savile's Crime / Zločin lorda Artura Savila ENDvojjazyčná edice klasiků angloamerické literatury nabízí přímý kontakt s dílem autora v originále a četbu jako moderní doplňkovou metodu výuky jazyků. Překlady renomovaných překladatelů jsou opatřeny symetrickým anglickým a českým textem, jazykovým komentářem a slovníčkem pod čarou.
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John Joseph Adams Loosed upon the World ENCollected by the editor of the award-winning Lightspeed magazine, the first, definitive anthology of climate fiction a cutting-edge genre made popular by Margaret Atwood. Is it the end of the world as we know it? Climate Fiction, or Cli-Fi, is exploring the world we live in now and in the very near future as the effects of global warming become more evident. Join bestselling, award-winning writers like Margaret…
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August Sarnitz Loos ENAdolf Loos (1870–1933) was a flamboyant character, whose presence in the cultural hotbed of early 1900s Vienna galvanized the country’s architectural landscape. An early, impassioned advocate of modernism, he all-out rejected the grand Secessionist aesthetic prevalent in contemporary Viennese architecture, as well as any hallmarks of the European fin de siècle. Instead, in lectures and essays, such as the milestone…
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Ján Fifik Looking over the wall ENAfter my previous travel books Asia, I think I love You and Delicacy Called the World the aim of my current wandering is the Middle Empire - the most populated republic in the world, where a bilion of citizens live, and probably the oldest country in the world which roots date back 2000 years...
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Peter James Looking Good DeadTom Bryce did what any decent person would do. But within hours of picking up the CD that had been left behind on the train seat next to him, and attempting to return it to its owner, he is the sole witness to a vicious murder. Then his young family are threatened with their lives if he goes to the police. But supported by his wife, Kellie, he bravely makes a statement to the murder enquiry team headed by Detective…
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Peter James Looking Good Dead ENTom Bryce did what any decent person would do. But within hours of picking up the CD that had been left behind on the train seat next him, and attempting to return it to its owner, he is the sole witness to a vicious murder. Then his young family are threatened with their lives if he goes to the police. But supported by his wife, Kellie, he bravely makes a statement, to the murder enquiry team headed by Detective…
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Holly Cavendish Looking for Fireworks ENWhen it comes to finding love, every girl is... looking for fireworks. When her father becomes ill, single city girl Laney Barwell moves to the Cotswolds to look after him. She’s been looking for fireworks in her love life ever since she broke up with her predictable ex-boyfriend Giles, but she has no thoughts of kindling the spark she’s looking for here. If she can’t find love in a big city like London – with all…
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John Green, John Green, John Green Looking for AlaskaBefore. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The…
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John Green Looking for AlaskaThe unmissable and genre-defining first novel from John Green, the international number one bestselling and award-winning author of The Fault in our Stars and Turtles all the Way Down. Includes a brand-new ...
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John Green Looking for Alaska ENThe unmissable first novel from bestselling and award-winning author of The Fault in our Stars. If people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane. Miles Halter's whole life has been one big non-event, until he meets Alaska Young. Gorgeous, clever and undoubtedly screwed-up, Alaska draws Miles into her reckless world and irrevocably steals his heart. For Miles, nothing can ever be the same again. 'Looking…
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John Green Looking for Alaska ENA vivid, passionate and intensely moving YA novel from prizewinning author John Green. “In the dark beside me, she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette, but even in the dark, I could see her eyes – fierce emeralds. And not just beautiful, but hot too.” BEFORE. Miles Halter’s whole life has been one big non-event until he starts at…
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Steve McCurry Looking EastNow in paperback, a selection of the very best of McCurry's powerful portraits from South and Southeast Asia...
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Susan Woodford Looking at PicturesAn accessible and attractive beginner’s guide to getting the most out of looking at pictures. Beautifully illustrated with some of the world’s greatest pictures, from cave paintings and Roman mosaics to Picasso and Damien Hirst,..
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Alex Katz Looking at Art with Alex KatzHave you ever dreamt of having your own private museum tour with one of the world’s most-celebrated artists? Take a walk through art history in the company of one of the pre-eminent American painters of our time, Alex Katz. Describing his personal enco
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Andrea Gray Stillman Looking at Ansel Adams ENLooking at Ansel Adams is a personal and penetrating study that explores Ansel's life as an artist by looking closely at the stories behind 20 of his most significant images. Immediately recognizable photographs like Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, and Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake are turned on their axes and seen from a new angle, along with ancillary photographs, alternative versions, and letters and postcards…
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Timur Vermes Look Who's Back ENSummer 2011. Berlin. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of ground, alive and well. Things have changed – no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognise him, though – as a brilliant, satirical impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable, happens, and the ranting Hitler takes off,…
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Timur Vermes Look Who's Back ENBerlin, Summer 2011. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. Things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman. People certainly recognise him, albeit as a flawless impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable happens, and the ranting Hitler goes viral, becomes…
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Lauren Child Look into my eyesHey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. Break out of boredom with Ruby Redfort, the super-awesome teen detective series from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child... Want to know more? Of course you do, bozo...
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