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Can't keep all your gods and goddesses straight? Wondering about mythological references in classic literature? „Bulfinch's Mythology“ offers approachable accounts of ancient legends in a compilation of the works of Thomas Bulfinch, banker and Latini ..

In his National Book Award – winning novel Augustus, John Williams uncovered the secrets of ancient Rome. With Butcher's Crossing, his fiercely intelligent, beautifully written western, Williams dismantles the myths of modern America.§§It is the 1870 ..

Kniha Caliban Shrieks autora Jack Hilton vydaná v nakladatelství Random House v roce 2024, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, ISBN-13: 9781784878757, zařazení do kategorie: Lancashire, Greater Manchester (Velký Manchester), Merseyside.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‚Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and …he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire, and to plunge into the forest.‘ Half St. Bernard, half sheepdog, Buck ..

Kniha Call of the Wild and White Fang autora Jack London vydaná v nakladatelství Book Sales Inc v roce 2022, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 340, ISBN-13: 9780785839897, zařazení do kategorie: Klasická beletrie.

Two classic stories-one indispensable volume. Timeless tales of wolves, dogs, men, and the wild, „The Call of the Wild“ and „White Fang“ are two of the world's greatest adventure stories.

Calligrammes est un recueil de poésie exceptionnel.Par les circonstances de sa composition : en pleine Première Guerre mondiale et, pour partie, sur le front même.Par l'intensité émotionnelle qui s'en dégage : du désespoir le plus profond au plus vib ..

Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that ‚all is for the best‘. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is ..

Captain Blood: His Odyssey (1922) by Rafael Sabatini is just possibly the novel that gave rise to the modern definition of a gentleman pirate. Peter Blood, an honest man of true character and a humane doctor, is wrongfully ..

A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players…

An exotic holiday for Miss Marple is ruined when a retired major is killed…

'Fifteen years on, the remembrance of that day has returned to me. I have seen that boy wandering through the mist of the railway station, and the name of Marina has flared up again like a fresh wound. We all have a secret buried under lock and key i ..

„Nada“ es una novela de llegada, donde el personaje central se presenta en un mundo que no es el suyo y cuyo conocimiento le va defraudando progresivamente, porque no es como lo esperaba. „Nada“ resplandece más allá del ámbito que acompañó su aparici ..

Kniha Casebook of Sherlock Holmes & His Last Bow (Collector's Edition) autora Sir Arthur Conan Doyle vydaná v nakladatelství Wordsworth Editions v roce 2021, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Pevná, počet stran: 432, ISBN-13: 9781840228083, zařazení do kateg

A Roma, il 31 dicembre 1990, una sedicenne si prepara per la sua prima festa di Capodanno: indossa un maglione preso alla Caritas, ha truccato in modo maldestro la sua pelle scura, ma è una ragazza fiera e immagina il nuovo anno carico di promesse. N ..

On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end and determines to marry his son's bride himself despite the fact he ..

‚Look, my lord! See heaven itself declares against your impious intentions!‘ The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. It inaugurated a literary genre that will be f ..

Kniha Cat, A Man, And Two Women autora Junichiro Tanizaki vydaná v nakladatelství Daunt Books v roce 2017, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 128, ISBN-13: 9781911547037, zařazení do kategorie: Klasická beletrie.

Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls – things like murder…Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, ..

Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a bombardier name ..

Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

„Cato Maior de Senectute“ from Cicero. Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist (106–43 BC).

Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision o ..

À la déclaration de la guerre, Maurice Genevoix rejoint le 106e régiment d’infanterie en tant que sous-lieutenant. Entre septembre 1914 et avril 1915, son régiment participe notamment aux attaques de la butte des « Eparges », dans la ..