Světová současná literatura

Francouzská Riviéra, rodinka na dovolené. Osoby a obsazení: Joe je uznávaný básník, jeho manželka Isabel pracuje jako reportérka. Plus pubertální dcera plus dva rodinní přátelé.

Knihou číslo 3, která při prvním vydání v Japonsku zaskočila čtenáře jako nečekané překvapení, se završuje devět měsíců, které spolu s protagonisty Murakamiho románu strávíme v jiném světě roku 1Q84.

Románová prvotina Borise Razona vyvolala živé debaty: klíčů k tomu, jak ji číst, vnímat a chápat, bylo totiž víc a poměrně odlišných.

Británií zmítá šílenství. Svět se právě dozvěděl, že zemřela princezna Diana, a celý národ je v šoku.

Malá černá brašna je povídka amerického autora sci-fi Cyrila M. Kornblutha (1923–1958), která vyhrála v roce 2001 retroaktivní cenu Hugo za nejlepší novelu (z roku 1951).

The fifth of the Sunday Times Bestselling series sees PC Grant looking for missing children. And missing London.

eter Grant is not just a lowly Detective Constable, he's also apprenticed to the last wizard in Britain: policing will never be the same again!

The first of the Sunday Times Bestselling Peter Grant series My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the

There's something going bump on the Metropolitan line and Sergeant Jaget Kumar knows exactly who to call.It's PC Peter Grant's speciality . . .Only it's more than going ‚bump‘.

There's something going bump on the Metropolitan line and Sergeant Jaget Kumar knows exactly who to call.It's PC Peter Grant's speciality . . .Only it's more than going ‚bump‘.

Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty's daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour.

A gripping new outing in London for PC Grant in the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling series from Ben Aaronovitch.

Příběh o velké lásce k malým čtyřnohým přátelům

Elizabeth Abbottová vždy milovala zvířata a především psy, ale až když ji okolnosti donutily zanechat nejmilovanějšího psa Tommyho na zpustošeném Haiti, stali se právě psi kompasem jejího života.

This amazing novel about first love, published to a roar of acclaim, is now available in paperback: ‚A superb novel about the sensuous light of the Mediterranean summer, the languorous days and nights filled with desire… wonderful.‘ Colm Toibin

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera.

Životním příběhem Oscara Wildea (1854 – 1900) se inspiroval anglický spisovatel Peter Ackroyd (*1949) ve svém románu Fiktivní deník Oscara Wildea, a ve formě fiktivní autobiografie tak napsal Wildeův životopis, jehož mottem by mohl být Wildeův proslu

First a legendary radio series, then a sequence of bestselling books, and most recently a blockbuster movie, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of the greatest fictional enterprises of the twentieth century.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass.

The much anticipated sequel to the breathtaking New York Times bestseller THE WRATH AND THE DAWN. I am surrounded on all sides by a desert. A guest, in a prison of sand and sun. My family is here. And I do not know whom I can trust.

A box of possessions.A father with no memory.A daughter with just one day to piece together the past.

Learn the alphabet with the help of this bright and engaging book. With gorgeous new illustrations and irresistible cover finishes, this is pocket money power punching well above its weight.

A stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family's struggle with faith and belonging. Includes Reading Group Notes.

In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda-soon to be a major motion picture, Love, Simon-we follow Simon's BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst.

The beloved, award-winning novel will soon be a major motion picture starring 13 Reasons Why's Katherine Langford and Everything, Everything's Nick Robinson. ‚Worthy of Fault in Our Stars-level obsession.‘ Entertainment Weekly'I love you, SIMON.

From bestselling authors Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda) and Adam Silvera (They Both Die At The End) comes a New York love story with a difference… Meet Ben and Arthur.

From number one New York Times bestseller, Mitch Albom, author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven and Tuesdays With Morrie, comes his latest inspirational, moving and heart-warming novel.

From former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright comes a moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War.

Bonvivan i lovelas Uinfild Elliot, vikont Stiluell, – yavno ne iz tekh lyudey, kotorykh legko shokirovat'.

Reprezentativní publikace je i katalogem výstavy plakátů Alfonse Muchy z unikátní sbírky Ivana Lendla, která čítá přes 120 plakátů.

Bored with his job as a copywriter at a major hotel chain and living in a noisy apartment in Hollywood teeming with would-be actors and unsavory characters, aspiring novelist Rupert is laid off and seizes the opportunity to move to a serene dwelling

V osmdesátých letech vznikla v Madridu na stránkách časopisu La Luna postava Patty Diphusy, drsné, protřelé a zároveň i neobyčejně soucitné pornohvězdy a madridského sexuálního symbolu.

Vika stolknulas' s samym strashnym, chto mozhet sluchit'sya s zhenshchinoy: yeye rebenka sobirayutsya nelegal'no ispol'zovat' v kachestve donora organov. Yey ostayetsya tol'ko bezhat', prikhvativ s soboy malysha.

V dvadtsat' let Mayya vlyubilas'.

Stesha obladala strannym darom – vidya lyudey, devushka ponimala, komu iz nikh suzhdeno obrazovat' paru. No sama ona do sikh por ostavalas' odna.

Mnogo let Grigoriy Vershinin ne byval v rodnom dome. Nespravedlivo obvinennyy blizkimi v smerti deda, on bespriyutno skitalsya po svetu i schital sebya izvechnym brodyagoy.

Monika is driven to succeed as a doctor – but cannot allow herself any personal happiness. Maj-Britt is desperate to be left alone – but why does she shun society?