Světová současná literatura

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).

From the author of RIVERS OF LONDON – the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling PC Peter Grant series returns with something dark south of the river… Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series.

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‘.

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.

Tragicheskaya sud'ba Anny Akhmatovoy, perezhivshey vse uzhasy stalinskogo vremeni vmeste so svoim narodom, otrazilas' v znamenitoy poeme Rekviyem, vzyatoy za osnovu dannogo unikal'nogo izdaniya, ob"yedinyayushchego poemy Akhmatovoy so stikhami, kotor

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.

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orisha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared.

This collection contains some of Aesop's most famous fables, including ‚The Fox and The Crow‘, ‚The Greedy Dog‘, ‚The Sun and The Wind‘ and ‚The Hare and Tortoise‘.

Apres une soirée mouvementée, Antoine Vernet se réveille dans un appartement parisien vide, maculé de sang. Dehors, c'est la guerre. La police lutte inutilement contre une armée de zombies affamés, qui ne cesse de s'agrandir.

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.

Meaningful, moving and magical – the classic bestselling love story

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

A story about love. And how life can get in the way…Cecelia Ahern's bestselling novel Where Rainbows End is now a major film entitled Love, Rosie. Sometimes fate just can't stop meddling…

The thrilling, shocking and romantic sequel to the bestselling YA debut FLAWED is finally here. When we embrace all our flaws, that's when we can finally become PERFECT… Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection.

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.

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.

As a GTD devotee for nearly two decades, I know how these principles have transformed my own work life. So I'm thrilled that David Allen is bringing his brilliance to the most important audience of all: Our young people.

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.

A revelatory look at how our environment unconsciously yet dramatically shapes the judgments and decisions we make every day Most of us go through life believing that we are in control of the choices we make–that we think and behave almost independe

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'.

Aleksey privyk riskovat'. Rabota operatora tol'ko kazhetsya mirnoy, odnako nikto ne prinimayet vo vnimaniye, kak chasto prikhoditsya polzti s kameroy v zone voyennykh deystviy ili zavisat' nad propast'yu v popytkakh poymat' udachnyy kadr.

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?

Již více než třicet let obohacuje Jürg Amann švýcarské písemnictví.

Kenton's career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics, and his quick judgment. Where his judgment sometimes failed him was in his personal life.

Hot on the heels of the Netflix show based on #GIRLBOSS comes Sophia Amoruso's new workbook of tips, doodles and fill-in-the-blanks that will help women become their best Girlboss yet.

For readers of The Innovator's Dilemma comes an incisive new approach to one of the key questions of our time–how to thrive rather than be destroyed by digital transformation–from Harvard Business School Professor of Strategy Bharat Anand.

‚This is not just the most insightful book ever written on public speaking-it‘s also a brilliant, profound look at how to communicate' – Adam Grant, author of ORIGINALSIn Ted Talks Chris Anderson, Head of TED, reveals the inside secrets of how to giv

Avantgardní architektura v avantgardní fotografii: Československo 1918–1938.

Avantgardní architektura v avantgardní fotografii: Československo 1918–1938.Moderní architektura v meziválečném Československu ve formě umělecké fotografie.

Kniha Čarovná zahrada byla na Tchajwanu poprvé publikována v roce 1991.

Kniha íránského spisovatele a básníka Kasry (Ali) Anghaeeho, muže s perskými kořeny, který však prožil značnou část života ve Švýcarsku, nás prostřednictvím nevšedních scén zavádí do jeho perské domoviny.

More ruthless than the Mob, more powerful than the Camorra – a searing insider account of the Calabrian Mafia