Kultura a zábava

The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same…

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• Rok vydání 2025

The electrifying sequel to the bestselling, critically acclaimed, page-turning thriller, The Upper World, soon to be a major…

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• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2025
• Brožovaná

One Killer. Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous... When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is…

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• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2024

A riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families and long-buried secrets Summer, Cape Cod. Every member of the Gardner…

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• Angličtina
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If she wasn’t dead already, Delphie would be dying of embarrassment. She’s entered the afterlife wearing the sort of pyjamas…

A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics…

Maud Ruthyn is a 17 year old orphan left in the care of her fearful uncle, Silas. Together with his boorish son and a…

RS Thomas was the greatest religious poet writing in English in the 20th century. His poems are an expression of his…

• Čeština

Collects three plays such as Volpone, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair that depict the faults, errors and foibles of…

• Rok vydání 2009

In De architectura (c.40 BC), Vitruvius discusses in ten encyclopedic chapters aspects of Roman architecture, engineering…

• Brožovaná
• Rok vydání 2014

Decades ago, when he was a young CIA analyst, President Jack Ryan, Sr was sent on what was supposed to be a simple support…

• Thriller

On the day Katharina Linden disappears, Pia is the last person to see her. Terror is spreading through the town. How could a…

Shows that Shakespeare was a man of the theatre, one among a community of artists in the teeming world of Renaissance…

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• Rok vydání 2025

From the prize-winning author of WAHALA, a powerful de-colonial re-imagining of MANSFIELD PARK, exploring identity, culture,…

• Angličtina
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• Rok vydání 2023
• Brožovaná

Will you brave The Retreat? The new bestselling thriller from the author of The Sanatorium. They couldn't wait to stay here.…

Benjamin Franklin\'s writings represent a long career of literary, scientific and political efforts over a lifetime which…

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• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2025

ANCIENT ROME, AD 37 It begins with a man’s hand curled around another’s throat. Emperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor.…

• Angličtina
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Read the Sunday Times bestselling murder mystery debut with magical passengers, epic adventure, and a twist you can’t…

• Brožovaná
• Angličtina
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• Rok vydání 2024

FROM THE COSTA AWARD-WINNING, WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF UNSETTLED GROUND'A stunning piece of speculative fiction'…

Dramas by the classical playwright and philosopher are accompanied by a modern work to demonstrate the Roman's impact on the…

Includes supernatural tales and legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell…

• Rok vydání 2004

From small independent businesses to established conglomerates, this title offers a tool for ensuring repeat business.…

Approaching the tragedies as drama, wondering about their characters as he might have wondered about people in novels or in…

Describes the social and intellectual life of 17th-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV.…

A chronicle of one of London's most remarkable streets, Brick Lane. It attempts to bring to life the memories and realities…

Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She…

An historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944.…

• Rok vydání 2025

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• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2024

Kafka's last great, unfinished novel - the book that hangs over the whole modern era like a nightmare. With a new…

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• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2024

Who stole George Matthews’ life? ‘Doctor, I think I’m losing my mind…’. When a wealthy young man turns up at respected…

Features a poem expressing tortured feelings of alienation and dislocation. This book also offers translations of the poet's…

Awkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a…

• Thriller

When a hurricane unexpectedly blows up off the coast of Nicaragua, a giant floating hotel lies in its path. With no escape…

Discusses the author's journey, telling how he went to the freedom fighters of West Papua and sang his head off in their…

• Čeština

Drawing on a cache of personal documents, the author retraces Bruno Langbehn's journey from disillusioned adolescent to SS…

Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage…

With Baudelaire's critical intelligence as his inspiration, the author ranges through his life and work, focusing on two…