
Histories
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- Rok vydání 1996
Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by Tom Griffith.Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of…
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Translated with Notes by George Rawlinson. With an Introduction by Tom Griffith.Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of…
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Translated by C.E.Detmold. With an Introduction by Lucille Margaret Kekewich. Written in 1513 for the Medici, following…
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Selected and Introduced by M J Elliott. 'They were removing the stones quietly, one by one, from the centuried wall. And…
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The Origin of Species - Charles Darwin - With an Introduction by Jeff Wallace. 'A grain in the balance will determine which…
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With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury. From its first…
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With an Introduction by Kathryn White. Prepare to be shocked. This novel, written in 1796, is a Gothic festival of sex,…
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Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip…
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The Woman in White, 1. vydání - Wilkie Collins - Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and The Woman in White is his first…
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Its lyricism, comedy (both broad and subtle) and magical transformations have long made A Midsummer Night's Dream one of the…
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Having firmly established the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of…
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This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter's night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely…
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Lady Chatterley´s Lover (Collector´s Edition) - David Herbert Lawrence - Trapped in a marriage which has become sterile and…
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Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show…
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In 1943, there was an urgent need for Animal Farm. The Soviet Union had become Britain's ally in the war against Nazi…
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Pokles cenyFar from the Madding Crowd is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer…
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"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart..." Crime and Punishment is one of the…
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A Christmas Carol is the most famous, heart-warming and chilling festive story of them all. In these pages we meet Ebenezer…
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Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes,…
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Hans Christian Andersen is the best-loved of all tellers of fairy tales. This collection of over forty of Andersen's most…
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Shakespeare's Macbeth is one of the greatest tragic dramas the world has known. Macbeth himself, a brave warrior, is fatally…
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Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka's world, it is never completely…
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Hamlet is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world…
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'Doctor Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes' - The most famous introduction in the history of crime fiction takes place in Sir Arthur…
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'Surely no man would take up my profession if it were not that danger attracts him.' In The Casebook, you can read the final…
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Through the Looking-Glass the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, containing the famous illustrations by Sir John…
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'...man is not truly one, but truly two.' In this powerful deconstruction of Calvinist belief and the hypocrisy at the heart…
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James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus…
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The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly,…
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' ... once again Mr Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the…
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When Father goes away with two strangers one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are shattered. They and their…
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Othello has long been recognised as one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. This is an intense drama of love,…
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By the time Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had completed the twelve stories for The Strand Magazine that are gathered together in…
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The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother - 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of…
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Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to…
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Pokles cenyWith an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury.…
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Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is…
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"The Nutcracker" is a classic fairy tale that tells the story of a young girl named Maria who receives a magical nutcracker…
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"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores themes of madness, isolation, and…
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Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary…
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Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy,…
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Set in Hardy's Wessex, Tess is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman,…
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit,…
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It was in 1887 that the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in A Study in…
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Edgar Poe was born the son of itinerant actors on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusets. Abandoned by his father and…
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Jane Austen is without question, one of England's most enduring and skilled novelists. With her wit, social precision, and…
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Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse.…
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