In his early twenties, poor, depressed, stranded in the Coral Sea on the HMS Rattlesnake, hopelessly in love with the young Englishwoman Henrietta Heathorn, Thomas Henry Huxley was a nobody. And ye...więcej »
This is a book about yoga. Or at least, it was.January 2015. High on literary success and familial bliss, Emmanuel Carr?re embarks on a rigorous ten-day meditative retreat in rural Fran...więcej »
After the war, cynical veteran Dix Steele has moved to L.A., a city terrified by a strangler preying on young women. Bumping into an old friend, now a detective working on the case, Dix is thrilled...więcej »
A Private Spy spans seven decades and chronicles not only le Carré's own life but the turbulent times to which he was witness. Beginning with his 1940s childhood, it includes accounts of his...więcej »
It is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London. At Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Archer tries to do his job and ...więcej »
Gretel Fernsby is a quiet woman leading a quiet life. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago or the dark post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn't...więcej »
A preacher called Deke O'Malley's been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the proceeds - and send on...więcej »
Between the wars a group of young, non-English-speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. They were picture brides, clutching photos of husbands-to-be whom they had yet to meet. Julie Ot...więcej »
'What kind of a man would have his fingers tattooed that way? ... What kind of a man? What kind of a preacher?'One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter centres on the fero...więcej »
Where do your feelings go when everyone around you feels unavailable, even in person?When you're kept awake at night by hopes, worries or regrets, how can you put your mind at rest?więcej »
It is 1940 and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert, has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now somebody wants him dead. The previous night three shots ...więcej »
Marion Sharpe and her mother are quiet and ordinary villagers, enjoying a peaceful life in their country home, the Franchise. Everything changes when a local schoolgirl accuses them of kidnap and a...więcej »
After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his...więcej »
If you can hear it, your time is running out.Teacher Kit Chaplin can't understand why some students at his north London school are experiencing an extreme ticking noise in their ears. P...więcej »
When Kelly's relationship ends, she doesn't know who to turn to. Until her friend Sabrina offers her a spare room for the summer. Unlike Kelly, Sabrina has it all. A glamorous career. A handsome, h...więcej »
Seria wydawnicza „czytamy w oryginale“ zawiera adaptacje największych dzieł literatury światowej w wersji dwujęzycznej, przeznaczonej dla uczących się języka angielskiego.Adaptacj...więcej »
Seria wydawnicza „czytamy w oryginale“ zawiera adaptacje największych dzieł literatury światowej w wersji dwujęzycznej, przeznaczonej dla uczących się języka angielskiego.Adaptacj...więcej »
Brutally violent, Blood Meridian is the story of one teenage runaway in the nineteenth-century American South, as a sadistic gang unleashes its massacre across the desert land. It is the work that ...więcej »
With funny and relatable illustrations throughout, find out what it's really like to live with ADHD.When Alice Gendron was diagnosed with ADHD aged 29, she knew she didn't fit the usual...więcej »
Dive into the depths of Avatar: The Way of Water with this definitive guide.Created in close collaboration with James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and written by experts who worke...więcej »
