Jane Austen seems to have been born with the comic precision and other-worldly insight she everywhere displays in Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel (1811), which, though revised late...więcej »
Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, out of love, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of ...więcej »
As Scheherazade proved long ago, good stories make the best bedtime entertainment. The tales collected here represent the essence of the storyteller's art, with its ancient roots in fantastical leg...więcej »
T. S. Eliot called The Moonstone ‘the first, the longest and the best of detective novels’. Combining a teasing plot with a vivid portrait of Victorian England, Collins makes his charac...więcej »
A glorious collection of some of the best sleuths in the business. Including creators such as Poe and Conan Doyle to Hammet, Christie, Chandler, Rendell and Rankin. Perfect gift editionwięcej »
As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired everything from intimate domestic dramas, to fanciful flights of the imagination, and the full range of its expression is represented in this wonderful...więcej »
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past . . . A haunting tale of ...więcej »
A perfect gift of timeless erotic stories ranging from ancient Greek myth to modern stories of longing and lust. This beautifully jacketed Everyman's Library Pocket Classics hardcover anthology has...więcej »
The sublime city of Venice has long offered inspiration to the world's storytellers. This anthology gathers a dazzling variety of stories with Venetian settings, including Daphne du Maurier's haunt...więcej »
Jack Reacher, "the coolest continuing series character" (Stephen King), returns in a brand new, pulse-pounding read from Lee and Andrew Child.Chicago. 1992. A hospital patient...więcej »
Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it. But when Greg re...więcej »
Included here are famous tales like 'Sound of Thunder', in which the carelessness of a group of time-travellers leads to disastrous consequences, and 'The Veldt', in which two seemingly innocent yo...więcej »
Porzucona przez ukochanego, Cretego Asgara, Timoney George zgadza się na zaaranżowane przez wuja małżeństwo ze znacznie starszym mężczyzną. Dzień przed planowanym ślubem, w wigilię Bożego Narodzeni...więcej »
GR.1283Shannon McKenna – Magia seksu (How to Marry a Bad Boy)Przystojny miliarder Marcus Moss prowadzi beztroskie życie. Czas spędza na rozrywkach, uprawia ryzykowne sporty....więcej »
Panny Wilkins, bogate Amerykanki, zostały wysłane do Anglii, by dobrze wyjść za mąż. Dwie odnalazły tu miłość, ale Violet zniechęca wszystkich zalotników. Jej pasją jest fotografia, marzy o ...więcej »
AModelka Mia Forde bierze udział w pokazie biżuterii najbardziej znanego salonu jubilerskiego w Paryżu należącego do Daniela Devilliersa. Uznała, że to najlepszy sposób, by dotrzeć do ...więcej »
Georgie przygotowuje wykwintną kolację dla księcia Abbasa Husseina, który właśnie kupił londyński hotel, stając się tym samym jej szefem. Gdy stawia przed nim na stole kolejne danie i ma zam...więcej »
AMary Jones w zastępstwie swojej szefowej idzie na kolację biznesową z Erikiem Ridgemontem. Żałuje, że się zgodziła, bo Ridgemont od pierwszej chwili budzi w niej niechęć i lęk. Zupełnie inne...więcej »
This most romantic of fairy tales is found in many versions, and the story of the beautiful girl who falls into a long sleep, to be awakened by a lover, has been interpreted by some as an allegory ...więcej »
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration. Fairy-tale and fantasy were his forte and in later life he responded to the dark sti...więcej »