Alma Books Ltd
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Cizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Martin Arrowsmith, a young medical student at the University of Winnemac, is driven by a sincere passion and a desire to make a positive contribution to the world. But events get in the way, and…297 Kč KoupitChildren and Teens, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Young Adult
A battle of wits between the nimblest French thief and the shrewdest British detectiveThis volume contains two adventures which pit the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin against Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most famous detective. In ‘The…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
In the Midwestern city of Zenith, the middle-aged estate agent George F. Babbitt appears to have achieved the American dream to its fullest: he is successful at work, comfortably off, exceedingly well fed, has a…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Set in the year after the 1929 crash and incorporating many autobiographical elements, ‘Babylon Revisited’ tells the story of the widower Charlie Wales, a reformed alcoholic and successful businessman returning to Paris to convince his…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Basil and Josephine charts the coming of age of two privileged youths from quiet Midwestern towns, Basil Duke Lee and Josephine Perry – based on Fitzgerald himself and a combination of his first love Ginevra…264 Kč KoupitChildren and Teens, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
The son of a gypsy woman, Sébastien is found as a newborn baby in the Alps and brought up by César and his grandchildren Angélina and Jean. Born on the same day, Belle is a…239 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Drama and Poetry, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Of unknown date, and surviving in a tenth-century manuscript, Beowulf is the tale of a young Geatish hero and his struggle with three deadly foes, beginning with the dread monster Grendel, who has been devouring…259 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
It is a variable early summer’s day, and there is an unusual bustle in the grounds of Pointz Hall, a country house in a remote village in the very heart of England. The local community…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
After being saved from a suicide attempt by the appearance of a literary editor, the journalist and failed novelist Sergei Maxudov has a book suddenly accepted for stage adaptation at a prestigious venue and finds…297 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
The interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has gone on for so long that it has become a subject of mirth in legal circles and a source of great profit to those professionally engaged in…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
A drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart. Based on history and inspired…363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
When the Basque dragoon Don José meets a Gypsy woman at the factory he is guarding, he is immediately ensnared by her wiles. After she is arrested for injuring a co-worker and he helps her…231 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
This volume brings together twenty of the best stories written by Dino Buzzati – author of the celebrated novel The Tartar Steppe and one of the most original voices in twentieth-century literature – stories which…297 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
When the ambitious but inept clerk Frans Laarmans is offered a job managing an Edam distribution company in Antwerp, he jumps at the chance, despite his professed dislike for cheese in all its forms. He…297 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Drama and Poetry, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
The premature death of Sydney Goodsir Smith at the age of fifty-nine deprived the world of one of the major personalities in twentieth-century British literature.The poems included in this volume, mostly written in Scots dialect…429 Kč Koupit
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