Alma Books Ltd
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Art, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is the only comedy among Richard Wagner''s mature works. Unusually for Wagner, it is set in a historically specific time and place, sixteenthcentury Nuremberg, and tells of a song contest among…396 Kč KoupitArt, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
Die Zauberflöte had its premiere at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna on 30th September 1791, less than ten weeks before Mozart''s death. It has proved to be one of the most enduringly popular…396 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Throughout his life Rudyard Kipling was fond of dogs, and while they featured prominently in early tales such as ‘The Dog Hervey’ and ‘Garm – a Hostage’, he later came up with the innovative idea…264 Kč KoupitChildren and Teens, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Young Adult
Regarded as one of the most influential horror stories of all time and the inspiration for countless literary spin-offs, the tale of the young Englishman Jonathan Harker’s journey into the very heart of Count Dracula’s…223 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Trapped in a loveless marriage and weighed down by poverty, Ethan Frome’s days are enlivened by the presence of Mattie, his ailing wife Zeena’s youthful and charming cousin, who provides help to the household. When…231 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
When the world-weary dandy Eugene Onegin moves from St Petersburg to take up residence in the country estate he has inherited, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbour, the poet Vladimir Lensky. Coldly…269 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Economy, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
Initially composed by Poe as a public lecture towards the end of his career and considered by him the culmination of all his life's work, Eureka is an extended treatise about the creation, existence and…198 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
On a crowded bus at midday, the narrator observes one man accusing another of jostling him deliberately. When a seat is vacated, the first man takes it. Later, in another part of town, the man…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Fathers and Children, arguably the first modern novel in the history of Russian literature, shocked readers when it was first published in 1862 – the controversial character of Bazarov, a self-proclaimed nihilist intent on rejecting…264 Kč KoupitChildren and Teens, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Middle Grade
When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother start exploring a gravel pit not far from their new countryside home, they make an unexpected and very curious discovery. The gravel pit is home to…231 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Drama and Poetry, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Judicially condemned in 1857 as offensive to public morality, The Flowers of Evil is now regarded as the most influential volume of poetry published in the nineteenth century. Torn between intense sensuality and profound spiritual…295 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Classics, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
"Written after Woolf had finished her emotionally draining work on The Waves, Flush purports to be an autobiography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s eponymous cocker spaniel, charting the dog’s early days in the countryside, his adoption…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
After a traumatic early childhood spent living in poverty in a Preston cellar, the suddenly orphaned George Silverman grows up convinced that he is at fault for all the misfortunes in his life. Hoodwinked by…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Céline’s third novel, first published in 1944 but dealing with events taking place during the First World War, Guignol’s Band follows the narrator’s meanderings through London after he has been demobilized due to a war…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Shipwrecked on an unknown island, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself surrounded by its six-inch-tall natives, the Lilliputians. But this is only the first in a long line of wonderful discoveries, as his adventures take…219 Kč Koupit
Zobrazeno 46. – 60. z 225 výsledků