Faber & Faber
Zobrazeno 1681. – 1695. z 2169 výsledků
Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, History, Knihy, Nonfiction
When on Christmas Day, 1130, Roger de Hauteville was crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture…429 Kč KoupitChildren and Teens, Children's Books, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
Tiger was feeling sleepy. As sleepy as sleepy can be. So sleepy only one thing could help... Crocodile was feeling sleepy. As sleepy as sleepy can be. So sleepy only one thing could help...Tiger and…264 Kč KoupitArt, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
The title of this collection of essays refers to a tailor’s mannequin that Alfred Brendel spotted in a shop window in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town. Who is this strange lady? What is she looking…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Adapted by the author from his autobiographical memoir, The Lady in the Van tells the story of Miss Mary Shepherd, whom Alan Bennett first came across when she was living in the street near his…363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Adapted for the screen by the author from his celebrated memoir, Alan Bennett''s The Lady in the Van, is directed by long-standing collaborator Nicholas Hytner.The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan…561 Kč KoupitChildren and Teens, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Middle Grade
When Prince Abu Ali, son of Aladdin, is born his destiny has already been foretold: he is the one who has been chosen to break the spell of the mysterious Land of Green Ginger. His…297 Kč KoupitChildren and Teens, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Middle Grade
As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, another future classic from Costa Winner Kate Saunders (Five Children on the Western Front).Emily watched, in a trance of astonishment, as the bear opened the picnic basket, took out…264 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, History, Knihy, Nonfiction
''Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly extraordinary.'' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times Books of the Year‘Superbly entertaining.’ Financial Times‘Jaw-dropping.’ Sunday Times‘Fascinating.’ Guardian‘Gripping.’ The Times‘Terrific . . . A page-turning history of imperial hubris and nemesis, deceit and delusion,…429 Kč KoupitBiography, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
Arthur Ransome was, from 1930 to the early 1960s, what J.K. Rowling is today: author of a series of children''s books which shaped the imagination of a generation. Rooted in the heyday of the British…429 Kč KoupitArt, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
The definitive account of one of the wildest and most influential periods of Hollywood history, starring the three most famous directors of all time and their tumultuous friendships726 Kč KoupitBiography, Cizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, this is the biography of celebrated nineteenth-century artist Edward Burne-Jones, who - with William Morris - connects Victorian and modern art.''A triumph of biographical art.'' Independent''Magnificent.'' Guardian…825 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Travel
''A rich meditation: on separation, on possession, on Renaissance artists, and, inevitably, on the transformative nature of travel.'' The Times''Written in prose that constantly reminds us what language can do.'' Times Literary Supplement''A writer of…363 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Kazantzakis''s classic novel, blacklisted by the Vatican, filmed by Scorsese, has been labelled heretical, blasphemous, and also a masterpiece. His Christ is an epic conception, wholly original.''When Kazantzakis describes the raising of Lazarus, the early…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy, Thriller and Crime
One night, in a private boarding house in Scarborough, a railwayman vanishes, leaving his belongings behind...It is the eve of the Great War, and Jim Stringer, railway detective, is uneasy about his next assignment. It''s…330 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, Contemporary Fiction, English literature, Fiction and Literature, Knihy
The Oppenheimer triplets have been reared with every advantage: wealth, education, and the determined attention of at least one of their parents. But they have been desperate to escape each other ever since they were…299 Kč Koupit
Zobrazeno 1681. – 1695. z 2169 výsledků