Edita Kovalová Boeken

The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts' collection, discover Orwell's classic dystopian masterpiece beautifully reimagined by renowned street artist Shepard Fairey 'All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organised to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten. And something new and unexpected emerges. . . First published in 1945, Animal Farm - the history of a revolution that went wrong - is George Orwell's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. 'Remains our great satire of the darker face of modern history' Malcolm Bradbury 'A prophet who thought the unthinkable and spoke the unspeakable, even when it offended conventional thought' Daily Express 'As valid today as it was fifty years ago' Ralph Steadman COMPLETE THE TRIO WITH SHEPARD FAIREY'S NEW-LOOK 1984 AND DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON.

THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT! “The murderer is with us—on the train now . . .” Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again. “What more . . . can a mystery addict desire?”—New York Times

Dit boek maakt deel uit van de TREDITION CLASSICS serie, die zich richt op het opnieuw beschikbaar maken van publieke domein boeken. De serie is ontstaan uit een passie voor literatuur en streeft ernaar om waardevolle werken uit de wereldliteratuur te behouden en te herdrukken.

Zdánlivě jednoduchý příběh o starém kubánském rybáři stíhaném smůlou, který po 84 dnech konečně chytí rybu jen proto, aby o ni po dlouhém, trýznivém boji zase přišel. Tato veleúspěšná novela o odvaze, vytrvalosti a boji Člověka s vlastními pochybnostmi, s přírodními živly a touhou všechno vzdát pomohla Hemingwayovi získat velké uznání a v roce 1954 také Nobelovu cenu za literaturu. ## MOJE KNIHOVNY Přidat do nákupního seznamu » Kliknutím na tlačítko zařadíte knihu do seznamu k pozdějšímu nákupu.

Fifteen short stories evoke the character, atmosphere, and people of the Irish city of Dublin at the turn of the century

Jazyková úroveň B1 - B2. Podle příběhu Louisy May Alcottové.

"Všechny děti vyrostou. Všechny kromě jednoho." Tímto zvláštním dítětem je Petr Pan. Jednoho dne ve snaze dohonit svůj stín vpadne do pokoje tří dětí – Wendy, Michaela a Johna. Na oplátku za Wendyinu pomoc navrhne Petr třem sourozencům, že je vezme s sebou zpět do svého úžasného, kouzelného domova, země Nezemě. Zažijte dobrodružství dětí Darlingových a seznamte se s vílou Zvonilkou, Ztracenými chlapci a děsivým kapitánem Hookem. Anglicko-český zrcadlový text pro začátečníky. "All the children will grow up. All but one." This special child is Petr Pan. One day, trying to catch up with his shadow, he bursts into the room of three children - Wendy, Michael and John. In return for Wendy's help, Peter suggests to the three siblings that he take them back to his wonderful, magical home, the land of the Land. Experience the adventures of the Darling children and meet the fairy Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys and the terrifying Captain Hook. English-Czech mirror text for beginners.