Tatiana Ruppeldtova Boeken

When Mario Puzo's blockbuster saga, The Godfather, was first published in 1969, critics hailed it as one of the greatest novels of our time, and "big, turbulent, highly entertaining." Since then, The Godfather has gone on to become a part of America's national culture, as well as a trilogy of landmark motion pictures. Now, in this newly-repackaged 30th Anniversary Edition, readers old and new can experience this timeless tale of crime for themselves.From the lavish opening scene where Don Corleone entertains guests and conducts business at his daughter's wedding...to his son, Michael, who takes his father's place to fight for his family...to the bloody climax where all family business is finished, The Godfather is an epic story of family, loyalty, and how "men of honor" live in their own world, and die by their own laws.

Román Starosta casterbridgeský napísal Thomas Hardy v polovici svojho života, keď mu finančná situácia dovoľovala nepoddávať sa čitateľskému vkusu viktoriánskeho Anglicka, ani tlaku vydavateľov. V románe sa stretávame s Hardyho najvykreslenejšou mužskou postavou - s Michaelom Henchardom, "svojráznym človekom", ktorému určujú osud jeho mefistofelovské vlastnosti, vedú krivku jeho života k vrcholu, no napokon aj k pádu. Román Ľudia z lesa patrí medzi menej známe diela, hoci ho autor pokladal za jeden z najlepších. Aj dej tohto diela autor situoval do svojho rodného kraja, do grófstva Dorset, jedného z najmalebnejších kútov Anglicka. Čitateľovi odkryl nové prostredie - vidiek nedotknutý industrializáciou, vzdialený od obchodných a intelektuálnych centier.