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James Clavell's most famous and best-loved novel repackaged for a new generation

Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.

Faksimile původního italského vydání datovaného do roku 1720 se souběžným českým překladem

Come Zeus, sotto forma di toro bianco, rapì la principessa Europa; come Teseo abbandonò Arianna; come Dioniso violò Aura; come Apollo fu servo di Admeto, per amore; come il simulacro di Elena si ritrovò, insieme a quello di Achille, nell'isola di Leukè; come Erigone si impiccò; come Coronis, incinta di Apollo, lo tradì con un mortale; come le Danaidi tagliarono la testa ai loro sposi; come Achille uccise Pentesilea e si congiunse con lei; come Oreste lottò con la follia; come Demetra vagò alla ricerca della figlia Core; come Core guardò Ade e si vide riflessa negli occhi di lui; come Giasone morì, colpito da una trave della nave Argo; come Fedra smaniò invano per Ippolito; come gli Olimpi scesero a Tebe per partecipare alle nozze di Cadmo e Armonia...

It was a dynasty with more wealth, passion, and power than the houses of Windsor, Kennedy, and Rockefeller combined. It shaped all of Europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists, and even popes, for three hundred years. It was the house of Medici, patrons of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Galileo, benefactors who turned Florence into a global power center, and then lost it all. The House of Medici picks up where Barbara Tuchman's Hibbert delves into the lives of the Medici family, whose legacy of increasing self-indulgence and sexual dalliance eventually led to its self-destruction. With twenty-four pages of black-and-white illustrations, this timeless saga is one of Quill's strongest-selling paperbacks.

Román o životě a skutcích apoštola Pavla, hlasatele křesťanství mimo Jeruzalém. Autor čerpá ze starých pramenů i historických publikací a předkládá čtenáři pravděpodobný příběh Saula, vnuka Herodese Velikého.

Attempting to go beyond the cliche of Prague as the golden city , this book brings out all its mystery, ambiguity, gloom, lethargy and hidden fascination. More than a literary and cultural history of Prague, this book seeks to be both a celebration and requiem for an oppressed culture.

After a thieving woman is accused of murder, it’s up to Perry Mason to prove her innocent Sleuthing attorney Perry Mason can’t resist a good mystery, so when he sees an older woman being accused of shoplifting during a department store outing with his assistant, Della Street, he doesn’t hesitate to intervene. Armed with an assumption of innocence and the legal acumen to silence her accuser, Mason leaps to the woman’s defense—until her niece appears, acknowledging her aunt’s guilt, and pays for the stolen items. Soon thereafter, Aunt Sarah is accused of stealing a valuable set of diamonds, and her niece, Virginia, enlists Mason’s aid. The man who left the jewels in Sarah’s care insists that she didn’t take them, but when he turns up dead, she’s left with nobody to vouch for her. Nobody, that is, but Perry Mason—expert in the art of defending the innocent. The thirteenth novel in the bestselling Perry Mason series, The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe is an exemplary episode for the character, featuring the complex plots, snappy dialogue, and break-neck pacing that make the novels perennial favorites of mystery fans everywhere. Includes discussion guide questions for use in book clubs.

Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has refused to sacrifice her ideals and remains stubbornly single, until she meets Mr Neville.