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Václav Vanduch

    Monsoon
    Sparrow Falls
    River god
    The seventh scroll
    A Time to Die
    Birds of prey
    • Birds of prey

      • 774 pages
      • 28 hours of reading
      4.5(399)Add rating

      It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold... 'The scope is magnificent and the epic scale breathtaking ... Wilbur Smith is one of thos benchmarks agains whom others are compared' - The Times 'Meticulous research supports constant excitement in a fast-moving tale' - Washington Post

      Birds of prey
    • A Time to Die

      • 483 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      4.3(213)Add rating

      As the world around him burns with passion and death, professional hunter and guerrilla fighter Sean Courtney is trapped between his worst enemies, an overwhelming love for a woman, and his instincts to survive -- and kill.

      A Time to Die
    • The seventh scroll

      • 708 pages
      • 25 hours of reading
      4.3(14271)Add rating

      The seventh scroll is nearly 4000 years old. Within it lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time. Duraid Al Simmu and his wife, Royan, discovered the scroll and made research notes on it. But Duraid is murdered, and Royan has to flee to England to seek refuge.

      The seventh scroll
    • River god

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
      4.2(33937)Add rating

      zjednodušená anglická četba, vhodná při přípravě na zkoušku FCE jako doplňkový materiál ( úroveň B1 - Intermediate, slovní zásoba 1 600 slov) věk 16+ Popis: Macmillan Readers v úrovni Intermediate můžete číst asi po třech až čtyřech letech studia angličtiny. K porozumění vám postačí slovní zásoba 1600 slov. Knihy mají až 128 stran. Kniha je balena…

      River god
    • Sparrow Falls

      • 603 pages
      • 22 hours of reading
      4.2(6095)Add rating

      In this sequel to "The Sound of Thunder, New York Times" bestselling author Wilbur Smith tells a powerful story of a man's quest for truth and redemption--from the bloody trenches of World War I to the white, windswept beaches of Mozambique. Reissue.

      Sparrow Falls
    • Monsoon

      • 688 pages
      • 25 hours of reading
      4.2(256)Add rating

      Monsoon, part of Wilbur Smith's bestselling The Courtneys series, is a story of anger and passion, of peace and war. Action, romance and adventure shape a family's destiny as they contest a prize beyond any of their dreams . . . It is the dawn of the eighteenth century. At the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty Honourable East India Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates of the high seas. After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage -- a death or glory mission in the name of the Empire and the Crown. But Hal must also think about the fate of his four sons. All are very different from each other. Each will have a crucial part to play in shaping the Courtneys' destiny. Separated by the winds of hazard, adventure will rule their future - just as passion will forge their lives . . . Wilbur Smith carries all the powerful drama and rich emotions of a bygone time into his action-packed tale of the sea. Monsoon is a masterpiece from the world's greatest storyteller.

      Monsoon
    • Akční román o agentovi uprostřed války amerických tajných služeb. Buchanan je americký tajný agent, kterého při přípravě drogového obchodu s mafií prozradí jeho starý přítel z Iráku. Kvůli němu se dostává do mexického vězení. Odtud se mu podaří uprchnout jen s pomocí svých společníků. Pak ale zradí své nadřízené, kteří na něj najímají vraha, protože za svého dlouhého působení v prostředí tajné služby se toho dověděl příliš moc a mohl by vše prozradit. Buchanan však nesmí použít ani jedno ze svých mnoha falešných jmen, protože by se stal snadnou kořistí. Rozhodne se odjet na samotu, kde ho nikdo nebude rušit, ale dostává šifrovaný dopis od Juany-jeho bývalé přítelkyně, ve kterém mu dává najevo, že má velké problémy. Musí jí pomoci, protože jí to slíbil, když se viděli naposledy. Vydává se ji hledat. Při svém pátrání narazí na novinářku z Washington Postu jménem Holly, která s ním chce udělat rozhovor o práci amerických tajných služeb. Buchanan ji ale po dlouhém odmítání odradí od jejího záměru. Když jí vysvětlí svou situaci, rozhodla se, že se k němu přidá. Při společném pátrání je stopa zavede na loď významného politika Alistaira Drumonda. Tu však tajně prohledají, ale nic nenajdou, protože Juana utekla. Posléze se dozvídají, že Drumondovi muži ji vypátrali a zabili, protože se jim nechtěla podřídit a nespolupracovala. Buchanan pak s Holly zůstává a společně se odstěhují na venkov.

      Hra končí
    • The rangers closed in, firing steadily. Within minutes all the adult animals were down. Only the calves still raced in bewildered circles, stumbling over the bodies of the dead and dying. Six minutes after the first shot, a silence fell over the killing ground on Long Vlei ... In the blinding light of Zimbabwe's Chiwewe National Park, Dr Daniel Armstrong, world-famous TV naturalist, films the slaughter of a herd of elephant. In London, anthropologist Kelly Kinnear is forced into violent confrontation with the shareholders of the most powerful conglomerate in the City of London, warning them of the destruction of an African country. Now the time has come to act. Together, Armstrong and Kinnear forge a passionate alliance - and begin the fight against the forces of greed, evil and corruption attacking a land they would both give their lives to save ...

      Elephant Song
    • The Tin Man

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.0(3027)Add rating

      Patrick McLanahan is back from the conflicts overseas--but the fighting is not over. When an old enemy hatches a daring, deadly plot in Patrick's home town, he must transform himself into a weapon of war.

      The Tin Man
    • The Sunbird

      • 486 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      3.7(199)Add rating

      It all beings with a blurry, black-and-white aerial photograph. To the trained eyes of Dr. Benjamin Kazin, it is the archaeological discovery of a lifetime: evidence of an unknown ancient African civilization and their legendary City of the Moon, a city that, according to myth, vanishes with the light of day. Now Dr. Kazin, with his lovely assistant, Sally, and wealthy businessman Louren Sturvesant, launch an exploration that will soon threaten to unleash the forgotten violence of the past into the precarious present . . .

      The Sunbird