Magda Žáryová Books

Today is Wednesday 2nd October. If I am back in this very room in the Reform Club on Saturday 21st December by eight forty-five in the evening, I win. Phileas Fogg bets a small fortune that he can go round the world in eighty days a huge sum of money in 1872, worth more than a million pounds today.When he sets off on his amazing journey with his clever servant, Passepartout, they cannot afford the slightest delay. Will the two travelers have time to help Princess Aouda, when the brave and beautiful young woman is threatened with a cruel fate?Detective Fix believes that Mr Fogg is a bank robber, and plans to arrest him. Will that be the end of Phileas Fogg s chance to save his fortune?Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world s greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.

V románe Prežiť mier evokuje autor udalosti v Nigérii z r. 1970 na sklonku občianskej vojny a v prvých mierových dňoch a týždňoch. Hlavný protagonista románu James Odugo ako rozhlasový reportér uniká pred bojovou líniou z jedného mesta do druhého a na jeho osude autor demonštruje pomery vládnuce v rozvrátenej krajine. Vojna poznačila nielen vonkajší obraz miest a dedín, ale hlboko zasiahla aj do života jednotlivcov. Ani Odugo už nemôže rátať s tým, že sa po skončení vojny jeho súkromný život vráti do starých koľají. Jeho manželka Juliette, od ktorej bol nútene odlúčený, sa takisto ako všetko civilné obyvateľstvo usilovala nejako prežiť búrlivé vojnové časy a našla si iného. Aj do Odugovho života vstupujú ďalšie partnerky. Na osudoch svojich románových hrdinov, na ich láskach a tragédiách Ekwensi pútavo zobrazuje rozklad tradičnej morálky a zmenu vzťahov medzi mužom a ženou. Ukazuje, ako sa Afrika odpútava od starých predstáv a ako dynamicky sa tu menia podmienky života.

The Sound of Music, a beloved story with nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, is based on the life of Maria and the Trapp family. In this book, Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp shares her heartfelt account of her romance, their escape from Nazi Austria, and their new life in America, complemented by original photographs.

Alternate cover available here.Honor Harris is only 18 when she first meets Richard Grenvile, proud, reckless—and utterly captivating. But following a riding accident, Honor must reconcile herself to a life alone. As Richard rises through the ranks of the army, marries and makes enemies, Honor remains true to him, and finally discovers the secret of Menabilly.

On the face of it, Dr. Pettifer had everything to live for—a thriving country practice, a beautiful (and very pregnant) wife, rude good health in both body and bank balance. Everyone swore there was no reason why he should have taken an overdose.That’s what they all say, murmured Inspector Thanet, knowing how high was the suicide rate among the medical profession. Stress, overwork, worry—all took their toll.But he had to admit there were some curious features about this case, little things that aroused his suspicions. For a start, would-be suicides didn’t normally arrange for their cars to be repaired, or book expensive holidays for themselves, only hours before they reached for the tablets...

Výbor celkom dvanástich noviel a poviedok anglického modernisty.

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.