Edita Kovalová Books

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read It is no surprise that Little Women, the adored classic of four devoted sisters, was loosely based on Louisa May Alcott’s own life. In fact, Alcott drew from her own personality to create a heroine unlike any seen before: Jo, willful, headstrong, and undoubtedly the backbone of the March family. Follow the sisters from innocent adolescence to sage adulthood, with all the joy and sorrow of life in between, and fall in love with them and this endearing story. Praised by Madeleine Stern as “a book on the American home, and hence universal in its appeal,” Little Women has been an avidly read tale for generations.

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. When the animals take over the farm, they think it is the start of a better life. Their dream is of a world where all animals are equal and all property is shared. But soon the pigs take control and one of them, Napoleon, becomes leader of all the animals. One by one the principles of the revolution are abandoned, until the animals have even less freedom than before. Animal Farm is one of the classic stories of modern English fiction, and is a powerful study of the use and abuse of political power.

Just After Midnight, A Snowdrift Stopped The Orient Express In Its Tracks. The Luxurious Train Was Surprisingly Full For The Time Of The Year. But By The Morning There Was One Passenger Fewer. An American Lay Dead In His Compartment, Stabbed A Dozen Times, His Door Locked From The Inside. With Tension Mounting, Detective Hercule Poirot Comes Up With Not One, But Two Solutions To The Crime.

'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Dodgson, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. In the nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking-Glass kingdom, order is turned upside-down: a baby turns into a pig; time is abandoned at a tea-party; and a chaotic game of chess makes a 7-year-old a Queen.

Set in the Gulf Stream off the toast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. In a perfectly crafted story, which won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.

Dubliners was James Joyce's first major work. Set against the background of Dublin at the turn of the century, he describes, in a frank, realistic style, incidents in the lives of ordinary men and women, made extraordinary by the eye of his genius. The stories deal progressively with youth, adolescence, young adulthood and maturity. Continuity is provided by the themes of repression, entrapment and revolt. But the unique wit of the Irish also bubbles frequently to the surface, relished and splendidly displayed. (back cover)

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.