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    Morning Glory
    Příběh králova číšníka
    Jane Eyre
    Černé lodě před Trójou: Příběh z Iliady
    Witness For The Prosecution. Svědek obžaloby
    Jane Eyreová
    • 2022

      Jane Eyre

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.3(9947)Add rating

      Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt and later attends a charity school with a harsh regime, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds a position as governess at Thornfield Hall.However, when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre (1847) dazzled and shocked readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom.

      Jane Eyre
    • 2012

      Charlotte Brontëová publikovala svůj první román, Jane Eyrovou, v roce 1847 pod pseudonymem Curre Bell. Do několika týdnů se z knihy stala literární událost. Velkou senzaci způsobilo i příjmení Bell, které se ten rok objevilo i na obálce knih Na větrné hůrce nebo Agnes Greyová. Londýn volal po autorech nejčtenějších románů, ale sestry Brontëovy na vysokou společnost netrpěly...

      Jane Eyreová
    • 2011

      Wuthering Heights

      • 97 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
      4.1(74494)Add rating

      Against a background of English moors in the 18th century, the lives of two families become intertwined through marriage, passion, and the force of a man called Heathcliff.

      Wuthering Heights
    • 2011

      Parker Pyne Investigates

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.8(15713)Add rating

      A collection of short stories featuring the 'heart specialist', Parker Pyne. Mrs Packington felt alone, helpless and utterly forlorn. But her life changed when she stumbled upon an advertisement in The Times which read: 'ARE YOU HAPPY? IF NOT, CONSULT MR PARKER PYNE'. Equally adept at putting together the pieces of a marriage or the fragments of a murder mystery, Mr Parker Pyne was possibly the world's most unconventional private eye - and certainly its most charming.

      Parker Pyne Investigates
    • 2011

      In this intriguing mystery, Caroline Crale is imprisoned for her husband's murder, but six potential suspects emerge, reminiscent of a nursery rhyme. Sixteen years later, her daughter seeks to clear her name, prompting Poirot to delve into the case and unravel the truth behind the crime.

      Five Little Pigs
    • 2011

      The Listerdale Mystery

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.4(353)Add rating

      A collection of 12 cases including the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale, a strange encounter on a train, a domestic murder investigation, an astonishing marriage proposal and a necklace hidden in a basket of cherries.

      The Listerdale Mystery
    • 2010

      Bonboniera, Cena perly, Svědek obžaloby a Rádio jsou čtyři povídky z dvojjazyčné řady detektivních příběhů od nejprodávanější autorky všech dob, Královny zločinu – Agathy Christie. V první povídce s příhodným názvem Bonboniera pátrá Hercule Poirot na vlastní pěst v případu podivného úmrtí budoucího belgického premiéra, kterému dotlouklo srdce po snědení jeho oblíbené pralinky. Druhá, Svědek obžaloby, byla předlouho k slavnému oscarovému filmu Billyho Wildera. Mladý Leonard Vole je obviněn z brutální vraždy staré paní Frenchové. Odkázala mu totiž necelý milion liber a byl poslední, kdo ji viděl naživu. Právník pan Mayherne ale nevěří, že by dokázal zabít. V Ceně perly se na scéně objevuje pan Parker Pyne, který se během putování přes Jordánsko setkává s mladičkou Carol Blundellovou, která se netají tím, že její náušnice má cenu 140 000 dolarů! Nemůže se ale divit, že někdo neodolá pokušení a šperk uloupí. Pan Pyne je požádán, aby lupiče dopadl. A povídka Rádio je ukázkou toho, že Agatha Christie byla skutečně důmyslná spisovatelka a na pár stránkách dokáže vylíčit hrůzunahánějící provedení vraždy staré paní Herterové s problémy se srdcem.

      Witness For The Prosecution. Svědek obžaloby
    • 2007

      Daughter of the Crocodile

      • 496 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      4.0(57)Add rating

      The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. and Ptolemy Philandelphus finds his wife ousted by his reptillian sister, who wants to marry him herself . But with the glory of the Ptolemies at its height after Egypt wins victories at Syria, it is the turn of the murderess to be murdered.Meanwhile, the people of Egypt are thinking about revolution .

      Daughter of the Crocodile
    • 2005

      The House of the Eagle begins Duncan Sprott's 'Ptolemies Quartet', an epic and ingenious restoration of the dark and glittering story of ancient Alexandria and the Greek Pharaohs of Egypt, whose extraordinary dynasty spans twelve generations from the death of Alexander the Great to the fall of Cleopatra. Narrated by Thoth, the ibis-headed Egyptian god of writing and wisdom, this book details the rise of the shrewd Ptolemy I from ordinary soldier of Macedon to Satrap of Egypt, and his coronation as Pharaoh and a god in his own lifetime. A triumph of historical salvage, The House of the Eagle brings vividly to life the most bizarre family that ever existed. 'After the first few pages something extraordinary happens, and you find yourself lulled by the story's relentless onward push . . . It slips by like a bad dream that leaves you feeling still shaken in the morning. And that is meant as the highest compliment.' Kathryn Hughes, Guardian

      The House of the Eagle
    • 2004

      Digital Photographer's Handbook

      • 408 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.0(17)Add rating

      Revised edition of an illustrated, literary guide to all aspects of digital photography, including equipment, techniques, projects and inspirational photographs.

      Digital Photographer's Handbook