This trade paperback edition of a classic novel includes a fresh Introduction and Afterword, enhancing its appeal for both new readers and longtime fans. Praised for its engaging narrative, the story delves into themes of power, family, and crime, offering a captivating exploration of its characters and their turbulent lives. The added content provides additional insights, making it a compelling read for those interested in a rich, immersive experience.
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series designed for learners of English as a foreign language. With adapted text, new illustrations, and language exercises, the print edition provides access to additional online materials. The series features popular classics, contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing learners to bestselling authors and engaging content. It includes eight levels aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Each Reader contains exercises to practice grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills, along with questions that test comprehension and enhance vocabulary. A Level 7 Reader, this title is classified as B2 on the CEFR scale. The text includes complex sentences and introduces advanced grammatical structures such as future perfect simple, mixed conditionals, and modals for deduction. The story follows Michael Corleone, who initially seeks a normal life away from his family's criminal enterprises and wishes to marry his American girlfriend, Kay. However, after his family is attacked, he realizes he must seek revenge. The print edition grants access to online resources, including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans, and answer keys.
Krstný otec. Sicílčan. Corleone. Tri legendárne príbehy, ktoré odhaľujú nielen nemilosrdné praktiky mafie, ale tiež odpovedajú na otázku, kým bol krstný otec skôr, ako sa stal najobávanejšou postavou amerického podsvetia. Čistý zásah! Trojnásobný priestrel cez všetkých 952 strán. Náboj zavesený na šnúrke slúži ako záložka (náboj môžete vložiť do priestrelu). A k tomu 3 nesmrteľné príbehy v jednej knihe. Unikátna luxusná a ilustrovaná edícia troch jedinečných slávnych mafiánskych príbehov. Krstný otec Maria Puza a jeho hlavný hrdina don Corleone patrí už vyše 40 rokov ku kultovým dielam a postavám svetovej literatúry. História krvavej vojny klanu Vita Corleoneho proti ďalším famíliám v 40.rokoch minulého storočia dokázala zachytiť klasickú mafiu v konkrétnom období a na miestach, kde existuje dodnes. Rovnakú popularitu a ocenenia si získala aj trojdielna filmová adaptácia tejto „americkej ságy“ newyorského podsvetia, ku ktorej scenáre napísal sám Puzo a réžie sa ujal Francis Ford Coppola. Vo filmoch zažiarili okrem iných Marlon Brando, Diane Keatonová a Al Pacino. V knihe navyše nájdete päťdesiat dvojfarebných ilustrácií. Atmosféru dotvára puzdro pripomínajúce obal whisky – nápoja, ktorý symbolizuje bohatstvo a úspech silných mužov. Kultové dielo svetovej literatúry tak dostáva nový, jedinečný nádych.
New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organisations will rise . . . and which will face a violent end. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important than his family's future. His youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation. His adopted son, Tom Hagen, is a college student; but he worries most about Sonny, his oldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny - seventeen years old, impatient, and reckless - wants something else: to follow in his father's footsteps, and become a part of the real family business. An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence, of loyalty and betrayal, THE FAMILY CORLEONE carries on the legacy of The Godfather for a new generation.
V roce 1967, dva roky před vydáním legendárního Kmotra, publikoval Mario Puzo pod pseudonymem Mario Cleri prózu nevelkého rozsahu, v níž se podruhé – po debutové Temné aréně – vrátil do poválečného Německa. Její hrdina, Michael Rogan – bývalý kapitán americké rozvědky s geniálním mozkem, chycený gestapem ve Francii, mučený v Mnichově společně se svou ženou Christine – se deset let po válce octne na stopě sedmičky mnichovských vyšetřovatelů a přichystá jim osud, který určili původně oni jemu – smrt.
In the final days of the Second World War, Michael Rogan, an American intelligence officer, is tortured by a group of seven senior Gestapo officers who need to discover the secrets he alone can give them. Ten years later, recovered from the appalling injuries he suffered and determined to revenge the death of his wife at the hands of the same men, he begins a quest to track down and kill each one of his tormentors. Dark, violent and graphic, this is an addictive thriller about how far one man will go to exact his own justice.
