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Contemporary / British EnglishThis is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia’s fiancé is fighting the Italian army…Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is now a film, starring Nicolas Cage.

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Contemporary / British EnglishThis is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia’s fiancé is fighting the Italian army…Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is now a film, starring Nicolas Cage.This

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Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future.A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's MandolinQ wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he's looking for somewhere to ride out what's ahead.He buys a ruined farmhouse in Cornwall and begins to build his own self-sufficient haven. Over the course of this quest he meets the eccentric characters who already live on the moors nearby - including the park ranger in charge of the reintroduced lynxes and aurochs that roam the area; a holy man waiting for the second coming on top of a nearby hill; an Arthurian knight on horseback and the amorous ghost of an Edwardian woman who haunts the farmhouse.As life in the cities gets more complicated, and our systems of electronic control begin to fall apart, Q flourishes in the wild Cornish countryside. His new way of life brings him back in tune with his teenage children, his ex-wife, and his own sense of who he is. He also grows close to Eva, energetic and enchanting, who is committed to her own quest for love and meaning.In this entertaining and heart-warming novel Louis de Bernieres pokes fun at modern mores, and makes us reconsider what is really precious in our short and precarious lives.

Objev podobné jako Light Over Liskeard - Louis de Berniéres

Po první světové válce se Rosie a Daniel stěhují se svou dcerkou na Cejlon, aby začali nový život, ovšem ani v tropickém ráji uprostřed čajových plantáží jim není souzeno najít štěstí. Také Rosiiným třem sestrám, které zůstaly doma v Anglií, stojí v cestě za jejich sny mnoho překážek, které každá zdolává po svém – a leckdy poněkud nekonvenčně. Ovšem události v Německu nabírají rychlý spád a další celosvětový konflikt je na spadnutí.

Objev podobné jako Zbývá ještě tolik života - Louis de Berniéres

Chris is bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. In his forties, he's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of London, a stranger to himself on the night he invites a hooker into his car.Roza is Yugoslavian, recently moved to London, the daughter of one of Tito's partisans. She's in her twenties, but has already lived a life filled with danger, misadventure, romance, and tragedy. And though she's not a hooker, when she's propositioned by Chris, she gets into his car anyway.Over the next few months Roza tells Chris the stories of her past. She's a fast-talking Scheherazade, saving her own life by telling it to Chris. And he takes in her tales as if they were oxygen in an otherwise airless world. But is Roza telling the truth? Does Chris hear the stories through the filter of his own need? Does it even matter?This deeply moving novel of their unlikely love - narrated in the moment and through recollection, each of their voices deftly realised - is also a brilliantly subtle commentary on storytelling: its seductions and powers, and its ultimately unavoidable dangers.

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Louis de Bernieres is the master of historical fiction which makes you both laugh and cry. This book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War.Daniel Pitt has seen a lot of action. He was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second. Now the conflicts he faces are closer to home.Daniel and Rosie's marriage has fractured beyond repair and Daniel's relationship with their son, Bertie, has been a failure since Bertie was a small boy. But after his brother Archie's death, Daniel is keen for new perspectives. He first travels to Peshawar to bury Archie in the place he loved best, and then finds himself in Canada, avoiding his family and friends back in England. But some bonds are hard to break. Daniel and Bertie's different experiences of war, although devastating, also bring with them the opportunity for the two to reconnect. If only they can find a way to move on from the past.Louis de Bernieres' new novel is a moving account of an extraordinary life in extraordinary times. Daniel is a flawed but captivating hero, and this coming-of-old-age story illuminates both the effect of two World Wars on a generation and the irrepressible spirit and love that can connect families despite great obstacles.

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Louis de Berni?res je autorom slávneho románu Mandolína kapitána Corelliho. V roku 1993 ho Granta Magazine označil za jedného z dvadsiatich najlepších britských autorov. Sestry McCoshové vyrastajú počas krátkych šťastných rokov eduardovskej éry v priam idylickom vidieckom prostredí južne od Londýna. Pozemok ich rodičov z jednej strany susedí s Pendennisovcami, prisťahovalcami z amerického Baltimoru, ktorých traja synovia podávajú pri raňajkách otcovi ruku a oslovujú ho pane, a s Pittovcami, z ich chlapcov Daniela a Archieho vyrastajú odvážni dobrodruhovia. V detstve tvoria títo mladí ľudia nerozlučnú partiu. Časy bezstarostného kamarátstva však ukončí prvá svetová vojna, ktorá nemilosrdne zasiahne do života každého z nich.

Objev podobné jako Prach, čo padá zo snov - Louis de Berniéres

De Bernieres is a singular, cherishable voice' Mail on Sunday From the master of historical fiction, this book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War. Some bonds are hard to break... Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second. Now the conflicts he faces are closer to home. Daniel's marriage has fractured beyond repair and Daniel's relationship with his son, Bertie, has been a failure since Bertie was a small boy. But after his brother Archie's death, Daniel is keen for new perspectives. He first travels to Peshawar to bury Archie in the place he loved best, and then finds himself in Canada, avoiding his family and friends back in England. Daniel and Bertie's different experiences of war, although devastating, also bring with them the opportunity for the two to reconnect. If only they can find a way to move on from the past...

Objev podobné jako The Autumn of the Ace - Louis de Berniéres

Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their little daughter to start a new life at the dawn of the 1920s, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle a marriage that gets colder every day. However, even in the lush plantation hills it is hard for them to escape the ties of home and the yearning for fulfilment that threatens their marriage. Back in England, Rosie's three sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches for family, purpose and happiness. These are precarious times, and they find themselves using unconventional means to achieve their desires. Around them the world is changing, and when Daniel finds himself in Germany he witnesses events taking a dark and forbidding turn. By turns humorous and tragic, gripping and touching, So Much Life Left Over follows a cast of unique and captivating characters as they navigate the extraordinary interwar years both in England and abroad.

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Dionisio Vivo, a South American lecturer in philosophy, is puzzled by the hideously mutilated corpses that keep turning up outside his front door. To his friend, Ramon, one of the few honest policemen in town, the message is all too clear: Dionisio's letters to the press, exposing the drug barons, must stop; and although Dionisio manages to escape the hit-men sent to get him, he soon realises that others are more vulnerable, and his love for them leads him to take a colossal revenge.

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eBook: Po první světové válce se Rosie a Daniel stěhují se svou dcerkou na Cejlon, aby začali nový život, ovšem ani v tropickém ráji uprostřed čajových plantáží jim není souzeno najít štěstí. Také Rosiiným třem sestrám, které zůstaly doma v Anglií, stojí v cestě za jejich sny mnoho překážek, které každá zdolává po svém – a leckdy poněkud nekonvenčně. Ovšem události v Německu nabírají rychlý spád a další celosvětový konflikt je na spadnutí. Britský autor Louis de Bernieres (* 1954) je českému čtenáři známý hlavně díky knize Mandolína kapitána Corelliho, která se dočkala i filmového zpracování. Jeho román Zbývá ještě tolik života, volně navazující na Prach, který se snáší ze snů, se tentokrát vrací do meziválečných let a k následujícímu světovému konflikt. Bernieres v něm nezůstává nic dlužen své pověsti mimořádného vypravěče a opět rozvíjí silný příběh, jehož postavy nevyhnutelně čeká další tragické období… Z angličtiny přeložil Viktor Janiš.

Objev podobné jako Zbývá ještě tolik života - Louis de Berniéres - e-kniha

Classic / British EnglishJim Hawkins and his parents have a quiet inn by the sea. Then one day, an old sailor arrives at the inn. What is he afraid of? Dangerous men come to the inn. Jim’s quiet life changes, and he goes across the sea by ship to Treasure Island. Book and MP3 pack.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 2: Treasure Island Bk/MP3 Pack - Robert Louis Stevenson

Classic / British EnglishThe Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it. Rachel Verinder’s uncle gives her the diamond as a birthday present, but that same night it is stolen… The Moonstone is now seen as the first, and one of the best, English detective novels.

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Visiting the fashionable city of Bath, 17-year-old Catherine Morland looks for the excitement she finds in romantic fiction. She makes friends and falls in love. But when she is invited to Northanger Abbey, she experiences desperate unhappiness. What is real, and what is the product of her wild imagination?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: Northanger Abbey - Jane Austenová

At a small-town carnival, two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed "Jason Bourne." Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand that the telegrams are really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos, known also as the Jackal, the world's deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And furthermore, they know what the Jackal wants: a final confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, husband, and father, must do what he hoped never to do again--assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically omnipotent Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure the cunning Jackal into a deadly trap--a trap from which only one of them will escape.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: The Bourne Ultimatum - Robert Ludlum

Classic / British EnglishLife changes completely for Margaret Hale and her parents when they move to a smoky northern city. There, Margaret meets Mr Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislikes him immediately. But the mill owner falls passionately in love with her. Then his workers strike. Against a background of industrial drama and personal tragedy, is there any hope for Mr Thornton’s dream?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskellová

Contemporary / American English Pynex, a tobacco company, could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in a big court case. The jury is being watched. One of the jurors is working with a mysterious woman outside the court. Both sides will do anything to win.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: The Runaway Jury - John Grisham

Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll? Who is the evil little man? And why does he seem to have power over the doctor? After a terrible murder, everyone is looking for Mr Hyde. But he has disappeared. Or has he?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 3: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Bk/MP3 Pack - Robert Louis Stevenson

Contemporary / British EnglishIt is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. He is a Japanese American living on the island of San Piedro, off the north-west coast of America. The Second World War has left an atmosphere of anger and suspicion in this small community. Will Kabuo receive a fair trial? And will the true cause of the victim’s death be discovered?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson

Classic / British EnglishEmma Bovary is a dreamer. She escapes from her boring life with her father by marrying Charles, a doctor, but married life does not bring her the love and excitement she expected. She looks for love outside her marriage, and one of literature’s great tragedies begins to unfold.This Pack contains a Book and MP3

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: Madame Bovary/MP3 Pack - Gustave Flaubert

Clay Carter has worked in the Office of the Public Defender for years for low pay when he defends another murderer. But things are not what they seem. This is his opportunity to make money and a reputation, as he battles with large pharmaceutical companies. Will he become the King of Torts?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: The King of Torts - John Grisham

Classic / British EnglishDr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house – and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 5: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson

Classic / British EnglishJean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jean’s life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his life helping people, like himself, who have been victims of poverty and social injustice – ‘les misérables’.This Pack contains a Book and MP3

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: Les Miserables Bk/MP3 Pack - Victor Hugo

Contemporary / British English‘Close your eyes … imagine idyllic white sands and coral gardens.’Richard arrives in Thailand. He hears about ‘the beach’, a secret island. It is paradise on earth. He goes there, but paradise soon turns into hell…

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: The Beach Bk/MP3 Pack - Alex Garland

'Penguin Readers' are edited into simplified text together with audio CD recordings containing the full simplified text. They are ideal for all English language students.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: Northanger Abbey Bk/MP3 Pack - Jane Austenová

Contemporary / American EnglishThe horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you.Seventy-year-old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi’s death row. Sam hates lawyers but his date with the gas chamber is close, and time is running out. Then Adam Hall, a young lawyer arrives. Can he and his secret persuade Sam to accept his help?This

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: The Chamber Bk/MP3 Pack - John Grisham

Classic / British EnglishLife changes completely for Margaret Hale and her parents when they move to a smoky northern city. There, Margaret meets Mr Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislikes him immediately. But the mill owner falls passionately in love with her. Then his workers strike. Against a background of industrial drama and personal tragedy, is there any hope for Mr Thornton’s dream?This Pack contains a Book and MP3

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: North and South Bk/MP3 Pack - Elizabeth Gaskellová

Contemporary / American EnglishToday Maya Angelou is one of the world’s most respected writers and poets. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a poor Black girl growing up in the segregated American South. She suffered prejudice and cruelty from people she trusted as well as at the hands of an unjust society. Above all, Maya learned about the power of love and hope. This is Maya’s true story.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: I know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou

Clay Carter has worked in the Office of the Public Defender for years for low pay when he defends another murderer. But things are not what they seem. This is his opportunity to make money and a reputation, as he battles with large pharmaceutical companies. Will he become the King of Torts?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: The King of Torts Bk/MP3 Pack - John Grisham

Classic / British EnglishDr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house – and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 5: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Bk/MP3 Pack - Robert Louis Stevenson

Contemporary / British English Roald Dahl is the master of the unexpected. Things are not always what they seem and nobody should be trusted. In this collection of his short stories we learn some strange lessons about the dangerous world we live in. But you will have to wait until the final pages of each story to discover the last, terrible twist! This Pack contains a Book and MP3

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 6: Man from the South and Other Stories Bk/MP3 Pack - Roald Dahl

Original / American EnglishMahatma Gandhi died in 1948, but his name is famous around the world. He fought for change in South Africa and then at home in India. But he lived a simple life and he protested without violence. People watched him and they loved him. Many follow his ideas today.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 2: Gandhi - Jane Rollason

Contemporary / American English Detective Somerset has seven days before he can retire from work and escape from the city. Detective Mills is starting his first week on the job. This story is about seven days and seven shocking murders. The serial killer has one thing on his mind -- seven deadly sins.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 4: Seven - Bruno Anthony

eBook: Jako svatému Pavlovi pád z koně, svatému Ignáci rázem změnila život rána z děla. Co by se stalo, kdyby se Ignác s dělostřelcem, který ránu vystřelil, setkal? Louis de Wohl ve fiktivním příběhu, jak Ignác změní život tomu, kdo ho zranil, populárním způsobem pro mládež i dospělé představuje Ignácův Vlastní životopis.

Objev podobné jako Zlatá nit - Louis de Wohl - e-kniha

eBook: V románovém životopise Františka Xaverského pro mládež i dospělé autor plasticky přibližuje nejen reálie světcovy doby (Portugalsko čestných křesťanů i křesťanských farizeů; místní náboženství s dušemi zkorumpovanými i dušemi žíznícími po živém Bohu; nesnáze, které v plnosti mohl František přemostit až mysticky v Božím Srdci), ale zejména osobnost Františka, který zakotven v Bohu se stal milovaným přítelem těch, ke kterým byl poslán.

Objev podobné jako Zapal svět - Louis de Wohl - e-kniha

Contemporary / British EnglishMr Ross wants to teach his history class about Hitler and the Nazis. He starts a class team. He calls it The Wave. His students love it. Other students want to be in it. But some people don’t like it. And then it starts to feel dangerous. Can anybody stop it?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 2: The Wave - Rhue Morton

Classic / British EnglishThere are three exciting short stories in this book. They are all about … fear! Three people are in dangerous places. What can they do? Will anybody help them?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 2: Simply Suspense - Stockton Frank

Racing was a men's sport - and then came the women. Danica Patrick is from the United States. Mika Duno is Venezuelan. Laleh Seddigh is from Iran. They race with men and they are winners. Read their stories.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 1: Speed Queens - Rod Smith

Original / British EnglishNorma is always right. But has she got the right train tickets?What happens when Mrs Roberts has coffee with Mrs Price? And is David ready for his wedding? The answers are in these six sketches.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 1: Six Sketches - Leslie Dunkling

Contemporary / British EnglishWhy did a man with one arm go into Dr Richard Kimble’s house and murder his wife? The police think Kimble did it. Kimble is wrongly put in prison but escapes. He wants one thing – to find the killer. Detective G

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 3: The Fugitive - J.M. Dillard

Original / British English The year was 1963, and Beatlemania was only just beginning. Soon the Beatles had fans all around the world. For the rest of the 1960s their music led the way and they changed modern music forever. This book tells the story of the greatest band in the world from the early days in Liverpool to the Beatles' music in the world today.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 3: The Beatles - Paul Shipton

Contemporary / British EnglishMark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secret. He knows where a body is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous that its better not to tell. But its just as dangerous if you dont. So Mark needs help fast... because there isnt much time.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 4: The Client - John Grisham

Original / British EnglishA mysterious stranger has come to the island where Costas lives. Why is the man there, and why is he looking at Eagle’s Rock? Costas wants to be the first person to climb the dangerous rock. But will the stranger climb it first?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 3: The Climb - John Escott

Contemporary / American EnglishThree former judges are in prison. They call themselves the Brethren and organize a pen-pal scam. The money is pouring in. But then the Brethren contact the wrong pen-pal — a powerful man with dangerous friends.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 5: The Brethren - John Grisham

Original / American EnglishEvery year, millions of tourists visit New Yorkthe most exciting city in the world. Read about its history, its sights and its people. What makes New York the city that never sleeps?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 3: New York - Vicky Shipton

Contemporary / British EnglishIt is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on the ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US. Must they return to their ‘owners’, or are they free people?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 3: Amistad - Barnes Joyce Annette

Contemporary / American English When Frank McCourt becomes a teacher in New York, he finds himself standing in front of bored, confused, angry students. Will he fail as a teacher? Or can he use his miserable Irish childhood to help his students? This is the true story of one man's surprising, upsetting, but sometimes very funny experiences in the classroom.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 4: Teacher Man - Frank McCourt

Miranda Hilliard does not live with her husband, Daniel. He wants to see the children more often, but they live with Miranda. One day Madame Doubtfire comes to work for Miranda and help with the children. But Madame Doubtfire seems strange, more like a man than a woman ...

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 3: Madame Doubtfire - Fine Anne

Original / American EnglishIn the 1930s Grey Owl was the most famous North American Indian in the world. He wanted to save his land, its forests and animals. He wanted to change the world. He also had a very strange secret. This book tells his true story.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 3: Grey Owl - Vicky Shipton

Classic / British EnglishAfter the death of his beautiful wife Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall. But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the new marriage?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 5: Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier