In these eleven stories, Fitzgerald depicts the Roaring Twenties as he lived them. He masterfully blends accounts of flappers and the smart set with more fantastical visions of America, always imbuing his narratives with his trademark themes of money, class, ambition and love.
Jason Bourne má paměť úplně prázdnou. Jistě ví jedině to, že jeho kulkami proděravělé tělo bylo vyplaveno ze Středozemního moře a že je z neznámých důvodů objektem zájmu profesionálních zabijáků. Tváří v tvář smrti se vydává na zoufalý běh o život. Pomoci mu může pouze žena, která ho kdysi chtěla zradit. Jason Bourne je zkrátka muž bez minulosti a možná i bez budoucnosti.(DOMINO, 1999) [zdroj: http://knihy.abz.cz ]... celý text
[Penguin Readers Level 3]Lord Cutler Beckett thinks that pirates are very bad for business. He wants to take command of the oceans. The Pirate Lords, of course, have other ideas. But can they fight him and win--together? They need the help of Captain Jack Sparrow, but he and his ship are at the bottom of the ocean. Is this the end for the Pirates of the Caribbean?
A famous painting is going to the Grierson Gallery in LA and they want a top man to come to the United States. He can talk about the artist. The National Gallery in London send Mr Bean. But something is very wrong with Mr Bean! He's very, very strange. And dangerous! After he arrives, accidents start to happen.
Cesta kolem světa za osmdesát dní (1873, Le tour du monde en quatre–vingts jours) je dobrodružný román francouzského spisovatele Julesa Verna z jeho cyklu Podivuhodné cesty (Les Voyages extraordinaires). Díky napínavému ději a spádu vypravování se jedná o jednu z nejoblíbenějších Vernových knih. Do češtiny byl román přeložen již roku 1873 jako druhá Vernova kniha.
Fictionalized narrative of travels by Kerouac and his friend Neal Cassady under pseudonyms of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty.
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Classic / British English When a fisherman opens an old jar, a giant comes out. When a donkey opens its mouth, gold falls out. There is magic in these five fairy tales. Good people are often very unhappy -- but in the end they have happy lives.
"Martin Luther King had a dream. He wanted blacks and whites to live together happily. But in America in the 1950s and 1960s, all men were not equal. King led peaceful protests against the government and won changes for the blacks of America. But has King's dream really come true today?"--Back cover
Allie Fox hates the United States and he hates the twentieth century. He takes his wife and children to the jungle in Honduras to find a new, simpler way of living. But things go wrong, and their lives become much worse and more frightening than anything back home
Classic / British English Only the next king can pull the sword out of the stone. Many people try, but they cannot move the sword. Then young Arthur tries, but it comes out easily. Now he will be king. But will he be a good king? And will his life be happy?
