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John Marsden

    27. září 1950

    Tento autor zkoumá vnitřní životy svých postav prostřednictvím poutavého stylu psaní. Jeho díla se často zabývají tématy dospívání a nalézání vlastního hlasu v komplikovaném světě. Prostřednictvím živého vyprávění dokáže zachytit nuance lidských vztahů a výzvy, kterým čelí mladí lidé.

    John Marsden
    While I Live (Ellie Chronicles)
    Dárce
    Burning for Revenge
    The Other Side of Dawn
    Napoleon'S Stolen Army
    The Dead of the Night
    • Sunk by a U-boat, Attacked by Kamikazes

      Memoirs of a War at Sea

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      The narrative follows Joseph Marsden's journey from a Liverpool dockworker to a Royal Navy sailor during World War II. After surviving a devastating air raid and losing family members, he volunteers for service on his eighteenth birthday. Marsden experiences intense action aboard HMS Woodpecker, which is eventually sunk. After a period of rest, he returns to sea on HMS Empress, participating in significant operations in the Far East and witnessing Kamikaze attacks. His story culminates with his transfer to HMS Zealous in post-war Germany, reflecting on the war's destruction.

      Sunk by a U-boat, Attacked by Kamikazes2024
    • Just three months after Napoleon had expelled the British from Spain in January 1809, a second expeditionary force, under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, set sail for Lisbon to re-establish a British presence on the Iberian Peninsula.

      The Tagus Campaign of 18092023
    • This is the story of how, in 1808, the Royal Navy used its dominance in the Baltic to rescue the Spanish Army of the Marques de La Romana.

      Napoleon'S Stolen Army2021
      4,0
    • Jutro

      kiedy zaczęła się wojna

      When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they're leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a less-than-tragic food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. But a week later, they return home to find their houses empty and their pets starving. Something has gone wrong--horribly wrong. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and the entire town has been captured--including their families and all their friends. Ellie and the other survivors face an impossible decision: They can flee for the mountains or surrender. Or they can fight.

      Jutro2011
    • The ultimate "get off your bum and do it" book, Everything I Know About Writing will motivate anyone to write. It's a lively funny guide to writing, as readable as a novel, but packed front to back with ideas and insights. And this new edition has one other great feature: 600 extraordinary topics, guaranteed to have you or your students writing before you know it. John Marsden is not just one of Australia's most successful writers of all time; he's also one of our best teachers of writing. Everything I Know About Writing is the most painless way into writing - ever.

      Everything I Know About Writing2010
      4,0
    • After the war ends, Ellie must care for her troublesome ward, Gavin, while fending off raiding parties and wishing to return to normal life.

      Circle of Flight2009
    • Even though the war is over and she is back on her family's farm, Ellie Linton is haunted by the memories and now must discover how to find the enemy within herself in order to move on with her life.

      While I Live (Ellie Chronicles)2008
      3,0
    • After the war, Ellie faces ongoing challenges as border clashes intensify and the Liberation Front grows bolder, all while trying to protect her troubled young ward, Gavin, from danger.

      Incurable (Ellie Chronicles)2008
      3,7
    • A year of war. A year of terror. And a year of loss. Twelve months have passed since the invasion. Ellie has lost friends, she has taken many lives and she is still as disgusted by violence as she is determined to stand up to the invaders. Now the friends find themselves back in their sanctuary of Hell, caring for a band of feral children whose lives have been destroyed by the war. Meanwhile, the conflict intensifies and the enemy draws closer...

      The Night is for Hunting2007
      4,2
    • Dárce

      • 208 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení

      Když mají lidé svobodu volby, vyberou si špatně. Dvanáctiletý Jonas žije ve světě, v němž neexistují války, zločiny, strach ani bolest. Všechno je dokonale organizované, nikdo si kvůli ničemu nemusí dělat starosti, dokonce i povolání dostane každý přiděleno. Jonas se má stát „příjemcem paměti“, uctívaným strážcem vzpomínek. Podrobuje se výcviku, při němž mu dosavadní příjemce paměti předává to, co nikdo jiný nesmí vědět ani cítit – vzpomínky a zkušenosti předchozích generací, dozvídá se o bolesti a utrpení, ale i o kráse, lásce a přátelství a začíná chápat, že jeho společenství žije v dostatku a bezpečí za cenu totální absence citů a možnosti volby. A s tímhle vědomím, s poznáním těchto hodnot už nedokáže žít jako dřív...

      Dárce2005
      4,2