Pier Francesco Paolini Knihy

Siedmy román amerického spisovateľa Johna Irvinga, ktorý sa stal súčasťou literárneho kánonu vďaka dielam ako Zásady muštárne alebo Svet podľa Garpa. Modlitba za Owena Meanyho rozpráva príbeh o zvláštne nadanom chlapcovi, neskôr mladom mužovi, ktorý je síce malý vzrastom, no veľký duchom, a ktorý svojimi životnými postojmi priam magicky ovplyvňuje životy ľudí okolo seba. Prostredníctvom tejto románovej postavy John Irving vyslovuje okrem hlbokých životných právd aj svoje názory na niektoré historické udalosti a históriu ľudstva.

Ďaleká cesta za domovom patrí medzi okúzľujúce klasiky detskej literatúry. Richard Adams napísal nielen fenomenálny celosvetový bestseller, ale aj jednu z najobľúbenejších kníh posledných desaťročí. Malebný anglický vidiek v okolí panstva Berkshire bol kedysi najlepším miestom na život. V tomto príbehu o dobrodružstve, odvahe a ceste za prežitím sleduje čitateľ životné osudy malých hrdinov na úteku pred ničivou spúšťou, ktorú má na svedomí ľudská chamtivosť. Vedení dvomi odvážnymi bratmi putujú hrdinovia v ústrety lepšiemu životu. Cestou sa však musia vystríhať predátorov i nepriateľov, ktorí im neraz skrížia cestu do nového, tajomného a zasľúbeného domova.

Transformed by Don Juan from a bent, gray-haired old woman into a sensual sorceress whose mission is to test Castaneda, Dona Soledad turns her mysterious and awesome powers against Castaneda in a struggle that nearly consumes him.

Un viaggio senza tempo nel magico scenario della verde Irlanda. Una storia fantastica in cui rivive la tradizione dell'antica mitologia celtica. Un capolavoro della narrativa fantastica.

Čajka Jonathan Livingston je dojímavý príbeh o morskej čajke, ktorá spoznala, že nie je len vtákom z kostí a peria, ale dokonalou ideou slobody, ktorú nič neobmedzuje. Čajka Jonathan Livingston sa stala kultovou knihou našej doby.

"Una straordinaria meditazione sulla morte e un'amara riflessione sulla perdita di tradizioni e valori antichissimi, nel racconto di un grande rappresentante della letteratura contemporanea." [dalla pagina web di Bompiani]

In this book, a team of leading scholars in the fields of Medieval Literature and History explore the origins of European ethnic groups which subsequently developed into the nations of Modern Europe. Evidence for the existence of ethnic consciousness, which was later to form the basis of nation states, is examined for leading European peoples. The reconstruction and invention of the past by medieval writers in search of ethnic origins for their own particular political or tribal groups is also studied from a literary and historical point of view. For many historians, nationalism is seen as a nineteenth-century invention. The contributors in this book show that ethnic awareness and national identities for all the leading states of Europe have their origins firmly embedded in the medieval past. The book covers the British Isles as well as Continental Europe, for strong national divisions have survived within Britain to the present day in spite of its location for several centuries at the heart of the British Empire.

It is the third summer of Perestroika. Barley Blair, London publisher, receives a smuggled document from Moscow. It contains technical information of overwhelming importance. But is it genuine? Is the author genuine? A plant? A madman?

In 1941, Henry Miller, the author of Tropic of Cancer, was commissioned by a Los Angeles bookseller to write an erotic novel for a dollar a page. Under the Roofs of Paris (originally published as Opus Pistorum) is that book. Here one finds Miller’s characteristic candor, wit, self-mockery, and celebration of the good life. From Marcelle to Tania, to Alexandra, to Anna, and from the Left Bank to Pigalle, Miller sweeps us up in his odyssey in search of the perfect job, the perfect woman, and the perfect experience.