Zbirka: Klasični romani (pred l. 1945)
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Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained(2008) MILTON, JOHNHe fixes upon God's beloved new creations, Adam and Eve, as the vehicles of his vengeance. In this dramatic and influential epic, Milton tells the story of the serpent and the apple, the fall of man and the exile from paradise in stunningly vivid and poweVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works(1992) BEHN, APHRAWhen Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors,Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Reprieve(2001) SARTRE, JEAN-PAULIt is September 1938 and during a heatwave, Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich conference, where they will learn if there is to be a war. In Paris, people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe, each wrestling with their owVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Reflections in a Golden Eye(2001) MCCULLERS, CARSONSet on a Southern army base in the 1930s, this novel tells the story of Captain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by the arrival of Major Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair with Penderton's tempestuous and flirtatious wife, Leonora.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Walter de la Mare, Short Stories 1895-1926(1996) MARE, WALTER DE LAA collection of short stories that starts with "Broomsticks and Other Tales of 1925", with its twelve stories, and continues with "The Lord Fish of 1933" with seven stories. The famous story called 'The Riddle' is also included as it is a story that appeaVezava: Trda30,83 € -
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(2011) VERNE, JULESAn adventure classic of deep-sea volcanoes, giant squid and the renegade scientist Captain Nemo. Professor Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down and destroy a menacing sea monster. However, he discovers that the beast is metal - it is a giant suVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
House of Ulloa(2013) BAZAN, EMILIA PARDO,O'PREY, PAULFollows pure and pious Father Julian Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of the marquis, an irresponsible libertine, in order. When he discovers moral decadence, cruelty and corruption at his new home, Julian's well-meaningVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Lady in the Lake and Other Novels(2001) CHANDLER, RAYMONDAn omnibus comprising Raymond Chandler's three Philip Marlowe novels, THE LADY IN THE LAKE, THE HIGH WINDOW and THE LITTLE SISTER.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Complete Short Stories(2000) SAKIIncludes stories that are humorous, satiric, supernatural, and macabre, highly individual, and full of eccentric unconventional situations.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Landfall(2009) SHUTE, NEVILJerry Chambers, a fresh-faced young pilot, mistakenly sinks a British submarine. He is reprimanded and sent to a remote posting to test an experimental new bomb, a dangerous mission far away from the girl he loves. While Jerry risks his life, his sweetheaVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
In the Wet(2009) SHUTE, NEVILIt is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an advenVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Far Country(2009) SHUTE, NEVILA young English woman leaves her ageing parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl, a doctor and Czech refugee. Brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate,Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Most Secret(2009) SHUTE, NEVILIn their trusty fishing boat Genevieve, armed with a flame thrower and limited ammunition, a small group of officers and men take a stand against the might of the German army after the fall of France in World War II.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
No Highway(2009) SHUTE, NEVILTheodore Honey is a shy, inconspicous aircraft engineer whose eccentric interests in quantum mechanics and spiritualism are frowned upon in aviation circles. But when a passenger plane crashes in unexplained circumstances, Honey must convince his superiorVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Old Captivity(2009) SHUTE, NEVILYoung pilot Donald Ross has little in common with the Oxford don who has employed him on an expedition to the Arctic - and still less with his beautiful but stubborn daughter, Alix.But once the three of them reach the treacherous shores of Greenland theirVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Alms For Oblivion Volume II(2012) RAVEN, SIMONDeals with the English upper-class misbehaving that is set against a backdrop of intrigue in Athens, radicalism in Cambridge, turmoil in India and movie-making in Corfu. This volume includes: "The Judas Boy", "Places Where they Sing", "Sound the Retreat",Vezava: Mehka21,02 €
