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Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour. Factotum follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling Post Office, his highly autobiographical first novel. Bukowski's Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing, his succession of menial jobs and his experience of low life urban America. He died in 1994 and is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years.

"You're the Best Bear in All the World" said Christopher Robin. "Am I?" said Pooh hopefully. Meet the world's favourite bear in this delightful collection, in which Pooh gets into a tight place, nearly catches a woozle, and discovers the wrong sort of honey - amongst other things.

One of the most magical and uplifting of shakespeare's plays, a midsummer night's dream is a celebration of love and all its joys.

Once known only by an elite who were unwilling to share their knowledge of the power, 'the secret' of obtaining anything you desire is now revealed by prominent physicists, authors and philosophers as being based in the universal Law of Attraction. And the good news is that anyone can access its power to bring themselves health, wealth and happiness. Fragments of The Secret have been found in oral traditions, literature, religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. A number of the exceptional people who discovered its power went on to become regarded as the greatest human beings who ever lived. Among them: Plato, Leonardo, Galileo and Einstein. Now 'the secret' is being shared with the world. Beautiful in its simplicity, and mind-dazzling in its ability to really work, The Secr

Whwn penniless Michael Rogers discovers the beautiful house at Gypsy's Acre and then meets the heiress Ellie, it seems that all his dreams have come true at once. But he ignores an old woman's warning of an ancient curse, and evil begins to stir in paradise.

As Michael soon learns: Gypsy's Acre is the place where fatal 'accidents' happen....

Podle příběhu Mary Shelley.
Došel k nádrži a naklonil se přes okraj. Byla tam jen hladká, klidná hladina vody. Myslí mu probíhlay zmatené myšlenky a chmurné pocity. Neuspěl, pravda, ale možná to tak bylo lepší. Povzdechl si a trochu se uklidnil. Pak se z vody vynořila obrovská ruka a chytila jej....
Když noční oblohu osvítí blesk, podaří se Victoru Frankensteinovi jeho poslední vědecký experiment - stvoření života. Tvor, kterého stvoří, je sice inteligentní a citlivý, ale tak odporný, že jej zavrhne jeho stvořitel i každý, s kým se setká. Osamělý, nešťastný netvor se brzy postaví proti Victorovi a jeho rodině, což má hrůzné důsledky.

Set against the background of Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, this novel tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land.

A magnificently bewildering achievement. Brilliantly conceived, bold in its surreal scope, sexy and driven by a snappy plot...Exuberant storytelling Independent on Sunday The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they’ve been acquainted through Eri, Mari’s beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return. Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client

Hercule Poirot has been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters. So, in the period before he retires, he makes up his mind to accept just 12 more cases - his self-imposed "labours".

A dictionary of synonyms
English level:

Upper-Intermediate to Advanced
B2 to C2

Description:
No two words are exactly the same. This is the learner's thesaurus that explains the difference.

Key features
* Over 17,000 synonyms and opposites from written and spoken English
* Over 4,000 notes to help learners identify the exact difference between near-synonyms
* CD-ROM with access to the complete Thesaurus and over 250 practice exercises
* 9-page Thesaurus Trainer to help you make the most of your Thesaurus
* 16 Study Pages focusing on topics and exam-style questions
* Illustrated Topic Maps with exercises to help build vocabulary
* A-Z Index and Topic Index make it easy to find any word in