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Surfacing from the literary underground, Bukowski's wild and immortal stories have become cult favourites. This collection of anecdotal short stories demonstrates Bukowski's compelling semi-autobiographical style and his mastery of visceral language and the depiction of seamy underworlds. Focusing on themes that recur throughout his work, from Los Angeles and bar culture to alcoholism, gambling, sex and violence, these pieces also introduce unexpected elements of fantasy and surrealism.

Učebnice anglické gramatiky v kontextu vhodná i pro samouky. Macmillan English Grammar in Context je řada učebnic anglické gramatiky rozdělená podle jednotlivých gramtických jevů. Verze s klíčem je vhodná i pro samouky. Každá lekce obsahuje srozumitelné vysvětlení gramatiky a je doplněna mnoha cvičeními. Úvodní cvičení jsou řízená, kde student rozpoznává správnou variantu, případně jev procvičuje na izolovaných větách. Procvičování v kontextu V druhé části každé lekce jsou pak zařazena cvičení, kdy se gramtický jev procvičuje v souvislém kontextu článku, úryvku z tisku, případně dialogu. Právě použití gramtických jevů v kontextu umožní studentům daný jev zvládnout mnohem lépe než procvičování v izolovaných

Učebnice anglické gramatiky v kontextu vhodná i pro samouky. Macmillan English Grammar in Context je řada učebnic anglické gramatiky rozdělená podle jednotlivých gramtických jevů. Verze s klíčem je vhodná i pro samouky. Každá lekce obsahuje srozumitelné vysvětlení gramatiky a je doplněna mnoha cvičeními. Úvodní cvičení jsou řízená, kde student rozpoznává správnou variantu, případně jev procvičuje na izolovaných větách. Procvičování v kontextu V druhé části každé lekce jsou pak zařazena cvičení, kdy se gramtický jev procvičuje v souvislém kontextu článku, úryvku z tisku, případně dialogu. Právě použití gramtických jevů v kontextu umožní studentům daný jev zvládnout mnohem lépe než procvičování v izolovaných

Učebnice anglické gramatiky v kontextu vhodná i pro samouky. Macmillan English Grammar in Context je řada učebnic anglické gramatiky rozdělená podle jednotlivých gramtických jevů. Verze s klíčem je vhodná i pro samouky. Každá lekce obsahuje srozumitelné vysvětlení gramatiky a je doplněna mnoha cvičeními. Úvodní cvičení jsou řízená, kde student rozpoznává správnou variantu, případně jev procvičuje na izolovaných větách. Procvičování v kontextu V druhé části každé lekce jsou pak zařazena cvičení, kdy se gramtický jev procvičuje v souvislém kontextu článku, úryvku z tisku, případně dialogu. Právě použití gramtických jevů v kontextu umožní studentům daný jev zvládnout mnohem lépe než procvičování v izolovaných

Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success running a jazz bar. Then Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful, intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past, putting at risk all he has in the present.

With millions of copies sold worldwide, Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune books stand among the major achievements of the human imagination. The desert planet has begun to grow green and lush. The life-giving spice is abundant. The nine-year-old royal twins, possessing their father's supernormal powers, are being groomed as Messiahs. But there are those who think the Imperium does not need Messiahs...

Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her first husband and that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life. But when Roger is found stabbed to death it seems only Poirot can help.

Inspired by DH Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate, extreme and has attracted a cult following, while his life was as weird and wild as the tales he wrote. This collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark, dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that Bukowski inhabited. From prostitutes to classical music, Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture in his 'tales of ordinary madness'. These are angry yet tender, humorous and haunting portrayals of life in the underbelly of Los Angeles.

On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.

His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a right-wing politico, an ovine-obsessed professor and a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit, implicate them in a hunt for a sheep, that may or may not be running the world, and eth upshot is another singular masterpiece from Japan's finest novelist.

New York Times Toru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague and blameless life, spent cooking, reading, listening to jazz and opera and drinking beer at the kitchen table, are turned inside out, and he embarks on a bizarre journey, guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters, each with a tale to tell.