Five classic american novels

Five Classic American Novels

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Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s

A riveting collection of five of the most famous crime novels of the 1920s, presenting anew some of the most admired authors of the era-with insightfu

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American Psycho

I like to dissect girls. Did you know I’m utterly insane?Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, charm, a job on Wall Street, and reservations at every new restaurant in town. He is also a psychopath. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . .With an introduction by Irvine W...

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Sherlock Holmes the Novels Leather edition - Arthur Conan Doyle

<p>All four legendary Sherlock Holmes novels, collected in a unique Graphic Deluxe Edition with an introduction by Michael Dirda Though endlessly reinterpreted, reinvented, and imitated, the Sherlock Holmes stories have never been surpassed. Sporting his signature billowing coat and pipe in hand, the genius investigator Holmes captivates readers with his alluring ...

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American Modernist Fiction

This book addresses five American Modernist novels in light of Lacanian psychoanalytic theory. Deploying his own innovative form of literary analysis,

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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume 1 - Arthur Conan Doyle

Anotace: Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero--a truly complete collection of Sherlock Hol...

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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume 1 - Arthur Conan Doyle

<p>Sherlock Holmes The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I Since his first appearance in "Beeton's Christmas Annual" in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle's classic...

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American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

<p>Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho is one of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time. A multi-million-copy bestseller hailed as a modern classic, it is a violent and outrageous black comedy about the darkest side of human nature.With an introduction by Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insa...

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Slaughterhouse-Five Or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death (0099800209)

Kniha - autor Kurt Vonnegut, 158 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Kurt Vonnegut, 158 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná One of the best anti-war novels ever written, this classic blends the horrific experience of WWII with science fiction. 'Unique' Doris Lessing

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The Classic H. G. Wells Collection - Herbert George Wells

Anotace: This handsome box set brings together the most celebrated works of H.G. Wells, presented in five paperback volumes with striking contemporary cover designs. H.G. Wells was a pioneer of the science fiction genre and a man of boundless imagination. Whether describing marvelous new technologies, the vagaries of space flight or the risks of scientific development, ...

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I Capture the Castle: A special edition of the coming-of-age classic - Dodie Smith

<p>Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and impoverished family in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere.Her journal records her life with her beautiful, bored sister, Rose, her fading glamorous stepmother, Topaz, her little brother Thomas, and her eccentric novelist father who suffers from a financially crippling writer's block.However, all their lives ...

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The Jane Austen Collection

Five of the celebrated classic author's novels, with bonus material

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The Classic H. G. Wells Collection: 5-Book paperback boxed set - Herbert George Wells

<p>This handsome box set brings together the most celebrated works of H.G. Wells, presented in five paperback volumes with striking contemporary cover designs. H.G. Wells was a pioneer of the science fiction genre and a man of boundless imagination. Whether describing marvelous new technologies, the vagaries of space flight or the risks of scientific development, h...

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Beloved: A special edition of the award-winning classic - Toni Morrison

<p>A beautiful hardback edition of the Pulitzer-prize winning novel, from the great Toni Morrison.Sethe is now miles away from Sweet Home - the farm where she was kept as a slave for many years. Unable to forget the unspeakable horrors that took place there, Sethe is haunted by the violent spectre of her dead child, the daughter who died nameless and whose tombstone...

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Puppy Express

A classic American road-trip . . . with twenty-five rescue dogs.

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Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the t

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Call of the Wild and White Fang

The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels by Jack London depicting the evolution of two dogs in the

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Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the t

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God Bless You, Mr Rosewater

With the satirical eye of his science fiction author alter ego Kilgore Trout, the author of Slaughterhouse-Five delivers a classic of modern American

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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century.

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The Literary Legacy of Child Sexual Abuse Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book examines the representation of child sexual abuse in five American novels written from 1850 to the present. The introduction explains what literature and literary criticism bring to persistent questions that arise when children are sexually abused. Each chapter is guided by a difficult question that has arisen from real-life situations of child sexual abuse. Leg...

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Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 5:: The Great Gatsby audio CD pack

Gatsby's mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the wealthy, and the famous drive out from New York to drink Gatsby's champagne and to party all night long. But Jay Gatsby, the owner of all this wealth, wants only one thing - to find again the woman of his dreams, the woman he has held in his heart and his memory for five long years. The Great Gatsby...

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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (0345453743)

Kniha - autor Douglas Adams, 832 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Douglas Adams, 832 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Now in paperback in one complete volume, this ultimate guide collects the five classic novels from Adams's beloved Hitchhiker series.

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Effective Reading Student's book

In order to read effectively in English, advanced learners need to develop a range of skills. Effective Reading provides a wide variety of interesting, up-to-date reading material with challenging and motivating exercises which develop the relevant skills. All the texts are authentic and come from many different sources including contemporary British and American novels, ...

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Macmillan Readers Anna and the Fighter Beginner Pack

This is a Beginner Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Interme...

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The Razor´s Edge - William Somerset Maugham

<p>Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The most ambitious of Maugham's novels, this is...

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Level 3: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Book and MP3 Pack - Poe Edgar Allan

Anotace: Classic / American English There are five stories in this book. `The Fall of the House of Usher` and `The Barrel of Amontillado` are stories of madness; `The Maelstrom` describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in `The Murders of the Rue Morgue` and `The Stolen Letter` meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe`s famous Parisian detective. This Pack contains a Bo...

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PER | Level 3: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Bk/MP3 Pack - Edgar Allan Poe

<p>Classic / American English There are five stories in this book. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Barrel of Amontillado' are stories of madness; 'The Maelstrom' describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in 'The Murders of the Rue Morgue' and 'The Stolen Letter' meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's famous Parisian detective. This Pack contains a Boo...

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Level 3: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Book and MP3 Pack

Classic / American English There are five stories in this book. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and 'The Barrel of Amontillado' are stories of madness; 'The Maelstrom' describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in 'The Murders of the Rue Morgue' and 'The Stolen Letter' meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's famous Parisian detective. This Pack contains a Book and MP3

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The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald Francis Scott

Anotace: Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald`s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the `Jazz Age`.Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick`s cousin...

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Oxford Bookworms Library New Edition 5 the Great Gatsby - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Published 2012.Upper Intermediate CEF level B2 - 1,800 HeadwordsOxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience.Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills.Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - ver...

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Great Gatsby and Other Stories

Love, ambition, and wealth take center stage in this collection of classic stories from the Jazz Age. Often described as the "Great American Novel," F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the quintessential story of love, ambition, and wealth in the Roaring Twenties. In the Long Island village of West Egg, the rich and mysterious Jay Gatsby pursues the now-married Dai...

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Tender Is the Night - Fitzgerald Francis Scott

Anotace: F. Scott Fitzgerald`s last completed novel, Tender is the Night is edited by Arnold Goldman with an introduction and notes by Richard Godden in Penguin Modern Classics.Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife ...

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Tender Is the Night - Francis Scott Fitzgerald

<p>F. Scott Fitzgerald's last completed novel, Tender is the Night is edited by Arnold Goldman with an introduction and notes by Richard Godden in Penguin Modern Classics.Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife N...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1. vydání - Arthur Conan Doyle

<p>Having firmly established the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was retained by The Strand Magazine to contribute a series of twelve short stories, which began with 'A Scandal in Bohemia' in 1891 and were published monthly for the next year. The stories, in which the maste...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Having firmly established the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was retained by The Strand Magazine to contribute a series of twelve short stories, which began with A Scandal in Bohemia in 1891 and were published monthly for the next year. The stories, in which the master sleuth re...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Doyle Arthur Conan

Anotace: Having firmly established the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was retained by The Strand Magazine to contribute a series of twelve short stories, which began with `A Scandal in Bohemia` in 1891 and were published monthly for the next year. The stories, in which the mast...

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1. vydání - Mark Twain

<p>The Penguin English Library Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain'I'm unfavorable to killin' a man as long as you can git around it; it ain't good sense, it ain't good morals. Ain't I right?'The original Great American Novel, an incomparable adventure story and a classic of anarchic humour, Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn and Jim t...

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The Great Gatsby, 1. vydání - Francis Scott Fitzgerald

<p>Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the 'Jazz Age'. Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Ni...

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A Game of Thrones 1-5 Boxed Set. TV Tie-In: Song of Ice and Fire Series (0345535529)

Kniha - autor George R.R. Martin, 5216 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná All five novels in the epic fantasy series that inspired HBO's Game of Thrones are together in one boxed setAn immersive entertainment experience unlike any other, A Song of Ice and Fire has earned George R. R. Martin--dubbed "the American Tolkien" by Time magazine--international acclaim...

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The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction - Gaiman Neil

Anotace: `This collection is [like] the Beatles` "White Album": massive in size and scope, with individually brilliant pieces presented together because the only context they need is how good they are` MARLON JAMESA captivating collection of fiction from one of the world`s most beloved writers, introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author, Marlon James.With ...

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Foundation

The first novel in Isaac Asimov s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation seriesTHE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION Nominated as one of America s best-loved novels by PBS s The Great American Read For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science...

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The Overstory : Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 - Powers Richard

Anotace: The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond: An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same d...

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The Overstory : Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 - Richard Powers

<p>The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond: An Air Force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same do...

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A People's History of the United States

With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book's thirty-five year history and demonstrates once again why it is a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronic...

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The Great Gatsby and Other Stories - Fitzgerald Francis Scott

Anotace: Love, ambition, and wealth take center stage in this collection of classic stories from the Jazz Age.Often described as the "Great American Novel," F. Scott Fitzgerald`s The Great Gatsby is the quintessential story of love, ambition, and wealth in the Roaring Twenties. In the Long Island village of West Egg, the rich and mysterious Jay Gatsby pursues the now-mar...

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The Great Gatsby and Other Stories - Francis Scott Fitzgerald

<p>Love, ambition, and wealth take center stage in this collection of classic stories from the Jazz Age. Often described as the "Great American Novel," F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the quintessential story of love, ambition, and wealth in the Roaring Twenties. In the Long Island village of West Egg, the rich and mysterious Jay Gatsby pursues ...

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Monkey King: Journey to the West - Wu Čcheng-en

<p>One of the world's greatest fantasy novels and a rollicking classic of Chinese literature, in a sparkling new translation and published in a Clothbound Classics edition. A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of the most memorable superheroes in world literature. High-spirited and omni-talented, he can transform himsel...

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A Cuban Girl´s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow - Laura Taylor Namey

<p>Love isn't always part of the plan . . . the perfect summer romance, soon to be a movie starring Heartstopper's Kit Connor and Pretty Little Liars' Maia Reficco! For Lila Reyes, a summer in England hadn't been on the cards. Certainly not one stuck in the small town of Winchester with a lack of sun and zero Miami flavour. But when Lila meets Orion Maxwell in th...

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On The Road, 1. vydání - Jack Kerouac

<p>Five decades after it was first published, Jack Kerouac's seminal Beat novel On the Road finally finds its way to the big screen, in a production from award-winning director Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) starring Sam Riley (Control, Brighton Rock), Garret Hedlund (Friday Night Lights), Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen....

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A Time for Mercy - John Grisham

Anotace: Jake Brigance, the protagonist of John Grisham's classic legal thriller, A Time to Kill, is back. This time he's at the epicenter of a sensational murder trial that bitterly divides the citizens of Clanton, Mississippi. John Grisham's A Time to Kill is one of the most popular novels of our time. It established Jake as a classic American hero-a lawyer who sough...

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Everything for You: Bergman Brothers 5 - Liese Chloe

Anotace: Gear up for an all-the-feels, steamy slow-burn in this enemies-to-lovers sports romance about fighting for love when life's taught you it's a losing game. Gavin We've been teammates for two years, but it feels like a lifetime that Oliver Bergman's been on my last nerve. A demanding captain and veteran player, I'm feared and friendless,...

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A Cuban Girl´s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow - Namey Laura Taylor

Anotace: Love isn't always part of the plan . . . the perfect summer romance, soon to be a movie starring Heartstopper's Kit Connor and Pretty Little Liars' Maia Reficco! For Lila Reyes, a summer in England hadn't been on the cards. Certainly not one stuck in the small town of Winchester with a lack of sun and zero Miami flavour. But when Lila meet...

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Everything for You: Bergman Brothers 5 - Chloe Liese

<p>Gear up for an all-the-feels, steamy slow-burn in this enemies-to-lovers sports romance about fighting for love when life's taught you it's a losing game. Gavin We've been teammates for two years, but it feels like a lifetime that Oliver Bergman's been on my last nerve. A demanding captain and veteran player, I'm feared and friendless, while he's the beloved ri...

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The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

Anotace: After all what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?' In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past... A contemporary classic, The Remains of the D...

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A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin

Anotace: THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin s magnificent cycle of novels that includes "A Game of Thrones" and "A Clash of Kings." As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, in...

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The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

<p>After all what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?' <br /> In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past...<br /> A contemporary classic...

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A Storm of Swords, 1. vydání - George Raymond Richard Martin

<p>THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin s magnificent cycle of novels that includes "A Game of Thrones" and "A Clash of Kings." As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer....

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The Wild Magic Trilogy - The Promise Witch - Celine Kiernan

Anotace: "Ireland's answer to JK Rowling." Sunday Independent "One of the best Irish books of all time." TV3AM"A classic hero in the making." Parent TalkFrom twice-winning author of Ireland's CBI Book of the Year AwardIn the third book in The Wild Magic Trilogy, Witches Borough is dying, and no one knows how to save it. Into this scorched la...

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A Storm of Swords

Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin s magnificent cycle of novels that includes "A Game of Thrones" and "A Clash of Kings." As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have...

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