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I am the Brother of XX

A wife is suspended in a bird cage; a thirteenth-century visionary senses the foreskin of Christ on her tongue: Fleur Jaeggy's gothic imagination know

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I’ll Sell You a Dog

A painter-turned-taco-seller, famous in Mexico City for his ‘Gringo Dog’ recipe, hates retirement. Plagued by the literary salon bumping about his b

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Sweet Days of Discipline

Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy's eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enough: `At fourteen I was a boarder in a school in the

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Reader, I Buried Them and Other Stories

A twisty collection of short stories from the master of classic crime fiction, Peter Lovesey, one of which stars his most popular creation, Peter Diam

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Reader, I Buried Them and Other Stories

A twisty collection of short stories from the master of classic crime fiction, Peter Lovesey, one of which stars his most popular creation, Peter Diam

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The Kiltem Massacre and other horror stories ()

Audiokniha MP3 - autor Jan Opatřil, čte Ben Holland Audiokniha The Kiltem Massacre and other horror stories vychází z úspěšné a vysoce hodnocené knihy Jana Opatřila Hororové povídky, kterou autor napsal pod pseudonymem Dan Angus. Obsahuje 10 mrazivých povídek + titulní povídku Kiltemský masakr.Knihu z češtiny do angličtiny přeložil renomovaný americký překladatel Alex Z...

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Miss Cross and Other Stories

Norman Schwenk's animal stories are a long way from Disneyland. They focus on the strange, complicated links people forge with animals, and how they i

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I'd Die for You: And Other Lost Stories

Bold, fascinating and hitherto unseen:Â this beautiful Scribner collection brings together unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the icon

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The Happy Prince and Other Stories - Oscar Wilde

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.</p> <p>‘Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.’<...

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Diary of a Murderer: And Other Stories (1838950044)

Kniha - autor Young-Ha Kim, 248 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná “Filled with the kind of sublime, galvanizing stories that strike like a lightning bolt, searing your nerves . . . It’s easy enough to see why Kim . . . is acclaimed as the best writer of his generation; pick up this book and find out for yourself.” — Nylon It’s been twenty-five years since I...

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Ústřičkova smutná smrt a jiné příběhy - Burton Tim (The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories)

Soubor 23 básní zavádí čtenáře do tragikomického světa absurdity, chytrého humoru a nezapře autorskou věrnost podivuhodným postavičkám trudného vzezření i údělu. Burton jednoduchým a rytmickým jazykem, jenž není nepodobný jazyku říkadel, představuje zranitelnou existenci těchto přinejmenším zvláštních a rozmanitých outsiderů, jejichž životy vyvolávají úsměv i rozpaky. Vše...

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Blábol a jiné příběhy - Asher Neal (The Gabble and Other Stories)

Sbírka SF povídek z Asherova vesmíru vzdálené budoucnosti. A protože Asherův vesmír je nářez, jsou nářezem i jeho povídky...

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I´d Die for You and Other Lost Stories - F. Scott Fitzgerald; Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Anotace: I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. All eighteen short fictions collected here were lost in one sense or another: physically lost, coming to light only recently; lost in the turbulence of Fitzgerald's later life; lost to readers because...

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I&apos;d Die for You: And Other Lost Stories - Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Anotace: **THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** `This belated collection shows us the depths of Fitzgerald's vision and talent. Only now are we beginning to appreciate what was lost' The Pool I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. ...

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Černý kámen - Howard Robert Ervin (Beyond the Borders and Other Stories)

Soubor hororových a temných povídek od klasika americké fantasy. Robert E. Howard neproslul pouze jako autor hrdinské fantasy, Conana a dalších neohrožených reků, ale patří rovněž k předním představitelům pulpového dobrodružného hororu se silným lovecraftovským zabarvením. Z jeho bohatého díla vybíráme do třetího svazku Klasických děl hororu klíčové texty, které napomáha...

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Ježibabin vysavač - Pratchett Terry (The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner : And Other Stories)

Nejobyčejnější místa se proměňují v dobrodružné scenérie - tak se třeba z Walesu stává britský Divoký západ - a nejobyčejnější každodenní předměty ožívají v rukou z Pratchettovy fantazie zrozených tvorů a mění se třeba i ve zbraně hromadného ničení - například když se tři sta skřítků pokusí řídit nákladní auto. Ať už budeme vysoko v oblacích s Voříškem putovat vzducholodí...

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Planetary 1: Do všech koutů světa a jiné povídky - komiks - Ellis Warren (Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories)

První díl komiksové série Planetary. Skládá se ze šesti kratších příběhů, které popisují případy, kterými se zabývá trojice svérázných vyšetřovatelů se zvláštními schopnostmi, jež jim pomáhají při odhalování faktů z minulosti, současnosti i z budoucnosti...

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A World Apart and Other Stories - Czech Women Writers at the Fin de Siécle, 2. vydání - Kathleen Hayes

<p>Kniha překladatelky Kathleen Hayes přibližuje čtenáři vůbec první anglické překlady povídek doposud neprávem spíše opomíjených českých autorek přelomu 19. a 20. století. Soubor osmi povídek tak nespojuje pouze osoba překladatelky, ale i doba vzniku, počátek ženské emancipace na začátku 20. století. Zdařilost výběru povídek je podpořena precizním a čtivým překlade...

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Dámy z Grace Adieu a jiné povídky - Clarková Susanna (The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories)

První román Susanny Clarkové, Jonathan Strange a pan Norrell, byl přeložen do dvaatřiceti jazyků a po celém světě se z něj stal bestseller. Dámy z Grace Adieu je její první sbírka povídek, které čtenáře zavádějí hluboko do světa Férie - a ten nikdy není tak daleko, jak si myslíme. Někdy se vám stane, že překročíte neviditelnou hranici a musíte si poradit s popudlivými pri...

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Girl, Woman, Other

THE SUNDAY TIMES 1# BESTSELLER & BOOKER PRIZE WINNERBRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR & FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'The most absorbing book I read all year.' Roxane Gay____________________________This is Britain as you've never read it.This is Britain as it has never been told.From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first,...

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Other Miss Bridgerton

RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE BRIDGERTONS . . .________________________________________She was in the wrong place... Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify.While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised t...

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The Other Side of Disappearing - Clayborn Kate

Anotace: `Poignant, observant, tender, and deeply romantic. This book is everything` CHRISTINA LAUREN From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly transporting love story about an unexpected road trip, true crime obsessions, and hard won vulnerability . . . Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her yo...

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The Other Side of Disappearing - Kate Clayborn

<p>'Poignant, observant, tender, and deeply romantic. This book is everything' CHRISTINA LAUREN From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly transporting love story about an unexpected road trip, true crime obsessions, and hard won vulnerability . . . Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her you...

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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: and other prose writings - Plathová Sylvia

Anotace: Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other people`s dreams.An office assistant in a hospital pursues a secret vocation. A girl endures a series of initiation ceremonies to join her high school sorority. A married woman seeks relief from the dull realities of daily life. From her mid-teens Sylvia Plath wrote stori...

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The Other Miss Bridgerton: A Bridgerton Prequel - Julia Quinn

<p>Go back to where it all began with the third book in Sunday Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's dazzlingly witty Bridgerton prequel series, featuring the ancestors of the Bridgerton characters we all know and love. A generation before the Bridgertons, there were the Rokesbys . . . She was in the wrong place . . .Poppy Bridgerton may be fiercely independent and...

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Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb and Other Cases

Includes stories - ranging from the Boscombe Valley Mystery to the Adventure of Silver Blaze, from the Adventure of the Norwood Builder to A Case of I

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Vynálezci zázraků - Wells Herbert George (The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells I)

Anglický spisovatel Herbert George Wells proslul zejména svými sci-fi romány Válka světů nebo Stroj času, neméně bohatá je ovšem i jeho povídková tvorba. I v ní hrají fantastické motivy významnou roli – například v příbězích o létajícím stroji či tajemné observatoři –, ale Wellsovi nejsou cizí ani povídky s prvky tajemna, dobrodružství a humoru. Vynálezci zázraků jsou prv...

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Mr. Kafka and Other Tales - Bohumil Hrabal

<p>Enter the gas-lit streets of post-war Prague, the steelworks run by singed men, the covered market that smells of new-born babes, the cacophonous open-air dance hall. Mr Kafka is avoiding his landlady’s blueberry wine breath, a stonemason witnesses the destruction of a monument to Stalin he risked his life to build, and factory men strain to catch a glimpse of a ...

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Mr. Kafka and Other Tales - Bohumil Hrabal

<p>Enter the gas-lit streets of post-war Prague, the steelworks run by singed men, the covered market that smells of new-born babes, the cacophonous open-air dance hall. Mr Kafka is avoiding his landlady’s blueberry wine breath, a stonemason witnesses the destruction of a monument to Stalin he risked his life to build, and factory men strain to catch a glimpse of a ...

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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: and other prose writings - Sylvia Plath

<p>Every day from nine to five I sit at my desk facing the door of the office and type up other people's dreams. An office assistant in a hospital pursues a secret vocation. A girl endures a series of initiation ceremonies to join her high school sorority. A married woman seeks relief from the dull realities of daily life. From her mid-teens Sylvia Plath wrote stor...

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Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses (And Other Good Stuff - Liz Pichon

Anotace: This takes the form of Tom's battered homework diary - crammed with his doodles and stories. "No school for two whole weeks! (Yeah!) I can forget ALL about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew). And concentrate on good stuff like: Inventing new ways to annoy my sister Delia. (So many). Band practice for DOGZOMBIES (with my mate Derek). Watching T...

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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 4 - Philip K. Dick

<p>The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick's work includes the influential 'We Can Remember It For You Wholesale' and 'The Electric Ant', as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influe...

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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 4 - Dick Philip K.

Anotace: The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick`s short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick`s work includes the influential `We Can Remember It For You Wholesale` and `The Electric Ant`, as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influ...

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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3 - Dick Philip K.

Anotace: The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick`s short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick`s work includes the influential `Minority Report` and `Sales Pitch`, as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influential stories from the 20...

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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3 - Philip K. Dick

<p>The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick's work includes the influential 'Minority Report' and 'Sales Pitch', as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influential stories from the 20t...

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Trnava region Travel guide

The detailed 88-page, English-language tour guide on the Trnava Region contains landmarks, practical information, 3D animations, many articles and photographs. The practical pocket size is enriched with a folding map.Apart from touristic points, the Trnava region guide explores a wealth of topics in 23 travel feature stories. It presents not only profiles of castles, muse...

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Red-haired Librarian - And Other Notes of a Zoo Director - Miroslav Bobek

<p>A book recommended by world-renowned primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall:<br /> "I have read Miroslav's previous book, Vultures in the Hotel Continental, which I thoroughly enjoyed and look forward to reading the next one. I am quite sure you, the reader, will enjoy Red-haired Librarian as well.”<br /> Extraordinary animals, extraordi...

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Dinopohádky / Dinostories - Dinosauří příběhy na dobrou noc / Dinosaur bedtime stories

Co se přihodilo dinosauřím mláďatům? Jaká dobrodružství zažili kamarádi ze správné pětky? A proč se ceratosaurus nechtěl koupat? To vše a mnoho dalšího zjistí malí i velcí čtenáři v krátkých a napínavých příbězích o dinosaurech. Knížka „Dinopohádky“ obsahuje nádherné výpravné ilustrace i jmenný rejstřík dinosaurů, takže se rodiče nemusí bát, že nebudou umět při čtení dobr...

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Soukromé očko ant. - Antologie - sbírka povídek (Private Eye Stories )

Stav: Výborný, nečtená Co člověku vytane na mysli, když se řekne soukromý detektiv? Někomu možná Sherlock Holmes. Častěji asi Phil Marlowe, drsný, cynický samotář s nemírným sklonem k pití, který – slovy jeho duchovního otce Raymonda Chandlera – brázdí zlé ulice velkoměsta. Anebo možná Lew Archer slavného Rosse Macdonalda, Blockův Matthew Scudder a desítky dalších tvrdýc...

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Beach Read - Henryová Emily

Anotace: Two writes. One holiday. A romcom waiting to happen... January is a hopeless romantic who narrates her life like she's the lead in a blockbuster movie. Gus is a serious literary type who thinks true love is a fairy-tale. But January and Gus have more in common than you'd think: They're both broke. They've got crippling writer's bloc...

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Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare William

Anotace: `I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.`Love, deception and discord are flourishing in the court of Messina.Sweet, innocent Hero and the famed soldier Claudio are immediately infatuated, while the bickering Beatrice and Benedick can agree on just one thing: the other is insufferable. Little do they know, two plans are afoot - one to ma...

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Dinopohádky / Dinostories: Dinosauří příběhy na dobrou noc / Dinosaur bedtime stories (978-80-11-02505-2)

Kniha - autor Helena Strouhalová, 80 stran, česky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Co se přihodilo dinosauřím mláďatům? Jaká dobrodružství zažili kamarádi ze správné pětky? A proč se ceratosaurus nechtěl koupat? To vše a mnoho dalšího zjistí malí i velcí čtenáři v krátkých a napínavých příbězích o dinosaurech. Knížka „Dinopohádky“ obsahuje nádherné výpravné ilustrace i jmenn...

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Dinopohádky / Dinostories - Dinosauří příběhy na dobrou noc / Dinosaur bedtime stories - Helena Strouhalová

<p>Co se přihodilo dinosauřím mláďatům? Jaká dobrodružství zažili kamarádi ze správné pětky? A proč se ceratosaurus nechtěl koupat? To vše a mnoho dalšího zjistí malí i velcí čtenáři v krátkých a napínavých příbězích o dinosaurech. Knížka "Dinopohádky" obsahuje nádherné výpravné ilustrace i jmenný rejstřík dinosaurů, takže se rodiče nemusí bát, že nebudou ...

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Trnava region Travel guide

Anotace: The detailed 88-page, English-language tour guide on the Trnava Region contains landmarks, practical information, 3D animations, many articles and photographs. The practical pocket size is enriched with a folding map. Apart from touristic points, the Trnava region guide explores a wealth of topics in 23 travel feature stories. It presents not only profiles of c...

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Trnava region Travel guide

<p>The detailed 88-page, English-language tour guide on the Trnava Region contains landmarks, practical information, 3D animations, many articles and photographs. The practical pocket size is enriched with a folding map. </p><p> Apart from touristic points, the Trnava region guide explores a wealth of topics in 23 travel feature stories. It presents not ...

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The Empathy Game

Do you want to go beyond small talk with colleagues, friends, family, or strangers? This is your game to truly connect with people. Imagine a red car, I'll do the same. Now describe it to me. No red car would ever be the same. No thought, or story ever is. We listen. We might smile. We nod. But, do we really understand each other? The human mind predicts and assumes to ma...

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Atlas of the Heart

In her latest book, five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr Brene Brown, writes, "If we want to find the way back to ourselves and each other, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories, and to be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection."In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey th...

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The Legacy - Kennedy Elle

Anotace: The international bestselling Off-Campus series returns with a collection of four novellas by New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Elle Kennedy! This brand-new instalment provides the much-anticipated answer to the question: Where are they now?Four stories. Four couples. Three years of real life after graduation. . .A wedding.A proposal.An elop...

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The Turnglass: The Sunday Times Bestseller - turn the book, uncover the mystery, 1. vydání - Gareth Rubin

<p>Pre-order HOLMES &amp; MORIARTY - the clever and intriguing new crime mystery from Sunday Times bestselling author Gareth Rubin, out in hardback Autumn 2024. 'A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight' Chris Whitaker Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fi...

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U2: The Complete Songs

11 O'clock -tick-tock '40' 4th Of July A Celebration A Day Without Me A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel A Sort Of Homecoming Acrobat All I Want Is You An Cat Dubh Angel Of Harlem Another Day Another Time, Another Place Babyface Bad

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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ - Philip Pullman

<p>'If I vanished he wouldn't notice, if I died he wouldn't care. I think of him all the time, and he thinks of me not at all. I love him, and my love torments me. There are times when I feel like a ghost beside him; as if he alone is real, and I'm just a daydream.' This is the story of two brothers. One is impassioned and one reserved. One is destined to go down i...

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Everything I Know About Love - Alderton Dolly

Anotace: "There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today and very soon the world will know it." -Lisa Taddeo, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women. "Dolly Alderton has always been a sparkling Roman candle of talent. She is funny, smart, and explosively engaged in the wonders and weirdness of the world. But what makes this memoir more ...

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Everything I Know About Love (0241982103)

Kniha - autor Dolly Alderton, 368 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist and former Sunday Times dating columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage, finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-S...

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Atlas of the Heart - Brown Brené

Anotace: In her latest book, five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr Brene Brown, writes, "If we want to find the way back to ourselves and each other, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories, and to be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection."In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a ...

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Atlas of the Heart - Brene Brown

<p>In her latest book, five-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr Brene Brown, writes, "If we want to find the way back to ourselves and each other, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories, and to be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection." In Atlas of the Heart, Brown tak...

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The Legacy, 1. vydání - Elle Kennedy

<p>The international bestselling Off-Campus series returns with a collection of four novellas by New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Elle Kennedy! This brand-new instalment provides the much-anticipated answer to the question: Where are they now?Four stories. Four couples. Three years of real life after graduation. . .A wedding.A proposal.An elope...

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Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: ´Funny, fascinating and compelling´ The Times - Matthew Perry

<p>'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir ... and it may just save lives' Daily Mail'Funny, fascinating, compelling ... also a wonderful read for fans of Friends' The TimesThe beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of ...

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Liberation Day: From ´the world´s best short story writer´ (The Telegraph) and winner of the Man Booker Prize - George Saunders

<p>'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far' SFX Review 'Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best' Anne Enright, Guardian 'A triumph of storytelling' i paper 'A joy. 'Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart' Daily Mail ____________ The first short story collec...

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Liberation Day: From ´the world´s best short story writer´ (The Telegraph) and winner of the Man Booker Prize - Saunders George

Anotace: `One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far` SFX Review `Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best` Anne Enright, Guardian `A triumph of storytelling` i paper`A joy. `Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart` Daily Mail____________The first short story collection ...

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