Lacné knihy 2009
Outliers: The Story of SuccessOutliers: The Story of Success
- anglické
- Malcolm Gladwell
- 320
- 2009
- Penguin
From the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes...
Last of the Mohicans Oxford World´s ClassicsLast of the Mohicans Oxford World´s Classics
- J.F. Cooper
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 464
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
The second of Cooper´s five Leatherstocking Tales, this is the one which has consistently captured the imagination of generations since it was first published in 1826. It´s...
The Three Musketeers Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Three Musketeers Oxford World´s Classics
- A. Dumas
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 704
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
One of the most famous historical novels ever written, The Three Musketeers (1844) is also revered as one of the world's greatest adventure stories--its heroes Athos, Porthos...
Vicomte de Bragelonne Oxford World´s ClassicsVicomte de Bragelonne Oxford World´s Classics
- A. Dumas
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 768
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the...
Just So Stories for Little Children Oxford World´s ClassicsJust So Stories for Little Children Oxford World´s Classics
- R. Kipling
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 296
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants...
Plain Tales from the Hills Oxford World´s ClassicsPlain Tales from the Hills Oxford World´s Classics
- R. Kipling
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 320
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
First published in 1888, Plain Tales from the Hills was Kipling's first volume of prose fiction. His vignettes of life in British India give vivid insights into Anglo-India at...
Eugene Onegin Oxford World´s ClassicEugene Onegin Oxford World´s Classic
- anglické
- A. S. Pushkin
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 288
- 2009
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s imperial Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the...
Queen of Spades and Other Stories Oxford World´s ClassicsQueen of Spades and Other Stories Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- A. Pushkin
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 336
- 2009
This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkins best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the worlds greatest short stories, in...
La Bete humaine Oxford World´s ClassicsLa Bete humaine Oxford World´s Classics
- E. Zola
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 432
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
Did possessing and killing amount to the same thing deep within the dark recesses of the human beast? La Bete humaine (1890), is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works....
Politics Oxford World´s ClassicsPolitics Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- Aristotle
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 480
- 2009
The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the...
Golden Bough Oxford World´s ClassicsGolden Bough Oxford World´s Classics
- J. G. Frazer
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 1012
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern...
Late Victorian Gothic Tales Oxford World´s ClassicLate Victorian Gothic Tales Oxford World´s Classic
- anglické
- Roger Luckhurst
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 326
- 2009
The Victorian fin de siecle has many associations: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This...
Sons and Lovers Oxford World´s ClassicsSons and Lovers Oxford World´s Classics
- D. H. Lawrence
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 528
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
Lawrences first major novel was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well...
Call of the Wild, White Fang Oxford World´s ClassicsCall of the Wild, White Fang Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- J. London
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 400
- 2009
Of all Jack London's fictions none have been as popular as his dog stories. In addition to The Call of the Wild, the epic tale of a Californian dog's adventures during the...
Beautiful and Damned Oxford World´s ClassicsBeautiful and Damned Oxford World´s Classics
- F. S. Fitzgerald
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 400
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
Fitzgerald's ironic epigraph to The Beautiful and the Damned exemplifies his attitude toward the young rootless post-World War I generation. Fitzgerald here once again displays...
Selected Writings Oxford World´s ClassicsSelected Writings Oxford World´s Classics
- J. Ruskin
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 368
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
John Ruskin was the most powerful and influential art critic and social commentator of the Victorian nineteenth century. A true polymath, he wrote about nature, art,...
The Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays Oxford World´s ClassicsThe Duchess of Malfi and Other Plays Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- J. Webster
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 480
- 2009
This volume offers John Webster's two great Jacobean tragedies, The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, together with his brilliant tragicomedy, The Devil's Law-Case, and the...
York Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling Oxford World´s ClassicsYork Mystery Plays: A Selection in Modern Spelling Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- Oxford World Classics
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 320
- 2009
This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York's famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and...
Adventures of Pinocchio - Oxford World´s ClassicAdventures of Pinocchio - Oxford World´s Classic
- C. Collodi
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 256
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
The story of the wooden puppet who learns goodness and becomes a real boy is famous the world over, and has been familiar in English for over a century. From the moment Joseph...
Sea-Wolf Oxford World´s ClassicsSea-Wolf Oxford World´s Classics
- anglické
- Jack London
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 418
- 2009
When Humphrey Van Weyden finds himself struggling in the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay he thinks the worst that can happen to him is drowning. After he is rescued by the...
Discourses on Livy Oxford World´s ClassicsDiscourses on Livy Oxford World´s Classics
- N. Machiavelli
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 448
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
IDiscourses on Livy (1531) is as essential to an understanding of Machiavelli as his famous treatise, The Prince. Equally controversial, it reveals his fundamental preference...
General and Systematic Pathology: With Student Consult AccessGeneral and Systematic Pathology: With Student Consult Access
- C. E. Underwood, S. S. Cross
- naučné
- Elsevier Ltd
- 872
- 2009
- Elsevier Ltd
This highly acclaimed textbook is written specifically for students of medicine and related health science subjects. It progresses from a review of general pathology principles...
The English Language: A Historical Introduction Cambridge Approaches to LinguisticsThe English Language: A Historical Introduction Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics
- anglické
- Charles Barber
- 2009
- Cambridge University Press
Where does today`s English come from? This new edition of the bestseller by Charles Barber tells the story of the language from its remote ancestry to the present day. In...
Virginian Oxford World´s ClassicsVirginian Oxford World´s Classics
- O. Wister
- beletria
- Oxford University Press
- 400
- 2009
- Oxford University Press
The Virginian (1902) is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on the Western genre. This edition includes Wister's neglected essay,...