Autor Dorothy B. Hughes
The first masterpiece by the doyenne of American noirSailor, former henchman and trouble-accruing gangster, travels from Chicago to Santa Fe, New Mexico, looking for revenge and for money. But it's hard to make a dishonest buck when everything seems…
Hoci patrí medzi najvýraznejšie postavy americkej literatúry prvej polovice 20. storočia, v našich končinách zostáva Dorothy Parker takmer neznáma. Jej autorský rukopis je pritom nezameniteľný – ostrý, vtipný, citlivý a zároveň sarkastický. Jej básne,…
'Get away from here before you're completely bewitched and enslaved...' Dorothy Carrington was told, while sitting in a fisherman's cafe at the magically quiet midday hour. But enslaved she was. GRANITE ISLAND, much more than a travel book, grew out…
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025'A fascinating alternative history covering 2,500 years and a geographical span from Japan to California' NEW STATESMAN'A revelation . . .The tale of each carpet as Armstrong tells it is untidy and tragic and comical all…
Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Dorothy Parker was the most talked-about woman of the decadent 1920s,…
The successor to the international bestseller Vermeer, featuring groundbreaking research on the Dutch master.Even 350 years after his death, Johannes Vermeer remains an inexhaustible source of fascination for art lovers and researchers alike. Closer…
1 I Come Alive 4:25 2 The Devil I Know 3:45 3 Mud 3:11 4 Tombstone Town 3:15 5 Bones 3:36 6 Unholy Water 3:37 7 Haunted House 3:53 8 Putting Out The Fire 3:31 9 Superhuman 3:41 10 The Way 3:56
A spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpetsBeautiful, sensuous, and enigmatic, great carpets follow power. Emperors, shahs, sultans and samurai crave them as symbols of earthly domination. Shamans and priests…
Psychologická noir próza s kriminálním motivem líčí poválečné Los Angeles a život vyšší střední třídy. Ústřední postavou je bývalý válečný pilot z druhé světové války Dix Steele, žijící z peněz svého strýce. Zprvu se zdá, že pouze přehnaně pečuje o svůj…
When Kendra Tamale returns to England from Australia she rents a room from Kyle, a divorced father of two, and begins a new job. She"s looking forward to a fresh start and simple life. Kyle"s five-year-old twins, Summer and Jaxon, have other…
What would you do for the friend who broke your heart? Best friends Kamryn Matika and Adele Brannon thought nothing could come between them - until Adele did the unthinkable and slept with Kamryn's fiance, Nate. Worse still, she got pregnant and had…
Nova Kumalisi would do anything for her closest friend, Mal Wacken. She owes him her life. So, when he asked her to be the surrogate mother for him and his wife, in spite of her fears about how it would alter their friendship, Nova agreed. Eight years…
The fastest way to learn about human history, from the Ice Age to modern oligarchs.
A unique anthology for crime aficionados - six ‘perfect murder’ stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who comments on whether or not these crimes could have…
A unique anthology for crime aficionados – seven of the world’s most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation. A manipulative murderer who stalked the streets of Paris; a young wife…
From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before and My Best Friend's Girl, an emotional story about love, identity and the meaning of family.
This stunning set of 10 graphite pencils, featuring bold designs by legendary Marimekko designer Maija Isola on their barrels, brings lively style to every writing endeavor.
'She felt a cozy solidarity with the big company of the voluntary dead.'Wise-cracking and heartbreaking, these tales of women on the edge by the legendary wit Dorothy Parker show the darkness beneath the surface of the Jazz Age. Penguin Modern: fifty…
The gripping new emotional thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls and The Brighton Mermaid
This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 18 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form, including uncollected stories by Ngaio Marsh and John Dickson Carr.
An original, authoritative guide to the impact of grief on the brain, the heart, and the body of the bereaved "Dorothy Holinger's exploration of the contours of grief is wise, moving, thought-provoking, and, best of all, extraordinarily helpful.…
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are the most famous gangster couple in history. They robbed banks in small towns. People laughed at the police because they couldn’t catch the two bandits. Bonnie and Clyde wanted to rob a big, important bank. Will their…
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Všechno, co potřebujete vědět o korálkování – od základů až po dokončení šperku. Navlékáte korálky a narazili jste na problém, se kterým si nevíte rady? Rádi byste se něco dozvěděli o úplně nové technice? Hodilo by se vám pár rad ohledně nejrůznějších…
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