When a history professor - Alfred Clayton - is asked to record his impressions of the Ford Administration, he recalls a turbulent piece of personal history as well: his unfinished book on 19th-century president James Buchanan.
When a history professor - Alfred Clayton - is asked to record his impressions of the Ford Administration, he recalls a turbulent piece of personal hi...
Sally is big and pampered. She's married to Richard. But she loves Jerry. Jerry loves Sally, but he's also still in love with his wife Ruth. Who's been sleeping with Richard ...As a hot, feverish summer of weekends, secret phone calls and lovemaking on the beach comes to a head, it turns out everyone knows more than they've been letting on.
Sally is big and pampered. She's married to Richard. But she loves Jerry. Jerry loves Sally, but he's also still in love with his wife Ruth. Who's bee...
In 1956 John Updike wrote a short story about newly-weds Joan and Richard Maple. Over the next two decades he returned to this couple again and again, tracking their years together. This collection of stories offers a nuanced portrait of two deeply flawed but moving characters and their entwined lives.
In 1956 John Updike wrote a short story about newly-weds Joan and Richard Maple. Over the next two decades he returned to this couple again and again,...
Newly revised for this edition, these four Rabbit novels chronicle the history of a man and a nation from the 1950s to the 1980s. Harry Rabbit Angstrom, athlete, is Mr Middle America and this is his story.
Newly revised for this edition, these four Rabbit novels chronicle the history of a man and a nation from the 1950s to the 1980s. Harry Rabbit Angstro...
Také ve čtvrtém dílu série Nesmrtelní se Ever potýká s úskoky svého úhlavního nepřítele, bezcharakterního Romana. Když se jeho vinou hrdinčina nejlepší kamarádka Haven ocitla na pokraji smrti, Ever jí dala napít elixíru nesmrtelnosti. Zachráněná Haven je však teď natolik opojena svými nečekaně nabytými schopnostmi, že svým lehkovážným chováním ohrožuje všechny Nesmrtelné. Ever se ji proto ze všech sil snaží přivést k rozumu. Zároveň dál hledá způsob, jak zlomit Romanovu kletbu, která jí a Damenovi zapovídá jakýkoli vzájemný...
Také ve čtvrtém dílu série Nesmrtelní se Ever potýká s úskoky svého úhlavního nepřítele, bezcharakterního Romana. Když se jeho vinou h...
Dagmar Urbánková (*1972) je výtvarnice, básnířka a prozaička. Je autorkou knih pro děti: Byl jeden dům (2004), Adam a koleno (2007), Chlebová Lhota (2010), Cirkus ulice (2012), vydaných v nakladatelství Baobab povídkové knih: Fjertoch si vyšiju (Eman 2007) a básnické sbírky: Ta hlava větru vypadá jako pes (Host 2008).
Dagmar Urbánková (*1972) je výtvarnice, básnířka a prozaička. Je autorkou knih pro děti: Byl jeden dům (2004), Adam a koleno (2007),...
More Matter is a collection of John Updike's best-loved critical essays and reflections. From the journals of John Cheever to the Queen of England, More Matter is a lively discussion on contemporary art, issues and people, told from the inimitable perspective of Pulitzer prizewinner John Updike. Wide ranging, incisive, witty and always superbly written, it has something to say about almost everyone - from Graham Greene to Bill Gates to Mickey Mouse - and everything - from sexual politics to spiritual matters to unopenable packages. It provides any number of intimate glimpses into how this...
More Matter is a collection of John Updike's best-loved critical essays and reflections. From the journals of John Cheever to the Queen of England, Mo...
Features a collection of poems from metaphysical epigrams, and lyrical odes to blank-verse sonnets, on topics from Roman busts to Lucian Freud to postage stamps.
Features a collection of poems from metaphysical epigrams, and lyrical odes to blank-verse sonnets, on topics from Roman busts to Lucian Freud to post...
