Stanislav Hudečka Libri

Epos Vojna a mír je spolu s románem Anna Karenina nejslavnějším dílem jednoho z největších romanopisců, a také nejspíš nejoblíbenější romancí na světě vůbec, o čemž svědčí již jen počet filmových adaptací. Jeho dramatickým jádrem jsou změny odehrávající se v aristokratických i rolnických rodinách během úpadku společnosti v době napoleonských válek. Tolstoj zde vytvořil vlastní vesmír obydlený živými hrdiny, jejichž životy odrážejí hlavní Tolstého témata - sebeobětování a sebeodpuštění, úzkost a extáze, diplomacie a zrada, víra a zatracení - a opatřil jej dialogy hýřícími humorem a vtipem, a také fascinujícími bitevními scénami. Napoleonovo tažení do Ruska se stává úhelným kamenem, bodem, do nějž se sbíhají osudy všech hlavních postav, a současně mezníkem vývoje ruské společnosti. Oba představitelé mladé generace, odtažitý Pierre Bezuchov a jeho antipod kníže Andrej Bolkonskij, projdou jak milostnou tak válečnou zkušeností, aby seznali své omyly a došli poznání skutečných hodnot.

Historický milostný román ze 17.století z Norska.Přibližuje poměry v Norsku , které v té době ovládalao Dánsko......

An English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894.

Toilers of the Sea (1866) is a novel by Victor Hugo. Written while Hugo was living in exile on the island of Guernsey, Toilers of the Sea is a story of adventure that expresses the everyday struggles of a fool in love while capturing the changes wrought by political and economic revolution in Europe. "Gilliatt lived in the parish of St. Sampson. He was not liked by his neighbours; and there were reasons for that fact." Viewed as an outsider by the seafaring community of Guernsey, Gilliat lives alone in a house deemed haunted, though no one would dare visit him anyway. Despite his skill as a fisherman, the townspeople claim he is a malevolent sorcerer, all but condemning him to a life of total seclusion. In love with the niece of a prominent shipowner, he volunteers to salvage what he can from a vessel that was wrecked some distance from the coast. Braving the elements and coming face to face with a vicious octopus, Gilliatt seizes his only chance at escaping his lonely circumstances, at finding love at last. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.

"Tutto cominciò con un vecchio baule da marinaio e la mappa di un misterioso tesoro... Jim, il giovane protagonista, decide di tentare l'avventura imbarcandosi sulla nave Hispaniola alla ricerca di un'isola misteriosa... Il classico di R. L. Stevenson liberamente adattato da Geronimo Stilton. Età di lettura: da 7 anni." --Amazon.com

Florent Quenu returns to Paris after being unjustly imprisoned and finds the city utterly changed. The great new food market, Les Halles, has been built, and food dominates the political and social life of the capital. The third in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, The Belly of Paris appears in a vibrant new translation.

The Sin of Abbé Mouret is the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It follows Serge Mouret, a young priest, aspiring to perfect purity and sanctity. An illness leaves him with amnesia, and no longer knowing he is a priest, he falls in love with his nurse. Together they roam an Eden-like garden called the 'Paradou'.

Im going to celebrate the 21st century with a re-read of His Excellency Eugène Rougon. Swiftly Tilting Planet