This way lies monsters and madness. Because you’re about to enter the imagination of H.P. Lovecraft.

Orphaned at the age of 10, Jim Burden moves to Nebraska to live with his grandparents. There he meets Ántonia Shimerda, the daughter of an immigrant family from Bohemia, who have come to carve out a life for themselves in the harsh and bountiful Nebraskan landscape.

Piers Plowman, William Langland’s visionary medieval work about one man’s quest for the true Christian life, is an allegorical journey through dream visions and visions within dreams. During the course of his journey, the narrator (William Langland) meets Piers Plowman, who gradually reveals himself to be the son of God.

Dumas’s novel became one of the great love stories from its first publication in 1848. The title role of the consumptive heroine and her ultimate sacrifice inspired actresses from Sarah Bernhardt to Greta Garbo, and led Giuseppe Verdi to write La traviata.In the hands of Nicholas Boulton, the story of passion and conflict is as fresh and moving as when it was first written.

Published in 1897, The Spoils of Poynton is one of the quintessential works of James’s middle period. The ‘spoils’ of the book’s title refer to furniture and other objets d’art that the widow Adela Gereth moves to her cottage so that they are kept away from the clutches of her coarse future daughter-in-law, Mona Brigstock.

John Galsworthy’s magnificent trilogy of power and passion chronicles the wealthy Forsyte family. As the disintegrating values of the Victorian era progress to World War I and the political uncertainty of the 1930s, the family’s material and emotional struggles are set within the dwindling status of the affluent middle-classes.

After Joshua’s death, the tribes of Israel continue their conquest of the southern regions of Canaan, but they are unable to cleanse the land thoroughly of its native inhabitants. God declares that these remaining people will be an impediment to Israel’s enjoyment of the promised land.

The book of Nehemiah is Narrative History. Nehemiah authored it at about 430 B.C.Key personalities include Nehemiah, Ezra, Sanballat, and Tobiah.

David is old and bed-ridden, and his son Adonijah proclaims himself king with the help of David’s commander Joab and the priest, Abiathar. Hearing this news, David instructs the prophet Nathan to anoint David’s son, Solomon, as king.

Recovering from a miscarriage and a bad marriage, author Katherine Mansfield, barely 21, wrote these excellent short stories around the time she was staying in a spa town in Germany. With wry humour, she depicts a German upper middle class defined by theirrude habits, but she also touches upon the hard life of servants and the oppression of women.

Psychopathology of Everyday Life, is a book which passed through four editions in Germany and is considered the author\'s most popular work. With great ingenuity and penetration the author throws much light on the complex problems of human behavior, and clearly demonstrates that the hitherto considered impassable gap between normal and abnormal mental states is more apparent than real.

Determined to make his mark on Science, young student Victor Frankenstein fabricates a creature out of old body parts. His dreams are crushed, however, when he realizes he has created a monster.

These works articulate the most fundamental principles of Kant’s ethical and political world-view. \"What is Enlightenment?\" (1784) and \"Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals\" (1785) challenge all free people to think about the requirements for self-determination both in our individual lives and in our public and private institutions.

V tomto poslechovém kurzu Anglická gramatika B1 pro mírně a středně pokročilé si zopakujete a rozšíříte znalosti v používání přítomných, minulých i budoucích časů, složitějších předložek, zájmen, podmiňovacího způsobu, infinitivu a dalších témat.Kurz je založen na kontextovém učení, to znamená, že se nebudete učit jen slovíčka, ale i věty, ve kterých můžete daná slovíčka použít. V tomto kurzu najdete

Cestujete často do Německa či Rakouska? Tento kurz je určen pro mírně a středně pokročilé uživatele, kteří chtějí zlepšit úroveň komunikace při cestování.

V audio publikaci najdete šest anglicko-českých pohádek. Dětem i dospělým je vypráví anglický rodilý mluvčí, aby si zvykali na výslovnost, rytmus a intonaci jazyka.

Audiokniha má obtížnost četby B1 Audiokniha The Canterville Ghost obsahuje klasické dílo, jehož autorem je Oscar Wilde, namluvené rodilým mluvčím v angličtině. Americký diplomat Otis se svou rodinou se přistěhuje do starého sídla Canterville i přesto, že jej všichni varují, že v zámku straší.

Audiokniha má obtížnost četby B1 The daring and handsome nobleman Robin Hood is forced to live as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest, after the evil Sheriff of Nottingham kills his family and takes his land and money. With the help of his Merry Men, Robin becomes a hero, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

Audiokniha má obtížnost četby A2 One day, in India, nine-year old Mary wakes up and finds that she is completely alone. Back home in England, she is sent to live with an uncle she has never met.