In this novel Burroughs focuses on another a younger member of the family established by John Carter and Dejah Thoris, protagonists of the first three books in the series. The heroine this time is their daughter Tara, princess of Helium, whose hand is sought by the gallant Gahan, Jed (prince) of Gathol. Both Helium and Gathol are prominent Barsoomian city states.<
Beginning with John Carter's return to Barsoom (Mars) after a ten year hiatus — separated from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own — John Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, the Barsoomian heaven.<
Old acquaintances, made in the two other stories, reappear: Tars Tarkas, Tardos Mors and others. There is a happy ending to the story in the union of the Warlord, the title conferred upon John Carter, with Dejah Thoris.<
Bass zde na pozadí cirkusu sleduje tři generace cirkusáků. Ústřední postavou je Vašek Karas, syn šumavského zedníka, který odejde k cirkusu, nakonec se ožení s dcerou ředitele a sám se později stane ředitelem cirkusu, předtím však vystřídá mnoho různých profesí u cirkusu.<
Dnes už klasická povídka Eduarda Basse z roku 1922 vypráví příběh otce Klapzuby, který ze svých jedenácti synů vychová fenomenální fotbalový tým. Základní dílo české humoristické prózy můžeme číst jako oslavu ducha fair play, houževnatosti a sportovního nadšení i jako dobově aktuální hříčku, lehce ironizující opojení českou kopanou a narážející na události v poválečné společnosti. Ne náhodou si kniha získala obrovskou popularitu mezi mladými i dospělými čtenáři a dočkala se již více než 30 vydání. Nyní vychází nově v grafickém provedení Zdeňka Zieglera a s poutavými barevnými ilustracemi Jiřího Gruse.<
<p>It’s 2001 and zombies have taken over Tom’s town. Meth zombies. The drug rips through Blackwater, PA, with a ferocity and a velocity that overwhelms everyone.</p><p>It starts small, with petty thefts of cleaning supplies and Sudafed from the supermarket where Tom works. But by year's end there will be ruined, hollow people on every street corner. Meth will unmake the lives of friends and teachers and parents. It will fill the prisons, and the morgues.</p><p>Tom’s always been focused on getting out of his depressing coal mining town, on planning his escape to a college somewhere sunny and far away. But as bits of his childhood erode around him, he finds it’s not so easy to let go. With the selfless heroism of the passengers on United Flight 93 that crashed nearby fresh in his mind and in his heart, Tom begins to see some reasons to stay, to see that even lost causes can be worth fighting for. </p><p>Edward Bloor has created a searing portrait of a place and a family and a boy who survive a harrowing plague year, and become stronger than before.</p><
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