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| "The Complete Fables by Aesop (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "A slave who represented his masters in court and negotiations Aesop relied on allegorical animal stories collected here in The Complete Fables to convey his key points This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by Olivia and Robert Temple with an introduction by Robert TempleIn a series of pithy amusing vignettes Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrongdoing as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks All Aesop's fables full of humour insight and savage wit as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern editionLittle is known for certain about the life of Aesop (c620-564 BC) though details of his life are scattered throughout the works of ancient Greek writers including Aristophanes Xenophon Aristotle and Herodotus who give grounds for thinking that he was a slave and Plutarch who identifies him as an entertaining storyteller executed by the Delphians by being thrown off a cliffIf you enjoyed The Complete Fables you might like Ovid's Metamorphoses also available in Penguin Classics'Ground-breaking this version of the fables is a revelation the translation is excellent'Peter Jones Sunday Telegraph'Aesop remains a fundamental figure in Western literature'Frederic Raphael Sunday Times"
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| "The Rule of Benedict by Saint Benedict of Nursia (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "St Benedict's inspirational work has been guiding Benedictine monks for fifteen centuries and the Penguin Classics edition of The Rule of Benedict is translated with an introduction and notes by Carolinne WhiteFounder of a monastery at Monte Cassino between Rome and Naples in the sixth century St Benedict intended his Rule to be a practical guide to Christian monastic life Based on the key precepts of humility obedience and love its aim is to create a harmonious and efficient religious community in which individuals can make progress in the Christian virtues and gain eternal life Here Benedict sets out ideal monastery routines and regulations from the qualities of a good abbot the twelve steps to humility and the value of silence to such every day matters as kitchen duties care of the sick and the suitable punishment for lateness at mealtimes Benedict's legacy is still strong - his Rule remains a source of inspiration and a key work in the history of the Christian churchCarolinne White's accessible translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing Benedict's teachings what is known of his life and the influence and spread of his Rule Saint Benedict of Nursia (c 480-543 AD) founded twelve monasteries the best known of which was his first monastery at Monte Cassino in Italy Benedict wrote a set of rules governing his monks The Rule of Benedict one of the more influential documents in Western Civilization Benedict was canonized a saint in 1220If you enjoyed The Rule of Benedict you might enjoy St Augustine's Confessions also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "The Secret History by Procopius (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be published only once its author was safely in his grave The Secret History portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and whore and the brilliant general Belisarius as the pliable dupe of his scheming wife Antonina Magnificently hyperbolic and highly opinionated The Secret History is a work of explosive energy depicting holy Byzantium as a hell of murder and misrule"
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| "On Living and Dying Well by Cicero (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "In the first century BC Marcus Tullius Cicero orator statesman and defender of republican values created these philosophical treatises on such diverse topics as friendship religion death fate and scientific inquiry A pragmatist at heart Cicero's philosophies were frequently personal and ethical drawn not from abstract reasoning but through careful observation of the world The resulting works remind us of the importance of social ties the questions of free will and the justification of any creative endeavourThis lively lucid new translation from Thomas Habinek editor of Classical Antiquity and the Classics and Contemporary Thought book series makes Cicero's influential ideas accessible to every reader"
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| "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka (Paperback, 1991)" |
| "A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaYou may think you know the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf - but only one person knows the real story And that person is A Wolf His tale starts with a birthday cake for his dear old granny a bad head cold and a bad reputation The rest (as they say) is historyA hilariously inventive retelling of the popular story which Publishers Weekly called the 'Funniest book of the year'Jon Scieszka began to train as a doctor but left to take a course in fiction writing at Columbia University and to become a teacher He lives in Brooklyn and spends his time writing and talking about books Lane Smith an acclaimed authorillustrator has achieved major success in his collaborations with Jon Scieszka He also provided the original concept and illustrations for the hit film James and the Giant Peach He lives in New YorkAlso by Jon ScieszkaThe True Story of the Three Little Pigs; The Frog Prince COntinued; The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales; The Book that Jack Wrote; Math Curse; Squids will be Squids; Baloney; Science Verse; Seen Art?; Cowboy and Octopus; Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland; Robot Zot; Knights of the Kitchen Table; The Not-so-Jolly Roger; The Good the Bad and the Goofy; Your Mother was a Neanderthal; 2095; Tut Tut; Summer Reading s Killing Me; It's all Greek to Me; See You Later Gladiator; Sam Samurai; Hey Kid Want to Buy a Bridge?; Viking it and Liking it; Me oh Maya; Da Wild Da Crazy Da Vinci; Marco? Polo!"
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| "About a Boy by Nick Hornby (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "About a Boy is Nick Hornby&39;s comic and heart-warming million-copy bestseller &39;How cool was Will Freeman?&39; Too cool! At thirty-six he&39;s as hip as a teenager He&39;s single child-free goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear He&39;s also found a great way to score with women attend single parents&39; groups full of available (and grateful) mothers all hoping to meet a Nice Guy Which is how Will meets Marcus the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet Marcus is a bit strange he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers But Marcus latches on to Will - and won&39;t let go Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up? This astonishing novel now a modern classic was adapted for the acclaimed 2002 film About A Boy starring Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult Fans of One Day by David Nicholls and Any Human Heart by William Boyd will devour this book as will lovers of fiction everywhere &39;A stunner of a novel Utterly read-in-one-day forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping&39; Marie Claire &39;About the awful hilarious embarrassing places where children and adults meet and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision&39; Irish Times &39;It takes a writer with real talent to make this work and Hornby has it - in buckets&39; Literary Review"
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| "The Penguin Atlas of World History: From the French Revolution to the Present by Hermann Kinder, Werner Hilgemann (Paperback,..." |
| "The second volume of the highly successful PENGUIN ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY covers events from the French Revolution to the present day Numerous maps help clarify a detailed chronological summary of the main events of the period throughout the world This volume has now been updated to include recent events from the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall to the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001"
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| "The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophy by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "A definitive workexplains clearly and succinctly concepts and theories at the heart of European and American philosophy' - Brenda AlmondWhat do philosophers mean by 'absolute' and 'akrasia'? What are 'Polish notation' and 'prime matter'? What contributions to human thought were made by Plato Machiavelli Kant and Derrida? These questions and many more are answered by this illuminating dictionary which draws on contributions from over 100 leading philosophers"
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| "The Heart of the Dales" |
| "The Heart of the Dales is the fifth volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling Dales seriesA teacher was reprimanding a child who had drawn a very wobbly line freehand across his exercise book'Don't you know what the word straight means?' the teacher asked crossly''Yes miss' came the reply ' without water'Awkward teachers pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make Gervase Phinn's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult But for Gervase the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children The new school year doesn't get off to a good start after a teacher suggests that Gervase has let him and his school down Called up in front of his new boss the formidable Miss de la Mare Gervase fears he is going to be in hot water To add to his woes he is given another 'little job' by the Chief Education Officer which inevitably means liaising with the infuriating and interfering Mrs Savage! Meanwhile away from the pressures of school Gervase's life with his wife Christine and their baby son is blissful - until noises in the attic start to disturb their nights The Heart of the Dales is Gervase Phinn at his story-telling best'Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily TelegraphGervase Phinn is an author and educator from Rotherham who after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector He has written autobiographies novels plays collections of poetry and stories as well as a number of books about education He holds five fellowships honorary doctorates from Hull Leicester and Sheffield Hallam universities and is a patron of a number of children's charities and organizations He is married with four adult children His books include The Other Side of the Dale Over Hill and Dale Head Over Heels in the Dales The Heart of the Dales Up and Down in the Dales and Trouble at the Little Village School"
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| "Stalingrad by Antony Beevor (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "The classic international bestseller recounting the epic turning point of the second world warIn October 1942 a Panzer officer wrote 'Stalingrad is no longer a town Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure' The battle for Stalingrad became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination to win the gruesome vicious war on the eastern front The citizens of Stalingrad endured unimaginable hardship; the battle with fierce hand-to-hand fighting in each room of each building was brutally destructive to both armies But the eventual victory of the Red Army and the failure of Hitler's Operation Barbarossa was the first defeat of Hitler's territorial ambitions in Europe and the start of his declineAn extraordinary story of tactical genius civilian bravery and the nature of war itself which changed how history is written Stalingrad is a testament to the vital role of the Soviet war effort'A superb re-telling Beevor combines a soldier's understanding of war's realities with the narrative techniques of a novelist This is a book that lets the reader look into the face of battle' Orlando Figes Sunday Telegraph 'A brilliantly researched tour de force of military history' Sarah Bradford The TimesAntony Beevor is the renowned author of Stalingrad which won the Samuel Johnson Prize the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature and Berlin which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees' Award His books have sold nearly four million copies"
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| "An Appeal to the Toiling, Oppressed and Exhausted Peoples of Europe by Leon Trotsky (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Whether calling for an end to the capitalist system addressing the crowds after the Russian Revolution or attacking Stalin during his years of exile Trotsky's speeches give an extraordinary insight into a man whose words and actions determined the fates of millions Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked and comforted They have enriched lives - and destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are"
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| "On Solitude by Michel de Montaigne (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay This selection contains his idiosyncratic and timeless writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude the power of the imagination the pleasures of reading the importance of sleep and why we sometimes laugh and cry at the same things Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked and comforted They have enriched lives - and destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are"
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| "Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem by Arthur Miller (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "Arthur Miller's extraordinary masterpiece Death of a Salesman changed the course of modern theatre and has lost none of its power as an examination of American life 'A man is not an orange You can't eat the fruit and throw the peel away'Willy Loman is on his last legs Failing at his job dismayed at his the failure of his sons Biff and Happy to live up to his expectations and tortured by his jealousy at the success and happiness of his neighbour Charley and his son Bernard Willy spirals into a well of regret reminiscence and A scathing indictment of the ultimate failure of the American dream and the empty pursuit of wealth and success is a harrowing journey In creating Willy Loman his destructively insecure anti-hero Miller defined his aim as being 'to set forth what happens when a man does not have a grip on the forces of life'"
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| "The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "Subtitled An Anglo-American Tragedy Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One is a witty satirical novel on artistic integrity and the British expat community in Hollywood published in Penguin Modern ClassicsThe more startling for the economy of its prose and plot this novel's story set among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood satirizes the American way of death and offers Waugh's memento mori Following the death of a friend poet and pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering into the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park Within its golden gates death American-style is wrapped up and sold like a package holiday There Dennis enters the fragile and bizarre world of Aimee the naive Californian corpse beautician and Mr Joyboy the master of the embalmer's artA dark and savage satire on the Anglo-American cultural divide The Loved One depicts a world where love reputation and death cost a very great dealEvelyn Waugh (1903-66) was born in Hampstead second son of Arthur Waugh publisher and literary critic and brother of Alec Waugh the popular novelist In 1928 he published his first work a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his first novel Decline and Fall which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930) A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938) In 1942 he published Put Out More Flags and then in 1945 Brideshead Revisited Men at Arms (1952) was the first volume of 'The Sword of Honour' trilogy and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; the other volumes Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender followed in 1955 and 1961If you enjoyed The Loved One you might like Waugh's Vile Bodies also available in Penguin Modern Classics'The master of black comedy'Sunday Times'One of the funniest and most significant books of the century'Alice Thomas Ellis Daily Telegraph"
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| "The Periodic Table by Primo Levi (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "Primo Levi&39;s The Periodic Table is a collection of short stories that elegantly interlace the author&39;s experiences in Fascist Italy and later in Auschwitz with his passion for scientific knowledge and discovery This Penguin Modern Classics edition of is translated by Raymond Rosenthal with an essay on Primo Levi by Philip Roth A chemist by training Primo Levi became one of the supreme witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity In these haunting reflections inspired by the elements of the periodic table he ranges from young love to political savagery; from the inert gas argon - and &39;inert&39; relatives like the uncle who stayed in bed for twenty-two years - to life-giving carbon &39;Iron&39; honours the mountain-climbing resistance hero who put iron in Levi&39;s student soul &39;Cerium&39; recalls the improvised cigarette lighters which saved his life in Auschwitz while &39;Vanadium&39; describes an eerie post-war correspondence with the man who had been his &39;boss&39; there In his essay Philip Roth reproduces a conversation with Primo Levi delving into the process of Levi&39;s authorial technique his sense of identity and distinctiveness and the relationship between science writing and survival Primo Levi (1919-87) an Italian Jew did not come to the wide attention of the English-reading audience until the last years of his life A survivor of the Holocaust and imprisonment in Auschwitz Levi is considered to be one of the century&39;s most compelling voices and The Periodic Table is his most famous book Levi is the author of Moments of Reprieve and If Not Now When? also available in Penguin Modern Classics Philip Roth is the author of Nemesis and The Plot Against America and winner of the both the Pulitzer prize and the Man Booker International prize If you enjoyed The Periodic Table you might like Levi&39;s If Not Now When? also available in Penguin Modern Classics &39;A book it is necessary to read&39; Saul Bellow author of Herzog &39;One of the finest writers in post-war Italy&39; The Times"
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| "Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "The electrifying first novel from James Baldwin whose life and words are immortalized in the Oscar-nominated film I Am Not Your Negro'I had to deal with what hurt me most I had to deal with my father'Drawing on James Baldwin's own boyhood in a religious community in 1930s Harlem his first novel tells the story of young Johnny Grimes Johnny is destined to become a preacher like his father Gabriel at the Temple of the Fire Baptized where the church swells with song and it is as if 'the Holy Ghost were riding on the air' But he feels only scalding hatred for Gabriel whose fear and fanaticism lead him to abuse his family Johnny vows that for him things will be different This blazing tale is full of passion and guilt of secret sinners and prayers singing on the wind 'A beautiful enduring spirtual song of a novel' Andrew O'Hagan'With vivid imagery with lavish attention to details Mr Baldwin has told his feverish story' The New York Times"
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| "The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Written in Paris in the early 1950s this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future"
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| "The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Exploring the decadence of Jazz Age New York through a fictionalised version of his own marriage to Zelda Fitzgerald F Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and the Damned includes an introduction by Geoff Dyer in Penguin Modern ClassicsAnthony Patch and his wife Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour A brilliant and magnetic couple they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young rich alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth But as money becomes tight their marriage becomes impossible And with their inheritance still distant Anthony and Gloria must face reality; they may be beautiful - but they are also damnedF Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) has acquired a mythical status in American literary history and his masterwork The Great Gatsby is considered by many to be the 'great American novel' In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre dubbed 'the first American Flapper' and their traumatic marriage and Zelda's gradual descent into insanity became the leading influence on his writing As well as many short stories Fitzgerald wrote five novels This Side of Paradise The Great Gatsby The Beautiful and the Damned Tender is the Night and incomplete at the time of his death The Last Tycoon After his death The New York Times said of him that 'in fact and in the literary sense he created a generation 'If you enjoyed The Beautiful and the Damned you might like John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer also available in Penguin Classics'A prose that has the tough delicacy of a garnet'New York Review of Books"
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| "A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller (Paperback/softback, 2010)" |
| "Arthur Miller&39;s play A View from the Bridge is a tragic masterpiece of the inexorable unravelling of a man set in a close-knit Italian-American community in 1950s New York Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man with a strong sense of decency and of honour For Eddie it&39;s a privilege to take in his wife&39;s cousins Marco and Rodolpho straight off the boat from Italy But as his niece Catherine begins to fall for one of them it&39;s clear that it&39;s not just as Eddie claims that he&39;s too strange too sissy too careless for her but that something bigger deeper is wrong - and wrong inside Eddie in a way he can&39;t face Something which threatens the happiness of their whole family This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by the author and a new foreword by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman"
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| "The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The Penguin English Library Edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins'Here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond - bringing after it a conspiracy of living rogues set loose on us by the vengeance of a dead man'When Rachel Verinder's birthday present - the Moonstone a large Indian diamond - is stolen at her party suspicion and the diamond's mysterious curse seem set to ruin everyone and everything she loves Only Sergeant Cuff's famous detective skills offer any hope of peace and a future for them all The intricate plot and modern technique of multiple narrators made Wilkie Collin's 1868 work a huge success in the Victorian sensation genre With a reconstruction of the crime red herrings and a 'locked-room' puzzle The Moonstone was also a major precursor of the modern mystery novelThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War"
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| "The Killer Cat Strikes Back by Anne Fine (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "'Okay okay So stick my head in a holly bush'Tuffy knows what he likes And he doesn't like the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new classes So what's a cat to do?A few scratches here just happen to shred a painting A nudge there somehow slips a vase off a shelf Dad hope a horribly lumpy clay pot will be next but Tuffy's having none of it The killer cat will go his own sweet way!"
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| "Then by Morris Gleitzman (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "In Then - Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War - Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp unless they manage to escape A little hope goes a long wayI had a plan for me and Zelda Pretend to be someone else Find new parents be safe forever Then the Nazis cameMy name is Felix This is my storyThen is the second in a series of children's novels about Felix a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust from Australian author Morris Gleitzman - author of Bumface and Two Weeks with the Queen The other books in the series Once Now and After are also available from Puffin"
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| "Matched by Ally Condie (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Matched is the first book in an utterly compelling series by Ally CondieOn her seventeenth birthday Cassia meets her Match Society dictates he is her perfect partner for lifeExcept he's notIn Cassia's society Officials decide who people loveHow many children they haveWhere they workWhen they dieBut as Cassia finds herself falling in love with another boy she is determined to make some choices of her ownAnd that's when her whole world begins to unravel 'Don't miss this gripping page turner' - She'A must read' - The Sun"
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| "The Hunted (The Enemy Book 6) by Charlie Higson (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "The Hunted is Charlie Higson's sixth terrifying installment in the thrilling The Enemy series The sickness struck everyone over fourteenFirst it twisted their mindsNext it ravaged their bodiesNow they roam the streets -Crazed and hungryThe others had promised that the countryside would be safer than the city They were wrong Now Ella's all-alone except for her silent rescuer Scarface - and she's not even sure if he's a kid or a grown-upBack in London Ed's determined to find her But getting out of town's never been more dangerous- because coming in the other direction is every SICKO in the country It's like they're being called towards the capital and nothing is going to stop them In the penultimate book in The Enemy series the survivors' stories cross with chilling consequences"
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| "Somewhere (Nowhere Book 3)" |
| "The action-packed finale to Jon Robinson's debut conspiracy thriller trilogy NowhereIn hiding with the mysterious Guild Alyn Jes and their friends learn of a way to destroy the prison called Nowhere and end the Pledge's project for good But another far more dangerous figure has plans to send the country spiralling into anarchy and chaos Will the gang be able to stop him in time or might it already be too late?"
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| "Goodnight Tractor Board book" |
| "A little boy says goodnight to all his toys but who is the favourite? Why it&39;s Tractor of course! With a rhyming text atmospheric illustrations and plenty of animal sounds to join in with Goodnight Tractor will help your little darlings go to bed and stay there This beloved and popular book is now reissued in a sturdy board-book format"
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| "Sarah and Duck have a Quiet Birthday" |
| "It's Sarah's birthday and she's looking forward to having a nice quiet day! But when all her friends arrive perhaps the day won't be as quiet as she had hoped?Join Sarah and Duck on another fun and quacky adventure!"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Chicken Nugget: Scrambled Egg" |
| "My name is Nugget Chicken Nugget It's not easy being the smallest chick in the family but Nugget has had some good news he's going to be a big brother! Little baby Benedict is still an egg at the moment and it's Nugget's job to look after him What could possibly go wrong?Another cracking story from bestselling duo Michelle Robinson and Tom McLaughlin"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Hardback, 2013)" |
| "Daniel Defoe's great masterpiece in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design'I walk'd about on the shore lifting up my hands and my whole being as I may say wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self 'Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers none of which equal the power and originality of Defoe's famous book Robinson Crusoe set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea is forced to make do with only a knife some tobacco and a pipe He learns how to build a canoe make bread and endure endless solitude That is until twenty-four years later when he confronts another human being First published in 1719 Robinson Crusoe has been praised by such writers as James Joyce Virginia Woolf and Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language'Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal a story that goes right to the core of existence' Simon Armitage"
Price: 11.49 |
| "The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 2 : From P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith" |
| "'Eclectic entertaining almost all British if not human life is here' Boyd Tonkin Independent'Mind-stretching heart-breaking beautifully-crafted fiction' Claire Harman Evening Standard'She would tear the house down - shatter the windows slash the furniture flood the baths fire the curtains!'Hilarious exuberant surreal subtle tender brutal spectacular and above all unexpected this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day From Angela Carter to V S Pritchett Elizabeth Taylor to J G Ballard Ali Smith to a host of little-known works from magazines and periodicals and including tales of air-raids phone sex snobbery modern-day slavery grief desire the familiar and the strange here is the short story in all its limitless possibilities Edited and with an introduction by Philip Hensher the award-winning novelist critic and journalist"
Price: 9.99 |
