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| "Selected Poems by D. H. Lawrence (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "A selection of poems by DH Lawrence selected by James Fenton"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (Paperback, 1989)" |
| "The Voyage of the Beagle is Charles Darwin's account of the momentous voyage which set in motion the current of intellectual events leading to The Origin of Species This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Janet Brown and Michael NeveWhen HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831 Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime His journal here reprinted in a shortened form shows a naturalist making patient observations concerning geology natural history people places and events Volcanoes in the Galapagos the Gossamer spider of Patagonia and the Australasian coral reefs - all are to be found in these extraordinary writings The insights made here were to set in motion the intellectual currents that led to the theory of evolution and the most controversial book of the Victorian age The Origin of SpeciesThis volume reprints Charles Darwin's journal in a shortened form In their introduction Janet Brown and Michael Neve provide a background to Darwin's thought and work and this edition also includes notes maps appendices and an essay on scientific geology and the Bible by Robert FitzRoy Darwin's friend and Captain of the BeagleCharles Darwin (1809-82) a Victorian scientist and naturalist has become one of the most famous figures of science to date The advent of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859 challenged and contradicted all contemporary biological and religious beliefsIf you enjoyed The Voyage of the Beagle you might enjoy Darwin's On the Origin of Species also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "The Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu (Paperback, 1996)" |
| "The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c 973-c 1020) author of The Tale of Genji is an intimate picture of her life as tutor and companion to the young Empress Shoshi Told in a series of vignettes it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace - the auspicious birth of a prince rivalries between the Emperor's consorts with sharp criticism of Murasaki's fellow ladies-in-waiting and drunken courtiers and telling remarks about the timid Empress and her powerful father Michinaga The Diary is also a work of great subtlety and intense personal reflection as Murasaki makes penetrating insights into human psychology - her pragmatic observations always balanced by an exquisite and pensive melancholy"
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| "The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki by Jesse L. Byock (Paperback, 1998)" |
| "Composed in medieval Iceland Hrolf's Saga is one of the greatest of all mythic-legendary sagas relating half-fantastical events that were said to have occurred in fifth-century Denmark It tells of the exploits of King Hrolf and of his famous champions including Bodvar Bjarki the 'bear-warrior' a powerful figure whose might and bear-like nature are inspired by the same legendary heritage as Beowulf Depicting a world of wizards sorceresses and 'berserker' fighters - originally members of a cult of Odin - this is a compelling tale of ancient magic A work of timeless power and beauty it offers both a treasury of Icelandic prose and a masterful gathering of epic cultic memory traditional folk tale and myths from the Viking age and far earlier"
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| "Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (Paperback, 1964)" |
| "Traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu an older contemporary of Confucius (551 - 479 BC) it is now thought that the work was compiled in about the fourth century BC An anthology of wise sayings it offers a model by which the individual can live rather than explaining the human place in the universe The moral code it encourages is based on modesty and self-restraint and the rewards reaped for such a life are harmony and flow of life"
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| "Metamorphoses by Ovid (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Ovid's deliciously clever and exuberant epic Metamorphoses is a verse translation from the Latin by David Raeburn with an introduction by Denis Feeney in Penguin ClassicsOvid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation - often as a result of love or lust - where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome including Daedalus and Icarus Pyramus and Thisbe Pygmalion Perseus and Andromeda and the fall of Troy Erudite but light-hearted dramatic yet playful the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted HughesThis lively accessible new translation by David Raeburn is in hexameter verse which brilliantly captures the energy and spontaneity of the original The edition contains an introduction discussing the life and work of Ovid as well as a preface to each book explanatory notes and an index of people gods and placesPublius Ovidius Naso (43BC-18AD) was born at Sulmo (Sulmona) in central Italy Coming from a wealthy Roman family and seemingly destined for a career in politics he held some minor official posts before leaving public service to write becoming the most distinguished poet of his time His works all published in Penguin Classics include Amores a collection of short love poems; Heroides verse-letters written by mythological heroines to their lovers; Ars Amatoria a satirical handbook on love; and Metamorphoses his epic work on changeIf you enjoyed Metamorphoses you might like Homer's The Odyssey also available in Penguin Classics"
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| "Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Friedrich Nietzsche&39;s Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by RJ Hollingdale with an introduction by Michael Tanner in Penguin Classics Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche&39;s position as the towering European philosopher of his age The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God good and evil Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a &39;slave morality&39; With wit and energy he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own &39;will to power&39; upon the world This edition includes a commentary on the text by the translator and Michael Tanner&39;s introduction which explains some of the more abstract passages in Beyond Good and Evil Frederich Nietzsche (1844-1900) became the chair of classical philology at Basel University at the age of 24 until his bad health forced him to retire in 1879 He divorced himself from society until his final collapse in 1899 when he became insane A powerfully original thinker Nietzsche&39;s influence on subsequent writers such as George Bernard Shaw DH Lawrence Thomas Mann and Jean-Paul Sartre was considerable If you enjoyed Beyond Good and Evil you might like Nietzsche&39;s Thus Spoke Zarathustra also available in Penguin Classics &39;One of the greatest books of a very great thinker&39;Michael Tanner"
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| "Mencius by Mencius (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China second only in influence to Confucius whose teachings he defended and expanded The Mencius in which he recounts his dialogues with kings dukes and military men as well as other philosophers is one of the Four Books that make up the essential Confucian corpus It takes up Confucius's theories of jen or goodness and yi righteousness explaining that the individual can achieve harmony with mankind and the universe by perfecting his innate moral nature and acting with benevolence and justice Mencius' strikingly modern views on the duties of subjects and their rulers or the evils of war created a Confucian orthodoxy that has remained intact since the third century BCE"
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| "The Book of Chuang Tzu by Chuang Tzu (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "The Book of Chuang Tzu draws together the stories tales jokes and anecdotes that have gathered around the figure of Chuang Tzu One of the great founders of Taoism Chaung Tzu lived in the fourth century BC and is among the most enjoyable and intriguing personalities in the whole of Chinese philosophy"
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| "Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (Hardback, 1976)" |
| "Kuplink kuplank kuplunk! Sal and her mother a picking blueberries to can for the winter But when Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill she discovers a mother bear preparing for her own long winter Meanwhile Sal's mother is being followed by a small bear with a big appetite for berries! Will each mother go home with the right little one? With its expressive line drawings and charming story Blueberries for Sal has won readers' hearts since its first publication in 1948 The adventures of a little girl and a baby bear while hunting for blueberries with their mothers one bright summer day All the colour and flavour of the sea and pine-covered Maine countryside School Library Journal starred review"
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| "Do You Want to be My Friend? by Eric Carle (Paperback, 1979)" |
| "Do you want to be my friend? asks a little mouse of a horse a peacock an alligator and others in this classic and charming story Only when he meets another little mouse is the answer unequivocally Yes!Each page of this ingenious all but wordless picture book affords surprise suspense and repeated pleasure for the viewer Booklist"
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| "The Mixed-up Chameleon by Eric Carle (Paperback, 1988)" |
| "The Mixed-Up Chameleon is a captivating picture book from Eric Carle author-illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar that teaches young children the key differences between animals and the importance of being yourselfA chameleon's antics with colour shape and size show what makes each animal different and why it's important to be yourselfEric Carle is an award-winning and bestselling author-illustrator of books for very young children His books include the much-loved classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar Rooster's Off to See the World Today is Monday Draw Me a Star The Very Busy Spider and The Bad-Tempered Ladybird His most famous book The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold over 33 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 50 different languages; several enhanced editions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar are available from Puffin"
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| "Hairy Maclary's Rumpus At The Vet by Lynley Dodd (Paperback, 1991)" |
| "Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley DoddSniffles and snuffles and doses of flu - itches and stitches and tummyache too Hairy Maclary is waiting to see the vet with lots of other pets Then something happens to turn the waiting room into a kerfuffling scramble of paws a tangle of bodies and a jumble of jaws what can be the matter? Another rumbustious rhyming romp with Hairy Maclary (from Donaldson's Dairy!) and friends!Lynley Dodd is an award-winning authorillustrator who lives in New Zealand She is enormously popular for her rhyming stories of the unforgettable HAIRY MACLARY and his friends She worked as a teacher before beginning to write her own books in 1974Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd!Hairy Maclary's Bone; Hairy Maclary Scattercat; Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper; Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet; Slinky Malinki; Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness; Slinky Malinki Open the Door; Sniff-Snuff-Snap!; Schnitzel Von Krumm Forget-Me-Not; Slinky Malinki Catflaps; Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers; Hairy Maclary's Hat Tricks; Scarface Claw; Schnitzel Von Krumm Dog's Never Climb Tress; Hairy Maclary Sit; Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack; Magnet Fun with Hairy Maclary; Hairy Maclary Shoo; Hairy Maclary and Friends Little Library; Slinky Malinki Open the Door; Slinky Malinki Early Bird; Where is Hairy Maclary?; Sticker Fun with Hairy Maclary; My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes"
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| "The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka (Paperback, 1992)" |
| "After the Princess kissed the frog he turned into a handsome prince and they lived happily ever after or did they? The Princess can't stand the Prince's froggy habits - the way he hops around on the furniture or sneaks off to the lily pond The Prince is unhappy too and decides that it would be best if he were changed back to a frog But finding a witch who will do the job is harder than he expects They all seem to have other spells in mind"
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| "Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish by Michael Foreman (Paperback, 1993)" |
| "Dinosaurs have taken over the Earth! They're stomping and stamping all over the place Young readers will love finding out why in this classic environmental tale from best-selling authorillustrator Michael Foreman A fable for our time and as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1972"
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| "The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "A classic picture book by Eric Carle - The Tiny SeedWhen the tiny seed is blown away from its parent plant it travels a very long way - over seas deserts and mountains The tiny seed survives the hazards of the journey and finally falls onto fertile earth It grows and grows becoming the tallest biggest flower for miles around Then one day the wind blows and thousands of the flower's seeds begin their own journeysEric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children Eric lives in Massachusetts with his wife Barbara The Carles opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002Don't miss all the other Very Hungry Caterpillar and Eric Carle booksThe Very Hungry Caterpillar; Eric Carle's Very Special Baby Book; Polar Bear Polar Bear What do You Hear?; The Very busy Spider; The Very Quiet Cricket; The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse; 1 2 3 to the Zoo; Baby Bear Baby Bear What do you See?; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pop-Up Book; Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear?; The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Buggy Book; Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?; The Bad-Tempered Ladbybird; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Little Learning Library; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Touch and Feel Playbook; My Very First Book of Words; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book and Toy; Little Cloud; Today is Monday; My Very First Book of Shapes; The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Sound Book; The Very Hungry Caterpillar; From Head to Toe; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Big Board Book; Draw Me a Star; Mister Seahorse; Do You want to be My Friend?; The Tiny Seed"
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| "Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "You're either a Purple Cow or you're not You're either remarkable or invisible Make your choiceWhat do Apple Starbucks Dyson and Pret a Manger have in common? How do they achieve spectacular growth leaving behind former tried-and-true brands to gasp their last? The old checklist of P's used by marketers - Pricing Promotion Publicity - aren't working anymore The golden age of advertising is over It's time to add a new P - the Purple CowPurple Cow describes something phenomenal something counterintuitive and exciting and flat-out unbelievable In his new bestseller Seth Godin urges you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build and everything you do to create something truly noticeable It's a manifesto for anyone who wants to help create products and services that are worth marketing in the first place"
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| "On the Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "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 areThe Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living the importance of reason and morality and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence lucidity and timeless wisdom"
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| "On Art and Life by John Ruskin (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "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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| "Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "From the bestselling author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close andEverything is IlluminatedDiscover the mind-blowing life-changing book which revolutionised the way we think about meat - coming soon as a major documentary film by Natalie PortmanEating Animals is the single most original book about food written this century It will change the way you think and change the way you eat For good Whether you're doing veganuary trying to cut back on animal consumption or a lifelong meat-eater you need to read this book'Universally compelling Jonathan Safran Foer's book changed me' - Natalie Portman'Moving disturbing should be compulsory reading A genuine masterwork Read this book It will change you' Time Out'If you eat meat and fish you should read this book Even if you don't you should It might bring the beginning of a change of heart about all living things' Joanna Lumley'Gripping breathtaking original A brilliant synthesis of argument science and storytelling One of the finest books ever written on the subject of eating animals' TLS'Shocking incandescent brilliant' The Times'Horrifying eloquent timely' Spectator"
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| "The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book Britain's former senior law lord and one of the world's most acute legal minds examines what the idea actually means He makes clear that the rule of law is not an arid legal doctrine but is the foundation of a fair and just society is a guarantee of responsible government is an important contribution to economic growth and offers the best means yet devised for securing peace and co-operation He briefly examines the historical origins of the rule and then advances eight conditions which capture its essence as understood in western democracies today He also discusses the strains imposed on the rule of law by the threat and experience of international terrorism The book will be influential in many different fields and should become a key text for anyone interested in politics society and the state of our world"
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| "Ireland: The Autobiography: One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People by John Bowman (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "Ireland in its own words a dazzling compendiumOver the past hundred years Ireland has undergone profound political social and cultural changes But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling invective and self-scrutiny Ireland The Autobiography draws upon this genius to create a portrait of a century of Irish life through the words of the people who lived itBroadcaster and historian John Bowman has mined archives diaries and memoirs to create a remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives Ireland The Autobiography is a brilliantly selected wide-ranging and engrossing take on the last century of Irish life It gives us a portrait of Ireland unlike anything we've read before'Absorbing and illuminating John Bowman has selected a range of accounts of Irish life that do justice to what happened what it felt like and the personal and societal experiences alongside the official version' Diarmaid Ferriter Irish Times'A treasure' Irish Examiner'A whistle-stop tour of the seismic seminal and explosive events which shaped the nation as we know it' Irish Independent'Entertaining and informative' Sunday Business Post'A remarkably varied and delightfully readable mosaic of voices and perspectives' Women's Way'A thoughtful and eclectic collection' Irish Mail on Sunday"
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| "Ways of Seeing by John Berger (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Based on the BBC television series John Berger&39;s Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art published as part of the Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics&39;Seeing comes before words The child looks and recognizes before it can speak&39;&39;But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by itThe relation between what we see and what we know is never settled&39; John Berger&39;s Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language First published in 1972 it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented &39;This is an eye-opener in more ways than one by concentrating on how we look at paintings he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures&39; By now he hasJohn Berger (b 1926) is an art critic painter and novelistborn in Hackney LondonHis novel G (1972) won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Booker Prize If you enjoyed Ways of Seeing you might like Susan Sontag&39;s On Photography also available in Penguin Modern Classics&39;Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of professional art critics he is a liberator of images and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation&39;Peter Fuller Arts Review&39;The influence of the series and the book was enormous It opened up for general attention areas of cultural study that are now commonplace&39;Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling&39;One of the most influential intellectuals of our time&39;Observer"
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| "The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects by John Berger, Susan Sontag, Marshall McLuhan, Bruno Munari (Paperback,..." |
| "In a dazzling fusion of Quentin Fiore&39;s bold and inventive graphic design and Marshall McLuhan&39;s unique insight into technology advertising and mass-media The Medium is the Massage is a unique study of human communication in the twentieth century published in Penguin Modern ClassicsMarshall McLuhan is the man who predicted the all-pervasive rise of modern mass media Blending text image and photography his 1960 classic The Medium is the Massage illustrates how the growth of technology utterly reshapes society personal lives and sensory perceptions so that we are effectively transformed by the means we use to communicate His theories many of which are illustrated in this astonishing &39;inventory of effects&39; force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society This concept and his ideas such as rolling up-to-the-minute news broadcasts and the media &39;Global Village&39; have proved decades ahead of their time How do we see the world around us? The &39;Penguin on Design&39; series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art design and the media have changed our vision forever Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) was a Canadian educator philosopher and scholar - a professor of English Literature a literary critic and a communications theorist McLuhan&39;s work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory Among his other works are The Mechanical Bride (1951) The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962) and Understanding Media (1964) Quentin Fiore (b1920) is a graphic designer renowned for his collaborations with writers including the academic Marshall McLuhan and the futurist and engineer Buckminster Fuller If you enjoyed The Medium is the Massage you might like Bruno Munari&39;s Design as Art also available in Penguin Modern Classics &39;The media prophet of the 1960s&39;The New York Times&39;In the tumult of the digital revolution McLuhan is relevant anew&39;Wired"
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| "The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by Norman Doidge (Paperback,..." |
| "Meet the ninety year old doctor who with the aid of a few simple exercises is still practising medicine His is just one of the incredible stories brain expert Norman Doidge tells as he reveals our brain's remarkable ability to repair itself through the power of positive thought In The Brain That Changes Itself Doidge introduces us to the fascinating stories at the cutting edge of the brain science and the emerging discipline of 'neuroplasticity' We meet the stroke victim who unable to feed or dress himself learned to move and talk again the woman with a rare brain condition that left her feeling as though she was perpetually falling but who through a series of exercises rewired her brain to overcome this and the maverick scientists over turning centuries of assumptions about the brain and it's capacity for renewal Doidge shows how their incredible work is helping the blind to see the deaf to hear and causing Nobel laureates to rethink our model of the brain This remarkable book will leave you with a sense of wonder at the capabilities of the human brain and the power to change which lies within all of us"
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| "Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "Describing the surreal hallucinations insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum Thomas De Quincey&39;s legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs 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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| "Hiroshima by John Hersey (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945 killing 100000 men women and children a new era in human history opened Written only a year after the disaster John Hersey brought the event vividly alive with this heartrending account of six men and women who survived despite all the odds A further chapter was added when forty years later he returned to Hiroshima to discover how the same six people had struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling disease The result is a devastating picture of the long-term effects of one bomb"
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| "Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "From the father of 'gonzo journalism' Hunter S Thompson's research for Hell's Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published in Penguin Modern Classics'A phalanx of motorcycles cam roaring over the hill from the west the noise was like a landslide or a wing of bombers passing over Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing' Huge bikes filthy denim and an aura of barely contained violence; the Hell's Angels could paralyse whole towns with fear But how much of that reputation was myth and how much was brutal reality? Only one man could discover the truth about these latter-day barbarians; Hunter S Thompson Dr Gonzo himself the man who saw the fear and loathing at the heart of the American dream Determined to discover the truth behind the terrifying reputation of these marauding biker gangs Thompson spent a year on the road with the Angels documenting his hair-raising experiences with Charger Charley Big Frank Little Jesus and the Gimp Hell's Angels is the hair-raising result a free-wheeling impressionistic counter-culture classic that made Hunter S Thompson's name as the wild man of American writingHunter S Thompson (1937 - 2005) began writing as a sports columnist in Florida He has worked on newspapers and magazines becoming South American correspondent for the National Observer His novels include Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 and The Great Shark Hunt If you enjoyed Hell's Angels you might like William S Burroughs' Junky also available in Penguin Modern Classics'Excellent documentary non-fiction'Time Out'There are only two adjectives writers care about any more - brilliant and outrageous - and Hunter has a freehold on both of them'Tom Wolfe'The first rock-star writer'Guardian"
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| "Funnybones: A Bone Rattling Collection by Allan Ahlberg (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "A collection of the perennially popular Funny Bones books by Allan AhlbergCelebrate thirty years of Funnybones with the spooky A Brilliant Bone-rattling Collection which contains three stories from Allan Ahlberg's iconic children's picture book series about skeletons The Ghost Train Bumps in the Night and Skeleton Crew This collection is perfect for early readers!In this big big book with its bright bright colours there is a dark dark house and in that dark dark house in a dark dark cellar live some skeletons!Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards including the Kate Greenaway MedalLook out for these other classics by Allan AhlbergBurglar Bill; Cops and Robbers; Each Peach Pear Plum; The One and Only Two Heads; Son of a Gun; The Little Worm Book; Two Wheels Two Heads; Funny Bones; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo!; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill"
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| "The Book of Master Mo by Mo Zi (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "A key work of ancient Chinese philosophy is brought back to life in Ian Johnston's compelling and definitive translation new to Penguin Classics Very little is known about Master Mo or the school he founded However the book containing his philosphical ideas has survived centuries of neglect and is today recognised as a fundamental work of ancient Chinese philosophy The book contains sections explaining the ten key doctrines of Mohism; lively dialogues between Master Mo and his followers; discussion of ancient warfare; and an extraordinary series of chapters that include the first examples of logic dialectics and epistemology in Chinese philosophy The ideas discussed in The Book of Master Mo - ethics anti-imperalism and a political hierarchy based on merit - remain as relevant as ever and the work is vital to understanding ancient Chinese philosophyTranslator Ian Johnston has an MA in Latin a PhD in Greek and a PhD in Chinese and was Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Sydney University until his retirement He has published translations of Galen's medical writings early Chinese poetry (Singing of Scented Grass and Waiting for the Owl) and early Chinese philosophical works (the Mozi and - with Wang Ping - the Daxue and Zhongyong) In 2011 he was awarded the NSW Premier's Prize and the PEN medallion for translationUnlike previous translations this version includes the complete text It also includes an introduction and explanatory endnotes 'A landmark endeavour' - Asia Times'A magnificent and valuable achievement' - Journal of Chinese Studies'Eminently readable and at the same time remarkably accurateJohnston's work will be the standard for a long time' - China Review International'Compelling and engaging readingwhile at the same time preserving the diction and rhetorical style of the original Chinese' - New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies"
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