 |
| White Egret Hyaluronic Acid Intensive Hydrating Formula-8 oz Bottle |
| $21.59 (Retail $28.75) |
| From the Manufacturer:MoisturizeTightenFirmProtectIntensive Hydrating Formula. [Read More] |
 |
| "The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "Collecting uniquely uncanny tales from the master of American horror HP Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories is edited with an introduction and notes by ST Joshi in Penguin Modern ClassicsCredited with inventing the modern horror tradition HP Lovecraft remade the genre in the early twentieth century Discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisaging mankind at the mercy of a chaotic and malevolent universe Lovecraft's unique works would prove to be a huge influence on modern horror writers such as Stephen King This selection of short stories ranges from early tales of nightmares and insanity such as 'The Outsider' and 'The Rats in the Walls' through the grotesquely comic 'Herbert West - Reanimator' and 'The Hound' to the extraterrestrial terror of 'The Call of Cthulhu' which fuses traditional supernaturalism with science fiction Including the definitive corrected texts this collection reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerising narrative style and establishes him as a hugely influential - and visionary - American writerHoward Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) born in Providence Rhode Island was self-educated and lived in his birthplace all his life working as a freelance writer journalist and ghostwriter Using many pen names he contributed his supernaturalhorror and science fictionfantasy stories to various pulp magazines but his reputation as a writer rests mainly on the 60 or so stories he published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales starting in 1923 If you enjoyed The Call of Cthulhu you might also like Arthur Machen's The White People and Other Weird Stories available in Penguin Classics'The twentieth century horror story's dark and baroque prince'Stephen King"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool' The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as 'My Country Right or Left' 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such Such were the Joys' his memoir of the horrors of public school as well as discussions of Shakespeare sleeping rough boys' weeklies and a spirited defence of English cooking Opinionated uncompromising provocative and hugely entertaining all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subjectA collection of witty and incisive non-fiction George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant includes an introduction by Jeremy Paxman in Penguin Modern Classics"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Orientalism by Edward W. Said (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire with a preface by the author&39;Stimulating elegant and pugnacious&39; Observer&39;Magisterial&39; Terry EagletonIn this highly-acclaimed work Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the &39;otherness&39; of eastern culture customs and beliefs He traces this view through the writings of Homer Nerval and Flaubert Disraeli and Kipling whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West&39;s romantic and exotic picture of the Orient Drawing on his own experiences as an Arab Palestinian living in the West Said examines how these ideas can be a reflection of European imperialism and racism &39;Beautifully patterned and passionately argued&39;New Statesman&39;Very exciting his case is not merely persuasive but conclusive&39;John Leonard New York Times"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinski (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "The Penguin Modern Classics edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor is translated by William R Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand with an introduction by Neal AschertonAfter the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974 which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories Here their eloquent and ironic voices depict the lavish corrupt world they had known - from the rituals hierarchies and intrigues at court to the vagaries of a ruler who maintained absolute power over his impoverished people They describe his inexorable downfall as the Ethiopian military approach strange omens appear in the sky and courtiers vanish until only the Emperor and his valet remain in the deserted palace awaiting their fate Dramatic and mesmerising The Emperor is one of the great works of reportage and a haunting epitaph on the last moments of a dying regimeRyszard Kapuscinski (1932-2007) was born in Pinsk now in Belarus Kapuscinski was the pre-eminent writer among Polish reporters His best-known book is a reportage-novel of the decline of Haile Selassie's anachronistic regime in Ethiopia - The Emperor which has been translated into many languages Shah of Shahs about the last Shah of Iran and Imperium about the last days of the Soviet Union have enjoyed similar success If you enjoyed The Emperor you might like Norman Mailer's The Fight also available in Penguin Modern Classics'Stunning a magical eloquence'John Updike New Yorker'The Emperor transcends reportage becoming a nightmare of power An unforgettable fiercely comic and finally compassionate book'Salman Rushdie'Kapuscinski trascends the limitations of journalism and writes with the narrative power of a Conrad or Kipling or Orwell'Blake Morrison"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Shah of Shahs depicts the final years of the Shah in Iran and is a compelling meditation on the nature of revolution and the devastating results of fear Here Kapuscinski describes the tyrannical monarch who despite his cruel oppression of the Iranian people sees himself as the father of a nation who can turn a backward country into a great power - a vain hope that proves a complete failure Yet even as Iran becomes a 'behemoth of riches' and as the Shah lives like a European billionaire its people live in a climate of fear terrorized by the secret police Told with intense power and feeling Kapuscinski portrays the inevitable build-up to revolution - a cataclysmic upheaval that delivered Iran into the rule of the Ayatollah Khomeini"
Price: 6.99 |
| "I, Claudius by Robert Graves (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Bringing to life the subterfuge and double-dealing of Roman nobility Robert Graves's I Claudius brings the ancient world to life with startling clarity and meticulous realism This Penguin Modern Classics edition is a includes an introduction by Barry UnsworthDespised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties In I Claudius he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors from the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius and the insane excesses of Caligula Written in the form of Claudius' autobiography this is the first part of Robert Graves's brilliant account of the madness and debauchery of ancient Rome and stands as one of the most celebrated gripping historical novels ever writtenIf you enjoyed I Claudius you might like Graves's sequel Claudius the God also available in Penguin Modern Classics'An imaginative and hugely readable account of the early decades of the Roman Empire racy inventive often comic'Daily Telegraph'Still an acknowledged masterpiece and a model for historical fiction sympathetic and intensely involving a great feat of imagination'Hilary Mantel author of Wolf Hall"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Amadeus by Peter Shaffer (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius the most brilliant musician the world will ever see But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn't recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri the Court Composer does and he is tortured by what he hears Seething with rage at the genius of this flippant buffoon and suddenly aware of his own mediocrity Salieri declares war and sets out to destroy the man he sees as God's instrument on earth Peter Shaffer's award-winning play is a rich exuberant portrayal of a God-like man among mortals and lives destroyed by envy"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Equus by Peter Shaffer (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Self-consciously staging itself in the psychotherapy sessions of a disturbed young man Peter Shaffer&39;s Equus is a shocking exploration of the limits of faith of the intersecting worlds of the sacred and profane and of the paltry value of a &39;mundane&39; life published in Penguin Modern Classics When a deranged boy Alan Strang blinds six horses with a metal spike he is sentenced to psychiatric treatment Dr Dysart is the man given the task of uncovering what happened the night Strang committed his crime but in doing so will open up his own wounds Dysart struggles in secret to define sanity to justify his marriage to account for his career and finds himself questioning the &39;normality&39; of his way of life Ultimately he must ask himself is it patient or psychiatrist whose life is being laid bare? The most shocking play of its day Equus uses an act of violence to explore faith insanity and how the materialism of modern life can destroy humanity&39;s capacity for pain and passion Peter Shaffer (b 1926) born in Liverpool is an English playwright Among his plays are The Salt Land (1954) Equus (1973) which won Shaffer the 1975 Tony Award for Best Play as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and Amadeus (1979) which won the Evening Standard Drama Award and the Theatre Critics Award for the London production as well as being adapted into a 1984 film starring F Murray Abraham and Simon Callow If you enjoyed Equus you might like Tennessee Williams&39;s A Streetcar Named Desire also available in Penguin Modern Classics &39;Sensationally good&39;Guardian&39;A very important play&39;The New York Times"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "The play is a parable inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle Written at the close of World War II the story is set in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia and retells the tale of King Solomon and a child claimed by two mothers A chalk circle is metaphorically drawn around a society misdirected in its priorities Brecht's statements about class are cloaked in the innocence of a fable that whispers insistently to the audience"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Empty Space by Peter Brook (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Adapted from a series of four lectures originally delivered as the first of the Granada Northern Lectures Peter Brook's The Empty Space is an exploration of four aspects of theatre 'Deadly Holy Rough and Immediate' published in Penguin Modern Classics'I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage'In The Empty Space groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing any theatrical performance Here he describes important developments in theatre from the last century as well as smaller scale events from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting from Brecht's revolutionary alienation technique to the free form Happenings of the 1960s and from the different styles of such great Shakespearean actors as John Gielgud and Paul Scofield to a joyous impromptu performance in the burnt-out shell of the Hamburg Opera just after the war Passionate unconventional and fascinating his book shows how theatre defies rules builds and shatters illusions and creates lasting memories for its audiencesPeter Stephen Paul Brook CH CBE (b 1925) is a highly influential British theatrical producer and director During the 1950s he worked on many productions in Britain Europe and the USA and in 1962 returned to Stratford-upon-Avon to join the newly established Royal Shakespeare Company Throughout the next the 1960's he directed many ground breaking productions for the RSC before in 1970 forming The International Centre for Theatre Research in Paris If you enjoyed The Empty Space you might like John Berger's Ways of Seeing also available in Penguin Modern Classics'A brilliant book should be read by the many besides the passionate few to whom it will be required reading'Daily Telegraph"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Mersey Sound: Restored 50th Anniversary Edition by Brian Patten, Roger McGough, Adrian Henri (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "'I wanted your soft vergesBut you gave me the hard shoulder'The Mersey Sound brought poetry down from the shelf and on to the street capturing the mood of the Sixties and speaking to real lives with its irreverent wry freewheeling verses of young love petrol-pump attendants CND leaflets and bus journey capers Bringing together the hugely influential work of Adrian Henri Roger McGough and Brian Patten - the 'Liverpool Poets' - this perennially beloved volume is the bestselling poetry anthology of all time Now for its fiftieth anniversary this edition restores the original text of the book as it first appeared in 1967 energetic raw and a true record of its era"
Price: 8.49 |
| "South From Granada by Gerald Brenan (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Part autobiography part travelogue and wholly a tribute to the unspoilt beauty of southern Spain Gerald Brenan's South from Granada includes an introduction by Chris Stewart author of the bestselling Driving Over Lemons in Penguin Modern ClassicsBetween 1920 and 1934 Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen and South of Granada depicts his time there vividly evoking the essence of his rural surroundings and the Spanish way of life before the Civil War Here he portrays the landscapes festivals and folk-lore of the Sierra Nevada the rivalries romances and courtship rituals village customs superstitions and characters Fascinating details emerge from cheap brothels to archaeological remains along with visits from Brenan's friends from the Bloomsbury group - Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf among them Knowledgeable elegant and sympathetic this is a rich account of Spain's vanished pastGerald Brenan (1894-1987) was an English writer who spent much of his life in Spain He is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth a work of history on the background to the Spanish Civil War and for South From Granada Seven Years in an Andalusian Village He was awarded a CBE in 1982 and was much honoured in SpainIf you enjoyed South from Granada you might like Orwell's Homage to Catalonia also available in Penguin Modern Classics'The best of Brenan's books he has a true and proper knowledge of the culture he describes' Cyril Connolly Sunday Times'A brilliant interpreter of Spain to the rest of the world' The Times"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, Richard Alpert..." |
| "The Psychedelic Experience created by the prophetic shaman-professors Timothy Leary Ralph Metzer and Richard Alpert is a foundational text that serves as a model and a guide for all subsequent mind-expanding inquiries In this wholly unique book the authors provide an interpretation of an ancient sacred manuscript the Tibetan Book of the Dead from a psychedelic perspective The Psychedelic Experience describes their discoveries in broadening spiritual consciousness through a combination of Tibetan mediation techniques and psychotropic substances"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "Italo Calvino's enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures The Complete Cosmicomics is translated by Martin McLaughlin Tim Parks and William Weaver in Penguin Modern Classics'Naturally we were all there - dld Qfwfq said - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space Or time either what use did we have for time packed in there like sardines?' The Cosmicomics tell the story of the history of the universe from the big bang through millennia and across galaxies It is witnessed through the eyes of 'cosmic know-it-all' Qfwfq an exuberant chameleon-like figure who takes the shape of a dinosaur a mollusc a steamer captain and a moon milk gatherer among others This is the first complete edition in English of Italo Calvino's funny whimsical and delightful stories which blend scientific fact flights of fancy parody and wordplay to show the strangeness and the wonders of the world Italo Calvino (1923-1985) one of Italy's finest postwar writers has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple fable-like stories Calvino was born in Cuba and raised in San Remo Italy; he fought for the Italian Resistance from 1943-45 Among his other works published in Penguin Modern Classics are Italian Folktales Hermit in Paris Into the War The Path to the Spiders' Nests Numbers in the Dark Six Memos for the Next Millennium and Why Read the Classics?If you liked The Complete Cosmicomics you might enjoy Jorge Luis Borges' Fictions also available in Penguin Modern Classics'The complete and definitive collection a masterpiece' Gilbert Adair Evening Standard'Dazzling a book of revelation' Tim Adams Observer 'If you have never read Cosmicomics you have before you the most joyful reading experience of your life' Salman Rushdie'A landmark in fiction the work of a master' Ursula K Le Guin Guardian"
Price: 7.49 |
| "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"
Price: 6.49 |
| "All My Sons by Arthur Miller (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "In Joe and Kate Keller&39;s family garden an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm But his loss is not the only part of the family&39;s past they can&39;t put behind them Not everybody&39;s forgotten the court case that put Joe&39;s partner in jail or the cracked engine heads his factory produced which caused it and dropped twenty-one pilots out of the sky"
Price: 6.99 |
| "The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "Tennessee Williams's evocation of loneliness and lost love The Glass Menagerie is one of his most powerful and moving plays This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a new introduction by Robert BrayAbandoned by her husband Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier more gracious life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers' Her son Tom a poet with a job in a warehouse longs for adventure and escape from his mother's suffocating embrace while Laura her shy crippled daughter has her glass menagerie and her memories Amanda is desperate to find her daughter a husband but when the long-awaited gentleman caller does arrive Laura's romantic illusions are crushedTennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus Mississippi When his father a travelling salesman moved with his family to St Louis some years later both he and his sister found it impossible to settle down to city life He entered college during the Depression and left after a couple of years to take a clerical job in a shoe company He stayed there for two years spending the evenings writing He received a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1940 for his play Battle of Angels and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955 Among his many other plays Penguin have published The Glass Menagerie (1944) A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) The Rose Tattoo (1951) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) Sweet Bird of Youth (1959) The Night of the Iguana (1961) and Small Craft Warnings (1972)If you enjoyed The Glass Menagerie you might like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof also available in Penguin Modern Classics'Tennessee Williams will live as long as drama itself'Peter Shaffer author of Equus"
Price: 6.49 |
| "A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Tennessee Williams&39;s A Streetcar Named Desire is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Arthur Miller &39;I have always depended on the kindness of strangers&39;Fading southern belle Blanche DuBois is adrift in the modern world When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded boisterous corner of New Orleans her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella&39;s crude brutish husband Stanley Kowalski Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche&39;s fragile sense of identity to crumble threatening to destroy her sanity and her one chance of happiness Tennessee Williams&39;s steamy and shocking landmark drama recreated as the immortal film starring Marlon Brando is one of the most influential plays of the twentieth century Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus Mississippi When his father a travelling salesman moved with his family to St Louis some years later both he and his sister found it impossible to settle down to city life He entered college during the Depression and left after a couple of years to take a clerical job in a shoe company He stayed there for two years spending the evenings writing He received a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1940 for his play Battle of Angels and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955 Among his many other plays Penguin have published The Glass Menagerie (1944) The Rose Tattoo (1951) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) Sweet Bird of Youth (1959) The Night of the Iguana (1961) and Small Craft Warnings (1972) If you enjoyed A Streetcar Named Desire you might like The Glass Menagerie also available in Penguin Modern Classics &39;Lyrical and poetic and human and heartbreaking and memorable and funny&39;Francis Ford Coppola director of The Godfather&39;One of the greatest American plays&39;Observer"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "A sizzling drama of desire avarice and deception set in the American Deep South Tennessee Williams&39;s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is published in Penguin Modern Classics &39;Big Daddy&39; Pollitt the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta is about to celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday His two sons have returned home for the occasion Gooper his wife and children Brick an ageing football hero who has turned to drink and his feisty wife Maggie As the hot summer evening unfolds the veneer of happy family life and Southern gentility gradually slips away as unpleasant truths emerge and greed lies jealousy and suppressed sexuality threaten to reach boiling point Made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a masterly portrayal of family tensions and individuals trapped in prisons of their own making Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus Mississippi When his father a travelling salesman moved with his family to St Louis some years later both he and his sister found it impossible to settle down to city life He entered college during the Depression and left after a couple of years to take a clerical job in a shoe company He stayed there for two years spending the evenings writing He received a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1940 for his play Battle of Angels and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955 Among his many other plays Penguin have published The Glass Menagerie (1944) The Rose Tattoo (1951) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) Sweet Bird of Youth (1959) The Night of the Iguana (1961) and Small Craft Warnings (1972) If you enjoyed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof you might like Williams&39;s The Glass Menagerie also published in Penguin Modern Classics &39;Tennessee Williams will live as long as drama itself he is quite simply indispensable&39;Peter Shaffer author of Equus"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life by Richard Hoggart (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "When a society becomes more affluent does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force for good?When Richard Hoggart asked these questions in his 1957 book The Uses of Literacy Britain was undergoing huge social change yet his landmark work has lost none of its pertinence and power today Hoggart gives a fascinating insight into the close-knit values of Northern England&39;s vanishing working-class communities and weaves this together with his views on the arrival of a new homogenous &39;mass&39; US-influenced culture His headline-grabbing bestseller opened up a whole new area of cultural study and remains essential reading both as a historical document and as a commentary on class poverty and the media"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Horrors and Absurdities of Religion by Arthur Schopenhauer (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "A fascinating examination of ethics religion and psychology this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism 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"
Price: 4.49 |
| "100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists by Alex Danchev (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "In this one-of-a-kind volume indispensable for students of art architecture and filmAlex Danchev presents 100 Artists&39; Manifestos each reproduced with an introduction on the author and the associated movement in Penguin Modern ClassicsThis remarkable collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years is cacophony of voices from such diverse movements as Futurism Dadaism Surrealism Feminism Communism Destructivism Vorticism Stridentism Cannibalism and Stuckism taking in along the way film architecture fashion and cookeryArtists&39; manifestos are nothing if not revolutionary They are outlandish outrageous and frequently offensive They combine wit wisdom and world-shaking demandsThis collection gathers together an international array of artists of every stripe including Kandinsky Mayakovsky Rodchenko Le Corbusier Picabia Dali Oldenburg Vertov Baselitz Kitaj Murakami Gilbert and George together with their allies and collaborators - such figures as Marinetti Apollinaire Breton Trotsky Guy Debord and Rem KoolhaasEditor Alex Danchev is the author of an acclaimed biography of artist Georges Braque and is Professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham His other works include Alanbrooke War Diaries Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke The Iraq War and Democratic Politics and On Art and War and TerrorIf you enjoyed 100 Artists&39; Manifestos you might like John Berger&39;s Ways of Seeing also available in Penguin Modern Classics&39;The Manifesto is remarkable for its imaginative power it is the first great modernist work of art&39; Marshall Berman"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "When Betty Friedan produced The Feminine Mystique in 1963 she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries' general malaise would shake up society Victims of a false belief system these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty image of the magazines and found themselves forced to seek meaning in their lives only through a family and a home Friedan's controversial book about these women - and every woman - would ultimately set Second Wave feminism in motion and begin the battle for equality This groundbreaking and life-changing work remains just as powerful important and true as it was forty-five years ago and is essential reading both as a historical document and as a study of women living in a man's world"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Rilke (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "At the start of the twentieth century Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet advising him on writing love sex suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds This book also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker' a striking polemic against Christianity written in letter-form near the end of Rilke's life In Lewis Hyde's introduction he explores the context in which these letters were written and how the author embraced his isolation as a creative force Charlie Louth's afterword discusses the similarities and contrasts of the two works and Rilke's religious and sexual wordplay This edition also contains a chronology notes and suggested further reading"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Of Human Freedom by Epictetus (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "In this personal and practical guide to moral self-improvement and living a good life the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment stubbornness and fear family friendship and love and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical worldGREAT IDEAS 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"
Price: 4.49 |
| "The Odyssey by Homer (Hardback, 2009)" |
| "Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks battles monsters and the implacable enmity of the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must use his wit and native cunning if he is to reach his homeland safely and overcome the obstacles that even there await him"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "This adaptation of his genre-busting award-winning novel Artemis Fowl has been a labour of love for lifelong graphic novel fan Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin Art by Giovanni Rigano and colour by Paolo LamannaTwelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories These fairies are armed and they're dangerous Artemis thinks he's got them just where he wants them but then they stop playing by the rules"
Price: 8.99 |
| "The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "Someone has been supplying Class-A illegal human power sources to the goblins Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her arch-enemy thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl is responsible But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won't be enough Maybe this time Artemis needs help"
Price: 8.99 |
| "Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack by Lynley Dodd (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "Hairy Maclary&39; and Zachary Quack is a hilarious rhyming story by Lynley Dodd Zachary Quack a small and determined duckling sets out to play with a rather reluctant Hairy Maclary A &39;cat and mouse&39; chase follows with the two characters ending up peacefully snuggled together after Zachary Quack has saved a soggy Hairy Maclary from the river 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 1974 Read all the Hairy Maclary and Friends books by Lynley Dodd!Hairy Maclary&39;s Bone; Hairy Maclary Scattercat; Hairy Maclary&39;s Caterwaul Caper; Hairy Maclary&39;s Rumpus at the Vet; Slinky Malinki; Hairy Maclary&39;s Showbusiness; Slinky Malinki Open the Door; Sniff-Snuff-Snap!; Schnitzel Von Krumm Forget-Me-Not; Slinky Malinki Catflaps; Slinky Malinki&39;s Christmas Crackers; Hairy Maclary&39;s Hat Tricks; Scarface Claw; Schnitzel Von Krumm Dog&39;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"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Charlie and Lola: My First Ever and Best Story Collection by Penguin Books Ltd (Hardback, 2010)" |
| "A collection of FIVE extremely good stories all about ABSOLUTELY very important things like making friends being independent and even taking part in your very first school sports day!This collection contains You Can Be My Friend Help! I Really Mean It I Am Really Really Concentrating I Can Do Anything That's Everything All On My Own and Charlie is Broken"
Price: 10.49 |
