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| "Skippy Dies by Paul Murray (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Paul Murray's Skippy Dies is a tragicomic masterpiece about a Dublin boarding schoolLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys nobody pays either of them much attention But when Skippy falls for Lori the frisbee-playing siren from the girls' school next door suddenly all kinds of people take an interest - including Carl part-time drug-dealer and official school psychopath A tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension Skippy Dies scours the corners of the human heart and wrings every drop of pathos humour and hopelessness out of life love Robert Graves mermaids M-theory and everything in between'That rare thing a comic epic Murray is a brilliant comic writer but also humane and touching and he captures the misery and elation joy and anxiety of teenage life' David Nicholls Guardian'Novels rarely come as funny and as moving as this utterly brilliant exploration of teenhood and the anticlimax of becoming an adult one of the finest comic novels written anywhere' Eileen Battersby Irish Times'I loved Skippy Dies three novels fused into one ignited tragicomic tour de force' Ali Smith Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year'An unforgettably exuberant saga set in an Irish boys' school The insulting repartee is Shakespearean the minor characters hilarious and Murray captures the fleeting joys and lasting sorrows of adolescence perfectly' Emma Donoghue Daily Telegraph'A triumph brimful of wit and narrative energy' Sunday Times'The sprawling brilliance of Paul Murray's darkly comic second novel works on many different levels When you finish the last page you may be tempted to start all over again' MetroPaul Murray is the author of An Evening of Long Goodbyes shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award in 2005 and Skippy Dies longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010"
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| "A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "Art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to discover the truth behind a bombing which killed an old friend - a Nazi hunter While there he encounters something that turns his whole life upside down Each fact he uncovers only leads to more questions until finally a picture emerges which is more terrible than he could have ever imagined - a portrait of evil stretching across 60 years and thousands of lives into his own personal nightmares"
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| "The Symposium" |
| "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 Plato's retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire truth and illusion spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships society and leadership - and shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy"
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| "There But for the" |
| "There but for the is the sparkling satirical novel by bestselling Ali Smith'There once was a man who one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party 'As time passes by and the consequences of this stranger's actions ripple outwards touching the owners the guests the neighbours and the whole country so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful strange place where everyone is so much more than they at first appear There but for the was hailed as one of the best books of 2011 by Jeanette Winterson AS Byatt Patrick Ness Sebastian Barry Boyd Tonkin Erica Wagner and Nick Barley'Dazzlingly inventive' AS Byatt'Whimsically devastating Playful humorous serious profoundly clever and profoundly affecting' Guardian'A real gem' Erica Wagner The Times'Eccentric adventurous intoxicating dazzling This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read' Literary Review'If you liked Smith's earlier fiction you will know that she enjoys setting up a situation before chucking in a literary Molotov cocktail then describing what happens' Sunday Express'Wonderful word-playful compelling' Jeanette Winterson'Smith can make anything happen which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today' Daily Telegraph'I take my hat off to Ali Smith Her writing lifts the soul' Evening Standard"
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| "Climbing Mount Improbable" |
| "20th Anniversary Edition - With a New Introduction Cover note Each copy of the anniversary edition of Climbing Mount Improbable features a unique shell No two covers are exactly alikeHow could such an intricate object as the human eye - so complex and so precise - have come about by chance? In this masterful piece of popular science Richard Dawkins builds a powerful and carefully reasoned argument for evolutionary adaptation as the force behind all life on earth The metaphor of 'Mount Improbable' represents the combination of perfection and improbability that we find in the seemingly 'designed' complexity of living things And through it all runs the thread of DNA the molecule of life responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkins' eloquent descriptions of astonishing adaptations in the living world"
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| "The Drunkard's Walk : How Randomness Rules Our Lives" |
| "Leonard Mlodinow's The Drunkard's Walk How Randomness Rules Our Lives is an exhilarating eye-opening guide to understanding our random world Randomness and uncertainty surround everything we doSo why are we so bad at understanding them? The same tools that help us understand the random paths of molecules can be applied to the randomness that governs so many aspects of our everyday lives from winning the lottery to road safety and reveals the truth about the success of sporting heroes and film stars and even how to make sense of a blood test The Drunkard's Walk reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting - read it or risk becoming another victim of chance 'A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives' Stephen Hawking author of A Brief History of Time 'Delightful Our lives may be shaped by chance but they are enriched by awareness - just the sort of awareness that this fascinating book will give you' Guardian 'Mlodinow writes in a breezy style interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists The result is a readable crash course in randomness' The New York Times 'Please read The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow a history explanation and exaltation of probability theory The results are mind-bending' Fortune Leonard Mlodinow has a PhD has been a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology and a television writer in Hollywood as well as developing many award winning CD-ROMs He is currently Vice President of Emerging Technologies and R&D at Scholastic Inc and lives in New York City His previous books include A Brief History of Time which he co-authored as well as Euclid's Window and Some Time with Feynman both published by Penguin"
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| "The Poetry of Birds" |
| "Birds are the most obvious wild things we have around us They are much watched and much loved A remarkable number of poets have noticed birds and British bird poetry is as old as British poetry Some of the best known and most loved poems in English are bird poems Here poet Simon Armitage and amateur ornithologist Tim Dee gather the best of the past and the most promising of the present as well as some overlooked gems Poems are organised according to ornithological classification and there are detailed ornithological notes which illuminate the poems and provide fascinating information on the birds Altogether this is a truly original anthology"
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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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| "The Chrysalids by John Wyndham (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "The disturbing post-apocalyptic novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham author of The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes and dramatised on BBC Radio 4David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses calling them blasphemies against nature Little does he realise that his own son and his son's cousin Rosalind and their friends have their own secret abberation which would label them as mutants But as David and Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders Soon they face a choice wait for eventual discovery or flee to the terrifying and mutable Badlands The Chrysalids is a post-nuclear apocalypse story of genetic mutation in a devastated world and explores the lengths the intolerant will go to keep themselves pure'Perfect timing astringent humour one of the few authors whose compulsive readability is a compliment to the intelligence' Spectator'Remains fresh and disturbing in an entirely unexpected way' GuardianJohn Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903 the son of a barrister He tried a number of careers including farming law commercial art and advertising and started writing short stories intended for sale in 1925 From 1930 to 1939 he wrote short stories of various kinds under different names almost exclusively for American publications while also writing detective novels During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army In 1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA and decided to try a modified form of science fiction a form he called 'logical fantasy' As John Wyndham he wrote The Day of the Triffids The Kraken Wakes The Chrysalids The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned) The Seeds of Time Trouble with Lichen The Outward Urge Consider Her Ways and Others Web and Chocky John Wyndham died in March 1969"
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| "Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal is a darkly compelling novel that explores the taboo subject of pupilteacher relationships obsession and betrayal From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced she has found a kindred spirit Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate and unstinting and when Sheba is discovered having an illicit affair with one of her pupils Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba's chief defender But all is not as it first seems in this dark story and as Sheba will soon discover a friend can be just as treacherous as any lover'Brilliant nasty gripping' Zadie Smith'Compelling dark sexy' Observer'Superbly gripping One of the most compelling books I've read in ages' Daily Telegraph'Deliciously sinister' Daily MailZoe Heller is the author of three novels Everything You Know Notes on a Scandal which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 and The Believers The 2006 film adaptation of Notes on a Scandal starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench received four Oscar nominations She lives in New York"
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| "Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (Hardback, 2008)" |
| "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 When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love and salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future With its sensitive depiction of the wronged Tess and powerful criticism of social convention Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of the most moving and poetic of Hardy's novels"
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| "Complicit by Nicci French (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Complicit is a gripping psychological thriller by the highly acclaimed and Top Ten bestselling author Nicci FrenchWho is more deadly?An enemy? A friend?Or a lover?Bonnie Graham is in her friend's flat She is alone except for the dead body lying in a pool of blood What happened? What will she do? And is any or all of it her fault?Bonnie is a music teacher who has spent a long hot summer in London rehearsing with a band It was supposed to be fun but the tricky knots of the band's friendships unravel with each passing day What was meant to be a summer of happiness music and love turns deadly as lovers betray passions turn homicidal and friendship itself becomes a crimeSomeone in the band must be a killer Is it Bonnie? And if not - who is it?Praise for Nicci French'Relentlessly addictive Friendship and betrayal has never been so deadly' Mirror'A gripping crime mystery an accomplished thriller' Woman'Exerts a vice-like grip' Daily Telegraph'Reels in readers from the start' Independent"
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| "Under the Volcano" |
| "One of the twentieth century's great undisputed masterpieces Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano includes an introduction by Michael Schmidt in Penguin Modern ClassicsIt is the fiesta 'Day of the Dead' in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac In the shadow of the volcano ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate ugly pariah dogs roam the streets and Geoffrey Firmin - ex-consul ex-husband an alcoholic and a ruined man - is living out the last day of his life Drowning himself in mescal while his former wife and half-brother look on powerless to help him the consul has become an enduring tragic figure As the day wears on it becomes apparent that Geoffrey must die It is his only escape from a world he cannot understand His story the image of one man's agonised journey towards Calvary became a prophetic book for a whole generationMalcolm Lowry (1909-1957) was born and died in England Between school and studying English at St Catherine's College Cambridge he spent five months at sea as a deckhand an experience which gave him the material for his first novel Ultramarine (1933) After marrying in Paris he moved to New York where he completed In Ballast to the White (1936) Under The Volcano was begun in Hollywood coloured by a short stay in the Mexico that it describes and eventually finished in Dollarton British Columbia If you enjoyed Under the Volcano you might like F Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and the Damned also available in Penguin Classics'A Faustian masterpiece'Anthony Burgess"
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| "The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Saul Bellow's American masterpiece The Adventures of Augie March includes an introduction by Christopher Hitchens in Penguin Modern ClassicsA penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression Augie March drifts through life latching on to a wild succession of occupations including butler thief dog-washer sailor and salesman He is a 'born recruit' easily influenced by others who try to mould his destiny Not until he tangles with the glamorous Thea a huntress with a trained eagle can he attempt to break free A modern day everyman on an odyssey in search of reality and identity Augie March is the star of star performer in a richly observed human variety show a modern-day Columbus in search of reality and fulfilment Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was a Canadian-born American writer who enjoyed a dazzling career as a novelist marked with numerous literary prizes including the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature His books include The Adventures of Augie March Herzog More Die of Heartbreak Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories Mr Sammler's Planet Seize The Day and The VictimIf you enjoyed The Adventures of Augie March you might like John Updike's Rabbit Run also available in Penguin Classics'The Adventures of Augie March is the Great American Novel Search no further'Martin Amis Guardian'Funny poignant crowded with carnivalesque types and yet narrated by a voice that is lonely and simple it is Bellow's fat comic masterpiece'Observer"
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| "The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Regarded by many as Jack Kerouac's most touching works The Subterraneans and Pic are an evocative and poignant pair of novels from the author of On the Road This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Ann DouglasLeo Percepied aspiring writer and self-styled free-wheeling bum gravitates to the Subterraneans impoverished intellectuals who haunt the bars and clubs of San Francisco surviving on a diet of booze and benzedrine Proust and Verlaine Living among them is Mardou Fox beautiful and a little crazy whose dark eyes full of suffering and sweetness find recognition in Leo But afraid of his growing involvement Leo sets out to destroy their love Exuberant and melancholy Kerouac's spontaneous prose flows across the pages Written in three days The Subterraneans is like all Kerouac's work closely related to his own life while encapsulating his great vision of America Also included here is the novel Pic the story of a young black boy who makes his own journey on the roadJack Kerouac (1922-69) was an American novelist poet artist and part of the Beat Generation His first published novel The Town and the City appeared in 1950 but it was On the Road published in 1957 that made Kerouac famous Publication of his many other books followed among them The Subterraneans Big Sur and The Dharma Bums Kerouac died in Florida at the age of forty-sevenIf you enjoyed The Subterraneans and Pic you might like Kerouac's Maggie Cassidy also available in Penguin Modern Classics'The tender and achingly poetic account of a love affair'Lester Bangs Rolling Stone"
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| "A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "As Minister for Culture the Honourable M A Nanga is 'a man of the people' as cynical as he is charming and a roguish opportunist At first the contrast between Nanga and Odili a former pupil who is visiting the ministry appears huge But in the 'eat-and-let-eat' atmosphere Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts - and the two men's personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos Published prophetically just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966 A Man of the People is an essential part of his body of work dealing with modern African history"
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| "The Go-between by L. P. Hartley (Paperback, 2004)" |
| "LP Hartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence The Go-Between is edited with an introduction and notes by Douglas Brooks-Davies in Penguin Modern Classics'The past is a foreign country they do things differently there'When one long hot summer young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall he begins to act as a messenger between Ted the farmer and Marian the beautiful young woman up at the hall He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation The haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian societyLeslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972) was born in Whittlesey Cambridgeshire and educated at Harrow and Balliol College Oxford For more than thirty years from 1923 he was an indefatigable fiction reviewer for periodicals including the Spectator and Saturday Review His first book Night Fears (1924) was a collection of short stories; but it was not until the publication of Eustace and Hilda (1947) which won the James Tait Black prize that Hartley gained widespread recognition as an author His other novels include The Go-Between (1953) which was adapted into an internationally-successful film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates and The Hireling (1957) the film version of which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film FestivalIf you enjoyed The Go-Between you might like Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave also available in Penguin Modern Classics'Magical and disturbing'Independent 'On a first reading it is a beautifully wrought description of a small boy's loss of innocence long ago But visited a second time the knowledge of approaching unavoidable tragedy makes it far more poignant and painful'Express"
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| "Exile and the Kingdom: Stories by Albert Camus (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "The stories of Exile and the Kingdom explore the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance With intense power and lyricism Camus evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes whether the shimmering deserts of his native Algeria or the wild mysterious jungles of BrazilHere a Frenchwoman is gradually seduced by the sheer difference of North Africa a mutilated renegade is driven mad by the cruelty of his own people and a barrel-maker watches the slow decline of his craft A kindly teacher must choose between the law and a life while a modest painter is out of his depth in the hypocrisy of the art world and a French engineer discovers a new sense of belonging in a distant landFrench novelist essayist and playwright Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and workCarol Cosman is the translator of many works from French both literary and scholarly Among the books she has translated are Jean-Paul Sartre's The Family Idiot Gustave Flaubert 1821-1857 Honore de Balzac's Colonel Chabert Simone de Beauvoir's America Day by Day and most recently Rene Daumal's Mount Analogue"
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| "Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "A modern fable a post-apocalyptic romance a gothic horror story; Angela Carter's genre-defying fantasia Heroes and Villains includes an introduction by Robert Coover in Penguin Modern ClassicsSharp-eyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and the other Professors Outside where the land is thickly wooded and wild beasts roam live the Barbarians who raid and pillage in order to survive Marianne is strictly forbidden to leave her civilized world but fascinated by these savage outsiders decides to escape There beyond the wire fences she will discover a decaying paradise encounter the tattooed Barbarian boy Jewel and go beyond the darkest limits of her imagination Playful sensuous violent and gripping Heroes and Villains is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of post-apocalyptic fiction gothic fantasy literary allusion and twisted romanceAngela Carter (1940-92) was born in Eastbourne and later evacuated to live with her grandmother in Yorkshire She read English at Bristol University and after escaping an early marriage went to live in Japan for a number of years She wrote nine novels which blend fantasy science fiction and gothic and is often referred to as a writer of magical realism If you enjoyed Heroes and Villains you might like Carter's The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman also available in Penguin Modern Classics'Angela Carter is a genius'Victoria Glendinning'An unashamed fantasist a fabulist of daemonic energy'The Times"
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| "The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (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 Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco who has a taste for white mice vanilla bonbons and poison Pursuing questions of identity and insanity along the paths and corridors of English country houses and the madhouse The Woman in White is the first and most influential of the Victorian genre that combined Gothic horror with psychological realism"
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| "An Image of Africa/ The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "Beautifully written yet highly controversial An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people Also included is The Trouble with Nigeria Achebe's searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country GREAT 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"
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| "Tender is the Night (Hardback, 2010)" |
| "These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald&39;s deathBetween the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit Among the most fashionable are the Divers Dick and Nicole who hold court at their villa Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt a film star who is instantly attracted to them but understands little of the dark secrets and hidden corruption that hold them together As Dick draws closer to Rosemary he fractures the delicate structure of his marriage and sets both Nicole and himself on to a dangerous path where only the strongest can survive In this exquisite lyrical novel Fitzgerald has poured much of the essence of his own life; he has also depicted the age of materialism shattered idealism and broken dreams"
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| "Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Clothbound Classics) Hardcover" |
| "Part of Penguin&39;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 Shipwrecked and cast adrift Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput an island inhabited by little people whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new bitter insights into human behaviour Swift&39;s savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished magnified and finally bestial species presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves"
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| "Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The Penguin English Library Edition of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy&39;I cannot allow any man to - to criticise my private conduct!&39; she exclaimed &39;Nor will I for a minute&39;Hardy&39;s powerful novel of swift sexual passion and slow-burning loyalty centres on Bathsheba Everdene a proud working woman whose life is complicated by three different men - respectable farmer Boldwood seductive Sergeant Troy and devoted Gabriel - making her the object of scandal and betrayal Vividly portraying the superstitions and traditions of a small rural community Far from the Madding Crowd shows the precarious position of a woman in a man&39;s world The 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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| "Notso Hotso by Anne Fine (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "It's a dog's life for Anthony Not only is he lacking the respect he deserves from the neighbourhood dogs and cats but suddenly all he can do is scratch scratch scratch And now bits of him are dropping off - yeuch! Just when Anthony thinks things can't get any worse he finds himself on the vet's table What she has in mind is about to destroy the tiny shred of street cred he has left"
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| "The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "The bestselling controversial novel about corruption and misuse of power in an American boys' schoolThe headmaster of Trinity College asks Archie Costello the leader of the Vigils a secret society that rules the school to help with the selling of 20000 boxes of chocolates in the annual fund-raising effort Archie sees the chance of adding to his power - he is the Assigner handing out to the boys tasks to be performed if they are to survive in the school Freshman Jerry Renault a newcomer to the corrupt regime refuses to sell chocolates Enormous mental and physical pressure is put on him but he will not give in - the result is an inevitable explosive tragedy"
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| "The Promise: The Moving Story of a Family in the Holocaust by Barbara Powers (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "This is the remarkable true story of a young Jewish girl and her brother growing up during the Second World War caught in a world turned upside down by the Nazis Written specially for children Eva describes her happy early childhood in Vienna with her kind and loving parents and her older brother Heinz whom she adored But when the Nazis marched into Austria everything changedEva&39;s family fled to Belgium then to Amsterdam where with the help of the Dutch Resistance they spent the next two years in hiding - Eva and her mother in one house and her father and brother in another Finally though they were all betrayed and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland Despite the horrors of the camp Eva&39;s positive attitude and stubborn personality (which had often got her into trouble) saw her through one of the most tragic events in history and she and her mother eventually returned to AmsterdamSadly her father and brother perished just weeks before the liberation Eva and her mother went back to the house where Heinz and his father had hidden for Eva had remembered that Heinz had told her he had hidden his paintings beneath the floorboards there Sure enough there were over thirty beautiful paintingsHeinz hadn&39;t wasted any of his talents during his captivity For Eva here was a tangible everlasting memory of her brother and a reminder of her father&39;s promise that all the good things you accomplish will make a difference to someone and your achievements will be carried on Heinz&39;s paintings have been on display in exhibitions in the USA and are now a part of a permanent exhibition in Amsterdam&39;s war museumTold simply and clearly for younger readers THE PROMISE is an unforgettable story written by Eva Schloss the step-daughter of Otto Frank and Barbara Powers Eva&39;s very close friend"
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| "Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "With an introduction by Dame Judi DenchTALES FROM SHAKESPEARE is a perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays Charles and Mary Lamb vividly bring to life the power of Hamlet and Othello and the fun of As You Like It They never lose the feel of Shakespeare's language and the tales are classic literature in their own right"
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| "Michael Rosen's A-Z: The best children's poetry from Agard to Zephaniah by Michael Rosen (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "From Agard to Zephaniah the very best of children's poetry from the very best of children's poets appears in this wonderful and exciting anthology edited by Michael Rosen the Children's LaureateCoinciding with his laureateship and a very welcome public promotion of the need for children's poetry in our education system this future classic for Puffin will delight readers young and old and make the perfect gift"
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| "Vampire Academy: Frostbite (book 2)" |
| "It's winter break at St Vladimir's and a massive Strigoi vampire attack has put the school on high alert This year's trip away from the academy to the wintery peaks of Idaho has suddenly become mandatoryBut Rose's troubles seem to follow her wherever she goes - dealing with the pain of knowing that her relationship with her tutor Dimitri can never be things get even more complicated when one her closest friends admits his feelings for herThe glittering winter landscape may create the illusion of safety but Rose - and her heart - are in more danger than she ever could have imagined"
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