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| "The Vinland Sagas by Leifur Eiricksson (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red's Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America a bountiful land of grapes and vines discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus Written down in the early thirteenth century they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land and Eirik's son Leif the Lucky's perilous voyages to explore it Wrecked by storms stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with trade with and war with the Native Americans"
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| "The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Fyodor Dostoyevsky's powerful meditation on faith meaning and morality The Brothers Karamazov is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff in Penguin ClassicsWhen brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably Mitya the sensualist whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan the intellectual whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption good and evil blur and everyone's faith in humanity is testedThis powerful translation of The Brothers Karamazov features and introduction highlighting Dostoyevsky's recurrent themes of guilt and salvation with a new chronology and further readingFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison and in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt His other works available in Penguin Classics include Crime & Punishment The Idiot and DemonsIf you enjoyed The Brothers Karamazov you might like Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls also available in Penguin Classics'There is no writer who better demonstrates the contradictions and fluctuations of the creative mind than Dostoyevsky and nowhere more astonishingly than in The Brothers Karamazov'Joyce Carol Oates'Dostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life'Friedrich Nietzsche'The most magnificent novel ever written'Sigmund Freud"
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| "Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "Everything Is Illuminated is Jonathan Safran Foer&39;s bestselling novel of a search for truth The inspiration for the Liev Schreiber film starring Elijah Wood A young man arrives in the Ukraine clutching in his hand a tattered photograph He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis Unfortunately he is aided in his quest by Alex a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms; a "blind" old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy Davis Jr Jr What they are looking for seems elusive -- a truth hidden behind veils of time language and the horrors of war What they find turns all their worlds upside down &39;An astonishing feat of writing hilariously funny and deeply serious a gripping narrative Extraordinary&39;The Times &39;One of the most impressive novel debuts of recent years&39;Joyce Carol Oates The Times Literary Supplement &39;A first novel of startling originality&39;Jay McInerney Observer &39;Showy smart Made me laugh a lot&39;Susan Sontag The Times Literary Supplement &39;It seems hard to believe that such a young writer can have such a deep understanding of both comedy and tragedy&39;Erica Wagner The Times &39;A box of treasures&39;LA Times&39; &39;Funny life affirming brilliant&39;Esquire Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977 He is the author of Everything is Illuminated which won the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book award; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close which is now a major film starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock; and Eating Animals He is also the editor of A Convergence of Birds"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind (Paperback,..." |
| "What went wrong with American business at the end of the 20th century?Until the spring of 2001 Enron epitomized the triumph of the New Economy Feared by rivals worshipped by investors Enron seemingly could do no wrong Its profits rose every year; its stock price surged ever upward; its leaders were hailed as visionaries Then a young Fortune writer Bethany McLean wrote an article posing a simple question - how exactly does Enron make its money?Within a year Enron was facing humiliation and bankruptcy the largest in US history which caused Americans to lose faith in a system that rewarded top insiders with millions of dollars while small investors lost everything It was revealed that Enron was a company whose business was an illusion an illusion that Wall Street was willing to accept even though they knew what the real truth was This book - fully updated for the paperback - tells the extraordinary story of Enron's fall"
Price: 9.49 |
| "The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen (Paperback, 2010)" |
| "From Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen The Idea of Justice is a refreshing alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice Is justice an ideal for ever beyond our grasp or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? At the heart of Sen's argument is his insistence on the role of public reason in establishing what can make societies less unjust But there are always choices to be made between alternative assessments of what is reasonable and competing positions can each be well defended Rather than rejecting these pluralities we should use them to construct a theory of justice that can accommodate divergent points of view Sen also inspiringly shows how the principles of justice in the modern world must avoid parochialism and address vital questions of global injustice The breadth of vision intellectual acuity and striking humanity of one of the world's leading public intellectuals have never been more clearly shown than in this remarkable book 'A major advance in contemporary thinking' John Gray Literary Review 'The most important contribution to the subject since John Rawls's A Theory of Justice' Hilary Putnam Harvard University 'Sen writes with dry wit a feel for history and a relaxed cosmopolitanism a conviction that economists and philosophers are in business to improve the world burns on almost every page' Economist 'Sen's magisterial critique of the dominant mode of liberal political philosophy confirms him as the English-speaking world's pre-eminent public intellectual' New Statesman Books of the Decade Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor at Harvard He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 and was Master of Trinity College Cambridge 1998-2004 His most recent books are The Argumentative Indian Identity and Violence and Development as Freedom His books have been translated into thirty languages"
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| "The Lubetkin Legacy by Marina Lewycka (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "'Lively a joy to read' - The TimesShortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prizeFrom the bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in UkrainianNorth London in the twenty-first century a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother rather than lose the council flatA time of golden job opportunities though you might have to dress up as a coffee bean or work as an intern at an undertaker or put up with champagne and posh French dinners while your boss hits on youA place rich in language - whether it's Romanian Ukrainian Russian Swahili or buxom housing officers talking managementeseA place where husbands go absent without leave and councillors sacrifice cherry orchards at the altar of new buildsMarina Lewycka is back in this hilarious farcical tender novel of modern issues and manners"
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| "How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "A poignant coming-of-age novel set in a Welsh mining town Richard Llewellyn's How Green Was My Valley is a paean to a more innocent age published in Penguin Modern ClassicsGrowing up in a mining community in rural South Wales Huw Morgan is taught many harsh lessons - at the kitchen table at Chapel and around the pit-head Looking back on the hardships of his early life where difficult days are faced with courage but the valleys swell with the sound of Welsh voices it becomes clear that there is nowhere so green as the landscape of his own memory An immediate bestseller on publication in 1939 How Green Was My Valley quickly became one of the best-loved novels of the twentieth century Poetic and nostalgic it is an elegy to a lost worldRichard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd (1906-1983) better known by his pen name Richard Llewellyn claimed to have been born in St David's Pembrokeshire Wales; after his death he was discovered to have been born of Welsh parents in Hendon Middlesex His famous first novel How Green Was My Valley (1939) was begun in St David's from a draft he had written in India and was later adapted into an Oscar-winning film by director John Ford None But the Lonely Heart his second novel was published in 1943 and subsequently made into a film starring Cary Grant and Ethel Barrymore As well as novels including Green Green My Valley Now (1975) and I Stand on a Quiet Shore (1982) Llewellyn wrote two highly successful plays Poison Pen and NooseIf you enjoyed How Green Was My Valley you might like Barry Hines' A Kestrel for a Knave also available in Penguin Modern Classics'Vivid eloquent poetical glowing with an inner flame of emotion'The Times Literary Supplement"
Price: 8.49 |
| "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 Soft Machine: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "A terrifying surreal space-age odyssey The Soft Machine initiated Burroughs' Cut-Up Trilogy that includes Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded The book draws the reader into an unmappable textual space where nothing is true and everything is permitted to make a total assault on the colonising powers of planet earth that have turned us all into machinesEdited and introduced by renowned Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris this new edition clarifies for the first time the extraordinary history of The Soft Machine's writing and rewriting demolishing the myths of Burroughs' chance-based writing methods and demonstrating for a new generation the significance of his greatest experiment"
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| "Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley &39;Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face of such loathsome yet appalling hideousness&39; A twisted upside-down creation myth Mary Shelley&39;s chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science and the horror within us all It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature causes nothing but murder and destruction Written after a nightmare when its author was only eighteen Frankenstein gave birth to the modern science fiction novel 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"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "The Penguin English Library Edition of Alice&39;s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll &39;"Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so surprised that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English) "Now I&39;m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Goodbye feet!"&39; &39;I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole without the least idea what was to happen afterwards&39; wrote Lewis Carroll describing how Alice was conjured up one &39;golden afternoon&39; in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and the back-to-front Looking Glass kingdom depict order turned upside-down a baby turns into a pig time is abandoned at a disorderly tea-party and a chaotic game of chess makes a seven-year-old girl a Queen But amongst the anarchic humour and sparkling word play puzzles and riddles are poignant moments of nostalgia for lost childhood 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"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "Anne of Green Gables is the classic children&39;s book by L M Montgomery the inspiration for the Netflix Original series Anne with an E Watch it now! Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise They are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a skinny red-haired girl turns up instead Feisty and full of spirit Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts&39; affection with her vivid imagination and constant chatter It&39;s not long before Anne finds herself in trouble but soon it becomes impossible for the Cuthberts to imagine life without &39;their&39; Anne - and for the people of Avonlea to recall what it was like before this wildly creative little girl whirled into town L M Montgomery was born in Clifton Prince Edward Island in 1874 A prolific writer she published many short stories poems and novels but she is best known for Anne of Green Gables and its sequels inspired by the years she spent on the beautiful Prince Edward Island Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942 and was buried in Cavendish on her beloved island Other books by L M Montgomery Anne of Green Gables; Anne of Avonlea; Anne of the Island; Anne of Windy Poplars; Anne&39;s House of Dreams; Anne of Ingleside; Rainbow Valley; Rilla of Ingleside; Emily of New Moon; Emily Climbs; Emily&39;s Quest; Pat of Silver Bush; Mistress Pat; The Story Girl; The GOlden Road; Kilmeny of the Orchard; The Blue Castle; Magic for Marigold; A Tangled Web; Jane of Lantern Hill"
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| "Young Bond: By Royal Command by Charlie Higson (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school - and his countryLife for James Bond will never be the same again"
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| "The Summer I Turned Pretty Complete Series (books 1-3)" |
| "The bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty series is now available is one gorgeous new edition with exclusive material inside!She has only ever loved two boys Isabel spends every summer at the beach But this summer is different This is the summer she turns pretty - the year two brothers will notice her for the first timeConrad - unavailable aloof - who she's been in love with foreverJeremiah - friendly relaxed - the only one who's ever really paid her any attentionFriendship is no longer enough From first kisses to first loves seasons pass promises are made and hearts are broken Now Isabel must make the most difficult decision of allExperience first love's butterflies with The Summer I Turned Pretty Collection - for the first time all three books together in one Who will you choose?Contains exclusive extra material inside including Conrad's letters to IsabelThe complete series includes The Summer I Turned Pretty It's Not Summer Without You and We'll Always Have Summer'This book is what every girl wants in a summer' - Sarah Dessen About the authorJenny Han is the New York Time Bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series A former children's bookseller and school librarian she earned her master's degree in creative writing for children at the New School She lives in Brooklyn"
Price: 10.49 |
| "The Complete Adventures of Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf" |
| "All four Clever Polly books in one volume including Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf Polly and the Wolf Again Tales of Polly and the Hungry Wolf and More Stories of Clever Polly and the Stupid WolfDrawing occasionally on well-known fairy tales and skilfully blending fantasy and reality these stories are bursting with humour originality and charm And Polly not scared at all outwits the wolf on each and every occasion!"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Where is the Very Hungry Caterpillar?" |
| "The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold over 41 million copies worldwide in over 62 languages In this new lift-flap book children are asked where the Hungry Caterpillar might be hiding Is he hiding in the grass? No that's a chirpy cricket! Is he nibbling the strawberry? No that's an ant! The lift-flap on every spread lets little readers join in the fun as they search in this fun interactive take on the beloved children's classic"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Wind in the Willows : V&A Collector's Edition" |
| "This new hardback edition of The Wind in the Willows the classic story loved by children and adults alike has been created in partnership with the world-famous V&A Museum with exquisite cover designs from their William Morris collection Spring is in the air and Mole has found a wonderful new world There's boating with Ratty a feast with Badger and high jinx on the open road with that reckless ruffian Mr Toad of Toad Hall The four become the firmest of friends but after Toad's latest escapade can they join together and beat the wretched weasels?"
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| "Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Annotated Edition by George Orwell (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "This is the essential edition of the essential book of modern times 1984 now annotated for students with an introduction by D J TaylorEver since its publication in 1949 George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian regime where Big Brother controls its citizens like 'a boot stamping on a human face' has become a touchstone for human freedom and one of the most widely-read books in the world In this new annotated edition Orwell's biographer D J Taylor elucidates the full meaning of this timeless satire explaining contemporary references in the novel placing it in the context of Orwell's life elaborating on his extraordinary use of language and explaining the terms such as Newspeak Doublethink and Room 101 that have become familiar phrases today"
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| "Much Ado About Nothing" |
| "A dazzling display of William Shakespeare's fondness for wit and wordplay Much Ado About Nothing is a high-spirited comedy edited with notes by RA Foakes and an introduction by Janet Dillon'Some Cupid kills with arrows some with traps'Proud vivacious Beatrice and a high-spirited rake Benedick both claim that they are determined never to marry But when good-hearted mischief-maker Don Pedro tricks them into believing that each harbours secret feelings for the other Beatrice and Benedick begin to question whether their witty banter and sharp-tongued repartee conceals something deeper Schemes abound misunderstandings proliferate and matches are eventually made in this sparkling and irresistible comedy famously adapted by Kenneth Branagh in a film starring Keanu Reeves and Emma ThompsonThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to Much Ado About Nothing a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen and a commentaryIf you enjoyed Much Ado About Nothing you might like As You Like It also available in Penguin Shakespeare'How is it possible that Shakespeare understood the human heart so well?'Saskia Reeves"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'He was not blind to the fact that murder like the religions of the Pagan world requires a victim as well as a priest'Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high societyIntroducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsOscar Wilde (1854-1900) Wilde's works available in Penguin Classics are De Profundis and Other Prison Writings The Complete Short Fiction The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose"
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| Confabulations |
| "'Language is a body a living creature and this creature's home is the inarticulate as well as the articulate' John Berger's work has revolutionized the way we understand visual language In this new book he writes about language itself and how it relates to thought art song storytelling and political discourse today Also containing Berger's own drawings notes memories and reflections on everything from Albert Camus to global capitalism Confabulations takes us to what is 'true essential and urgent'"
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| "IB Biology Course Book: Oxford IB Diploma Programme: 2014 by Andrew Allott, David Mindorff (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "The only DP Biology resource developed with the IB to accurately match the new 2014 syllabus for both SL and HL this completely revised edition gives you unparallelled support for the new concept-based approach to learning the Nature of science Understanding applications and skills are integrated in every topic alongside TOK links and real-world connections to drive inquiry and independent learning Assessment support directly from the IB includes practice questions and worked examples in each topic along with focused support for the Internal Assessment Truly aligned with the IB philosophy this Course Book gives unrivalled insight and support at every stage Accurately cover the new syllabus - the most comprehensive match with support directly from the IB on the core AHL and all the options Fully integrate the new concept-based approach holistically addressing understanding applications skills and the Nature of science Tangibly build assessment potential with assessment support straight from the IB Written by co-authors of the new syllabus and leading IB workshop leaders Supported by a fully comprehensive and updated Study Guide and Oxford Kerboodle Online Resources Also available as a fully online Course Book About the series The only DP resources developed directly with the IB the Oxford IB Course Books are the most comprehensive core resources to support learners through their study Fully incorporating the learner profile resources are assessed by consulting experts in international-mindedness and TOK to ensure these crucial components are deeply embedded into learning"
Price: 43.99 |
| "Human Rights: Politics and Practice" |
| "Human Rights Politics and Practice is the most comprehensive most topical and most student-friendly introduction to human rights Bringing together a range of international experts including political scientists philosophers lawyers and policy-makers the book provides students with a broad range of perspectives on the theoretical and practical issues in this constantly evolving field In addition to in-depth theoretical content the book also features unrivalled coverage of human rights issues in practice with a wide range of case studies to explore concrete examples from around the world The third edition has been brought fully up-to-date with the most recent events and latest research developments in the area Two new chapters have been added one on religion and human rights and one on sexual orientation and gender identity and human rights introducing students to these important topics and expanding the theoretical and practical discussion of issues of universalism and relativism The new edition also features a range of carefully developed pedagogical features to aid student learning encourage critical analysis and challenge students to question their own assumptions The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre to enhance students' learning and provide valuable support for lecturers For students - Revise key terms with a flashcard glossary - Take your learning further with links to key human rights documents - Use carefully selected web links as a first step towards independent research For registered lecturers - Enhance your seminars with a specially developed active learning exercise - Use adaptable PowerPoint slides as the basis for lecture presentations or as handouts in-class - Save time preparing assessments with a fully updated test bank of questions"
Price: 30.99 |
| "Law: A Very Short Introduction" |
| "Law is at the heart of every society protecting rights imposing duties and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social political and economic activity Despite this the law often seems a highly technical perplexing mystery with its antiquated and often impenetrable jargon obsolete procedures and endless stream of complex statutes and legislation In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks introduces the major branches of the law describing what lawyers do and how courts operate and considers the philosophy of law and its pursuit of justice freedom and equality In this second edition Wacks locates the discipline in our contemporary world considering the pressures of globalization and digitalisation and the nature of the law in our culture of threatened security and surveillance ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable"
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| "How to Befriend Your Shadow: Welcoming Your Unloved Side by John Monbourquette (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Each of us has a 'shadow' composed of everything we have driven into our unconscious for fear of being rejected by the people we loved when we were young Over the years we created a whole underground world filled with things that were shameful displeasing or upsetting to those around us Our task as adults is to rediscover what makes up our shadow to bring it into the light and to use it for our own spiritual growth If we refuse to do this work we risk being out of balance psychologically and our lives and relationships will not reach their fullest potential Is your shadow your friend or your enemy? That will depend on how you see it and how you relate to it This book offers you the tools you need to welcome your shadow side Befriend your shadow and watch your relationship with yourself and with others grow and deepen!"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Dear Pope Francis : The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World" |
| "If you could ask Pope Francis one question what would it be?Children have questions and struggles just like adults but rarely are they given the chance to voice their concerns and ask the big questions resting deep in their hearts In Dear Pope Francis Pope Francis gives them that chance and celebrates their spiritual depth by directly answering questions from children around the world Gathered from more than 250 submissions 30 letters from children to Pope Francis are answered in a picture book that feels akin to sitting in on a series of intimate conversations The letters hand-written and illustrated are reproduced on left-hand pages along with English translations and photos of each child; the pope's answers appear opposite The questions can be theologically intense (If God loves us so muchwhy didn't he defeat the devil?) deeply personal (Ivan a 13-year-old from China asks whether his non-Catholic grandfather will go to heaven) or casual and blunt (You are not very young anymore begins one from Dutch twins Hannes and Lidewij) The answers are rarely simple but the pope writes respectfully and honestly often invoking larger spiritual and social concepts while the injustices of the present are often represented as well In today's world there is so much suffering And unfortunately you know that firsthand Francis writes to a Syrian boy Mohammed A beautiful hardback book full of life and joy and colour - the perfect gift for Christenings and Confirmations and for children or adults of all ages!"
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| Simplicity |
| "THE classic work about making the complicated simple from the world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de Bono From confusing manuals to uninterpretable jargon and bureaucratic red-tape modern life can be highly complicated and frustrating For many of us it is almost impossible to make sense of In Simplicity lateral-thinking guru Edward de Bono shows us how to bring clarity into our increasingly complicated lives Through his ten rules of simplicity he encourages us to be creative and break down the complex into manageable and recognisable parts By making the complicated simple you will free up time reduce stress and make better decisions"
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| Metamorphosis |
| "'I cannot make you understand I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me I cannot even explain it to myself'Featuring an ordinary man who wakes up to find himself turned into a giant cockroach Kafka's masterpiece of unease and black humour Metamorphosis is brought together here with the best of his short storiesA new series of twenty distinctive unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" |
| "The beloved award-winning novel will soon be a major motion picture starring 13 Reasons Why's Katherine Langford and Everything Everything's Nick Robinson 'Worthy of Fault in Our Stars-level obsession' Entertainment Weekly'I love you SIMON I LOVE YOU! And I love this fresh funny live-out-loud book Jennifer Niven bestselling author of All the Bright PlacesStraight people should have to come out too And the more awkward it is the better Simon Spier is sixteen and trying to work out who he is - and what he's looking for But when one of his emails to the very distracting Blue falls into the wrong hands things get all kinds of complicatedBecause for Simon falling for Blue is a big deal It's a holy freaking huge awesome deal"
Price: 6.49 |
| "The Girl on the Cliff" |
| "A beautiful drama spanning decades from international Number One bestselling author Lucinda RileyWhy has a secret from 1914 caused a century of heartache?Troubled by recent loss Grania Ryan has returned to Ireland and the arms of her loving family And it is here on a cliff edge that she first meets a young girl Aurora who will profoundly change her life Mysteriously drawn to Aurora Grania discovers that the histories of their families are strangely and deeply entwined From a bittersweet romance in wartime London to a troubled relationship in contemporary New York from devotion to a foundling child to forgotten memories of a lost brother the Ryans and the Lisles past and present have been entangled for a century Ultimately it will be Aurora whose intuition and remarkable spirit help break the spell and unlock the chains of the pastHaunting uplifting and deeply moving Aurora's story tells of the triumph of hope over loss"
Price: 7.99 |
