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| "The Elder Edda by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North The Elder Edda is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings'I was in the East battling giantswicked-hearted women who wandered the fells;great would be the giant-race if they all lived mankind would be nothing under middle-earth What did you do meantime Grey-beard?'JRR Tolkien spent much of his life studying translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe filled with heroes dragons trolls dwarves and magic He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary talesLegends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fictionThey are startling brutal strange pieces of writing with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translationsThey plunge the reader into a world of treachery quests chivalry trials of strengthThey are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century"
Price: 5.49 |
| "The Koran by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "'Across the language barrier Dawood captures the thunder and poetry of the original' The TimesThe Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago Its 114 chapters or surahs recount the narratives central to Muslim belief and together they form one of the world's most influential prophetic works and a literary masterpiece in its own right But above all the Koran provides the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to the Muslim faith today prayer fasting almsgiving pilgrimage to Mecca and absolute faith in God and His apostleAlso available from Penguin The Koran with Parallel Text 9780141393841"
Price: 6.49 |
| "How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing by Michel de Montaigne (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'No one characteristic clasps us purely and universally in its embrace'A selection of charming essays from a master of the genre exploring the contradictions inherent to human thought words and actionsIntroducing 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 millionsMichel de Montaigne (1533-1592) Montaigne's works available in Penguin Classics are The Complete Essays An Apology for Raymond Sebond On Friendship On Solitude and The Essays A Selection"
Price: 1.99 |
| "The Terrors of the Night by Thomas Nashe (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'dreaming of bears or fire or water'The greatest of Elizabethan pamphleteers Nashe had a magical ability with words never more so than in The Terrors of the Night where he mulls over ghosts demons nightmares and the supernaturalIntroducing 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 millionsThomas Nashe (1567-?1601) Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works is available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 1.99 |
| "Remember, Body... by C. P. Cavafy (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'All those excessive useless regrets'A collection of nostalgic erotic poetry from one of the greatest Greek poets to have ever livedIntroducing 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 millionsCP Cavafy (1863-1933) The Selected Poems of Cavafy is available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 1.99 |
| "Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Tonight he noticed how the women's eyesPassed from him to the strong men that were whole'The true horror of the trenches is brought to life in this selection of poetry from the front lineIntroducing 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 millionsWilfred Owen (1893-1918) Owen is available in Penguin Classics in Three Poets of the First World War Ivor Gurney Isaac Rosenberg Wilfred Owen"
Price: 1.99 |
| "My Dearest Father by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'They wanted me to give a concert; I wanted them to beg me And so they did I gave a concert'A selection of personal correspondence between Mozart and his most important mentor and supporter his fatherIntroducing 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 millionsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Mozart's work available in Penguin Classics is Mozart A Life In Letters"
Price: 1.99 |
| "Socrates' Defence by Plato (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'I'll stop doing it as soon as I understand what I'm doing'Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy Socrates' Defence details the final plea of Plato's beloved mentorIntroducing 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 millionsPlato (474 BC-347 BC) Plato's works available in Penguin Classics are Republic The Last Days of Socrates The Laws Phaedrus Protagoras and Meno Timaeus and Critias Theaetetus Early Socratic Dialogues The Symposium and Gorgias"
Price: 1.99 |
| "Antigone by Sophocles (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "&39;It&39;s a dreadful thing to yieldbut resist now?Lay my pride bare to the blows of ruin?That&39;s dreadful too&39;The remarkable story of Greek tragedy&39;s most intrepid heroine Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin&39;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 millions Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC) Sophocles&39;s works available in Penguin Classics are The Theban Plays and Electra and Other Plays"
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| "Leonardo da Vinci by Giorgio Vasari (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "&39;In this painting of Leonardo&39;s there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human&39;Often called "the first art historian" Vasari writes with delight on the lives of Leonardo and other celebrated Renaissance artists Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin&39;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 steppeHere are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millionsGiorgio Vasari (1511-1574) Vasari&39;s works available in Penguin Classics are Lives of the Artists Volume I and Volume II"
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| "The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains'Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one of the most important and influential political theories ever formulatedIntroducing 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 millionsKarl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) Marx's works available in Penguin Classics are Capital Dispatches for the New York Tribune Early Writings Grundrisse The Portable Karl Marx and Revolution and War"
Price: 2.99 |
| "Three Tang Dynasty Poets by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Can I bear to leave these blue hills?'A generous selection from three of the greatest and most enjoyable of Chinese poets Introducing 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 millionsWang Wei (roughly 699-761) Wang Wei's Poems is available in Penguin Classics Li Po (701-762) Tu Fu (712-770) Li Po and Tu Fu is available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 1.99 |
| "On the Beach at Night Alone by Walt Whitman (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'All nations colors barbarisms civilizations languages'A selection taken from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass Introducing 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 millionsWalt Whitman (1819-1892) Whitman's works available in Penguin Classics are Leaves of Grass and The Complete Poems"
Price: 1.99 |
| "The Eve of St Agnes by John Keats (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "'Hoodwink'd in faery fancy'This volume contains a selection of Keats's greatest verse - including his gothic story in verse 'The Eve of St Agnes' and the mysterious 'Lamia' - exploring themes of love enchantment myth and magicIntroducing 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 millionsJohn Keats (1795-1821) Keats's works available in Penguin Classics are Selected Poems So Bright and Delicate Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne The Complete Poems and Selected Letters"
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| "The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health and Disease by Daniel Lieberman (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "In The Story of the Human Body Daniel Lieberman Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodiesThis ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong From an evolutionary perspective if normal is defined as what most people have done for millions of years then it's normal to walk and run 9 -15 kilometres a day to hunt and gather fresh food which is high in fibre low in sugar and barely processed It's also normal to spend much of your time nursing napping making stone tools and gossiping with a small band of people Our 21st-century lifestyles argues Daniel Lieberman are out of synch with our stone-age bodies Never have we been so healthy and long-lived - but never too have we been so prone to a slew of problems that were until recently rare or unknown from asthma to diabetes to - scariest of all - overpopulationThe Story of the Human Body asks how our bodies got to be the way they are and considers how that evolutionary history - both ancient and recent - can help us evaluate how we use our bodies How is the present-day state of the human body related to the past? And what is the human body's future? 'Monumental The Story of the Human Body by one of our leading experts takes us on an epic voyage' - Neil Shubin author of Your Inner Fish'Riveting enlightening and more than a little frightening' - Christopher McDougall author of Born to RunDaniel Lieberman is the Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard and a leader in the field He has written nearly 100 articles many appearing in the journals Nature and Science and his cover story on barefoot running in Nature was picked up by major media the world over His research and discoveries have been highlighted in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times Boston Globe Discover and National Geographic"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "George Bernard Shaw's witty comedy of manners Pygmalion includes an introduction by Nicholas Grene in Penguin ClassicsPygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914 A brilliantly witty reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor Pygmalion who falls in love with his perfect female statue it is also a barbed attack on the British class system and a statement of Shaw's feminist views In Shaw's hands the phoneticist Henry Higgins is the Pygmalion figure who believes he can transform Eliza Doolittle a cockney flower girl into a duchess at ease in polite society The one thing he overlooks is that his 'creation' has a mind of her own Adapted into the Oscar-winning musical film My Fair Lady starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison in 1964 PygmalionThis is the definitive text produced under the editorial supervision of Dan H Laurence with an illuminating introduction by Nicholas Grene discussing the language and politics of the play Also included in this volume is Shaw's preface as well as his 'sequel' written for the first publication in 1916 to rebut public demand for a more conventially romantic endingAlthough essentially shy Dublin-born George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) created the persona of GBS the showman satirist conversationalist critic pundit wit intellectual buffoon and dramatist Commentators brought a new adjective into English 'Shavian' a term used to embody all his brilliant qualities Deeply concerned by what he saw as the exploitation of the working class Shaw was an active Socialist and a brilliant platform speaker He remains the only person ever to have been awarded both the Nobel Prize in Literature and an OscarIf you enjoyed Pygmalion you might like Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray also available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 6.49 |
| "King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend - and reach at the end of a perilous journey an unknown land cut off from the world where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "His innovative thriller as shocking now as when it was first published the Penguin Classics edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror is edited with an introduction by Robert MighallPublished as a 'shilling shocker' Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with the 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevenson's inventiveness within the Gothic tradition 'Olalla' a tale of vampirism and tainted family blood and 'The Body Snatcher' a gruesome fictionalisation of the exploits of the notorious Burke and HareThis edition contains a critical introduction by Robert Mighall which discusses class criminality and the significance of the story's London setting It also includes an essay on the scientific contexts of the novel and the development of the idea of the Jekyll-and-Hyde personalityRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh the son of a prosperous civil engineer Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil themes he explored in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and The Master of Ballantrae (1893)If you enjoyed The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde you might like The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg also available in Penguin Classics'Every bit as claustrophobic creepy and chilling as when it first saw the light of day over a century ago'Ian Rankin"
Price: 4.49 |
| "The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "A seminal and hugely imaginative work of early science fiction HG Wells's The Time Machine is the first and greatest modern portrayal of time-travel edited by Patrick Parrinder with an introduction by Marina Warner and notes by Steven McLean in Penguin ClassicsWhen a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802701 AD he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty contentment and peace Entranced at first by the Eloi an elfin species descended from man he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture - now weak and childishly afraid of the dark But they have every reason to be afraid in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity - the sinister Morlocks And when the scientist's time machine vanishes it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever to return to his own eraThis edition includes a full biographical essay on Wells a further reading list and detailed notes Marina Warner's introduction considers Wells's development of the 'scientific romance' and places the novel in the context of its timesHG Wells (1866-1946) was a professional writer and journalist Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction but later he became an apostle of socialism science and progress Among his most popular works are The Time Machine (1895); The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) filmed with Bela Lugosi in 1932 and again in 1996 with Marlon Brando; The Invisible Man (1897); The War of the Worlds (1898) which was the subject of an Orson Welles radio adaptation that caused mass panic when it was broadcast and a 2005 film directed by Stephen Spielberg; and The First Men in the Moon (1901) which predicted the first lunar landingsIf you enjoyed The Time Machine you might like Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth also available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "The first modern tale of alien invasion HG Wells's The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential science fiction novels ever published This Penguin Classics edition is edited by Patrick Parrinder with an introduction by Brian Aldiss author of Hothouse and notes by Andy SawyerThe night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London At first naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays and feast on the warm blood of trapped still-living human prey The forces of the Earth however may prove harder to beat than they at first appearThe War of the Worlds has been the subject of countless adaptations including an Orson Welles radio drama which caused mass panic when it was broadcast with listeners confusing it for a news broadcast heralding alien invasion; a musical version by Jeff Wayne; and most recently Steven Spielberg's 2005 film version starring Tom Cruise This Penguin Classics edition includes a full biographical essay on Wells a further reading list and detailed notes The introduction by Brian Aldiss considers the novel's view of religion and society HG Wells (1866-1946) was a professional writer and journalist Among his most popular works are The Time Machine (1895); The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) filmed with Bela Lugosi in 1932 and again in 1996 with Marlon Brando; The Invisible Man (1897); The War of the Worlds (1898); and The First Men in the Moon (1901) which predicted the first lunar landingsIf you enjoyed The War of the Worlds you might like Wells's The Time Machine also available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "In the spirit of TE Lawrence Wilfred Thesiger spent five years wandering the deserts of Arabia producing Arabian Sands 'a memorial to a vanished past a tribute to a once magnificent people' The Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Rory StewartWilfred Thesiger repulsed by what he saw as the softness and rigidity of Western life - 'the machines the calling cards the meticulously aligned streets' - spent years exploring in and around the vast waterless desert that is the 'Empty Quarter' of Arabia Travelling amongst the Bedu people he experienced their everyday challenges of hunger and thirst the trials of long marches beneath the relentless sun the bitterly cold nights and the constant danger of death if it was discovered he was a Christian 'infidel' He was the first European to visit most of the region and just before he left the area the process that would change it forever had begun - the discovery of oilThis edition contains an introduction by Rory Stewart discussing the dangers of Thesiger's travels his unconventional personality and his insights into the Bedouin way of lifeSir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (1910-2003) was a British travel writer born in Addis Ababa in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) Thesiger is best known for two travel books Arabian Sands (1959) which recounts his travels in the Empty Quarter of Arabia between 1945 and 1950 and describes the vanishing way of life of the Bedouins and The Marsh Arabs (1964) an account of the traditional peoples who lived in the marshlands of southern IraqIf you enjoyed Arabian Sands you might like TE Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom also available in Penguin Modern Classics'Thesiger is perhaps the last and certainly one of the greatest of the British travellers among the Arabs'Sunday Times'Following worthily in the tradition of Burton Lawrence Philby and Thomas it is very likely the book about Arabia to end all books about Arabia'Daily Telegraph"
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| "Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "Ten Days That Shook the World is John Reed's eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917 when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and the chance comments of bystanders set against an idealized backcloth of the proletariat soldiers sailors and peasants uniting to throw off oppression Reed's account is the product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassed classic of reporting"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov by Penguin Books Ltd (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "'She turned into a frog into a lizard into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle'In these tales young women go on long and difficult quests wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles with help or hindrance from magical dolls cannibal witches talking skulls stolen wives and brothers disguised as wise birds Half the tales here are true oral tales collected by folklorists during the last two centuries while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four great Russian writers Alexander Pushkin Nadezhda Teffi Pavel Bazhov and Andrey Platonov In his introduction to these new translations Robert Chandler writes about the primitive magic inherent in these tales and the taboos around them while in the afterword Sibelan Forrester discusses the witch Baba Yaga This edition also includes an appendix bibliography and notes 'This is a unique beautifully edited book an essential addition to the library of any Russophile' - Spectator Longlisted for the Rossica Translation Prize 2014Translated by Robert Chandler and Elizabeth ChandlerWith Sibelan Forrester Anna Gunin and Olga Meerson"
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| "Utopia by Saint Thomas More (Paperback, 2012)" |
| "Thomas More's Utopia is a masterpiece of Renaissance political philosophy responsible for introducing the term 'utopia' and spawning an entire genre of 'utopian' and 'dystopian' literature This Penguin Classics edition is a major new translation from the Latin by Dominic Baker-Smith and includes an introduction and notes on the text'Even if you can't eradicate harmful ideas or remedy established evils that's no reason to turn your back on the body politic'In Utopia Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice and human fulfilment is open to all As the traveller Raphael describes the island to More a bitter contrast is drawn between this rational society and the custom-driven practices of Europe So how can the philosopher try to reform his society? In his fictional discussion More takes up a question first raised by Plato and which is still a challenge in the contemporary world In the history of political thought few works have been more influential than Utopia and few more misunderstoodDominic Baker-Smith's introduction examines the conflicting voices and perspectives of More's masterpiece and relates them to the European context of his time This new edition also includes a chronology notes appendices glossary and suggested further readingThomas More (1478-1535) succeeded Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of England but came into conflict with the king Henry VIII by refusing to acknowledge him as sole head of the church Charged with high treason More steadfastly refused to take an oath impugning the pope's authority or upholding the king's divorce from Catherine of Aragon More was tried as a traitor at Westminster Hall and beheaded on Tower Hill He was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1935If you enjoyed Utopia you might like Plato's Republic also available in Penguin Classics"
Price: 5.99 |
| "The Paris Mapguide by Michael Middleditch (Paperback, 2002)" |
| "The award-winning bestselling The Paris Mapguide by Michael Middleditch - the best streetmap on the marketThe perfect travelling companion this clever guide combines illustrated easy-to-read maps with essential facts to help you get the most out of your trip to Paris It's light and slim enough to slip easily into a pocket or small bag yet packs in a wealth of invaluable information including detailed listings of everything from museums and galleries to markets and gardens recommendations on restaurants and night life Several more in-depth articles cover major attractions including The Louvre and Notre Dame and feature useful floor plans Metro and bus route maps will get you wherever you want to go and there's even a currency converter to help you sort the antique investments from the flea market bargainsFor many years Michael Middleditch was chief cartographer at Geographia He created the Mapguides especially for Penguin and there are four award-winning and highly successful titles in the series New York Paris London and the Map of the World"
Price: 5.49 |
| "Mog's Missing by Jan Pienkowski, Helen Nicoll (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "It's Midsummer Eve and Meg and Mog fly off to meet their friends but naughty Mog is messing around and falls from the broom Meg and friends form a search party but however hard they look Mog just can't be found! It takes a special spell to reveal Mog's hiding place and when they find him curled up in the cauldron he receives a firm telling off from Meg before being flown home in time for breakfast"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "The Bog Baby is a magical story by Jeanne Willis and Gwen MillwardWhen two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond they find something much better than a frog or a newt They find a bog baby Small and blue with wings like a dragon the girls decide to make him their secret I won't tell if you won'tBut the bog baby is a wild thing and when he becomes poorly the girls decide they must tell their mum And she tells them the greatest lesson if you really love something you have to let it goJeanne wrote her first book when she was five years old and hasn't stopped writing since She has now written over eighty titles including picture books novels and television scripts She has also won numerous awards including the Children's Book Award the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Silver Smarties Prize Her teen novel Naked Without a Hat was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award in 2004 She often takes inspiration from dreams and interesting conversations with strangers Gwen Millward studied illustration in Edinburgh and now spends all of her time painting and writing stories for children about her favourite subject beasts Her first book for Puffin Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood published in April 2007Other wonderful books by either of the two includeThe King of Tiny Things; Guess what I found in Dragon Wood; Happy Birthday in Dragon Wood; Sing a Song of Bottoms; Bottoms Up!; Silly Cecil and Clever Cubs; The Wheels on the Bus; Delilah Darling is in the Library; There's an Ouch in my Pouch!; Who's in the Loo?; The Monster Bed; Tadpole's Promise; The Beasties"
Price: 6.49 |
| "My Own Very Hungry Caterpillar Colouring Book by Eric Carle (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "A colouring-in version of Eric Carle's classic The Very Hungry CaterpillarThis colouring book is a black and white version of the original and classic favourite The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle fans and budding illustrators can now bring this bestselling story to life in their own colours and style The activity is accompanied by the full text of the story so that children can enjoy reading along as they colour in the picturesEric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award winning authorillustrator of books for very young children He was born in New York but spent his early life in Germany He returned to the States in his early twenties and worked as a graphic designer for the New York Times He went on to be the art director of an advertising agency before he began writing and illustrating children's books Eric lives in Massachusetts with his wife Barbara The Carles opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002Don't miss these other Very Hungry Caterpillar and Eric Carle booksThe Very Hungry Caterpillar; Eric Carle's Very Special Baby Book; Polar Bear Polar Bear What do You Hear?; The Very busy Spider; The Very Quiet Cricket; The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse; 1 2 3 to the Zoo; Baby Bear Baby Bear What do you See?; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pop-Up Book; Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear?; The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Buggy Book; Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?; The Bad-Tempered Ladbybird; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Little Learning Library; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Touch and Feel Playbook; My Very First Book of Words; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book and Toy; Little Cloud; Today is Monday; My Very First Book of Shapes; The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Sound Book; The Very Hungry Caterpillar; From Head to Toe; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Big Board Book; Draw Me a Star; Mister Seahorse; Do You want to be My Friend?; The Tiny Seed; The Mixed-up Chameleon; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book and CD; Baby Bear Baby Bear What do you See?; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book and Block Set; Rooster's Off to See the World; Count with the Very Hungry Caterpillar Sticker Book; My Very First Book of Colours; The Very Hungry Caterpillar Finger Puppet Book; My Own Very Busy Spider Colouring Book; Slowly Slowly Slowly Said the Sloth; The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Friends My Very First Annual"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs - The Magic Cutlass by Giles Andreae (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "During the school play Flinn finds himself slap-bang on the deck of a real-live pirate ship and he's not alone! Pirate Diplodocus Pirate Triceratops Pirate Stegosaurus and of course his old arch-enemy Captain T Rex are all there too They are all on the hunt for the famous magic cutlass that can grant wishes - WATCH OUT CAPTAIN FLINN! But you have to be careful what you wish for and that dastardly Captain T Rex soon finds himself in more trouble than ever!"
Price: 6.99 |
| "Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin (Paperback, 2007)" |
| "The creators of the children's classic Brown Bear Brown What Do You See? team up again in this special book about a very important topic - endangered animals A bald eagle soars a spider monkey swings a macaroni penguin struts and a red wolf sneaks through Bill Martin Jr's rhythmic text and Eric Carle's vibrant images and all are watched over by our best hope for the future - a dreaming child"
Price: 6.49 |
