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The Myth of Sisyphus
The summation of the existentialist philosophy threaded throughout all his writing, Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus" is translated by Justin O'Brien with an introduction by James Wood in "Penguin Classics". In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: is...
Regeneration
Regeneration by Pat Barker is a classic exploration of how the traumas of war brutalised a generation of young - published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.'I just don't think our war aims -whatever they may be- and we don't know - justify this level of slaughter.'The poets and soldiers Siegfri...
Dance of the Happy Shades
Alice Munro's territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario. In these dazzling stories she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. And in sensitively exploring the lives of ordinary m...
The Seville Communion
Murderous goings-on in a tiny church draw the Vatican into the dark heart of Seville. A hacker gets into the Pope's personal computer to leave a warning about mysterious deaths in a small church in Seville that is threatened with demolition. Father Quart, a suave Vatican troubleshooter is sent to invest...
House of Meetings
There were conjugal visits in the slave camps of the USSR. Valiant women would travel continental distances, over weeks and months, in the hope of spending a night, with their particular enemy of the people, in the House of Meetings. The consequences of these liaisons were almost invariably tragic. "Hou...
The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit
A wonderful collection of the four original Beatrix Potter stories which feature the mischievous little rabbit- The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and the Tale of Mr Tod. Peter and his rabbit family get into all sorts of mischief, sneaking into Mr McGreg...
The Copper Gauntlet (#2 Magisterium)
From Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes the second entry in the global bestselling series that defies what you think you know about the worlds of good and evil....
The Light Between Oceans
This months-long New York Times bestseller is "irresistible...seductive...with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page," (O, The Oprah Magazine). AFTER FOUR HARROWING YEARS ON THE WESTERN Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janu...
Whizzpopping Joke Book
"Why are elephants wrinkly? Because they don't fit on an ironing board! Where do you find giant snails? On the end of giants' fingers! Why did the witch put her broom in the wash? She wanted a clean sweep! This collection of hundreds of great jokes would make even the Trunchbull laugh! Inspired by Roald...
Villette
In time for the 200th anniversary of her birth, a Penguin Hardcover Classics edition of the book many believe to be Charlotte Bront''s crowning achievement With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette....
The Nowhere Man (#2 Orphan X)
He was once called Orphan X. As a boy, Evan Smoak was taken from a children's home, raised and trained as part of a secret government initiative buried so deep that virtually no one knows it exists. But he broke with the programme, choosing instead to vanish off grid and use his formidable skill set to ...
Existence - A Story
The mystery of existence and our place in that mystery--as expressed in a single Chinese landscape painting: a new work of meditative philosophy by the renowned translator of the Chinese classics and author of Hunger Mountain. Join David Hinton, the premier modern translator of the Chinese classics, a...
Pumpkins and Aliens (#1 Nelson)
Meet Nelson . . . he's an ordinary kid, just like you. Everyone thinks he's shy but, really, he's just bored. Nelson hates vegetables. He hates the smell of them, he hates the look of them. Most of all, he hates eating them. But what if they gave him superpowers? Superpowers he needs when an alien race ...
The Happy Pear: Vegan Cooking for Everyone: Over 200 Delicious Recipes That Anyone Can Make
If you have decided you want to be vegan, where do you start? Or if you are an experienced cook how do you make plant-based meals that are delicious and full of variety? And if you are already vegan but looking for inspiration are there simple principles to help you come up with your own dishes? Ask no ...
Revenge
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MEMORY POLICE'A conspicuously gifted writer...To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare, and her stories continue to haunt. She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance' GuardianMurderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent by...
Te-Ika-a-Māui / The Fish of Māui (Māori-English edition)
Peter Gossage; Nā Merimeri Penfold i whakamāori
Peter Gossage's famous Maori myth about discovering Aotearoa's North Island is now a bilingual Maori-English edition, featuring Merimeri Penfold's translation.Kahore nga tuakana o Maui i hiahia kia haere ia i to ratou taha ki te hi, he hae no ratou. Heoi ano, ka mau i a Maui atamai te ika whakamiharo ka...
Marvel Universe Map By Map
A premium, lavishly illustrated compendium of specially curated essays, boasting stunning, newly commissioned maps, illustrations, and diagrams, which explores iconic Marvel locations.Navigate a universe of wonders. Chart a journey across Marvel Comics' vast and vibrant universe, from its Earthbound mea...
Death at La Fenice #1 Brunetti
'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop of the city so vivid you can almost smell it.' The Sunday Telegraph;;Winner of the Suntory Mystery Fiction Grand Prize;;The twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Even the celebrated opera house, La Fenice, has seen its share of deat...
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