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The Penguin Book of the Beach
Draws together twenty-five of the finest contemporary writers whose stories represent the most stimulating, startling, deeply moving and humorous writing about the beach. This book includes contributions from: Paul Bowles, Italo Calvino, Raymond Carver, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nadine Gordimer, Ian McEwa...
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte's only novel, a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence, the "Penguin Classics" edition of "Wuthering Heights" is the definitive edition of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor. Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, i...
The Orphan Master's Son
"WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013 b>'You know you are in the hands of someone who can tell a story ... fantastic' ZADIE SMITHak Jun Do knows he is special. He knows he must be the son of the master of the orphanage, not some kid dumped by his parents it was obvious from the way his fathe...
Speed of Light
With a father more interested in money than family, a brother in prison, a sister with a secret, and a mother in denial, it's no wonder Jeff buries himself in the safe world of mathematics. When a storm hits Wellington, a strange old woman is blown into Jeff's life, challenging everything he things is t...
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion : A Novel
Poland, 1909 Stanislaw is determined to escape the Russians and follow his brother to America, a land where anything seems possible. Wisconsin, 1941 With all the men off to war, Fritzi and her sisters must learn menâe(tm)s work -- from fixing flats to driving the tow truck. They add their own touches...
Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity
This is the classic work about improving creativity from world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de Bono. In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this approach fails. What then...
The French Lesson
"Compelling and operatic...Reads like a modern thriller". (SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, author of The Romanovs). "A dark and irresistible historical novel". (LUCY WORSLEY). It was a head, but one so bloodied, so rolled in filth, that it was scarcely recognisable but for its long red curls. It had been stuck ...
You Will Not Have My Hate
'A beacon of hope in a dark world' Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Pool One night in November 2015, when Antoine Leiris was at home looking after his baby son, his wife Helene was killed, along with 88 other people, at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris. Three days later, Antoine wrote an open letter to his wife's k...
Ooh-La-La (Max In Love)
Max the millionaire poet dog has landed in Paris, and everyone is in a froufrou of delight over him. Amidst the enchantment and beauty that is the City of Light in the spring, something is missing for Max. Max has made his millions; when will he find romance? Full color....
The Holidays
The summer holidays were here. I had the garden, the fields, the lake and the sun all to myself! And then Grandfather brought something home that tipped everything out of balance... Country: France...
Encyclopedia Of Grannies
Why do grannies always tell us to speak up? Why do they have creases on their faces? Are grannies flexible? How do you cheer up a sad granny? How old are grannies, actually? Eric Veillé explains it all in this offbeat book for the extended family to chuckle over--no matter what kind of grandma you have,...
Lab Partners
Sometimes you don't know who you love, until they love you . . .When Jordan Hughes arrives at Pinecrest High School, Elliot Goldman's graduating year suddenly gets a lot more interesting. Smart, good looking and charming, Jordan isn't exactly the kind of person Elliot's used to having as a lab partner. ...
I Like to Watch - Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
From The New Yorker's fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch."Emily Nussbaum is the perfect critic--smart, engaging, funny, generous, and insightful."--David Grann, author of Killers of t...
The Child in You
"Fantastic... Stefanie's practical, informative, inspiring and highly-accessible approach to addressing psychological phenomena makes this book a hit" -- Vex King, bestselling author of Good Vibes, Good Life"I adored this book! Both mind-expanding and easy to digest, it is extremely helpful to me as a p...
All the Young Men - How One Woman Risked It All to Care for the Dying
"A renegade Florence Nightingale cares for the ill in a remarkable tale of compassion and combating prejudice" The Guardian'Breath-taking courage and compassion [...]a beautiful book' The Sunday Times'An extraordinary tale' Evening Standard'If I have one message with this book it's that we all have to c...
The Racial Code: Tales of Resistance and Survival
In this transformative book, Nicola Rollock, one of our pre-eminent experts on racial justice, offers a vital exploration of the lived experience of racism Miles, a successful lawyer, is mistaken for the waiter at a networking event. Femi is on the verge of breakdown having been consistently overlooked ...
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