At first sight Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man. In reality he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters... Zobraziť viac
A captivating selection of short stories in the original Japanese alongside their English translations... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and... Zobraziť viac
A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detail... Zobraziť viac
With the precision of a scientist and the simplicity of a fable, Rachel Carson reveals how man-made pesticides have destroyed wildlife, creating a world of polluted streams and silent songbirds... Zobraziť viac
The quarter century between 1890 and the outbreak of the First World War saw an extraordinary boom in the popularity and quality of short stories in Britain, fuelled by a large, eager new magazine readership... Zobraziť viac
A battle-hardened soldier, Antony is one of the three leaders of the Roman world. But he is also a man in the grip of an all-consuming passion for Cleopatra, the exotic and tempestuous queen of Egypt... Zobraziť viac
Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of fourteenth-century Persian literature... Zobraziť viac
One of the greatest epics in Western literature, THE ILIAD recounts the story of the Trojan wars. This timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction... Zobraziť viac
The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale, or myth... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: 'It was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Bonnie Greer "A masterpiece... I still get shivers down my spine whenever I read the words of Cathy:... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The Week "The best book of writing on art I have read." --This text refers to an out of print or... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Maurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status and well aware of his role in... Zobraziť viac
As children, Charles and Mary Lamb took great delight in exploring their benefactor's extensive library; as adults they began writing children's books together that also appealed to all generations. In Tales of Shakespeare they wished to bring their... Zobraziť viac
From the Congo Basin to the traditions of the Kikuyu people, the lucid, incisive writings in The World We Once Lived In explore the sacred power of trees, and why humans lay waste to the forests that keep us alive... Zobraziť viac
Chekhov's genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more so than short fiction. Now, renowned translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us their superb renderings of fifty-two Chekhov stories... Zobraziť viac
In The Democracy of Species Robin Wall Kimmerer guides us towards a more reciprocal, grateful and joyful relationship with our animate earth, from the wild leeks in the field to the deer in the woods... Zobraziť viac
Roubaud is consumed by a jealous rage when he discovers a sordid secret about his young wife's past. The only way he can rest is by forcing her to help him murder the man involved, but there is a witness - Jacques Lantier, a fellow railway employee... Zobraziť viac
