Diana Bishop, a young historian (and a witch), discovers an enchanted manuscript at the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The text, known as "Ashmole 782," turns out to be a coveted treasure lost for centuries, and she is the first and only ... Zobraziť viac
Electrifying poems of isolation, beauty, death and eternity from a reclusive genius and one of America's greatest writers. Zobraziť viac
I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it.' In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts desperation, greed, manipulation and suicide.. Zobraziť viac
'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself' Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius. One of 46 new books in the ... Zobraziť viac
'I hope you burn so bright that you scorch your Golden King down to ash' After ten years, I have left the grips of one king only to fall into the hands of another... Zobraziť viac
It's time for us to rewrite the story of what we are and how we came to be, no matter how weird or hilarious the truth is. From the way we grow our nails to how we think, everything we call human is fundamentally shaped by how our bodies evolved... Zobraziť viac
The New York Times Bestseller, acclaimed by author such as Freakonomics co- author Steven D. Levitt, Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Nudge co- author Richard Thaler, Thinking Fast and Slow offers a whole new look at ... Zobraziť viac
Boxset of four titles from the internationally bestselling author of Ooe Of US Is Lying. Secrets. Lies. Murder. The Karen M. McManus boxset has it all... Zobraziť viac
Penguin: Everything Is Illuminated is Jonathan Safran Foer's bestselling novel of a search for truth The inspiration for... Zobraziť viac
<i>Franny and Zooey</i> is composed of two sections, which were originally published in the New Yorker magazine as two separate short stories. The first story or section, <i>Franny</i>, was published in the New Yorker in January 1955... Zobraziť viac
Penguin: With an essay by Peter Ackroyd. 'I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the... Zobraziť viac
From the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a book on how to benefit from disorder... Zobraziť viac
The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes, the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan the intellectual, ... Zobraziť viac
Combined for the first time here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and... Zobraziť viac
This box set of the 50 books in the new Penguin Modern series celebrates the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics list and its iconic authors. Including avant-garde essays, radical polemics, newly translated poetry and... Zobraziť viac
Penguin: Why are some people and organisations more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able... Zobraziť viac
Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care... Zobraziť viac
The sizzling third book in the New York Times bestselling Crossfire Trilogy following Bared to You and Reflected in You! Zobraziť viac
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis... Zobraziť viac
