Penguin Books (2781 kníh )
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Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows ENThis new hardback edition of The Wind in the Willows, the classic story loved by children and adults alike, has been created in partnership with the world-famous V&A Museum, with exquisite cover designs from their William Morris collection. Spring is in the air and Mole has found a wonderful new world. There's boating with Ratty, a feast with Badger and high jinx on the open road with that reckless ruffian, Mr Toad…
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Henry James The Wings of the Dove ENShe found herself, for the first moment, looking at the mysterious portrait through tears. Perhaps it was her tears that made it just then so strange and fair ...the face of a young woman, all splendidly drawn, down to the hands, and splendidly dressed...And she was dead, dead, dead. Emerging from the grit and stigma of poverty to a life of fairytale privilege under the wing of her aunt, the beautiful and…
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Nicci Gerrard The Winter House ENMarnie has a settled life working in a London puppet museum when she gets a phone call telling her that a once-loved friend is dying. She leaves the puppets in the care of her ditzy former stepdaughter and sets off for an isolated cottage in the Scottish Highlands. There is unfinished business between Marnie, the dying Ralph and their friend Oliver. Will Ralph say what needs to be said? It’s a kind of thriller of…
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Michael O'Malley The Wisdom of Bees ENIt seemed to me that the bees were working on the very same kinds of problems we are trying to solve. How can large, diverse groups work together harmoniously and productively? Perhaps we could take what the bees do so well and apply it to our institutions.' When Michael O'Malley first took up beekeeping he thought it would be a nice hobby to share with his son. But he noticed that bees not only work together to…
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Dalajláma, Victor Chan The Wisdom of Compassion ENThe Wisdom of Compassion offers rare insights into the Dalai Lama’s life and his efforts to translate compassion into action through deeply engaging, behind-the-scene stories about his interactions with remarkable people from all walks of life. This is the Dalai Lama at his most human, and most humane. We see how he approaches the world with playfulness, optimism, and a profound empathy for the suffering of others.…
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Elli H. Radinger The Wisdom of WolvesThey care for their elderly, play with their kids, and always put family first. Can we all learn something from the wisdom of wolves? In this unforgettable book, wolf expert and naturalist Elli Radinger draws on her 25 years of first-hand experience...
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Terry Pratchett The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner ENPoor Mr Swimble is having a bad day. Rabbits are bouncing out of his hat, pigeons are flying out of his jacket and every time he points his finger, something magically appears – cheese sandwiches, socks even a small yellow elephant on wheels! It’s becoming a real nuisance – and he’s allergic to rabbits. His friends at the Magic Rectangle can’t help, but the mysterious vacuum cleaner he saw that morning may have…
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Roald Dahl The Witches ENWitches really are a detestable breed. They disguise themselves as lovely ladies, when secretly they want to squish and squelch all the wretched children they despise. Luckily one boy and his grandmother know how to recognise these vile creatures.
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L. Frank Baum The Wizard of Oz ENThe coveted Penguin Threads series continues with three more enchanting, beautifully sewn covers by a talented visual artist. Bringing together traditional handicraft with cutting-edge book design, the Penguin Threads series has already created a huge buzz among the art and book-collecting communities. This latest set features three beloved children's books with cover art by painter and illustrator Rachell Sumpter,…
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Lesley Pearse The Woman in the WoodFifteen-year-old twins Maisy and Duncan Mitcham have always had each other. Until the fateful day in the wood . . . One night in 1960, the twins awake to find their father pulling their screaming mother from the house...
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Wilkie Collins The Woman in White ENThe Woman in White is the first and greatest Sensation Novel. Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue. This new critical edition is the first to use the original manuscript of the novel. John Sutherland examines Collins's contribution to Victorian fiction, traces his practices as a creator of plot, and…
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Nick Joaquin The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical GothicNick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers, but he has remained little-known outside his home country despite writing in English. With the post-colonial sensibilities of Junot Diaz, Teju Cole, and Jhumpa ...
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Marian Keyes The Woman Who Stole My Life ENOne day, sitting in traffic, married Dublin mum Stella Sweeney attempts a good deed. The resulting car crash changes her life. For she meets a man who wants her telephone number (for the insurance, it turns out). That's okay. She doesn't really like him much anyway (his Range Rover totally banjaxed her car). But this chance meeting sparks a chain of events which will take Stella thousands of miles from her old life,…
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Mark Douglas-Home The Woman Who Walked into the Sea ENCal McGill is a unique investigator and oceanographer who uses his expertise to locate things - and sometimes people - lost or missing at sea. His expertise could unravel the haunting mystery of why, twenty-six years ago on a remote Scottish beach, Megan Bates strode out into the cold ocean and let the waves wash her away. Megan's daughter, Violet Wells, was abandoned as a baby on the steps of a local hospital just…
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Sue Townsend The Woman who Went to Bed for a YearThe day her twins leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. For seventeen years she's wanted to yell at the world, 'Stop! I want to get off'. Finally, this is her chance...
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The Women's Suffrage MovementAn intersectional anthology of works by the known and unknown women that shaped and established the suffrage movement, in time for the 2020 centennial of women's right to vote, with a foreword by Gloria Steinem...
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Selma Lagerlof The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson ENNever before had Nils travelled around at such good speed, and he had always liked riding fast and wild. And he had never thought that it could feel as fresh as it did up in the air, and that such a good smell of topsoil and resin rose up from the earth. It was like flying away from worries and sorrows and annoyances of any sort that could be imagined. Nils Holgersson is a naughty boy who tortures animals and never…
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Selma Lagerlof The Wonderful Adventure of Nils HolgerssonNils Holgersson is a naughty boy who pulls the tails of cats and trips up his mother while she is carrying the milk pail. Then one day he discovers he has been magically turned into a tiny imp. He climbs on the back of a gander ...
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Roald Dahl The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar ENRoald Dahl - the grand master of the short story - turns his pen to anything, twisting everyday life into powerful, and sometimes terrifying fantasies. Seven superb stories, full of Roald Dahl's usual magic, mystery and suspense: meet the boy who can talk to animals, the man who can see with his eyes closed, and find out about the treasure, buried deep underground on Thistley Green. These bizarre and unexpected…
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Daniel Levitin The World in Six SongsDividing the sum total of human musical achievement, from Beethoven to The Beatles, Busta Rhymes to Bach, into just six fundamental forms, Levitin illuminates, through songs of friendship, joy, comfort, knowledge, religion and...
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John Christopher The World in Winter ENPenguin reissues a classic work of science fiction from the author of The Death of Grass - now with a new introduction by Hari Kunzru.One year the UK suffers a terrible, harsh winter: rivers freeze solid, food and fuel run low, the whole of Europe lies under snow. As months pass and the arctic weather remains, it becomes clear that the world's climate has changed permanently. Now, humanity must adapt to survive in…
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Thomas L. Friedman The World is Flat ENThomas Friedman´s international bestseller is the most up-to-date and exciting view yet of today´s new era of globalization. In this further expanded edition, which now also includes two wholly new chapters, he draws on his travels to India, China and the Middle East, and on the explosion of technologies including blogging, online encyclopedias and podcasting, to show how knowledge and resources are connecting all…
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Jean de La Fontaine The World is Full of Foolish Men ENLions, foxes and cicadas expose the foibles of humanity in these sparkling 17th-century tales from France's greatest fabulist.
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David Flynn, Stephen Flynn The World of the Happy Pear ENThe authors of the No 1 bestseller, The Happy Pear, are back! David and Stephen Flynn put fun, deliciousness and friendship at the heart of their cooking. By showing that vegetarian food is endlessly varied, packed full of flavour and amazingly easy to prepare they want to spread the love for fruit and veg! The World of the Happy Pear is inspired by David and Stephen's family, friends and the international team at…