Penguin Books (2781 kníh )
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Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels ENFifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant. Shipwrecked and adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes on Lilliput, an island inhabited by tiny people whose height renders their political quarrels ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical…
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Lesley Pearse Gypsy ENLiverpool, 1893, and tragedy sends Beth Bolton on a journey far from home ... Fifteen-year-old Beth's dreams are shattered when she, her brother Sam and baby sister Molly are orphaned. Sam believes that only in America can they make their fortunes so, reluctantly leaving Molly with adoptive parents, brother and sister embark on the greatest adventure of their lives. Onboard the steamer to New York there are rogues…
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Eileen Chang Half a Lifelong Romance ENManjing is a young worker in a Shanghai factory, where she meets Shujun, the son of wealthy merchants. Despite family complications, they fall in love and begin to dream of a shared life together - until circumstances force them apart. When they are reunited after a separation of many years, can they start their relationship again? Or is it destined to be the romance of only half a lifetime? This affectionate and…
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Sally Green Half Bad ENHalf Bad by Sally Green is a breathtaking debut novel about one boy's struggle for survival in a hidden society of witches. You can't read, can't write, but you heal fast, even for a witch. You get sick if you stay indoors after dark. You hate White Witches but love Annalise, who is one. You've been kept in a cage since you were fourteen. All you've got to do is escape and find Mercury, the Black Witch who eats boys…
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Sally Green Half Lost ENNathan Byrn is running again. White witch hunters are on the offensive no black witch is safe – anywhere. Nathan is more powerful than ever. But on the edge of losing his mind. To defend the alliance from destruction he must become its ultimate weapon. And to save a society that hates him he must risk losing all that he loves. The thrilling conclusion to the phenomenal Half Bad trilogy.
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Sally Green Half Wild ENAfter finally meeting his elusive father, Marcus, and receiving the three gifts that confirm him as a full adult witch, Nathan is still on the run. He needs to find his friend Gabriel and rescue Annalise, now a prisoner of the powerful Black witch Mercury. Most of all he needs to learn how to control his Gift - a strange, wild new power that threatens to overwhelm him. Meanwhile, Soul O'Brien has seized control of…
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Zizou Corder Halo ENWashed ashore as a baby in ancient Greece, Halo is discovered by a family of centaurs. Although her true identity remains a mystery, she is loved as one of their own. But when Halo is dragged away by fishermen, her wild adventure begins... Halo soon realizes that if she is to survive then she must live in disguise.
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William Shakespeare Hamlet ENProbably the most famous play in the English language, Hamlet transcends the revenge tradition and explores the nature of man. Learning that his father has been killed by Claudius, his uncle, Hamlet's only honourable course of action is revenge. But Hamlets nature tends not towards action but reflection and in his incapacity to act lies the seed of his own destruction.
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Livy Hannibal ENOne of Rome's greatest historians recounts the military genius Hannibal crossing the Alps with twenty-one elephants and winning the famed Battle of the Trebbia.
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Paul Dolan Happiness by Design ENAs a Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, Dolan conducts original research into the measurement of happiness and its causes and consequences, including the effects of our behaviour. Here he creates a new outlook on the pursuit of happiness - it's not just how you feel, it's how you act. Happiness by Design shows that being happier requires us to actively re-design our immediate…
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Charles Montgomery Happy City ENHappy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living. This is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good city? Why are some cities a joy to live in? As Charles Montgomery reveals, it's not how much money your neighbours earn, or how pleasant the climate is that makes the most difference. Journeying to dozens of cities -…
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Charles Dickens Hard Times ENNow, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the…
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Kishore Mahbubani Has the West Lost It?The West's two-century epoch as global powerhouse is at an end. A new world order, with China and India as the strongest economies, dawns. How will the West react to its new status of superpower in decline? ...
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Ray Russell Haunted Castles ENPart of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro. Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro's favorites, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ray Russell's short story …
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David Thomson Have You Seen...? ENThis is veteran film writer David Thomson's personal, irreverent, hilarious and utterly original take on the 1,000 films he has most loved - and hated - from esteemed classics to forgotten curiosities, guilty pleasures to noir treats, horror gems to kitsch disasters. The result is probably the most enjoyable film book you will ever read (and you'll never think about The Sound of Music in the same way again).
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Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness ENHeart of Darkness is the thrilling tale of Marlow, a seaman and wanderer recounting his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz. Traveling upriver into the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical…
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Johanna Spyri Heidi ENAt the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy grey eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up amongst the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can't…
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Johanna Spyri HeidiIncluding an introduction from writer and feminist activist Scarlett Curtis, curator of Sunday Times Bestseller Feminists Don't Wear Pink. When five year old Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather high up in the Alps, ...
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Gregg Hurwitz HellbentThey called him Orphan X. Evan Smoak used to be a government secret weapon. Then he ran and became the man you call on when you've nowhere else to turn...
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Hello, Daddy! ENOlder babies and toddlers will love this interactive touch-and-feel book from the best-selling Ladybird Baby Touch series, helping to develop a baby's sense in the stages from birth. Look at the bright pictures of the babies on the left-hand page, then help your baby to feel the touch-and-feel daddies on the opposite page. Talk about the different animals and even make the different noises! Are they bumpy, smooth,…
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Saul Bellow Henderson the Rain King ENA story of a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe. Henderson's awesome feats of strength and his unbridled passion for life earns him the admiration of the tribe - but it is his gift for making rain that turns him from mere hero into messiah. Bellow evokes all the rich colour and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this comic novel about…
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Michael Moore Here Comes Trouble ENHere Comes Trouble takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore - Oscar-winning filmmaker, bestselling author and political activist - showing how a kid from the factory town of Flint, Michigan became the people's provocateur. From the eleven-year-old boy lost in the US Senate and found by Bobby Kennedy to the activist sneaking into a gathering of business…