Penguin Books (2781 kníh )
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P.D. James Innocent House ENPD James has been writing extremely popular, highly praised crime novels for more than forty years, and Penguin is proud to publish them in paperback. Her most famous and enduring creation is the poet-detective Adam Dalgliesh, and in Innocent House - taken from Original Sin - he is confronted with a suspicious death and a puzzle at a respected publishing house.
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Alexandra Shulman Inside Vogue ENEditor in chief Alexandra Shulman kept a diary of Vogue's centenary year. And what an emotional and logistical minefield of a year: producing the 100th anniversary issue (that Duchess of Cambridge cover surprise), organizing the star-studded Vogue 100 Gala, working with designers such as Victoria Beckham and Karl Lagerfeld and contributors such as David Bailey and Alexa Chung while under the constant scrutiny of a…
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Georges Simenon Inspector Cadaver ENWhen a friend's brother-in-law is accused of murdering his daughter's lover, Maigret arrives in a small French town to help and is plunged into an atmosphere of animosity. He soon finds himself tangled up in a case that may ruin the very people whom he has come to aid and must face an old enemy - an ex-police officer nicknamed “Inspector Cadaver” - who seems to be doing everything in his power to obstruct Maigret's…
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Paulo Coelho Inspirations EN'Anthology' comes from the Greek word that stands for garlands - a bouquet of flowers. An anthology then should be a sort of reminder of something else, a small token of something much larger. In the case of flowers, they bring with their fragrance and colorfulness the reminder of the fields, of a season. Coelho's anthology, therefore, is not only a collection of texts or poems, but a gift, something arranged…
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Jiří Zounek, Rostislav Kříž Internet pro pedagogy CZKniha je určena všem pedagogickým pracovníkům, pro které se Internet stal nedílnou součástí jejich práce. Jejím cílem je usnadnit hledání informací nejen pro výuku přírodovědných nebo humanitních předmětů, ale přináší i anotace WWW stránek, jež by neměly uniknout žádnému učiteli. Mapována je např. oblast cizích jazyků, dějepisu, informatiky, matematiky, chemie a dále jsou analyzovány všeobecné informační servery…
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Daniel C. Dennett Intuition Pumps and other tools for thinking ENIn Intuition Pumps, Daniel Dennett, one of the world's leading philosophers, and author of Consciousness Explained and Freedom Evolves, offers aspiring thinkers his personal trove of mind-stretching thought experiments Thinking is hard. A few of us may be natural geniuses; others are blessed with reserves of willpower. Then there's the rest of us: not prodigies and short on time, but still aspiring to understand the…
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Ralph Ellison Invisible Man'One of the most important American novels of the twentieth century' The Times'It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves'Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published in 1952 when American society was in the cusp of immense change, the powerfully…
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Vladimir Nabokov Invitation to a Beheading ENWritten in Berlin in 1934, Invitation to a Beheading contains all the surprise, excitement and magical intensity of a work created in two brief weeks of sustained inspiration. It takes us into the fantastic prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison not quite knowing when the end will come. Nabokov described the book as 'a violin in a void. The worldling will deem it a…
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Anne Applebaum Iron Curtain ENAt the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: Communism. Anne Applebaum's landmark history of this brutal time shows how societies were ruthlessly eviscerated by Communist regimes, how…
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David Bellos Is That a Fish in Your Ear? ENIs That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny, wise and life-affirming language book shows how, from puns to poetry, news bulletins to the Bible, Asterix to Swedish films, translation is at the heart of everything we do - and makes us who we are. Selected by The New York Times as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2011. A wonderful, witty book .…
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William Shakespeare Is this a dagger which I see before me? ENThis collection of Shakespeare's soliloquies, from famous set-pieces to little-known speeches, displays his genius in all its range and richness.
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Hugleikur Dagsson Is This Some Kind of Joke? ENHugleikur Dagsson is the most famous cartoonist in Iceland. Iceland is very cold, very bleak and very expensive. The only things to do there are drink and kill whales. Dagsson's last book - Is This Supposed To Be Funny? - was a cult international bestseller. He hopes you like this one. Otherwise he'll have to kill some whales.
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Anne Collins Island for Sale ENDuncan McTavish lives in a castle on a Scottish island. He doesn’t have any money, and he can’t pay a large bill. There is only one thing he can do – sell his island.
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Kevin D. Randle IstanbulThe first single-volume history of Istanbul in decades: a biography of the city at the center of civilizations past and present. For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across the shores of Asia. The history of this city—known as Byzantium, then Constantinople, now Istanbul—is at once glorious, outsized, and astounding. Founded by the…
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Alexa Chung It ENWith influences that range from Jane Birkin to Mick Jagger, Alexa Chung is a unique fashion icon. Her first book, It, provides her legion of fans with a long-awaited inside look at her world. A truly one-off collection of Alexa's personal writings, drawings and photographs, It covers everything from her thoughts on life, love and music to her favourite looks and how to decide what to wear in the morning. With wit,…
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Sinclair Lewis It Can't Happen Here ENIt Can t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the…
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Scarlett Curtis It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies)Everyone has a mental health. So we asked: What does yours mean to you? THE RESULT IS EXTRAORDINARY: Over 70 people have shared their stories. Powerful, funny, moving, this book is here to tell you: It's OK.
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Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe ENThe Modern Library is making a killing on TV/feature film tie-ins to classics. Like its recent incarnations of Gulliver's Travels and Emma, this offers a quality hardcover for little more than a paperback price.
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Elizabeth Enfield Ivy and AbeTwo people. One love story. A million possibilities. They're soulmates. Ivy and Abe were inseparable as children until an accident tore them apart. Several decades later, when both are in their seventies, ...
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Johanna Basford Ivy and the Inky Butterfly ENAn all-new iteration of the adult coloring book—a gorgeously hand-illustrated storybook for readers to color and cherish, both an enchanting tale and a one-of-a-kind keepsake. From coloring book queen Johanna Basford comes a new spin on the world of adult coloring: a lavishly illustrated fable about a little girl named Ivy who stumbles upon a secret door leading to the magical world of Enchantia. Ivy embarks on a…
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L.C. Rosen Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts)Meet Jack Rothman. He's seventeen and loves partying, makeup and boys - sometimes all at the same time. His sex life makes him the hot topic for the high school gossip machine. But who cares?...
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Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach ENAn enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten James's parents. And it gets worse! James is packed off to live with his two really horrible aunts, Sponge and Spiker. Poor James is miserable, until something peculiar happens and James finds himself on the most wonderful and extraordinary journey he could ever imagine...
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Ian Fleming James Bond: Diamonds are Forever ENTiffany Case stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa via London to the States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Bond is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter.
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Ian Fleming James Bond: Dr No ENM called this case a soft option. Bond can't quite agree. The tropical island is luxurious, the seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing. But they are both part of the empire of Dr No. His obsession is power, and his gifts are pain-shaped.