Penguin Books (2781 kníh )
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Elena Ferrante My Brilliant Friend ENA modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante's inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood…
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Maxim Gorkij My Childhood ENOne of the most moving accounts of being a boy ever written, My Childhood is a both wonderful and harrowing memoir - and one of the great works of Russian literature. A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.
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Lauren Child My Extremely Good Story CollectionThey're back! Following on from the hugely popular My Completely Best Story Collection, Charlie, Lola, Lotta, and Marv return for a second round of zany audio adventures. This new collection includes five favourite and best stories which ever so...
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Gerald Durrell My Family and Other AnimalsThis book is soaked in the sunshine of Corfu where the author lived as a boy with his 'Family and other Animals'. It is a matter of personal taste whether one most enjoys the family, with its many eccentric hangers-on, or the animals Gerry studies and brings back to the strawberry pink, the daffodil-yellow, or the snow-white villa. The procession includes toads, and tortoises, bats and butterflies scorpions and…
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John Updike My Father's Tears and Other Stories ENJohn Updike was a master storyteller, and this collection, from his final years, reveals that up to the end he remained the finest short-story writer of his generation.
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My First Ladybird: DictionaryMy First Ladybird Dictionary is the ideal first reference book for primary school children. It is packed with clear, concise definitions and fun illustrations, and children will find it informative and simple to use. If you need to find out what a word...
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Gyorgy Faludy My Happy Days in Hell ENMy Happy Days in Hell (1962) is Gyorgy Faludy's grimly beautiful autobiography of his battle to survive tyranny and oppression. Fleeing Hungary in 1938 as the German army approaches, acclaimed poet Faludy journeys to Paris, where he finds a lover but merely a cursory asylum. When the French capitulate to the Nazis, Faludy travels to North Africa, then on to America, where he volunteers for military service. Missing…
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Catherine Alliott My Husband Next Door ENCatherine Alliott brings us the fabulously funny and wonderfully heart-warming My Husband Next Door. For better or worse...Ella was nineteen and madly in love when she married dashing young artist Sebastian Montclair. But that was a long time ago. Now Ella and the kids live in a ramshackle farmhouse while Sebastian and his paintings inhabit the outhouse next door - a family separated in every way but distance. Is it…
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Roberto Saviano My Italians ENFrom the international bestselling author of Gomorrah, this is a deeply personal and candid portrait of Italy today: a place of trafficking and toxic waste, where votes can be bought and sold, where organized crime ravages both north and south - yet also where many courageous individuals defy the system, and millions work tirelessly for a better future.
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Fidel Castro My Life ENHe is the only world leader to have outlasted nine US presidents, has survived over 600 assassination attempts and remains one of the twentieth century’s most controversial figures. Here Castro tells his story in full for the first time, speaking openly about everything from his parents and earliest influences to his imprisonment, guerrilla war and the Cuban revolution and on to the Bay of Pigs, the missile crisis…
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Marc Chagall My LifeMarc Chagall, one of the twentieth century's most popularartists, grew up in a close-knit, bustling Russian-Jewish community, the son ofa herring seller. In his colourful, dreamlike autobiography, written as he wasabout to leave his homeland for good ...
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Emily Dickinson My Life had Stood a Loaded Gun ENElectrifying poems of isolation, beauty, death and eternity from a reclusive genius and one of America's greatest writers.
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Samantha Downing My Lovely WifeIntroducing the next generation of domestic thriller... Every marriage has secrets. Everyone has flaws. Your wife isn't perfect - you know that - but then again nor are you...
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Isabelle Broom My Map of You ENHolly Wright has had a difficult few years. After her mother's death, she's become expert at keeping people at a distance - including her boyfriend, Rupert. But when Holly receives an unexpected letter explaining that an aunt she never met has left her a house on the Greek island of Zakynthos, the walls she has built begin to crumble. Arriving on the island, Holly meets the handsome Aidan and slowly begins to…
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Chaim Potok My Name is Asher Lev ENAsher Lev is a gifted loner, the artist who painted the sensational Brooklyn Crucifixion. Into it he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads.
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Kit de Waal My Name is Leon ENLeon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. Their mum isn't feeling herself, so they've gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo and a belly like Father Christmas. But the adults are speaking in low voices, and wearing Pretend faces. They are threatening to give Jake to strangers. Since Jake is white and Leon is not. Evoking a Britain of the early eighties, My Name is Leon is a…
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Elizabeth Strout My Name is Lucy Barton ENAn exquisite story of mothers and daughters from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of her life: her impoverished childhood in Amgash, Illinois,…
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Ian Fleming My Name's Bond, James Bond ENAn anthology which celebrates one of the greatest of all post-war British fictional icons. Fleming's wonderful creations are detailed, from the magically deranged villains, their appalling sidekicks and their surreal lairs. Organised by topic such as Bond on sex, Bond on smoking and others.
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Ellie Wharton, Tamara Macfarlane, Paula Franco (ilustrácie) My Secret World of MermaidsThis lockable journal is full of magical discoveries, waiting to be explored. Meet the mermaids of the oceans, bake some of their favourite food and uncover the facts about these secret, mystical creatures. Read about their secret skills, their...
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Ellie Wharton, Tamara Macfarlane, Ciara NI Dhuinn (ilustrácie) My Secret World of UnicornsAre you ready to unlock the magical world of unicorns and become a unicorn seeker? This lockable story and activity book is full of magical discoveries, waiting to be explored. Join Celeste, Unicorn Seeker and Head of the Secret Society of Mythical...
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Truman Capote My Side of the Matter ENOne of the great masters of lyrical melancholy, Truman Capote remains admired for both his fiction - including Breakfast at Tiffany's - and the pioneering In Cold Blood, a 'non-fiction novel' telling the true story of a brutal murder. Penguin Modern Classics publish the full range of Capote's novels and short stories, and the tales in My Side of the Matter show to the full the blend of cynicism, humour and love that…
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Nuala Ellwood My Sisters Bones ENWhen I wake, I'm lying in a heap on the living-room floor. The smell of blood lingers in my nostrils. Then, as I come back to consciousness, I hear it: thud, thud. There's someone else in the house. Kate Rafter is a high-flying war reporter. She's the strong one. The one who escaped their father. Her younger sister Sally didn't. Instead, she drinks. But when their mother dies, Kate is forced to return home. And on…
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Steven Gerrard My Story ENSteven Gerrard - legendary captain of Liverpool and England - tells the story of the highs and lows of a twenty-year career at the top of English and world football. As the only player ever to have scored in a FA cup final, a league cup final, a UEFA cup final and a champion's league final, Steven Gerrard is an inspiration to fans and footballers alike. After joining his beloved Liverpool at the age of eight, he…