Penguin Books (2781 kníh )
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Richard Overy The Birth of the RAFThe RAF was the world's first air force. This is the story of its founding in 1918, as a response to the new terror of aerial warfare, the struggles to keep it alive amid controversy and opposition, its crucial role in the ...
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Ralph Ellison The Black BallBelonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from the the author of Invisible Man. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, ...
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The Black Cat and Other Stories ENAre you brave enough to read four of Poe’s famous horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe wrote strange stories about terrible people and evil crimes. Don’t read this book late at night!
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Black Swan ENElegant, startling, and universal in its applications, The Black Swan is a concept that will change the way you look at the world. Black Swans underlie almost everything, from the rise of religions, to events in our own personal lives. A Black Swan is a highly improbable event with three principle characteristics: it is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that…
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Äsa Larsson The Blood Spilt ENBefore Stieg Larsson, there was Asa Larsson . . . the follow up to The Savage Altar, The Blood Spilt is a truly absorbing, atmospheric and fast-paced thriller featuring lawyer Rebecka Martinsson, a fantastic character in the mould of The Silence of the Lambs' Clarice Starling. It is midsummer in Sweden - when the light lingers through dawn and the long winter comes to an end. Now, in this magical time, a brutal…
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William Boyd The Blue AfternoonA quest for secrets in the blue afternoon. Los Angeles, 1936. Kay Fischer, a young and ambitious architect, is being followed by an old man. When confronted, he explains that his name is Salvador Carriscant - and that he is her father...
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John Banville The Blue Guitar ENFrom John Banville, one of the world's greatest writers, comes The Blue Guitar, a story of theft and the betrayal of friendship. Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. But we were happy together, simply happy. Oliver Orme used to be a painter, well known and well rewarded, but the muse has deserted him. He is also, as he confesses, a petty thief; he does not steal for gain, but for the thrill of it. HIs worst…
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Georges Simenon The Blue Room ENA new translation of Simenon's gripping novel about lives transformed by deceit and the destructive power of lust. It was all real: himself, the room, Andree still lying on the ravaged bed. For Tony and Andree, there are no rules when they meet in the blue room at the Hotel des Voyageurs. Their adulterous affair is intoxicating, passionate - and dangerous. Soon it turns into a nightmare from which there can be no…
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Jo Brielyn The Book Lovers Quotation Book ENBooks are fantastic. Not only do they provide a wealth of knowledge and facts, they enable people to escape into different realities and worlds. Every book lover knows that a book is really a gateway to a story, one that can both inform and entertain. Reading books, going to the library, spending time in a bookstore are all common activities for the regular book lover, and this small book is for them. Full of…
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Jorge Luis Borges The Book of Imaginary Beings ENIn a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends twenty illustrations by Peter Sis with Jorge Luis Borges's 1957 compilation of 116 strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination, from dragons and centaurs to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat and the Morlocks of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine. A lavish feast of exotica brought vividly to life with art commissioned specifically for this…
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Deborah Harkness The Book of Life ENFall under the spell of Diana and Matthew once more in the stunning climax to their epic tale, following A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night. A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future. Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it. After travelling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's…
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Deborah Harkness The Book of LifeThe #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night. Fans of the All Souls Trilogy sent this highly anticipated finale straight to #1 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list...
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Zadie Smith The Book of Other People ENThe Book of Other People is just that: a book of other people. Open its covers and you'll make a whole host of new acquaintances. Nick Hornby and Posy Simmonds present the ever-diverging writing life of Jamie Johnson; Hari Kunzru twitches open his net curtains to reveal the irrepressible Magda Mandela (at 4:30a.m., in her lime-green thong); Jonathan Safran Foer's Grandmother offers cookies to sweeten the tale of her…
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Kakuzo Okakura The Book of Tea ENThis 1906 guide to the beauty of the tea ceremony is both a paean to the art of simplicity, and a wry critique of the West's view of Japan.
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Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie The Book of WhyA pioneer of artificial intelligence shows how the study of causality revolutionized science and the world. 'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one ...
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Philippa Perry The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)Every parent wants their child to be happy and every parent wants to avoid screwing them up. But how do you achieve that? In this absorbing, clever and funny book, renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry tells us what really matters and what ...
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Charlie Lovett The Bookman's Tale ENA mysterious portrait ignites an antiquarian bookseller’s search through time and the works of Shakespeare for his lost love. Guaranteed to capture the hearts of everyone who truly loves books, The Bookman’s Tale is a former bookseller’s sparkling novel and a delightful exploration of one of literature’s most tantalizing mysteries with echoes of Shadow of the Wind and A.S. Byatt's Possession. Hay-on-Wye, 1995.…
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Mary Norton The BorrowersThe Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty's...
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Salley Vickers The Boy Who Could See Death ENEli is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary gift. He has a rare vision of mortality that will set him apart from the world and tragically shape the course of his whole life. Eli is not the only loner. Sarah Palliser, taking refuge in an isolated country hamlet, finds unexpected solace in the haunted graveyard outside her window. Young Prince Mamillius, son of the King of Sicily, watches horrified as his father…
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Jeremy Dronfield The Boy Who Followed His Father into AuschwitzTHE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and survive the Holocaust, for anyone captivated by The Cut Out Girl and The Tattooist of Auschwitz...
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Norman Doidge The Brain that Changes Itself ENMeet the ninety year old doctor, who, with the aid of a few simple exercises, is still practising medicine. His is just one of the incredible stories brain expert Norman Doidge tells as he reveals our brain`s remarkable ability to repair itself through the power of positive thought. In The Brain That Changes Itself, Doidge introduces us to the fascinating stories at the cutting edge of the brain science and the…
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Marian Keyes The BreakIf only. Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving her. e still loves her, he's just taking a break - from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together. Six months to lose himself in south-east Asia...
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Daphne du Maurier The BreakthroughOn the windswept coast of rural Suffolk, a deranged scientist attempts to extract the essence of life itself. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, ...