Penguin Books (2781 kníh )
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Tina Seskis The Honeymoon EN
There's trouble in paradise... For as long as she can remember, Jemma has been planning the perfect honeymoon. A fortnight's retreat to a five-star resort in the Maldives, complete with luxury villas, personal butlers and absolute privacy. It should be paradise. But it's turned into a nightmare. Because the man Jemma married a week ago has just disappeared from the island without a trace. And now her perfect new…
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Nicholas Evans The Horse Whisperer EN
One winter's morning in New York State, there is an accident on an icy mountain road. Thirteen-year-old Grace and her much-loved horse, Pilgrim, are very badly hurt. Grace's mother beleives her daughter will only recover if her horse can be saved. Can Pilgrim be nursed back to health? Can the Horse Whisperer work his magic?
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Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles EN
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast with blazing eyes and dripping jaws which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville…
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Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles
The death, quite suddenly, of Sir Charles Baskerville in mysterious circumstances is the trigger for one of the most extraordinary cases ever to challenge the brilliant analytical mind of Sherlock Holmes...
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Lesley Pearse The House Across the Street
It's 1964 and twenty-three-year-old Katy Speed is fascinated by Gloria and the goings-on at the house over the road. Who are the mysterious women arriving in a black car most Saturdays?
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Niall Ferguson The House of Rothschild: Moneys Prophets 1798 - 1848 EN
In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. He reveals for the first time the details of the family's vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age. And he tells a family saga, tracing the…
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Niall Ferguson The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849 - 1999 EN
Niall Ferguson's House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848 was hailed as definitive by the New York Times, a great biography by Time magazine, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of 1998 by Business Week. Now, Ferguson concludes his myth - breaking portrait of one of the most powerful families of modern times at the zenith of its power. From Crimea to World War II, wars repeatedly threatened the stability…
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Emilia Pardo Bazán The House of Ulloa EN
Set in a crumbling Spanish mansion, The House of Ulloa follows innocent and timid Father Julián Alvarez as he tries to turn the aristocratic owner away from drinking, womanizing and emptying the last of the family coffers. But his attempts end in disgrace and disaster in Emilia Pardo Bazán's brilliant novel, which seamlessly mixes realism with the gothic, and pathos with a rich vein of humour. A new series of twenty…
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Simon L. Lewis, Mark A. Maslin The Human Planet
A remarkable exploration of the science, history and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the most important scientific ideas of our time, from two world-renowned experts...
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Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame EN
Set in 1482, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a compelling story of love and betrayal, brutal deeds and one of the most famous acts of revenge in world literature. Quasimodo, the hunchback of the title, is one of fiction's most extreme characters - beneath his monstrous disfigurement, his love for the beautiful Esmerelda reveals a heart full of intense emotion. The novel is set in the great cathedral of Notre-Dame and…
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Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre-Dame EN
Tajomný a zároveň tragický príbeh lásky, ktorá sa nikdy nenaplní...
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Liane Moriarty The Husband's Secret EN
At the heart of The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty is a letter that's not meant to be read... Mother of three and wife of Jean-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband's hand, it says: to be opened only in the event of my death. Curious, she opens it - and time stops. Jean-Paul's letter confesses to an act of madness from before he knew Cecilia which, if revealed, would wreck…
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Seth Godin The Icarus Deception EN
In The Icarus Deception, Seth Godin's most inspiring book, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art. Everyone knows that Icarus' father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun; he ignored the warning and plunged to his doom. The lesson: Play it safe. Listen to the experts. It was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy. What boss wouldn't want…
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Peta Bee The Ice Diet EN
Super-charge your body's calorie-burning powers to change the way you look and feel forever. Based on cutting-edge scientific research, The Ice Diet reveals natural ways to beat weight gain by firing up your body's metabolism to fight flab. Health and diet expert Peta Bee has devised a unique six-week plan in three easy-to-follow stages that focus on your diet, fitness and lifestyle. It's the secret Hollywood…
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Tarjei Vesaas The Ice Palace
'How simple this novel is. How subtle. How strong. How unlike any other. It is unique. It is unforgettable. It is extraordinary' Doris Lessing 'I'm surprised it isn't the most famous book in the world' Max Porter, author of Grief is the ...
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Martin Amor, Alex Pellew The Idea in You EN
Do you have an idea in you? A hobby, a project, a product ... something that could change your life? The Idea in You is a bulletproof system for finding the right idea and shaping it in to a success - on your own terms. With advice from the people behind the likes of Pizza Pilgrims, Parkrun and Decoded, The Idea in You will show you what to expect, how to think and what to do when launching your own venture. Making…
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Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij The Idiot EN
Prince Myshkin, the idiot, is an almost comically innocent Christ figure in a land of sinners, one whose faith in beauty contrasts sharply with that of his society's.
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Elif Batuman The Idiot
A portrait of the artist as a young woman. A novel about not just discovering but inventing oneself. The year is 1995, and email is new. Selin, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, arrives for her freshman year at Harvard. She signs up for classes ...
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Tom Hodgkinson The Idle Parent EN
Why can't we just leave our kids alone? If you've ever wondered why so many of today's children are unhappy, spoilt, stressed and selfish – mini-adults, really – then the answers and the remedy are to be found in The Idle Parent. Tom Hodgkinson wants us to leave our kids be, to give them the space and time to grow into self-reliant, confident, inquisitive, happy and free people. Full of practical tips of what to…
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Keri Smith The Imaginary World of EN
To imagine something different, better, or more interesting is to push the existing world into a state of change. Some of the greatest revolutionary acts of our time came to be because someone had the courage to imagine something new. In The Imaginary World of..., Keri Smith asks readers to imagine something new: a unique world of their own making.
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Richelle Mead The Immortal Crown EN
The Immortal Crown is the second novel in the acclaimed Age of X series from New York Times bestselling author, Richelle Mead. Religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him, have been charged with investigating reports of the supernatural and the return of the gods, both inside the Republic of United North America and out. With this highly classified…
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Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen The Importance of Being Aisling
Job. Flat. Boyfriend. Tick. Tick. Tick. Just when Aisling (seems) to be winning at life, she discovers it has other ideas: Fired. Homeless. Dumped. Tick. Tick. Tick. As her new life comes crashing down, Aisling is forced to move back home ...
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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest EN
Oscar Wilde's most famous and wittiest play tells the story of two wealthy bachelors, Jack and Algernon. Jack, who has no family, wishes to marry Gwendolen. Algy wishes to marry Jack's ward Cecily. He pretends to be Jack's brother Ernest. Luckily, before too long, the truth about Jack's parentage is discovered.