The definitive text of Jane Austen''s penetrating and sparkling satire, "Emma", this "Penguin Classics Edition" includes an introduction by Fiona Stafford. Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, rich - and fiercely independent - is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. ...
This book contains an introduction by Adam Thirlwell. Sparkling with comic genius and narrative exuberance, "I Served the King of England" is a story of how the unbelievable came true. Its remarkable hero, Ditie, is a hotel waiter who rises to become a millionaire and then loses it all again against ...
Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, thei r grasping offspring, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists and a plethora of sound technician s wait ...
This is a story about learning to be fearless and set your secrets free. An intense and gripping novel that will speak to fans of John Green and Jennifer Niven. Rev works hard to keep the demons of the time before his adoption at bay. until a letter from his father after his 18th birthday brings the ...
''Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going'' Gillian Flynn Best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates blends sexual violence, racism, brutality, and power in her latest incendiary novel. Best-selling author Joyce Carol Oates returns with an incendiary novel that ...
A fabulously engaging and exciting novel about a man who has to learn about life and love the hard way. Harry Silver has it all. A successful job in TV, a gorgeous wife, a lovely child. And in one moment of madness, he chucks it all away. Man and Boy is the story of how he comes to terms with his life ...
Read the original books before you see the How to Train Your Dragon film! This book will be a hit with children and adults alike. THE STORY BEGINS in the first volume of Hiccup''s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the ...
Spanning forty years, two women''s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller Still Me. ''A fabulous, emotional and evocative book - perfect for anyone who loves ...
The heartbreaking tale of the doomed lovers Heathcliff and Catherine, Emily Bronte''s gothic masterpiece, "Wuthering Heights", has enthralled readers for more than a century and a half-spawning film and televison adaptations, operas, musicals, and a hit single by British pop superstar Kate Bush. It is ...
George Orwell''s chilling fable of Soviet Russia''s brutal dictatorship, "Animal Farm" brings to life in lucid, uncomplicated language the disastrous project of Russian Communism. This "Penguin Modern Classics" edition includes an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. ''All animals are equal - but some are ...
Titul obsahuje příběh Jane Cadwalladerové Daniel und die Krone, který je zjednodušený na úroveň A2, vhodný pro děti a mladší mládež. Součástí knihy je Multi-ROM, který obsahuje animovanou verzi, poslechovou verzi a několik interaktivních cvičení především na slovní zásobu a jednoduché věty. Banda zlodějů ...
The inspiration for such works as Joseph Heller''''s Catch-22, Jaroslav Hašek''''s black satire The Good Soldier Švejk is translated with an introduction by Cecil Parrott in Penguin Classics. Good-natured and garrulous, Švejk becomes the Austro-Hungarian army''''s most loyal Czech soldier when he is ...
The internationally bestselling trilogy - reissued to tie in with the long-awaited continuation of one of the major publishing phenomenons of modern times Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. ...
When we first published this little book by Kamila Skopová in 2004, we had no idea what a tradition we would be starting, for ever since then the original Czech version of this little book has been republished almost every year in a larger print run. What is there about it that attracts readers' ...
There’s trouble in the swamp when Princess Fiona’s father, King Harold, dies leaving Shrek as the new ruler of Far Far Away. Shrek has no ambitions to be King. With the help of Donkey and Puss In Boots, he sets out to find Artie, the one true heir to the throne. But the friends had not reckoned on the ...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is the massively funny fifth title in the highly-illustrated, bestselling and award-winning "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series by Jeff Kinney. Perfect for both boys and girls of 8+, reluctant readers and all the millions of devoted Wimpy Kid fans out there. You can also ...
Un roman autobiographique de Jules Renard, qui raconte l’enfance et les déboires d’un enfant mal aimé. Dans cet ouvrage: des dossiers culturels; un glossaire des mots et expressions difficiles; des exercices DELF; des activités ludiques tres variées. Themes: Sentiments, Famille L’histoire se déroule ...
Lasst euch von Sarastro, Pamina und Papageno mitrei�en in den Zauber des Werkes, den Mozart in Musik gesetzt hat. Vereinfachter und gek�rzter Text mit Erkl�rung schwieriger W�rter in Fu�noten | �bungen zur Pr�fungsvorbereitung Start 1 | Abschlusstest Themen: Liebe Geheimnis Sarastro, Herrscher ...