A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on ...
How did George Eliot''s love life affect her prose? Why did Kafka write at three in the morning? In what ways is Barack Obama like Eliza Doolittle? Can you be over-dressed for the Oscars? What is Italian Feminism? If Roland Barthes killed the Author, can Nabokov revive him? What does ''soulful'' mean? ...
This is a fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess'' original text of A Clockwork Orange, with a glossary of the teen slang ''Nadsat'', explanatory notes, pages from the original typescript, interviews, articles and reviews Edited by Andrew Biswell. With a Foreword by Martin Amis ''It is a horrorshow ...
In 1960, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover and document his native land; accompanied only by his dog, he travelled all across the United States in a pick-up truck. This "Penguin Classics" edition of "Travels with Charley" includes an introduction by Jay Parini. When he was almost sixty years old, ...
"On 5th November 1699 the Merchant Ship Antelope foundered on a rock in the Latitude of 30 Degrees 2 minutes South. The only survivor of the crew was the ship\''s physician, Lemuel Gulliver, who some hours later awoke, bound, on a beach in the Empire of Lilliput. On 31st August 1997, Gulliver\''s direct ...
Beautiful Darkness&,nbsp,is the second bewitching instalment in the bestselling love story&,nbsp,Beautiful Creatures -&,nbsp,a romance that is bound to capture the hearts of&,nbsp,Twilight&,nbsp,fans everywhere.Some loves are meant to be. Others are cursed...One night in the rain, Ethan ...
The bad-tempered ladybird picks fights with every animal he meets, but soon learns the importance of friends and turns into a far nicer, happier bug. The beautifully illustrated pages of this entertaining book demonstrate the sizes of the different animals and the sun''s path across the sky as time passes.
Auf geheimen Wegen gelangt Meisterverbrecher Artemis Fowl in das eisige Murmansk, wo er seinen Vater vermutet. Befindet dieser sich wirklich in der Gewalt von Menschen, die vor nichts zurückschrecken? Als sich zusätzlich noch die Unterirdischen gegen ihn verschworen zu haben scheinen, ist Artemis froh, ...
From the no. 1 bestselling author of PS, I Love You comes an enchanting novel about two childhood friends whom fate and destiny can\''t help toying with! From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But just as they\''re discovering the ...
An ageing king makes a capricious decision to divide his realm among his three daughters according to the love they express for him. When the youngest daughter refuses to take part in this charade, she is banished, leaving the king dependent on her manipulative and untrustworthy sisters. In the scheming ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The young Rachel Vinrance leaves England on her father''''s ship, the Euphrosyne, on a voyage to South America. Despite being accompanied by her father and her aunt and uncle, Helen and Ridley Ambrose, the passage ...
Juliette will not stand alone in a battle that will decide the fate of her world. In Destroy Me, Warner, the ruthless leader of Sector 45, refuses to let her go. In Fracture Me, Adam, Juliette\''s first love, will do anything to get her back. These two explosive novellas are available in print for the ...
The sea: turbulent and leaden,transparent and opaque,magician and mother. When Cahrles Arrowby,over sixty,a demi god of the theatre- director,playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world in order to ''abjure magic and become a her mit'',it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least ...
Román volně navazující na slavný Trainspotting- staří známí hrdinové se pokoušejí vydělat peníze v pornobyznysu. Hrdinové Trainspottingu se vracejí na místo činu, do Edinburghu: Mark Renton z Amsterdamu, Simon Williamson z Londýna, Frank Begbie z vězení. Leith je příliš malý, než aby na sebe nenarazili. ...
The acclaimed new novel from the author of The Corrections. Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul - the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbour who could tell you where to recycle your batteries ...
The new novel from the bestselling author of You Had Me At Hello. Anna Alessi - history expert, possessor of a lot of hair and an occasionally filthy mouth - seeks nice man for intelligent conversation and Mills & Boon moments. Despite the oddballs that keep turning up on her dates, Anna couldn''''t ...
My name is Meghan Chase. In less than twenty-four hours I\''ll be sixteen. Countless stories, songs and poems have been written about this wonderful age, when a girl finds true love and the stars shine for her and the handsome prince carries her off into the sunset. I don\''t think it will be that way ...
