Containing an enchanting mix of familiar favourites and hidden gems, the "Penguin Classics" edition of Hans Christian Andersen''s "Fairy Tales" is translated by Tiina Nunnally and edited with an introduction by Jackie Wullschlager. The first writer to create timeless, universal fairy tales from his own ...
The collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist and poet. By turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in transition, as well as the everyday objects ...
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. ...
The achievement of Stephen King is unlike that of any writer. He has taken a genre which was somewhat moribund when he came to it -- the horror novel -- and transformed it into one of the most phenomenally successful areas for quality popular writing -- what''''s more, his unprecedented sales success ...
Once known only by an elite who were unwilling to share their knowledge of the power, \''the secret\'' of obtaining anything you desire is now revealed by prominent physicists, authors and philosophers as being based in the universal Law of Attraction. And the good news is that anyone can access its ...
Sedemnásťročná Carrie je outsiderka v škole i v živote. Odmalička robí všetko pre to, aby sa vyrovnala ostatným, ale nedarí sa jej. Nepeknú, neobľúbenú, zakríknutú stredoškoláčku ešte aj doma priam terorizuje fanaticky nábožná matka. Carrie si však jedného dňa uvedomí svoje mimoriadne vrodené schopnosti, ...
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018 WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the ...
''''there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; and out of those seven one was a boy.'''' When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his frightening tales; the sailor''''s sudden death is the beginning of one of the most exciting ...
Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay''s dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new edition of J.K. Rowling''s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters – including Dobby and Gilderoy Lockhart – await inside this fully illustrated ...
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters is the second exciting adventure in Rick Riordan''s bestselling Percy Jackson series - now with a brand new cover look. Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. You can''t tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It''s not easy being a half-blood these ...
An eleven-year-old had discovered a secret that not even an adultshould know. A US State Senator is dead, and Mark Sway is the only onewho knows the body is hidden. The FBI want him to tell them where is atwhatever cost to Mark and his family. The killer wants him silencedforever. Reggie Love has been ...
Enter the Grishaverse with book three of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas. Now with a stunning new cover and exclusive bonus material: The Demon in the Wood (a Darkling prequel story) and a Q&A ...
