''''Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it''''. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in "Homage to Catalonia". ...
This is the third novel in Jeffrey Archer\''s compelling saga, the Clifton Chronicles. 1945. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor\''s deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles ...
Meet Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most influential jazz singers of all time! New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the inspirational life of the First Lady of Song, from her early singing days on the streets of Harlem, to her success as a ...
The Cast is an irresistible celebration of the strength of women, finding the courage to persevere in life\''s drama of heartbreak and joy, by the world\''s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Kait Whittier has built her magazine column into a hugely respected read followed by fans across the country. ...
With an introduction by Caitlin Moran A dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? As Bridget documents her struggles through the social minefield of her thirties and tries to ...
The New York Times Bestseller ''An addictive Jilly Cooperesque saga'' Guardian ''A fun, fast-paced read packed with drama, scandal and romance'' The Sun Crazy Rich Asians meets The Crown in this completely addictive modern-day royal romance. The Washingtons have ruled America for almost 250 years. They''re ...
Španělská didaktizovaná zjednodušená četba z edice ELI Lecturas infantiles y juveniles je určena především malým dětem a mládeži. Sešity jsou plnobarevné, obsahují vedle textu i úkoly pro práci s textem. Autorem příběhu je Jane Cadwallader. Hlavními představiteli příběhu jsou mimozemšťan PB3 a robot ...
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn. As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin ...
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 ...
A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure -- a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charriere (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousand gruelling ...
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale, one that asks harrowing questions about power, loyalty, obsession, and the monsters we make of others. With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba''s pod live for the ...
Presents an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Starting with his shipwreck on this most alien of shores, this novel charts Blackthorne´s rise from the status of reviled foreigner up to the heights of trusted advisor and eventually, ...
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 ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray was a succčs de scandale. Early readers were shocked by its hints at unspeakable sins and the book was later used as evidence against Wilde at the Old Bailey in 1895.Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to sell his soul in exchange ...
The Cowards (1958) is Josef Skvorecky's blackly comic tale of post-war politics that was immediately banned on publication. In 1945, in Kostelec,Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only ...
Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first title in Cassandra Clare\''s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy with this sumptuous new edition. Brand new content, including the first chapter of Chain of Gold. Love is the most dangerous magic of all. First in the bestselling prequel series ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ''If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.'' A comedic romance of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night begins with a shipwreck, splitting up Viola ...
With the perennial popularity of classic writers like Charlotte Bronte and Lewis Carroll, Baby Lit is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar''s Alison Oliver, Little ...
Neobyčajne dojímavý príbeh o otcoch, synoch, odpustení a zmierení, odohrávajúci sa vo svete vzrušujúcich zápasov najvyššej americkej bejzbalovej ligy.Leto 1973. Do prvej ligy vstupuje Joe Castle, bejzbalový talent a najúspešnejší nováčik všetkých čias.Chlapec z malého mestečka Calico Rock v Arkansase ...
This is the brand new edition of the hilarious seventh book in the brilliant "Adrian Mole" series, Sue Townsend''s "Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction". Wednesday April 2nd. My birthday. I am thirty-five today. I am officially middle-aged. It is all downhill from now. A pathetic slide towards ...