A mountain climber, high in The Andes, falls into a strange valley. In London a man is looking for a green door. A third man tries to help an unhappy ghost. Each of these exciting stories shows us two very different worlds. But which is better? And can we be happier in another world?

Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, Okonowo takes violent action.

In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid\'s Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalised readers for decades. When the van door slammed on Offred\'s future at the end of The Handmaid\'s Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead. With The Testaments, the wait is over. Margaret Atwood\'s sequel picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown,

The precarious equilibrium among the four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. Kell-once assumed to be the last surviving Antari-begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Lila Bard, once a commonplace-but never common-thief, has survived and flourished

No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry\'s vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair

A kötet García Márqueznek a keleti blokk államaiban 1957-ben tett látogatásáról írt útinaplóit, riportjait tartalmazza. A fiatal újságíró a moszkvai Világifjúsági Találkozó résztvevőjeként Budapesten, Kelet-Berlinben, Csehszlovákiában és Lengyelországban is járt. A riportok egyúttal sajátos korrajzok - a szerzőt itt is az élet izgatja: a mindennapok pulzálása, a szokások, a gesztusok, az emberi arcok.

\'Then she began to run, and she ran over the sharp stones and through the thorns, and the wild animals bounded past her ...\' Four weird, dark and enchanting fairy-tales from the Brothers Grimm. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin\'s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many

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Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form. This book comes with an introduction by Natalie Haynes. When this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female liberty been so forcefully and successfully argued. De Beauvoir\'s belief that \'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman\' switched on light bulbs in the heads of a generation

Der Drama der deutschen Literatur, das zahlreiche Künstler zu eigenen Werken inspirierte. Übungen zu Leseverständnis, Wortschatz und Grammatik; Übungen zur Prüfungsvorbereitung Zertifikat Deutsch – ZD Themen: Gesellschaft, Liebe, Leiden Georg Büchners Drama Woyzeck gehört zu den meistgespielten Bühnenstücken der deutschen Literatur. Infolge seines frühen Todes im Jahr 1837 – Georg Büchner starb mit

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The purpose of similes and metaphors is to make a piece of writing more interesting. This book, Similes & Metaphors, contains about 300 well-established similes and metaphors. They can add to the interest of learners\' compositions provided they are not overused. The book provides lots of useful language information. In addition, there are 10 passages showing similes and metaphors in context, as well

The long-awaited finale to the New York Times bestselling Maybe Someday series returns with all the characters you fell in love with.What is more important? Friendship, loyalty, or love?Ridge and Sydney are thrilled to finally be together guilt-free. But as the two of them navigate this freedom, Warren and Bridgette\'s relationship is as tumultuous as ever, and Maggie grapples with her illness. When

When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire - to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between the

This overview of innovative landscaping solutions for urban spaces shows a range of approaches to one key conundrum: making urban spaces livable. Whether echoing a primeval forest, suggesting the slope of a mossy glen or evoking the wondrous shape s of a childs toy box, these environments bring a new dynamic to city living. With examples from around the world, we see how a commute transforms and becomes

As the temperature rises in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe, founder of the No. 1 Ladies\' Detective Agency, wonders whether the heat could be the reason that business is particularly slow. Luckily, a slower pace in life is her natural preference, unlike her colleague Mma Makutsi, who is alert to every passing observation and inclined to making snap decisions. With fewer cases to handle, Precious has time

In the Time Traveller\'s miraculous new machine, we will be carried from a Victorian dinner table to 802,701 AD, when the Earth is divided between the gentle, ineffective Eloi, and the ape-like Morlocks; forward again by a million years or so to glimpse a dying world of blood-red beaches and menacing shapes; and on again to the last days of our planet, a remote twilight where nothing moves but darkness

When was the last time you listened to someone, or someone really listened to you? This life-changing book will transform your conversations forever. At work, we\'re taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one another. So do our politicians. We\'re not listening. And no one is listening to us. Now more than ever, we need to listen

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\"Stroud is a genius\". (Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series). Ghosts and ghouls beware! London\'s smallest, shabbiest and most talented psychic detection agency is back. Life is never exactly peaceful for Lockwood & Co. Lucy and George are trying to solve the mystery of the talking skull trapped in their ghost jar, while Lockwood is desperate for an exciting new case. Things seem to be