Swift\'s devastating short satire on how to solve a famine 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 centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century

Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren, University of Kent at Canterbury A historical romance, The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman, D\'Artagnan and his three friends from the regiment of the King\'s Musketeers - Athos, Porthos and Aramis. Under the watchful eye of their patron M. de Treville, the four defend the honour of the regiment against the

\'The hottest book of the summer\' JOSIE SILVER, author of bestselling One Day in December \'The perfect escapist romp\' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS, author of Our Stop Binge-watched Normal People and Love is Blind and now looking to escape into another suitably steamy love story? Look no further... ______________________________ TWO WRITERS, ONE HOLIDAY. A ROMCOM WAITING TO HAPPEN... January is a hopeless

Grófka Anna Fedotovna žije v Petrohrade so svojou chovankyňou Lizavetou Ivanovnou. V meste žije aj jej vnuk Tomskij, ktorý je vášnivým hráčom kariet. Pri hre ho pozoruje Hermann, ktorý sa do hry nikdy nezapojí.

Bringing together six of Turgenev\'s best known stories in volume, this collection includes First Love,\" \"Asya,\" \"Mumu,\" \"The Diary of a Superfluous Man,\" \"Song of Triumphant Love,\" and \"King Lear of the Steppes.\" \"

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating graded material that will encourage students to read. _Suffragette_ is adapted from the 2015 film of the same name and tells the inspiring story of the struggle for women\'s right to vote in early twentieth century Britain.

Le classique inquiétant envoutera centainement les jeunes lecteurs… Themes: Mystere, Sentiments Dans cet ouvrage: des dossiers culturels; un glossaire des mots et expressions diffi ciles; des exercices DELF; des activités ludiques tres variées. La Vénus d’Ille fait partie de la littérature fantastique. Cette histoire se passe dans le Roussillon, au sud de la France. Une statue en bronze peut-elle épouser

Daenerys Targaryen, die Letzte aus dem Geschlecht der Drachenkönige, bereitet jenseits des Meeres ihre Rückkehr in die Sieben Königreiche vor. An der Spitze einer riesigen Streitmacht und unterstützt von drei Drachen will sie die Krone zurückfordern.

There is something strange about Coraline\'s new home. It\'s not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It\'s the other house - the one behind the old door in the drawing room. Another mother and father with black-button eyes and papery skin are waiting for Coraline to join them

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I sent a letter to the fish, I told them, \"This is what I wish.\" The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me. The little fishes\' answer was \"We cannot do it, sir, because ...\" I sent a letter back to say It would be better to obey. But someone came to me and said \"The little fishes are in bed.\" I said to him, and I said it plain \"Then you must wake them up again.\" I said it

Magický realizmus samoty v priamom prenose... Famously associated with the term magical realism, Marquez is probably South Americas most famous literary export. Equally tragic, joyful and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude inhabits a strang e dream-like space where very little makes real sense, but everything is mysteriously and vividly alive nonetheless. Blending fantasy and reality seamlessly,

\"Sorozatunk híres asszonyokat bemutató ágán elérkeztünk a 18. századhoz. Csupa rejtély ez a korszak is. Ki ügyködött II. Rákóczi Ferenc kuruc táborában, műveivel lelkesítve a katonákat: Cinka Panna, a hegedűs, vagy Losárdy Zsuzsanna, a költő? Hogyan lett irodalmi téma \"a lőcsei fehér asszony\" dicstelen, ám fordulatos, logikai és pszichológiai \"bakugrásokkal\" tarkított története? Miért láthatunk

DeDaumier-Smith\'s Blue Period,\" \"Teddy,\" and \"A Perfect Day for Bananafish\" are among the nine works in a collection of Salinger\'s perceptive and realistic short stories.\"

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes no vel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of historys most enduring

One of Britain\'s most popular novels, George Orwell\'s dystopian tale \"Nineteen Eighty-Four\" is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party. \'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.\' Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police

From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of the Noughts & Crosses series and The Hate U Give. One fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. \'Boys just being boys\' turns out to be true only

Which sort of seducer could you be: Siren? Rake? Cold Coquette? Star? Comedian? Charismatic? or Saint? This book will show you which. Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once. When raised to the level of art, seduction, and indirect and subtle form