\'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

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Sheherezade is beautiful and clever. She also knows a thousand and one wonderful stories. Her husband wants to kill her, but he can\'t. Sheherezade tells him stories about a clever servant girl and a boy judge, about Ali Baba and Aladdin. What happens next? Her husband wants to know. He listens and she lives.

Darkness falls ...Despair abounds ...Evil reigns ...Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves

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.

Wenn Elisabeth Bennet zum erstenmal Herrn Darcy, einen Junggesellen und gleichzeitig eine günstige Partie, trifft, scheint er ihr eingebildet und distanziert. Und auch gegen ihre Person gleichgültig, obwohl Elisabeth schön, temperamentvoll und aufgeweckt ist. Wenn Elisabeth dazu feststellt, dass er sich in eine komplizierte Beziehung seines Freundes Bingley und ihrer geliebten Schwester Jane verwickelt

A warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging, infused with humour, from the bestselling author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it\'s senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. \'It doesn\'t matter if you\'re born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan\'s egg!\' (from \'The Ugly Duckling\') This collection brings together some of Hans Christian Andersen\'s most popular fairy tales - including \'The Little Mermaid\', \'The Ugly Duckling\' and \'Thumbelina\' - in a celebration

CAE Result is a complete preparation course for the Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) exam. It uses thought-provoking topics and vibrant images to keep your students motivated.

Slavný humoristický román Zdeňka Jirotky navazuje na tradici českého humoru a autory, jakými byli J. Hašek, K. Čapek nebo K. Poláček, zároveň je zde také patrná inspirace anglosaskou humoristickou prózou J. K. Jeroma a P. G. Wodehouse. Humor, a především satira a parodie, jsou podstatnou součástí české literatury, Jirotka subverzivně využívá různé literární formy i žánry: od romantického čtení pro

L\'anno e il 1986, il luogo e la Repubblica Socialista Cecoslovacca, in una piccola citta ai confini con l\'Ungheria. L\'undicenne Alžbeta ci racconta nel suo diario la propria fede nel Futuro Comunista: essere una Pioniera non e solo un obbligo scolastico, e una missione! Significa istruirsi, fare buone azioni, dire solo la verita… anche se non sempre il mondo accoglie bene questo sincero zelo, e

Ippolit Matvejevics elhunyt anyósa ülőgarnitúráját üldözi, pontosabban az egyik székbe rejtett kincset. Önjelölt segítője, Osztap Bender, a \"nagy kombinátor\" egy megnyerő szélhámos. Hőseinknek nem szegi kedvét, hogy nem tudni, hová került a 12 szék és melyik is rejti az ékszereket, amelyekre más is vadászik. Kezdetét veszi egy városokon átívelő komikus hajsza a húszas évek Szovjetuniójában, kincsvadászat

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Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin. Those who shaped the political system became, very frequently, its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. \"The Whisperers\" recreates the sort of maze in which Russians found themselves, where an unwitting wrong turn could

Haruki Murakami is arguably one of Japan\'s finest, modern writers and is, increasingly, being seen as one of the top authors working today. The last novel of his to find its way to these shores, Norwegian Wood, was a delightful, if slightly one-dimensional coming-of-age tale. The pyrotechnics of his previous, more surreal novels (Wind Up Bird Chronicle and A Wild Sheep Chase) had disappeared but something

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the imag e of a terrifying beast. As the boys\' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their

Oliver Twist‘s life is hard and desperate one. His mother is dead, so he is brought up in a workhouse. Beaten and starved he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin’s gang of pickpockets to survive. Will the boy manage to find a real home in such a mercyless world? Život Olivera Twista je těžký a zoufalý. Maminka mu zemřela, a tak je vychováván v sirotčinci. Zbitý a vyhladovělý uteče do Londýna,

From Kim Scott, author of the revolutionary New York Times bestseller Radical Candor, comes Just Work: How to Confront Bias, Prejudice and Bullying to Build a Culture of Inclusivity - that will help you recognize, attack and eliminate workplace injustice - and transform our careers and organizations in the process. We - all of us - consistently exclude, underestimate and under-utilize huge numbers

A companion novel to Slaughterhouse 5\", covering similar themes and drawing on the author\'s experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden. A black satire, it tells of an American spy in Germany who becomes confused by his own methods as he sends his coded messages by using pro-Nazi radio broadcasts.\"

Jorge Luis Borges\'s Labyrinths is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America\'s most influential and imaginative writers. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby, with an introduction by James E. Irby and a preface by Andre Maurois. Jorge Luis Borges was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot