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In Patagonia
IN PATAGONIA is a Quest or a Wonder Voyage. It is about wandering and exile. Bruce Chatwin travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and, as he goes along, describes his encounters with other people whose stories delay him on the road....
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Popular Penguins
'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.' ..... Gabriel García Márquez has been one of the undisputed literary giants of the past century; his stories are vivid, energetic, tender and unfor...
Dance of the Happy Shades
Alice Munro's territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario. In these dazzling stories she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despair and guilt of those caught in a narrow existence. And in sensitively exploring the lives of ordinary m...
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
This volume offers women guidelines on how to improve and survive an abusive relationship, discussing various types of abusive men, analysing societal myths surrounding abuse, and answering questions about the warning signs of abuse....
The Sonnets
This landmark collection brings together for the first time in any language all of the sonnets of Jorge Luis Borges. More intimate and personally revealing than his fiction, and more classical in form than the inventive metafictions that are his hallmark, the sonnets reflect Borges in full maturity, pa...
The Plague
'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing'. It starts with the rats. Vomiting blood, they die in their hundreds, then in their thousands. When the rats are all gone, the citizens begin to fall sick. Like the rats, they ...
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
The sweet scents of rural life infuse this collection of Roald Dahl's country stories, but there is always something unexpected lurking in the undergrowth ...Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot f...
Hans Ulrich Obrist: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Curating But Were Afraid to Ask
Everything you ever wanted to know about Hans Ulrich Obrist butwere afraid to ask has now been asked, revealing the truth from thebeginning of his career as a young curator in his Zurich kitchen tohis recent position as co-director of the Serpentine in London. Thisbook is a ''production of reality conve...
Dear Life
Alice Munro captures the essence of life in this collection of stories. Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in 'Dear Life' build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life ca...
Morrissey - Autobiography
Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades. Achieving eleven Top 10 albums (p...
Dr. Seuss: The Great Doodler (A Biography Reader)
A Step 3 Biography Reader about Theodor Geisel and his transformation from a doodler into the beloved Dr. Seuss. Little Ted Geisel always had a sketchpad and pencil in hand. He was a Boy Scout with a penchant for creating zany creatures. He grew up with a love of books and words from his mother, and his...
Transit Maps of the World - Every Urban Train Map on Earth
Transit Maps of the World is the first, comprehensive collection of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colourful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of urban transport systems, including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs. Transit Maps could not be more relevant to...
The Knot Outdoor Weddings
The romance of an outdoor wedding is undeniable. In any outdoor setting beach or backyard, vineyard or mountaintop the couple has unlimited opportunity to personalize their day and create unforgettable ambience. The 50 real weddings featured in "The Knot Outdoor Weddings" were inspired by twinkling ligh...
Our World in Pictures: The Rock and Gem Book
The Rock and Gem Book is packed full of photos of natural wonders, including rocks, minerals, gems, shells and fossils. This children's encyclopedia displays more than 1,200 full-colour specimens, from sapphires and rubies to silver and pearl, revealing the unique qualities of each material and how it i...
A Terrible Beauty Is Born
'But I, being poor, have only my dreams; / I have spread my dreams under your feet...' By turns joyful and despairing, some of the twentieth century's greatest verse on fleeting youth, fervent hopes and futile sacrifice....
My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun
'It's coming - the postponeless Creature' Electrifying poems of isolation, beauty, death and eternity from a reclusive genius and one of America's greatest writers. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives r...
Hygge
In Autumn 2016, everyone will be talking about 'hygge'. This Danish concept has no English translation but is all about focusing on the little things in life that bring you warmth and happiness, whether it's spending quality time with loved ones or creating a 'hyggelig' atmosphere in your home. But hygg...
Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine
This is New York Times Best-seller. An adrenaline-fuelled expose of life inside the tech bubble, Chaos Monkeys lays bare the secrets, power plays and lifestyle excesses of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists and money cowboys who are revolutionising our world. Written by startup CEO and in...
Shortcut Your Startup: Ten Ways to Speed Up Entrepreneurial
_____________An indispensable guide to starting your business from scratch_____________Think you know how to launch a successful business? Think again.Courtney and Carter Reum know startups. As early investors in the likes of Lyft, Pinterest and SpaceX, as well as founders of a multi-million-dollar comp...
John Salminen - Master of the Urban Landscape From Realism to Abstractions in Watercolor
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Rent-A-Girlfriend (#3)
Catch up on the manga before Season 2 of the hit anime, coming soon You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and s...
The Rising Tide: The most heart-stopping and addictive thriller of 2021
'Beautifully written, incredibly evocative with a real sense of place and of the sea. Heart-stoppingly tense' Catherine Cooper, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE CHALET The new pulse-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of THE MEMORY WOOD.******HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?The news doesn't stri...
Ero Ninja Scrolls Vol. 3
In this Mature-rated manga series by the creator of Cat in a Hot Girls' Dorm, journey to the fictional "Ero" period of Japanese history, where sexy ninja battles await!This adult action comedy takes place during a fictional time in Japan's history known as the Ero period, where the arts of love and war ...
Outbreak
BBC security correspondent and No.1 bestseller Frank Gardner's MI6 operative Luke Carlton returns to the field in his third, explosive thriller - a pulse-racing read that confronts the all-too-real horrors of 21st century bio-terrorism . . . ***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** The explosive new ...
Scarlet
Brian Michael Bendis, co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, and Jessica Jones, teams up with his superstar co-creator and Iron Man and Daredevil collaborator Alex Maleev in this complete omnibus collection of their fearless political thriller set in the seedy underbelly of Portland, Oregon.A young woman i...
Mayor Good Boy Goes Hollywood [#2 Mayor Good Boy series]
Our favorite dog is back! Mayor Good Boy has gone from the first dog mayor of Greenwood . . . to the first dog mayor on the silver screen! In this second series installment, a very good dog is going to see his name in lights--one hilarious take at a time. The script is in . . . and Mayor Good Boy is goi...
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