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I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten
At least 5000 years old, the "I Ching" is a book of oracles containing the whole of human experience. Used for divination, it is a method of exploring the unconscious; through the symbolism of its hexagrams we are guided towards the solution of difficult problems and life situations. It can also be read...
Swimming Pool Sunday
On a shimmeringly hot Sunday in May, Louise is at a neighbour's pool with her daughters - and glaring at her resentfully is her estranged husband Barnaby. While the children splash and shriek in the cool, blue waters, she lies blissfully back in the sun and dreams of Cassian, the charismatic new lawyer ...
Hairy Maclary Book and Toy Set
Out of the Gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy This very special boxed set contains a hardback edition of the internationally bestselling Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy and a cuddly soft toy of the roguish Hairy Maclary himself. With the classic Hairy Maclary story an...
Death of a Hero
One of the great World War I antiwar novels - honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Exp...
The Glass Bees
In The Glass Bees the celebrated German writer Ernst J nger presents a disconcerting vision of the future. Zapparoni, a brilliant businessman, has turned his advanced understanding of technology and his strategic command of the information and entertainment industries into a discrete form of global domi...
Henry V: Black Penguin Classics
Among the most well-loved of William Shakespeare's history plays, Henry V is the gripping conclusion to the story of young 'Prince Hal' begun in Henry IV, edited by A R Humphreys with an introduction by Ann Kaegi. 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall...
Roots of Yoga
The first single, reliable collection of primary material from the source traditions of yoga Despite the immense popularity of yoga today, there is surprisingly little knowledge of its roots among practitioners. This book brings together, for the first time, the core teachings of yoga in the words of th...
Amazons: Real Warrior Women Of The Ancient World
Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated by accounts of the Amazons, an elusive tribe of hard-fighting, horse-riding female warriors. Equal to men in battle, legends claimed they cut off their right breasts to improve their archery skills and routinely killed their male children to p...
Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books (Penguin Great Ideas Series)
'A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order' One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies and seeing the extraordinary in the everyday. In these vi...
Flubby Will Not Go to Sleep
Flubby, the cute but aloof cat, refuses to hit the hay in this gentle story perfect for bedtime Kami makes a new bed for Flubby, but the fussy feline won't settle into slumber. A squishy pillow, a warm blanket, and even a bedtime snack are not enough to do the trick Flubby finally drifts off to dre...
The Art Thief: A true story of love, crime and a dangerous obsession
The true story of the world’s most prolific art thief, who accumulated a collection worth over $1.4 billion. A spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Wood. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the ...
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