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Runaway Horses
Yukio Mishima; Michael Gallagher (translator)
"Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravel...
The Beast Within
His haunting, impressionistic study of a man's slow corruption by jealousy, Emile Zola's "The Beast Within" (La Bete Humaine) is translated from the French with an introduction and notes by Roger Whitehouse in "Penguin Classics". Roubaud is consumed by a jealous rage when he discovers a sordid secret ab...
Discourse on Method and the Meditations
RENE DESCARTES, René Descartes
Rene Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy a...
Small Memories
'Let yourself be led by the child you were' - "The Book of Exhortations". Born in Portugal in 1922 in the tiny village of Azinhaga, Jose Saramago was only eighteen months old when he moved with his father and mother to live in a series of cramped lodgings in a working-class neighbourhood of Lisbon. Neve...
The Carter of 'La Providence'
The fourth book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's tragic tale of lost identity, in a gripping new translation by David Coward. What was the woman doing here? In a stable, wearing pearl earrings, her stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes! She must have been alive when she got there...
Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew #8)
A special treat for Nancy Drew fans, and any reader who's new to the series! This is a stunning new edition of an old favourite, Nancy's Mysterious Letter, the eighth book in the incredibly popular, long-running series. It's the same exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for more than 8...
Lily and the Fairy House
Lily knows that fairies live near the gum tree. She has created a fairy house with a rose petal bed and a gum leaf table, and today she is preparing a fairy party . . . But will the fairies come and play? Lily and the Fairy House is pure wish-fulfillment, a magical fairy book for girls of all ages....
Arifureta: I Heart Isekai Vol. 4
Ryo Shirakome; Misaki Mori (Illustrator)
The hilarious spinoff to Arifureta- From Commonplace to World's Strongest continues!Hajime's party has reached the final labyrinth, a realm of frozen peril underneath bitter snowfields. Inside, each one of them will be forced to confront a shadow of themselves- a manifestation of their own shortcomings ...
How to Do Hard Things
Smart, humorous and honest life advice from Veronica Dearly, a much-loved illustrator with a unique visual brand Life doesn't come with a manual but this illustrated guide to navigating its ups, downs and WTFs is the next best thing. With her trademark humour and engaging frankness, artist Veronica Dear...
The History of Sexuality: 4: Confessions of the Flesh
The final, previously unpublished volume of one of the twentieth century's seminal works Foucault's History of Sexuality changed the way we think about power, selfhood and sexuality. In this fourth and final volume, he turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure we...
My Little Golden Book about Boston
Judy Katschke; Melanie Demmer (Illustrator)
Explore Boston with a fun Little Golden Book guidebook written specifically for the youngest tourists and residents. Get ready to explore Boston with Beanie the Boston Terrier as your guide! This Little Golden Book highlights major attractions of this "wicked awesome" city, including Paul Revere's Hous...
War of Hearts
1917- America's declaration of war against Germany gives Grace Winter, a keen-eyed New York Times investigative reporter, a much sought after opportunity to make her mark on the Western Front, albeit in ways she had never expected. But by 1918 the gruesome reality of trench warfare has set in, and an in...
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