Steppenwolf: Popular Penguins

Hesse Hermann

'The unhappiness that I need and long for . . . is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for.' Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw hi...

Letters To Sartre

Simone De Beauvoir

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Dragons at Crumbling Castle (and Other Stories)

Terry Pratchett

Focus on a planet revolving in space ...Focus in on a small country in the northern hemisphere - Great Britain. Closer, closer ...and on the western edge of London you can see the county of Buckinghamshire. Small villages and winding country roads. And if you could go back in time to the mid nineteen-si...

Cruelty

Roald Dahl

A wife pawns her lover's parting gift with unexpected consequences, an unusual painting proves to be more valuable than anyone, especially its owner, could ever have predicted, a husband and wife, unable to get their new baby to feed, hit upon a disturbing solution . . . "Cruelty" highlights a domestic ...

Peppa the Mermaid (Peppa Pig)

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Peppa and Rebecca Rabbit would love to be mermaids! When they come up with a plan to have an under-the-sea party, Peppa gets carried away and invites all her friends over for a swimming disco with starfish-shaped sandwiches and a real beach! But Mummy and Daddy Pig aren't prepared for this at all . . . ...

Sorry for My Familiar Vol. 1

Tekka Yaguraba

AN UNFAMILIAR JOURNEY   When the devil girl Patty finds she's too weak to summon an animal familiar, she chooses a human instead. His name: Norman Volcanello--an eccentric guy with a dangerous fascination with exotic life forms. As Patty and Norman set out to find her missing father, an offbeat advent...

Chromorama: How Colour Changed Our Way of Seeing

Riccardo Falcinelli

The Italian colour bible- a gorgeously illustrated exploration of colour and the modern gaze, from an award-winning designerHave you ever wondered why so many pencils are yellow? Why black is the colour of mourning? Or why carrots are orange?In Chromorama, acclaimed graphic designer Riccardo Falcinelli ...

Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima

Serhii Plokhy

Baillie-Gifford award-winner Serhii Plokhy's illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disastersIn 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go...