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Paris After the Liberation : 1944-1949 (new edition)
Post liberation Paris - an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This is a stunning...
A Clockwork Orange
In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost?...
The Pigeon: Popular Penguins
Jonathan Noel, bank security guard, has spent 30 years protecting himself from people and events. But an encounter with a glaring pigeon upsets his ordered life and flings him into a state of fear and insecurity. From the author of the international bestselling Perfume....
Regeneration
Regeneration by Pat Barker is a classic exploration of how the traumas of war brutalised a generation of young - published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.'I just don't think our war aims -whatever they may be- and we don't know - justify this level of slaughter.'The poets and soldiers Siegfri...
An Intelligent Life: Revised And Updated
A practical guide to modern life and relationships. Julian Short explores rejection, family, professional and personal relationships, improving self-esteem and winning an argument, even when you lose. He arms us with the techniques and language to walk away from conflict feeling good about ourselves. To...
Kant and the Platypus
An attempt to answer the question, how much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability and how much on our linguistic resources? Eco undertakes a series of idiosyncratic explorations, starting from the perceived data of common sense, to expound a clear critique of Kant....
Art of Peace - Pocket Edition
New York Times BestsellerThese inspirational teachings show that the real way of the warrior is based on compassion, wisdom, fearlessness, and love of nature. Drawn from the talks and writings of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the popular Japanese martial art known as Aikido, The Art of Peace, presented he...
Fever Pitch
A brilliant memoir from the beloved, bestselling author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity and About A Boy. In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no prisoners. And that's before the players even take the field. Nick Hornby has been a football fa...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
A classic since 1928, this masterly encyclopaedia of ancient mythology, ritual, symbolism and the arcane mysteries of the ages is available for the first time in a compact, fully reset "Readers Edition." Like no other book of the twentieth century, Manly P. Hall's legendary The Secret Teachings Of All A...
Berserk Volume 3
Guts, the feard Black Swordsman, finishes his desperate battle with the monstrous Count, but the Count's dying pleas activate the Behelit, summoning the five God Hands, demon lords of immeasurable power....
Nose: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #46
This is the story of a nose. No, really -- it's the story of a nose that leaves the face of an official in St. Petersburg (the Russian St. Petersburg, the one in Florida wasn't even a proper village when Gogol was alive). The nose leaves this man's face and wanders off to have a life of its own. It doe...
Hell's Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II
During the great air battles that were fought to destroy Nazi Germany's ability to wage war, one group was especially distinguished. They were called the Hell's Angels. This is the story of the 303rd Bomb Group, as told by the men who made it what it was. Taking their name from the B-17s they flew, they...
Basketball! (Sporty Kids)
Time was running out. Jessica looked up at the ring. With an almighty toss, she took a shot at the basket. Everyone held their breath . . . Jessica is a basketball all-star. So why does she need lucky shoes?...
Whizzpopping Joke Book
"Why are elephants wrinkly? Because they don't fit on an ironing board! Where do you find giant snails? On the end of giants' fingers! Why did the witch put her broom in the wash? She wanted a clean sweep! This collection of hundreds of great jokes would make even the Trunchbull laugh! Inspired by Roald...
Madness
A woman obsessed with punctuality makes a fateful decision, a wronged woman takes revenge on her dead husband, a cat's curious behaviour comes between a husband and his wife. . . "Madness" highlights a domestic familiarity always on the edge of something much, much darker. Collected together for the fir...
Notes from the Velvet Underground
"COMPELLING". (The Sunday Telegraph). "CONTROVERSIAL ...Sounes' book pushes the standard Reed narrative". (The New York Times). Lou Reed, who died in 2013, was best known to the general public as the grumpy New Yorker in black who sang 'Walk on the Wild Side'. To his dedicated admirers, however, he was ...
Percy Jackson and the Battle Of The Labyrinth: The Graphic Novel (#4)
Half Boy. Half God. ALL Hero. Honestly, blowing up another school was the last thing I wanted to do.As the son of a Greek God, I've had my share of near-death disaster - and now my arch enemy Luke wants to invade our camp via an ancient labyrinth. If he succeeds, thousands of bloodthirsty monsters wil...
Jughead: the Hunger Vol. 1
Jughead Jones has always had an insatiable appetite... but what if his hunger came from a sinister place? When a murderous menace is on the prowl, taking the lives of some of the most well-known and esteemed inhabitants of Riverdale, Jughead and his family's dark legacy comes to light. Join writer Frank...
Assurances
A war-poem both historic and frighteningly topical, Assurances begins in the 1950s during a period of vigilance and dread in the middle of the Cold War: the long stand-off between nuclear powers, where the only defence was the threat of mutually assured destruction. Using a mix of versed and unversed p...
The Natural Way of Things
'Savage: think Atwood in the outback' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train'An unforgettable reading experience' Liane Moriarity, author of Big Little Lies'Ferocious... recalls the early Elena Ferrante' NPR'A masterpiece' Guardian'Devastating' Economist She hears her own thick voice deep insid...
Awards for Good Boys: From the viral Instagram account
We all know a Good Boy. He puts 'Feminist' in his Tinder bio, and then speaks over you on a date. He ghosts you. But he feels bad. (Only for a moment.) He once read a book by a woman. Sure, it was for school but he thought it was 'okay'. He doesn't mansplain. Just aggressively clarifies. And he's open t...
Chasing after Aoi Koshiba, Vol. 1
Hazuki Takeoka; Fly (Illustrator)
A yuri romance about the intense feelings of youth, and the perspective and regrets that adulthood can bring, for fans of manga like Bloom Into You and Orange. From the creator of Masamune-kun's Revenge Hazuki Takeoka and acclaimed yuri artist Fly. Sahoko had lots of friends in high school, so there...
The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives
From the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. The vivid and entertaining portraits in Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life...
Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven
From #1 New York Times bestselling author KAMI GARCIA (Beautiful Creatures) and artist GABRIEL PICOLO, the creative duo behind the New York Times bestselling graphic novel Teen Titans- Raven, comes the romantic meetup we have all been waiting for!It seems like years, but it's only been a few days since ...
LGB Dolly Parton: A Little Golden Book Biography
Deborah Hopkinson; Monique Dong (Illustrator)
Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography all about beloved entertainer Dolly Parton The perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers What's not to love about Dolly Parton? The multi-talented entertainer is generous, humble, smart, and funny. This Little Golden Book ...
The Carbon Almanac
When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action. The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not o...
Final Fantasy XIV Picture BookThe Namazu and the Greatest Gift
A whimsical, heartwarming picture book for Final Fantasy XIV fans young and old! When their river starts running dry, the catfish-like Namazu set out on a quest to bring the rain. They meet an odder otter who just might be able to help, but first they'll have to find "something no one has ever seen....
Tokyo Revengers (Omnibus) Vol. 5-6
The critically acclaimed manga series about a man time-traveling back to his youth to save his girlfriend from a street gang-which inspired the wildly popular anime and live-action film! Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove...
Mob Psycho 100 Volume 10
From the creator of One-Punch Man! Mob struggles hard through his first marathon, nearly making it all the way before passing out! He doesn't feel too bad headed back home... but finds while he was gone, something terrible has happened there. If Mob believed he was through with the shadowy organization ...
Us - Reconnect with Your Partner and Build a Loving and Lasting Relationship
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'The book that we all need' Esther Perel'A road map for all of us who seek true intimacy' Gwyneth Paltrow'A revolutionary guide to happy, thriving couplehood' Lori GottliebNot much is harder than figuring out how to love your partner in all their messy humanness-and there's ...
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