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The Cold War
In 1950, when Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-Sung met in Moscow to discuss the future, they had reason to feel optimistic. International communism seemed everywhere on the offensive: all of Eastern Europe was securely in the Soviet camp; America's monopoly on nuclear weapons was a thi...
The Complete Novels of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka; Edwin Muir (Translator)
In AmericaKarl Rossmann is 'packed off to America by his parents' to experience Oedipal and cultural isolation. Here, ordinary immigrants are also strange, and 'America' is never quite as real as it should be. Kafka, a Czech writing in German, never acutally visited America; so, as Max Brod commented, '...
Hafiz - I Heard God Laughing - Poems of Hope and Joy
From the renowned translator of The Gift, a rich collection that brings the great Sufi poet to Western readers, the poems of Hafiz are not classical literature from a remote past but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend that continue to be quoted in daily life. With uncanny insight, Hafiz ca...
Secret Water (Swallows and Amazons #8: Vintage Classics)
'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn't.' When the Walker family's holiday plans are ruined by Daddy having to work, the whole summer seems lost at sea. But a dull holiday for the children is too miserable to bear so their parents hatch a plan. ...
The Big Six (#9)
'Why shouldn't we be detectives too?' When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set for a blissful summer on the river, they find their friends the Death and Glories in a very bad situation. Accused of setting boats adrift, sabotage and theft, the boys are under suspicion by everyone on th...
Finding Audrey
From the bestselling author of the Shopaholic series comes a story of humour, heart and heartache. FindingAudreyis Sophie Kinsella?s first novel for teens, sure to appeal to her legions of adult and young adult fans all over the world. Audrey can't leave the house. she can't even take off her dark glass...
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
An instant classic of American sportswriting--the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, "the best mind of his generation" (A. O. Scott) and "the best tennis-writer of all time" (New York Times) Both a onetime "near-great junior tennis player" and a lifelong connoisseur of the finer points of the game, ...
The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History
'Hugely impressive...Wilson is an assured guide through the millennium-long labyrinth of papal-imperial relations' Literary Review A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of...
At the Mountains of Madness
At the Mountains of Madness H.P. LovecraftOn an expedition to Antarctica, Professor William Dyer and his colleagues discover the remains of ancient half-vegetable, half-animal life-forms. The extremely early date in the geological strata is surprising because of the highly-evolved features found in thes...
Tales from the Umbrella Academy: You Look Like Death Volume 1
When 18-year-old Klaus gets himself kicked out of the Umbrella Academy and his allowance discontinued, he heads to a place where his ghoulish talents will be appreciated - Hollywood. But after a magical high on a stash stolen from a vampire drug lord, Klaus needs help, and doesn't have his siblings ther...
The Knight at Dawn Graphic Novel (#2 Magic Tree House)
The #1 bestselling chapter book is now a graphic novel Magic. Mystery. Time-travel. Get whisked back to the time of medieval knights with Jack and Annie A castle. A knight. A quest When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back to the Middle Ages, they're looking for a knight. Instead, they f...
Batman The Ultimate Guide New Edition
New edition of the best-selling in-world guide to DC's timeless Super Hero BatmanTM, featuring his greatest adventures, allies, and foesExplores Batman's entire career, with full details of his breathtaking adventures and battles, resolute allies, chequered love life, and formidable Rogues Gallery.DC's ...
How to Love Yourself - Adventures in the Dominions
An inspiring guide to self-love from bestselling author and modern spiritual leader Teal Swan, who has over 2.8 million followers across Youtube, Instagram and Facebook. The journey to self-love can seem treacherous, especially in times of struggle. In this book, spiritual leader and bestselling author ...
Hotel du Lac
Anita Brookner's best-known and bestselling Man Booker Prize-winning novel - now a Penguin Essential The Hotel du Lac was a dignified building, a house of repute, a traditional establishment, used to welcoming the prudent, the well-to-do, the retired, the self-effacing, the respected patrons of an earl...
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