Penguin Books Ltd : HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES The ancient legend of the hound of the Baskervilles had persisted in family history for generation. Indeed it was Sir Charles' mysterious death in the grounds of Baskerville Hall that brought Sherlock Holmes to the scene of one of his most famous and intriguing cases.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : I, CLAUDIUS . Author:GRAVES, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLAUDIUS THE GOD . Author:GRAVES, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PURSUIT OF LOVE Longing for love, obsessed with weddings and sex, Linda fantasizes about the perfect lover. Finding Mr Right proves difficult and Linda must bear marriage with Tony, the stuffy Tory MP, and handsome but humourless communist Christian, before finding real passion with Fabrice in wartime Paris.. Author:MITFORD, NANCY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT GATSBY Everybody who is anybody is seen at Gatsby's glittering parties. None of the socialites understand Gatsby. He seems to always be watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. But as the tragic story unfolds, Gatsby's destructive dreams and passions are revealed.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Dr Watson records 11stories revealing the astonishing abilities of the famous consulting detective similar only in exhibiting those unusual and outre features so dear to Holmes, his chronicler and their myriad readers.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Restored to life by popular demand after his last struggle with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, the austere Victorian detective once more dons his cape and takes up his magnifying glass.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIG MONEY T. Paterson Frisby possessed $20million and loved every cent of them. His secretary, Berry Conway, possessed only a dud copper mine; and Biscuit, Berry's schoolfriend, nothing but a title. The pair needed money, big money; but frisking Frisby wouldn't be easy.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE The story of coldly beautiful Polly Hampton, her aristocratic parents and the denizens of Alconleigh, reintroduces many of the characters made familiar in "The Pursuit of Love".. Author:MITFORD, NANCY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLANDINGS CASTLE A "Crooning Tenor" is attempting to captivate the affections of the Rev. Rupert Bingham's fiancee, Lord Emsworth is trying to remove a pumpkin-shaped blot on the family escutcheon, and the Hon. Freddie Threepwood tries to convert Lady Alcester in this collection of stories.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS The triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world. The narrator of this novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world, he has survived to witness a new world. But the new world that awaits him is fantastic and horrific.. Author:WYNDHAM, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREEK MYTHS A collection of classic mythology covers creation, the residents of Olympia, mythical heroes, and the tales of Minos and Theseus, Thebes and Mycenae, and the Argonauts and Medea.. Author:GRAVES, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROOM WITH A VIEW . Author:FORSTER, E.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KRAKEN WAKES Ships are sinking for no apparent reason, carrying hundreds to a dark underwater grave. Strange fireballs race through the sky above the deepest trenches of the oceans. Something is about to show itself, something terrible and alien, a force capable of causing global catastrophe.. Author:WYNDHAM, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIRTY-NINE STEPS This is the tale of the hunt for a wanted man, the innocent Richard Hannay. The author also wrote "Greenmantle", "Mr Standfast", "The Three Hostages" and "The Island of Sheep".. Author:BUCHAN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MADAME DE POMPADOUR First published in 1954, this is an evocation of Louis XV's court at Versailles. The political and religious complications of the time are explained and put into context, while the complex characters are brought vividly to life.. Author:MITFORD, NANCY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLESSING After the war, English rose Grace joins her dashing aristocratic husband, Charles-Edouard, in France. She is out of her depth among the elegant French women and when she discovers her husband's tendency to lust after pretty girls, it seems that all is over - until her son Sigismund steps in.. Author:MITFORD, NANCY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE MEN IN A BOAT Describes a comic expedition by middle-class Victorians up the Thames to Oxford.. Author:JEROME, JEROME K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAIR STOOD THE WIND FOR FRANCE . Author:BATES, H.E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRYSALIDS In the community of Waknut it is believed mutants are the products of the Devil and must be stamped out. When David befriends a girl with a slight abnormality, he begins to understand the nature of fear and oppression. When he develops his own deviation, he must learn to conceal his secret.. Author:WYNDHAM, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY FAIR LADY A MUSICAL PLAY IN TWO ACTS BASED ON 'PYGMALION' BY BERNARD SHAW . Author:LERNER, ALAN JAY LOEWE, FREDERICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS The author relates his memories of a five-year sojourn with his family on the island of Corfu when he was a boy, describing in detail the procession of wild animals he brought back to the family's villa to study.. Author:DURRELL, GERALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIDWICH CUCKOOS Cuckoos lay eggs in other birds' nests. The clutch that was fathered on the quiet little village of Midwich, one night in September, proved to possess a monstrous will of its own. Imt promised to make the human race look as dated as the dinosaur.. Author:WYNDHAM, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAMSEL IN DISTRESS A damsell in distress - an Almost Blandings novel set in Belphi Castle, Hampshire and a two week house party for the son-and-heir's 21st.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DARLING BUDS OF MAY Introducing the Larkins, a family with a place in popular mythology. Here they come, crashing their way through the English countryside in the wake of Pa, the quick-eyed, golden-hearted junk-dealer, and Ma, with a mouthful of crisps and a laugh like a jelly.. Author:BATES, H.E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FULL MOON The moon beams down on Blandings Castle and sleep eludes the nervous Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth, compelled to play host to his younger son, Freddie. Lady Hermione Wedge, her beautiful daughter Veronica and a chap called Tipton Plimsoll, all add to Clarence's difficult situation.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BILLY LIAR . Author:WATERHOUSE, KEITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KISS KISS In these wickedly anarchic stories, Dahl explores the dark, sinister side of the psyche: the cunning, sly, selfish part of human nature that makes for unexpected outcomes and horrifying conclusions.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BALLAD OF PECKHAM RYE Dougal Douglas, M.A., was hired to bring vision into the lives of the workers in a Peckham Firm. And he did. To Peckham he introduced the wider horizon of tears, absenteism, fraud, blackmail, violence, and murder. With a light laugh, of course, for Dougal was born with the horns on his head.. Author:SPARK, MURIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DON'T TELL ALFRED Fanny is content with her role as a housewife, married to Oxford don, Alfred. Her life changes overnight when Alfred is appointed Ambassador to Paris. Suddenly she is mixing with Royalty, Rothschilds and Dior-clad wives. On top of this, she has to keep track of her four maverick sons.. Author:MITFORD, NANCY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TROUBLE WITH LICHEN It came from a lichen. When biochemist Francis Saxover discovered its remarkable properties, the implications terrified him. But Diana Brackley foresaw the coming of a new evolutionary order and with it, a revolution.. Author:WYNDHAM, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GERMAN SHORT STORIES . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOT WATER Mr J. Wellington Gedge is hoping for some peace and quiet while his wife takes herself off for a while. She, however, has invited numerous visitors to the chateau, to whom he shall have to play reluctant host.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZOO IN MY LUGGAGE . Author:DURRELL, GERALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALIAN SHORT STORIES . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONSIDER HER WAYS . Author:WYNDHAM, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE She was a schoolmistress with a difference. Proud, cultured, romantic, her ideas were progressive, even shocking. And when she decided to transform a group of young girls under her tutelage into the "creme de la creme" of Marcia Blaine school, no one could have predicted the outcome.. Author:SPARK, MURIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CENTAUR Three days of crisis in the lives of George Caldwell and his 15-year-old son Peter. The psychological tangle between artistic son and clumsily affectionate father is resolved in a novel in which the whole life of an American small town is evoked.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUCKOON It's 1924 and the Boundary Commission is deciding on the new line between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. With much pushing and shoving, the border finds it's way down the middle of Puckoon, dividing house from outhouse, man from wife, and pub chairs from bars. Something must be done!. Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRENCH SHORT STORIES . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS This is London 1945, when all nice people are poor. Muriel Spark sets us down among the girls of good family but slender means as they fight it out, from their Kensington hostel to the last clothing coupon until this charmingly light-hearted period in their lives descends into horror and tragedy.. Author:SPARK, MURIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STIFF UPPER LIP, JEEVES Gussie Fink-Nottle must marry Madeleine Bassett or Bertie will be obliged to proffer the ring in his stead, so Jeeves and Bertie visit Totleigh Towers, a rural leper colony. It's suicide, but Gussie's engagement to that drip, Madeleine, must somehow be saved.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIRST WORLD WAR . Author:TAYLOR, A.J.P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPANISH SHORT STORIES . Author:FRANCO, JEAN ED.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW TO BE AN ALIEN Written in 1946, this work provides an insight into what Englishness is and how ridiculous it is as perceived by a Hungarian who came to England.. Author:MIKES, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SERVICE WITH A SMILE Lord Emsworth needs Blandings Castle to himself so he can tend his beloved pig, Empress of Blandings. Lord Ickenham sets out to help him remove the unwanted guests. Pongo Twistleton predicts that there will be trouble.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUMMER MOONSHINE Joe Vanringham hankers after Jane Abbott, who wants Adrian Peake, who is engaged to Joe's stepmother, a formidable, foreign princess, who is the only possible buyer for Sir Buckstone Abbott's hideous ancestral home in Berkshire. So who can win what?. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GARRICK YEAR Once a model and now a mother of two, Emma has little life of her own. When her husband David is invited to star in two plays in Hereford, and Emma is obliged to leave her beloved London behind, the resentment begins to surface.. Author:DRABBLE, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF ENGLISH SHORT STORIES This volume contains 16 examples of the short story. Some, for example James Joyce's "The Dead", are classics, others, like Evelyn Waugh's "Mr Loveday's Little Outing", are perhaps less familiar.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIRLS IN THEIR MARRIED BLISS Tearful Kate, bored with her grey husband in their grey stone house, is driven to indiscretions she can hardly handle without Baba`s help. But Baba has her own hands full with the passions of her rich and vulgar builder.. Author:O'BRIEN, EDNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRADUATE . Author:WEBB, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MANDELBAUM GATE Barbara, engaged to an archaeologist, has pursued the beauty and danger of a life of faith. On a visit to Jerusalem she has befriended the diplomat Freddy Hamilton. Ignoring his warning that she risks arrest because of her Jewish blood, she has set out on a pilgrimage beyond the Mandelbaum Gate.. Author:SPARK, MURIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GAMES PEOPLE PLAY . Author:BERNE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X . Author:X, MALCOLM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIGHLAND CLEARANCES . Author:PREBBLE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POORHOUSE FAIR At the County Home for the Aged, the inmates, having shed their cares and responsibilities, live out their remaining years. On the day of the Poorhouse Fair the order is broken and the old people take charge. It is a day neither Conner, the poorhouse prefect, nor his charges will forget.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GLENCOE . Author:PREBBLE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIES This collection contains 21 stories from the literature of America, and includes stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James and Ernest Hemingway.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KESTREL FOR A KNAVE Harshly unsentimental, this novel tells the story of the remarkable relationship between the desperate Billy, a friendless boy living in a soulless northern town, and the equally destructive, fierce kestrel, Kes, which he raises from the nest.. Author:HINES, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOMEONE LIKE YOU A collection of short stories. In "Taste", the stakes of a dinner-party bet reach distasteful heights; a wife serves up a new dish in "Lamb to the Slaughter"; and layers of deceit are stripped away in "Nunc Dimittis".. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHOSEN . Author:POTOK, CHAIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHOCKY Matthew, they thought, was just going through a phase of talking to himself, and they waited for him to get over it. Then Matthew started doing things he couldn't do before, like counting in binary-code mathematics. So he told them about Chocky - the person who lived inside his head.. Author:WYNDHAM, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALIAN SHORT STORIES This volume of Italian short stories, with its parallel translations, aims to exemplify the richness and variety of Italian writing of the 20th century. Some of the language used in this volume is a little more advanced and the translations slightly less literal.. Author:VITTORINI, DIMITRI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AS I WALKED OUT ONE MIDSUMMER MORNING This autobiographical volume describes the author's departure from Stroud, his walk to London, and his months in Spain on the eve of the Spanish Civil War. His other works include "A Moment of War" and "Cider With Rosie".. Author:LEE, LAURIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EGGS, BEANS AND CRUMPETS This is a collection of stories in which Bingo Little and his wife encounter trouble in Monte Carlo; Oofy Prosser, the pimpled millionaire of the Drones club, is saved from a fate worse than death, and Freddie Fitch-Fitch finds romance and hypochondria at Droitgate Spa.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPANISH SHORT STORIES This second volume of short stories contains writing from the Spanish-speaking world. Many of the writers are Latin American. Carlos Fuentes is Mexican, Norberto Fuentes is Cuban, and other writers have their roots in Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Colombia and the Argentine.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRENCH SHORT STORIES The eight stories in this book, by leading French writers of this century, are accompanied by a parallel English text, notes on the lives of the authors and explanations of the less familiar French phrases, making them valuable for both English students of French and French students of English.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRIVER'S SEAT Lise, driven to distraction by an office job, leaves everything and flies south on holiday - in search of passionate adventure, the obsessional experience and sex. Infinity and eternity attend Lise's last terrible day in the unnamed southern city.. Author:SPARK, MURIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : I'M THE KING OF THE CASTLE "I didn't want to come here". So says the note that Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival at Warings. But young Kingshaw and his mother have come to live with Hooper and his father in the isolated Victorian house. To Hooper, Kingshaw is an intruder, a boy to be persecuted.. Author:HILL, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADOLF HITLER . Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OVER TO YOU Ten glimpses into the nightmares of life as a wartime fighter pilot. Roald Dahl draws on his and friends' experiences to convey the bizarre reality of wartime experience as a pilot in these ten short stories.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DON'T LOOK NOW AND OTHER STORIES The title novella of this collection features John and Laura who are on holiday in Venice. But it is a dangerous place for them as they are being followed by two old sisters and there is a killer on the loose.. Author:MAURIER, DAPHNE DU. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY NAME IS ASHER LEV Asher Lev painted the "Brooklyn Crucifixion". Into it he poured the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art. Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads.. Author:POTOK, CHAIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FREDERICK THE GREAT In this biography of Frederick the Great, Nancy Mitford carefully unravels the complex character of one of Europe's brilliant rulers. She re-creates his unhappy youth; his reforming zeal, which paved the way for a united Germany; and his spectacular wars.. Author:MITFORD, NANCY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STRANGE MEETING John Hilliard, a subaltern returning to the Western Front after a period of sick leave back in an England blind to the horrors of the trenches, finds his battalion tragically altered. His commanding officer finds escape in alcohol, there is a new adjutant and even Hilliard's batman has been killed.. Author:HILL, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WATERSHIP DOWN A story of rebellion in a rabbit warren and the subsequent adventures of the rebels.. Author:ADAMS, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SYBIL . Author:SCHREIBER, FLORA RHETA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIRD OF NIGHT . Author:HILL, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROMMEL? GUNNER WHO? . Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GERMAN SHORT STORIES The eight stories in this second volume offer a collection by 20th-century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. Their style includes the non-fictional manner of Kluge's montage technique and the contrasting classical storytelling of Penzoldt.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SWITCH BITCH This is a collection of four comical stories by Roald Dahl. It includes "The Visitor" and "Bitch", two extracts from the notorious diairies of Oswald Hendryks Cornelius. In "The Great Switcheroo" and "The Last Act", the danger and power of desire is explored.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUNTS AREN'T GENTLEMEN Wooster withdraws to the village of Maiden Eggesford on doctor's orders. Only the presence of Aunt Dahlia shatters the rustic peace as an "imbroglio" develops - destined to be famous as the "Maiden Eggesford Horror" or "The Case of the Cat Which Kept Popping Up When Least Expected".. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEDUCTION OF MRS. PENDLEBURY Stanley and Rose live in Rawlinson Road, Islington, surrounded by younger, smarter families like the Orams. Encroached on by age and affluence, the only answer to their problems, in spite of everything, lies in their fierce and prickly devotion to each other.. Author:FORSTER, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONTY . Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHANGING PLACES The plate-glass, concrete jungle of Euphoria State University, USA, and the damp red-brick University of Rummidge have an annual exchange scheme. Normally the exchange passes without comment. But when Philip Swallow swaps with Professor Zapp the fates play a hand.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHILDREN OF DYNMOUTH A small, pretty seaside town is harshly exposed by a young boy's curiosity. His prudent interest, oddly motivated, leaves few people unaffected - and the consequences cannot be ignored.. Author:TREVOR, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT MUTINY On a brutally hot day in May, 1857, the famous Sepoy Rebellion erupted, a mutiny by native troops that swept across northern India, weakened the British Raj, and set up future confrontations between India and Britain.. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAR PAVILIONS The story of an Englishman brought up as an Hindu and his passionate , buit dangerous love for Juli, an indian princess.. Author:KAYE, M.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRENCH REVOLUTION An account of the events that shook 18th-century Europe to its foundation. Christopher Hibbert charts the French Revolution from its beginnings as an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, right through to 1795 and the coup d'etat that brought Napoleon to power.. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PELICAN AT BLANDINGS In the absence of his managing sister, the ninth Earl of Emsworth calls in the Hon. Galahad Threepwood to help him pair off the assorted godsons, impostors and pretty girls. Fortunately, many years membership of the Pelican Club have given Galahad the edge in quick thinking.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RISE AND FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MEDICI . Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MUCH OBLIGED, JEEVES It is a time of stress at Market Snodsbury as Bertie must protect himself from the affections of Madeleine Bassett. Bertie always tries to look on the bright side - only this time there doesn't seem to be one. If only Jeeves could come to the rescue.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED A collection of short stories with a twist, taken from Roald Dahl's books "Kiss Kiss" and "Someone Like You".. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GENTLEMAN AND LADIES Faith Lavender's funeral and the arrival of a stranger upsets the balance of Haverstock. Undercurrents of fierce emotion reach the surface, while the tensions rise and the ladies of Haverstock find their actions motivated by mutual suspicion and fear. By the author of "Strange Meeting".. Author:HILL, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WEATHER FORECASTING . Author:PAGE, ROBIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MUSSOLINI . Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUP Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellelou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army nor his American university provided a grounding in the subtle skills of revolutionary dictatorship. Still less did they expect him to acquire four wives.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONDON An introduction to the history of the development of London and of the social life of its people.. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF IRISH SHORT STORIES . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON PHOTOGRAPHY . Author:SONTAG, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUPITER'S TRAVELS A journalist for the London Sunday Times, Simon vividly recounts his four-year journey, by motorcycle, around the world, offering incisive observations about the people, places, and customs of four continents.. Author:SIMON, TED. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY UNCLE OSWALD Uncle Oswald is the greatest rogue, bounder, connoisseur, bon vivant and fornicator of all time. These are his fictional diaries.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MORE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED A collection of short stories by the author of "Like You", "Kiss Kiss" and "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar".. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROME Classical tales of gods, goddesses, and mortals are presented together with paintings and works of sculpture demonstrating artistic interpretations of these myths throughout history.. Author:BULFINCH, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOUR LOVER JUST CALLED Joan and Richard Maple confess infidelities, join a Boston civil rights march, take a trip to their in-laws, to the beach, to Rome, and after 20 years attempt to explain to their four children why they have decided to separate.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN COMPLETE SHERLOCK HOLMES This volume contains amongst others: "A study in Scarlet"; "The Sign of Four"; "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"; "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"; "The Return of Sherlock Holmes"; "The Hound of the Baskervilles"; and "The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes.". Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STUDY IN SCARLET Watson met Holmes for the first time a short while ago, and already Sherlock Holmes had astonished him with his powers of detection. In this, their first adventure, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson uncover a thrilling story of murder, love and revenge, which began years before in Salt Lake City.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Making his comeback in 'The Empty House', Holmes returns to London to solve the unusual and inexplicable murder of Ronald Adair. With his intellect and deductive powers undimmed after his three year absence, he goes on to solve a further 12 mysteries.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Amid the foggy streets of sinister London and the even more sinister smiling countryside, Holmes and Watson once more solve the unsolvable. In "Speckled Band", "The Engineer's Thumb" and nine other stories, Holmes grapples with the very extremes of treachery, duplicity and murderous end.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. On the one hand was the traditional Catholic Church, on the other the siren of the permissive society. How far would the two groups go?. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR A collection of seven sinister, macabre and wholly unexpected short stories.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIGN OF FOUR At first the interruption to the boredom of Sherlock Holmes seems to have little to do with crime. A governess, whose father vanished ten years ago and who has been receiving money each year, now needs an escort to meet her unknown benefactor. But before the night is over, murder has occured.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PASCALI'S ISLAND On the Agean island where Pascali the spy is filing his last report to his Turkish paymasters, the old Europe can already be heard dropping apart. Why Pascali, exposed and in deadly danger, should choose this moment to become involved with a mysterious Englishman is part of this, his testament.. Author:UNSWORTH, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOOD MAN IN AFRICA Morgan Leafy isn't overburdened with worldly success - he is refreshingly free from it. But then, as a representative of Her Britannic Majesty in tropical Kinjanja, it was not very constructive of him to get involved in wholesale bribery with sensitive local politicians.. Author:BOYD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE AT BLANDINGS P.G. Wodehouse entices us into the demesne of Blandings Castle - an apparent paradise where it is eternal high summer, with jolly parties, tea on the lawn and love trysts in the rose garden. But for Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth, there is always something to disturb this tranquil scene.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NIGHT . Author:WIESEL, ELIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOSQUITO COAST Alex Fox is going to recreate the world. He abandons civilization and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle. There his tortured genius keeps them alive, his tirades carrying them through a diseased and dirty Eden towards an unimaginable darkness.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROAD TO LICHFIELD Ann Linton leaves her family in Berkshire and sets up camp in her father's house when he is taken into a nursing home in distant Lichfield. As she shares his last weeks she meets David Fielding, and the love they share brings her feelings into sharp focus.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUDGMENT DAY Clare Paling has had to move to a drowsy village because of her successful husband's job. She finds it hard to fit into the small, closed community. It takes her involvement in the church's 4th century pageant and an unpardonable death to remind Clare that the world is an uncertain place.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRITISH MUSEUM IS FALLING DOWN The rhythm method is the curse of Adam Appleby's life and the cause of his children's. As his thesis awaits its birth in the British Museum, his wife studies the thermometer at home. But it seems that "Vatican Roulette" has failed them again.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIND'S I . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN BRITISH SHORT STORIES Gathers stories by Lowry, Beckett, Bowen, Pritchett, Rhys, Golding, Amis, Lessing, Spark, Fowles, Ballard, and Weldon.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ICE-CREAM WAR As millions are slaughtered on the Western Front, a ridiculous and little-reported campaign is being waged in East Africa - a war they continued after the Armistice because no one told them to stop.. Author:BOYD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTOBIOGRAPHY . Author:GANDHI, M.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GINGER, YOU'RE BARMY When it isn't prison, it's hell - or at least that's the belief of conscripts Jonathan Browne and Mike "Ginger" Brady. For this is the British Army in the days of National Service.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEST OF ROALD DAHL Twenty wickedly anarchic tales from the master of the unpredictable chosen from his bestsellers "Over to You", "Someone Like You", "Kiss Kiss", and "Switch Blade".. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUNNE IN SPLENDOUR Born into an England ripped apart by the bloody War of the Roses, Richard was in awe of his older brother Edward. He stayed loyal to his brother and loyal to Anne Neville, the daughter of the enemy. It was this loyalty that was his strength, and finally his undoing.. Author:PENMAN, SHARON K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUMPOLE OMNIBUS Horace Rumpole, whose legal triumphs, plundering sorties and less-than-salubrius hat are celebrated in this first omnibus edition of Rumpole stories. This edition includes "Rumpole of the Bailey", "The Trials of Rumpole" and "Rumpole's Return".. Author:MORTIMER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERFECT HAPPINESS After a long and happy marriage, Frances is plunged into mourning when her husband dies leaving her unprepared and vulnerable. She is submerged in her own loss, until, shocked into feeling by the revelations and sufferings of others, she is drawn into the sunlight of new hope.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF GHOST STORIES . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KINGDOM BY THE SEA Theroux set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falklands War and the royal baby, and the ideal time, he found, to suprise the British into talking about themselves. This book is the result of this trip.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SKALLAGRIGG . Author:HORWOOD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SMALL WORLD Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle, the lovely Angelica - the jet-propelled academics are on the move, in the air, on the make, in "Small World".. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DYLAN'S VISIONS OF SIN . Author:RICKS, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITCHES OF EASTWICK The air of Eastwick breeds witches - women whose longings can stir up thunderstorms and fracture domestic peace. Jane, Alexandra and Sukie, divorced and dangerous, have formed a coven. Into the void of Eastwick breezes Darryl Van Home, a charismatic magus of a man who entrances the trio.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INTO THE HEART OF BORNEO . Author:O'HANLON, REDMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEVER-ENDING STORY Unicorns, dragons, sprites - the inhabitants of an enchanted world. Into this world, through the pages of an old book, ventures Bastian, a lonely boy of ten. But Fantastica is slowly decaying, its childlike empress dying. Only a human can set things right by giving the empress a new name.. Author:ENDE, MICHEAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STARS AND BARS All Henderson Dores dreams of is fitting in. But America, land of the loony millionaire and the subway poet, down-home Bible-basher and sharp-suited hood, of paralyzing personal frankness and surreally fantasized facilities, is hard for an Englishman to fit into.. Author:BOYD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ACCORDING TO MARK . Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TREASURES OF TIME . Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAPTAIN HORNBLOWER, R.N. HORNBLOWER AND THE 'ATROPOS'; HAPPY RETURN AND SHIP OF THE LINE . Author:FORESTER, C.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW TO BE A BRIT . Author:MIKES, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUT OF THE SHELTER The restrictions of a wartime childhood in London and post-war shortages have done little to enrich Timothy's early youth. But everything changes when his glamorous older sister Kath invites him to spend the summer at Heidelberg.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUNRISE WITH SEAMONSTERS This collection of essays range from travel pieces to literary essays. Some essays throw light on the political and social climate of diverse cultures such as Malawi, Singapore and Ireland, while others give a portrait of people, books or landscapes that have inspired the author.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF SALLY When Sally Nicholas became an heiress, she had to cope her brother's wild theatrical ambitions and the defection of her fiance, his replacement being a strangely unattractive suitor. A trip to England only made things worse, but then a piece of speculation might just offer a happy ending.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COCKTAIL TIME . Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIRL IN BLUE Not being a dentist turns out to be a stroke of good luck for Jerry. If he were, he would not have been summoned to sit on the jury with the delightful Jane, with whom he falls instantly in love. Only then does it suddeny dawn on him that he is already engaged to Vera Upshaw.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DARK-ADAPTED EYE No onlooker would guess that Vera Hillyard and her beautiful sister, Eden, were locked in a dark and bitter combat over a family secret. England in the 1950's was not kind to women who erred, so they had to fight it out behind closed curtains, using every weapon they had. In this case, murder.. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHERE HAVE ALL THE BULLETS GONE? . Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOY Every child who loves the books of Roald Dahl will be intrigued to discover some of the remarkable things that happened to the writer as a boy and as a young man. This autobigraphy presents humorous anecdotes from his childhood including holidays in Norway and an English boarding school.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECOND RUMPOLE OMNIBUS Included are twenty stories featuring Horace Rumpole, the claret-swilling, poetry-spouting barristor investigator.. Author:MORTIMER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : I, CLAUDIUS & CLAUDIUS THE GOD AND CLAUDIUS THE GOD . Author:GRAVES, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHEN THE WIND BLOWS Raymond Briggs's comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a nuclear attack on an elderly couple, in his usual humorous, yet macabre way.. Author:BRIGGS, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARSH ARABS . Author:THESIGER, WILFRED. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARABIAN SANDS The author recounts his travels in the Empty Quarter of Arabia between 1945 and 1950, and describes the vanishing way of life of the Bedouins.. Author:THESIGER, WILFRED. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INNOCENT ANTHROPOLOGIST . Author:BARLEY, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOE Susan Barton finds herself marooned on an island in the Atlantic with an Englishman named Robinson Cruso and his mute (mutilated) slave, Friday. Rescued after a year of Cruso's company, back in England with Friday in tow, she approaches the author Daniel Foe, offering him the story.. Author:COETZEE, J.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OSCAR WILDE This critical account of Wilde's entire oeuvre shows him as the proponent of a radical aesthetic perilously at odds with Victorian society. Based on fresh material from many previously untapped sources, Ellmann depicts Wilde's dramatic ascent and sudden decline in vivid detail.. Author:ELLMANN, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE FATHER BROWN . Author:CHESTERTON, G.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FORTY STORIES . Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED TALES . Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BANDITS Frank Matisse had specialized in stealing from hotel rooms but was trying hard to go straight. He meets Dick Nichols in New Orleans and discovers that he was raising money for the Contras, although his daughter, Lucy, doesn't want the money to arrive in Nicaragua. From the author of "Glitz".. Author:LEONARD, ELMORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INDEMNITY ONLY The vice-president of a Chicago bank hires V.I. Warshawski to find his son. She's pleased. The head of the International Brotherhood of Knifegrinders hires her to find his daughter. She's not so pleased. Who's the boss in this dangerous game of insurance fraud, murder contracts and gunmen?. Author:PARETSKY, SARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEADLOCK Ex ice-hockey champ Boom Boom was Vic's cousin. But now he's dead, and Vic suspects that his fall over the side of a wharf was murder. Why else should her investigation at the Eudora Grain company, where Boom Boom worked, spark off more killings?. Author:PARETSKY, SARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPANISH PHRASE BOOK This is a phrasebook for those visiting Spain and Latin America. It includes phrases for business and pleasure, a pronunciaition guide, vocabulary and basic grammar.. Author:ALVAREZ, MARIA VICTORIA NORMAN, JILL OLINS, PEPA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PORTUGUESE PHRASE BOOK This Portuguese phrase book contains useful phrases for both business and pleasure. The book includes basic grammar, a pronunciation guide and additional vocabulary.. Author:NORMAN, JILL FIGUEIREDO, ANTONIO DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALIAN PHRASE BOOK This is an Italian phrasebook including useful phrases for business and pleaure, a pronunciation guide, vocabulary and basic grammar.. Author:GIORGETTI, PIETRO NORMAN, JILL TAGG, DAPHNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRENCH PHRASE BOOK This is a French phrasebook for those visiting France, Belgium and Switzerland. It includes useful phrases for business and pleaure and covers pronunciation, vocabulary and basic grammar.. Author:ORTEU, HENRI NORMAN, JILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY SECRET HISTORY Presented in a series of six parts this book written by the same author as the Whitbread Prize-winner "Picture Palace", "The Mosquito Coast" and "Riding the Iron Rooster", traces the life of Andre Parent from his teenage days in Boston up until the present day.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOON TIGER Claudia Hampton is dying. As memories crowd in, she re-creates the mosiac of her life, her own story enmeshed with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the centre of her life, Tom, her one great love both found and lost in the "mad fairyland" of war-torn Egypt.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOUCH They call him Juvenal, and he is a wanted man in downtown Detroit. The priests at the Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center want him to soothe the brows of their alcoholic inmates, Bill Hill wants him to perform miracles and make money, and Lynn Faulkner wants to love him.. Author:LEONARD, ELMORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE F-PLAN DIET . Author:EYTON, AUDREY HUGHES, JOYCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RADIANT WAY This novel goes back through the lives of three women, a psychoanalyst, an art historian and a good woman" who all met at Cambridge in the 1950s.. Author:DRABBLE, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PACK OF CARDS . Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONLY A GAME? The 1973-4 season that began so well for the Republic of Ireland international Eamon Dunphy at second division Millwall, ended in disillusionment. This is his diary, written during those critical months, recording events from the dressing room.. Author:DUNPHY, EAMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOING SOLO Recounts Dahl's life as a young man from his employment with the Shell Company in Tanzania through his service in the Royal Air Force during World War II.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRESUMED INNOCENT Set in America, this story draws on crime, police procedure and the courtroom. The central character, working in the State Prosecutor's office of a large American city, is investigating the murder of one of his colleagues, a woman.. Author:TUROW, SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOODBYE SOLDIER . Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BITTER FAME A biography of the American poet Sylvia Plath which presents a different view of her life and death by shifting any blame away from Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, and suggesting the problems lay in her personality difficulties.. Author:STEVENSON, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE TALES AND POEMS . Author:POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NO FULL STOPS IN INDIA Mark Tully is the BBC Correspondent in India and is a respected authority on the country. This is his book about India - not a travel book, but a book about the place and the people.. Author:TULLY, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PIGEON 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. Patrick Suskind has also written "Perfume" and the play, "The Double Bass".. Author:SUSKIND, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONDON Describes London's social life, its growth and the experiences of living in the city. With the redevelopment of Docklands and much of the East End, London is now beginning to experience a transformation and, as such, the 1990s is an ideal opportunity to re-examine the social history of this city.. Author:PORTER, ROY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GLASS MENAGERIE . Author:WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW CONFESSIONS The outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of John James Todd, a Scotsman born in 1899 and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) genuises of the 20th century.. Author:BOYD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRY, FREEDOM . Author:BRILEY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIG SLEEP Published in 1939, this is Raymond Chandler's first novel and features Philp Marlowe, the neat, cleanshaven and sober man who was everything the well-dressed detective should be.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIGH WINDOW This is another Raymond Chandler detective story in which the detective Marlowe is in pursuit of a rare coin.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY IN THE LAKE A woman has been reported missing to detective Marlowe and a corpse is found in the lake. Yet it is not the body of the missing person, but that of one of her neighbours. It takes another three corpses before Marlowe winds up the affairs of a woman who is set on smashing links with her past.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONG GOODBYE Trouble is Philip Marlowe's business. A young drunk slides from under the driving-wheel of a silver wraith, into his arms. His hair's white, his face scared, and he's called Terry Lennox. Soon, Marlowe's thigh-high in a murder case, cooling his heels in the felony tank.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE SISTER In this detective story, Philip Marlowe is swept into a series of collisions with movie stars, gangsters, small town girls and the police.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYBACK This is another crime story with Philip Marlowe, who is this time off on the train to San Diego in search of a girl.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KILLER IN THE RAIN First published in the 1930s in "Black Mask", this early collection of Chandler's detective stories illustrates his sparse, dramatic style and introduces the type of private eye who would later evolve into the character of Philip Marlowe.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GEORGE IV What was it about George IV that made private friends, as well as political adversaries, so quick to see the weaknesses of the man and to ignore his qualities? This biography aims to reveal the clues behind such opinion.. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN THE LAND OF OZ . Author:JACOBSON, HOWARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAREWELL, MY LOVELY This is one of Chandler's most famous crime novels featuring the detective Philip Marlowe. The suspect in the case is Moose Malloy, a small time criminal who is looking for a girl he used to know. Marlowe enters the case out of curiosity, but soon becomes embroiled in a trail of corpses.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUNTRY GIRLS TRILOGY "THE COUNTRY GIRLS", " THE LONELY GIRL", "GIRLS IN THEIR MARRIED BLISS" The country is Ireland. The girls are Kate Brady and Baba Brennan. This trilogy tells the story of their escape from countryside and convent out into the world, into the bright city lights of Dublin and, naive and reckless, into a whirl of flirtations and passionate misadventures.. Author:O'BRIEN, EDNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LISTEN TO YOUR CHILD . Author:CRYSTAL, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MILLIGAN'S WAR "Milligan's War" is a one-volume selected edition of Spike Milligan's war memoirs, published to celebrate the seventieth birthday of one of Britain's funniest old soldiers on 16 April 1988. His war memoirs include, "Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall" and "Goodbye, Soldier".. Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FREAKY DEAKY In Detroit the student protesters of two decades ago are turning their attention to less idealistic matters - like making money. With explosives they have the means to make a lot of it. Two ex-hippies embark on a big scam. The trouble is, they underrate the quality of the opposition.... Author:LEONARD, ELMORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOOLS OF FORTUNE Willie Quinton, a child of eight, is becoming acutely aware that his Protestant parents are supporters of Irish Home Rule. His father and sisters are killed, but Willie surpresses the memory of their deaths until he grows up and falls in love with his English cousin Marianne.. Author:TREVOR, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RACE OF SCORPIONS This is the third book in the "House of Niccolo" series. Set in 15th-century Cyprus, this novel continues the saga of Nicholas van der Poel, international mercenary who started out as a dyer's apprentice, as he plays for the highest stakes with the greatest super-powers in Europe.. Author:DUNNETT, DOROTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUSE OF NICCOLO The fourth volume in "The House of Niccolo" series, which recreates the world of the 15th century. The exploits of Nicholas vander Poele have attracted notoriety and enemies. To protect his bank in Venice he needs new funds, and Nicholas turns his attention to the mythical lands of Africa.. Author:DUNNETT, DOROTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIDING THE IRON ROOSTER This is an account of a journey through all parts of China by train, with an epilogue in Tibet, by the author of "The Great Railway Bazaar", "The Road to Patagonia", "Mosquito Coast", "Picture Post" and many other books.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FALLS THE SHADOW This novel about the struggle for power in England in the Middle Ages centres on the life of Simon de Montfort, a French nobleman who came to England to lay claim to an earldom, married the King's sister, and eventually mounted a civil war against Henry III.. Author:PENMAN, SHARON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RECKONING Completes the sequence of novels on the struggle between the independent Welsh Princes and the growing English strength which began with "Here Be Dragons" and continued with "Falls the Shadow". The author also wrote "The Sunne in Splendour".. Author:PENMAN, SHARON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRUST ME Contains 21 stories - all variations on the Icarus themes, they're about melting wax, sudden unscheduled descents and the natural inclanation of our gods, parents and guardians to look the other way when catastrophe happens.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GLORY A novel by the author of "Mary", "The Eye", "The Real Life of Sebastian Knight", "Transparent Things" and "Lolita".. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NICCOLO RISING Nicholas Vanderpoele, the dyer's apprentice from Flanders, plays dangerous games with the greatest powers in Europe. At the time of the Wars of the Roses, when rival interests throughout Europe are defended by ruthless mercenary armies, a young boy lays his hands on a commercial secret.. Author:DUNNETT, DOROTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS With contributions from experts in the field, this is an encyclopedia of ancient civilizations.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUSE OF STAIRS As Elizabeth tells her story, so the tragic events that took place at the House of Stairs 20 years before are revealed. She tracks Bell Sanger down and renews her acquaintance, with terrifying results. Barbara Vine also wrote "A Dark-Adapted Eye" and "A Fatal Inversion".. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BYZANTIUM THE EARLY CENTURIES This is the history of the Byzantine Empire from the beginning of the Eastern Roman Empire to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It is a story of great political complexity involving many extraordinary figures with a great cultural heritage which ended in tragedy.. Author:NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BYZANTIUM THE APOGEE In "Byzantium: The Early Centuries", the author told the epic tale of the Roman Empire's second capital up to Christmas Day AD 800, when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as a rival emperor. This second volume of the trilogy covers the following three centuries.. Author:NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BYZANTIUM THE DECLINE AND FALL This is the third and final volume of John Julius Norwich's history of the Byzantine Empire, a period that lasted 1123 years.. Author:NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES The books that began the best-selling "Dragonlance" saga are collected in their entirety in this special edition, along with all of the artwork from the trilogy.. Author:WEIS, MARGARET HICKMAN, TRACY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : 1914 This is an account of the first few months of the Great War, from the build-up of the fighting to the first Battle of Ypres, written by the author of "Somme", "They called it Passchendaele" and "The Roses of No Man's Land".. Author:MACDONALD, LYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KATHERINE MANSFIELD . Author:TOMALIN, CLAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL In this biography of Brunel the author has aimed to make the technical problems of engineering interesting and comprehensible to the layman. He combines with this an appreciation of Brunel's forthright, vigorous and humorous character.. Author:ROLT, L.T.C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AH, SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE AH, SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE; PARSON'S PLEASURE; THE RATCATCHER; RUMMINS; MR HODDY; MR FEASEY; THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD A new collection of Roald Dahl stories, all on a theme of country matters, featuring those wily characters Claud, Rummins and Bert, who appeared memorably in Dahl's story, "Parson's Pleasure". There are seven stories in the book, including one that has never appeared in book form before.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN TROUBLE AGAIN An account of Redmond O'Hanlon's four-month trip up the Orinico river and across the Amazon Basin. It includes details of the natural hazards which he encountered in the form of diseases and wild animals, as he attempted to find a route through the river networks.. Author:O'HANLON, REDMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NICE WORK Back in Rummidge, scene of "Changing Places", Robyn Penrose, temporary lecturer in English literature and Vic Willcox, MD of Pringle and Sons Industrial Engineering meet when they take part in an "Industry Year" scheme. David Lodge is the author of "The British Museum is Falling Down".. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOUNG HORNBLOWER An omnibus edition comprising three of C.S. Forester's classic seafaring tales featuring the indomitable hero, Horatio Hornblower. This edition offers the opportunity to collect the three early adventures, "Mr Midshipman," "Lieutenant Hornblower," and "Hornblower and the Hotspur.". Author:FORESTER, C.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADMIRAL HORNBLOWER OMNIBUS An omnibus edition incorporating four of Forester's novels about Hornblower, including "Flying Colours", "The Commodore", "Lord Hornblower" and "Hornblower in the West Indies", which describe his adventures from the Mediterranean to Havana.. Author:FORESTER, C.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON? This is the story of two friends whose lives were divided by the bigotries of class and war. What they share as boys is a passion for horses and the Irish countryside. What they share as men is the experience of war in Flanders, and an ordeal beyond even the horrors of the battlefield.. Author:JOHNSTON, JENNIFER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LUCIA RISING Contains three "Lucia" novels exposing rural snobbery. Set in the genteel battlefield of Tilling, deadly enemies Mapp and Lucia vie for social supremacy with astounding cunning and ingenuity. The book accompanies "Lucia Victrix".. Author:BENSON, E.F.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LUCIA VICTRIX Contains three classic novels of rural snobbery. Set in the genteel battlefield of Tilling, deadly enemies Mapp and Lucia vie for social supremacy with astounding cunning and ingenuity. The book accompanies "Lucia Rising".. Author:BENSON, E.F.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUGAR AND RUM Benson, who teaches creative writing, meets an old wartime comrade and memories of the war come flooding back. Somehow this sparks off a new awareness of his present life in Liverpool, in Thatcher's Britain. The author won the 1992 Booker Prize for "Sacred Hunger".. Author:UNSWORTH, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SACRED HUNGER Through the story of an 18th century slave ship, this novel explores moral choices, the corruptions of greed and material gain, and men's behaviour "in extremis". It also articulates current concerns of corruption and distress. The author was awarded the 1992 Booker Prize for this novel.. Author:UNSWORTH, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VENETIAN EMPIRE A history of Venice's sea empire from its beginnings in the late middle ages. Jan Morris brings her usual lucidity and perception to this remarkable empire, and brilliantly evokes the cities and states over which Venice held sway.. Author:MORRIS, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN RUSSIAN COURSE This course is designed to introduce the learner through translation extracts to the culture and life of the modern (post-glasnost) Soviet Union, as well as to the Russian language.. Author:BROWN, NICHOLAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERFUME A murder was the start of his obsession. It was after that first crime that he knew he was a genius, that he understood his destiny. He, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the fishmonger's bastard, was to be the greatest perfumier of all time.. Author:SUSKIND, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : S This novel by John Updike tells the story of Sarah Worth - "S" - who joins the Ashram Arhat. Famous for his transcendent wisdom and divine immobility, the Arhat has transferred his Ashram from India to Arizona, where he and his entourage are attempting to make the desert fruitful.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INVISIBLE WOMAN Winner of the 1990 James Tate Memorial Prize for Biography, this work lays bare a literary mystery, the true story of the secret 13-year relationship between Charles Dickens and the young actress Ellen Ternan. The author also wrote "The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft".. Author:TOMALIN, CLAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONGO JOURNEY This travel book is about walking through the least-known, most inaccessible and inhospitable, and most fascinating area of the Congo.. Author:O'HANLON, REDMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELF CONSCIOUSNESS The author has condensed his memoirs into six chapters concerning, his psoriasis, his stuttering, the Vietnam War, his ancestors, religion and his sense of self. His books include "Rabbit is Rich", the 1982 Pulitzer Prize winner and "The Witches of Eastwick" which was made into a feature film.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN WOMEN'S SHORT STORIES Over half of the short stories written during this century have been writen by women. This book is an anthology of British women's short stories and authors represented include Rebecca West, Jean Rhys, Elizabeth Bowen, Olivia Manning, Elizabeth Taylor, Doris Lessing and Rose Tremain.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAIN MAN . Author:FLEISCHER, LEONORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REGENERATION In Craiglockhart war hospital, Doctor William Rivers attempts to restore the sanity of officers from World War I. When Siegfried Sassoon publishes his declaration of protest against the war, the authorities decide to have him declared mentally defective and send him to Craiglockhart.. Author:BARKER, PAT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CURRICULUM VITAE An autobiographical account of Muriel Spark's Edinburgh childhood and her life in Africa.. Author:SPARK, MURIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMERICANA A young television executive takes to the road in the 1960s with a movie camera to capture his own past in a "cinema verite" documentary. Within this framework, he delivers his observations on the influence of film, modern corporate life, young marriage, New York City and hipness.. Author:DELILLO, DON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA This love story, translated from the Spanish, tells the story of Florentino Ariza who has loved Fermina Daza for 50 years. When her husband dies, his chance for happiness comes.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED DWARF A novel based on BBC2's cult comedy series written by the writers of the "Spitting Image Book". Its humour features the epic adventures of a huge clapped-out old space ship with an equally clapped-out crew.. Author:NAYLOR, GRANT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BETTER THAN LIFE Based on the TV series, this book is a sequel to "Red Dwarf". The characters of Rimmer, Cat and Kryten are trapped in a computer game which can transport players directly to the world of imagination, a world where each player can enjoy fabulous success. The only catch is that the game kills.. Author:NAYLOR, DOUG GRANT, ROB. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONEY FOR NOTHING In the sleepy Worcestershire village of Rudge-in-the-Vale, John Carroll is in love with Pat Wyvern. But John's uncle, fat, rich, miserly Lester Carmody, Squire of Rudge Hall, and Pat's damn-your-eyes father, Colonel Wyvern are now feuding. This novel features all of the above characters.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STIGMA The dwarf, the disfigured, the blind man, the homosexual, the ex-mental patient and the member of a racial or religious minority all share one characteristic: they are all socially "abnormal". This a study of of the ways in which a stigmatized person can develop a more positive social identity.. Author:GOFFMAN, ERVING. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOUCAULT READER An introduction to Foucault's thought, which includes some previously unpublished material.. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT ROME In this portrait of life in Ancient Rome, the author begins by painting a backcloth on which the social, political, cultural and religious aspects of the community are drawn. He enlarges on the details of everyday life, following the typical routine of a normal day from dawn to dinner.. Author:CARCOPINO, JEROME. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS Written in 1962 as the basis for a history course, this book is a history of the civilizations of the modern world (from the 8th century on), written in terms of the broad sweep and continuities of history, rather than "event-based".. Author:BRAUDEL, FERNAND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH SOCIETY IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES, 1348-1500 A presentation of the social history of Britain, from 1348-1500, describing medieval society, with its rigid stratifications of nobility and peasant, and the transition to the beginning of the early modern period.. Author:KEEN, MAURICE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION How can co-operation emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists - whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals - when there is no central authority to police their actions? The author explores this central question, and its implications in this age of nuclear weapons and arms talks.. Author:AXELROD, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ITALY A social and political analysis of the Italian Peninsula since the fall of Mussolini. Achievements and political parties are described as well as matters concerning family life and the declining role of the Catholic Church.. Author:GINSBORG, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW TO SOLVE IT An introduction to heuristics, the study of the methods and rules of discovery, invention and human problem-solving. First published in 1945, it provides a modern contribution to a subject that has had a considerable revival and is emphasized in GCSE mathematics and science.. Author:POLYA, G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : Q. E. D. Based on a series of lectures delivered to the general public at the University of California, the author wittily explains the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the central aspect of much of modern physics.. Author:FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM A history of the American Civil War starting with an account of the years preceding it and its causes. It discusses slavery, the two sides of the war, the international dimension, the position and role of the free blacks and slaves, the end of the war and reconstruction.. Author:MCPHERSON, JAMES M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANCIENT IRAQ This is a political, cultural and economic history which covers the whole of Mesopotamia from the days of prehistory to the Christian Era. The book describes the empires, dynasties and religions of each millennium and suggests something of the splendour of Babylon before its capture by Cyrus.. Author:ROUX, GEORGES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN SOCIAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN The later-19th century and Edwardian era, suggests Harris, represent a break with the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. Despite the two World Wars, it was the beliefs, social structures and oppositional forces established between 1870 and 1914 which dominated British life until the 1960s.. Author:HARRIS, JOSE (LECTURER IN SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA A single-volume history of Latin America starting with the pre-Columbian Indian peoples and the slow, often savage process of colonization by which Spaniards and Portuguese came to control territory many times the size of Spain.. Author:WILLIAMSON, EDWIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEVELOPING MINDS This is a book about growing up - the process of development from the cradle to the coffin and all the changes in between. It covers growth from infancy to adolescence and beyond, including changes at puberty and responses to it, social relationships, family interaction and emotional development.. Author:RUTTER, MICHAEL RUTTER, MARJORIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANIMAL FARM This simple and tragic fable, telling what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones and attempt to run their farm themselves, has since become a world famous classic of English prose.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR An apocalyptic tale set in a nation ruled by Big Brother, where speech is doctored and thoughts are controlled by totalitarian agents. From the author of Animal Farm and Down and Out in Paris and London.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : I AM RIGHT, YOU ARE WRONG As we enter the final decade of the 20th century, we face huge problems in the political, social and economic fields. It is De Bono's view, developed in this book, that these problems defy traditional thought and analysis and that this thinking system is both inadequate and dangerous.. Author:BONO, EDWARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEACH YOUR CHILD HOW TO THINK Attempting to show parents how to teach their children how to think, this book shows how children can be taught to think for themselves rather than filling their heads with actual facts.. Author:BONO, EDWARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIBRA Recounting the story of Lee Harvey Oswald, this novel concentrates on the inner life of the people who shaped the Kennedy assassination. The author also wrote "The Names", "Ratner's Star", "Players" and "White Noise" which won the American Book Award.. Author:DELILLO, DON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN WHO WASN'T THERE This story of a 1950s latch-key kid and his search for a father, is a mixture of make-believe and gritty reality. The author's other books include "Union Street", "Blow Your House Down" and "The Century's Daughter".. Author:BARKER, PAT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE'S EXECUTIONER AND OTHER TALES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY Consists of eight case-studies of people the author has treated, including a woman of 67, obsessively pining with love for her 32-year-old previous therapist and a woman of 19 stone who has emotional difficulties because of her weight problem. Such stories reveal the diversity of human motivation.. Author:YALOM, IRVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOMME BATTLEFIELDS A guided tour of the most important battlefields of World War I. Martin Middlebrook's analysis and coverage of the day battles is divided into sections, each containing detailed military accounts, historical background and the memories of writers, poets and soldiers who fought at the Somme.. Author:MIDDLEBROOK, MARTIN MIDDLEBROOK, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED Revises the traditional view of consciousness by claiming that tautology and Descartes' dualism of mind and body should be replaced with theories from the realms of neuroscience, psychology and artificial intelligence.. Author:DENNETT, DANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TASTE FOR DEATH Two bodies, their throats cut with brutal precision, lie in a waste of blood in the dingy vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington. One is an alcoholic tramp; the other, Sir Paul Berowne, a recently resigned Minister of the Crown. Dalgliesh arrives to begin his investigations.. Author:JAMES, P.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK TOWER Unsettled by a brush with death and disenchanted with his job in the Force, Commander Adam Dalgliesh responds to an invitation to visit an old family friend, the chaplain at a private home for the disabled in Dorset. On arrival he discovers that his host has died suddenly.. Author:JAMES, P.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT NATION This work describes the whole period from Louis XIV to Napoleon. Jones argues that France was not doomed to Revolution and that the "ancien regime" did remain dynamic and innovatory, twisting and turning until finally stoven in by the intolerable costs and humiliation of its wars with Britain.. Author:JONES, COLIN (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AND THE ASS SAW THE ANGEL This novel tells the story of Euchrid Eucrow, the product of several generations of inbreeding and raw liquor consumption. Physically malformed and born dumb, he possesses an unusual sensitivity which he hides underneath engaging bravado.. Author:CAVE, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW SPANIARDS Describes the Spain that has emerged since the death of Franco, a country of immense industrial and cultural creativity, of police trade unions and wife-swapping bars, a federal monarchy with a tax-paying king, a welfare state in which three-quarters of the unemployed do not qualify for assistance.. Author:HOOPER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DARWIN This biography of Charles Darwin attempts to capture the private unknown life of the real man - the gambling and gluttony at Cambridge, his gruelling trip round the globe, his intimate family life, worries about persecution and thoughts about God.. Author:DESMOND, ADRIAN MOORE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GALLOWGLASS When Sandor snatches little Joe from the path of a London tube, he makes it clear that Joe's life now belongs to him. Sandor begins to tell him a mysterious story and teaches Joe that he is a "gallowglass", the servant of a chief.. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REALISM Setting Realism in its social and historical context, the author discusses the crucial paradox posed by Realist works of art - notably in the revolutionary paintings of Courbet, the works of Manet, Degas and Monet, of the Pre-Raphaelites and other English, American, German and Italian Realists.. Author:NOCHLIN, LINDA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRASSES . Author:HUBBARD, C.E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MODERN IRELAND, 1600-1972 . Author:FOSTER, R.F.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EASTERN APPROACHES An account of a young diplomat's time in Russia before World War II including his travels through Eastern Russia and Siberia. It includes his encounters with the people and his historical descriptions as well as material on his transfer to Cairo and the war in the Western desert.. Author:MACLEAN, FITZROY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEVICES AND DESIRES Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is taking a brief respite from publicity on the Norfolk coast, in a converted windmill left him by his aunt. But he cannot easily escape murder - a psychopathic strangler is at large in Norfolk.. Author:JAMES, P.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HERE BE DRAGONS An historical novel of power and betrayal, loyalty and political intrigue in 13th-century England, Wales and France. The author also wrote "The Sunne in Splendour" and "The Reckoning".. Author:PENMAN, SHARON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HITLER, 1889-1936 Kershaw presents an understanding of Hitler and of the sequence of events which allowed a misfit to climb to the leadership of Germany. As Hitler's pitiful fantasy of being Germany's saviour attracted more and more support, Kershaw conveys why so many Germans adored and connived with him or felt powerless to resist him.. Author:KERSHAW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : END OF HISTORY AND THE LAST MAN Three years ago, Fukuyama began an explosive debate about the future of the world in the post-Cold War era with an article entitled "The End of History and the Last Man". Now he has expanded on his original themes to address the fundamental and far-reaching themes of the approaching Millennium.. Author:FUKUYAMA, FRANCIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIBS . Author:AXLINE, VIRGINIA M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOD AND THE NEW PHYSICS How did the world begin and how will it end? These questions are not new but science may now be on the verge of answering them. This book explains, in jargon-free language, how the recent discoveries of new physics are revolutionizing our view of the world.. Author:DAVIES, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GNOSTIC GOSPELS . Author:PAGELS, ELAINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAUSING DEATH AND SAVING LIVES . Author:GLOVER, JONATHAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POLITICS OF EXPERIENCE AND THE BIRD OF PARADISE . Author:LAING, R.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW CHILDREN LEARN MATHEMATICS Describes how children's experiences can be used to help them grasp the principles underlying the processes of mathematics. The author discusses fractions, calculators and computers, some theories of learning and the problems of children who fail to understand mathematics.. Author:LIEBECK, PAMELA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAPSBURG MONARCHY, 1809-1918 A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The book offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a hetergeneous population.. Author:TAYLOR, A.J.P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PALLADIO Palladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in the context of his age - the Humanist era of Michelangelo and Raphael, Titian and Veronese - and examines each of the villas, churches and palaces in turn.. Author:ACKERMAN, JAMES S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAYS OF SEEING Examines the social implications and psychological impact of the images and conventions of modern and classical artists.. Author:BERGER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREEKS The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece.. Author:KITTO, H.D.F.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIVIDED SELF Presenting case studies of schizophrenic patients, Laing aims to make madness and the process of going mad comprehensible. He also offers an existential analysis of personal alienation.. Author:LAING, R.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY A general and systematic account of the role of knowledge in society aimed to stimulate both critical discussion and empirical investigations.. Author:BERGER, PETER LUCKMANN, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW CHILDREN FAIL . Author:HOLT, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ETHICS A treatise on moralist ethics which the author relates to modern life and contemporary philosophy.. Author:MACKIE, J.L.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EUROPE SINCE NAPOLEON . Author:THOMSON, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOME IS WHERE WE START FROM . Author:WINNICOTT, D.W.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HITLER . Author:BULLOCK, ALAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRESENTATION OF SELF IN EVERYDAY LIFE . Author:GOFFMAN, ERVING. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VICTORIAN CITIES . Author:BRIGGS, ASA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMPTY SPACE . Author:BROOK, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT IS HISTORY? . Author:CARR, E.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF MEXICO . Author:DAVIES, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE From the early years, when its cities and towns were self-governing, to the national rise to power of fascism, Italy has undergone many upheavals. Pinpointing the year A.D. 1000 as a time when European supremacy began to take root, the author traces Italy's progression within its European context.. Author:PROCACCI, GIULIANO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW SCIENCE OF STRONG MATERIALS All questions about the nature of materials are vital to engineers but also fascinating as scientific problems. Using both SI and imperial units, Gordon's account of material science is a demonstration of the sometimes curious and entertaining ways in which scientists isolate and solve problems.. Author:GORDON, J.E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BERNINI Sculptor and architect Bernini was the virtual creator and greatest exponent of Baroque in 17th century Italy. He has left his greatest mark on Rome where Papal patronage provided him with enormous architectural commissions.. Author:HIBBARD, HOWARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW CHILDREN LEARN The author sets out to deomonstrate to parents and teachers that learning is as natural as breathing. They ways we learn to talk, to read, to count and to reason, even before we start school, should make the adult trust the child's innate ability.. Author:HOLT, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS The author argues that the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, who underwent degradation and who yet created a culture and political conscience of great vitality.. Author:THOMPSON, E.P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT CRASH, 1929 Examines the "gold-rush fantasy" in American psychology and describes its dire consequences. The Florida land boom, the operations of Insull, Kreuger and Hatry, and the Shandoah Corporation all come together in Galbraith's study of concerted human greed and folly.. Author:GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLASSIC SLUM . Author:ROBERTS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUSSIAN THINKERS The theme that links the essays in this book, written over 30 years, is the phenomenon of the Russian intelligentsia, which Isaiah Berlin describes as "the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world".. Author:BERLIN, ISAIAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GODS AND MYTHS OF NORTHERN EUROPE Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic peoples.. Author:DAVIDSON, H.R. ELLIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STRUCTURES In "The New Science of Strong Materials" the author made plain the secrets of materials science. In this volume he explains the importance and properties of different structures.. Author:GORDON, J.E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW TO LIE WITH STATISTICS "A sort of primer in ways to use statistics to deceive", this book introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes and other tools of democratic persuasion.. Author:HUFF, DARRELL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL EUROPE A picture of the politics, society and religion of medieval Europe, the age that had as its theme the unity of Christendom.. Author:KEEN, MAURICE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STATISTICS WITHOUT TEARS Written for anyone who need or wants to know how statistics work, this text assumes no knowledge, and teaches through words and diagrams rather than through figures, formulae and equations.. Author:ROWNTREE, DEREK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT Surveying 1000 years of pyramid-building, the author charts the rise and decline of the pyramids as funerary monuments, from the mastabas of the first and second dynasties and the step pyramids to the archaic and backward-looking efforts of the Middle Kingdom.. Author:EDWARDS, I.E.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF SCOTLAND A one-volume history of the Socttish nation.. Author:LENMAN, BRUCE MACKIE, J.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FEMININE MYSTIQUE An analysis of the position of women in Western society. When published in 1963 it met with an enormous response and led to Friedan being called the mother of the new feminist movement.. Author:FRIEDAN, BETTY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHILD, THE FAMILY AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD Beginning at the natural bond between mother and child - the bond we call love, which is the key to personality - Dr Winnicot deals in turn in this volume with the phases of mother/infant, parent/child, and child/school.. Author:WINNICOTT, D.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR In this account of the origins of World War II, Taylor provides a narrative of the years and events preceding Hitler's invasion of Poland on 1st of September 1939.. Author:TAYLOR, A.J.P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AQUINAS Father Copleston's book examines Thomas Aquinas - whose influence is perhaps greater today than in his own lifetime - and his thought, relating his ideas wherever possible to problems as they are discussed today.. Author:COPLESTON, F.C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONTAILLOU The village of Montaillou was the last stronghold of the cult of Catharism in medieval France. Here, Ladurie has reconstructed an account of everyday peasant life in a medieval village, giving us a glimpse into how people really lived 700 years ago, from their homes and food to their body language.. Author:LADURIE, EMMANUEL LE ROY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM . Author:RUNCIMAN, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES THE KINGDOM OF ACRE . Author:RUNCIMAN, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES FIRST CRUSADE AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM In this first volume of three, Runciman recounts the capture of Jerusalem by Christian knights. The other two volumes cover the fall of the Holy City to Saladin and the decline of the crusading movement.. Author:RUNCIMAN, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOD'S ENGLISHMAN . Author:HILL, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN Moving from William Morris to Walter Gropius, taking in artists and architects from Britain, Europe and the USA, the author shows how the foundation of the best that remains today was laid by a small group of people who thought and taught as well as designed.. Author:PEVSNER, NIKOLAUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAMILY, SEX AND MARRIAGE IN ENGLAND, 1500-1800 This text is a study of the evolution of the family, from the impersonal, economically-bonded and precarious extended family-group of the 16th century to the smaller, affectively-bonded nuclear unit that had appeared by the end of the 18th century.. Author:STONE, LAWRENCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH Foucault shows the development of the Western system of prisons, police organizations, administrative and legal hierarchies for social control - and the growth of disciplinary society as a whole.. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : USES OF ENCHANTMENT Helps adults become aware of the importance of fairy tales. By revealing the content of such stories he shows how children may make use of them to cope with their emotions, whether they be feelings of smallness and helplessness or the anxieties the child feels about strangers.. Author:BETTELHEIM, BRUNO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN Within the English Revolution of the mid-17th century which resulted in the triumph of the Protestant ethic, there threatened another, different, revolution. This is a portrait not of the bourgeois revolution that took place but of the impulse towards a more fundamental overturning of society.. Author:HILL, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF SEXUALITY THE USE OF PLEASURE Offers an account of the emergence of Christianity from the Ancient World. Foucault describes the stranger byways of Greek medicine (with its advice on the healthiest season for sex and exercise and diet), the permitted ways of courting young boys, and the economists' ideas about the role of women.. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF SEXUALITY THE CARE OF THE SELF The third volume of Foucault's history of sexuality. A sociologist and historian of ideas, Foucault's other works include "Madness and Civilization", "The Archaeology of Knowledge", "The Birth of the Clinic" and "Discipline and Punish".. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ASYLUMS . Author:GOFFMAN, ERVING. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RELIGION AND THE DECLINE OF MAGIC This analysis of popular belief in England begins with the collapse of the medieval Church and ends with the change in the intellectual atmosphere around 1700.. Author:THOMAS, KEITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENLIGHTENMENT In this book, Norman Hampson follows through certain dominant themes in the Enlightenment, and describes the contemporary social and political climate, in which ideas could travel from the salons of Paris to the court of Catherine the Great - but less easily from a master to his servant.. Author:HAMPSON, NORMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF GREECE . Author:BURN, A.R.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY . Author:HAMLYN, D.W.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WESTERN SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES . Author:SOUTHERN, R.W.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REFORMATION In this, the third volume of the "Penguin History of the Church, Professor Chadwick deals with the formative work of Erasmus, Luther, Zwingli and Calvin, and analyses the special circumstances of the English reformation as well as the Jesuits and the counter reformation.. Author:CHADWICK, OWEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHURCH IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION . Author:VIDLER, ALEC R.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS This history of the Christian missions traces the expansion of Christianity from its origins in the Middle East to Rome, the rest of Europe and the colonies, and assesses its position as a major religious force worldwide.. Author:NEILL, STEPHEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LATERAL THINKING This book, which is now internationally known and also a bestseller, is a textbook of creativity. It shows how the habit of lateral thinking can be encouraged and new ideas generated. the author has worked out special techniques for doing this, and the result is a triumph of entertaining education.. Author:BONO, EDWARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON PSYCHOANALYSIS These lectures were delivered by Freud during World War I. Never before in the course of 30 years of lecturing had he set down the full range of his theories and observations. This series, therefore, represents a stock-taking of psychoanalysis as it stood after the secession of Adler and Jung.. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS Dealing with Freud's methods for exploring the unconscious, this work was also to lead Freud to revise his methods of treatment for neurotic patients by introducing the technical adjunct of dream-interpretation and to develop his revolutionary theory of the Oedipus complex.. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRITISH SOCIETY, 1914-45 John Stevenson's social history opens with the Great War and ends with a chapter on the effects of World War II. In between, he analyses the trends and changes.. Author:STEVENSON, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH SOCIETY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY In this boldly drawn portrait of 18th century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered run the gamut - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.. Author:PORTER, ROY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MODERNISM Some of the innovative writers included are Apollinaire, Brecht, Joyce, Kafka, Strindberg and Yeats. The contributors examine the ideas, groupings and social tensions out of which modernism emerged. The book also provides biographies of the movement's leading exponents.. Author:BRADBURY, MALCOLM AND MCFARLANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF INDIA . Author:THAPAR, ROMILA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF INDIA . Author:SPEAR, PERCIVAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EUROPE SINCE 1870 This updated edition takes into account the events of the 1980s, attempting a broad synthesis of a long and crowded period of history.. Author:JOLL, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BURDEN OF PROOF The sequel to "Presumed Innocent", in which the same main character appears. Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, the most celebrated defence lawyer in the Mid-western city where he lives, comes home from a business trip to find that Clara, his wife of 30 years, has committed suicide.. Author:TUROW, SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OTHER WORLDS When physicists began exploring the inner workings of the atom, they uncovered a world so weird that it overturned our very concept of reality. Only now, decades later, are the full implications of this discovery becoming understood. This work examines quantum theory and its meaning.. Author:DAVIES, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROALD DAHL'S COOKBOOK A mixture of anecdotes covering Roald Dahl's family, his childhood, and his happiness at home, and many of the recipes included have acquired a particular significance over the years. The book includes recipes for all occasions, and contributions from Peter Ustinov, John Le Carre and others.. Author:DAHL, ROALD DAHL, FELICITY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IT ENDS WITH MAGIC This story is based on the author's own family experiences. It tells the story of a young couple who go to India with the army. When the father dies and the mother becomes ill the children are taken to an orphanage and have adventures running away to a magic house.. Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN WHO WASN'T MAIGRET A biography of Georges Simenon, who was, during his lifetime, the bestselling writer alive. It sets out to explain the connection between his childhood and his lifelong fascination with crime, and traces the relationship between the facts of his life and the fiction he wrote.. Author:MARNHAM, PATRICK (FELLOW, ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GET SHORTY Chili Palmer is a debt collector for the mob in Miami, but when one of his clients skips to Hollywood, he decides to take a short working holiday on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The author also wrote "Killshot", "City Primeval", "Gold Coast", "Hunted", "Mr Majestyk" and "Freaky Deaky".. Author:LEONARD, ELMORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAXIMUM BOB Someone is out to get redneck southern judge, nicknamed Maximum Bob, because of the lengthy sentences he hands out. He is the target of a whole chain gang of baddies and they all go to create comedy. The author has also written "Glitz", "Dutch Treat" and "Get Shorty".. Author:LEONARD, ELMORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES An adventure novel about a son's attempt to rescue his father and return to him a special gift. The father is a professional storyteller. One day his wife leaves him to run off with a little clerk. The author also wrote "Grimus", "Midnight's Children", "Shame" and "The Satanic Verses".. Author:RUSHDIE, SALMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMAGINARY HOMELANDS Containing 74 essays, this book covers a range of subjects including the literature of the perceived masters and of Rushdie's contemporaries, the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture, film, politicians, the Labour Party, racial prejudice and the preciousness of free expression.. Author:RUSHDIE, SALMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOTHER TONGUE A witty, irreverent but very useful account of the peculiarities of the English language. This book is designed to appeal to all lovers of language and history. The author also wrote "The Lost Continent", "Book of Blunders" and "Dictionary of Troublesome Words".. Author:BRYSON, BILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDERSTANDING VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS An introduction to the techniques of organizational theory within specific voluntary organizations. The author has first-hand experience of these kinds of organizations and has also written "Understanding Organizations".. Author:HANDY, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARNHEM 1944 It wasn't until many months that ground forces captured Arnhem in conventional fighting. It had literally been "a bridge too far". This book consists of interviews, research of British and Polish airborne forces involved in Arnhem, German forces and Dutch civilians caught up in the battle.. Author:MIDDLEBROOK, MARTIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST HUMAN All that Lister had ever wanted was to be a soft metal guitar icon, yet at the start of this third novel based on the BBC Television series "Red Dwarf", we find him gazing out of a porthole of a prison ship bound for the most inhospitable penal colony in the outer cosmos.. Author:NAYLOR, DOUG. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGLO-SAXONS This survey, an introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England looks at political history, and religious, cultural, social, legal and economic themes are woven in. Throughout the book the authors make use of original sources such as chronicles, charters, manuscripts and coins.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FROM PURITANISM TO POSTMODERNISM This literary history considers the complexity of American literature in social, historical and ideological context, at the same time recognizing that American literature has been a Western literature, related to the thought and art movements that have crossed Europe and America.. Author:BRADBURY, MALCOLM RULAND, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CORNISH TRILOGY Woven around the pursuits of the spirits and scholars of the University of St John and the Holy Ghost, this trilogy of novels lures the reader into a world of mysticism, historical allusion and Gothic fantasy. The author also wrote "The Salterton Trilogy" and "The Deptford Trilogy".. Author:DAVIES, ROBERTSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : I DREAMED OF AFRICA When her friend died in a car crash, Kuki Gallmann married the widower, Paulo, and the couple, Paulo's two daughters and Kuki's son by a previous marriage moved to Kenya. When Paulo and Kuki's son both died, Kuki set up a private wildlife park. This book tells her family's story.. Author:GALLMANN, KUKI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RABBIT AT REST This the last novel in the "Rabbit Sequence". Rabbit, now in his middle 50s, is living in a condo in Florida. Nelson and his wife and children come to stay and disaster unfolds as Rabbit has a serious heart attack and it is discovered that Nelson has been embezzling to feed his cocaine habit.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLIND WATCHMAKER A book which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection, discovered by Darwin, is the only answer to the question: why do we exist?. Author:DAWKINS, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORICAL FIGURE OF JESUS A biography of the historical figure of Jesus. The book studies the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, distinguishing the certain from the improbable, and assessing the historical and religious context of Christ's time. The spread of Christianity is also discussed.. Author:SANDERS, E.P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT HUNGER An account of one of the worst disasters of all time - the Irish potato famine of the 1840`s, during which time more than a million people died. This book traces the suffering, courage, blundering stupidity and tragedy, whose effects on Ireland, the United States and England are still visible.. Author:WOODHAM-SMITH, CECIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORIES OF EVA LUNA This collection of stories includes the story of revenge against a man who mistreated his wife and lover, of Maria who, throughout her life of prostitution, retained her innocence and El Captain who waited 40 years before telling his dancing partner that he wanted to marry her.. Author:ALLENDE, ISABEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GEORGE ORWELL This is the biography of the English novelist and essayist George Orwell. Orwell is the author of "Down and out in Paris", "Homage to Catalonia", "The Lion and the Unicorn" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four".. Author:CRICK, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF WALES A translation from Welsh of the author's "Hanes Cymru". The book traces the history of Wales from the earliest times to the present day, from the first Welshman at Ffynnan Bueno to the miners' strike, from the Red Lady of Paviland to the establishment of the Welsh TV channel.. Author:DAVIES, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALIANS This is an examination of the Italian people, their character and history, by a foreign correspondent.. Author:BARZINI, LUIGI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPIDER Set in 1957, this book tells the story of Spider, a lonely figure who returns to the East End of London after 20 years in an asylum. Spider moves into a boarding house and begins to write an account of his childhood, providing a disturbing vision of psychotic illness from inside.. Author:MCGRATH, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DR. HAGGARD'S DISEASE What is wrong with Dr Edward Haggard? Is it a passionate love for the wife of the senior pathologist or is it something simpler? Is it a broken heart or is it Spike - the steel pin that holds his fractured hip together? By the author of "Spider" and "The Grotesque".. Author:MCGRATH, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORTHODOX CHURCH In part one the author describes the history of the Eastern Church over the last 2000 years with particular reference to its problems in 20th-century Russia. In part two he explains the beliefs and worship of the Orthodox Church today and considers the possibilities of reunion between East and We. Author:WARE, TIMOTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRAZZAVILLE BEACH A story set in Africa and seen through the eyes of a young woman who is working on a field study of chimpanzees. The author also wrote "A Good Man in Africa", "An Ice-Cream War", "Stars and Bars", "The New Confessions" and "On the Yankee Station".. Author:BOYD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PIGGLE From the age of two until the age of five, the Piggle - seriously disturbed by the birth of a younger sister - visited the late Dr Winnincott on 16 occasions. This is an account of the psychoanalytic treatment of this little girl.. Author:WINNICOTT, D.W.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : 1914-1918 VOICES AND IMAGES OF THE GREAT WAR Uses personal accounts and illustrations to cover many aspects of World War I - from the departure of the Old Contemptibles to fight the Kaiser in 1914 to the bloody fields of Flanders. This book touches on subjects as diverse as propaganda, fear, morale, bravery, bawdiness and frivolity.. Author:MACDONALD, LYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN AND THE NATURAL WORLD An encyclopaedic study of man's relationship to animals and plants. It explains everything - why we eat, what we do, why we plant this and not that, why we keep pets, why we like some animals and not others, why we kill the things we kill and love the things we love.. Author:THOMAS, KEITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FABRIC OF REALITY A synthesis of unifying ideas arising from quantum theory, the theory of computation, epistemology and the theory of evolution, this book explores the deep connections between the progress of knowledge of the world and the process of change in the world itself.. Author:DEUTSCH, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVA FRASER'S FACIAL WORKOUT This fitness programme describes how one can combat ageing of the face. As we grow older the facial muscles slacken through underuse and the skin droops, forming pouches, bags under the eyes and wrinkles. The facial muscles need exercises in the same way as the rest of the body.. Author:FRASER, EVA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOOK AT ME Frances Hinton is shy and clever. By day she works in a medical library and every evening she goes back to the solitude of her London flat to write fiction. When she is adopted by Nick and his wife, she is ripe to begin her sentimental education. By the author of "Brief Lives" and "Hotel du Lac".. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOTEL DU LAC Edith Hope is in disgrace and working out her probation on the shores of Lake Geneva. Friends and family have banished her to seemly Swiss solitude until such times as she recovers her senses. This novel won the Booker Prize in 1984.. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEPTFORD TRILOGY . Author:DAVIES, ROBERTSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARABS Explores social, political and historical aspects - from the pre-Islamic nomads of Arabia, the life of Muhammad and the rise of Arab power that followed to the Western colonial period, to the tragedy of Palestine and the modern Arab renaissance, reinforced by the power of oil.. Author:MANSFIELD, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY Placing the shifting fortunes of the British rulers within the wider transformation of economic, social and ecclesiastical life, this text draws on vast amounts of fresh research to provide a new benchmark for understanding medieval Britain.. Author:CARPENTER, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW WORLDS, LOST WORLDS With a strong focus on religion, family and royalty and the fate of Ireland, this history of Tudor Britain recreates the mentalities of this alluring and dynamic period in history.. Author:BRIGDEN, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONARCHY TRANSFORMED This sixth volume of the nine-volume work narrates the tempestuous political events of the Stuart dynasty. It charts the reigns of the six monarchs, and the course of two revolutions as well as religious upheavals that shook the beliefs of the 17th-century Britons to the core.. Author:KISHLANSKY, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIXTH PENGUIN JUMBO BOOK OF THE SUN CROSSWORDS This brings together a collection of 240 cryptic and coffee-time crossword puzzles all of which are from "The Sun" newspaper.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEACE WORK In this sequel to his war memoirs Milligan is on Civvy street and a jazz trumpeter in the Bill Hall Trio, playing at the Hackney Empire and a Freak Show in Zurich. It ends with him pursuing a solo career as a comedian and the first ad lib sessions of The Goons, with Bentine, Sellers and Secombe.. Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PORTABLE NIETZSCHE Contains the complete texts of Nietzche's classics including "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", "Twilight of the Idols", "The Antichrist", and "Nietzsche Contra Wagner". Additional selections from other works are included.. Author:NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PORTABLE MACHIAVELLI This volume of Machiavelli's writings includes seven private letters, "The Prince", "Belfagor", "The Mandrake Root" and "Castruccio Castracani", as well as "The Discourses" (abridged) and substantial parts of "The Art of War" and "The History of Florence".. Author:MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN JUMBO BOOK OF "SUN" CROSSWORDS A selection of 240 two-in-one crosswords published in "The Sun".. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN JUMBO BOOK OF "SUN" CROSSWORDS This is the eighth in a series of crossword books containing 240 cryptic and coffee-time puzzles.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN JUMBO BOOK OF "SUN" CROSSWORDS This brings together a collection of 240 cryptic and coffee-time crossword puzzles all of which are from "The Sun" newspaper.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NORMANS IN SICILY This omnibus volume is made up of John Julius Norwich's first two works of history - "The Normans in the South" and "The Kingdom in the Sun". The books tell the story of the dazzling Norman kingdom of Sicily founded in the 11th century by an enterprising band of adventurers from Normandy.. Author:NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWO LIVES Comprises two novels. The first, "Reading Turgenev", is the story of a woman driven mad by the absence of love in her marriage. The second, "My House in Tuscany", centres on an overweight writer of romantic fiction, who is involved in a horrible accident and who takes home the other survivors.. Author:TREVOR, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF ECONOMICS Economic ideas are very much a product of their time and place. If we are to understand modern economics, we can do so only through an understanding of its past, including the powerful and vested interests that moulded the theories to their financial advantage. This is the message of this account.. Author:GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKING OF EUROPE An analysis of European history between 950 and 1350, which presents the period as a process of colonization - political, military and cultural. The period of extra-European colonization from 1492 onwards can then be seen as the continuing process of expansion.. Author:BARTLETT, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE Deals with the historical evolution of the English landscape as we know it. It dispels the popular belief that the pattern of the land is a result of 18th-century enclosures and attributes it instead to a much longer evolution.. Author:HOSKINS, W.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARTHSEA QUARTET "A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA","THE TOMBS OF ATUAN","THE FARTHEST SHORE","TEHANU" Contains the four stories of the Earthsea quartet, "A Wizard of Earthsea", "The Tombs of Atuan", "The Farthest Shore" and "Tehanu". Earthsea is an ancient world of wizards, magic, darkness and light, and an ever-shifting balance of power.. Author:LE GUIN, URSULA K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JEWISH PEOPLE The first part of this illustrated volume offers a survey of Jewish history and literature. The second part presents what the preface describes as "a thematic analysis of the teachings and practice of Judaism".. Author:GOLDBERG, DAVID J. RAYNER, JOHN D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES Searching for the true sources of power in 1990s Britain, this book examines a number of top jobs and the positions that yield power. Jeremy Paxman is best-known as presenter of BBC 2's "Newsnight".. Author:PAXMAN, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS This version of "Understanding Organisations" covers the same topics as the original text but with updated information.. Author:HANDY, CHARLES B.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOMENT OF WAR The completion of the trilogy that began with "Cider with Rosie". At the age of 19 Laurie Lee had left home, walked to London and then travelled on foot through Spain. Here he describes a return journey to Spain in which he crossed the Pyrenees during the time of the Spanish Civil War.. Author:LEE, LAURIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CITY OF THE MIND Matthew Halland, architect, has emerged from a failed marriage. He needs to build a new life. Meanwhile, his job involves him in building a new London, in a docklands construction and in the renovation of a Georgian terrace. As he moves through the city, past and present sometimes interweave.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOY This is an omnibus edition of "Boy" and "Going Solo" concerning some of the remarkable things that happened to the writer as a boy and as a young man. Some memories are funny, some painful and some unpleasant.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COGNITIVE THERAPY AND THE EMOTIONAL DISORDERS This text describes the cognitive approach to psychopathology and psychotherapy and how to apply it.. Author:BECK, AARON T.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING SOLOMON'S CARPET Jarvis lives in a crumbling house with a view of the Jubilee Line: he loves the tube with all its secrets - its hidden tunnels, its mysterious "ghost" stations, its incidents and accidents, which he records. He lives in a house which was once a school, but now he lets out rooms.. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LEAF STORM This is a collection of stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, most of which are fables. It includes "Leaf Storm", a tale about a week-long South American rainstorm, and the story of a tarry angel who crash-lands in a village and is kept in a hencoop.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL In a decaying Colombian town the Colonel and his ailing wife are living a hand-to-mouth existence, scraping together the money for food and medicine. The Colonel's hopes for a better future lie with his rooster, which for him, and the whole town, has become a symbol of defiance.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN EVIL HOUR Someone stalks the streets at night, pinning lampoons on doors, and while there is reason enough in his scandalous charges, it is the moralist himself who is the greatest corruptor. Sudden tragedies then begin in the town, true to the predictions of the widow Monteil who was assumed mad.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE This magical realist novel tells the history of the Buendias family, the founders of Macondo, a remote South American settlement. In the world of the novel there is a Spanish galleon beached in the jungle, a flying carpet, and an iguana in a woman's womb.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INNOCENT ERENDIRA Erendira accidentally burns down her grandmother's house and is forced to pay her back with the money she earns from prostitution. However, it seems Erendira has a more appropriate way of repaying her. The book's main themes are death, power, love and duty.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH Set in an unspecified Caribbean country, this is the story of a nation dominated by a dictator who has just died after a very long reign. Its main themes are deception and illusion.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD Setting out to reconstruct a murder that took place 27 years earlier, this chronicle moves backwards and forwards in time, through the contradictions of memory and moments lost in time. Its irony gives the book the nuances of a political fable.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF A SHIPWRECKED SAILOR This is Marquez's account of a real-life event. In 1955, eight crew members of the destroyer Caldas, were swept into the Caribbean Sea. The sole survivor, Luis Alejandro Belasco, told the true version of the events to Marquez, causing great scandal at the time.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 12%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED STORIES Including "The Third Resignation" and "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother", these stories illustrate Garcia Marquez's development as a writer. His early experimentation with fiction and form is shown, and its development into magical realism.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIRTUAL LIGHT Berry Rydell, an ex-cop, signs on with IntenSecure Armed Response in Los Angeles. He finds himself on a collision course that results in a desperate romance, and a journey into the ecstasy and dread that mirror each other at the heart of the postmodern experience.. Author:GIBSON, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIZARD OF EARTHSEA This is a tale of wizards, dragons and terrifying shadows. The young wizard Sparrowhawk, tempted by pride to try spells beyond his powers, lets loose an evil shadow-beast in his land. Only he can destroy it, and this quest leads him to the farthest corner of Earthsea.. Author:LE GUIN, URSULA K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF ROALD DAHL This collection of short stories contains "Someone Like You", "Kiss, Kiss", "Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl", "Switch Bitch" and "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life".. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RABBIT OMNIBUS The trilogy comprises of "Rabbit, Run", "Rabbit Redux" and "Rabbit is Rich". It is intended as an amusing, sympathetic study of a man, Rabbit Angstron, putting up a fight against the inevitable.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIND OF GOD The sequel to "God and the New Physics", this book explores the fascinating questions of modern physics such as why does maths, an abstract system of logic invented by man prove to be so useful in understanding the laws of nature?. Author:DAVIES, PAUL C.W.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. JORDAN'S PROFESSION Dora Jordan was the greatest comic actress the British theatre had known, and became the consort of the future king, Willian IV, bearing him ten children. But she died alone, in obscurity. This is a recreation of the royal, political and theatrical worlds of late 18th-century England.. Author:TOMALIN, CLAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEMPLES OF DELIGHT The moment Jem joins her class in the middle of Silent Reading, Alice knows her life is changed. Jem seduces Alice with esoteric literature and the fabric of the past - and then she vanishes. Five years on, Jem blazes across her sphere again. And then the infuriating Giovanni appears.. Author:TRAPIDO, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA This travel book follows Paul Theroux's explorations of the Pacific islands by collapsible kayak. Paddling through the islands, he also finds an unusual melting pot of cultures and contrasts.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SALTERTON TRILOGY People who do not know Salterton call it dreamy and old-world. They say it is the place where Anglican clergymen go when they die. The real Saltertonians, however, know that there is nothing quaint about the place at all.. Author:DAVIES, ROBERTSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THEY CALLED IT PASSCHENDAELE The struggle to capture the obscure Flemish village of Passchendaele in World War I cost a quarter of a million casualties in one of the worst campaigns in the annals of warfare. This is the story of Passchendaele, told through the words of the men who fought there.. Author:MACDONALD, LYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARGOT FONTEYN BIOGRAPHY This is the biography of the much-loved dancer, Margot Fonteyn, generally considered to be the best British ballerina of her generation. She was one of the rare artists whose name means as much to the ordinary man and woman as to devotees of their particular art.. Author:DANEMAN, MEREDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROAD TO OXIANA This travel book was written in 1933-4 when the author travelled to Persia and Afghanistan. It is a record of his journeys, full of observation of people and places, and funny dialogue.. Author:BYRON, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOUBLE BOND This biography looks at the life and work of Primo Levi the noted Italian philosopher, writer and scientist. It considers his life in Turin before, during and after World War II, Levi as a European and as a survivor of Auschwitz, and his influence on others.. Author:ANGIER, CAROLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHEN CHRIST AND HIS SAINTS SLEPT Set in 12th-century England and the early civil war between Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Maude, this story tells of a long fight to win the English throne. Stephen was handsome and unreliable; Maude was courageous, beautiful and arrogant. They fought for twenty years and devasted England.. Author:PENMAN, SHARON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLORENCE Takes a look at Florence, weaving political, social and art history into a book that is both a history and a guide book. Photographs and illustrations describe all the buildings and treasures of the city.. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES This textbook provides an examination of the opening centuries of the second millennium in Europe. It aims to bring this period of dramatic social, political, economic, cultural, religious and military change alive to the general reader.. Author:JORDAN, WILLIAM CHESTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRAVELS ON MY ELEPHANT Tells the story of one man's journey on the back of an elephant. There is no better way to see India than on the back of an elephant, which is exactly what Mark Shand discovered as he set out on a 1000 kilometre journey on Tara, a 30-year old female elephant. This book recounts their adventures.. Author:SHAND, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOUTH FROM GRANADA Describes the essence of a remote rural area before the Spanish Civil War, the festivals and folklore of the Sierra Nevada, the rivalries, romances and courtship rituals, the village customs, superstitions and characters. It includes chapters on Granada in the Twenties and the Phoenicians.. Author:BRENAN, GERALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PARADISE NEWS This is the story of a group of British tourists on their first visit to Hawaii. Travelwide Tours is responsible for taking these tourists to an island paradise that is a paradise lost, stolen, owned, developed, packaged and sold. Bernard Walsh and his elderly father are the main characters.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DARWIN'S DANGEROUS IDEA This work assesses Darwin's theory of evolution and looks at why it arises such heated debate among scientists, philosophers and sociologists. The book aims to show that Darwinism does not devalue the miracles of life.. Author:DENNETT, DANIEL C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLESH IN THE AGE OF REASON . Author:PORTER, ROY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NELSON Horatio Nelson was a national hero who secured a century of maritime supremacy for his country and became the focus of British identity and aspiration. This is a portrait of the man and the battles of St Vincent, the Nile and Copenhagen.. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE AND DEATH OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT Mary Wollstonecraft published "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", travelled to France, lived through the destruction of the French feminist movement, produced an illegitimate daughter, married and died in child-birth at the age of 38. This is her biography.. Author:TOMALIN, CLAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED QUEEN Sex is a subject as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. This book explores scientific findings on sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists to questions of how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive.. Author:RIDLEY, MATT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET HISTORY The narrator of this story is a boy who leaves California to attend a college in New England. He falls in with a group of students of Ancient Greek. Four of their number work themselves into a trance-like condition one night, and murder a local farmer. Bunny then tries to blackmail the others.. Author:TARTT, DONNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRETE Recounts the fall of Greece, the invasion of Crete by the Germans and the Resistance. It is based on interviews with both the Allies and the Germans who took part. It gives insights into the invasion from the air and explains how Ultra intelligence played a key role.. Author:BEEVOR, ANTONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEATH'S MEN The story of the Great War, told by the soldiers themselves.. Author:WINTER, DENIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EYE IN THE DOOR Drawing of the history of the Pemberton Billing libel trial in which all Britain's military troubles were laid at the door of the British homosexuals, themes of persecution and prejudice are explored alongside questions of class and identity. By the author of "Regeneration" and "Union Street".. Author:BARKER, PAT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LEONARDO DA VINCI . Author:CLARK, KENNETH KEMP, MARTIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VAMPIRE WORLD BLOOD BROTHERS The first of this horror-fantasy trilogy is set on the Vampire homeworld connected with ours by means of a transdimensional portal which can allow in the vampire inhabitants of Starside. These are monstrous embodiments of evil and murderous lust. The author also wrote "Necroscope".. Author:LUMLEY, BRIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VAMPIRE WORLD BLOOD WARS Nathan is the new Necroscope, the only one who dares to venture beyond the Hell-lands Gate and summon the power to defeat the Wamphyri. Nathan is not alone, but will he and his companions be able to defeat the terrifying array of natural and supernatural forces stacked against them?. Author:LUMLEY, BRIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRICE OF GLORY Verdun was a battle which lasted ten months and in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of 15 miles. This study of the men who fought there shows that Verdun is a key to understanding World War I - a key to the minds of those who waged it, and to the traditions that bound them.. Author:HORNE, ALISTAIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE HENRY BECH Henry Bech, the author of "Travel Light", has been scrutinized by reviewers, academics, critics and readers. Suffering from impotence and writer's block, Bech finds renewed fame when he returns to America and "Think Big", his blockbuster, hits the bookstalls. Bech returns in "Bech in Czech".. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE RICHARD HANNAY "THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS","GREENMANTLE","MR STANDFAST","THE THREE HOSTAGES","THE ISLAND OF SHEEP" Spycatcher, mining engineer, war hero, detective and adventurer - Richard Hannay was one of John Buchan's greatest fictional creations. This omnibus edition features "The Thirty-Nine Steps", "Greenmantle", "Mr Standfast", "The Three Hostages" and "The Island of Sheep".. Author:BUCHAN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GHOST COUNTRY An opera diva with a drink problem, a street lawyer who has forgotten how to love, converge at the heart of the shadowy network of streets below Chicago's glittering high rises where a homeless visionary silently challenges the whole idea of the city and its management.. Author:PARETSKY, SARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLACE OF GREATER SAFETY Paris in 1789 is a city of food queues and riots. This book looks at the French Revolution through the experiences of George-Jacques Danton, a lawyer determined to make a name for himself and Maximilien Robespierre, a lawyer terrified of violence. Winner of the 1992 "Sunday Express" Award.. Author:MANTEL, HILARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW ITALIANS This study of the Italians focuses on individuals and groups, and discovers how they make Italy work. It also looks at such issues as how Italy is going to cope with the challenges of a Single Europe, and why Italy has the best combination of quality of life and standard of living.. Author:RICHARDS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAWKSMOOR This fictional nightmare combines the genres of thriller, ghost story and metaphysical tract. Ackroyd uses 17th-century language and spelling to evoke the spirit of London after the Great Fire.. Author:ACKROYD, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUSE OF DOCTOR DEE This novel centres on the famous 16th-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee. Reputedly a black magician, he was imprisoned by Queen Mary for allegedly attempting to kill her through sorcery. When Matthew Palmer inherits an old house in Clerkenwell, he feels that he has become part of its past.. Author:ACKROYD, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIRST DAY ON THE SOMME . Author:MIDDLEBROOK, MARTIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BACKWARDS Dave Lister has finally found his way back to the planet Earth. But time isn't running in quite the right direction, and if he doesn't get off the planet soon, he's going to have to go through puberty again - backwards. Still, his crew mates from Red Dwarf have come to rescue him.. Author:GRANT, ROB. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THEORY OF THE MODERN STAGE The work of Appia, Artaud, Brecht, E. Gordon Craig, Pirandello, Shaw, Stanislavsky, Richard Wagner, Yeats and Zola is the subject of the first part of this anthology. Their ideas about their art and about the future possibilities of drama are revealed.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREEK MYTHS This edition contains "The Greek Myths" volumes one and two.. Author:GRAVES, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ASIMOV'S NEW GUIDE TO SCIENCE . Author:ASIMOV, ISAAC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIRTHDAY BOYS The four men who accompanied Captain Scott on his doomed expedition each tell their own story in this fictional reconstruction of the attempt to reach the South Pole.. Author:BAINBRIDGE, BERYL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH The Black report argues that those at the bottom of the social scale have much poorer health and quality of life than those at the top. Gender, area of residence and ethnic origin also have a deep impact. This book looks at this report and examines the inequalities in the British Health system.. Author:WHITEHEAD, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ME Katharine Hepburn reflects on her childhood and youthful misadventures. She tells us about the ups and downs of ehr career, her early experience in the theatre and her rise to stardom. She describes her warm and sometimes stormy relationships.. Author:HEPBURN, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PSYCHOLOGY OF INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOUR The first edition of this book outlined what amounted to a breakthrough in the analysis of social behaviour. For this new edition, the fifth, Michael Argyle has included the latest research on non-verbal communication, social skills and happiness, and has revised and updated the text throughout.. Author:ARGYLE, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED SKY AT SUNRISE A single-volume edition of Laurie Lee's autobiographical trilogy - "Cider with Rosie", "As I Walked out one Midsummer Morning" and "A Moment of War".. Author:LEE, LAURIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAVID LODGE TRILOGY Contains three novels - "Changing Places", "Nice Work" and "Small World" - surrounding Rummidge University and the role-swapping academics there. Philip Swallow, lecturer at Rummidge, changes places with Morris Zapp of Euphoric State University, USA and trouble follows.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COCK AND BULL This black comedy is divided into two parts. In the first a woman grows a penis and rapes her husband. In the second a man grows a vagina behind his knee and is then seduced by his doctor. Self was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys prize for his collection "The Quantity Theory of Insanity.. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZENNOR IN DARKNESS During World War I, D.H. Lawrence and his wife moved to Cornwall where they became the subject of intense suspicion from the locals. This forms the inspiration for this first novel centering on Clare, a young girl who comes under the influence of the Lawrences.. Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNCLE FRED This omnibus collection includes the books "Uncle Fred in the Springtime", Uncle Dynamite" and "Cocktail Time". Frederick, Fifth Earl of Ickenham, is Uncle Fred in these stories.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMPERIAL BLANDINGS This "Blandings" omnibus, starring the further exploits of the Earl of Emsworth and his acquaintances, contains "Pigs with Wings", "Full Moon" and "Service With a Smile".. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORLD OF PSMITH This omnibus contains three full-length novels: "Psmith in the City", "Psmith Journalist" and "Leave it to Psmith".. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOST SOULS Gay punk vampires on drugs and booze create mayhem across the American south - and help bring two young rock musicians to an awareness of their homosexual love for each other.. Author:BRITE, POPPY Z.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE JACK THE RIPPER An updated and revised edition of this examination of the facts, theories and fictions surrounding Jack the Ripper.. Author:RUMBELOW, DONALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIDEOUS KINKY This novel is about a feckless young mother and her two daughters in Morocco in the 1960s. While mum immerses herself in the Sufi religion, the children begin to rebel: Bea insists on going to school while the five-year-old narrator dreams of mashed potato.. Author:FREUD, ESTHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PICTUREGOERS The Palladium, Brickley, is the haunting setting for this novel. Here is a seedy Saturday night venue which attracts people searching for something new in their lives. Mark, Clare and Father Kipling are just three of the characters featured.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORMCHILD The story of Tim Blackburn's search for his missing daughter, Nicole, who disappeared in the company of Caspar von Rellsteb, an environmental activist, who believes the only way to save the planet is through ruthless force. The author also wrote "Crackdown", "Wildtrack" and "Sea Lord".. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ABOUT TIME Looks at the highly challenging, scientific problems currently surrounding the question of time - the age of the universe, the relative nature of time and faster-than-light communication.. Author:DAVIES, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED DWARF OMNIBUS Contains the books "Red Dwarf" and "Better than Life". Celebrating his birthday on a pub crawl around London, Lister ended up three million years from Earth. He is joined by a hologram, a senile computer, a deranged mechanoid and the best-dressed entity "Cat" abroad the Red Dwarf.. Author:NAYLOR, GRANT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOU ARE A MATHEMATICIAN Offers an introduction to the nature of mathematical thinking, intended as an equivalent of W.W. Sawyer's book "Mathematician's Delight" published in 1943.. Author:WELLS, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ART OF FICTION A collection of articles which appeared in "The Independent on Sunday" for 50 weeks between 1991 and 1992. The art of fiction is considered under a wide range of headings, such as the intrusive author, suspense, the epistolary novel, time-shift, magic realism and symbolism.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARACTER OF PHYSICAL LAW Based on Feynman's "Messenger Lectures", given at Cornell and filmed by the BBC, this book explores the nature of the laws of physics (in particular, those of Newton, Maxwell and Einstein) and their relationship to mathematical formulation.. Author:FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LANGUAGE INSTINCT Looks at one of the most fundamental of our species' distinguishing characteristics: the use of language. The author argues that our language abilities are part of our genetic inheritance, not a cultural artefact, and that language is a basic human instinct.. Author:PINKER, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MORALITY PLAY A novel about a group of travelling players touring England in 1390 in the years following the Black Death. Tired of presenting the usual mystery plays they decide to re-enact a murder that has recently taken place in the town they are visiting. This has unforeseen consequences as they are forced to confront the real story of death.. Author:UNSWORTH, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFTER HANNIBAL Set amidst Umbria's landscape of desires and memories, a cast of characters collide in a web of deceit, greed and fallibility. At the centre of these overlapping stories is the cunning lawyer, Mancini, who has an unerring ability to predict and control events.. Author:UNSWORTH, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLEOPATRA'S SISTER Set in an imaginary country somewhere between Egypt and Libya, this book looks at the choices and lives of two central characters - Howard Beamish, a palaeontologist, and Lucy Faulkner, a journalist. Their stories are bound with tales of Callimbia from the time of Berenice, Cleopatra's sister.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAUGHTERS OF ISIS An examination of the daily routine of dynastic Egypt from a female viewpoint, using a combination of historical, archaeological and ethnographic evidence to review those aspects of life most relevent to women.. Author:TYLDESLEY, JOYCE (HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW, SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, CLASSICS AND ORIENTAL STUDIES, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNKNOWN MATISSE 1869-1908 In this biography containing accounts of his early years and originally published in 1998, Hilary Spurling sheds an entirely new light on the humiliations and failures that Matisse had to overcome in order to develop into the greatest French painter of this century.. Author:SPURLING, HILARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF HISTORIC SPEECHES This is a companion volume to the "Penguin Book of 20th Century Speeches". It goes further back, to the pre-modern speeches: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Robespierre, Gladstone's Midlothian Campaign, Nelson at Trafalgar and the classical orators.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISTS OF AVALON Morgaine, gifted with the Sight and fated with her brother-lover's doom, recounts the glorious tragedy of Camelot's brief flowering - not as a tale of knightly deeds, but as a woman's rounded view of society in the crucible of change.. Author:BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REDCOAT An adventure set around the American War of Independence. First published in the early 1980s, it displays all the hallmarks of Cornwell's contemporary bestsellers, while the historical setting gives it an even more widespread appeal. By the author of "Crackdown", "Wildtrack" and "Sea Lord".. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WILDTRACK Falklands veteran, Nick Sandman, VC, dreamed of restoring the ocean yacht "Sycorax" to its former glory. But he wasn't prepared for the devil's bargain he made with egomaniac TV star Tony Bannister - or the peril he sailed into on his very first voyage. By the author of "Sea Lord" and "Crackdown".. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEA LORD Wandering sea gypsy Johnny Rossendale is caught up in a series of violent events as he investigates the strange history of a painting, the most treasured part of his family's inheritance. But Johnny, Earl of Stowey, has eight centuries of robber-baron blood in his veins, all boiling for revenge.. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRACKDOWN Nick Breakspear, son of a famous actor, finds his efforts to free an American politician's children from drugs lead him and his boat into danger. When you cross the Colombian cocaine barons, you're asking for war. By the author of "Sea Lord", "Wildtrack" and "Peeping Tom".. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCOUNDREL Paul Shanahan, the owner of a yacht delivery business in Belgium, now lives a peaceful existence after a terrorist-active life. An old colleague's request for the secret transport of a large amount of gold is a welcome return to the fold - but it turns out to be a deadly business.. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUINCUNX This reissued Victorian novel has a 16-pp appendix added in which the author traces out some of the puzzles in the book.. Author:PALLISER, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEMORIES OF THE FORD ADMINISTRATION The narrator receives a questionnaire asking for his memories and impressions of Gerald Ford's presidential administration. But he finds himself straying away from politics in the Seventies towards sex, adultery, guilt, and to his unfinished biography of the 19th-century President Buchanan.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROSES OF NO MAN'S LAND Drawing on the experiences of survivors of World War I, the author wrote a story of courage and endurance: the story of men who suffered physical and mental wounds; of volunteer nurses transported from their drawing rooms into carnage; and of doctors struggling to cope with the devastation.. Author:MACDONALD, LYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOMME Looks at the Battle of the Somme, which was planned as "The Big Push" that would at last break the long stalemate on the Western Front in World War I. However the 18 divisions that went over the top between Arras and St-Quentin on the morning of 1 July 1916, walked into a carnage.. Author:MACDONALD, LYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSAYS . Author:MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE "Mount Improbable" is Dawkins's metaphor for natural selection, and the central message of this text is that DNA transcends the significance of the organism, and that organisms are merely vehicles for genes.. Author:DAWKINS, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ART OF THE ADVOCATE Every day, in every court and tribunal, advocates represent us all - Crown and defendant, landlord and tenant, rich and poor, honest and false alike. What are the duties to court and client? This book surveys the role of advocates at every stage of their work.. Author:CANN, RICHARD DU. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEART OF INDIA Imbued with his love for India, and informed by his experience of India (where he worked for the BBC for over 20 years), Mark Tully has woven together a series of stories set in Uttar Pradesh, which tell of very different lives.. Author:TULLY, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WRITINGS ON IRISH FOLKLORE, LEGEND AND MYTH Through his researches into Irish folklore, legend and myth, Yeats was attempting to discover a specifically Irish imagination and to create a movement in literature enriched by a vital native tradition. This collection brings together all of Yeats's published prose writings on the subject.. Author:YEATS, W.B.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHADOWS ON THE GRASS . Author:DINESEN, ISAK BLIXEN, KAREN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUNTERFEITERS . Author:GIDE, ANDRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NIGGER OF THE "NARCISSUS" A dying sailor casts a pall over the other crew members of the Narcissus, as it sails home to London from Bombay.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHADOW LINE . Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE LIVES . Author:STEIN, GERTRUDE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY Mrs and Mrs Spragg are hoping to forge an entree into society and arrange a suitably ambitious match for their only daughter. As she unfolds the story of Undine Spragg, from New York to Europe, the author offers a detailed glimpse of upper-class America.. Author:WHARTON, EDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HELENA The life of the Empress Helena coincided with the recognition of Christianity as the religion of the Roman Empire. Helena made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OLD WIVES' TALE Victorian novel set in the pottery district of Staffordshire and France during the Siege of Paris.. Author:BENNETT, ARNOLD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TYPHOON This volume is arranged as Conrad himself ordered the stories. It comprises "Typhoon", "Falk", "Amy Foster" and "Tomorrow". The book also includes "One Day More", a one-act play based on "Tomorrow".. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIRE NEXT TIME . Author:BALDWIN, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATHER AND SON "Father and Son" is the record of Gosse's struggle to "fashion his inner life for himself" - a record of whose full and subversive implications the author was unaware, as Peter Abbs notes in his introduction.. Author:GOSSE, EDMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY CHILDHOOD . Author:GOR'KII, MAKSIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD Conveys, with the immediacy of cinema, the impression of a nation in ferment and disintegration. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives us a record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally siezed power.. Author:REED, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE LEARNING Waugh writes of the eccentric men and women who contributed to his genius. His childhood was mostly warm and bright, his days at school mainly unagreeable, but his life at Oxford was hedonistic. He remembers his generation there, and closes with his experiences as a schoolmaster.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS . Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMINENT VICTORIANS In this biography, Strachey exposes the self-seeking ambitions of Cardinal Manning and the manipulative, neurotic Florence Nightingale; and in his essays on Dr Arnold and General Gordon, he looks at the public-school system and the whole structure of 19th-century liberal values.. Author:STRACHEY, LYTTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED PLAYS A selection of 18 of Yeats's plays, arranged chronologically, including "The Shadowy Waters", "The Hour Glass", "The Cat and the Moon", "Deirdre", "The Dreaming of the Bones", and "The Death of Cuchulain".. Author:YEATS, W.B.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STUDIES IN CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE . Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY . Author:CHESTERTON, G.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNTOUCHABLE . Author:ANAND, MULK RAJ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON REVOLUTION . Author:ARENDT, HANNAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STATE AND REVOLUTION The introduction to this edition covers the writing of "The State and Revolution", the 1917 revolution itself, Marxist influences on Lenin, what Lenin aimed to cover, the Bolshevik seizure of power, the furore over the book's publication and its implications for political theory.. Author:LENIN, V.I.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME Essays on race, politics and literature by the author of "Go Tell it on the Mountain", "Giovanni's Room", "Another Country" and "Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone".. Author:BALDWIN, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOING TO MEET THE MAN A collection of short stories concerned with the subject of racial conflict. The title story is of a man whose hatred has its origins in a scene from his childhood, where his parents and others watch with jubilation, the mutilation and lynching of a black "criminal".. Author:BALDWIN, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS James Greene's translations of Mandelstam's poetry have been widely praised by, among others, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Donald Davie, Joseph Brodsky, Peter Redgrove and Martin Dodsworth. This book provides a collection of these translations.. Author:MANDEL'SHTAM, OSIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOUTH WITH THE HEART OF DARKNESS AND THE END OF THE TETHER The introduction discusses the link between the three works and then discusses more specific issues - the recent attack on Conrad as racist by Achebe, and Conrad as imperialist by Trilling - as well as looking at how the narratives achieve their effects.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MALGUDI DAYS A collection of 32 stories in which the author portrays an astrologer, a snake-charmer, a postman, a vendor of pies and chappatis - all kinds of people, drawn in full colour and domestic detail. The imaginary city of Malgudi springs to life, revealing the essence of India and of human experience.. Author:NARAYAN, R.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GUIDE Raju's first stop after his release from prison is the barber's shop. Then he decides to take refuge in an abandoned temple. Raju used to be India's most corrupt tourist guide - but now a peasant mistakes him for a holy man. Gradually, he begins to play the part.. Author:NARAYAN, R.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN-EATER OF MALGUDI Nataraj, owner of a small, friendly printing press in the enchanted city of Malgudi, has never been very successful at making enemies - until he meets Vasu. Almost accidentally Vasu, a taxidermist, moves into Nataraj's attic, brining an alarming stuffed jungle into Nataraj's house.. Author:NARAYAN, R.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PAINTER OF SIGNS Raman is considering giving up sign painting when he meets Daisy of the Family Planning Centre. Daisy has made up her mind to be modern and is now dedicated to bringing birth control to the people. This is a bittersweet story of love getting in the way of progress.. Author:NARAYAN, R.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VENDOR OF SWEETS While the colourful sweetmeats were frying in the kitchen, Jagun would immerse himself in his copy of the "Bhagavad Gita". A widower, Jagan harbours an affection for his son Mali. But even Jagan's patience begins to fray when Mali descends on the sleepy city of Malgudi full of modern notions.. Author:NARAYAN, R.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POEMS With the exception of some verse which remains in copyright with the Joyce estate, this volume brings together Joyce's work in the two genres with which he experimented outside prose fiction - poetry and drama. J.C. Mays points to Joyce's use of these forms to deal with private preoccupations.. Author:JOYCE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VOYAGE OUT This novel opens with a party of English people aboard a boat bound for South America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace, a young girl, innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society, books, sex, love and marriage. The author also wrote "Mrs Dalloway" and "A Room of One's Own".. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NIGHT AND DAY This novel opens in Chelsea, at the house of the Hilberys, a family dominated by the memory of their Victorian ancestor, the poet Richard Alardyce. Katharine Hilbery at first acquiesces in favour of marriage to William Rodney, rejecting Ralph Denham for whom she feels a more profound affinity.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JACOB'S ROOM Set in the halcyon days of pre-war innocence, this novel follows the progress of a young man as he passes from adolescence to adulthood in a hazy rite of passage. Wandering from Cornwall to Greece, his character is revealed in a stream of loosely related incidents, thoughts and impressions.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WE In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, nameless numbers, survivors of a devastating war, live out lives devoid of passion and creativity. Until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Reputedly the inspiration for Orwell's 1984.. Author:ZAMIATIN, EVGENII. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS Brings together all D.M. Thomas' acclaimed translations of Akhmatova's poems. It includes "Requiem", her poem of the Stalinist Terror and "Poem Without a Hero".. Author:AKHMATOVA, ANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS This bilingual edition provides samples from Neruda's many books, including "Veinte Poemas de Amor" (1924), "Canto General" (1950) and "La Barcarola" (1967).. Author:NERUDA, PABLO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN WHO DISAPPEARED Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, he throws himself into the strange experiences that lie before him as he makes his way into the interior of the continent. Like Kafka's other great novels, this remains unfinished.. Author:KAFKA, FRANZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIS WAY FOR THE GAS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Published in Poland after World War II, Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories show atrocious crimes becoming an unremarkable part of a daily routine. Prisoners eat, work, sleep and fall in love a few yards from where other prisoners are systematically slaughtered.. Author:BOROWSKI, TADEUSZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CALL OF THE WILD Includes "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang" and other stories written by Jack London.. Author:LONDON, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHANCE Flora de Barral is the slender, dreamy, morbidly charming daughter of a financier. Neglected by her bankrupt father and rejected by her governess, drifting into abstraction and despair, Flora takes refuge at sea on Captain Anthony's ship.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WINESBURG, OHIO A collection of short stories, which lays bare the life of a small town in the American Midwest. The central character is George Willard, a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle, to whom one by one the town's inhabitants confide their hopes, dreams and fears. From the author of WINDY MCPHERSON'S SON, MARCHING MEN and DARK LAUGHTER.. Author:ANDERSON, SHERWOOD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS Includes all the poems from the incomplete "Collected Poems" of 1929 and from the separate smaller volumes issued during Lawrence's lifetime; uncollected poems; an appendix of juvenilia and another containing variants and early drafts; and all Lawrence's critical introductions to his poems.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUMMER First published in 1916, thi is a tale of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams played out against the lush, summer backdrop of the Massachusetts Berkshires.. Author:WHARTON, EDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED STORIES These 80 stories displays O. Henry's comic eye and ironic approach to life's realities. These stories are about con men and tricksters, and "innocent" deceivers, about fate, luck and conncidence.. Author:HENRY, O.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KOLYMA TALES This is a one-volume selection of the short stories of Varlam Shalamov.. Author:SHALAMOV, VARLAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAMAYANA SHORTENED MODERN PROSE VERSION OF THE INDIAN EPIC This selection from the great classic of Indian literature is the heroic tale of Prince Rama. The stories chief episodes are Rama's courtship of the youthful Sita, their exile, Sita's abduction, the search, and the great battle with Ravana, her abductor.. Author:VALMIKI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUSE OF MIRTH Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City. She is 29 and seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and all the trappings of wealth. Her quest comes to a scandalous end when she is accused of being the mistress of a wealthy man.. Author:WHARTON, EDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ETHAN FROME Ethan works his unproductive farm, and struggles to maintain an existence with his suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's cousin enters their household as a "hired girl", Ethan finds himself obsessed with her and with the possibilities for happiness she comes to represent.. Author:WHARTON, EDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM This report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in "The New Yorker" in 1963. This edition contains further factual material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript commenting on the controversy that arose over her book.. Author:ARENDT, HANNAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MCTEAGUE This is a searing portrait of the downfall of a slow-minded dentist and his avaricious wife which embodies the author's powerful insights into conflicting forces of heredity and social conditioning.. Author:NORRIS, FRANK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARTIN EDEN Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame.. Author:LONDON, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZENO'S CONSCIENCE A saga of a family and an account of addiction and failure as its helpless hero, notionally undergoing psychiatric help, manages spectacularly to fail to give up smoking, run his business or make sense of his private life.. Author:SVEVO, ITALO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOX Contains three books: the first charts the influence of a wounded prisoner upon the wife of an English officer; the second looks at cunning and how it disrupts two women; while the final probes the relationship between a Scottish soldier in occupied Germany and the woman he finds fascinating.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRUSSIAN OFFICER These stories probe previously uncharted depths of feeling and experience. The stories include "The Prussian Officer", "The Thorn In the Flesh", "Daughters of the Vicar", "A Fragment of Stained Glass", "The Shades of Spring" and "Second Best".. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : APOCALYPSE Contains a fierce protest against Christianity, holding it responsible for both the dehumanizing of men and women and the self-glorification of the weak that has brought about "the reign of the pseudo-humble". It also argues against the importance given to all things scientific.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUST ABOVE MY HEAD After the death of Arthur Montana, a world-famous Gospel singer, in a London pub, his friends and loved ones remember his greatness and vulnerability.. Author:BALDWIN, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NORTH OF SOUTH Sets out to answer the question - what do terms like "liberation", "revolution", "African socialism" actually mean to the people who define and use them? The author tells of his journey to Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique.. Author:NAIPAUL, SHIVA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SISTER CARRIE The story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man. Published in 1900, its subject matter and Dreiser's non-moralistic approach made it highly controversial and hence, heavilly edited. In this restored version, the revolutionary nature of the novel is evident.. Author:DREISER, THEODORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LABELS From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - Waugh describes the local colour as he cruises around the Mediterranean as an Englishman abroad.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDER WESTERN EYES A story of revolutionaries set in Swizerland and Russia. Conrad's intention was to render not so much the political but the psychological state of Russia in 1911.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED SHORT STORIES An English translation of 20 stories selected from different stages of Tagore's life. The book contains an introduction elucidating the connections between the stories and Tagore's life, as well as the stories' relations to the European genres.. Author:TAGORE, RABINDRANATH. Discounted by 21%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD This text contains W.B. Yeats's "The Countess Cathleen", J.M. Synge's "The Playboy of The Western World" and Sean O'Casey's "Cock-a-Doodle Dandy".. Author:SYNGE, JOHN M. YEATS, W.B. O'CASEY, SEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDER MILK WOOD This is Dylan Thomas's most famous and popular work. The play is an evocation of the inhabitants of Llareggub, a mythical Welsh seaside community, revealed within the cycle of one day.. Author:THOMAS, DYLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS Admired and loved for their ingenuity and potency, Dylan Thomas's poems celebrate the inner and outer landscapes in the face of mortality and decay, human weakness and shortcomings. This text presents a selection of his poetry.. Author:THOMAS, DYLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS A selection of R.S. Thomas' poetry, taken from his collected poems, published to celebrate his 80th birthday.. Author:THOMAS, R.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEPHISTO Hendrik Hofgen, an unknown actor obsessed with fame, renounces his wife and mistress when the Nazis come to power. The culmination of his ascent into Nazi society comes with his performance as the demonic Mephisto. Hofgen then must face the moral consequences of his rise to fame.. Author:MANN, KLAUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS This is a new translation by Michael Hamburger of a selection of Paul Celan's poems. The poet, who died in 1970, remains one of the most important twentieth-century German poets since Rilke.. Author:CELAN, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MODERN TIMES Part of the PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS series, this book brings together a collection of Sartrean gems, many of which have never been translated into English before. From writings on food and sex to a mini portrait of his great friend and rival, Albert Camus, the volume contains an amazing sweep of thematically organized writing.. Author:SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR A collection of new translations of Pirandello's plays. Included are: "Six Characters in Search of an Author", "Henry IV" and "It Is So If You Think It Is".. Author:PIRANDELLO, LUIGI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOLDEN BOUGH This edition contains Sir James Frazer's own abridgement of "The Golden Bough", a survey of myth, magic and religion throughout the world, spanning many centuries.. Author:FRAZER, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DANGLING MAN Take a man waiting - waiting between the two worlds of civilian life and the army, suspended between two identities - and you have a man who, perhaps for the first time in his life, is really free. However, freedom can be a noose around a man's neck.. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VICTIM Leventhal is a natural victim; a man uncertain of himself, never free from the nagging suspicion that the other guy may be right. So when he meets a down-at-heel stranger in the park one day and finds himself being accused of ruining the man's life, he half believes it.. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HENDERSON THE RAIN KING Henderson has come to Africa on a spiritual safari, a quest for "the truth." His feats of strength, his passion for life, and, most importantly, his inadvertant "success" in bringing rain have made him a god-like figure among the tribes.. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMBOLDT'S GIFT A chronicle of success and failure, this work is Bellow's tale of the writer's life in America. When Humboldt dies a failure in a seedy New York hotel, Charlie Citrine coping with the tribulations of his own success, begins to realize the significance of his own life.. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON A new edition of "The Complete Poems of William Empson" with a full critical apparatus within the Penguin English Poets series.. Author:EMPSON, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGE OF INNOCENCE When the Countess Olenska, separated from her husband and bearing an independence and impulsive awareness of life, returns into the old New York society, she stirs the educated sensitivity of Newland Archer, who is engaged to be married to May Welland, the Countess' cousin.. Author:WHARTON, EDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPECIES OF SPACES AND OTHER PIECES This selection of non-fictional work from the author of "Life, a User's Manual", demonstrates Georges Perec's characteristic lightness of touch, wry humour and accessibility.. Author:PEREC, GEORGES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOULS OF BLACK FOLK Originally published in 1903, this work examines the veiled nature of black life and black "invisibility" within society. By describing his own encounters, Du Bois is concerned with the separation of the races, through segregation, psychology and through the attitudes of whites towards blacks.. Author:DUBOIS, W.E.B.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAGUS OF STROVOLOS In this book Markides combines the scepticism of a trained sociologist with the passion of a disciple to explore the inner world and beliefs of the Magus of Strovolos.. Author:MARKIDES, KYRIACOS C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN . Author:GURDJIEFF, G.I.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TAO TE CHING A text of the "Tao Te Ching", the famous Chinese work of literature, both philosophical speculation and mystical reflection, about the harmony and flow of life and the necessity for affinity to it.. Author:LAU, D.C. LAO ZI TZU, LAO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BE AS YOU ARE . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZEN IN THE ART OF ARCHERY In this text, Eugen Herrigel gives an honest account of how he was an intitiated, step-by-step, into the "Great Doctrine" of archery.. Author:HERRIGEL, EUGEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNEY TO IXTLAN The third book in a series recording Castaneda's initiation into the mysteries of sorcery under the guidance of the Yaqui Indian, don Juan. It reveals how Castaneda learns the wisdom of the hunter - he who is "without routines, free, fluid, unpredictable".. Author:CASTANEDA, CARLOS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN Castaneda's first book in the Don Juan series. He meets Don Juan and is introduced to his magical world and philosophy by means of hallucinogenic plants and special exercises. The author's other books include "The Fire Within" and "The Quest for Ixtlan".. Author:CASTANEDA, CARLOS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONTINUUM CONCEPT The "continuum" is the whole of our environment, from family to society to species. Liedloff's encounters with South American Indians led her to redefine western people's relationship to their continuum, in a way which contributes to health and well-being.. Author:LIEDLOFF, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SLEEPWALKERS This book is intended to be a concise account of the history of science in Western civilization from the Babylonians to Newton. Koestler attempts to demonstrate that during this period the astronomer as philospher enabled the peaceful co-existence of science and humanities in one vocation.. Author:KOESTLER, ARTHUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MYTH OF THE GODDESS In this study the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judaeo-Christian images of the divine. The book explains what happened to the goddess, when and how she was excluded.. Author:BARING, ANNE CASHFORD, JULES POST, LAURENS VAN DER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MYSTICISM AND THE NEW PHYSICS Mystics and "idealists" have always propounded the idea that the world is an illusion. Now quantum physics is putting forward theories that reinforce this belief.. Author:TALBOT, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PROPHET First published in the 1920s, this book attempts to provide the reader with an inspirational, allegorical guide to living. Gibran has his protagonist, called simply the prophet, deliver spiritual, yet practical, homilies on a wide variety of topics central to daily life.. Author:GIBRAN, KAHLIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIOENERGETICS Analyzes common complaints such as headaches and lower-back pain and shows how they can be overcome by releasing the muscular tension that creates them. Through bioenergetic exercise, physical pain can be dissolved and emotion released, leading to a new sense of confidence and well-being.. Author:LOWEN, ALEXANDER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALL AND EVERYTHING AN OBJECTIVELY IMPARTIAL CRITICISM OF THE LIFE OF MAN, OR BEELZEBUB'S TALES TO HIS GRANDSON This is a cosmological epic. It examines human life on Earth from the viewpoint of beings belonging to a distant world, led by the "all-wise Beelzebub".. Author:GURDJIEFF, G.I.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF CHUANG TZU A Chinese classic, the "Chuang Tzu" was written sometime in the 14th century BC, and consists of original teachings, stories, tales and jokes told by Master Chuang. Development of what later became known as Taoism lies in his advocacy of change as fundamental to life.. Author:BREUILLY, ELIZABETH PALMER, MARTIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT Born under the shadow of French colonial rule in Upper Volta, West Africa, the author was taken from his tribe and virtually imprisoned by a Jesuit priest in a seminary. He lived there for 15 years and, at 19, he went back to his own people, the Dagara. This is his story.. Author:SOME, MALIDOMA PATRICE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONKS OF WAR Presents a general history of the military religious orders that have appeared since the 18th century. The text tells the whole story of the role they played in defending the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, recreating such epic events as the sieges of Rhodes and Malta.. Author:SEWARD, DESMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEALING POWER OF MIND An account of how meditation techniques can improve one's ability to cope in the modern world, enhancing every aspect of life. Based on ancient Mahayana Buddhism, the book invites the reader to awaken to the healing power through images and sounds, positive perceptions and soothing feelings.. Author:THONDUP, TULKU. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BROKEN WINGS Set in turn-of-the-century Beirut, this is the story of a young man who falls in love with a women betrothed to the nephew of a leading churchman. When their secret meetings are discovered, she is confined to the house and their beautiful dreams are crushed by a cruel and repressive society.. Author:GIBRAN, KAHLIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BELOVED A selection of writings on love, marriage and the spiritual union of souls. This is a translation of one of Gibran's major Arabic texts, adding a fresh dimension to the understanding of his work.. Author:GIBRAN, KAHLIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VISION For Gibran, no single religious tradition revealed the truth, so he wove together insights from Eastern Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, American Transcendentalism and folklore from his native Lebanon. This is a collection of 24 meditations, essays and prose poems on the spiritual life.. Author:GIBRAN, KAHLIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHIRON AND THE HEALING JOURNEY An astrological reference book concentrating on the meaning of Chiron in the horoscope. It contains information on Chiron through astrological house, sign and aspect as well as ephemerides from 1900 to 2030.. Author:REINHART, MELANIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALL AND EVERYTHING LIFE IS REAL ONLY THEN, WHEN "I AM" Trained in Kars as both a priest and a physician, Gurdjieff travelled for 20 years in the remotest areas of Central Asia and the Middle East - a crucial time in the moulding of his thought. This volume is mainly autobiographical, and includes a series of talks that he gave to his pupils.. Author:GURDJIEFF, G.I.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BUDDHISM PLAIN AND SIMPLE This work provides a clear, straightforward treatise on Buddhism in general and awareness in particular. The author's observations and insights are plain, practical and down-to-earth and deal exclusively with the present, not with theory, speculation or belief in some far-off time or place.. Author:HAGEN, STEVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCOTTISH NATION Overturning many assumptions about Scotland's history, this book takes both traditional topics and new themes, making them fascinating and accessible for those wanting to understand the recent development of this historic nation, as the first Scottish Parliament since 1707 prepares to meet in the summer of 2000.. Author:DEVINE, T.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEACH YOURSELF TO THINK Thinking is the most fundamental skill. This book provides a clear easy-to-follow five-stage structure as a framework for thinking, which aims to broaden the ability to respond to and cope with a vast range of situations.. Author:BONO, EDWARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Contains 25 short stories set in or about London, commissioned by "Time Out" magazine to celebrate their 25th aniversary in 1993.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STRANGE PILGRIMS Contains 12 stories by a Nobel Prize-winner - all linked by placing Latin Americans in European settings. The narrator is often Gabriel Garcia Marquez himself - or the recorder of someone else's story, a reporter. They reveal a narrator in love with life stories.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLEADING GUILTY Mack Malloy is a partner in one of Kindle County's top law firms. An ex-cop who joined the firm on a wave of enthusiasm and optimism, he now feels himself to be on the way down, and possibly out. Bert Kamin, gifted, erratic and combative, is one of the firm's star litigators and he has disappeared.. Author:TUROW, SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : 30-MINUTE COOK Designed for those who want to recreate the food eaten on their travels, but find most recipes off-puttingly complicated, and the ready-made meals on the supermarkets bland and dull by comparison. This book contains 250 recipes, including Indian, Thai, Chinese, Middle Eastern and Mexican cuisine.. Author:SLATER, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BERLIN NOIR Ex-policeman Bernie thought he'd seen everything on the streets of 1930s Berlin. Then he went freelance and each case he tackled sucked him further into the excesses of Nazi sub-culture. And even after the war Bernie uncovered a legacy that made the wartime atrocities look lily-white by comparison.. Author:KERR, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WINTER KING Derfel, once a captain in Arthur's warband, recalls the days of Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and Bishop Sansum. But, above all, it tells the story of Arthur, the only man who can hold Uther's throne for its infant heir, and unite Britain's squabbling kingdoms against the enemy.. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY CHURCH Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world. The author paints a portrait of the early Christians, constructed out of a mosaic of ancient sources.. Author:CHADWICK, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED STORIES . Author:TREVOR, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENEMY OF GOD The second book in a trilogy telling the story of Arthur. After one last battle, Arthur will rule a peaceful land. But, unlike Merlin, Arthur has forgotten the Gods, who thrive on chaos. Arthur's plans are thrown into turmoil, as the search for the 13 sacred objects to restore the Gods begins.. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REAL FAST PUDDINGS This volume contains over 200 recipes and hundreds of ideas for fast puddings that take up to 30 minutes to make, though many can be achieved in 10 minutes or less. The desserts are divided into four sections - Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.. Author:SLATER, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXCALIBUR A story of love, war, loyalty and betrayal that begins with the failure of Lancelot's rebellion and the ruin of Arthur's marriage. Sensing disunity, the Saxons declare war. However, Arthur is victorious at Mount Badon, but the promises he made come back to haunt him after years of peace and glory.. Author:CORNWELL, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SNOW CRASH In the future the only relief from the sea of logos is the computer-generated universe of virtual reality? But now a strange computer virus, called Snow Crash, is striking down hackers, leaving an unlikely young man as humankind's last hope. This book is shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.. Author:STEPHENSON, NEAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF WAR Soldiers, poets, novelists and journalists have often endeavoured to commit to paper the experience of war. This anthology gathers material from the annals of military history - from Thucydides to Rommel - to evoke personal or collective heroism and observations of warfare.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF PERU A general history for the student and general reader of the cultures and civilizations of pre-Hispanic Peru from pre-history to the Conquest which incorporates the discoveries of recent archaeological and textual investigations.. Author:DAVIES, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY IDEA OF FUN Ian Wharton is a rather sad, lonely boy, growing up in a small town in Sussex, dominated by his over-sexual mother. He becomes the familiar of Samuel Northcliffe, a ridiculously obese caravan dweller and neighbour who intimidates and enchants Ian into a Faustian pact.. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUANTITY THEORY OF INSANITY A collection of short stories by the author of the novellas "Cock and Bull" and the novel "My Idea of Fun". The book won the 1993 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAMILY ROMANCE A novel centring on the relationship between the classic Brookner heroine (only child, soon bereft of parents, alone in depressing flat) who becomes a feminist academic, and her pleasure-loving French aunt who's into men and bridge parties.. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUIET LIFE People thought nothing could disturb the even tenor of Alan's family life. But they didn't know about his sister Madge's forbidden passion or his mother's disappearances. This novel was first published in 1976.. Author:BAINBRIDGE, BERYL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT A CARVE UP! Michael is a lonely writer, obsessed by a film featuring a mad knifeman. When he is commissioned to write the family history of the Winshaws he realizes that the family have cast a blight on his life and he decides to take his revenge by re-enacting his favourite film.. Author:COE, JONATHAN. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : OLEANDER, JACARANDA This autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself and her memories as an insight into how children see and know. It is a look at Egypt up to, and including, World War II from a small girl's point of view.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL REALITY This short treatise looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a "five-pound note" with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch.. Author:SEARLE, JOHN R.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUGGLING Christina and Pam are sisters less than a year apart in age. Pam is tall and black-haired, while Christina is small and fair. Brought up in New York, they are sent to an English boarding school where they meet two boys, Peter and Jago. As the years pass, the four meet and part.. Author:TRAPIDO, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOU'LL GET OVER IT The death of her own father made the author question the "stages of grief" pinpointed by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Her researches since have indicated that many people find grief a more chaotic and violent process, and this book looks at the shock, anger, guilt, powerlessness and fear of bereavement.. Author:IRONSIDE, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE WITH AN IDIOT Presents a definitive collection of short fiction, originally written between 1978 and 1990, by one of Russia's most controversial avant-garde authors that capture the death throes of the Soviet Union and the author's rebellion against Soviet values. By the author of Russian Beauty. Original.. Author:EROFEYEV, VICTOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GHOST ROAD Based on a mix of real and imagined characters and events, this book concentrates on Sarah, a young woman working in a munitions factory, and on Wilfred Owen. The position of women has been a sub-theme throughout the books and here it moves to the forefront. The 1995 Booker Prize winner.. Author:BARKER, PAT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HABSBURGS This is a history of the rise to power and eventual decline of the Habsburg empire. This episode in history covers three centuries and traces their area of influence of almost all the countries of Europe. Material from both Spanish and Austrian archives has been used for this book.. Author:WHEATCROFT, ANDREW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRAZIL Tristao Raposa, a 19-year-old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an 18-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copocabana Beach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to Brazil's wild west.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FISH, FISHING AND THE MEANING OF LIFE An anthology containing a selection of writing on fishing. It includes fictional and non-fictional, historical and contemporary writing, with comments by Jeremy Paxman on his own fishing adventures.. Author:PAXMAN, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CATCHER IN THE RYE A 16-year old American boy relates in his own words the experiences he goes through at school and after, and reveals with unusual candour the workings of his own mind. What does a boy in his teens think and feel about his teachers, parents, friends and acquaintances?. Author:SALINGER, J.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS Two stories, in the original American text, by the author of "The Catcher in the Rye" and "For Esme with Love and Squalor".. Author:SALINGER, J.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRANNY AND ZOOEY Written by the author of "The Catcher in the Rye", this book includes the original American text of two stories, "Franny" and "Zooey".. Author:SALINGER, J.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOR ESME-WITH LOVE AND SQUALOR, AND OTHER STORIES The original American text of "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"; "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut"; "The Laughing Man"; "Down at the Dinghy"; "Just Before the War with the Eskimos"; "For Esme - With Love and Squalor"; "Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes"; "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" and "Teddy".. Author:SALINGER, J.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BASS CULTURE The first full-scale history of reggae music, from Calypso of the post-war years up to the incredible surge of interest in the 1990s. This book will explain the historical and social background of reggae, crucial to our understanding of its development.. Author:BRADLEY, LLOYD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLUE AFTERNOON In the 1930s, Kay Fischer is a modernist architect. When she is approached by a stranger claiming to be her father, she is uncertain how to react. But as he pursues her, she finds herself drawn to him and when he asks her to accompany him on a mysterious pilgrimage to Lisbon, she accepts.. Author:BOYD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFRICAN NIGHTS Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes. The author refers glancingly to the deaths of her husband and son, covering family issues, the conservation and preservation of the animals around her and the fear and beauty of being lost in the bush at night.. Author:GALLMANN, KUKI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOTEL PASTIS Simon Shaw is 42, freshly divorced and tired. As he surveys the desolation of his former home in the wake of his ex-wife, he yearns for a life free of complications. But somehow a short break in the warm seductive air of Provence quickly turns into something more.. Author:MAYLE, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRAWING BLOOD Zach is a computer hacker who looks like Edward Scissorhands, and Trevor, a comics artist, is traumatized by his father's murder of his mother and brother 20 years previously. Both on the run from their pasts, they end up as lovers in the town of Missing Mile. By the author of "Lost Skulls".. Author:BRITE, POPPY Z.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOON'S A BALLOON Takes readers back to David Niven's childhood days, his humiliating expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. After the war, he returned to America and there came his Hollywood success in films such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Around the World in 80 Days".. Author:NIVEN, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIBLE, THE OLD TESTAMENT ACCORDING TO SPIKE MILLIGAN An irreverent, but funny spoof of the Old Testament in which, in his own inimitable fashion, Spike Milligan gives his version of many of the best-known biblical stories.. Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUARANTINE Four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. They encounter the evil merchant, Musa, who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, a faint figure in the distance, fasting for 40 days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles.. Author:CRACE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEING DEAD The author ponders the redemptive power of secular love in this novel. Their bodies had expired, but anyone looking at them could see that Joseph and Celice were still devoted, the couple seemed to have achieved a peace the world denies, a period of grace, defying even murder. They were still man and wife, quietly resting, dead but not yet departed. Author:CRACE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIDDEN LIVES This is Margaret Forster's autobiography, following the lives of her grandmother, her mother and herself. Covering a period of 100 years of British history, her story starts in working class origins in Carlisle and mirrors the fortunes of three generations of British womanhood.. Author:FORSTER, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FELICIA'S JOURNEY When Felicia takes off in search of the father of her child, this novel takes a surprising turn as she is submerged into the modern English urban landscape, encountering both the kindness and the cruelty of strangers. This novel won the 1994 Whitbread Book of the Year Award.. Author:TREVOR, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF GARDEN WRITING First published in 1996 by Viking. The author traces the history of garden design and presents a collection of the characters who have peopled the gardens through the ages. Brings together a mix of writers of prose, poetry and drama through the centuries who have described the elements of gardening and garden-making.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIGH SOCIETY IN THE REGENCY PERIOD This social history of the Regency Period chronicles the manners, the morals and the attitudes of everyone from dandies to pugilists, duchesses to courtesans. Also, the art of caricature flourished during the Regency and this book contains examples from artists such as Gillray and Cruikshank.. Author:MURRAY, VENETIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IDORU Set in futuristic Tokyo, rebuilt after an earthquake, this is the story of a rock star who decides to marry a non-existent, virtual reality girl; the bemused American security consultant who has been sent to take care of him; and a teenage fan.. Author:GIBSON, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EU LAW Brought fully up to date in light of the Treaty of Amsterdam, this 3rd edition gives the essential background to an understanding of the operation of the European Union. It examines in detail its legal structure and includes a new chapter on consumer and environmental policy.. Author:WEATHERILL, STEPHEN BEAUMONT, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN ON THE MOON On the 25th anniversary of the first landing on the moon, the story of the first men to visit another world. Through the eyes of the astronauts training to land on the moon, this book reveals previously unknown personal details as the author chronicles the Apollo missions.. Author:CHAIKIN, ANDREW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMERICAN SLAVERY An overview of slavery in America in the period between 1619 and 1877. From its origins in the colonial era, the book explores racial attitudes and the development of the social structures of the old South, the characteristics of slave culture and finally the road to abolition.. Author:KOLCHIN, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DARK CONTINENT This history of 20th-century Europe expands the frontiers of Europe outwards to include not only Portugal and Ireland but also, and significantly, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. It also overturns the conventional myth of Europe as the cradle of democracy.. Author:MAZOWER, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GAGLOW This novel interweaves the story of Sarah, a pregnant, out-of-work actress, with that of her ancestors in Germany at the time of World War I. For it is only now, as long-since confiscated estate of Gaglow is about to be returned, that the generations can be brought together across the decades.. Author:FREUD, ESTHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY OF AVALON The story is told from the time when Gawen, heir to the royal line, secured the sanctity of Avalon and established it as a sacred place, through to Helen, British princess, and finally of Viviane, who herself must face a new invader and a new danger to Avalon.. Author:BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENCORE PROVENCE This is a continuation of Peter Mayle's account of an Englishman's life abroad. He tells of a school for noses in Haute Provence, the mysterious death of an oversexed butcher, the quest for the finest bouillabaisse and an assortment of characters from bars and boules courts.. Author:MAYLE, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RABBIT, RUN "Rabbit" Angstrom has not outgrown his adolescent triumphs as a school-games hero. Stuck with an alcoholic wife, a child, and a futile job in a banal town, he bounces between a despairing wife and a demanding mistress, and anyone - except "Rabbit" - can see where it will end.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLEAR WATERS RISING Originally published in 1996 by Viking, a travel book describing the author's seventeen-month walk along the chaiin of mountains stretching across Europe from Cape Finistere to Istanbul, exploring the mountain wilderness and meeting its people who live on the periphery of the modern world.. Author:CRANE, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF MODERN HUMOROUS QUOTATIONS A cross-referenced collection of quotations covering the 20th century, with a few exceptions such as Oscar Wilde. Contributors include Woody Allen, Dorothy Parker, Mae West, Morecambe and Wise, and P.G. Wodehouse.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORIGINS OF VIRTUE Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altruism? This text explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering an argument about the paradox of human benevolence.. Author:RIDLEY, MATT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRYPTO Cryptography is of huge importance today as codes are used for securing the Internet, mobile phones and electronic transactions. This book traces the development of this science and describes the conflicts between those that want to keep codes weak and those who want strong codes available to all.. Author:LEVY, STEPHEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVA LUNA The author has invested an unforgettable heroine, placed her against the background of a turbulent South American country, and give her a life where love, politics, tragedy and disaster all play their part. By the author of "The House of the Spirits".. Author:ALLENDE, ISABEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ISTANBUL This is a biography of the city originally known as Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople and now called Istanbul. With a population of 10 million, it's the largest city in Turkey, adorned with splendid monuments of both Ottoman and Byzantium empires.. Author:FREELY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HATCHEPSUT Investigates the life of female pharoah Hatchepsut, whose existence remained unknown up until the 1820s. The text combines archaeological and historical evidence in an attempt to create an accurate portrayal of the woman king who dressed in men's clothes and wore a false beard.. Author:TYLDESLEY, JOYCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NINE PARTS OF DESIRE This is a study of Islamic women and of the often contradictory political, religious and cultural forces that shape their lives. The book argues that there is feminism amongst Islamic women, and that many western stereotypes about the Muslim world are outdated.. Author:BROOKS, GERALDINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONLY WAY TO STOP SMOKING PERMANENTLY Aims to expose the traps of smoking, and to provide smokers with the motivation to break free for ever. The book covers giving up without becoming dependent on a substitute, the myth of weight gain and the particular problems women face when giving up smoking.. Author:CARR, ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW THE MIND WORKS In this follow-up to "The Language Instinct", the author extends the Darwinian cognitive approach of his previous book to the mind in general, covering its aspects from vision, memory and consciousness to humour, fear, lust and anger.. Author:PINKER, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFTERLIFE This is a collection of stories which look back on the past. They include stories of moving to the country as a young boy; of seeing the city house they left behind transformed by other occupants over the years; and the ways in which a strong woman lives on in her only son.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH In his latest novel, Marquez transmutes historical truth into narrative recounting the life of Simon Bolivar. Known as "the liberator" Bolivar, between 1811-24, led the revolutionary armies of South America in a brilliant and gruelling series of campaigns.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PILLARS OF HERCULES This is an account of the author's trip round the Mediterranean. In this modern version of the "Grand Tour", Theroux chooses the difficult route, taking in such adventures as avoiding the crossfire of Croatia, witnessing the near anarchy of Albania, and seeing Israel in a state of siege.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORIGINAL SIN Gerard Etienne, the brilliant new managing director of the Peverell Press, is murdered, and there are many suspects - a discarded mistress, a rejected author and rebellious colleagues. Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a complex puzzle and a killer who is prepared to strike again.. Author:JAMES, P.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PORTABLE ENLIGHTENMENT READER This volume brings together more than 100 selections of works from the 18th century, including examples from Kant, Diderot, Newton and Locke. They demonstrate the impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy and epistemology as well as on political, social and economic institutions.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAITHFULL This is a memoir by Marianne Faithfull, recounting her days in the swinging '60s. She recalls her love and life with Mick Jagger, how Bob Dylan wooed her, the Rolling Stones courted her and finally how drugs trapped her into a world where nothing else mattered but the next fix.. Author:FAITHFULL, MARIANNE DALTON, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BORGES . Author:EDWIN WILLIAMSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS This is a tragic love story, set in the 18th century, evoking the colonial era in Spanish American history. The book looks back at the squalid colonial life in Columbia, with its decaying Criollo aristocracy, black slave quarters, and omnipresent inquisition, bishops and convents.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLATO TO NATO A collection of 14 essays on political thought. They span thinkers such as Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Marx, and end with views of 20th-century philosophers such as Herbert Marcuse and Hannah Arendt.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN SEARCH OF ENGLAND A series of studies of places and characters central to the English mythology of self. The book includes accounts of Kings Arthur and Alfred, Robin Hood, the village of Peatling Magna in Leicestershire, and a farmhouse on Dartmoor which has been continuously inhabited since Domesday.. Author:WOOD, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FREEDOM, THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE LAW:NEW EDITION(8TH) . Author:GEOFFREY ROBERTSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEASON OF BLOOD Fergal Keane was the reporter for the BBC's "Panorama" television documentary on Rwanda. This book, by Keane, is an account of the history of the country, including the colonial period, and an analysis of what led to one of the greatest human tragedies of the century.. Author:KEANE, FERGAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUSSIA UNDER THE OLD REGIME Analyzes the evolution of the Russian state from the 9th century to the 1880s. It describes the "patrimonial" state, and analyzes the failure of the peasantry, nobility, middle-class and clergy to stand up to the increasing absolutism of the tsar.. Author:PIPES, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDIA LAW The first edition of "Media Law" was published in 1984. This edition takes account of the developments in law relating to government secrecy; the updated official secrets act; forensic secrecy; restrictions on broadcasting; libel law, right of reply; privacy, and so forth.. Author:ROBERTSON, GEOFFREY NICOL, ANDREW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNITED WE STAND . Author:REID, ALASTAIR J.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALY AND ITS DISCONTENTS 1980-2001 The sequel to Paul Ginsborg's work "A History of Contemporary Italy" takes the story through the 1980s and 1990s. Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain and yet they are very different, with the author indentifying the difference most clearly in the role of the family.. Author:GINSBORG, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPELL OF WINTER This is a novel set just before, during and after World War I. It is the story of a brother and sister whose mother deserts them and whose father goes mad. Incarcerated in an enormous house in the country, their intense emotional relationship becomes a sexual one.. Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE OF FAT MEN In this collection of short stories, the author takes the reader into a sensuous world of endless winters and midnight sun. As far apart as Finland, the Austrian Tyrol, and upstate New York, these stories come alive to the touch of estrangement, misunderstanding, sexuality and loss.. Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIVER AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD An account of the author's journey from the mouth of the Yangste River in China, to its source. This story of the river, its cities and their people, is built around the author's quest to discover something of the essence of China and her people, the Yangste River being China's soul and centre.. Author:WINCHESTER, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHAKESPEARE'S KINGS This text presents a narrative of a nation's history as portrayed by William Shakespeare. John Julis Norwich tells the story of what really happened in the century and a half between 1337 and 1485 by examining the history plays, from the recently-authenticated "Edward III" through to "Richard III".. Author:NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RABBIT REDUX "Rabbit" Angstrom, failed hero of "Rabbit Run", is back. He has changed, somewhat for the worse. His marriage is collapsing, his job is becoming redundant and outside pressures disturb his peace of mind; but in the end, he achieves a kind of peace, the peace of exhaustion, perhaps.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RABBIT IS RICH Rabbit Angstron has inherited his father-in-law's business as a dealer in new and secondhand cars, and greatly enjoys his new status as owner of a business and member of the golf club. Unfortunately, his son Nelson has dropped out of college - he has made a girl pregnant. Rabbit feels enraged.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLASS IN BRITAIN Originally published by Columbia University Press in 1998, a social history book which examines the role of the class system in eighteenth century through to twentieth century British society. It is written by the author of PLEASURES OF THE PAST, DECLINE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH ARISTOCRACY and HISTORY IN OUR TIME.. Author:CANNADINE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS The "Old Patagonian Express" was the last train Paul Theroux took in his journey from Boston to Patagonia. This is the story of his journey, a journey of contrasts in people, in temperature, in scenery, in altitude, and in attitude.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR Fired by a fascination with trains that stemmed from childhood, Paul Theroux set out one day with the intention of boarding every train that chugged into view from Victoria Station in London to Tokyo Central, and to come back again via the Trans-Siberian Express.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STALINGRAD This text recreates the battle for Stalingrad that became the focus of Hitler and Stalin's determination to win the gruesome and vicious war for the Eastern front. It focuses on the experiences of soldiers on both sides, driven beyond the limits of physical and mental endurance.. Author:BEEVOR, ANTONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARTHLY NECESSITIES This work redefines the economic history of early modern Britain, by describing the basic insitutions and relationships of economic life, tracing the progress of change, and examining men, women and children at all social levels.. Author:WRIGHTSON, KEITH (PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL HISTORY, YALE UNIVERSITY, USA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDICINE, PATIENTS AND THE LAW With the growing awareness of patients of their rights, the issue of medical ethics and its relationship with the law is much in debate. This book should make clear the obligations, constraints and legal relationships.. Author:BRAZIER, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WRITERS ON ORGANIZATIONS The object of this book is to give an introduction to the views of leading management writers. It was first commissioned by the Administrative Staff College at Henley-on-Thames, and is now published by Penguin in a revised and updated form.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORGANIZATION THEORY As consumers, clients, customers or, perhaps most significantly, as employers or employees, everyone depends on formal organizations. This resource book explains how such organizations work and why people within them behave in the way they do.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENLIGHTENMENT This work celebrates the history and vitality of Georgian Britain - the crucible of world change. The case is made for this liberal and hedonistic society as being the true home of modernity - a country driven by exuberance, diversity and the power of invention.. Author:PORTER, ROY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NO NIGHT IS TOO LONG Set in Alaska and Suffolk, this story involves a brother (Ivo) and sister (Isabel), each of whom has a sexual relationship with Tim. When Ivo is left for dead on an Arctic island, the way seems clear for Tim and Isabel. But nothing plays itself out in the way one might expect.. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CELTS A history of Celtic culture in Britain from its origins to its transformation under the Romans and Saxons. Chapters cover literature and art, institutions and religion, and punctuate the historical narrative, providing insights into the Celtic way of life.. Author:CHADWICK, NORA CUNLIFFE, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUSE OF SLEEP A comedy about the powers we acquire and relinquish when we fall asleep, and when we fall in love. It features Sarah who is narcoleptic, Terry, a disillusioned film critic for whom sleep is a memory, and for Dr Dunstan, sleep is nothing less than a global disease.. Author:COE, JONATHAN. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUEEN'S MAN England, 1193: a land rife with rumours about the fate of its missing king. Justin de Quincy travels from Winchester to London. With a promise to a dying man, he is plunged into the conspiracy surrounding the disappearence of Richard the Lionheart, and under oath to reveal the truth to the Queen.. Author:PENMAN, SHARON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRAGON'S LAIR . Author:PENMAN, SHARON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZOO STORY This volume of plays contains Edward Albee's four most famous one-act works. They are "Death of Bessie Smith", "Zoo Story", "American Dream", and "Sand Box".. Author:ALBEE, EDWARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKING OF "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" This is a description of the making of a six-part BBC serialization of Jane Austen's classic novel of small-town snobbery.. Author:BIRTWISTLE, SUE CONKLIN, SUSY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GEMINI The final appearance of Nicholas de Fleury, who started in the first of the Niccolo series as an 18-year-old apprentice. Now in his 30s, his flair for numbers means he could find a place almost anywhere in 15th century Europe. But first he has to return to Scotland where men wait to kill him.. Author:DUNNETT, DOROTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA This one-volume history - from early British colonization to the fall of President Nixon - captures all the vivid personalities and events as well as the broad sweep of America's triumphant progress.. Author:BROGAN, HUGH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE AFTER BIRTH Takes a hard-hitting look at the reality - physically, emotionally, socially and sexually - of becoming a mother. This book sets out to dispell the myths surrounding motherhood and to address the varied needs of contemporary women facing motherhood.. Author:FIGES, KATE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DREAM OF REASON This work is a history of philosophy from the 6th century BC. It introduces the outstanding philosophers and their extraordinary ideas, including both the personalities and the arguments of every major philosopher from ancient Greece to the birth of modern philosophy in the 17th century.. Author:GOTTLIEB, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REAL COOKING In this work, award-winning writer Nigel Slater presents a collection of straightforward but satisfying recipes - from baked couscous with summer vegetables to slow cooked aromatic lamb and roast chicken broth - that, to him, represent real cooking.. Author:SLATER, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRIMSTONE WEDDING Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where she is especially fond of Stella, a woman dying of cancer - whose own secrets parallel Jenny's - with the difference that she may have been involved in murdering her lover's husband.. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIKINGS An encyclopedic study bringing together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life with a view to assessing the Viking's impact on European history. Originally published in 1991 by Allen Lane. In the PENGUIN PRESS HISTORY series.. Author:ROESDAHL, ELSE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONE FOR THE MONEY Stephanie Plum is is a failed lingerie buyer, newly turned bond agent. Her first job is to find Morrelli, a policeman/murder suspect on the run and her childhood sweetheart. Real menace enters the story when Stephanie attracts the psychopathic attentions of boxer Benito Ramirez.. Author:EVANOVICH, JANET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FREEDOM FROM FEAR Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights activist and leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, was detained in 1989 by the ruling military junta and remains under house arrest in Rangoon. This collection of writings reflects Suu Kyi's hopes and fears for her people.. Author:AUNG SAN SUU KYI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THERAPY To all appearances, Laurence Passmore is sitting pretty. True, he's almost bald and nicknamed "Tubby", but the TV sitcom he writes keeps the money flowing in, and he has every other material comfort; but what the money can't buy, and what his many therapists can't deliver, is contentment.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED This text argues that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor are the direct result of the whole situation of economic, social and political domination. It suggests that every human being can and should develop a new awareness of self and through it, a voice.. Author:FREIRE, PAULO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANCIENT CELTS The Celtic "barbarians from the north" were feared for their ferocity in battle, and admired for their skill in crafts. Exploring the archaeological reality of the Iron Age Celts, this study traces the emergence of chiefdoms, patterns of expansion and migration, and the Celtic identity.. Author:CUNLIFFE, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JACKSON'S DILEMMA Preparations for the marriage of Edward Lannion and Marian Berran are under way. As the guests anticipate the festivities, a mysterious note from Marian is discovered and she disappears. From the background emerges Jackson, a servant, who seems able to change the workings of destiny.. Author:MURDOCH, IRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWO FOR THE DOUGH Cop Joe Morelli made a habit of screwing up Stephanie Plum's life. When he left her hand-cuffed naked to the curtain rod of her shower, she swore it was the last time she'd have anything to do with him. Except now Morelli is back, suggesting a partnership, as their cases over-lap.. Author:EVANOVICH, JANET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES The Reverend Clarence Wilmot abandons the pulpit to become an encyclopedia salesman, his granddaughter Esther becomes a 20th-century goddess and her son's passion overboils. Following the family's saga, this book shows an America obsessed with a fragile, inconstant world.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOES GOD PLAY DICE? This text explains how mathematics attempts to cope with chaotic behaviour in many different circumstances, for example, from gas dynamics to the stock exchange, through quantum mechanics and much else besides.. Author:STEWART, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE TO GET DEADLY Bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum has to track down Mo, the local candy store owner who has jumped bail. Nobody will believe that Mo has done anything wrong, but Stephanie - with the help of big blonde Lula and good cop/bad cop Joe Morelli - soon discovers that Mo has more than candy in his basement.. Author:EVANOVICH, JANET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHALLENGE OF PAIN In this informative study, the introducers of the "gate control" theory of pain discuss the current status of pain research and treatment. Since the introduction of this theory in 1965, there has been an explosion of research studies and new therapeutic approaches.. Author:MELZACK, RONALD WALL, PATRICK D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVEN MORE OFFENSIVE MARKETING This is a guide to "offensive marketing". Offensive marketing is a set of attitudes and methods that enable a company to innovate continually, to plan what is best for themselves rather than following competitors, and to respond to competitive moves by counter attack and not by imitation.. Author:DAVIDSON, HUGH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEAT WAVE Pauline is filled with dread at the passion that Teresa has for Maurice. During the long, hot summer, she remembers the way that her possessive passion for Teresa's father eroded her youth, and she is determined to prevent the same happening to her daughter - at any cost.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS A collection of 14 short stories, ranging from the fantasy of Scheherazade to a unusual example of chaos theory.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPIDERWEB A novel about an anthropologist who retires to a small Somerset village, where she finds that life is as subtle and elaborate as any she has encountered in her work. In particular, she tries to fathom her fierce neighbour who governs her family with a menacing force. From the author of BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS and HEAT WAVE.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRISTIANITY In this panoramic view of christianity, David Chidester examines the key doctrines and developments of this now global religion.. Author:CHIDESTER, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUNK MAIL Will Self's collected journalism and writings. Most of the pieces are centred around the subject of drugs and the counter-culture. Pieces range from an article on crack dealers in the East End called "New Crack City" through to dialogues with Martin Amis, William Burroughs and J.G. Ballard.. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY NAME ESCAPES ME First published in 1996, these excerpts from Alec Guinness' diaries cover a period of about 18 months from January 1995. Combining wit, anecdotes and observation, the topics range from the National Lottery to Ralph Richardson, from the Catholic Church to the Hampshire countryside.. Author:GUINNESS, ALEC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GEORGE III This biography is a re-examination of George III's political beliefs and aspirations, of his relationships with his ministers, and of the reasons why he was so widely loved by the British but reviled by his American subjects, who declared him "unfit to be the ruler of a free people".. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INFIDELS Andrew Wheatcroft examines the history of hostility between Christendom and Islam which stretches back to the 7th century, and how the ideological conflict continues today through the press, broadcast media and the Internet.. Author:WHEATCROFT, ANDREW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUMPOLE OMNIBUS "ANGEL OF DEATH", "A LA CARTE", "AGE OF MIRACLES" The complete stories from three Rumpole volumes, including "Angel of Death", "A La Carte" and "Age of Miracles", are all contained in this omnibus edition.. Author:MORTIMER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRUSADES This is the story of the Crusades, presenting the reality behind the myth. The contemporary significance of the Crusades is made clear, and the story is told as much from the Muslim as the Christian perspective.. Author:JONES, TERRY EREIRA, ALAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEREAVEMENT In this paperback version of the third revised edition, Parkes re-examines his findings in the light of the latest ideas on the subject and draws on his own research to develop some new theories. In the ten years since the previous revision, there have been considerable advances in the scientific understanding of bereavement and its effects.. Author:PARKES, COLIN MURRAY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INDUSTRY AND EMPIRE This work describes Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries), and the effects of all these on the life of the British people.. Author:HOBSBAWM, ERIC J.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ASYLUM As a psychiatrist in a top-security mental hospital in the 1950's, Peter Cleave has made a study of what he calls the catastrophic love affair characterized by sexual obsession. His experience is extensive and he is never surprised. Until, that is, he comes reluctantly to accept that the wife of one of his colleagues has embarked on such an affair.. Author:MCGRATH, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALKING TO THE DEAD While Isabel is convalescing from a difficult birth and resultant hysterectomy, her sister Nina comes to stay. This book revolves around the daughter of the local farmer and mother's help, Edward, Isabel's gay friend and confidant and Isabel's husband to whom Nina finds herself deeply attracted.. Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ACCIDENTAL EMPIRES This work looks at the business of computing in the US, as computer science, as a business, and as a collection of extraordinary and eccentric characters. Personal computers are one of the largest manufacturing industries in the world, and one of the great success stories for American business.. Author:CRINGELY, ROBERT X.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFTER RAIN A collection of 12 stories, mostly set in Ireland. The title story is a small, sad piece, about a woman holidaying alone in an Italian hotel.. Author:TREVOR, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHADOW BABY Evie and Shona, born almost 70 years apart, are women of very different personalities. But as their stories unfold, it becomes apparent that they share much more than their yearning to find the mothers they never knew.. Author:FORSTER, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW TO BE MORE INTERESTING The best-selling author and exponent of practical thinking reveals how anyone can enhance their life by employing his techniques to become more interesting. Originally published in 1997 by Viking. By the author of TEACH YOURSELF TO THINK, TEXT BOOK OF WISDOM, SIX THINKING HATS and I AM RIGHT, YOU ARE WRONG.. Author:BONO, EDWARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIMPLICITY This text argues that in an increasingly complex world, "simplicity" is going to be a key value. The pace of change is not going to stop so we have to make a conscious effort to make things simpler. Edward de Bono shows that very often a lateral thinking approach can simplify a complex matter.. Author:BONO, EDWARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEACH Richard is drawn into a strange conversation in a hotel. He hears of a secret island Garden of Eden hidden in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. Next morning, he finds a map pinned to his door and the man who put it there has slashed his wrists. The challenge is irresistible and he sets off on a perilous journey in search of Shangri-La.. Author:GARLAND, ALEX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TESSERACT As night falls in Manila, Sean waits for gangster Don Pepe in a deserted, roach-infested hotel. He could die tonight, and anyone who strays into his path could end up dead too: a Filipino family in the suburbs, a gang of street kids. In a few hours their destinies will violently collide.. Author:GARLAND, ALEX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAWRENCE First published in 1998, this is an account of the real man behind the mask. Lawrence emerged as one of the greatest military heroes of the 20th century. Refusing any honours, he spent the rest of his life in near obscurity. Asher sets out to solve this riddle and discovers a hero whose greatness owed as much to his weaknesses as to his strengths.. Author:ASHER, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MATHEMATICS Dr Devlin offers a glimpse of the extraordinary vistas and bizarre universes opened up by contemporary mathematicians: the theory of knots and secret codes, Hilbert's tenth problem and the four-colour theorem, business-planning techniques and strange number systems.. Author:DEVLIN, KEITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF NORSE MYTHS Kevin Crossley-Holland uses his skills as a poet, translator and author to bring the Norse myths alive, revealing a dynamic culture in which is reflected the Norseman's spirit and confidence, his ruthlessness and cruelty, arrogance and generosity.. Author:CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANOTHER WORLD Nick's grandfather Geordie lies dying. As Nick watches, Geordie relives the horrors surrounding his brother's death. Meanwhile the children, who have been organized into decorating the living room, peel away the wallpaper to reveal an obscene portrait of an Edwardian family.. Author:BARKER, PAT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : 1915 A blend of military history and memories, this text represents the fruits of 20 years of research. It is a chronicle of World War I, told from the viewpoint of the soldiers themselves through diaries, letters and interviews with survivors.. Author:MACDONALD, LYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALICE Princess Alice was one of Europe's lovliest princesses and spent her early married life in the turbulent political arena of Greece. Later, she and her family were forced into exile and her marriage broke down. This work charts her recovery from a religious breakdown and her return to Greece.. Author:VICKERS, HUGO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRANCE IN THE NEW CENTURY Presenting a portrait of changes in French society since 1945, with the accent on the France of the mid-1990s, this book's main focus is on society, culture and the economy, but space is also given to politics.. Author:ARDAGH, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN This volume contains six major novels by Jane Austen - "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion" and "Lady Susan".. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY EAST END Using oral history and more traditional sources, this is an account of the East End community of London - cockneys, criminals, street markets, pub singalongs, dog racing, jellied eels - compiled by an East Ender herself.. Author:O'NEILL, GILDA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKING A LIVING IN THE MIDDLE AGES This text brings economic history to life by uncovering the human element to the transactions and class relations behind the medieval economy. It uses a wider range of sources than conventionally found in economic histories: literary sources, landscape history and archaeology.. Author:DYER, CHRISTOPHER (PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSENTIAL WORKS ETHICS - SUBJECTIVITY AND TRUTH Volume 1 in the ESSENTIAL WORKS OF FOUCAULT series and originally published by Allen Lane in 1997, a collection of articles, interviews and lectures on the subject of ethics, written by the twentieth century French philosopher, Michel Foucault and translated into English.. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSENTIAL WORKS AESTHETICS - METHOD AND EPISTEMOLOGY Volume 2 in the ESSENTIAL WORKS OF FOUCAULT series and originally published by Allen Lane in 1999, a collection of articles, interviews and lectures on the subject of aesthetics, written by the twentieth century French philosopher, Michel Foucault and translated into English.. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSENTIAL WORKS POWER Volume 3 in the ESSENTIAL WORKS OF FOUCAULT series, a collection of articles, interviews and seminars on the subject of Western political culture, written by the twentieth century French philosopher, Michel Foucault and translated into English. It includes issues such as sexuality, psychiatry, discrimination and exclusion in human society.. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHORT HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM John Julius Norwich brings together the most important and fascinating events from his trilogy of the rise and fall of the Byzantium empire.. Author:NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANYTHING CONSIDERED Bennett is a drifter, attracted to the good life in the South of France and willing to try anything for easy money. He ends up in trouble with some crooks trying to corner the white truffle market, his trouble taking him to yachts in the Mediterranean, Monaco and even further as the plot thickens.. Author:MAYLE, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRAVELLING HORN PLAYER Witty and playful, this novel sees the return of some of Barbara Trapido's best-loved characters from "Brother of the Famous Jack" and "Juggling".. Author:TRAPIDO, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOUR IRON IN THE SOUL Combination travelogue and sports book, this text describes days on the 1996 European Tour as journalist Donegan caddies for Scottish golfer Ross Drummond. It guides the reader through the unexpected sides of golf from the backstreets of Dubai to an encounter with an infamous cheat.. Author:DONEGAN, LAWRENCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LANGUAGE MYTHS The field of language is one full of misconceptions about the way in which language works, or is used. This collection of essays tackles beliefs, correcting a catalogue of errors such as: aborigines speak a primitive language, French people speak faster and German is ugly.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF ECONOMICS This volume is a readable history of economic thought, from the ancient world to the year 2001. From Homer to Marx, to John Stuart Mill, the author shows the reader how to distinguish Keynsians from post-Keynsians and New Keynsians. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject.. Author:BACKHOUSE, ROGER E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CALM AT WORK This guide contains simple techniques to help you feel calm at work. It provides advice covering such topics as: how to take control of your work and your life; ways to put time into perspective; problem-solving techniques; handling personal conflicts; and making assertiveness work for you.. Author:WILSON, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SONGS OF THE KINGS As the wind holds the Greek fleet in the straits of Aulis, frustration and political impotence turn into a desire for the blood of a young woman. Agamemnon's daughter is brought as a sacrifice to appease the gods, but how much does political victory really mean?. Author:UNSWORTH, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FALL OF YUGOSLAVIA In this third fully revised and updated discussion of the five-year conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Misha Glenny looks ahead to the uncertain future in this turbulent region. It is an eyewitness chronicle of the struggle for independence for Croatia and Slovenia.. Author:GLENNY, MISHA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRACTICE OF WRITING In his first critical work since "The Art of Fiction", David Lodge writes principally about Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis and James Joyce, and from there goes on to tackle two questions: the value of creative writing, and the task of dramatizing literary works for television and the stage.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIS SCEPTRED ISLE This history of Britain begins with the Roman invasion in 55 BC and ends with Queen Victoria's death in 1901. It tells of wars, bloodshed, murder and revenge, and of the tremendous social changes which the people of these islands have witnessed over the centuries.. Author:LEE, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF CURIOUS AND INTERESTING NUMBERS A dictionary of numbers (arranged in order of magnitude) which will expose the fascinating facts about certain numbers and number sequences - very large primes, amicable numbers, golden squares, fibonacci sequences. Various recurring non-integer constants and imaginary numbers are covered.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOG'S LIFE A short gift book about the world seen through a dog's eyes. The dog in question is Boy, a pure-bred paranoid, labouring under delusions of grandeur combined with an acute persecution complex that manifests itself at inconvenient moments.. Author:MAYLE, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOLF DREAMS As a golfer for almost 40 years, John Updike has written frequently about the game. This gathering of his pieces covers everything from the peculiar charms of bad golf and the satisfactions of an essentially losing struggle to the camaraderie of good golf and its own attendant perils.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORDSWORTH Sage, seer and Poet Laureate; this biography seeks to present William Wordsworth - one of Britain's foremost poets - as both a public icon and a private, family man.. Author:BARKER, JULIET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORDSWORTH Here, in his own words and those of his closest friends and family, is William Wordsworth. From his childhood to his death in 1850, this portrait reveals the rebellious schoolboy, the supporter of of the French Revolution, the radical poet, the revered patriarch and the private man.. Author:WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEATH OF YUGOSLAVIA A survey of the pressures and events that contributed to the break-up of former Yugoslavia - considered from a historical rather than a political or sociological point of view. The book accompanies a series on BBC2, screened in 1995. This updated edition takes the narrative up to the Dayton Accord.. Author:LITTLE, ALLAN SILBER, LAURA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAWS OF OUR FATHERS A white woman is gunned down in a black ghetto, and her son sensationally charged with her murder. In the ensuing case, it emerges that the murder goes back to events that happened in the 1960s.. Author:TUROW, SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITCH OF EXMOOR Freda Haxby is as famous for her writing as she is for her eccentricities. But for Daniel Palmer, Rosemary, Grace and their families, she is a monster mother. This is the story of an end-of-the-century family whose comfortable lives are disrupted by a succession of sinister events.. Author:DRABBLE, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALL POINTS NORTH An account of what it's like to live in Yorkshire, in particular the village of Marsden. Armitage writes about family, football, amateur dramatics, the moors, the pub, and occasionally going over the top to Lancashire. Originally published in 1998 by Viking.. Author:ARMITAGE, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOLF IN THE KITCHEN Including recipes for quick food and almost instant food, this work champions seasonal food and is realistic about time spent shopping and then chopping, with many suggestions for ingenious shortcuts. It details how to shop and what are the essentials to keep in a store cupboard.. Author:BAREHAM, LINDSEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RELIGION AND MAGIC IN ANCIENT EGYPT A chronological overview of ancient Egyptian religion, covering the period from 5000 BC to the 4th century AD. Since religion permeated most aspects of this society, it is considered in relation to wider themes as well as specific traditions, such as temple worship and funerary beliefs.. Author:DAVID, ROSALIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF "GUARDIAN" QUICK CROSSWORDS The seventh collection of "The Guardian"'s quick crosswords. This book includes 120 crosswords and solutions.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL HOPE An introduction to Richard Rorty, a provocative figure in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. The book includes his most influential work along with some more polemical and less strictly philosophical essays in a summary of his central philosophical beliefs.. Author:RORTY, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LETTER TO DANIEL This is a collection of Fergal Keane's works, which includes the "Letter to Daniel" and a similar despatch he wrote to his now deceased father. The book also features articles written for "The Spectator", "The Guardian" and "BBC Worldwide" magazine.. Author:KEANE, FERGAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALLEN CARR'S EASYWEIGH TO LOSE WEIGHT Allen Carr applies his method for giving up smoking to the questions of diet and weight control. The book essentially concentrates on a psychological method, and includes chapters on chocolate, fruit and processed food.. Author:CARR, ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LETTERS FROM BURMA A collection of fifty-two pieces by Burmese human rights and democracy leader Aung San Sui Kyi taken from her weekly Japanese newspaper column. Illustrated by Burmese artists, the pieces describe the political, cultural and social scene in Burma today and include overt political pieces on the repression in the country.. Author:AUNG SAN SUU KYI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOLITA The story of Humbert Humbert, poet and pervert, and his obsession with 12-year-old Dolores Haze. Determined to possess his "Lolita" both carnally and artistically, Humbert embarks on a disastrous courtship that can only end in tragedy.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNWEAVING THE RAINBOW Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. Dawkins argures that Keats could not have been more mistaken, and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder at the world around us.. Author:DAWKINS, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMERICA'S QUEEN Using personal testimonies from the golden couple's friends, this work seeks to present the private Jackie - neglected wife, vigilant mother, obsessive shopper and working widow.. Author:BRADFORD, SARAH H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VISITORS The reclusive Dorothea's closest relatives are her dead husband's cousin, Kitty, and her husband. When Kitty's grandaughter comes to London to marry, Dorothea provides a room for Steve, the best man, thus plunging her into a world of youth that she finds both puzzling and transforming.. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANCIENT TRACES This text discusses 20 mysteries which challenge our accepted view of history. Topics covered include: were there ancient contacts between Europe and America?; could Atlantis have existed?; the true age of the great pyramid; was there a worldwide catastrophe around 10,000 BC?. Author:BAIGENT, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL DEFINITIVE EDITION Anne Frank kept a diary from 1942 to 1944. Initially she wrote it for herself, but when a member of the Dutch government mentioned that he was going to collect eyewitness accounts of the suffering under German occupation, Anne decided that after the war she would publish a book based on her diary.. Author:FRANK, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHANGING FACES OF JESUS Rather than attempting to retrieve the historical Jesus by eliminating later theological accretions, this book starts by setting out four fully developed portraits, beginning with the most evolved and retreating towards the more primitive.. Author:VERMES, GEZA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN PARALLEL TEXTS ITALIAN A new version of the "Parallel Text" series, containing nine pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. With notes on unusual words and phrases, this is a useful component of language studies and provides an insight into Italian literature and culture.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN PARALLEL TEXTS SHORT STORIES IN SPANISH A new version of the "Parallel Text" series, containing ten pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Spanish and in English translation. Complete with notes, this is a useful component of language studies and provides an insight into Spanish and Latin American literature and culture.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHORT STORIES IN GERMAN SHORT STORIES IN GERMAN This volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature with the aid of parallel translations.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN PARALLEL TEXTS SHORT STORIES IN FRENCH A new version of the "Parallel Texts" series, containing 12 pieces of contemporary fiction in the original French and in English translation. With notes on unusual words and phrases, this is a useful component of language studies that also provides insight into French culture and literature.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Offering a selection of walks through the countryside, this guide covers strolls all within easy reach of London. A different walk is detailed for each week of the year, and they start and finish at a railway station. The book also includes membership of the self-organizing Saturday Walkers' Club.. Author:ALBERY, NICHOLAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF EUROPE This follow-up to the "Penguin History of the World" begins with prehistory and the early civilizations of the Aegean, tracing the development of European identity in its many guises, through the age of Christendom, the Middle Ages, early Modern history and the old European order.. Author:ROBERTS, J.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamia, situated roughly where Iraq is today, was one of the greatest ancient civilizations. This book examines everyday life as it was in ten Mesopotamian cities: from Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, to that potent symbol of decadence, Babylon - the first true metropolis.. Author:LEICK, GWENDOLYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FALLING LEAVES RETURN TO THEIR ROOTS This is a Chinese woman's story of how she suffered appalling emotional deprivation and rejection by her family as a child growing up in China and Hong Kong in the 40s and 50s, and of its consequences in her adult life. Author:MAH, ADELINE YEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES Rydell is on his way back to San Francisco. A stint as a security man in a Los Angeles convenience store has convinced him his career is going nowhere, but his friend phoning from Tokyo, says there's more interesting work for him in Northern California. And there is.. Author:GIBSON, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PATTERN RECOGNITION This novel is set in London, where Cayce Pollard finds herself on a quest for a shadowy auteur, responsible for some mysterious, if fragmentary, film footage.. Author:GIBSON, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KOWLOON TONG When Mr Hung offers Bunt a handsome sum for the family business, he refuses him immediately. Yet it soon grows clear that Mr Hung will accept no refusals. Then a woman from Bunt's factory vanishes and he is forced for the first time in his life to make decisions that matter.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHITE CITY BLUE Estate agent Frankie Blue is bored. He has been friends with Diamond Tony, a hairdresser, Colin Burden, a computer nerd, and Jon "Nodge" Cromwell, a cabbie, since school. But he's bored with the same social routine. When he announces he's going to get married, their friendships become strained.. Author:LOTT, TIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NORTHERN CRUSADES The "Northern Crusades", inspired by the Pope's call for a Holy War, are less celebrated than those in the Middle East, but they were more successful - vast new territories became and remained Christian, such as Finland, Estonia and Prussia. This revised account provides an overview of this era.. Author:CHRISTIANSEN, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EFFECTIVE WAY TO STOP DRINKING This work gives readers advice on how to assess whether they have a drinking problem, and if so, what to do about it. By examining the reasons why people drink and exploding the myths surrounding alcoholism, Colclough suggests ways drinkers can change their attitudes and habits in order to move on.. Author:COLCLOUGH, BEAUCHAMP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFRICA A one-volume history of Africa which starts in geological pre-history and the formation of the continent. It spans the ecology of the continent, and the arrival of man and his first settlement 30,000 years ago, to decolonisation and African nationalism.. Author:READER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HITLER'S POPE This biography discusses Pope Pius XIII's wartime silence over the Holocaust, and exposes the patent anti-Semitism that led to his fateful concordance with Hitler - a partnership that smoothed the Nazis' path to power and saw the Vatican immensely enriched - financially and politically.. Author:CORNWELL, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SWEARING Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the "Lady Chatterley" trial and various current trends, the author explores an irrepressible part of English linguistic heritage.. Author:HUGHES, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH In the light of membership of Europe, the loss of an Empire and a devolved United Kingdom, the English no longer seem to know who they are. Using literary sources and interviews, the author attempts to define - or redefine - English identity at the turn of the Millennium.. Author:PAXMAN, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EASTERN FRONT, 1914-17 Professor Stone's account of the World War I on the Eastern front, now reissued with a new introduction.. Author:STONE, NORMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOLY GRAIL . Author:BARBER, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEWS OF A KIDNAPPING This text narrates the kidnapping of Maruja, a well-connected journalist in her 50s living in Botoga, and of her sister-in-law, Beatriz, by the gangs run by Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellin drug cartel, and one of the richest men in the world.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT APES When artist Simon Dykes wakes after a late night of routine debauchery, he discovers that his world is irretrievably changed. His girlfriend, Sarah, has turned into a chimpanzee. And, to Simon's appalled surprise, so has the rest of humanity.. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR . Author:DAVID STEVENSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIFTY YEARS WAR From its foundation in 1948, Israel has persuaded key opinion-leaders in the USA and Europe to join in the chorus of its state myth: that Israel, surrounded by aggressor Arab states, sought only peace. However, increasingly a new school of Israeli historians are exposing this view as inaccurate.. Author:BREGMAN, AHRON EL-TAHRI, JIHAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RISE TO GLOBALISM A survey of America's foreign policy from 1938 through to President Clinton's second term in 1995. Included in the text is commentary on Reagan's deal with Iran in 1980, Bush's deal with Iraq up to the invasion of Kuwait, the Middle East peace talks and the collapse of Soviet Union.. Author:AMBROSE, STEPHEN BRINKLEY, DOUGLAS (BOTH PROFESSORS OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, USA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFRICA HOUSE It is 1912 in Africa, and a rich young man goes to Northern Rhodesia and creates an idyllic English style of life. But life changes with the political scene in the 1960s and 70s and tragedy hits the family.. Author:LAMB, CHRISTINA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN SIBERIA Travelling through exotic cities and deserted villages by truck, boat and bus, this details a bestselling travel writer's account of his meetings with nostalgic old Stalinists, and aggressive Orthodox churchmen while interweaving Siberia's history with a vivid description of the place today.. Author:THUBRON, COLIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOUGH, TOUGH TOYS FOR TOUGH, TOUGH BOYS A London-based collection of stories including recent Will Self stories like "The Rock of Crack as Big as the Ritz" and "The Sweet Smell of Psychosis'.. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW THE DEAD LIVE It's 1988 and Lily Bloom, a 65-year-old American, lies dying of cancer in a London hospital. As her two daughters buzz around her and the nurses pump her full of morphine, she slides in and out of consciousness, outraged that there is so little time left and so many people still to disparage.. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DR MUKTI AND OTHER TALES OF WOE . Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF SEXUALITY THE WILL TO KNOWLEDGE Here, one of France's greatest intellectuals explores the evolving social, economic and political forces that have shaped our attitudes to sex. Foucault describes how we are in the process of making a science of sex which is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure.. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORLD SINCE 1945 Since 1945 the world has witnessed fundamental changes, notably the influence of the West, the emergence and collapse of the USSR, and the escalation of wars and other conflicts in the Third World. This survey examines the key events without ever neglecting the underlying trends.. Author:VADNEY, T.E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOUBLE HELIX Written by one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, a second revised edition of a personal account of the race by the author and Francis Crick to make this breakthrough in biochemistry before Linus Pauling. The achievement of the pair is re-examined in the light of scientific discoveries, before and since their work on the double helix.. Author:WATSON, JAMES D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REAL JAMES HERRIOT Jim Wight writes this biography of his father, the world-famous vet-author who died in February 1995. He draws on family archives, material and photographs, all previously unpublished, and has access to sources not available to anyone else.. Author:WIGHT, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ODYSSEY This is a new translation of Homer's epic about Odysseus and his encounters with both natural and divine forces on the ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. It contains an introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.. Author:HOMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD A history of Prague and its people, aimed at both travellers and students. Demetz uncovers the stories behind events such as the Velvet Revolution and the devastation of the Thirty Years War, and personalities such as Kafka, Mozart and Dvorak. Originally published in 1997 by Allen Lane.. Author:DEMETZ, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLOODY PASSAGE Oliver Grant - once in Military Intelligence, now a hardened mercenary - selling his services to the highest bidder. The perfect choice to rescue the stepson of a millionaire Mafia boss from a Libyan prison fortress. But Grant doesn't want the job - when will he realize how much trouble he's in?. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER In Mekong Delta, Jake Cazalet, US Special Forces Officer, rescues a woman. Many years later, someone is using the discovery of what really happened to blackmail him - a move which threatens the world, because Cazalet is now President of the United States.. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRINK WITH THE DEVIL A dangerous Loyalist prisoner has escaped from a top-security US prison and is en route to Ireland, with the intention of buying arms and blowing the peace process out of the water. The only man who can avert disaster is IRA enforcer-turned-British secret agent, Sean Dillon.. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVERYWOMAN The revised and updated guide for women who want to learn more about their bodies and health. Providing the medical and gynaecological facts as well as the social aspects of women's sexuality and well being. First published in 1993 by Viking.. Author:LLEWELLYN-JONES, DEREK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SABRE SQUADRON The story of a unit from 22 SAS, who with the outbreak of the Gulf War slipped quietly over the border into the enemy's backyard. It includes an account of their successful attack on Victor Two, an Iraqi Scud missile command facility and their encounter with a force of 300 Iraqis.. Author:SPENCE, CAMERON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALL NECESSARY MEASURES In 1994 Cameron Spence travelled to Bosnia as Second-in-Command of an SAS troop. This book details the patrol's rollercoaster ride through a lawless country, leading to the book's climax: a daring bid by a trapped SAS patrol to break out of the besieged Muslim town of Gorazde.. Author:SPENCE, CAMERON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT A collection of short stories specially commissioned by "Time Out" by both British and American authors, including Jonathan Coe, Michael Moorcock, Lynne Tillman and Lisa Tuttle.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLIGHT OF EAGLES Brothers Max and Harry Kelso found themselves fighting on opposite sides in World War II - Max as one of the Luftwaffe's most feared pilots, Harry as a Yankee ace in the RAF. They had been separated as boys, but neither could have predicted the circumstances under which they would next meet.. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHITE HOUSE CONNECTION Someone is killing off the members of a splinter group known as the Sons of Erin. Normally not a cause for much concern but this could lead to the fall of two governments and the derailing of the entire Irish peace process, so the assassin must be stopped.. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAFE HOUSE A savage attack has left two dead, and a girl with her throat cut, but alive. In search for a haven for one of their witnesses, the police turn to Dr Samantha Laschen. But what begins as a favour and an experiment ends as a fight for her sanity, and for the survival of all that is precious to her.. Author:FRENCH, NICCI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIAMOND AGE A nanotechnologist, John Hackworth, breaks the moral code of his tribe, the neo-Victorians. He has made an illict copy of a device called "A Young Lady's Primer". Its purpose is to raise and educate a girl capable of thinking for herself, but Hackworth's copy has fallen into the wrong hands.. Author:STEPHENSON, NEAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW SONG An American novel set in a small town in the US and centering on a local rector.. Author:KARON, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BORDER CROSSING When Tom Seymour, a child psychologist, plunges into the water to save a man from drowning he opens a chapter from his past. The drowning man was Danny Miller, who Tom helped imprison for killing an old woman as a ten-year-old boy.. Author:BARKER, PAT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOUBLE VISION Stephen embarks on a book about the images of war, based on his late friend Ben Frobisher's photographs. He is having recurring nightmares of his time in Sarajevo, threatening his peace of mind. This is a novel about the atrocity of war and how two men struggle to come to terms with it.. Author:BARKER, PAT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRUEL AS THE GRAVE A mystery set in medieval times. Justin de Quincey rides in the service of Queen Eleanor again. This time he not only has to uncover political schemes, but he also has to solve the murder in a churchyard at his lady's request.. Author:PENMAN, SHARON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME AND CHANCE This second part of the trilogy about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine opens during the glory years of their reign when trouble was brewing. The new Archbishop of Canterbury was a potential foe, but Henry's infidelity with Rosamund Clifford made him the gravest enemy of all - his queen.. Author:PENMAN, SHARON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TORNADO DOWN The story of flight lieutenants John Peters and John Nichol whose tornado was shot down over Iraq during the Gulf War. This book charts their progress from the glimmerings of impending war, through the moment a SAM missile sets their jet on fire, to their capture and torture by the Iraqis.. Author:PETERS, JOHN NICHOL, JOHN PEARSON, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOCIETY MUST BE DEFENDED This volume is a full transcript of the lectures given by Foucault in 1975-76. The main theme of the lectures is the contention that war can be used to analyze power relations. The book is coloured with historical examples, drawn from the early modern period in both England and France.. Author:FOUCAULT, MICHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TROUBLE MAN First published in 1998, this is the story of the turbulent life of a legendary American singer. Marvin Gaye was a musical revolutionary, overthrowing people's expectations of what black music could and should address. He rose to fame as a singer of sweet soul music, became politically active in the 1960s and was murdered by his father.. Author:TURNER, STEVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SURGEON OF CROWTHORNE W.C. Minor was one of the keenest volunteers involved in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. What the OED's editor, James Murray, didn't realise was that he was also a millionaire American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder.. Author:WINCHESTER, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEMORY GAME A psychological thriller in which the body of a 16 year-old girl, missing for 25 years is found buried in the garden of a country house. When it is established she had been murdered, her sister-in-law begins her own investigation.. Author:FRENCH, NICCI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOWARD THE END OF TIME Ben Turnbull is 66, retired and living north of Boston in 2020. A recent war between the US and China has brought social chaos. Ben's life is traced by his journal entries over the course of the year - he finds his personal history caught up in the dysjunctions and vagaries of the "many universes".. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHITE CARGO First published in 1998. For her first 17 years Felicity Kendal toured India with her father's theatre company, living a nomadic existence, with no home, formal education or roots of any kind. This is her account of those years which have affected everything in her life, charmed it may have been, but beneath the surface there is also another truth. Author:KENDAL, FELICITY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUSSIA'S WAR An epic account of the greatest military encounter in human history. In this narrative, Overy describes the astounding events of 1941-45 in which the Soviet Union, after initial catastrophes, destroyed Hitler's Third Reich and shaped European history for the next fifty years.. Author:OVERY, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOUNG HORNBLOWER Introducing the most gallant and redoubtable figure in naval history - he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in spithead - but things were soon to change.. Author:FORESTER, C.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARS MYSTERY First published in 1998 by Michael Joseph, this is an investigation into the true antiquity and origins of human civilisation. Was there life on Mars? Is there a link between the pyramids on Mars and in Egypt? What was the giant comet that killed Mars 20,000 years ago? What can we learn from the catastrophic history of our twin planet?. Author:HANCOCK, GRAHAM BAUVAL, ROBERT GRIGSBY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALISMAN . Author:HANCOCK, GRAHAM BAUVAL, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARKETMAKER Disgruntled academic Nick Elliott has reluctantly taken work with city brokers Dekker Ward. Strange things start happening to Dekker's employees, including Nick's colleague, Isabel, which is when Nick decides to take on a fixer who is unaccustomed to people standing in his way.. Author:RIDPATH, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FINAL VENTURE Simon Ayot, rising star at Revere Partners, is devastated when Frank Cook, senior partner at Revere and his father-in-law, kills the funding on his first major deal. But his anger turns to terror when a few days later Frank is found dead at his remote beach house.. Author:RIDPATH, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RACHEL'S HOLIDAY Rachel Walsh is 27 and the miserable owner of size 8 feet. Overly fond of recreational drugs, she gets frogmarched into the Cloisters, Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. Once there, she seeks redemption in the shape of Chris, a "man with a past".. Author:KEYES, MARIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUSHI FOR BEGINNERS Who will have the nervous breakdown? Will it be Clodagh who awaits her beautiful husband's homecoming, or Lisa, hard and brittle and recently demoted? Or perhaps it will be Ashling who is so normal that she is actually weird.. Author:KEYES, MARIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HADRIAN'S WALL The authors of this book delved into the history of the Wall that ran from coast to coast, dividing Britain in two. Occasionally the Romans would march north and consider the complete conquest of the island; at other times the northern tribes would spill over the Wall to pillage the Roman province.. Author:BREEZE, DAVID J. DOBSON, BRIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRAVEHEART William Wallace saw his father and brother murdered by the English in the 13th century war against the Scots. As he grew up he became a leader of the Scottish people. He also had a brief romantic encounter with the English queen.. Author:WALLACE, RANDALL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOUR BLUE-EYED BOY Simone is a woman who is struggling to deal with a difficult present - a move to the country, a new job as a district judge, a husband on the brink of a breakdown and already bankrupt, two small boys and a precarious domestic life, She also has a past that will soon catch up with her.. Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROSIE The story of Rosie Parker, a strong, intelligent girl growing up in the 1950s, who has to live with the knowledge that her father is a murderer.. Author:PEARSE, LESLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARLIE Fun-loving 16 year-old Charlie wants to experience free love and have a wild time. But when her father disappears and her mother is hospitalized, the privileged lifestyle she has always known disappears almost overnight. Suddenly free love isn't as important as finding a job and a home.. Author:PEARSE, LESLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHIMNEY SWEEPER'S BOY Moving backwards and forwards between the 1950s and the 1990s, and between Suffolk, London and the north Devon coast, a novel about a noted writer who, it is discovered when he dies, created an entirely new identity for himself when he was in his twenties. From the author of ASTA'S BOOK and THE BRIMSTONE WEDDING.. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWO DEGREES WEST What is England and who are the English? There is a line from one end of England to the other. This is the line of longitude - 2 degrees west - and it describes a cross-section through the country. The author follows this line as closely as physically possible on foot.. Author:CRANE, NICHOLAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DISCOVERY OF HEAVEN On a cold night in Holland, Max Delius picks up Onno Quist, a chaotic philologist who cannot bear the banalities of everyday life. They are like fire and water. But when they learn that they were conceived on the same day, it is clear that something extraordinary is about to happen.. Author:MULISCH, HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HITLER, 1936-1945 This continuation of Ian Kershaw's biography of Adolf Hitler begins with the European successes of Hitler in the aftermath of the occupation of the Rhineland. It culminates with Hitler's suicide nine years later in his Berlin bunker. The author aims to address Hitler's motivation and his impact.. Author:KERSHAW, IAN (PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? Dave travels to India with Liz hoping to get her into bed. Liz travels with Dave wanting a companion for her voyage of self-discovery. This novel is a satire about backpackers.. Author:SUTCLIFFE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHEMISTRY OF LIFE Looking at biochemistry, this book discusses its methods and finds, including theories which approach the origins of life on earth and techniques which help to explain viruses and create pharmacological cures. This edition includes developments in DNA and protein synthesis.. Author:ROSE, STEVEN MILEUSNIC, RADMILLA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE BOOK OF WELLBEING Wellbeing is not wishful thinking. It is about doing little things a little differently - every day. However busy your world becomes, don't lose sight of these simple ideas that can lighten your load, increase your quality of life and bring a spring back into your step.. Author:SACH, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDITERRANEAN COOKERY As well as over 250 recipes, this second revised edition also contains a historical introduction to the gastronomy of the region, advice on traditional cookery techniques, a comprehensive guide to Mediterranean ingredients and hints on which local wines to look out for. Originally published in 1987 by BBC Books.. Author:RODEN, CLAUDIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRETAN RUNNER First published in 1955, this translation by Patrick Leigh Fermor, tells the account of the Resistance in Crete, from the German invasion to the liberation by one of its most active participants. Psychoundakis was an intermediary between the various groups of British on the island despite great personal danger.. Author:PSYCHOUNDAKIS, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JANE GRIGSON'S VEGETABLE BOOK Jane Grigson provides a guide to the selection and cooking of vegetables, from the humble potato to the exotic chinese artichoke. Tempting recipes from all over the world bring out the flavour and texture of each vegetable and turn the most modest ingredients into delightful dishes.. Author:GRIGSON, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH FOOD In the fourth revised edition of this title, Grigson reveals the richness and surprising diversity of England's culinary heritage. Originally published in 1974. By the author of FISH COOKERY, THE FRUIT BOOK and THE ENJOYMENT OF FOOD.. Author:GRIGSON, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JANE GRIGSON'S FISH BOOK Jane Grigson's book on fish cookery takes the reader through the alphabet from anchovies to zander giving recipes and historical, geographical and culinary information. The text also gives advice about the preparation and cooking of fish.. Author:GRIGSON, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRENCH PROVINCIAL COOKING Elizabeth David aims to induce a desire to use each recipe as soon as it is read, describing recipes like "pot au feu" in all their simplicity. She presents cooking without elaboration. Advice is also included on the choice of the tools that would always be needed in any kitchen.. Author:DAVID, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALIAN FOOD When ITALIAN FOOD was first published, the sort of ingredients that Elizabeth David was writing about were almost unobtainable in England and many of the dishes unknown. Since them, the English have undergone a revolution in their eating habits. This book conveys the richness, colour and variety of the Italian cooking tradition.. Author:DAVID, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF MEDITERRANEAN FOOD A collection of recipes made by the author when she lived in France, Italy, the Greek Islands, and Egypt, doing her own cooking and obtaining her information at first hand.. Author:DAVID, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUMMERTIME A sudden death forced Lucy Schaffer to flee her home in San Francisco three years previously. Now another has brought her back. The mysterious drowning of her father soon brings previous unresolved family tragedies back into focus, dangerous secrets surface and Lucy finds she is being pursued.. Author:RIGBEY, LIZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD When the murdered body of a local boy is found in the woods, suspicions transform young Marsha's once-secure neighbourhood. Marsha begins to watch her neighbours and when Mr Green, the shy bachelor from next-door, takes an interest in her mother, Marsha is drawn into a cruel chain of events.. Author:BERNE, SUZANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EAGLE HAS LANDED It was to become known as the most daring enemy mission of the entire war: "Operation Eagle", SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler's audacious plan to kidnap Winston Churchill on British soil in November 1943. But, despite spectacular secrecy, there was to be no surrender without a fight.. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EAGLE HAS FLOWN The sequel to "The Eagle has Landed". By the end of 1943, all the evidence of the abortive German attempt to assassinate Winston Chuchill has been buried in a grave in Norfolk. But two of the most wanted ringleaders are still alive, and the Reichsfuhrer is demanding the eagle's return.. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON DANGEROUS GROUND . Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGEL OF DEATH When a terrorist group called January 30 begins wreaking havoc, Brigadier Charles Ferguson is given special powers by the British Prime Minister to co-ordinate the fight against them. Ferguson brings in Sean Dillon, once the provisional IRA's most feared enforcer, now his right-hand man.. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENINSULAR WAR This text examines the spectacular and terrible conflict, immortalised by Goya, and the arena in which Wellington and his redcoats carved out one of the greatest episodes in British military history.. Author:ESDAILE, CHARLES (LECTURER IN MODERN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FORESTS OF AVALON Eilan, daughter of the Druids, is to serve as a virgin priestess in the Forest House of Avalon; Gaius, son of a Roman father and British mother, serves with the legions. Trapped between a love that can never be permitted and duty to their cultures, they are in turmoil as Rome and the Britons clash.. Author:BRADLEY, MARION ZIMMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LANGUAGE PLAY This text approaches the subject of how everyone plays with language in an informed but light-hearted way. Beginning by showing how we all use the "hidic" (playful) function of language, the author then investigates why we do and where the impulse to break the rules of language comes from.. Author:CRYSTAL, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POLITIKA The sudden death of Russia's president has thrown the Russian Federation into chaos. The country is in the grip of famine and an uprising is inevitable. One of the provisional leaders asks the American president for help, but the whole world is watching when a deadly terrorist attack stuns the USA.. Author:CLANCY, TOM GREENBERG, MARTIN HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAINBOW SIX John Clark is the man who conducts the secret missions President Ryan can have no part of. This time, the mission involves a group of terrorists the world has never encountered before, a band of men and women so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of life as we know it.. Author:CLANCY, TOM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEAR AND THE DRAGON President Jack Ryan faces a world crisis unlike any he has ever known. Domestic pitfalls await him in America, while in Moscow, assassinations and China's infiltration have the potential to cause havoc. Who is behind this mayhem? The new Russian elite and Chinese dissidents are likely candidates.. Author:CLANCY, TOM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLOCKWORK ORANGE In Burgess's infamous nightmare vision of youth culture in revolt, 15-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the state tries to reform him - but at what cost?. Author:BURGESS, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRIDESHEAD REVISITED SACRED AND PROFANE MEMORIES OF CAPTAIN CHARLES RYDER Written at the end of the World War II, this novel mourns the passing of the aristocratic world which Waugh knew in his youth and recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by the austerities of war. In so doing, it provides a study of the conflict between the demands of religion and of the flesh.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S With her blond hair, upturned nose and black dresses, Holly Golightly is a sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment vibrates with parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet she never loses sight of her goal - to find a place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.. Author:CAPOTE, TRUMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLD COMFORT FARM Flora has been expensively educated to do everything but earn her own living. When she is orphaned at 20, she decides her only option is to go and live with her relatives, the Starkadders, at Cold Comfort Farm. What relatives though. Flora feels it incumbent upon her to bring order into the chaos.. Author:GIBBONS, STELLA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON THE ROAD Swinging to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of beat.. Author:KEROUAC, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TO THE LIGHTHOUSE This is the story of the Ramsays, based on Virginia Woolf's own family. Written in the stream-of-consciousness style, the book examines family relationships, the traditional roles of the sexes, the tensions and love between husband and wife and the resentment children can feel for their parents.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUTSIDER In his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the predicament of the individual who is prepared to face the benign indifference of the universe courageously and alone.. Author:CAMUS, ALBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN COLD BLOOD Agent Al Dewey has a crime to solve - the slaughter of an entire family of god-fearing farming folk. All Agent Dewey has are two footprints, four dead bodies and a whole lot of questions, none with easy answers.. Author:CAPOTE, TRUMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOODBYE TO ALL THAT Robert Graves's autobiography tells the story of his life at public school and as a young officer during the first world war.. Author:GRAVES, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIDE SARGASSO SEA Antoinette Cosway is a Creole heiress - product of an inbred, decadent, expatriate community - a sensitive girl at once beguiled and repelled by the lush Jamaican landscape. Soon after her marriage to Rochester rumours of madness in the Cosway family poison Rochester's mind against her.. Author:RHYS, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEART OF DARKNESS This is an autobiographical novel offering readers a philosophical and colonial background.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PASSAGE TO INDIA After a mysterious accident during their visit to the caves, Dr Assiz is accused of assaulting Adela Quested, a naive young Englishwoman. As he is brought to trial, the fragile structure of Anglo-Indian relations collapses and the racism inherent in colonialism is exposed in all its ugliness.. Author:FORSTER, E.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DUBLINERS A sequence of stories depicting middle-class Catholic life in Dublin. The frustrations of childhood, disappointments of adolescence and mystery of sexual awakening are related with clarity and sensitivity.. Author:JOYCE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER Constance Chatterly is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed from below the waist. She finds refuge and regeneration in the arms of Mellors the gamekeeper. But can she break out against the constraints of society?. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERFECT STRANGERS When Suze and Lloyd swap jobs and flats for the summer, there seems no reason for them to ever have more than the most cursory of conversations together. Until Suze uncovers a plot to oust Lloyd from the firm.. Author:SISMAN, ROBYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENCOUNTERS AT THRUSH GREEN OMNIBUS "THE SCHOOL AT THRUSH GREEN","FRIENDS AT THRUSH GREEN" For many years, Dorthy Watson and Agnes Fogarty have taught at the village school but now, as seen in the first book in this omnibus, their retirement is fast approaching. In the seond book, the new head settles in and the much-loved characters of Thrush Green gossip and chatter.. Author:"READ, MISS". Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INQUISITION This text presents a full history of the inquisition, beginning with St Dominic crossing the Pyrenees into Spain and the persecution of the villagers of South-West France that followed, right through to the holy index of forbidden books in the 20th century.. Author:BAIGENT, MICHAEL LEIGH, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CERTAIN JUSTICE Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. Four weeks after agreeing to defend Gerry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, Miss Aldridge is found dead. Adam Dalgliesh investigates, only to find that her many enemies include colleagues, criminals, family - and even her lover.. Author:JAMES, P.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WALES In this new edition of the revised version of 1998, Jan Morris celebrates Wales and all things Welsh. A personal study, it reflects the rich bilingual literature and folklore, the buildings and varied landscapes, the national character and humour, historical predicaments and the political condition of this small but extraordinary country.. Author:MORRIS, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BROTHER OF THE MORE FAMOUS JACK Katherine is offered a place at university to study philosophy by Jacob Goldman. She little expects to find herself in his home and in love with his son Roger. When the affair ends badly, she flees to Rome. She returns ten years later to discover that their lives are inextricably bound.. Author:TRAPIDO, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NOAH'S ARK Alison, who has two failed marriages which have left her with a broken heart, meets Noah Glazer - a whisky-drinking American doctor who gives her life a serenity she never thought possible. Until Noah is away at a conference, and Alison is drawn towards exploring certain avenues of her past.. Author:TRAPIDO, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INSIDE ORGANIZATIONS Handy has spent much of his time observing organizations and the behaviour of people in them. Based on this experience this book is Handy's personal anthology of 21 ideas which will change the way people see their world, and help them to organize it better. Originally published in 1990 by BBC Books.. Author:HANDY, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PITY OF WAR In this book, aimed to appeal not only to students but also to the general reader, Ferguson explodes many of the myths surrounding the First World War, and reassesses one of the events which helped to shape the twentieth century.. Author:FERGUSON, NIALL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KILLING ME SOFTLY Alice is a young woman who has all she wants from life: a group of close friends, a loving boyfriend, a successful career. Then one day she meets a stranger, and gives up her ordered existence for a passionate affair that leads her into deception and a dark, secret, dangerous realm of experience.. Author:FRENCH, NICCI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ILIAD This poem recounts the story of the Trojan wars, conveying the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction. In his introduction, Knox observes that although the violence is relentless, it co-exists with both images of civilized life and a yearning for peace.. Author:HOMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MADNESS EXPLAINED Shattering the myths that surround madness, this text shows that there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness. Severe mental disorders can not be reduced to brain chemistry, but must be understood psychologically, as part of normal behaviour and human nature.. Author:BENTALL, RICHARD P. (CHAIR IN EXPERIMENTAL CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER) BECK, AARON T.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OTHER SIDE OF THE DALE Central to this account of the author's experiences as a school inspector in North Yorkshire, are the devoted teachers and their unpredictable charges. The book also portrays such characters as the eccentric caretaker of the Staff Development Centre and the sporting chairman of governors.. Author:PHINN, GERVASE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CERTAIN AGE A coming-of-age novel which provides an account of adolescence and its trials and tribulations, including: parents, first love, first sexual encounters, school and friends.. Author:RAY, REBECCA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGE OF IRON Set in South Africa, this is the story of a retired university teacher who learns, in the same day, that she is dying of cancer and that she has a vagrant in her yard. The story describes the contrast between the dreams of the old woman and the political and social situation around her.. Author:COETZEE, J.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SLAVES IN THE FAMILY First published in 1998 by Viking, Ball tells the story of Southern slavery by tracing the history of his own family who were prominent landowners and big slave owners in Carolina and Charleston from 1698 to emancipation and thereafter a family in dispersal and decline.. Author:BALL, EDWARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIX Raunchy, revelatory and beautifully refined, 'Six' charts the sexual history of a loving, baffled man, the sexual emancipation of a city, and the sexual ambiguities of humankind.. Author:CRACE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIS SCEPTRED ISLE TWENTIETH CENTURY From the writer of the Radio 4 "Sceptred Isle" series, this volume observes Britain over the last 100 years. It provides a comprehensive and entertaining overview of key political, cultural and economic events as well as highlighting scientific innovations.. Author:LEE, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLANK SLATE What is the truth about human nature? Steven Pinker argues that our usual explanations of human behaviour - stated most clearly in the human sciences of psychology, ethics and politics - tend to deny what is now undeniable: the role of an inherited human nature.. Author:PINKER, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIGNALS OF DISTRESS Set in the early 19th century, this novel tells of the effects on a small kelping village when two ships caught in violent storms are forced to discharge their very different cargoes onto their beaches.. Author:CRACE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROSES FROM THE EARTH This biography of Anne Frank is aimed at adults and gives an account of Anne's short life before, during and after the diary. It presents the story of what happened to Anne in the camps.. Author:LEE, CAROL ANN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEFORE I SAY GOODBYE Ruth Picardie died from complications following the misdiagnosis of breast cancer in September 1997. Her column in "The Observer" recorded her illness and her feelings. This text brings together these pieces, e-mail correspondence, selected letters, and accounts of Ruth's last days by family.. Author:PICARDIE, RUTH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Based on a lifetime's research and describing events from a global perspective, this book gives an account of a century which has been both catastrophic on a scale unmatched by its predecessors and staggering in terms of the changes and achievements it has witnessed.. Author:ROBERTS, J.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHITE TEETH In the author's words, this novel is "an attempt at a comic family epic of little England into which an explosion of ethnic colour is injected". It tells the story of three families, one Indian, one white, one mixed, in North London and Oxford from World War II to the present day.. Author:SMITH, ZADIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTOGRAPH MAN Alex-Li Tandem sells autographs. He hunts for names on paper in a huge network of desire, collecting them, selling them and occasionally faking them; offering people a little piece of fame. To him, enlightenment is some part of himself that cannot be signed, celebrated or sold.. Author:SMITH, ZADIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEANING OF IT ALL At the peak of his career Feynman gave three public lectures addressing the questions that most inspired and troubled him. The texts of these lectures recently came to light and are reproduced here. Originally published in 1998 by A. Lane.. Author:FEYNMAN, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEVIL'S LARDER A cumulative novel in 64 parts, all on the subject of food. Readers learn that little is to be trusted about food from these subversive ingredients, but there is also a touching patchwork portrait of a community where meals are served with passion and recipes come spiced with challenge and hope.. Author:CRACE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAYBE At 27, Libby thinks there's a lot to be said for a rich husband. So when Nick comes along - lovely, funny, and with no money whatsoever - she decides he's only good for a fling. Wealthy banker Ed, on the other hand, could possibly be the answer. But does Libby really know what she needs?. Author:GREEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOKENDS Cath and Si are best friends, both unlucky in love. Cath is scatty, messy and emotionally closed, Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy and desperate for a man of his own. When Portia steps back into their lives, her reappearance sets off a chain of events that tests them to the limit.. Author:GREEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN COOKERY BOOK A cookery book for people who want to cook and eat real food. It aims to be both a guide for beginners and a reference work for the more experienced cook. It explains the basic methods of preparing food and then applies these in recipes of many different origins.. Author:NORMAN, JILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY This work tackles common human problems, illuminated by the writings of a key figure in the history of philosophy. "Consolation for Unpopularity" is offered by Socrates, "Anxiety" by Epicurus, "Anger" by Seneca, "Pride" by Montaigue, "Depression" by Schopenhauer, and "Timidity" by Nietzsche.. Author:BOTTON, ALAIN DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ART OF TRAVEL This title takes us on a journey through the satisfactions and disappointments of travelling. Dealing with such topics as airports, exotic carpets and mini-bars it reveals the hidden motivations, expectations and complications of our voyages into the wide world.. Author:BOTTON, ALAIN DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIX EASY PIECES Drawn from his landmark text, "Lectures on Physics", this book reveals Feynman's distinctive style while introducing the essentials of physics. The topics explored include atoms, the fundamentals of physics and its relation to other sciences, the theory of gravitation and quantum behaviour.. Author:FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIX NOT-SO-EASY PIECES Originally published by Allen Lane in 1998, a popular science book containing material from the physics lectures of Richard Feynman on the subject of Einstein's relativity theory.. Author:FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRAWLER In 'Trawler', Redmond O'Hanlon describes his most dangerous journey yet - on a trawler sailing from Stromness to Greenland. Unable to fish the North Sea or Icelandic waters, captain Jason and his crew have to make ever longer and more dangerous journeys, in search of ever stranger fish.. Author:O'HANLON, REDMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YELLOW CROSS This work aims to reconstruct one of the most vividly documented fragments of life concerning the late Cathar community in south-west France. A medieval European sect, usually numbered among the Christian heretics, this group was supressed in the 13th century only to rise again in the next.. Author:WEIS, RENE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARD TIME This work once again features the determined and passionate sleuth V.I. Warshawski. Here prison life and the entertainment industry merge when Murray Ryerson - a fellow investigator and friend of Warshawski, is assaulted and left for dead.. Author:PARETSKY, SARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JEMIMA J Jemima Jones is overweight - about seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the "Kilburn Herald" by the beautiful Geraldine, her only consolation is food. That and a passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben. Her life needs to change and soon.. Author:GREEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONWARDS AND UPWARDS This is the story of three women - Albertine (Bert), Vicky and Tess - and their unusual, enduring and often hilarious friendship. From the tank-topped 70s to the caring, sharing 90s, they manage to maintain their special bond in the face of a hectic, ever-changing, bewildering world.. Author:WEIR, ARABELLA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FALLING SLOWLY Beatrice and Miriam are sisters, sharing little except an unhappy childhood. Beatrice is a pianist, a romantic, while Miriam is disillusioned after a failed marriage. While they have a home and a few acquaintances in common, neither confides to the other what is in their hearts.. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAPE OF NANKING In December 1937, in what was then the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres occurred. The Japanese army swept into the the city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenceless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 civilians.. Author:CHANG, IRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EASY WAY TO STOP SMOKING Allen Carr's hundred-cigarettes-a-day addiction drove him to despair until he discovered how to shake off the dependency. His company now owns a series of clinics, and his other books include THE ONLY WAY TO STOP SMOKING. This third revised edition includes comments and additional tips from Carr, together with a directory of his clinics.. Author:CARR, ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NAKED CHEF Designed to inspire confidence in people who may never have tried cooking before, this collection of recipes is by Britain's young chef, from the BBC2 series of the same name. It is for those who don't have time to spend all evening cooking, yet who want great food kept simple.. Author:OLIVER, JAMIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS Asking for a raise, ending a relationship, saying no to someone in need. At work, home, and across the garden fence, difficult conversations are attempted or avoided every day. This book shows the reader how to manage their emotions and deal with these difficult conversations.. Author:STONE, DOUGLAS PATTON, BRUCE HEEN, SHEILA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BECH AT BAY Bech is back in fine, fierce form in this quasi-novel, the third of Updike's books about the peripatetic Jewish-American author forever embattled by his literary peers, critics, and not a few women.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW TO STOP YOUR CHILD SMOKING Although a decreasing percentage of the UK adult population now smokes, smoking is on the increase among young people. A particular problem exists with teenage girls. Carr offers a practical guide to parents on how to stop their children smoking, starting with the first rule of 'Don't be complacent'. By the author of THE ONLY WAY TO STOP SMOKING.. Author:CARR, ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EASY WAY TO ENJOY FLYING After smoking and diet, Allen Carr turns to the common fear of flying. With his characteristic humour, he demonstrates that this fear can be easily, succesfully and permanently overcome as people understand just how safe flying really is.. Author:CARR, ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE This work dissects the first 1000 days of the Labour government. It measures the successes and failures of the least experienced Cabinet to take office in more than a century.. Author:RAWNSLEY, ANDREW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAGUE The people of Oran are in the grip of a virulent plague. Cut off from the rest of the world, they each respond in their own way to the challenge of the deadly bacillus. Among them is Dr Rieux, a humanitarian and healer, and it is through his eyes that we witness the course of the epidemic.. Author:CAMUS, ALBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LUCKY JIM Jim has fallen into a job at one of the new red brick universities. A moderately successful future beckons as long as Jim can survive a madrigal-singing weekend, deliver a lecture on "merrie England" and resist Christine, the girlfriend of Professor Welch's son, Bertrand.. Author:AMIS, KINGSLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANIMAL FARM Having got rid of their human master, the animals of Manor Farm look forward to a life of freedom and plenty. But as a clever, ruthless elite among them takes control, the other animals find themselves hopelessly ensnared in the old ways.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR A satire on the horrors of totalitarianism, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is set in a society run by Big Brother where people are made to conform to orthodoxy by the Thought Police. Winston Smith yearns for truth and liberty, but he comes to realize that he cannot outwit the forces at work.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BONJOUR TRISTESSE The French Riviera - home to the beautiful Cecile, a precocious 17-year-old, and her father Raymond. The duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. But when Raymond decides to marry, he lets loose in Cecile impulses to destroy, with tragic consequences.. Author:SAGAN, FRANCOISE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIRLS' GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING After following the advice from a manual called "How to Meet and Marry Mr Right", Jane learns that in love there is neither pattern nor promise, and never rules. This is a funny collection of connected stories and a portrait of Jane, a woman manoeuvring her way through love, sex and relationships.. Author:BANK, MELISSA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STEPHEN SPENDER . Author:JOHN SUTHERLAND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : US . Author:RICHARD MASON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NIGHT OF THE LIONS Originally published in 1999 by Viking, an illustrated collection of stories about the African land and people, written by the author of AFRICAN NIGHTS and I DREAMED OF AFRICA.. Author:GALLMANN, KUKI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Thirty walks around London, each by a separate writer who either lives in the area or is associated with it. Each walk is accompanied by a detailed map, and there are further suggestion for pubs and cafes along the route. Entries include Margaret Forster on Hampstead Heath.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLY IN THE CATHEDRAL . Author:CATHCART, BRIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW BOY . Author:SUTCLIFFE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CORPORATE TURNAROUND When firms are on the brink of failure, only turnaround management can restore performance and profitability. The key is to provide profitability and cash for building long-term success. This volume contains advice on restoring confidence through effective leadership and planning.. Author:SLATTER, STUART. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUTHLESS.COM Following the deregulation of computer encryption codes, an unforeseen Pandora's Box is opened. Terrorists now have a potential back door into the nation's defence computers, and someone plans to use it. One man understands the danger and has the resources to act before it's too late.. Author:CLANCY, TOM GREENBERG, MARTIN HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHADOW WATCH In this novel, a near disaster prior to a space shuttle launch provides the first evidence of a global terrorist plan to bring the USA to its knees.. Author:CLANCY, TOM GREENBERG, MARTIN HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIO-STRIKE A microscopic genetically engineered superbug that lies dormant inside its human hosts until detonated causes Roger Gordian, star of Politika, to fall prey to disease. His medical and intelligence teams race to find the cause and the cure - because in Roger's fate lies the fate of the world.. Author:CLANCY, TOM GREENBERG, MARTIN HARRY PREISLER, JEROME. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RALPH'S PARTY A novel about a group of young (and not so young) Londoners and their relationships, decribing what it's like to be living in London in the late 1990s.. Author:JEWELL, LISA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIRTY-NOTHING Nadine and Dig are 30, best friends, each with flats, cars and great jobs. But they are having trouble getting to grips with the real world and are just not "growing up". A chance meeting with Delilah inspires Nadine to unearth Phil from her past and soon their lives change beyond recognition.. Author:JEWELL, LISA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOUJOURS PROVENCE From vantage points as varied as the Cannes Film Festival, the "caves" at Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the Menerbes Dog Show, this book shows that life in Provence is not quiet and uneventful. All kinds of characters are depicted: estate agents, a gendarme, reporters from "Vogue" and the tourists.. Author:MAYLE, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADRIAN MOLE An accidental celebrity, with a spreading bald patch, despairing of family values, Mole is still worrying: Is Viagra cheating? Why won't the BBC produce "The White Van", his serial killer comedy? Mole, aged 30 1/4, chronicles the closing years of the 20th century with slanderous abandon.. Author:TOWNSEND, SUE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NUMBER TEN Jack Sprat is a policeman on the door of Number Ten. When the Prime Minister decides that the only way to get closer to the people on the street is to travel around the country incognito, he enlists Jack's help. For the first time in years, the PM experiences everything his country has to offer.. Author:TOWNSEND, SUE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NOTHING THAT IS In this text, Robert Kaplan explores the peculiar course that the notion of "nothing" or its mathematical representative, zero, has taken throughout history.. Author:KAPLAN, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARMADILLO Lorimer Black goes to keep a business appointment and finds a hanged man. This is just the start of what turns out to be a horrendous period for Lorimer as he realizes that he's being set up at work and cast adrift outside the office.. Author:BOYD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONDON MAPGUIDE This fourth edition has not only maps and a gazetteer, but includes landmarks, places of entertainment and sights. It has been extended to include Camden Town, Hampstead and Greenwich, as well as new features in the introductory material on Christopher Wren's London and London parks.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAISING CAIN This text aims to provide parents with the hands-on tools they may need to raise sons who embody the best traditional attributes of maleness, but who also give a rich inner life, and deep, meaningful relationships with both women and men.. Author:KINDLON, DAN THOMPSON, MICHAEL BARKER, TERESA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDERSTANDING COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Explaining many important financial and accounting concepts and dealing with taxation, audit, profitability and return on investment, liquidity and cash flows, this concise and informative guide to the financial statements of companies has been revised and updated.. Author:PARKER, R.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAYMOND CHANDLER PAPERS This collection of Chandler's letters, poetry and journalism includes a lost interview with the American gangster Lucky Luciano as well as Chandler's classic account of attending the 1948 Oscars ceremony. It also includes lively anecdotes of Hollywood and critical assessments of his fellow writers.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NIGHT TRAIN On September 25, 1962, Charles "Sonny" Liston took the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Floyd Patterson. After a stunning reign, Liston lost his title to Cassius Clay. This text investigates Liston's violent life, his seduction by the mob, and his mysterious death in Las Vegas.. Author:TOSCHES, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RINGED CASTLE The fifth volume in the series following the exploits of 16th-century soldier of fortune Francis Crawford of Lymond. From the silken palace of Suleiman the Magnificent to the barbaric court of Ivan the Terrible, Lymond is bound for Russia, where he fights his way to a position second only to Tsar.. Author:DUNNETT, DOROTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TREASURY OF ROYAL SCANDALS Profiles the lives and convoluted relations of notorious rulers including Catherine the Great, King George III, and Joanna the Mad.. Author:FARQUHAR, MICHAEL. Discounted by 11%

Penguin Books Ltd : THUNDER POINT A u-boat, sunk in the deepest waters of the Caribbean, has remained hidden for almost 50 years. But the discovery of the secrets it holds could bring down the British Government. The race to find the sealed container, to use it or destroy it, is fiercely contested by many interested parties.. Author:HIGGINS, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TERRIBLE TEENS This is a book about adolescence, based on the advice of experts, interviews with parents and their children and 'coming of age' literature.. Author:FIGES, KATE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACKADDER A collection of complete scripts from all four of the "Blackadder" television series. From Medieval times through the Elizabethan and Regency periods to World War I, Edmund Blackadder and his downtrodden sidekick Baldrick veer from one calamity to another.. Author:CURTIS, RICHARD ELTON, BEN LLOYD, JOHN ATKINSON, ROWAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : READING REFLEX Drawing on 25 years research, Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness present a reading programme - Phonographix - for parents and teachers who are looking for a straightforward and successful method for teaching children to read.. Author:MCGUINNESS, CARMEN MCGUINNESS, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD The first geological map was made by an Oxfordshire farmer's son called William Smith. His life was beset with troubles: his work was plagiarized, he was imprisoned for debt, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him. This is the tale of his life and work in modern geology.. Author:WINCHESTER, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUST FRIENDS Freya and Jack are just friends - which is fine until she moves into his New York apartment. The strain of living together threatens their friendship, but then Jack escorts Freya to Cornwall for the wedding of her sister. Could intimacy breed romance?. Author:SISMAN, ROBYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WEEKEND IN PARIS . Author:SISMAN, ROBYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAMESSES Ramesses II was the most powerful king ever to rule Egypt, well known for his profusion of wives who gave him many children. This book introduces the reader to the world of high politics and intrigue which were part of the very fabric of life in the court of Ramesses.. Author:TYLDESLEY, JOYCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BENEATH THE SKIN When three women receive an anonymous note informing them they they are to be killed, their lives are understandably turned upside-down. Amid fears and threats, they find themselves becoming the accused as the police search for what they have done to attract the unrelenting attention of a killer.. Author:FRENCH, NICCI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED ROOM Kit Quinn is a young woman who inhabits dangerous worlds. Horribly wounded in an attack by a suspect, she must return to the site of her worst fears. Kit's search for the truth draws her into an underworld of the missing and into danger.. Author:FRENCH, NICCI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRESH-AIR FIEND In this collection of Theroux's shorter travel writings, he writes of sweat shops in Dongguan, massage parlours in Kowloon, jellyfish in Palau and bomb craters on Chrsitmas Island. He visits the King of the Lozis at a bend in the Zambezi river, and the precious Stone Castle on the Yangtze.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DARK STAR SAFARI In this title, Paul Theroux sets off for Cape Town from Cairo - the hard way. It is a trip where chance encounter is everything, where departure and arrival time are an irrelevance and where contentment can be found balancing on top of a truck in the middle of nowhere.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THANK YOU, JEEVES Bertie Wooster has taken up the banjolele, but the manager of the building in central London has issued an ultimatum to either give up the music or clear out. Even the faithful Jeeves threatens to leave, so Bertie seeks refuge in the country.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOY IN THE MORNING Trapped in Steeple Bumpleigh, a lesser man than Bertie Wooster would have given way. Ex-fiancee Florence Cray is present, as is "Stilton" Cheesewright, her new fiance. But the biggest blot on the landscape has to be Edwin the Boy Scout whose acts of kindness resembled those of sheer malevolence.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RING FOR JEEVES Jeeves suggests a small bottle of champagne in the library. Bertie Wooster's happiness seeems to know no bounds until destiny comes in through the French window. When confusion and panic reign, disaster can be averted if you ring for Jeeves.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JEEVES AND THE FEUDAL SPIRIT Bertie Wooster is under attack. Jeeves disapproves of his new moustache and "Stilton" Cheesewright is threatening to tear him from limb to limb. Will Jeeves display the feudal spirit as crisis dawns?. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OVER HILL AND DALE A sequel to "The Other Side of the Dale", about the author working as a schools inspector, a colourful cast of characters include the mostly mad staff at County Hall, teachers who range from saints to stand-ins and the children who find ways of embarassing school inspectors with innocent ease.. Author:PHINN, GERVASE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLOODY ENGLISH WOMEN OF THE MAISON PUCE When Alice's gynaecologist husband leaves her she's left homeless and heartbroken, the wrong side of 40 and no life skills to speak of. So she has nothing to lose, she thinks, when she moves to the South of France and rents a flat in a strange building called Maison Puce.. Author:LAURIMORE, JILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BE COOL Chili Palmer is now in the music business, acting on behalf of a girl singer with a lot of soul and a bright future. The trouble is, Chili can't seem to forget those movies and everything that happens to him seems like another great scene for the screen.. Author:LEONARD, ELMORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOB DYLAN This second edition has been rewritten to include not only developments since 1991, but the new light that has since been thrown on a number of aspects of Dylan's life including his childhood and family history, his religious phase and his life since his divorce.. Author:HEYLIN, CLINTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONSCIOUSNESS What goes on in our heads when we have a thought? By applying resources and insights of modern neuroscience, from the largest computer models to experiments that detect changes in brain activity, the authors present an empirically-supported full-scale theory of consciousness.. Author:EDELMAN, GERALD TONONI, GIULIO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DICTATORS . Author:OVERY, RICHARD. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : LEAVING PATRICK City lawyer Jane is leaving her husband, Patrick. She feels there must be more to relationships than theirs. On her travels around India she falls for Rajiv. Meanwhile, Patrick battles on to revive his ailing restaurant and falls for Stella. But has Jane thrown away the real thing?. Author:LEITH, PRUE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SISTERS Ever since they were children, Poppy has always looked out for unreliable Carrie. Poppy knows her sister has a destructve side, but she never dreams Carrie would try to hurt her. But Carrie can't help herself.. Author:LEITH, PRUE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MULLINER OMNIBUS Mr Mulliner, raconteur par excellence of the Anglers Rest, has some amazing stories to relate. Take, for example, young Lancelot. He is a bohemian - or was, until he had to look after his saintly uncle's cat Webster, and was startlingly transformed.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY LIFE ON A PLATE Clara Hutt (known to herself as "Jabba the ...") is a size 16 with a secret liking for kitten heels and organza tops. Life isn't what it should be, her 6-year-old thinks he has nits, of all the mothers at the school gate, only Clara is in pyjama trousers - and - why is her husband so mysterious?. Author:KNIGHT, INDIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVERYTHING YOU KNOW Willy Muller has survived imprisonment for murdering his wife, years of hate mail from the public, and, most recently, the suicide of his daughter, Sadie. While recuperating from a heart attack, he finds himself drawn into the lonely world of his late daughter's dairies.. Author:HELLER, ZOE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INDIA IN SLOW MOTION Covering subjects such as Hindu extremism, bonded child labour, Sufi mysticism, the crisis in agriculture, political corruption and the problem of Kashmir, the author paints a picture of India that is at once poignant, funny, startling and humane.. Author:TULLY, MARK WRIGHT, GILLIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEVER LOOK BACK This novel tells the story of one woman's journey from the slums of 19th century London to the gold rush of San Francisco and the Opulence of New York's 5th Avenue.. Author:PEARSE, LESLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEVERAL STRANGERS This text collects togther a selection of Claire Tomalin's best essays/articles, with an introduction on the life of a literary woman living in London over the last 30 years.. Author:TOMALIN, CLAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAMUEL PEPYS A full-scale biography of naval administrator Samuel Pepys, who was well-known for being the friend of the famous and powerful. This text, which draws on Pepys' own personal diary, covers his childhood and young adulthood. It goes beyond the source material to explore the inner man.. Author:TOMALIN, CLAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHECKMATE Part of the "Lymond Chronicles", Dorothy Dunnett's series of six novels, this text explores the intricacies of 16th-century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond.. Author:DUNNETT, DOROTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GAME OF KINGS This novel is part of the "Lymond Chronicles" - a series of six novels exploring the intricacies of 16th-century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond.. Author:DUNNETT, DOROTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. DALLOWAY Clarissa Dalloway, the fashionable wife of a member of parliament, is seen in this novel largely through the impressions and memories within her mind. Moreover, the action is contained within the limits of a single day - the day on which she is to hold an important party.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TENDER IS THE NIGHT A novel set on the French Riviera during the 1920s. A beautiful young film star becomes entangled in the messy marriage of two well-off Americans, and as the fragile structures of the marriage fall apart, the personal tolls are found to be almost too great to abide.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STEPPENWOLF Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf - wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted world. Through a series of shadowy encounters, Haller begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth.. Author:HESSE, HERMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS The memoirs of an English boy growing up on Corfu. Gerald collects all kinds of animals and insects and brings them back to the house, much to his family's dismay.. Author:DURRELL, GERALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE MEN IN A BOAT Suffering from every malady in the book, three men and a dog decide to head for a restful vacation on the Thames. They encounter the joys of roughing it, of getting their boat stuck in locks, of having to eat their own cooking, and of course, the glorious English weather.. Author:JEROME, JEROME K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUT OF AFRICA In many ways, a love letter written to the people and places that so marked the author, this book tells the story of the love between a Danish and a vagabond in 1920s Kenya. The book has been made into a film.. Author:BLIXEN, KAREN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROOM WITH A VIEW In this piece of social comedy, Forster is concerned with one of his favourite themes - "the undeveloped heart" of the English middle classes, who are here represented by a group of tourists and expatriates in Florence.. Author:FORSTER, E.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GO-BETWEEN A man in his 60s looks back on his boyhood for the first time in 50 years, recalling events that took place on a summer visit to a Norfolk country house at the turn of the century.. Author:HARTLEY, L.P.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOODBYE, COLUMBUS Philip Roth won the National Book Award for "Goodbye, Columbus", the story which gives this collection of stories its title. The story traces the love relationship of Neil, a young college boy, and Brenda, the spoilt but love-starved daughter of a wealthy manufacturer.. Author:ROTH, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, and suspicious of anything modern - this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, crusader against dunces. In revolt against the 20th century, Ignatius propels his bulk among the flesh-pots of a fallen city, documenting life on his Big Chief tablets as he goes, until his mother decrees that Ignatius must work.. Author:TOOLE, JOHN KENNEDY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUNKY In this novel about drug addiction, William S. Burroughs depicts the addict's life: his hallucinations, his ghostly nocturnal wanderings, his strange sexuality, and his hunger for the needle.. Author:BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE When Cousin Lymon, a dwarf and a hunchback, arrives at Miss Amelia's store, he releases feelings of tenderness in Miss Amelia's hardened heart. Together they transform the store into a cafe. But their contentment is to be short lived, for Miss Amelia's estranged husband finds his way back to her.. Author:MCCULLERS, CARSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN A classic novel which follows Stephen Dedalus as he progresses from boyhood to his coming of age in Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century, describing his sexual awakening, his intellectual development and his rebellion against Roman Catholicism. From the author of Dubliners, Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake.. Author:JOYCE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GULAG Uncovers in detail one of the greatest horrors of the 20th century: the vast system of Soviet camps that were responsible for the deaths of countless millions.. Author:APPLEBAUM, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BUSINESS AT THE SPEED OF THOUGHT In this business book using case studies from around the world to demonstrate the transformative power of technology in business, Bill Gates provides the reader with his view on technology's role in corporate evolution - not just at rival corporate giants but as small businesses as well.. Author:GATES, BILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW IDEAS FROM DEAD ECONOMISTS This introduction to modern economic thought takes age-old economic theories and applies them to contemporary issues. Featuring material on late-1990s shifts in the world economy, this book aims to be a balanced guide to understanding the economy past and present.. Author:BUCHHOLZ, TODD G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN The author has taught herself Danish in order to research original sources for this English biography of Hans Christian Andersen. She creates a picture of him as a deeply troubled man, and demonstrates the unity of his troubled life with the soaring achievement of his work.. Author:WULLSCHLAGER, JACKIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOSHUA REYNOLDS . Author:MCINTYRE, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDITERRANEAN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD This is a general-level history of the ancient Mediterranean; it combines a grasp of scholarship with imaginative reconstruction and analogy. Extensive notes allow the reader to appreciate the scholarship at the time of writing, noting the points where orthodox views have changed.. Author:BRAUDEL, FERNAND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE HEXAGON What happens to friends and lovers when sex gets in the way? Six twentysomethings confront their feelings, and each other, in their quest for happy-ever-after romance.. Author:SUTCLIFFE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BAD INFLUENCE . Author:SUTCLIFFE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EX LIBRIS This witty collection of essays recounts a lifelong love affair with books and language. Writing with humour and erudition, Fadiman moves easily from anecdotes about Coleridge and Orwell to tales of her own pathologically literary family.. Author:FADIMAN, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STARDUST "Every atom of every element in your body, except for hydrogen, has been manufactured inside stars, scattered across the universe, and recycled to become part of you...". In this text, John Gribbin explains that it is only by understanding how stars work that we can understand our cosmic origins.. Author:GRIBBIN, JOHN GRIBBIN, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FREEDOM EVOLVES Daniel Dennett shows that human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us. He argues that it is only recently that science has advanced to the point where we can see how we came to have our freedom.. Author:DENNETT, DANIEL C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRIME MINISTER An account of the lives and policies of the eleven British leaders since 1945. Looking behind the scenes to how the Premiership works, what it means and how it has developed since 1945. Anecdotes and information have been gained from the leaders as well as from the key journalists and civil servants of each period.. Author:HENNESSY, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PITY OF IT ALL A history of German Jews, tracing the journey of a people and their culture from the mid-18th century to the eve of the Third Reich. Here, the author takes us back to the beginning, chronicling a 150-year period of achievement and integration overshadowed by their tragic demise.. Author:ELON, AMOS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BREAST CANCER PREVENTION AND RECOVERY DIET A guide to nutrition for those that have been diagnosed with breast cancer. It discusses which foods or supplements are needed to build the immune system, rebalance hormones and increase well being during treatment thus promoting a healthy recovery. It is written by a nutritionist who survived breast cancer and also wrote WHAT SHALL I FEED MY BABY?. Author:OLIVIER, SUZANNAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEART OF A GOOF A collection of humorous golfing stories narrated by The Oldest Member from his favorite chair on the terrace above the ninth hole.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CARRY ON, JEEVES The immortal Jeeves shimmers into the world of the Woosters, takes on Bertie and carries on from there.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIGHT HO, JEEVES The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone - Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard. When Gussie Fink-nottle abandons his beloved newts to go courting as Mephistopheles, Bertie Wooster is more than a bit nonplussed. But even the devil can rely on Jeeves.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VERY GOOD, JEEVES! When Bertie Wooster lands in the soup, only the "infinite sagacity" of Jeeves can pull him out.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEMORY BOX A young woman leaves a sealed memory box for her baby daughter before she dies. Years later, as a young woman herself, Catherine finds her mother's box full of unexplained, even bizarre objects. Finding out what the objects represent is her only chance to find out about the mother she never knew.. Author:FORSTER, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INIMITABLE JEEVES When Bingo Little falls in love at a Camberwell subscription dance and Bertie Wooster drops into the mulligatawny, there is work for a wet-nurse. Who better than Jeeves?. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MENDELEYEV'S DREAM Paul Strathern unravels the history of chemistry through the quest for the elements. Framing this history is the story of 19th-century Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleyev, who dreamed the periodic table - the template upon which chemistry is founded.. Author:STRATHERN, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDUE INFLUENCE Enigmatic Claire is 30 and lives alone in Marylebone. She is content with her life, although she recognises she has become more reserved and independent since her wilder student days. Her life changes when she embarks on an affair with a widower.. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FORTYSOMETHING Paul Slippery is 49 years and 5 months old, and lives with his long-suffering wife in Wimbledon, together with their three children. As well as the impending birthday, Paul hears that the character he has played for 20 years in a radio soap is being killed off.. Author:WILLIAMS, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP Annie, a successful literary agent, is married to the dependable Edward. But she can't forget her love affair with Jordan at university. Jordan is now married, and is running for the American presidency. But he and Annie are brought together again when a secret from their past is unearthed.. Author:SISMAN, ROBYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LLOYD GEORGE The first volume of John Grigg's biography covers the future Prime Minister's life from 1863 to 1902. Grigg re-examines many assumptions about Lloyd George, never losing sight of the man behind the politician, nor forgetting that politics were, after all, the dominating passion in his life.. Author:GRIGG, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LLOYD GEORGE In the second volume of John Grigg's biography, Lloyd George moves from being the liveliest opposition back bencher to the most dynamic and controversial member of a grand Liberal government. The drama centres on the constitutional conflict surrounding Lloyd George's 1909 budget.. Author:GRIGG, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LLOYD GEORGE The outbreak of the European war altered the whole course of Lloyd George's life and as Minister of Munitions, he carried through what was almost another Industrial Revolution - and a social one as well. John Grigg describes this momentous phase in his life with drama and candour.. Author:GRIGG, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LLOYD GEORGE Grigg's account reveals the extent of Lloyd George's innovations in government and their impact on traditional Britain. Here we see one of the most resourceful leaders of modern times in brilliant action, transforming his country in pursuit of victory.. Author:GRIGG, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WRITERS ON STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT A companion volume to "Writers on Organizations", this book deals with corporate strategy: what is it and how it is used in different companies. Each of the chapters uses the arguments of a single well-known writer on the subject.. Author:MOORE, J.I.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUMOURS OF A HURRICANE In London in 1991 a drunk is rushed to hospital. He carries a social security card, a watch and a yellowed newspaper cutting - an obituary. To find out who he is and how he ended up here we must return to 1979 - before the Big Bang, before greed became good, before the hurricane.. Author:LOTT, TIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INTERROGATIONS This work contains selected transcripts from interrogations of leaders of the Third Reich after Germany's defeat in 1945. The information, which contributed to the subsequent Nuremberg trials, is presented here with illustrations and accompanying text.. Author:OVERY, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOMETHING FRESH The one thing that could be expected to disturb the peace of life at Blandings is the constant incursion of imposters. Blandings has imposters like other houses have mice. On this particular occasion there are two of them - both intent on a dangerous enterprise.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNCLE FRED IN THE SPRINGTIME Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment, again. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked by Lord Emsworth to foil a plot to steal the Empress, his prize pig. Along with Polly Pott (daughter of old Mustard), they form a deputation to Blandings Castle, bent on doing a "bit of good".. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PIGS HAVE WINGS Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth has good health, a large income and a first-class ancestral home. But these blessings count for nothing in the presence of Sir Gregory Parsloe. Lord Emsworth is convinced he has evil designs on his pre-eminent pig, the Empress of Blandings.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GALAHAD AT BLANDINGS Sam Bagshott, son of the late Boko Bagshott had been at Blandings Castle only a short while, but long enough to know that anyone enjoying its hospitality must get the occasional shock. He was prepared for bad news in any form, but not the one in which it actually came.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUNSET AT BLANDINGS Wodehouse died before finishing this novel, which uses the Blandings formula: a pretty niece brought to the castle to separate her from a suitor; suitor infiltrated under an assumed name by Gally; Lord Emsworth innocently blowing the gaff to an angry sister. Wodehouse's notes complete the story.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JEEVES AND WOOSTER OMNIBUS An omnibus edition featuring three Jeeves and Wooster novels - "The Code of the Woosters", "The Mating Season", and "Right Ho Jeeves".. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MITROKHIN ARCHIVE This volume gives an insight into the KGB's penetration of the West, its secret links with Western Communist parties, its covert role in maintaining the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe, and its brutal war against dissidents.. Author:ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER MITROKHIN, VASILI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CIRCLE OF SISTERS The author chronicles the lives and discusses the literary works of the Macdonald sisters. Each of these extraordinary women were either married to or mothers of an eminent male figure in the arts or politics. The fluidity of Victorian society is portrayed through these sisters' lives.. Author:FLANDERS, JUDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARLBOROUGHS John Churchill, the great general and politician, and his wife, Sarah, favourite of Queen Anne, became one one of the most powerful couples of the 18th century. This dual biography explores their characters, concentrating on their personal lives.. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN WHO LOST HIS LANGUAGE When Shelia Hale's husband John suffered a stroke that left him unable to walk, write or speak normally, she embarks on a battle to restore him to normal life. This book combines a detailed account of dysphasia with a personal account of John and Shelia's own experiences.. Author:HALE, SHEILA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPEECHES A general anthology of speeches which includes examples from the pulpit, from the Commons and from the scaffold. They range from the Sermon on the Mount to Kennedy's "Ask not what" speech, from the Gettysburg Address to Winston Churchill's war speeches, and from Adolf Hitler to Martin Luther.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Previously entitled "Total War", the 3rd revised edition is designed by its authors to show a rising generation why the Second World War happened and how it was conducted. They give as much stress and space to the political, social and moral forces, not to mention intelligence and activities behind the line, as to the ensuing clashes of arms.. Author:CALVOCORESSI, PETER WINT, GUY PRITCHARD, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFFLUENT SOCIETY In this 5th revised edition on the economics of abundance, Galbraith lays bare the hazards of individual and social complacency about economic inequality. He challenges why we worship work and productivity when so much of what we produce is superfluous, and why we grudge spending on public works while ignoring extravagance in the private sector.. Author:GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH PASSENGERS This novel tells two parallel stories: one of three eccentric Englishmen who set sail for Tasmania to find the garden of Eden; the other of a young Tasmanian aborigine and his tribe, struggling against the invading British, who prove as lethal in their good intentions as in their cruelty.. Author:KNEALE, MATTHEW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE BOOK OF CALM Following the success of "Instant Calm", Paul Wilson has produced a book of advice and inspiration that aims to help readers reach a state of calm. The book features one suggestion per page, so the reader can open the book at any point and find a proven and easy way to achieve calm.. Author:WILSON, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE BOOK OF CALM AT WORK In the style of the bestselling "The Little Book of Calm", Paul Wilson offers advice and inspiration on staying calm during the working week. With one suggestion per page, the reader can open the book at any point and find a proven and easy way to achieve calm.. Author:WILSON, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPAIN'S ROAD TO EMPIRE Henry Kamen's work re-creates the dazzling world of Imperial Spain, from the capture of Moorish Granada and Columbus's first voyage in 1492, to its expansion into Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and the opening up of the frontiers in Texas and California in the eighteenth century.. Author:KAMEN, HENRY (FORMERLY VISITING PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, USA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REFORMATION . Author:MACCULLOCH, DIARMAID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW POETRY WORKS Philip Davies Roberts' appreciation of poetry in English emphasizes spoken language as the basis of this art. Attention is given to rhythms and other sound patterns. The author illustrates his arguments with examples and concludes with an anthology drawn from poems written over the past 1000 years.. Author:ROBERTS, PHILIP DAVIES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMBRACING DEFEAT Dower traces the impact of defeat and reconstruction on every aspect of Japan's national life. Alongside the familiar story of economic resurgence, he examines how the nation as a whole reacted to the contradictory experiences of humiliation at the hands of a foreign power and liberation from the demands of a suicidal nationalism.. Author:DOWER, JOHN W.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HELL'S ANGELS Shoulder-length hair streaming from cro-magnon face, swastikas jangling, emblazoned denims cracking in the wind - the hell's angels are out on a run, and America's west coast cowers in loathing.. Author:THOMPSON, HUNTER S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOMEN IN LOVE This continues the story of Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen begun in "The Rainbow". The Brangwen sisters are now teachers in Beldover, a small town dominated by a colliery. Ursula falls in love with Birkin, while Gudrun has a tragic affair with Gerald, son of the colliery owner.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAT'S CRADLE In this novel, the author spatters the targets of religion and science as the hunt for the three children of Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the fathers of the atomic bomb, draws towards the end that, forall of us, is nigh.. Author:VONNEGUT, KURT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIDDLE OF THE SANDS In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant, Carruthers, is finding it hard to endure the emptiness and boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation to join a friend on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, where they discover a German plot to invade England.. Author:CHILDERS, ERKSINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE Imagine the world if the Allies had lost World War II - this book provides a vision of what such a world might be like. The African continent virtually wiped out, the Mediterranean drained to make farmland and the US divided between Japan and the Nazis. Is it real or fantasy?. Author:DICK, PHILIP K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PAST IN HIDING The author talks to an elderly refugee from Germany about her life in a wealthy Jewish family during the 1930s and about her escape from the Holocaust. There is also evidence from her family papers, photos, diaries, invoices letters and interviews from friends and family.. Author:ROSEMAN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CORPSING A heart-thumping storyline of murder, infidelity and revenge unfolds at a restaurant in which the narrator's ex-girlfriend Lily is killed by a gunman wearing day-glo Lycra, a helmet, mirror shades and a pollution mask. The narrator receives three bullets as well, but the police tell him nothing.. Author:LITT, TOBY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEADKIDSONGS This novel is a journey into the dark heart of boyhood, as four boys play wargames deep in the English countryside. With the death of one of them, the war games escalate, directed now against the adults they hold responsible for the loss of one of their soldiers.. Author:LITT, TOBY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHAKESPEARE'S LANGUAGE The summary of a lifetime's thinking about Shakespeare by Sir Frank Kermode. The great English tragedies were written in the first decade of the 17th century and the language is often difficult. Kermode argues that the resources of English underwent major change around 1600.. Author:KERMODE, FRANK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF Written by well-known naturopath and herbalist, Penelope Sachs, this little book is full of tips for mental, physcial and spiritual wellness. It contains helpful hints on overcoming insomnia, stress, fatigue, hangovers, split ends, depression, headaches - just to name a few!. Author:SACH, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAY THINGS ARE In his first new book since "Defying Gravity" in 1993, Roger McGough mixes surreal nonsense with gentle humour.. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITH YOUR CROOKED HEART This Dickensenian story is of two brothers who come from nowhere and want everything. When Paul marries Louise, Johnnie is part of the contract, while their daughter Anna is entangled in it from birth. When Johnnie has to get out of the country, Louise goes with him. This has been her story too, right from the beginning.. Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ICE CREAM This text is a collection of stories from Helen Dunmore, ranging from Victorian tragedy to the tale of a dinner-lady's love, from the death of a lighthouse keeper's wife to the birth of babies from the Superstock catalogue.. Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MUSUNGU JIM AND THE GREAT CHIEF TULOKO Jim Tulloch is an English teacher in Zambawi, a small republic in sub-Saharan Africa, who gets caught up in a military coup. In a series of comically convoluted twists and turns, Jim, now Musungu Jim, somehow finds himself - literally - spearheading the revolution.. Author:NEATE, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWELVE BAR BLUES Spanning three continents and two centuries, this is an epic tale of fate, family, friendship and jazz. At its heart is Lick Holden, a young jazz musician who sets New Orleans on fire with his cornet. But it is his passion to find his lost step-sister that leads him to a place he can call "home".. Author:NEATE, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOES EDUCATION MATTER? Education has become an obsession for politicians and the public alike. It is seen by many as an economic panacea, but is there really a strong causal link between economic prosperity and growth in spending on higher education? This text discusses comparative education policy.. Author:WOLF, ALISON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RISE OF THE PLAYER MANAGER Millions of workers are trying to lead teams while maintaining their own performance, often without management training. This volume aims to help those overburdened with such responsibilities manage a team while keeping their edge as a producer.. Author:AUGAR, PHILIP PALMER, JOY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RETURN OF DEPRESSION ECONOMICS As a result of recent reforms, depression economics has now emerged as a real concern, and Paul Krugman believes that sooner or later we will have to return to regulation of financial markets, limits on capital flows and a recognition that low inflation is less dangerous than price instability.. Author:KRUGMAN, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ACCIDENTAL THEORIST AND OTHER DISPATCHES FROM THE DISMAL SCIENCE This text weaves together articles and addresses by Paul Krugman into a short narrative on the major economic issues of the latter 1990s: unemployment, globalization, economic growth, financial speculation, and more.. Author:KRUGMAN, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRIPPS VERSION "There, but for the grace of God, goes God". This epigram, by Churchill, neatly sums up Stafford Cripps' immense ability and personal failings. A lawyer, ambassador, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, this authoritative biography benefits from access to private papers.. Author:CLARKE, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLOODFEUD Here, Richard Fletcher explores the culture of vengeance and reparation in early Medieval England. As well as the culture of aristocratic and inter-familial violence in Christendom, Fletcher looks closely at the Church's attempts to discredit an institution closely tied with residual paganism.. Author:FLETCHER, RICHARD (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF YORK). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BERLIN The Storming of Berlin had been the Red Army's dream of vengeance ever since the German's invasion of Russia in the summer of 1941. Antony Beevor has reconstituted the experience of those millions caught up in the nightmare crescendo of the Third Reich's final defeat.. Author:BEEVOR, ANTONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSONAL INJURIES The Chief Judge of Kindle County and four of his most prominent subordinates have been taking bribes for years. The US Attorney is trying to build up a case against them. But the only way he can hope to convict them is with the help of Robbie Feaver, a thoroughly-compromised lawyer.. Author:TUROW, SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST WITNESS Elena Waldren has a dark secret. But her fears about the plight of a young girl set her on a quest to uncover her long-buried past, which leads her into the dangerous heart of Montreal's leading crime family, as she discovers that the key to her past is the last witness in a landmark murder case.. Author:MATTHEWS, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW TO BE GOOD According to her own moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor, and doctors are decent people, and her husband David is the "Angriest Man" in Holloway. When David suddenly becomes good, Katie's sums no longer add up, and she is forced to ask herself some questions.. Author:HORNBY, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TO THE EDGE OF THE SKY During the tumultuous events of 20th-century China, Anhua (little flower), the orphaned daughter of two revolutionary martyrs suffers under the swinging opinions of the powers that be - finding herself one moment favoured by the authorities and her peers and then denounced and imprisoned.. Author:GAO, ANHUA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BERLIOZ MAKING OF AN ARTIST The years between 1803 and 1832 are covered in this first of two volumes on the life of Hector Berlioz. The author is the "Sunday Times" music critic and translator of the composer's memoirs. The book traces Berlioz's upbringing and his stormy love affairs in Paris.. Author:CAIRNS, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BERLIOZ SERVITUDE AND GREATNESS Drawing on a wide range of sources, Cairns recreates the vivid everyday reality of Berlioz's life. He tells of the composer's struggle to establish himself in Paris, and shows how his work was created and performed against the grain of Parisian musical life.. Author:CAIRNS, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEUTRAL BUOYANCY Days after his mother's funeral, Tim Ecott went scuba diving for the first time. What began as a way of deflecting his grief became a life-long obssesion. Laced around the author's story are tales of historical diving bells, frogmen and Greek sponge divers, conveying the appeal of exotic places.. Author:ECOTT, TIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HANDFUL OF DUST After seven years of marriage, the Lady Brenda Last is bored with country life at Hetton Abbey. She drifts into an affair with shallow young socialite, John Beaver, and forsakes her unsuspecting husband as she becomes involved with the glamorous Belgravia set.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY LIFE AS ME Better known as the performer Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries here offers more anecdotes from his life. In this memoir, his various fascinations are explored: painting, travel, marriage and divorce, and his friendships with comedians, artists and writers such as Spike Milligan, Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.. Author:HUMPHRIES, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAW MACHINE This text introduces and demystifies the procedures, customs and controversies of the English legal system. It takes account of changes in the divorce laws, the jury system, the functions of barristers and solicitors and the provisions of legal aid and services for the less well-off.. Author:BERLINS, MARCEL DYER, CLARE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INVISIBLE MAN Ralph Ellison's impassioned first novel, winner of the prestigious American National Book Award, tells the story of an invsible man "simply because people refuse to see me". Yet his powerfully depicted adventures go far beyond the story of one man.. Author:ELLISON, RALPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMERGENCE Ranging from brain science to software and from cities to ant colonies, the author shows that "emergence" is all around us. To understand emergence is to understand something fundamental about how the world works - complexity is resolved through simplicity.. Author:JOHNSON, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW THINKING FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM Originally published by Viking in 1999, a book advocating the adoption of a new approach to thinking. It proposes that thinking for the next millennium should be creative and constructive, as opposed to the analytical and critical thinking of the last millennium. It is illustrated with diagrams and is written by the author of SIMPLICITY.. Author:BONO, EDWARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE Rejecting both nostalgia for the nation state and thoughtless optimism, Larry Siedenop sets out to explore the practical implications of government on a continental scale.. Author:SIEDENTOP, LARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CREATIVE ECONOMY Any economy hoping to prosper in a global entertainment and design culture must seize the opportunities presented by creativity quickly. This text explores how this can be done in the real world.. Author:HOWKINS, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ATLANTIS FOUND Dirk Pitt believes three strange incidents dating from September 1858, March 2001 and April to be connected. They involve an aged shipwreck, its grizzled crew all frozen, anthropologists trapped by a rockfall in Colorado, and a research ship in the Antarctic, nearly sunk by a WWII Nazi submarine.. Author:CUSSLER, CLIVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VALHALLA RISING It is July 2003. In the middle of its maiden voyage the luxury cruise ship Emerald Dolphin suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused it? Why didn't the alarms go off? NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster.. Author:CUSSLER, CLIVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY DREAM OF YOU Kathleen has not been back home to Ireland since her mother died 30 years ago. Now, caught up in a tortured love affair with Joe, a married Englishman, she returns to her homeland and begins researching and writing a novel based on a scandalous divorce that took place during the potato famine.. Author:O'FAOLAIN, NUALA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORY OF EARLY INDIA Incorporating the vast changes in knowledge developed during her lifetime, the author tells the story of this great civilization - one based on diverse, often warring sources - and the buildings and beliefs that are its legacy.. Author:THAPAR, ROMILA (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, DELHI, INDIA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZEN FLESH, ZEN BONES Zen Buddhism conveys its profound truths through epigrams, parable and brief enigmatic and often amusing stories of the masters. In addition to "101 Zen Stories", this volume contains "The Gateless Gate", a collection of "koans" or puzzles and "10 Bulls", an illustrated account of a bull-hunt.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REMBRANDT'S EYES In this biography, Simon Schama combines a mastery of the painter's life and times with sympathy for Rembrandt's character as it found both expression and transformation in his art.. Author:SCHAMA, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POLITICAL ANIMAL It can be an unforgiving business for MPs - caricatured as either power-hungry hypocrites or hopeless idealists - years of effort can lead only to defeat, disgrace or obscurity. Jeremy Paxman sets out to explore this strange world - and on the way, provides us with a portrait of modern politicians.. Author:PAXMAN, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHARK NET From 1959-64, Eric Cooke, a prowler turned multiple murderer was held in dread by middle-class Perth, Australia. This is Robert Drewe's personal memoir of that time, an unforgettable portrait of one boy's coming of age and the haunting anatomy of a serial killer, unwittingly employed by the author's father.. Author:DREWE, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IRON WALL Avi Schlaim sets out the history of the relationship between Israel and the Arab States from the partition of Palestine and the creation of the State of Israel through decades of confrontation and war, up until the Oslo accords and the first faint hopes of an eventual accommodation.. Author:SHLAIM, AVI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ELECTROBOY Andy Behrman slept three hours a day, could learn new languages in a week and gave strangers cash kept in his fridge. He was an art forger who made millions - and was eventually arrested. But in prison he discovered that he had bipolar disorder and was given electroshock therapy. This is his story.. Author:BEHRMAN, ANDY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOUTH THE "ENDURANCE" EXPEDITION A first-hand account of the Endurance expedition, this text tells the tale of Shackleton's expedition to the South Pole as World War I broke out in Europe.. Author:SHACKLETON, SIR ERNEST. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WILD This contemporary novel about childhood is an evocation of the collision of families and step-families, adult and childhood worlds. Tess is nine years old and wants her new family to work out, even though her brother Jake is not so sure.. Author:FREUD, ESTHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NAVAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN THE COMMAND OF THE OCEAN . Author:RODGER, N.A.M.. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREEKS The author looks at the interaction between past and present, and what faces the Greek people in the future, as their country faces the 21st century with some economic and social problems. He argues that the present can be understood only in the light of the troubled past.. Author:PETTIFER, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE BOOK OF QUITTING A gift book containing over 100 inspirational phrases aimed at those wishing to give up the habit of smoking. It is written by the author of EASY WAY TO STOP SMOKING and HOW TO STOP YOUR CHILD SMOKING.. Author:CARR, ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GODEL, ESCHER, BACH Linking together the music of Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psyhcology, physics and linguistics, Hofstadter illumnintaes one of the greatest mysteries of modern science: the nature of the human thought process.. Author:HOFSTADTER, DOUGLAS R.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOCIOLINGUISTICS This introduction to that part of linguistics which is concerned with language as a social and cultural phenomenon ranges over gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. This edition looks at the development of a language as a result of non-native speakers' use of it.. Author:TRUDGILL, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEAVEN'S MIRROR On an odyssey stretching from the pyramids of ancient Egypt to South American ruins, from Easter Island to Angkor Wat, the authors put forward compelling evidence to suggest that cultures we term ancient were in fact the heirs to an older lost civilization, and the inheritors of its archaic wisdom.. Author:HANCOCK, GRAHAM FAIIA, SANTHA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNOTATED ALICE DEFINITIVE EDITION This work combines the notes of Gardner's 1960 edition with his 1990 update, "More Annotated Alice" (not published in the UK), as well as additional discoveries drawn from Gardner's knowledge of the texts. It is illustrated with John Tenniel's classic art and recently-discovered pencil sketches.. Author:CARROLL, LEWIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMMERCIAL LAW . Author:GOODE, ROY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLONY A new comedy from the creator of "Red Dwarf". Set on a colony ship from Earth in the 21st century, characters include a doctor who exists as a pickled mind in a pickle jar as the result of an accident.. Author:GRANT, ROB. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOLECULE HUNT Molecular archaeology is widely regarded as the most innovative field within contemporary archaeological science. This text offers an overview of this science, drawing on case studies and showing how dramatic developments in the tracing and decoding of DNA molecules have transformed archaeology.. Author:JONES, MARTIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMONG THE BOHEMIANS Subversive, eccentric and flamboyant, the Bohemians embarked on a quiet revolution that refashioned the way we live our daily lives. Read how Augustus John, Arthur Ransome, Dylan Thomas and so many others broke away from their stuffy Victorian surroundings to live their own new lives.. Author:NICHOLSON, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LETTERS HOME A follow-up to "Letters to Daniel", this collection of pieces is largely taken from Fergal Keane's broadcasts and columns from some of the most horrific warzones he has visited in 1999: Sierra Leone, Kosovo and Rwanda.. Author:KEANE, FERGAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNFINEST HOUR For most of 1992-1995, Britain stood aside while an internationally recognised state was attacked by externally-sponsored rebels bent on a campaign of territorial agression and ethnic cleansing. This study traces the roots of British policy and how the government sought to minimise the crisis.. Author:SIMMS, BRENDAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORLDLY PHILOSOPHERS The author surveys the key figures and ideas in economic history. Beginning with the evolution of a "market system" he analyses the leading economic thinkers from Adam Smith to Malthus, from Marx to Veblen, from Keynes to our present day economists and shows how their ideas have shaped the world.. Author:HEILBRONER, ROBERT L.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRETS OF THE HEART Agnes Campion is 30 when she inherits Flagge House. Struggling with its upkeep while looking after her elderly aunts, juggling her work and nursing a bruised heart, she doesn't bank on falling for property developer Julian, whose job is everything she despises.. Author:BUCHAN, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REVENGE OF THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN Rose Lloyd was the last to suspect her husband of an affair, especially one with her friend Minty. Left alone, Rose starts thinking about the man she married, about how well she knew him, and about the girl she had been before she met him. Can she recapture a life where she put herself first?. Author:BUCHAN, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOME TRUTHS Adrian, a distinguished novelist seeking obscurity in a cottage near Gatwick and his friend Sam, a successful scriptwriter, want revenge on an interviewer who has just written a nasty profile of Sam. Naturally, it all goes completely wrong.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BASIC BECH Author, Henry Bech, has been scrutinized, canonized and villified by academics, critics and readers alike. Suffering from temporary impotency and not-so-temporary writer's block, Bech finds renewed fame when he returns to his native America and "Think Big", his all-time blockbuster, hits the shops.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLEASURE OF FINDING THINGS OUT This collection of Feynman's best short works includes uproarious tales of Feynman's student experiments, his famous report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, his experiences on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during World War II, and stories of the physicist as a child.. Author:FEYNMAN, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ECONOMICS OF EUROPE Newly revised to take in the changes brought about by the EMU, this text provides an in-depth study of the economic principles underlying the decision to extend the scope of the European Community.. Author:SWANN, DENNIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN SEARCH OF SHANGRI-LA Westerners have long been bewitched by Shangri-La, regarded as a strategic prize, a geographical puzzle and a hidden Buddhist realm - but always considered a magical evocation of romance and beauty. Adventure, history and myth combine in this tale of the search for the hidden falls in Tsangpo Gorge.. Author:MCRAE, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RING OF BRIGHT WATER TRILOGY This chronicle of life with the wild creatures, and especially the domesticated otters on the west coast of Scotland, has never before been published in a single narrative of Gavin Maxwell's own words. Edited by Austin Chinn, the book contains new photographs of the otters and the Scottish landscape.. Author:MAXWELL, GAVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FEEDING FRENZY This collection of journalism and selected writings takes us through the turbulent years 1995-2000. Articles address topics such as rock music and remote places, and reviews of cultural phenomena as diverse as voyeuristic television and the Queen Mother.. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DORIAN It is 1981 and the "Royal Broodmare", as Henry Wotton calls her, is about to be married. Wotton, a homosexual, and his friend Baz have found a remarkable young man Dorian Gray, the epitome of male beauty. Sixteen years later, how does Dorian remain so youthful?. Author:SELF, WILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LANGUAGE IN DANGER Language extinction has been a feature of the 20th century. Will languages continue to die out? If so, must human culture continue to become more impoverished? This book explore the "life cycle" of languages: their birth, their interaction - and - especially what happend when they die.. Author:DALBY, ANDREW (HONORARY FELLOW, INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYING AWAY Imagine the sexiest man you can think of: funny, disrespectful, fast, confident, irreverent. He is also completely unscrupulous. And he's about to destroy Connie's peace of mind and her plans for marital bliss, forever. What will happen when hubby Luke finds out? Connie simply doesn't know - yet.. Author:PARKS, ADELE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIR VIVIAN Viv Richards, West Indies Captain between 1985 and 1991, at the time that the team dominated world cricket, tells the whole story, from the humiliation at the hands of Lillee and Thompson to the glory days at Somerset.. Author:RICHARDS, VIV HARRIS, BOB. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCANTY PARTICULARS In 1826, Dr James Barry performed the first recorded successful caesarean section. This was one of many achievements by the radical and outrageous surgeon, a man who earned international fame for medical innovations and infamy for battles with the establishment.. Author:HOLMES, RACHEL (FORMER LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON AND UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EINSTEIN'S REFRIGERATOR Physics is the Segre family business, and Gino's enthusiasm for science is very natural and infectious. This book takes the reader on a surprising tour of the cosmos, starting within the human body and ending at the limits of the universe - using the concept of temperature as a guide.. Author:SEGRE, GINO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS Using details from the ancient Scandinavian legends that were the inspiration for "Hamlet", this tale brings to life Gertrude's girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to the man who becomes King, and her middle-aged affair with her husband's younger brother.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NINE MINUTES, TWENTY SECONDS A testament to the resiliance of the human spirit, this book explores what it means to have your life turned upside down by the events of nine minutes and twenty seconds. This is the true story of the survivors of one of the most feared of catastrophes - a passenger plane crash.. Author:POMERANTZ, GARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUMMER OF A DORMOUSE Taking as his title Byron's description of what life is ("a mere summer of a dormouse"), John Mortimer describes what it is like to be 75 years of age, and feel 11. He has all of the afflictions that his father had at this age, but retains all his youthful enthusiasm.. Author:MORTIMER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIKING AGE ICELAND This work brings together findings in anthropology and ethnography, interwoven with historical fact and insights into the popular Icelandic sagas, in order to reconstruct the inner workings of unique and intriguing society.. Author:BYOCK, JESSE L.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHAKESPEARE'S WORDS A resource for students, scholars and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood or unknown to a modern audience. Plot summaries for all Shakespeare's plays are included as well as notes on specific areas of his language.. Author:CRYSTAL, DAVID CRYSTAL, BEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLAPSE OF CHAOS Science's traditional answers to "How does complexity arise in nature?" are questioned in this book. The subject matter of traditional science is re-examined from a different viewpoint, focusing on the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour, through the "collapse of chaos".. Author:COHEN, JACK STEWART, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT SOUTH LAND . Author:FRANK WELSH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAVELSTEIN Abe Ravelstein is celebrating his success in Paris. He and his friend Chick trawl the Parisian streets in search of "haute couture", fine foods and fresh arguments. But Ravelstein is dying and, in challenging Chick to record his life, he sets in motion their last great debate.. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIVERSITY OF LIFE In this volume, the author describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity today is beyond the scope of anything we have known previously. He addresses the explosion in conservation biology and takes a clear-eyed look at work still to be done.. Author:WILSON, EDWARD O.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREEN FLAG This comprehensive history of Irish nationalism is now available as a single volume.. Author:KEE, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRITAIN UNWRAPPED An accessible guide to British government. This book covers the evolution of government, the unwritten constitution, the powers of the crown and parliament, devolution, elections, justice, human rights, the defence of the realm and the European Union.. Author:BARNETT, HILAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREENBACK This is a cultural, political and financial history of America, from the banks of the Old West to Wall Street, told through the story of its most enduring symbol - the dollar.. Author:GOODWIN, JASON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INFILTRATORS Two police officers transform into successful villians during their careers working for SO10, the Metropolitan Police undercover unit. This is a first-hand account of how two professional men infiltrate the criminal world, involving themselves in drug-dealing, guns, stolen property and more.. Author:ETIENNE, PHILIP MAYNARD, MARTIN THOMPSON, TONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELF-HELPLESS This work contains 57 short pieces of advice for people who need a little more than time to get things right.. Author:GLEITZMAN, MORRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RETURN OF THE NAKED CHEF If you think cooking is boring or time-consuming, or you haven't the confidence to chuck out those ready-made meals, let Jamie change all that for you. Here he returns to get you in the kitchen with his mouth-watering recipes and new angles on favourite dishes.. Author:OLIVER, JAMIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHADOW OF THE SUN Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In this study, he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen as both a whole and as a location, defying generalized explanations, and avoiding the official routes, palaces and big politics.. Author:KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GERMAN TRAUMA This text gathers together the best of Gitta Sereny's writing on Germany since the 1940s. It amounts to a portrait of the country and its people, and how they have come to terms with their Nazi past, both collectvely and in terms of specific instances.. Author:SERENY, GITTA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED STORIES The titles featured in this collection include: "A Silver Dish", "The Bellarosa Connection", "The Old System", "A Theft", "Looking For Mr Green", "Leaving the Yellow House", "What Kind Of Day Did You Have?", "A Father To Be", "Him With His Foot In His Mouth" and "Something To Remember Me By".. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IS THERE A NUTMEG IN THE HOUSE? Although cookery writer Elizabeth David died in 1992, Jill Norman, her literary executor, knew there was still enough material to make a second volume of collected pieces. These writings on food and wine epitomize her great culinary savvy.. Author:DAVID, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OF MICE AND MEN As drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream that they will one day have some land of their own. Eventually, they find work on a ranch, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie becomes a victim of his own strength.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRAPES OF WRATH Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian life, this title tells the story of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel west in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, thwarted desires and broken dreams.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEARL When Kino, an India pearl-diver, finds the "pearl of the world", he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their little boy Coyotito will be able to attend school. But, obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and fear the pearl arouses.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EAST OF EDEN Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this often sprawling and brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations helplessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry between Cain and Abel.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED PONY Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. First, he is given a red pony, and is later promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both gifts bring tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only about the harsh lessons of life, but also about the fallability of adults.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANNERY ROW In the din and stink that is Cannery Row, a colourful blend of misfits - gamblers, whores, drunks, bums, and artists - survive in a jumble of adventure and mischief.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONARCH OF THE GLEN The ancient clan spirit is not yet dead in the Scottish Highlands, with Donald MacDonald of Ben Nevis ruling the roost at wild, craggy Glenbogle castle. Woe betide those who trespass on this chieftain's kingdom.... Author:MACKENZIE, COMPTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRASSHOPPER In a semi-fictionalized North London, a group of twenty-something slackers spend their nights walking the roofs of Maida Vale. On one of these walks they see a couple through an open window, a sighting with profound conseqences that reverberates through all their lives.. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WRITERS ON LEADERSHIP This compendium provides an insight into the mass of theory and literature on the subject of leadership. The author examines the main stages of development in leadership in the 21st century and analyzes the contribution made by the key writers, academics and practitioners.. Author:MAURIK, JOHN VAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALBATROSS A NOVELLA Nobody likes Duncan, and he knows it. He's afraid of everyone, he's afraid of his mother, he's afraid of the sea. Only Ted Flint, the fisherman sometimes has a word for him. One night the lifeboat is launched in a storm, and after that Duncan begins to hate everyone.. Author:HILL, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FORGOTTEN ARMIES: THE WAR IN ASIA . Author:BAYLEY, CHRIS HARPER, T.N.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CASH NEXUS This title answers questions about finance and its crucial place in bringing happiness and despair, warfare and welfare, boom and crash to nations buffeted by the onward march of history. In keeping with the popular cliche, money is shown to be the force that lurks behind it all.. Author:FERGUSON, NIALL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRUST ME All her life, people have told little Dulcie Taylor they'll look after her. And every time, she and her sister May have been hurt, by their parents, their teacher and their convent. After a fresh start in Australia goes wrong, Dulcie is challenged to build a new future for herself.. Author:PEARSE, LESLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FEVER PITCH Chronicled from the perspective of a fanatical youngster, through disillusioned adolescence, to an adult "who should know better", the author - an Arsenal fan - examines the absurdities and traumas of everyday life and football. Combines anecdote with a wider commentary on the state of the game.. Author:HORNBY, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ABOUT A BOY Will is 36 and doesn't really want children. but then he comes across 12-year-old Marcus. Marcus is weird - under the influence of his mother, he prefers Joni Mitchell to Nirvana. But Marcus is also sharp for his age and knows something about Will that he can defintely use.. Author:HORNBY, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIGH FIDELITY When Laura dumps Rob (on the very first page) he is aggrieved and exhilarated, 35 and petrified. Trying to work out what went wrong, obsessed with music, and running an ailing record shop, he sets out on the road to self-discovery. This is the first novel from the author of "Fever Pitch".. Author:HORNBY, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE LEARNING Carla Tradescant hates her husband Alan's moustache. She hates the way he obsesses about school league tables and scrapes the dirt from under his fingernails with a matchstick. As the school years begins, the allure of a new young English teacher Peter Barrett proves too much.. Author:FRASER, CARO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERFECT OBSESSION Charismatic and sexually ambiguous, Leo Davies inspires powerful feelings. Between sexy Sarah, sweet Camilla, ex-pupil Anthony and sly civil servant Gideon there are plenty of opportunities for fun, but is the cool sophisticate about to fall in love - and if so, with whom?. Author:FRASER, CARO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT This fourth edition offers an in-depth and authoritative guide to Budapest. It provides information on where to stay and a complete round up of museums, galleries, bars, restaurants and other entertainments, as well as a detailed guide to the city area by area.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT This guide to Vienna has been written and researched by people who live and work in the city. It looks at the city's heritage, art, architecture, and music, plus the available entertainments and nightlife. Information is also given on opening times, admission prices and transport.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Including full coverage of the nightlife and music scene, as well as advice on what to see around the city, this guide to New Orleans, compiled and written by residents, concentrates on the bars, clubs and restaurants of the area. It also suggests trips out of the city.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ISTANBUL This comprehensive guide provides the visitor with in-depth, authoritative coverage of Istanbul. It contains information on where to stay and eat and includes details on restaurants, bars, museums, art galleries and dance halls.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIAMI, ORLANDO AND THE FLORIDA KEYS Miami is the favourite destination of British holiday makers, particularly favoured by young people. This guide gives full coverage of the extraordinary architecture and history of the city, but also details the nightlife, restaurants, and the diverse cultural life.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMMINGBIRD SAINT . Author:MACDONALD, HECTOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXTRA VIRGIN A small stone house deep among the olive groves of Liguria, going for the price of a dodgy second-hand car. Annie Hawes and her sister, on the spot by chance, find that it's an offer they can't refuse. Here, the author tells of the thrifty villagers of Diano San Pietro, their tall tales and advice.. Author:HAWES, ANNIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOLA COMES HOME After 10 years abroad, Lola returns to Ireland and her family, to sort out her life. She looks back on her childhood and considers her family: her French mother, her father (terrified of his wife), her lesbian sister, her youngest sister, Belle, and her brother, JP - about to get his comeuppance.. Author:CULLIMORE, CLAUDINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSENTIAL GROUCHO From early scripts to complete screenplays, from magazine articles to fascinating personal correspondence, Kafner's collection captures the essence of Groucho's inimitable comic genius.. Author:MARX, GROUCHO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW YORK MAPGUIDE A complete, pocket-sized, small-scale map of Manhattan and its outlying areas, which includes: bus and subway routes; museum and gallery plans; selected shops, clubs, restaurants and general places of interest; and drawings of the main buildings to give an impression of their shape.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROTTERS' CLUB Three children inherit the editorship of their school magazine and put their own distinctive spin on the events in the 1970's - the collapse of "Old Labour", strikes, terrorist attacks and growing racial tension - and find out about sex, music, and the English class system along the way.. Author:COE, JONATHAN. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLOSED CIRCLE . Author:COE, JONATHAN. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : HILL BACHELORS This work features 12 stories from the writer of "Black Rain". Mostly set in Ireland, they tell about the lonely and the sad, about those who barely have control over their lives, and about those who have something to hide.. Author:TREVOR, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONDITIONS OF LOVE This text raises one of the deepest and most puzzling questions we can put to ourselves - "What is Love?". Drawing on writers and thinkers as diverse as Plato, Tolstoy, Freud and Stendhal, John Armstrong explores how our perception of love is formed by culture and history.. Author:ARMSTRONG, JOHN (UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET POWER OF BEAUTY . Author:ARMSTRONG, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIDDEN MAN Mark and Benjamin Keen have not seen their father, Christopher, for 20 years. When he reappears hoping for a reconciliation, he has only begun to shed light on his shadowy past before being killed by an unidentified assailant.. Author:CUMMING, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TO HAVE AND TO HOLD The acquisition of objects is close to the heart of what it is to be human. In this text, Philipp Blom examines the various causes and forms of the collecting impulse, from the joy of identifying and satisfying a need to possess, to the creation of comforting taxonomies.. Author:BLOM, PHILIPP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ACCIDENTAL WOMAN Indifferent by choice and indecisive by nature, Maria ploughs her way through the first 15 years of womanhood, unable to see what all the fuss is about. Will she ever be able to direct the course of her own life, or will it end as it began - accidentally?. Author:COE, JONATHAN. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOUCH OF LOVE Political and personal events contrive to make a young student retreat from his normal lifestyle, causing consternation among his friends although it is another recluse who attempts to help him through his problems. The author has also written "The Accidental Woman".. Author:COE, JONATHAN. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : DWARVES OF DEATH Written by the author of "The Accidental Woman", "A Touch of Love" and "Peter Cook", this is a psychological suspense story. In a flat inhabited by a raucous punk band who may recruit him as keyboard player, Bill witnesses a murder committed - or so his reeling senses suggest - by two dwarves.. Author:COE, JONATHAN. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLD WAR This fifth Powerplay novel has American businessman Roger Gordian, star of previous Powerplay novels "Politika" and "Shadow Watch", mobilizing the full resources of his multinational corporation. They must counter another threat to global stability and the New World order.. Author:CLANCY, TOM GREENBERG, MARTIN PREISLER, JERMOME. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CUTTING EDGE This sixth "Powerplay" novel serves up another dose of international intrigue and political brinkmanship that will see the world brought to its knees by a ruthless enemy. What have become the hallmarks of Clancy's work - intricate plotting, authenticity and suspense - are in evidence.. Author:CLANCY, TOM GREENBERG, MARTIN HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZERO HOUR Skywave Research is an international conglomerate and Uplink International's most successful competitor. On the surface, they specialise in creating artificial sapphires which are used in laser development. In actuality, a Pakistani terrorist is using the company as a front for his deadly plans.. Author:CLANCY, TOM GREENBERG, MARTIN HARRY PREISLER, JEROME. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WILD CARD When an anonymous e-mail alerts UpLink Technology's operatives to suspicious activity on an exclusive island resort, Pete Nimec goes undercover to investigate. What he discovers is a plot to drain oil from the United States' strategic petroleum reserve and sell it to outlaw nations.. Author:PRIESLER, JEROME CLANCY, TOM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH GARDEN Whilst the gardens of the rich are symbols of social and economic success, the gardens of the poor, by contrast, began as a basic means of survival. In a survey spanning the last 500 years, the author shows how gardens have altered across the generations in direct response to changes in society.. Author:QUEST-RITSON, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN The extent of man's dominion over his physical environment in the 20th century has reached the stage where humanity is now directly responsible for the survival of life on the planet. John McNeill traces the history of this progress, and considers its toll at the start of a new century.. Author:MCNEILL, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONE WORLD DIVISIBLE Reynolds's account is both an overview of the trends underlying the spectacular and awful variety of events in the second half of the 20th century, and an insight into the lives led in its midst.. Author:REYNOLDS, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAGNER AND PHILOSOPHY The author places the composer's artistic development in the context of the philosophy of his age, giving a detailed study of the links between Wagner and the philosophers - from the pre-Marxist socialists to Feuerbach and Schopenhauer.. Author:MAGEE, BRYAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAMILY FOOD This family-oriented title aims to encourage children to have a go at cooking with their parents and provides tips and advice on how to avoid junk food. It discusses the breakdown of the family unit at mealtimes and the relative merits of supermarkets versus specialist stores.. Author:BLUMENTHAL, HESTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SICHUAN COOKERY Sichuan food is one of the great unknown cuisines of the world, famous in Chinese history and legend for its extraordinary variety and richness. This book includes sections on the history of Sichuan cooking and culinary culture, presentation, nutrition, ingredients and methods.. Author:DUNLOP, FUCHSIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CARIBBEAN COOK Chef Patrick Williams here creates his own Caribbean style of cooking by combining classic British cooking with his love of spices. His recipes are modern while remaining faithful to the characteristic flavours of the West Indies. Favourites such as jerk chicken and fried plantain are included.. Author:WILLIAMS, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : I THINK, THEREFORE I LAUGH Inspired by Wittgenstein's quip that a book on philosophy might consist entirely of jokes, this title explores topics such as misunderstandings of mathematics and science and of the relation between them, pseudo-science and its appeal and the uses and misuses of probability and statistics.. Author:PAULOS, JOHN ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAN YOU FEEL THE SILENCE? Beginning each chapter with an interpretation of a key autobiographical song, this text tracks Van Morrison's life from the tough working class protestant culture of Belfast to paranoid international superstardom.. Author:HEYLIN, CLINTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PYRAMIDS This title follows the origins, development and final collapse of the pyramid as a form of royal tomb and includes a detailed history of the lives and deaths of the pyramid families - kings, servants and slaves.. Author:TYLDESLEY, JOYCE (HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW, SCHOOL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, CLASSICS AND ORIENTAL STUDIES, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REAL GARDENING This is a guide to the art of gardening which explores in a lively, accessible way the whole process of transforming a bare plot into a series of stunning seasonal pictures.. Author:LACEY, STEPHEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PREDATOR Chris, along with other trainees from his investment bank, is involved in a fight over a girl, Lenka. One of them falls into the sea and drowns. Ten years later Lenka is murdered in a hotel room. Chris realises that her death is related to the accident all those years ago.. Author:RIDPATH, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATAL ERROR It is 1999, and anything seems possible in the world of the dot.com boom. The normally cautious David Lane decides to be daring for once when he starts up a company with an old friend. Unfortunately he doesn't realize just how dangerous the venture will turn out to be.. Author:RIDPATH, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BABYVILLE Julia and Mark are stuck in a loveless relationship. Julia thinks a baby will help. Maeve is totally allergic to commitment. A one-night-stand results in an unwanted pregnancy. Samantha is besotted with her new-born baby. But how is her husband coping with his suddenly unavailable wife?. Author:GREEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPELLBOUND Alice knows she should be happy. After all, she has a handsome husband, a beautiful apartment and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband and anything in a skirt are becoming harder to ignore?. Author:GREEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OTHER WOMAN . Author:GREEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONE-HIT WONDER Bee and Ana were half-sisters. But, since Bee left home when Ana was four, the two never really bonded. When Bee is found dead, Ana doesn't know what to feel. Ana packs up Bee's belongings and realizes there was more to her sister than she had imagined.. Author:JEWELL, LISA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRIEND OF THE FAMILY Brothers Tony, Sean and Ned had the perfect upbringing. They adore their parents and actually look forward to coming home for Sunday lunch. But now they're grown up, real life is starting to get in the way.. Author:JEWELL, LISA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELS Maggie Walsh has always done everything by the book - right up until the day she walks out on her marriage. Follow her on a journey of discovery, from suburbia to a suntan, complete with cocktails and heartache, as she discovers what she really wants from life.. Author:KEYES, MARIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY . Author:KEYES, MARIAN. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : GENES, PEOPLES AND LANGUAGES The author answers the question of whether the languages and genes of living people contain a historical record of the human species. The book offers a tour of the major discoveries in genetic anthropology, explaining among other things why there is no genetic basis for racial classification.. Author:CAVALLI-SFORZA, LUIGI LUCA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YEAR IN PROVENCE In this work for armchair and actual travellers alike, the author records the events of a year in Provence, from foie gras and burst pipes in January, through the Tour de France preparations, the grape "vendange" and the mushroom season, to the Christmas gastronomic splurge.. Author:MAYLE, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC This is the story of the "Farthest South" expedition, told by its leader. After enduring biting winds, short rations and crevasse-ridden glaciers for over a year, Shackleton's party faced a desperate forced march to return to their ship, The Nimrod, or face being marooned on the ice.. Author:SHACKLETON, SIR ERNEST. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUNT DIMITY'S CHRISTMAS Lori Shepard's well-laid plans for holiday bliss are shattered when a mysterious stranger collapses in the driveway of her English cottage before Christmas and she teams up with a handsome Roman Catholic priest to solve the riddle of this John Doe's identity.. Author:ATHERTON, NANCY. Discounted by 11%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERIODIC TABLE A collection of memoirs by Primo Levi, published in Italian as "Ii Sistema Periodico" in 1975. Regarded as his masterwork, it is a cycle of 21 autobiographical stories, each named after and inspired by a chemical element.. Author:LEVI, PRIMO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SWEET THAMES London, 1849. As an epidemic of cholera draws nearer to the capital, Joshua Jeavons, engineer, is working on his idea for a great drain plan for London, to be presented to a competition of the metropolitan committee for sewers.. Author:KNEALE, MATTHEW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIX THINKING HATS This revised and updated work aims to demonstrate how people working in business can make the fullest use of their intelligence, experience and information. The idea is proposed that thinking be divided into six distinct modes or "hats".. Author:BONO, EDWARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRUTH ABOUT MARKETS This accessible work explains the big questions of contemporary economics: how do markets work? Why do they work? Why are they better than alternative systems of organizing economics? And why, sometimes, do they fail catastrophically?. Author:KAY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPEAKING WITH THE ANGEL Twelve of the most successful and popular writers of today - including Helen Fielding, Robert Harris, Zadie Smith, Patrick Marber and Irvine Welsh - have written 6000-word fictional monologues along the lines of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads".. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOTEL WORLD This story brings alive five characters, one of whom is dead, during one night in a hotel. The author traces their intersecting lives, examining the themes of time, chance, money and death.. Author:SMITH, ALI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHOLE STORY AND OTHER STORIES This is a collection of new short stories by Ali Smith, author of 'Hotel World'. They are stories for people who've grown up being told time is running out - and don't want it to.. Author:SMITH, ALI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LEONARDO DA VINCI . Author:NICHOLL, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IRISH STORY This work examines how key facets of Ireland's past have been tampered with to serve a multiplicity of purposes. It is also a rallying cry for those anxious that contemporary Ireland may be in danger of turning itself into a meretricious historical theme-park.. Author:FOSTER, R.F.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HITLER'S SCIENTISTS . Author:CORNWELL, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCOTLAND'S EMPIRE 1600-1815 . Author:DEVINE, T.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JANE AUSTEN The six novels of Jane Austen picture a world of civility and reassuring stability. From local archives, Claire Tomalin has reconstructed the lives of her relatives and Hampshire neighbours. Passages of literary criticism as well as intimate portraits are included.. Author:TOMALIN, CLAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOUBLE LIFE: A BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMB . Author:SARAH BURTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEPPERED MOTH A portrait of four generations of one family, this story explores themes of inheritance, DNA, the individual's place in history and fate. It spans from Bessie Bawtry, a small child living in a Yorkshire mining town in 1905, to her granddaughter, listening to a lecture on genetic inheritance.. Author:DRABBLE, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PARADISE OF CITIES Venice has always attracted distinguished visitors. Luminaries such as Lord Byron, John Ruskin, Richard Wagner, James McNeill Whistler and Robert Browning all spent time there and left fascinating accounts. John Julius Norwich gives a portrait of the city they discovered.. Author:NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAFEGUARD OF THE SEA . Author:RODGER, N.A.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIRE ICE Kurt Austin, leader of NUMA's Special Assignment Team faces a new menace in the form of a wealthy mining tycoon. Claiming Romanov ancestry, this man is determined to overthrow the shaky Russian government and set himself up as Czar of Russia.. Author:CUSSLER, CLIVE KEMPRECOS, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHITE DEATH When a confrontation between a radical environmentalist group and a Danish cruiser erupts, Kurt Austin, leader of NUMA's Special Assignment Team is forced to rescue a shipful of trapped men. However, after investigation, he discovers that something far more sinister is at work.. Author:CUSSLER, CLIVE KEMPRECOS, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DON'T YOU WANT ME? Sex. There's a lot of it about. But Stella isn't getting her fair share. On the wrong side of 30 and as a single mum who divides her time between London's most PC playgroup and lessons on pulling from her housemate, Frank, she's seriously starting to wonder if she'll ever have sex again.. Author:KNIGHT, INDIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCIENCE This title begins with Galileo and takes the reader through to the scientific developments of string theory. An accessible narrative history, it focuses on the way in which science has progressed by building on what went before and details the work of science's greatest minds.. Author:GRIBBIN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT HO! Published to mark the 25th anniversary of PG Wodehouse's death, this anthology of stories, novel-extracts, working drafts, articles, letters and poems, aims to offer a fresh angle on the 20th century's greatest humorist.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TILTING AT WINDMILLS Andy Miller is a sports atheist. The beautiful game, the roar of the crowd, winning, losing, taking part - these mean nothing to him. But at 30 he is worried. He thinks he's turning into a bit of a crank. So he decides that he must try to love sport - and just maybe it will love him back.. Author:MILLER, ANDY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORNAMENTALISM The British empire has generally been seen as a racist empire. While not wholly denying this, Cannadine here suggests a different dynamic. The British rulers were motivated not by race but by class - they loathed Indians or Africans no more or less than they loathed the majority of Englishmen.. Author:CANNADINE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN CHURCHILL'S SHADOW David Cannadine has an appreciation for the odd things that make Britain tick: the personalities and ideas that have bound together our historical experiences. Here, he takes a range of British icons to show the many strange ways in which Britain has built its sense of self.. Author:CANNADINE, DAVID (DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHANCE WITNESS A frank autobiography by "The Times" columnist and ex-politician. Part participant, part bystander, Matthew Parris describes what it was like to be so close to the centre and remain an outsider. He speaks of politicians, friends and family and his famous rejection by Mrs Thatcher.. Author:PARRIS, MATTHEW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE GREEN MAN Separated from his family, Barney reunites his childhood friends for a final game of dare. At stake, the little green man, a statuette supposedly worth #250,000. As the game goes on, the friends turn on one another and exposed weaknesses and childhood traumas are ruthlessly exploited.. Author:ARMITAGE, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMPEROR'S BABE This novel in verse is set in Londinium, 211 AD, a city of slum tenements and sumptuous villas. Zulekeikia, child-bride of an ageing Roman businessman, is bored with villa life, sex and her husband - until she meets the Emperor Septimus Severus.. Author:EVARISTO, BERNADINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF PYTHEAS THE GREEK In 320BC an expedition set out from what is now southern France on an unprecedented journey: to find out what lay beyond the pillars of Hercules in the mythological northern lands. Cunliffe has used Pythias' journey to recreate the world through which the Greek ship sailed.. Author:CUNLIFFE, BARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIVE RIGHT 4 YOUR TYPE The individual prescription for maximizing health, metabolism and vitality in every stage of your life. This guide shows you how to improve the way you digest your food and the efficency of your metabolic and immune systems using your blood type as the key.. Author:D'ADAMO, PETER WHITNEY, CATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RECKONING WITH RISK Are ordinary people able to reason with risk? Detailing case histories and examples, this text presents readers with tools for understanding statistics. In so doing, it encourages us to overcome our innumeracy and empowers us to take responsibility for our own choices.. Author:GIGERENZER, GERD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLYING BOOK In 'The Flying Book', David Blatner explains how flying actually works. The book is filled with amusing anecdotes and eye-opening statistics.. Author:BLATNER, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS Traces Russia's history from the settlement of Kiev through to the present day. The author argues that two nation-building movements have clashed since the rise of Tsarism and that these two nascent identities offer a chance to compare and trace continuities in Tsarist and Soviet Russia.. Author:HOSKING, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMPIRE, WAR AND FAITH IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE The essays in this work touch on themes as various as Philip II's global strategy, treason in Elizabethan England, the "etiquette of atrocity" in early modern warfare, and the politics of the early reformation.. Author:PARKER, GEOFFREY (DORPALEN PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, USA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLAND'S THOUSAND BEST CHURCHES Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his 1000 best churches. Organized by county, each church detailed in this text is described and given a star-rating from one to five. All the sections are prefaced by a map locating each church.. Author:JENKINS, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NATASHA'S DANCE "Natasha's Dance" conjures up the whole panorama of Russia's mighty culture, in a way that is fresh, intimate and immediate. Whether talking about music or novels, buildings or paintings, Orlando Fige's narrative should sweep the reader along through a series of set-piece chapters.. Author:FIGES, ORLANDO (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, BIRKBECK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUSTERLITZ The real life story of Jacques Austerlitz who, at the age of 5, came to London on one of the so-called kinder-transports in the summer of 1939. After a lifetime avoiding his past, it finally returns to haunt him - forcing him to explore what happened to him half a century previously.. Author:SEBALD, W.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION This title explores the strange silence surrounding the destruction of German cities through Allied bombing - a subject which, despite the scale of the devastation, remained almost entirely out of sight in post-war German writing.. Author:SEBALD, W.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : 20:21 VISION This text argues that the best way to face the future is by looking at the past. Drawing on the characteristic developments of the 20th century, it sketches out the challenges that face the world of the future.. Author:EMMOTT, BILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIRGINS OF VENICE Convents were numerous and nuns loomed large in Renaissance Venice's daily life. Far from being places of religious devotion, convents were often little more than dumping-grounds for unmarried women from the upper ranks of Venetian society. Mary Laven provides an insight into their hidden world.. Author:LAVEN, MARY (FELLOW, JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PIANO NOTES Drawing upon a lifetime of knowledge and many great performers of the past, Charles Rosen explores every aspect of the piano. He shows why the instrument demands such a stark combination of mental and physical prowess.. Author:ROSEN, CHARLES (PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, USA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIS HOUSE HAS FALLEN Nigeria is staggeringly diverse, its population split into 300 ethnic groups, and it's geography ranging from the tropical jungles to the arid Sahel. This is an analysis of contemporary Nigeria - the most populous and dynamic African country but also the one with the most intractable problems.. Author:MAIER, KARL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LICKS OF LOVE Janice and Nelson Angstrom, plus several other survivors of the irreducible Rabbit, fitfully entertain his memory while pursuing their own happiness over the edge of the millennium, as a number of old strands come together in unexpected ways.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MECHANICAL TURK This title tells the story of the Turk, the infamous 18th-century automation. The story links a cast of historical characters, from Napoleon, Beethoven and Poe to the pioneers of the computer age, and provides an accessible way of examining the relationship between magic, man, mind and machine.. Author:STANDAGE, TOM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BAY OF ANGELS Moving between Nice and London, "The Bay of Angels", Anita Brookner's 20th novel, makes the point that not everyone needs conventional relationships to be happy. It relates the story of Zoe, whose life changes when her widowed mother marries a wealthy older man and moves to Nice.. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOTEL HONOLULU Having taken over the management of a hotel in Honolulu, a former writer is drawn into the lives of his guests and the customs and rhythms of the island.. Author:THEROUX, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVA LUNA This is another novel of "magical realism" by the author of "The House of the Spirits", Isabel Allende. Here she has invented a heroine and placed her against the background of a turbulent South American country where love politics, tragedy and disaster all play their part in her life.. Author:ALLENDE, ISABEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SNOW GOOSE "The Snow Goose" centres on Philip, a hunchback, who lives alone in an lighthouse, except for the flocks of geese, and a young girl from the local village who brings him a snow goose wounded by a gun shot. Also included in this collection is "The Small Miracle".. Author:GALLICO, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD A novel which crosses homosexual/heterosexual barriers conveying a message about love and lust. It tells the story of Jonathan Glover and Bobby Morrow, highschool friends, comrades and lovers. Bobby's life is shattered when his revered elder brother dies by walking through a glass door.. Author:CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUPLES They are sociable, articulate and unhappy; they enjoy sailing, basketball and skiing; they play word games in the evenings and adultery all the year round. Slipping in and out of affairs, they and their rituals are observed by the baleful eye of their self-appointed ringmaster, Freddy Thorne.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LARGER THAN LIFE Georgina has loved Hugh Carter, and only him, since she was eighteen. She is now 32 and Hugh has finally moved in with her. All goes well until one little miscalculation leaves her pregnant. After 14 years of seeing the world through a Hugh-tinted filter can George start to make up her mind?. Author:PARKS, ADELE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OTHER WOMAN'S SHOES Eliza and Martha are sisters, but that's where the similarity ends. Martha appears to have the perfect life, with two lovely children and plenty of money, whilst Eliza lives in a one bedroom flat with her musician boyfriend Greg.. Author:PARKS, ADELE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONE DAY Ben and Priya are your average north London couple: Ben's a teacher and Priya works in the media. Over the course of one vital day they fight, talk, love and gripe, raking over their life together to try and discover where exactly it all went wrong. Can one day save a marriage?. Author:VAKIL, ARDASHIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH BREAD AND YEAST COOKERY Here, Elizabeth David deals with all aspects of flour-milling, yeast, bread ovens, and the different types of bread and flour available. The recipes cover yeast cookery of all kinds, including old-fashioned spiced buns, buns, pancakes, and muffins.. Author:DAVID, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH SEAFOOD COOKERY Drawing on culinary traditions from around the world, Rick Stein presents the special recipes he serves at his seafood restaurant in Padstow. By sharing the secrets of his most popular dishes, he hopes to encourage readers to cook seafood in new and exciting ways.. Author:STEIN, RICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CELEBRATION OF SOUP From the intense flavours of a clear consomme to the hearty warmth of a good broth, from the tang of a chilled summer appetizer to the richness of a comforting chowder. This cookery book covers every aspect of cooking soups, from stock-making and thickening, to garnishes and accompaniments.. Author:BAREHAM, LINDSEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRENCH COUNTRY COOKING Here, Elizabeth David describes some of the splendid regional cookery of France. A wide variety of recipes has been included, from the primitive peasant soup of the Basque country, to the refined Burgundian dish of hare with a cream sauce and chestnut puree.. Author:DAVID, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK JACOBINS This title chronicles the successful revolt when brutally treated slaves in Saint Domingo, (what is now Haiti), rose up in rebellion against their French masters during the French Revolution in 1791. Included is a critical portrait of the slave's leader Toussaint L'Ouverture.. Author:JAMES, C.L.R.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BALLET SHOES Adopted as babies by Great Uncle Matthew, Pauline, Petrova and Posy lead a sheltered life until the money runs out, and then everybody has to do something to make some more. But what can three small schoolgirls do to help?. Author:STREATFEILD, NOEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FINN FAMILY MOOMINTROLL Although they're small, fat and shy creatures, Moomins have the most amazing adventures. It all begins when Moominpappa tries on a magic hat that makes exciting and funny things happen.. Author:JANSSON, TOVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STIG OF THE DUMP First published in 1962, this is the story of a boy who finds a Stone-Age cave-dweller living in a rubbish dump, and the adventures they subsequently find themselves on.. Author:KING, CLIVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOG SO SMALL For months, Ben had been thinking about dogs. He had picked the biggest and the best from the dog-books in the library. So imagine his disappointment when, for his birthday, he received a picture of a dog. Ben's imagination soon got to work, though, and that's when his adventures began.. Author:PEARCE, PHILIPPA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CUE FOR TREASON . Author:TREASE, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOBBOLINO THE WITCH'S CAT . Author:WILLIAMS, URSULA MORAY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS Twelve-year-old Karana escapes death at the hands of treacherous hunters, only to find herself entirely alone on a harsh and desolate island. This is the story of how she survives in the face of all sorts of dangers. Winner of the Newbury Medal.. Author:O'DELL, SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMET IN MOOMINLAND A comet is speeding towards the earth and nobody knows what to do. Will it destroy everything and everyone? Moomintroll decides to find out, so, with Sniff, he sets out on an expedition that promises to be packed with adventure and excitement.. Author:JANSSON, TOVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXPLOITS OF MOOMINPAPPA Moominpappa's life story - from the days when he was abandoned in a newspaper parcel on the doorstep of a Moomin orphanage to when he ran away to see the world and was lucky enough to meet Moominmamma.. Author:JANSSON, TOVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SILLY VERSE FOR KIDS "There are holes in the sky where the rain falls in, but they're ever so small that's why rain is thin." A collection of over thirty ridiculous rhymes, all illustrated with Spike Milligan's own absurd drawings.. Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOALKEEPER'S REVENGE Offers a collection of stories about the lives of working-class English boys during the 1930s.. Author:NAUGHTON, BILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIZARD OF EARTHSEA This tale of wizards and dragons features the character of Sparrowhawk. Tempted by pride to try spells beyond his powers, Sparrowhawk lets loose an evil shadow-beast. Only he can destroy it and so he begins a quest which leads him to all corners of Earthsea. This is the first book in a quartet.. Author:LE GUIN, URSULA K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOOMINSUMMER MADNESS . Author:JANSSON, TOVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOOMINLAND MIDWINTER . Author:JANSSON, TOVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY STORIES Join Milly-Molly-Mandy, little-friend-Susan and Billy Blunt when they go blackberrying, visit relatives, and enjoy the village fete.. Author:BRISLEY, JOYCE LANKESTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MORE OF MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY Join Milly-Molly-Mandy, Little-friend-Susan and Billy Blunt as they go mushrooming, have tea in a tree-house and enjoy a trip to the seaside,. Author:BRISLEY, JOYCE LANKESTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAY . Author:TAYLOR, THEODORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WATERSHIP DOWN Fiver could sense danger - something terrible was going to happen to the warren. His brother Hazel could sense it too. They had to leave the warren, and they had to persuade the other rabbits to join them. And so a band of rabbits begin a long and perrilous journey.. Author:ADAMS, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES FROM MOOMINVALLEY . Author:JANSSON, TOVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY AGAIN A collection of Milly Molly Mandy stories where Milly Molly Mandy has many adventures, including getting a new dress, finding a train, and going to the blacksmith's wedding.. Author:BRISLEY, JOYCE LANKESTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT THE NEIGHBOURS DID AND OTHER STORIES What is it like to be a fly on the wall in our neighbours' houses? With these eight gently humorous stories, Philippa Pearce lifts the lid from the neighbours' houses and shows us the lives within. From the author of "Tom's Midnight Garden" and "A Dog So Small".. Author:JACQUES, FAITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOOMINVALLEY IN NOVEMBER . Author:JANSSON, TOVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DARK IS RISING It's mid-winter's Eve, the day before Will's 11th birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. And why does Mr Dawson the farmer give him an iron talisman, as if for protection?. Author:COOPER, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN Hurry!, whispered the house, and the grandfather clock at the heart of it beat an anxious tick. Tom opened the door wide and let in the moonlight. He was staring at what he saw outside. They had said, "Really, there's nothing to see". This book won a Carnegie Medal.. Author:PEARCE, PHILIPPA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEPPERMINT PIG Johnnie was the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives.. Author:BAWDEN, NINA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREY KING This is the fourth in "The Dark is Rising" sequence. Following an illness, Will is frantic that he can't remember some verses he once knew. But when he is sent to convalesce in Wales, his memory is stirred by mention of the Grey King and by meeting Bran, the strange albino boy.. Author:COOPER, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY PLAY Join Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka's amazing chocolate factory. With tips about scenery, props and lighting, this play is easy to stage and there are lots of parts for everyone.. Author:DAHL, ROALD GEORGE, RICHARD R.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET PASSAGE The three Mallory children have been brought up in Kenya with loving, easy-going parents, and then, within little more than a week, the bottom falls out of their world. This book was the first book Nina Bawden wrote for children.. Author:BAWDEN, NINA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALE OF GREYFRIARS BOBBY A specially-retold version for young readers of the true story about a little skye terrier who was faithful to his master even in death.. Author:DERWENT, LAVINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. PLUG THE PLUMBER One of several comic stories for 6-8 year olds based on the card game 'Happy Families', this story features Mrs Plug the plumber.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. WOBBLE THE WAITRESS Designed for use at home and in school, each book in this series introduces the learner reader to the adventures of a different family.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MASTER SALT THE SAILOR'S SON One of several comic stories for 6-8 year olds based on the card game 'Happy Families', this story features Master Salt the sailors' son.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISS JUMP THE JOCKEY One of several comic stories for 6-8 year olds based on the card game 'Happy Families', this story features Miss Jump the jockey.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISS BRICK THE BUILDER'S BABY One of several comic stories for 6-8 year olds based on the card game 'Happy Families', this story features Miss Brick the builders' daughter.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. LATHER'S LAUNDRY Designed for use at home and in school, each book in this series introduces the learner reader to the adventures of a different family.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. BUZZ THE BEEMAN One of several; comic stories for 6-8 year olds based on the card game 'Happy Families', this story features Mr Buzz the bee man.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. TICK THE TEACHER One of several comic stories for 6-8 year olds based on the card game 'Happy Families', this story features Mr Tick the teacher.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MASTER MONEY THE MILLIONAIRE Designed for use at home and in school, each book in this series introduces the learner reader to the adventures of a different family.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR.AND MRS. HAY THE HORSE Designed for use at home and in school, each book in this series introduces the learner reader to the adventures of a different family.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA It was the new girl, Leslie, who invented Terabithia, a secret country in the woods beyond the dry creek bed. Here Jess is strong, unafraid and unbeatable, and when something terrible happens he finds he is able to face grief and disaster.. Author:PATERSON, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WALKABOUT Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. They are facing death from exhaustion and starvation when they meet an Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and guides them on their long journey.. Author:MARSHALL, JAMES VANCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : I LIKE THIS POEM A collection of 100 poems chosen by children, for children, from a competition in "Puffin Post".. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT GILLY HOPKINS . Author:PATERSON, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORST WITCH STRIKES AGAIN Enid Nightshade, the new pupil at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, is not such a good influence on disaster-prone Mildred Hubble as their headmistress fondly imagined. This is the sequel to "The Worst Witch".. Author:MURPHY, JILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HA HA BONK BOOK Gathers riddles, jokes and humorous poems about animals, school, sports, and brothers and sisters.. Author:AHLBERG, JANET AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BAD SPELL FOR THE WORST WITCH A new term spells disaster for Mildred. She is determined to lose her embarrassing reputation as the worst witch the Academy has ever seen - but things rapidly get out of hand. By the author of "The Worst Witch" and "The Worst Witch Strikes Again".. Author:MURPHY, JILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH PLAY This dramatization of Roald Dahl's popular book can be staged in school, acted out at home, or simply read together by a group of friends.. Author:GEORGE, RICHARD R. DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLEASE MRS. BUTLER This funny collection of poems for the 8-11 age group is all about one school. The verses cover such things as playtime, the school outing, the school nurse, French lessons, the three R's, nicknames, best friends - and a host of other topics all familiar within the school context.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of World War II. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his-new found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London.. Author:MAGORIAN, MICHELLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DINNER LADIES DON'T COUNT AND LINDA'S LIE Jason storms around the school in a temper and then gets the blame for something he didn't do. Linda tells a lie, just a little one, and is horrified to see how big it grows. Just as it seems that things can't possibly get worse, help comes for both of them in surprising ways.. Author:ASHLEY, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SKY IN THE PIE "Waiter, there's a sky in my pie!" Roger McGough has many intriguing poems for his readers to taste - some to choke with laughter about, some to chew very slowly. Brimming with vitality and humour and spiced with thoughtful observation, this live-wire collection will appeal to every young reader.. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERFECT HAMBURGER If Joe could remember what he had thrown into the mixing-bowl, he knew that his hamburger could revive his friend Mr Borthwick's ailing business and drive other fast-food store off the high street. A great opening announcing the perfect hamburger is arranged - but will Joe find the ingredients.. Author:MCCALL SMITH, ALEXANDER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA When Class Three's new teacher flies in through the window on a magic carpet, the children believe that with Mr Majeika in charge, it's going to be the most exciting school term ever.. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOMO . Author:ENDE, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUICK, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE . Author:ROSEN, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEVER-ENDING STORY Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious world of enchantment - one falling into decay. The task of making things well again falls to Bastian - and so begins an unforgettable and magical adventure.. Author:ENDE, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BACK HOME In 1945, after five years as an evacuee, 12-year-old Rusty returns home to England from the USA and is shocked by what she finds - a world of war-damaged cities, rationing and drabness.. Author:MAGORIAN, MICHELLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOOF! When ten-year-old Eric Banks is suddenly transformed into a playful Norfolk terrier, he must discover the reasons for the change and adapt to life as a dog.. Author:WEGNER, FRITZ AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IT'S TOO FRIGHTENING FOR ME The eerie old house gives Jim and Arthur the creeps - a really horrible witch must live there! But somehow they can't keep away, even when a mysterious white face appears at the window.. Author:HUGHES, SHIRLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FINDING Alex doesn't know his birthday because he was found abandoned next to Cleopatra's Needle, so instead of a birthday he celebrates his finding. The author also wrote "A Handful of Thieves", "Keeping Henry", "On the Run", "The Outside Child", "The Peppermint Pig" and "The Runaway Summer".. Author:BAWDEN, NINA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA AND THE MUSIC TEACHER The sudden arrival of a new music teacher throws St Barty's School into confusion. Horrid smells start coming from the staffroom and creepy crawlies suddenly appear. For the new arrival is Wilhelmina Worlock, a wicked witch with some nasty tricks, and its up to Mr Majeika to outwit her.. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRIEDRICH A young German boy recounts the fate of his best friend, a Jew, during the Nazi regime.. Author:RICHTER, HANS PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FANTASTIC MR. FOX PLAY This adaption of Roald Dahl's best-selling story tells you everything you need to stage the play. Whether you want to be as mean as Farmer Bean or as heroic as Mr Fox, here is your chance to bring these characters to life, in any way you choose.. Author:DAHL, ROALD REID, SALLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAGA OF ERIK THE VIKING This is the tale of a viking warrior named Erik. Erik is no ordinary Viking, and with his trusty band of men he sets sail in search of the land where the sun goes at night.. Author:JONES, TERRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAIRY TALES This text is a collection of magic, adventurous and imaginative stories.. Author:JONES, TERRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SMILE, PLEASE! The central theme is the growing independence of the child as it branches out on its own - all the enjoyable new things as well as the drawbacks... This collection of poems about getting up in the morning, going to school, games, families, holidays reflects the feelings of young children.. Author:BRADMAN, TONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIGHTY SLIDE A collection of five story poems, from the title poem, where no end of fun is had on a giant slide made of snow, to the antics of the mysterious Captain Jim who performs all sorts of heroic deeds. Allan Ahlberg is the author of "Each Peach Pear Plum", "Peepo", "Playmates" and "Baby's Catalogue".. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MASTER BUN THE BAKER'S BOY One of several; comic stories for 6-8 year olds based on the card game 'Happy Families', this story features Master Bun the bakers' son.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. CREEP THE CROOK Designed for use at home and in school, each book in this series introduces the learner reader to the adventures of a different family.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISS DOSE THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER Designed for use at home and in school, each book in this series introduces the learner reader to the adventures of a different family.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. JOLLY'S JOKE SHOP Designed for use at home and in school, each book in this series introduces the learner reader to the adventures of a different family.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA AND THE HAUNTED HOTEL Mysteriously stranded in the fog at night, Mr Majeika and Class Three find themselves in a creepy hotel near Hadrian's Wall where some very spooky things start to happen. Strange lights, ghostly sounds and vanishing people .... Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS There are poems about a dreadful little brother and about the irrepressible Dave Dirt, anti-hero of several of Kit Wright's earlier poems in this collection of poems for 8 to 12 year olds. It also includes the tale of Zoe's earrings.. Author:WRIGHT, KIT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE OF GREEN GABLES . Author:MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PILLOW TALK This collection of poems for young children is full of jokes and irresistible delight. The author also wrote "Helen Highwater", "An Imaginary Menagerie", "Sky in the Pie", "Strictly Private" and "You Tell Me".. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOONDIAL Minty is staying with her maiden aunt and discovers that the moondial in the huge house nearby has the power to take her back in time. On her time travels, she meets two children who are desperately in need of help and she encounters danger and excitement in her bid to rescue them.. Author:CRESSWELL, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIEF IN THE VILLAGE AND OTHER STORIES A collection of stories about children and young people in present-day Jamaica. Against an atmospheric background and authentic rhythms and patterns of speech, the narratives bring alive a setting and culture relevant to multi-ethnic Britain.. Author:BERRY, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA AND THE DINNER LADY A series of adventures involving Class Three of St. Barty's school, and their teacher Mr Majeika, who also happens to be a magician. Other titles by the author include "Mr Majeika" and "Mr Majeika and the Haunted Hotel". He has been awarded the Somerset Maugham Award for his biographical work.. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMAGINARY MENAGERIE A collection of humorous poems asking "ever see a ...?" and featuring an extraordinary mix of newts playing flutes, aardvarks barking, baboons in hot-air balloons and even cats sitting on mats.. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KARATE PRINCESS The youngest of 16 beautiful princesses, Belinda is ignored by her father and left in the hands of a Japanese tutor. When the king has married off his other daughters he discovers that Belinda has turned into a karate expert. The king, in disgust, leaves her to find her own husband.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KEEPING HENRY A humorous story about a family evacuated from London to a farm in Wales during World War Two, and Henry, the mischievous squirrel who comes to live with them.. Author:BAWDEN, NINA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRISTMAS STOCKING JOKE BOOK A joke book packed with festive jokes, cartoons and live illustrations, written by the same author as "Lamb Drover Jim". The book is in the shape of a stocking.. Author:RAYNER, SHOO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEARD IT IN THE PLAYGROUND A collection of poems which won the 1990 Signal Poetry Award. The author also wrote the "Happy Families" series, "Ten in a Bed", "Woof!", "Please Mrs Butler", "The Mighty Slide" and "Ha Ha Bonk Book".. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRUMMY MUMMY AND ME Minna has a hard time trying to make her mother act sensibly. But then the whole family is a bit unusual, and at least it means life is never dull.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PACK OF LIARS Laura finds herself in correspondence with a boring girl called Miranda. She decides to liven things up by pretending to be Lady Melody from a noble family, but then she discovers that Miranda is really a professional thief who steals from the rich to give to the poor - a modern Robin Hood.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MADTAIL, MINIWHALE AND OTHER SHAPE POEMS Kite-shaped poems, worm-shaped poems, lollipop-lady shaped poems and even Cup Final shaped poems are part of this collection of shape poetry. It includes poems from popular poets such as Roger McGough, Colin West, Judith Nicholls, Spike Milligan and Wes Magee himself.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIS LITTLE PUFFIN Songs, rhymes and games for every occasion, all chosen for their popularity with young children. Collected from all over Britain, the contents reflect the cultural diversity of the nation.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POETRY JUMP-UP A collection of poetry by black writers from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Britain and the USA. It includes work by Bengamin Zephaniah, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Zinziswa Mandela, Maya Angelou, Rabindranath Tagore alongside traditional poems.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOGGLE-EYES Winner of the Carnegie Medal 1990 and "The Guardian" Children's Fiction Award 1990, this book is about Kitty, who hates her mother's boyfriend. Yet when he leaves, she finds she misses him. Anne Fine has also written "Madame Doubtfire", short-listed for the Young Observer Teenage Fiction Prize.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAUGHTER IS AN EGG Laughter is the subject of this collection of poems. There are poems about where laughter begins - does it start in your cheeks or with a tickle in your tummy? - about thin laughs, ribcracking laughs and even wet-yourself laughs. The author won the Children's Rights Workshop Other Award 1986.. Author:AGARD, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PONGWIFFY A story about Pongwiffy, the smelliest, ugliest witch ever. Living in a stinking, damp cave, with Hugo the fearless hamster from Amsterdam, she causes havoc amongst the witches of Witchway Wood. Kate Umansky has also written "Big Iggy" and "Witches in Stitches".. Author:UMANSKY, KAYE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIS POEM DOESN'T RHYME This anthology is designed to introduce children to poetry that doesn't rhyme. Including the work of poets from different ages, cultures and countries, here are examples of alliterative verse, imagist poems, riddles, shape and sound poems and playful poems. This book won the Signal Poetry Award.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAR BOY The award-winning illustrator of "Eric the Viking" and "Nicobobinus" looks back on his own wartime childhood, in this book which won the Kate Greenaway Medal 1990. His illustrations evoke the horror and beauty of blazing buildings and the comforts of childhood amid the shortages.. Author:FOREMAN, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA AND THE SCHOOL PLAY Even more wacky adventures for Class Three of St. Barty's school, and their rather unusual teacher Mr Majeika, who is a magician in his spare time.. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RHYME STEW This author/illustrator team have worked A collection of ribald rhymes featuring characters from fairy tales, fables and nursery rhymes.together on previous publications, including "Dir ty Beasts", "The Enormous Crocodile", "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me" and "Revolting Rhymes".. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORST WITCH ALL AT SEA Tells the further adventures of Mildred at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches.. Author:MURPHY, JILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY DAISY When Ned finds Lady Daisy in his grandmother's attic, she has been asleep since 1901. He enjoys bringing her up to date, but he also has some lessons of his own to learn. A talking Victorian doll is useful for school history projects, but, more difficult, Ned has to learn to stand up for himself.. Author:KING-SMITH, DICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF SCHOOL STORIES A collection of stories about school by authors such as Noel Streatfeild, Jan Mark, Charles Dickens, Ger Duffy and Bernard Ashley. The stories take a look at starting a new term, dealing with bullying, getting out of a sticky situation and facing parents with a bad report.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLESSU Contains two short stories. The first is the story of Blessu, an elephant with hay fever, whose trunk just won't stop growing. The second tells of Dumpling, the dachshund whose wish to be long and sausage-shaped like other dachshunds goes wrong.. Author:KING-SMITH, DICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEASONS OF SPLENDOUR India is a land steeped in folklore and tradition and in this collection of short stories, the author draws on India's tales, myths and legends and also shares memories of her childhood in India. The stories are full of gods, goddesses, princes and demons.. Author:JAFFREY, MADHUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF FUNNY STORIES From old favourites like "Three Men in a Boat" and "William", to modern masterpieces like "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole", the reader is introduced to the classics of the genre. In addition, there are stories by Jan Mark and George Layton and extracts from "Crummy Mummy and Me" by Anne Fine.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORST CHILD I EVER HAD Three babysitters, Mrs Mackle, Flora and Jeff, sit in the park and remember the worst children they've ever had to look after. Mrs Mackle's memories centre around Susan Solly whose interest and obsession with snails led Mrs Mackle to proclaim her the worst child she ever had.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARTHSEA QUARTET Contains the four stories of the Earthsea quartet, "A Wizard of Earthsea", "The Tombs of Atuan", "The Farthest Shore" and "Tehanu". Earthsea is an ancient world of wizards, magic, darkness and light, and an ever-shifting balance of power.. Author:LE GUIN, URSULA K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEAR NOBODY WANTED Tells the story of a teddy bear who is too proud and self-centred to be loved. It traces his life and his story of rejection, disaster, friends gained and lost, hurt and love, until eventually, transformed by a remarkable life, he becomes a bear truly deserving of a loving owner.. Author:AHLBERG, JANET AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOLF Cassy is suddenly sent off by her grandmother, with whom she lives, to stay with her mother. This has happened before but this time Cassy begins to wonder why. Her mother, a feckless woman, has moved and Cassy finds her living in a London squat with Lyall and his teenage son Robert.. Author:CROSS, GILLIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA AND THE SCHOOL BOOK WEEK This is one of a series of books featuring the popular character of Mr Majeika. When St Barty's School have their bookweek, Mr Majeika magically brings to life the characters from the pages of each book and, after a chaotic struggle, manages to get them back into their books.. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY All the original Milly-Molly-Mandy stories brought together in one gift omnibus.. Author:BRISLEY, JOYCE L.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THERE'S A VIKING IN MY BED When Sigurd the Viking finds himself in the 20th century, he has no idea how to behave. In the Ellises' sea-side hotel he's eager to help out - but how could he know that a washing machine is for clothes, not dishes? And nobody has told him you're meant to get undressed before you have a bath.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VICAR OF NIBBLESWICKE Reverend Lee doesn't realise that his dyslexia is affecting his sermons. His parishioners are at first amused and then shocked by the garbled messages coming from the pulpit. Finally a cure is found. The Vicar must walk backwards for the rest of his life. By the author of "The Witches".. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ICE PALACE Ivan lives in a land where the winter is dark and fearful. Starjik, King of Winter, steals Ivan's little brother and Ivan braves the bitter cold to find him.. Author:SWINDELLS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RENT A GENIUS Sophy's family has had enough of her helpful hints and her mother tells her to find someone who really needs help. So Sophy sets up as a rent-a-genius. Customers flock in, desperate for advice about mud and grandmothers, friends and tomatoes - but soon there are too many problems.. Author:CROSS, GILLIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLOUR BABIES When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get the soap factory, or the maggot farm, or the exploding custard tins. They get the flour babies - sweet little bags of flour that must be treated gently. Anne Fine's novel "Goggle-Eyes" won the Carnegie Medal.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LUCKY A collection of poems for children encompassing everything from epigrams to longer narratives, letters and story poems.. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATBAG School cleaner Elsie Bunce could see that Fatbag was no ordinary vacuum cleaner. But she didn`t know that Fatbag had an evil plan. Fatbag is set to slurp his way out of the school playground on to the streets, sweep up humans everywhere and take over the planet. By the author of "Lighting Lucy".. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STONE COLD Winner of the 1994 Carnegie Medal. Link, 17 years old and driven from his parental home, has drifted to London, jobless and friendless. He meets Deb, a homeless girl, who gives him some meaning in life. He doesn't realize that Deb is a journalist hunting a serial killer who preys on the homeless.. Author:SWINDELLS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FANTASTIC STORIES 21 stories of mischief and magic, dragons and dinosaurs, monsters and mermaids, cruelty and courage.. Author:FOREMAN, MICHAEL JONES, TERRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA AND THE SCHOOL INSPECTOR Poor Mr Majeika gains so many penalty points when the nasty Mr Postlethwaite, a school inspector, comes to inspect that he nearly loses his teacher's licence. However Mr Majeika gets his revenge.. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALKING TURKEYS This collection of rap poetry covers subjects such as politics, racism, green issues and others.. Author:ZEPHANIAH, BENJAMIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BFG PLAYS FOR CHILDREN Following the success of his stage adaptation of "The BFG", David Wood has now written a series of scenes for performance by children in schools and other amateur groups. With notes on staging, props and costumes, these plays can be performed with the minimum of experience or resources.. Author:DAHL, ROALD WOOD, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST POLAR BEARS Grandfather has gone to the Arctic in search of the last polar bears, with his constant companion, Roo - a dog with a mind of her own. His chief piece of equipment for this expedition is a golf club, although the golf bag also proves very useful for carrying provisions and wounded penguins.. Author:HORSE, HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THUNDERBOLT'S WAXWORK The New Cut Gang is a group of urchins ranging from 6-year-old Sharkey Bob to 13-year-old Bridie Malone. They inhabit the streets around Lambeth Walk and the New Cut. In 1892, it is a place full of gangsters, bookies, pickpockets, swindlers, horse thieves and the occasional tentative policeman.. Author:PULLMAN, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GAS-FITTER'S BALL The New Cut Gang is a group of urchins in 1892. Lambeth Walk and the New Cut bristles with gangsters, bookies, pickpockets, swindlers, horse thieves and the occasional tentative policeman. The gang discover a cache of counterfeit gold sovereigns and are pursued by its murderous owner.. Author:PULLMAN, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BULLY A novel about the subject of bullying in school, but with an unusual twist: in a role reversal, the bully becomes the victim of persecution himself.. Author:NEEDLE, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARLOTTE'S WEB A girl called Fern loves a litte pig called Wilbur. Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever plan (which no one else could possible have thought of).. Author:WHITE, E.B.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STIG OF THE DUMP Barney is a solitary 8-year-old, given to wandering off by himself. One day he falls into a disused chalk-pit, landing in a sort of cave, and meets somebody wearing a rabbit-skin and speaking in grunts. He names him Stig, they learn to understand one another and enjoy a series of adventures.. Author:KING, CLIVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BORROWERS The Borrowers lived in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They owned nothing, borrowed everything, and thought human beings were invented just for their use. Until one of the Borrowers made friends with a human.. Author:NORTON, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WATERSHIP DOWN Tells the story of a motley band of rabbits who desert their ancient warren when the gentle Fiver predicts imminent destruction of all who remain. Led by Fiver's intelligent brother, Hazel, the refugees set out on an epic search for a new home.. Author:ADAMS, RICHARD PARKINS, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CARRIE'S WAR Evacuated from London to Wales during World War II, Carrie and her brother are sent to live with the very strict Mr Evans. In trying to heal the breach between Mr Evans and his estranged sister, Carrie does the worst thing she ever did in her life.. Author:BAWDEN, NINA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY DAD'S GOT AN ALLIGATOR Nicholas is used to his loopy father's antics. But it looks like dad has finally flipped when he brings an alligator home to be the family pet. With Crunchbag around there is never a dull moment. This riotous reptile is soon eating the Sunday lunch, is in the neighbours' pond and is on the loose.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH Time is running out for Mrs Frisby, who must move her family of mice before the farmer destroys their home. But her son is so ill she is convinced he won't survive the move. Help comes in the unexpected form of super-intelligent rats, and little by little Mrs Frisby learns the rats' secret.. Author:O'BRIEN, ROBERT C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA It was Leslie who invented Terabithia - the secret country on an island in the dry creek. Here Jess could be strong, unafraid and unbeatable. When something terrible happens, Jess finds he can face grief and disaster better than he could ever have imagined.. Author:PATERSON, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAY Timothy's story takes the reader back to 1884 and the Afro-Caribbean community of his childhood, and traces his life from his first trip as a cabin boy to his signing up for the ill-fated boat on which he was to meet Philip.. Author:TAYLOR, THEODORE MCKENDRY, KENNY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TARKA THE OTTER This tale of an otter's life and death in Devon, captures the feel of life in the wild as seen through the otter's own eyes.. Author:WILLIAMSON, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY The Mississippi of the 1930s was a hard place for a black child to grow up in, but still Cassie didn't see why farming his own land meant so much to her father. Then, when the night riders were carrying hatred among her people, she learned when it was worth fighting for a principle.. Author:TAYLOR, MILDRED D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA AND THE GHOST TRAIN One complete story in which Mr Majeika and Class Three ride on a ghost train with real ghosts. Could Wilhelmina Warlock, Mr Majeika's arch enemy, be up to her old tricks again?. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STEP BY WICKED STEP Pixie, Robbo, Claudia, Colin and Ralph all have one thing in common - two emergency numbers for two different homes. Thrown together for the night in a tower of creepy, dark old Harwick Hall, each child tells his or her own story, mirroring the feelings about living in the modern step-family.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF NONSENSE VERSE This is a lively and upbeat collection of nonsense verse for all the family - including classic verse from nonsense greats such as Lear, Carroll, Belloc and Nash, together with the very best of contemporary proponents.. Author:BLAKE, QUENTIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET GARDEN After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child to live in her uncle's great lonely house on the moors. Then one day, she discovers the key to a secret garden and, as if by magic, her life begins to change.. Author:BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHITE FANG White Fang is halfdog, halfwolf and the only animal in the litter to survive extreme cold and desperate hunger. This is a story about a fiercely independent creature of the wild, where each day becomes a fight to stay alive. The author also wrote "The Call of the Wild".. Author:LONDON, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE WOMEN The good-natured March girls - Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - manage to lead interesting lives despite their father's absence at war and the family's lack of money. Whether they're making plans for putting on a play or forming a secret society, their enthusiasm is infectious.. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CALL OF THE WILD Buck is born to a life of luxury in California, but he's betrayed by an estate gardener and sold to be a sledge dog in the frozen north. It is the time of the famous Klondike Gold Rush and dogs like Buck are in great demand. But Buck escapes to lead a wolf pack, and becomes a legend of the north.. Author:LONDON, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE This retelling of Malory's stories of King Arthur was first published in 1953.. Author:GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAILWAY CHILDREN When father has to go away for a time, the three children and their mother leave their London house and go to live in a cottage in the country. They seek solace in the railway station, making friends with the porter and the stationmaster. But where is their father, and is he ever going to return?. Author:NESBIT, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TREASURE ISLAND The discovery of a treasure map in Captain Flint's sea chest plunges Jim into a series of adventures as sudden and unexpected as the Captain's arrival at the Admiral Benbow Inn. For Jim, life will never be quite the same again.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER The tale of a boy's life in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi River. Tom skips school and with his friends, Huck Finn and Jim, spends his days on mad adventures - some real, some imagined.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PETER PAN When Peter Pan arrives at the Darling home, he teaches Wendy, John and Michael to fly. They journey to Neverland, the country where the lost boys live who never grow up. There are mermaids and redskins and pirates, the most evil and terrible of whom is Captain James Hook.. Author:BARRIE, J.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND When Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit-hole, she enters a world of strange scenes and remarkable characters: the Mad Hatter, the Duchess, the Cheshire Cat, the Mock Turtle and many other creatures.. Author:CARROLL, LEWIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN When Huckleberry Finn flees from his brutal father, he meets up with an old friend, the slave Jim, who is also running away. Together they travel by raft down the Mississippi, experiencing amazing adventures, and learning of the strange ways of people in the deep South.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE Charles and Mary Lamb bring alive the power of "Hamlet" and "Othello", the fun of "As You Like It" and the drama of "Pericles".. Author:LAMB, CHARLES LAMB, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JANE EYRE As an orphan, Jane Eyre's childhood is far from happy. She endures the hatred of her aunt and cousins, but finally begins to find some pleasure as a teacher. She becomes governess to Mr Rochester and hopes that she might at last have found love and kindness.. Author:BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEIDI The story of a young girl who learns to love her life in the Alps with her grandfather. They are both unhappy when Heidi is sent away again to a family in town, but she soon manages to get home to her Alps - and to share her happiness with her new friends.. Author:SPYRI, JOHANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT EXPECTATIONS A mysterious benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to be unfounded, however, and he must return home penniless.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES JENNINGS, LINDA M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POLLYANNA As soon as Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she begins to brighten up everybody's life. The "glad game" she plays, of finding a silver lining in every cloud, transforms the sick, the lonely and the miserable.. Author:PORTER, ELEANOR H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES OF THE GREEK HEROES Here are the great stories of the heroic age - Dionysus, Heracles, Theseus, the quest for the Golden Fleece and many more. The story of Ancient Greece is continued in Roger Lancelyn Green's "The Tale of Troy".. Author:GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN LANGFORD, ALAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK BEAUTY Black Beauty is a marvellous animal; he lives a long, varied life and has many different owners who put him to all sorts of tasks, from being a riding and carriage horse on a country estate to a cab horse in town. His strength, sweet temper and fine instincts stay with him throughout his life.. Author:SEWELL, ANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIND IN THE WILLOWS When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel - which leads him and his friends on a whirl of trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars, and into a lot of trouble.. Author:GRAHAME, KENNETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUNGLE BOOK A human baby is given shelter by a family of wolves after Shere Khan the tiger has attacked and driven off his parents. The Mother Wolf suckles him and gives him the name "Mowgli". Baloo the Bear and Bagheera the Black Panther undertake Mowgli's education.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING SOLOMON'S MINES Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend - and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon.. Author:HAGGARD, H.RIDER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE PRINCESS When Sara Crewe's father is made bankrupt, she is reduced to poverty. At Miss Minchin's school, where she had been a privileged student, she is now forced to work as a servant. But Sara has a loving heart, and she knows that with the right spirit she can remain a princess inside.. Author:BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON GILL, MARGERY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES This is a collection of eight stories of adventure and detection in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder and ingenious crimes of all kinds. Included are "The Red-Headed League" and "The Engineers Thumb".. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KIDNAPPED Young David Balfour came to the House of Shaws to claim his inheritance. Instead he found himself kidnapped, the victim of a plot to murder him. With the help of rebel Alan Breck, David escapes, only to find himself suspected of murder and hunted across the Scottish moors.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER STORIES Contains nine magical and haunting fairy tales: "The Happy Prince", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", "The Remarkable Rocket", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Young King", "The Birthday of the Infanta" and "The Star-Child" and "The Fisherman and His Soul".. Author:BO, LARS WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES A collection of poems to celebrate childhood. From the make-believe world of "The Land of Counterpane" to the simple pleasure of "At the Seaside", the curiosity of "Auntie's Skirts" to the dreams of "Foreign Lands", these poems capture a child's wonder and fascination with everyday things.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIZARD OF OZ When a cyclone hits her Kansas home, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked to the magical land of Oz. To find her way home, she must follow the yellow brick road to where the Wizard lives in the Emerald City. Along the way, she meets the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion.. Author:BAUM, FRANK L.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WUTHERING HEIGHTS The saga of two Yorkshire families in the remote Pennine Hills. The book has been interpreted as an historical romance, a ghostly thriller, a psychological love-story, a religious allegory and a nature poem. This is the author's only novel.. Author:BRONTE, EMILY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOOD WIVES This is a title from the "Puffin Classic" series. "Good Wives" is the sequel to "Little Women", and sees Beth, Amy, Meg and Jo embarking on married life.. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES Part of the "Puffin Classics" series, this book includes a selection of the fairy tales of the Brother Grimm.. Author:GRIMM, WILHELM GRIMM, JACOB. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT KATY DID Gangly, quick-tempered Katy always means to be beautiful and beloved and as good as an angel one day, but meanwhile her resolutions somehow get forgotten or go horribly wrong. Then one day she falls off a swing and faces possible paralysis. She begins to learn from her invalid cousin Helen.. Author:COOLIDGE, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Part of the "Penguin Classics" series, this book stars the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his faithful assistant Doctor Watson, as they investigate a family curse.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD This is a re-telling of the classic tale. Robin Hood is champion of the poor and oppressed against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham.. Author:GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUST SO STORIES From the curiosity of the elephant's child, to the crab who played with the sea, from the ingenious invention of the alphabet, to how the rhinoceros got its wrinkled skin, these are stories of strange happenings in the High and Far-Off Times.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOONFLEET Young John Trenchard gets involved in the smuggling trade in the Dorset coastal village of Moonfleet. Forced to flee England with a price on his head, John little guesses the adventures and trials he will face before he sees Moonfleet again.. Author:EXELL, F.K. FALKNER, J. MEADE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXTRAORDINARY CASES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Contains eight of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The stories in the book include "The Speckled Band" and "The Reigate Puzzle". The stories are complete and unabridged.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS When their father's business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortune. But although they think of many ingenious ways to do so, their well-meant efforts are often more fun than profitable - until one adventure has quite unexpected results.. Author:NESBIT, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PINOCCHIO An old wood-carverdecides to make a wonderful puppet which can dance and somersault, but by chance he uses a strange piece of wood - and the finished puppet can talk and misbehave like any child. But Pinocchio is also brave and inquisitive, and after many adventureshe earns his heart's desire.. Author:COLLODI, CARLO HARDEN, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS The sequel to "Alice in Wonderland".. Author:CARROLL, LEWIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED BADGE OF COURAGE A novel of the experiences of an ordinary innocent young soldier on the battlefields of the American Civil War.. Author:CRANE, STEPHEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRANKENSTEIN Frankenstein is the fable of the scientist who creates a man-monster. The dire and terrfying consequences of giving it life are beyond his imagination, as the creature inflicts murder on the human race.. Author:SHELLEY, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE MEN LIFE AT PLUMFIELD WITH JO'S BOYS By the author of "Little Women", this novel returns to the March family and is set at Plumfield School, which is run by Jo and her husband on the lines of the author's husband educational theories.. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JO'S BOYS This is the fourth and last book about the March family. Ten years after the school at Plumfield was founded, there is now a college, built with a legacy from old Mr Lawrence. All Jo's children are grown young men scattered round the world, but they are still "Jo's boys".. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH When Axel deciphers an old parchment that describes a secret passage through a volcano to the centre of the Earth, nothing will stop his Uncle Lidenbrock from setting out at once. So, with silent Hans the guide, the two men embark on a perilous, terrifying journey through the subterranean world.. Author:VERNE, JULES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES OF ANCIENT EGYPT Legends from ancient Egypt - of gods, magic and adventure. These stories include the great myths of Amen-Ra, of Isis and of the Bennu Bird, and the first Cinderella story.. Author:GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRACULA Jonathan Harker, incarcerated in a Transylvanian castle, has an alluring but terrifying dream of three women, eager to prey upon him. His host and jailer is none other than Count Dracula, or Nosferatu, the Un-Dead, controller of the wolves.. Author:STOKER, BRAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON A terrible storm strands a Swiss pastor, with his wife and four sons, on a tropical island. With what they salvage from the wrecked ship, and the island's abundant fruits, plants and animals, they soon adapt, each day discovering new dangers, skills and delights in their strange new life.. Author:WYSS, J.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES OF MYSTERY AND TERROR 13 stories of horror, suspense and the supernatural, including "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Black Cat".. Author:POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA A mission to rid the seas of a monstrous creature becomes a nightmare when Professor Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land are thrown overboard. The frigate has struck metal. The marine animal which has haunted the water is no beast, but a man-made vessel, and the men become prisoners of captain Nemo.. Author:VERNE, JULES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROBINSON CRUSOE Robinson Crusoe is the sole survivor of a shipwreck and struggles for many years on an uninhabited island with no hope of rescue. With patience, ingenuity and optimism he begins to transform the island and soon his only lack is human company.. Author:DEFOE, DANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRISTMAS CAROL Part of the "Puffin Classic" series, this book tells the heartwarming story of the mean employer Scrooge who is visited by four ghosts who tell him that if he doesn't change his ways he will die a miserable man.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIVE CHILDREN AND IT Before the children had had no idea that there was such a thing as a sand-fairy, now they were talking to "It". They discovered the odd-looking, cranky creature while digging. The fairy grants them a wish a day, lasting until sunset, but the wishes don't always work as they should.. Author:NESBIT, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WATER BABIES When Tom, an ill-treated little chimney-sweep, jumps into a clear, cool stream to clean himself, something fantastical happens. He is turned into a tiny water-baby by the fairies, and he enters a strange, magical underwater world.. Author:KINGSLEY, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES A selection of stories from Hans Christian Anderson, including "Thumbelina", "The Snow Queen", "The Emporer's New Clothes", as well as the less familiar "The Goblin At the Grocer's" and "Dance, Dolly, Dance".. Author:ANDERSEN, H.C. LEWIS, NAOMI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHOENIX AND THE CARPET From the children's nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched to reveal a Phoenix who explains that the carpet posesses magic qualities. And so begins a series of fantastic adventures as the carpet transports the group to many different places.. Author:MILLAR, H.R. NESBIT, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE OF GREEN GABLES When Anne Shirley "erupts" into the Cuthberts's lives, they don't realize how fond they will become of the red-haired orphan. Both entertained and exasperated by her constant chatter and imaginings, they soon find it hard to remember what Green Gables was like without its adopted daughter.. Author:MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREYFRIARS BOBBY For 14 years the little Skye terrier returned every night to the shepherd's grave in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh - so dearly had he loved his master.. Author:ATKINSON, ELEANOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENCHANTED CASTLE Gerald, Cathy and Jimmy wake a beautiful princess from her hundred year sleep in an enchanted garden. It's really only Mabel, the housekeeper's niece - but the garden really is enchanted, and the ring she slips on really is magic.. Author:NESBIT, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALE OF TROY Zeus said: "It is in my mind to cause the great and glorious war of Troy, that shall be famous to the end of time. Famous too, are the names of the heroes who fight at Troy". This book recounts the stories of these heroes.. Author:BAYNES, PAULINE GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN Princess Irene lives in a castle in a wild and lonely mountainous region. One day she discovers a steep and winding stairway leading to a bewildering labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies at the top?. Author:MACDONALD, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE MUSKETEERS When hot-blooded d'Artagnan comes to Paris to seek his fortune, he finds himself challenged to a duel with not one, but three of the King's Musketeers. but Athos, Porthos and Aramis are to become his greatest friends. D'Artagnan faces danger when he becomes embroiled in the intrigues of the Court.. Author:DUMAS, ALEXANDRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOST WORLD Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor Challenger: an adventure that leads Malone and his three companions deep into the Amazon jungle.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN NEWSHAM, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRINCE AND THE PAUPER In the PUFFIN CLASSICS series, a historical story and a case of mistaken identity. Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins. Edward is heir to the throne, whilst Tom is a miserable pauper. When fate brings them together the prince suddenly becomes the pauper and the ignorant Tom, heir to the throne of England.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL Katy and her little sister Clover are to spend a whole year away at boarding school. At first their worst fears are confirmed, but soon the girls find that Hillsover might be rather different from their expectations. It certainly isn't going to be dull with a girl like Rose Red as an ally.. Author:COOLIDGE, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF THE AMULET At the end of "Five Children and It", the five children promised not to ask the Psammead for another wish as long as they lived, but expressed a half-wish to see it again some time. They found it again in a pet shop in Camden Town, and their magic adventures started again.. Author:NESBIT, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY First published in 1886, this is the story of a small Angelic New York boy who is told he is the heir to an English earldom. Whisked away to the English countryside, he begins to win over his bad-tempered old grandfather.. Author:BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT KATY DID NEXT Katy Carr can hardly believe it when she is invited to spend a year in Europe with Mrs Ashe and Amy. How wonderful to see all the places and things she had heard about. A year seems a long time to be away from her beloved family living in the small American town of Burnet.. Author:COOLIDGE, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POLLYANNA GROWS UP Her crippled legs cured, Pollyanna goes to Boston before travelling to Europe with Aunt Polly and Dr Chilton. But growing up brings sorrows as well as joys, and when she returns after six years, with Dr Chilton dead and Aunt Polly fallen on hard times, even Pollanna struggles to remain cheerful.. Author:PORTER, ELEANOR H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM When ten-year-old Rebecca Randall leaves Sunnybrook Farm to go and live with her aunts, Miranda and Jane, in Riverboro neither she nor they know quite what to expect. And with Rebecca around it's usually the unexpected that happens anyway. The story is set in Maine at the end of the 19th century.. Author:WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND OTHER TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS This collection includes "The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and "The Tale of the Hunchback". Originating in Persia, India and Arabia, these stories were the daily entertainment of the common people. In this edition they are retold especially for children.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIP VAN WINKLE This is a collection of stories by Irving Washington. The book contains "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "The Spectre Bridegroom", "The Pride of the Village" and "Mount Joy".. Author:IRVING, WASHINGTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE OF THE ISLAND As her childhood friends get married and move away, Anne leaves Prince Edward Island for Redmond College in Kingsport. Although Priscilla Grant and Gilbert Blythe are fellow-students, she's still lonely. But she soon makes new friends wherever she goes, including rich, handsome Roy Gardner, whose attentions to Anne make Gilbert very jealous.. Author:MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALADDIN AND OTHER TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Includes "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp", "The Donkey", "The Tale of Khalifah", "The Fisherman", "The Dream" and "The Ebony Horse".. Author:DAWOOD, N.J. HARVEY, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARK SPARK IN THE DARK Mark Spark has a secret - he is afraid of the dark. When Louise invites him to come and stay the night in a tent in her garden, Mark knows that he'll be too scared to sleep. Instead he goes to stay with his great gran, and with her he finds out that the dark isn't quite so scary after all.. Author:WILSON, JACQUELINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE OF AVONLEA Five years on from her arrival at Green Gables, Anne Shirley is "half-past 16" and about to return to her old school as a teacher. Set on inspiring youthful minds and hearts she'll have none of Mr Harrison's pessimism. Anne also finds a new cause - the improvement of Avonlea.. Author:MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE'S HOUSE OF DREAMS The sequel to "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Avonlea" and "Anne of the Island", continues the story of the red-headed orphan. Anne has finally come to her senses and married her childhood friend, Gilbert Blythe.. Author:MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE OF WINDY WILLOWS Further chronicles of the life of the red-haired Canadian orphan. Anne is principal of Summerside High School and she lives in a house called Windy Willows. This is just before her marriage to Gilbert.. Author:MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE OF INGLESIDE This is the final book following the adventures of Anne. Ingleside is a busy and contented place, home for Anne, Gilbert and their six children. But then Gilbert's maiden aunt comes to stay and for a while the peace is sadly strained.. Author:MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHANTOM OF THE OPERA The "opera ghost" makes performers at the Paris Opera House nervous. When Christine disappears, a sense of dread begins to pervade. In an ever-increasing pattern of fear and violence, the Phantom of the Opera begins to strike, but always with the young singer at the centre of his macabre desires.. Author:LEROUX, GASTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OLIVER TWIST Oliver Twist is an orphan who is born in a workhouse. After an unhappy apprenticeship, Oliver runs away to London where he falls in with thieves, headed by Fagin. He is rescued by Mr Brownlow but the gang kidnap him back. Oliver discovers the identity of his parents and the gang is exposed.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES WATERFIELD, ROBIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF CLASSIC CHILDREN'S STORIES This anthology introduces children to the children's classics from "Anne of Green Gables" to a "Christmas Carol", offering them an opportunity to use the extracts as a guide to which classics they would enjoy. The book is organised thematically with an introduction by the editor to each section.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OTHER FACTS OF LIFE There are some things Ben doesn't understand. His unwilling father is sent to explain the facts of life to him - only to find the questions Ben asks are far tougher than he expected, and he doesn't have the answers. Ben mounts an inspired crusade that is both deadly serious - and very funny.. Author:GLEITZMAN, MORRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MERCEDES ICE Shadow Point is a tower block like a gigantic finger that casts a shadow in the streets below it. It is home to Rosie Glow and Timothy Ice, who grow up there and see it gradually begin to crack and fall apart. It becomes a grey wasteland, and their son, Mercedes Ice, becomes sick.. Author:RIDLEY, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAKOTA OF THE WHITE FLATS Dakota Pink is determined to rescue the diamond-studded turtle stolen from the white Flats where she lives with her friend Treacle. It has been sold to best-selling author, Lassiter Peach, who lives in fear of gems and hates children. Fearless, Dakota sets out with her friend Treacle.. Author:RIDLEY, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCRIBBLEBOY Bailey has just arrived in the neighbourhood when he receives a mysterious invitation to join an even more mysterious club. The Scribbleboy Fan Club has only one member, Ziggy Fuzz, but it has a vital mission - to spread the word about Scribbleboy and his amazing scribbles.. Author:RIDLEY, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MATT'S MILLION Matt Collins is eleven and lives with his mother at number 27, Calmore Road, Chesterfield. One morning, towards the end of the summer holidays, a letter arrives from a firm of solicitors, with a cheque made payable to him for over #1 million - so that he can buy anything he wants.. Author:NORRISS, ANDREW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG AND MOG PLAYS FOR CHILDREN David Wood wrote a professional stage play, "The Meg and Mog Show", based on the characters. Now he has written a series of four short plays for children to read and to act out. The book includes some suggestions for very simple staging and costumes.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIDEO ROSE Rose's favourite pastime is eating sweets and watching videos. Her mum warns that she'll get square eyes and turn into a video. Then one day, the video breaks down and an old man comes to mend it. He gives Rose a special handshake and she turns into a real walking-talking video.. Author:WILSON, JACQUELINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE FRANK This is a photographic biography of Anne Frank, in which her early life, before her family went into hiding, is revealed. Evidence of the oppresive last years of her life and the worsening political situation preceed testimonies of the people who last saw Anne and her sister Margot alive.. Author:LANGHAM, TONY VAN DE ROL, RUUD VERHOEVEN, RIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIARY OF A KILLER CAT Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Who will be the next victim to come through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her pet to change his ways? The antics of Tuffy and his family are told by the killer cat himself.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NO TURNING BACK Escaping from his violent stepfather, 12-year-old Sipho heads for Johannesburg, where he has heard that gangs of children live on the streets. But Sipho has to learn who to trust in the "new" South Africa.. Author:NAIDOO, BEVERLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGEL FOR MAY A young boy has sympathy for an old beggar woman after he slips back into the time of her childhood during World War II. When he gets into trouble in the town, she comes to his rescue. This book was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.. Author:BURGESS, MELVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BABY AND FLY PIE A group of street children, who survive on sorting through the rubbish on a tip for Mother Shelly, get involved in a baby kidnap. If they can return the baby and claim the reward they will be able to start a new life. But this story of dreams ends in disaster.. Author:BURGESS, MELVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVING APRIL Abandoned by his father to a life of poverty, Tony is angry with everyone, and desperately lonely. April Dean, the deaf girl, needs friends too. But their growing relationship arouses deep prejudices which threaten to engulf not only Tony and April but the whole village.. Author:BURGESS, MELVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FABLES The complete version of over 200 familiar tales. From the best-known examples, "The Dog in the Manger", "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", to much less familiar tales. Each has its own sharply pointed moral and individual cast of characters - animals and human.. Author:AESOP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEAVER TOWERS A spell whisks Philip away on his kite to an island. His guide on this trip, a robin, takes him to meet the beavers. They tell him of the danger that threatens them. The witch Oyin has imprisoned most of the inhabitants in Beaver Towers. Only magic can save them. Philip has to get her spell book.. Author:HINTON, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEAVER TOWERS WITCHES REVENGE The evil witch Oyin has returned to Beaver Towers with one aim, revenge. She has tried to destroy Philip with earth, air and fire. Now she uses her last and most dangerous means of attack, water. Philip must head for the sea as his friend is in danger. He has dared to defy Oyin once but this time she is waiting for him.. Author:HINTON, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUIRKY TAILS! A collection of "quirky" tales. In one, a boy's mouth is so small there is only just enough room to poke in one pea at a time. He can't talk, he can't stick out his tongue and he can't eat. Another is about life with an undertaker.. Author:JENNINGS, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA AND THE SCHOOL CARETAKER When old Mr Jenks retires, St Barty's School advertises for a new caretaker. Unfortunately there's only one applicant - Hamish Bigmore's uncle. Uncle Wilf is rude and bad-tempered, and it's up to Mr Majeika to work some magic and put everything right.. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MICHAEL ROSEN'S BOOK OF VERY SILLY POEMS A collection of nonsense verse brought together by the author Michael Rosen and including some new poems of his own.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAR GAME Examining the life of ordinary soldiers during World War I, this book recalls the heroism of the young soldiers and the spirit of sympathy that grew up between the two armies as they suffered on the front line. This is a story about friends who joined the army in the midst of World War I.. Author:FOREMAN, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY Cassie didn't understand why farming his own land meant so much to her father. During that year, in the 1930s, when the night riders carried destruction among her people, she learned that it was worth fighting for a principle even if it brought terrible hardships.. Author:TAYLOR, MILDRED D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BUDDY Buddy is filled with fears and worries. Why has his mum left home? What's it like to die? Do the police know he's a shoplifter? What's the mysterious 'job' his dad has found? Buddy's story is continued in Buddy's Song and Buddy's Blues.. Author:HINTON, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ACROSS THE BARRICADES In these terrifying days in Belfast, no Protestant girl like Sadie could go out with a Catholic boy like Kevin without resentment or even murderous violence flaring up around them. They were made for each other, they knew that, but what would happen if they went on seeing each other?. Author:LINGARD, JOAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INTO EXILE Protestant Sadie and Catholic Kevin have married and "escaped" to London - but will they ever really be free of Belfast and its troubles? In this third book about Sadie and Kevin, Joan Lingard has added an understanding of the strains of marriage to the sombre representation of life in Belfast.. Author:LINGARD, JOAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WRINKLE IN TIME When Charles goes searching through a "wrinkle in time" for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as "it". The book describes how Charles, his sister Meg and his friend Calvin find and free his father.. Author:L'ENGLE, MADELEINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM Willie is evacuated to the country during World War II. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley, but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back to London.. Author:MAGORIAN, MICHELLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Eight adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes feature in this compilation. Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson attempt to solve the unsolvable in such sinister tales as "The Crooked Man". The stories are complete and unabridged.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAZ 4 ZOE In 2051 Britain is a divided country - deliberately divided by economic and educational strategies. Half the population shelters in fortified suburbs, the other half smoulders in sealed off ghettos. Zoe is one of the privileged, Daz a semi-literate ghetto dweller until they fall in love.. Author:SWINDELLS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LET THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Tells the story of the black Logan family in Mississippi during the Depression. The children are happy in their stable family, but outside is fear and tension. Much of the book focuses on the plight of Cassie's elder brother, Stacey. This is the sequel to "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry".. Author:TAYLOR, MILDRED D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER When Patty Bergen sold a red pencil-sharpener to the German prisoner in her father's store, a friendship was started that was to bring her much unhappiness, but also the greatest joy she'd ever known. This is an unusual and moving story set in wartime Arkansas.. Author:GREENE, BETTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BETWEEN TWO WORLDS Continues the story of the Petersons family, first begun in "Tug of War". After fleeing from the advancing Russian Army and leaving their family home in Latvia forever, the Petersons arrive in Canada in 1948. But their problems are not over.. Author:LINGARD, JOAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BROTHER IN THE LAND An after-the bomb story. Teenage Danny is one of the unlucky ones, a survivor, one of those who have come through a nuclear holocaust alive. In Shipley, an ordinary town in the North of England, there are still some other survivors to be found. Danny describes life after the bomb.. Author:SWINDELLS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRY OF THE WOLF The hunter is determined to shoot every last wolf in Britain, but Ben and his father are equally determined to save Silver, Conna and their family of wolf cubs. The adult wolves are killed yet one cub, Grey Cub, survives and the battle for survival begins. Who is the hunter and who the hunted?. Author:BURGESS, MELVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEST LITTLE GIRL IN THE WORLD This story is based on the theme of anorexia. To her father, Francesca is "the best little girl in the world", but at her ballet class she realizes she is "fat". With this realization, fat Francesca has to die, and slim Kessa takes her place. Help arrives in the shape of Sandy Sherman, a doctor.. Author:LEVENKRON, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VELVETEEN RABBIT OR HOW TOYS BECOME REAL A velveteen rabbit is given to a little boy for Christmas but is put in the toy box, where he is snubbed by the other toys. Only the horse is kind to him and tells him that if a child loves a toy enough it becomes real. One night the nanny gives the child the rabbit and the two become inseparable.. Author:WILLIAMS, MARGERY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALE OF TWO CITIES The "two cities" of the title are Paris and London. Dr Manette has been confined for 18 years in the Bastille because he found out the Marquis de Evremonde and his brother had ill treated a girl and mortally wounded a young boy. He has just been released and brought to England.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Mr and Mrs Bennet live with their five daughters at Longbourn in Hertfordshire. Jane, the eldest, falls in love with Charles Bingley, a rich bachelor who takes a house near by with his two sisters and friend Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy is attracted to the second daughter, Elizabeth.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Edmond Dantes has much to look forward to. He is to be captain of a ship and to marry his beloved Mercedes. But his future is cruelly blighted when enemies provoke his wrongful arrest and he is condemned to lifelong imprisonment. The answer to his problem lies on the Island of Monte Cristo.. Author:DUMAS, ALEXANDRE WATERFIELD, ROBIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATHER CHRISTMAS "IT'S A BLOOMIN' JOKE" BOOK Lovable rogue Father Christmas presents the reader with a collection of Christmas jokes. The book also features some of his musings on what it's like to be Father Christmas - for better or for worse - year in, year out.. Author:BRIGGS, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MADAME DOUBTFIRE Lydia, Christopher and Natalie, since their parent's divorce, are used to travelling between their volatile mother, Miranda, and Daniel their out-of-work actor father. When Miranda advertizes for someone to supervise the children, Daniel disguises himself and applies for the job.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BETTER BROWN STORIES What happens when the characters in a children's book decide they just don't like the story they're in? In this novel the characters go straight to the author to complain - with hilarious results and amazing adventures.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE Continues the story of love born in the violence of Belfast. With Kevin out of a job and forced to leave the little cottage where he had settled with Sadie and the baby, the future looked bleak. Would Kevin find another job?. Author:LINGARD, JOAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARTH GIANT As a great strom rages around their house, Amy and Peter hear a terrible noise like a dying giant. Amy knows that the sound is an ancient oak tree half a mile away being ripped from the ground. Trapped among its roots is a secret that is for her alone.. Author:BURGESS, MELVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DADDY-LONG-LEGS A trustee of the John Grier orphanage has offered to send Judy Abbott to college. The only requirements are that she must write to him every month, and that she can never know who he is. With so much happening in her life, Judy can scarcely stop writing.. Author:WEBSTER, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EIGHT COUSINS Left an orphan after her father's death, Rosie Campbell is sent to live at "Aunt Hill" with her six aunts and seven boy cousins. For someone who was used to a girl's boarding school, it all seems pretty overwhelming. Will there come a day when she can't imagine living anywhere else?. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF STORIES FOR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS This is the first in a new age-ranged series of stories to read aloud. The book is ideal for school, storytelling groups and bedtime reading, and contains a range of stories old and new, magical and real.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF STORIES FOR SIX-YEAR-OLDS This is the first in a new age-ranged series of stories to read aloud. This book, aimed at six-year-olds, is ideal for school, storytelling groups and bedtime reading.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF STORIES FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS This is a collection of stories to read aloud, aimed specifically at seven-year-old children. It can be used at school, in storytelling groups or for bedtime reading.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZLATA'S DIARY When she starts her diary in January 1992, Zlata tells of her normal, happy life with her family and friends in Sarajevo. But soon they are fighting to survive. Zlata's very personal account is a vivid portrait of an innocent child caught up in a terrible war.. Author:FILIPOVIC, ZLATA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WEREPUPPY ON HOLIDAY A sequel to "The Werepuppy", following the adventures of Micky and the irrepressible Wolfie, the puppy with a touch of werewolf in his blood.. Author:WILSON, JACQUELINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIKING IN TROUBLE Sigurd the Viking is back and causing chaos wherever he goes. Even his new wife, Mrs Tibblethwaite, can't keep him out of trouble. But then, how would you react if you were a 10th-century Viking stuck in the 20th century?. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THERE'S A PHARAOH IN OUR BATH! It all starts when Carrie and Ben's dad brings home a mysterious man dressed in smelly bandages. He turns out to be an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh called Sennapod. But Sennapod is on the run from two grave robbers who are after his treasure. Can Carrie and Ben help?. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INDOOR PIRATES The indoor pirates are fierce, lawless bandits, but they have one fatal weakness - they all hate the sea. Confined to number 25 Dolphin Street, they are determined to keep pirating, and their search for treasure leads them to some very unlikely places.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST GOLD DIGGERS In this sequel to "The Last Polar Bears", Grandfather and his demanding, but delightful, dog Roo journey to Australia in search of Uncle Vincent, last heard of prospecting for gold. Their adventures are told in letters sent back to Grandfather's grandchild.. Author:HORSE, HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIRTEEN UNPREDICTABLE TALES! This collection of short stories by Paul Jennings are all entirely different, but all are wacky and extraordinary. Subjects range from the longest kiss ever, to a boy who becomes transparent, and all the stories are unpredictable!. Author:JENNINGS, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TULIP TOUCH Nobody wants to be around Tulip but her outlandish behaviour doesn't matter to Natalie. At first she finds Tulip exciting and she doesn't care that other people are upset by her pranks. But then Tulip's games become increasingly sinister, and Natalie realizes that Tulip is going too far.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. MAJEIKA VANISHES The tenth story about Mr Majeika, the ex-wizard turned teacher, and the amazing adventures which he has with his class at St Barty's School - and his enemy, the wicked witch Wilhelmina!. Author:CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SENSE AND SENSIBILITY This is the story of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two strikingly different sisters. Forced to move to a cottage in Devonshire after their father's death, the sisters both fall in love with men whom they discover are engaged to other women.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MS.CLIFF THE CLIMBER This is the story of the ups and downs, and tangles, in the life of Clara Cliff who marries, has children, divorces, remarries and has more children, with more than the usual quota of family fun and adventures.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS.VOLE THE VET Single mother Mrs Vole looks after her large family and a busy vet's surgery - no job is too little, too big, or too complicated for her. Her children decide what she needs is a boyfriend and so they begin their search for the ideal man - and ideal happy ending.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISS DIRT THE DUSTMAN'S DAUGHTER Daisy Dirt has an amazing life as she zooms between two homes - one with her Dad who is a dustman on the dole, and one with her Mum who has married a Duke with a Daimler. But when the Duke loses his money and her Dad wins the lottery it is a different story.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FUNKY CHICKENS This second collection of works from performance poet, Benjamin Zephaniah, follows his enormously successful debut selection for children, "Talking Turkeys", which covered politics, racism, green issues.. Author:ZEPHANIAH, BENJAMIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAUGHTER OF THE SEA Jannet is determined to keep her longed-for baby, the one her husband rescued from the sea. But as Gioga grows up and a mysterious stranger with a cloak of oceans arrives to claim her, Jannet's fierce love unleashes a tragic and terrifying train of events.. Author:DOHERTY, BERLIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOLLY STARCROSS Holly doesn't know who she is. Living with her mother, stepfather, the twins and baby Zoe, she is dealing with a mystery e-mail correspondant and a stalker. When the stalker turns out to be her father, who she hasn't seen since she was six, Holly must decide where she belongs.. Author:DOHERTY, BERLIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOU WAIT TILL I'M OLDER THAN YOU! A collection of humorous poems, concerning family relationships, older siblings, friendships, school and memories.. Author:ROSEN, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUNK A true-to-life story of two teenagers drawn into the dangerous and destructive world of heroin addiction.. Author:BURGESS, MELVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF STORIES FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS This work contains a collection of stories aimed at eight-year-olds.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANTERBURY TALES One spring day 30 pilgrims set off from an inn in Southwark for a shrine in Canterbury. The inn keeper offers a free dinner, on their return, to the person who can tell the best story. So begins an assortment of tales from such varied characters as the Knight, the Wife of Bath and the Miller.. Author:CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JENNIFER'S DIARY Jennifer has a diary, Iolanthe doesn't. But what Iolanthe does have is a vivid imagination and a gift for writing stories. So when Iolanthe sees Jennifer's empty pages she cannot help herself - they are waiting for tales much more exciting than her friend's records of shop visits and weather.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRANNY THE PAG Granny the Pag - biker, psychiatrist and chain-smoker - is a powerful person, but a social embarrassment. However, when Catriona's relationship with her Gran is threatened, Catriona fights for the right to choose where she lives and with who, and she chooses Granny the Pag.. Author:BAWDEN, NINA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMING TO ENGLAND Originally published in 1995 and now available in paperback, the autobiography of television presenter Floella Benjamin which provides information about her family's move from Trinidad to England, and how she had to adjust to a new life, cultural and racial differences, and a new school. Illustrated in black and white by Michael Frith.. Author:BENJAMIN, FLOELLA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHELTIE THE SHETLAND PONY Emma doesn't want to move to the country - until she meets Sheltie, a Shetland pony whose sense of fun and mischief leads them into lots of adventures. Sheltie and Emma become great friends and even manage to solve the mystery of Mr Crock's disappearing cabbages.. Author:CLOVER, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHELTIE TO THE RESCUE Emma thinks that going to Summerland Bay will be the best holiday ever - especially as Sheltie can come too. Emma can't believe it when she sees snobby Alice Parker, who is always making fun of Sheltie. But when Alice and her pony get into trouble, Sheltie is the only one who can save them.. Author:CLOVER, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHELTIE AND THE RUNAWAY Emma and Sheltie are excited when Sally and her family move into Fox Hall Manor. But Sally's father is very strict and makes it difficult for her to make friends. Sally is so unhappy that she and her pony Minnow run away. Can Sheltie and Emma find them?. Author:CLOVER, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARLIE'S EYE Charlie has never been bothered by the fact that she has a glass eye - indeed, her tricks make her a hero at school. But when Jason Jones joins her class, and calls her handicapped, she has to set out to prove him wrong.. Author:HORGAN, DOROTHY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIGER CHILD A story of why tigers eat their food uncooked, and of how cats came to live with people. The tiger's child is sent to fetch some more fire from the village, but on the way he gets distracted by his friends. By the time he gets to the village, he has forgotten what he has been sent to fetch.. Author:TROUGHTON, JOANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GULLIVER'S TRAVELS This is the complete and unabridged story of Gulliver's voyages to Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the country of the Houyhnhnms. He sees life as a giant among the Lilliputians, as a midget in in Brobdingnag, and sees that in the country of the Houyhnhnms, horses rule and humans live as animals.. Author:SWIFT, JONATHAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIANT JIM AND THE HURRICANE When Giant Jim comes to town, people are terrified they'll be eaten or squashed. But Jim is a good giant, unfortunately he just can't do things right. When a hurricane hits the town it is clumsy Jim's hen who looks after the people while he puts the town back together again.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ODYSSEY This is the classic story of Odysseus and his journey home from the Trojan Wars. The book also includes author information and details of the historical context of the story.. Author:HOMER MCCAUGHREAN, GERALDINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PICTURES IN THE DARK Charlie comes to another boy's rescue at school for what seems at first to be just an ordinary, if unpleasant, piece of bullying. But other children claim that this boy is a witch or a vampire and possesses the evil eye. What is it about Peter that upsets everybody so much - even his own father?. Author:CROSS, GILLIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIGER, TIGER The head of a Chinese gang is after the tigers of Malham Tiger Park, especially a young tigress called Lila, who is a rare "Spirit Tiger". When the poaching goes wrong, there is a massacre of tigers and men. With her supernatural powers, Lila pursues everyone involved in the massacre.. Author:BURGESS, MELVIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS One volume containing two stories about Alice and her timeless adventures with characters such as the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, Humpty Dumpty and the Cheshire Cat.. Author:CARROLL, LEWIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUSTIN AND THE BIG FIGHT A new boy starts at school, and Justin is jealous of the amount of attention his friend Tanya is paying him. Out of temper, he drops Tanya from the playtime football team only to discover that in fact the boy is Tanya's cousin. Too late, Tanya's big brother has decided to teach him a lesson.. Author:ASHLEY, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEAVER TOWERS DANGEROUS JOURNEY Baby B the beaver and Nick the hedgehog have been sent with an urgent message: Philip is needed back at Beaver Towers to fight the powers of evil. With the help of a strange message on a scrap of paper, Philip and the animals set off on the dangerous journey, the Prince of Darkness close behind.. Author:HINTON, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEAVER TOWERS DARK DREAM Philip and old Mr Edgar set off on their travels so that Philip can learn how to use his powers to fight evil. But while they are away, the island itself is under threat from a strange creature named Retsnom. It is up to Baby B the little beaver, and Nick the hedgehog to save the day.. Author:HINTON, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY GRANNY'S GREAT ESCAPE Nicholas's granny is in love with the elderly Hell's Angel from next door. Everyone thinks it's great - except for Nicholas's dad. He does everything he can to stop the romance, but Granny has a few tricks - and a few getaway vehicles - up her sleeve.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BAD, BAD CATS A collection of poems from Roger McGough, featuring a series of poems about the exploits of some gangster cats, and verse based on "Carnival of the Animals" by Saint Saens.. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONKEY AND THE WATER DRAGON A story from China showing how the quail retrieved her egg. The quail has to approach the mason, the fire, the elephant, the pig and others before she finally approaches the cat who immediately chases the mouse and causes a chain reaction back to the mason who cuts the rock and frees the egg.. Author:TROUGHTON, JOANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF UTTERLY BRILLIANT POETRY For children of 8 years old and over, this anthology includes poems by Roger McGough, Michael Rosen, Charles Causley, Benjamin Zephaniah, Spike Milligan, Allan Ahlberg among others. Each poet's work is illustrated in full colour by different artists such as Emma Chichester Clark, Korky Paul and Fritz Wegner.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITCH'S DOG Wilfred wants to be a witch's dog. His friends don't think he can as witches don't usually have dogs as pets. But Wilfred applies to be a witch's pet anyway and Weenie the witch gives him a chance. Wilfred helps Weenie with her flying and her spells and ends up as "Witch's Pet of the Year".. Author:RODGERS, FRANK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITCH'S DOG AT THE SCHOOL OF SPELLS Wilf, the witch's dog, has problems with his spells and looks like being at the bottom of the class at the school of spells. As soon as he discovers that Sly Cat and Tricky Toad are interfering with his note book and messing up his spells, things begin to improve.. Author:RODGERS, FRANK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITCH'S DOG AND THE MAGIC CAKE Wilf has baked a cake, but before he and his friends can eat it, Sly Cat and Tricky Toad cast a spell that makes it grow bigger and bigger and then float away. Wilf's quick thinking - plus a little magic - stop the giant magic cake before it causes a terrible accident.. Author:RODGERS, FRANK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BALLET MAGIC (1) Jess doesn't think she is going to like ballet - snooty Primrose Pettifer loves it and she'd hate to be like her! But Jess's friend persuades her to go and as soon as she meets her teachers, the magical Miss Ethel and Miss Angelica Twirl, she realizes that ballet is more fun than she'd imagined.. Author:CASTOR, HARRIET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZINDERZUNDER Max receives a flyer telling him to call ZinderZunder. Max's mum has has little time for Max and his tap-dancing. He contacts ZinderZunder who offers him a wish. Max asks for everyone to admire his dancing. Suddenly everyone is crazy to see him dance, but he is not allowed to stop.. Author:RIDLEY, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VINEGAR STREET Vinegar Street is a derelict place where Poppy Picklesticks lives - and she loves it. One day a newcomer appears, Mandy Nylon, who threatens her way of life and represents all that she hates. Poppy is determined to save Mandy's mistreated son and bring love back to Vinegar Street.. Author:RIDLEY, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIGHTY FIZZ CHILLA Only Milo knows why he is no longer Mum's "little angel" - five months ago something happened that changed him into a "monster". When he is sent away to stay with an old family friend, Cressida Bell, Milo becomes obsessed with a tale that will change his life: the story of Mighty Fizz Chilla.. Author:RIDLEY, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY A whole day at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory! Charlie Bucket can't believe his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket and wins the chance of a lifetime: a magical day witnessing the miraculous creation of the most sensational, scrumptious, irresistible eatables in the world.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EDDIE THE DUCK When Eddie the Duck gets duck-napped by some bank robbers, Eddie knows he's in danger. But when they throw him off a bridge into the river, Eddie vows to get even. He foils the baddies and picks up the reward offered by the mayor.. Author:BRENNAN, HERBIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INDOOR PIRATES ON TREASURE ISLAND In this sequel to "The Indoor Pirates", Captain Blackpatch takes the pirates on a camping holiday. Then they get the idea that there's treasure buried on an island in the middle of a lake. But how can they get to it when none of them like water?. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LESSONS FOR LUCY Lucy Lambert can't wait to start ballet lessons, but her mum can't afford to send her to the local ballet school. How is Lou's dream ever going to come true?. Author:BARBER, ANTONIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUT OF STEP Lou is not happy when her friend Emma's bossy grandmother arrives. Granny Browne thinks that rich, but horrible Angela, a member of Lou and Emma's ballet class, would be a more suitable friend for Emma. At ballet classes Angela is super-sweet to Emma, and she and Lou began to drift apart.. Author:BARBER, ANTONIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIKING AT SCHOOL Sigurd is a 10th century Viking stuck in the 20th century. He lives with his friends the Ellis family in a seaside hotel and leaves a trail of mayhem behind him wherever he goes. When Zoe and Tim Ellis take Sigurd to school a series of funny disasters follow.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OPERATION TERROR Two boys go joy-riding and find that the car is following its own programme. It takes them to a research establishment. Trapped by the sinister Dr Fabrice, they realise the purpose of the place - to provide rich sick people with healthy organs taken from street kids.. Author:MAHY, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIFT OF THE GAB Rowena Batts has never been able to speak and now there's a suggestion that this is due to her mother's exposure to harmful chemicals whilst pregnant. Rowena and her dad go to France where she discovers that her mum died in a road accident.. Author:GLEITZMAN, MORRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KNIGHT AND THE SQUIRE An adventure story set in the time of the Crusades. The central character, Tom, is a boy who runs away from home to discover what the noble life of a knight is really like, and to experience the excitement of war and battles.. Author:JONES, TERRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONLY A SHOW Each member of Anna's class has to do a show. Anna can't think of a thing to do, but when she accidentally knocks Scruff, her rabbit puppet, out of her schoolbag, everyone becomes excited at the prospect of a rabbit show. So Anna takes Scruff to the front of the class and hopes for the best.. Author:FINE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHAKESPEARE STORIES Twelve of shakespeare's memorable plays.. Author:GARFIELD, LEON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHAKESPEARE STORIES II Illustrated by Michael Foreman, this is a second volume of stories of nine Shakespeare plays in which Leon Garfield blends the Bard's own words within a fresh narrative framework. The plays include "As You Like It", "Julius Caesar", "Antony and Cleopatra" and "King Richard III".. Author:GARFIELD, LEON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DINOSAUR POX Jodie hates her life and her looks, but when she wakes up one morning as a stegosaurus it's even worse. Trying to cope with school is impossible and when her parents take her to the doctor, Jodie is kidnapped by the consultant, Mr Pinkerton-Smeer, who plans to exploit her and make his fortune.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TANK ATTACK The story of the desert campaign in Africa that culminated in the turning point of El Alamein, told from the perspective of a young soldier. Features include maps, kit lists, illustrations, and an epilogue with the final map positions, fatalities and a note on the significance of the battle.. Author:ELDRIDGE, J.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEADLY SKIES A historically accurate first person narrative based on a real life war event. This story is told by a Spitfire pilot. The RAF take on the mighty Luftwaffe, and through a stunning combination of heroism and the superiority of the Spitfire, Hitler suffers the first defeat in the Battle of Britain.. Author:ELDRIDGE, J.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNCLE TOM'S CABIN The story follows the life and vicissitudes of Uncle Tom, and portrays the humanity of an enslaved black people and the moral evil of their enslavement.. Author:STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES This novel of crime and retribution reflects the social and moral values of New England in the 1840s. It is the story of the Pyncheon family, a dynasty founded on pious theft who lived for generations under a dead man's curse until their house was finally exorcised by love.. Author:HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROUGHING IT Mark Twain's travels took him all over the American West in the 1860's. He prospected for gold and silver, was a travelling correspondent and speculated on mining stocks. This is a fictionalized account of his experiences of the frontier in its early days and the characters he encountered.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE In this personal account of life as a slave in the pre-civil war American South, Frederick Douglass presents a telling indictment of the institution of slavery and of the people and the country that allowed it to flourish. This volume uses the text of the 1845 edition.. Author:DOUGLASS, FREDERICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIGHTS OF MAN . Author:PAINE, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMMON SENSE Published anonymously in 1776 - the year of the American Declaration of Independence - Paine's "Common Sense" became an immediate bestseller. More than any other factor, it was this pamphlet which sparked off the movement that established the independence of the United States.. Author:PAINE, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST OF THE MOHICANS Set in 1757, during the American colonial wars between the English and French, this second of Cooper's five tales shows both camps united in dispossessing the native Indians and concentrates on the adventures of three men on their way to join the besieged Fort William Henry on Lake George.. Author:COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM Colonel Silas Lapham, a self-made tycoon, has risen from a Vermont farm to wealth as a paint manufacturer. He moves his family to Boston where he builds a mansion, and urges his wife and daughters to enter Brahmin society. Alas, there are difficulties because the family are nouveau riche.. Author:HOWELLS, W.D.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUNGLE The narrative of a young immigrant's plight in America exposes the horrifying working conditions in the Chicago meat-packing industry.. Author:SINCLAIR, UPTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE William James was a member of the generation that founded American psychology and philosophy. In this classic work, he turned his attention to the psychology of religion, examining such phenomena as conversion, repentance, mysticism, and saintliness.. Author:JAMES, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WALDEN AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE These two pieces are an account of Thoreau's two-year stay at Walden Pond near Concord in Massachusetts. The first piece concerns the developing and testing of his transcendental philosophy of personal freedom, individuality, self reliance and material economy, for the sake of spiritual wealth.. Author:THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER . Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI This is Mark Twain's description of life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. It includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain's boyhood and experiences as a steam-boat pilot.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED TALES AND SKETCHES This is a selection of Nathaniel Hawthorne's sketches and tales with an introduction by Michael Colacurcio.. Author:HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE WOMEN AND GOOD WIVES The story of a year in the life of the March family. While their father is away in the civil war, the four sisters and their mother work hard to maintain a happy and peaceful home. We hear of their troubles and their joys and come to sympathize with the characters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy.. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED BADGE OF COURAGE This novel examines war and its psychological effect on the individual soldier, by following the exploits of a group of soldiers during the American Civil War.. Author:CRANE, STEPHEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMERICAN A novel, first published in 1877, which follows a wealthy American gentleman who falls in love with a widow of noble birth whilst on a trip to Paris, unaware of the troubles that lie ahead of him. From the author of THE WINGS OF A DOVE, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, BOSTONIANS and THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POEMS AND PROSE . Author:HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : METAPHYSICAL POETS In this anthology, Dame Helen Gardner has collected together those 17th century poets who, although never self consciously a school, did possess in common certain features of argument and powerful persuasion which have come to be described as "metaphysical".. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF ENGLISH ROMANTIC VERSE . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LEAVES OF GRASS This reprinting of the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" contains the original 12 poems and Whitman's introduction in which he states his poetic credo. It includes Malcolm Cowley's commentary, first published in 1959.. Author:WHITMAN, WALT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAERIE QUEENE This work established the possibilities of heroic poetry in the English tradition. Spenser's intention was to rival, or surpass, the epic romances of the Italian poets Ariosto and Tasso through the "darke conceit" of this poem, which unites the medieval romance and Renaissance epic.. Author:SPENSER, EDMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE ENGLISH POEMS It has been argued that no poet has been more wilfully contradictory than John Donne, whose works forge unforgettable connections between extremes of passion and mental energy. From satire to tender elegy, from sacred devotion to lust, he conveys an astonishing range of emotions and poetic moods.. Author:DONNE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS In John Keats' short life he proved to be one of the most original thinkers of the second generation of Romantic poets, due to poems such as "Ode to a Nightingale" and "La Belle Dame sans Merci". This volume contains all the poems known to have been written by Keats.. Author:KEATS, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS This volume contains all Blake's poetry with full annotation and a glossary of proper names.. Author:BLAKE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : METAMORPHOSES In "The Metamorphoses", Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. This is Arthur Golding's 16th-century translation of the verses.. Author:OVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANTERBURY TALES . Author:CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IDYLLS OF THE KING Tennyson had a life-long interest in the legend of King Arthur and after the huge success of his poem "Morte d'Arthur" he built on the theme with this series of 12 poems, written in two periods of intense creativity over nearly 20 years.. Author:TENNYSON, ALFRED. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS . Author:JONSON, BEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT Although the date of this work is uncertain, and we know nothing about the author, its composition is roughly contemporary with "The Canterbury Tales" in the later part of the 14th century. In the subtle and accomplished poem, the hero's knightly virtues are put to the test in a strange adventure.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF RENAISSANCE VERSE Arranged thematically, this anthology brings out the relationship between the period's poetry and politics, and explores the growth of innovative humanist ideas and forms.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS This text contains the complete poems of Emily Bronte.. Author:BRONTE, EMILY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS This collection contains the final texts of all the poems published in Coleridge's lifetime, together with a selection from the verse still in manuscript on his death.. Author:COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEROIDES The "Heroides" consists of a series of linked dramatic monologues in verse in the form of letters addressed by noble ladies of the mythological past, including Helen, Dido and Sappho, to absent husbands or lovers. The work is a witty reworking of the accepted mythological canon.. Author:OVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS This is a complete collection of the poetry of Christina Rossetti, whose work ranges from poems of fantasy and verses for the young, to ballads - "Goblin Market" - love lyrics, sonnets and religious poetry.. Author:ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA CRUMP, R.W.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS A selection of Lord Byron's poetry.. Author:BYRON, LORD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS A selection of Burns's poems and songs, arranged in the order of composition and using the original texts where possible. This edition gives equal weight to Burns as song-writer and poet, providing lyrics and tunes where applicable.. Author:BURNS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF FRENCH POETRY 1820-1950 The period 1820-1950 is particularly rich for students and lovers of poetry. While this anthology contains, of course, generous selections from established giants - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarme and Michaux - it also draws attention to interesting "minor" poets such as Claudel or Cendrars.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DANTE IN ENGLISH . Author:GRIFFITHS, ERIC REYNOLDS, MATHEW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS AND FRAGMENTS One of the "Poets in Translation" series, this is an abridged version of Michael Hamburger's bilingual edition of Holderlin's romantic poetry in classical verse forms, exploring the ancient Greek ideal of harmony with nature and beauty.. Author:HOLDERLIN, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TROILUS AND CRISEYDE This middle-English edition of Chaucer's great poem also includes notes, text summary, selected criticism, chronology of the author's life and times and an on-page glossary. This is Geoffrey Chaucer's longest complete poem demonstrating doomed courtly love.. Author:CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS Remembered as one of France's greatest love poets, Ronsard's poetic achievements span politics, science, philosophy and the risque. Using Greco-Roman and Italian poetic models, he drew on rich images of classical mythology to revolutionize French poetry.. Author:RONSARD, PIERRE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POETRY This selection calls attention to the range of Coleridge's work, its strong autobiographical content and its artistic development. The poems are grouped according to genre, with each section displaying its development in craft and theme.. Author:COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS Kipling's poems range from exhilarating celebrations of British expansion overseas, through vivid character sketches of soldiers and seamen, to enchanting poems for children. Here, his poetry is presented in chronological order to reveal the development and originality of his work.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANTERBURY TALES In "The Canterbury Tales", Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. This version of the text has been translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill.. Author:CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PARADISE LOST In "Paradise Lost", Milton produces a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting Satan and Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man.. Author:MILTON, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS . Author:WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS A definitive compilation of the poetry of Walt Whitman explores the themes of sexual emancipation, politics, and what it means to be an American in such acclaimed works as "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," accompanied by a detailed introduction to the poet, his work, and his important infl. Author:WHITMAN, WALT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DON JUAN An epic poem describes the adventures of a Spanish ladies' man and satirizes English society and customs as it follows the irrepressible Don Juan from an illicit teenage love affair and subsequent exile to Italy, shipwreck, slavery, exploits in Russia as a favorite of the Empress Catherine, and journey to England. Reprint.. Author:BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE . Author:KEEGAN, P. J.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE ENGLISH POEMS . Author:HERBERT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POETRY . Author:GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS . Author:MARVELL, ANDREW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF CARIBBEAN VERS . Author:PAULA, BURNETT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PILGRIM'S PROGRESS An allegorical account of Christian's journey toward heaven or hell.. Author:BUNYAN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAY OF ALL FLESH A semi-autobiographical novel examines the complex relationships that exist in the Pontifex family as they reflect the hypocrisy of the middle-class life in Victorian England.. Author:BUTLER, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER Smollett registered the bawdy, brutal side of 18th-century life, but towards the end of his life, he grew mellower, and "Humphrey Clinker" (1771) is a tale of high good humour. Squire Bramble's picturesque tour of the Britain of George III is full of eccentric characters and comic adventures.. Author:SMOLLETT, TOBIAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE RESTORATION COMEDIES Artificial, irreverent, and bawdy, the restoration theatre came as a violent reaction to the strict ordinance of the Commonwealth. This text contains three comedies from the period.. Author:ETHEREGE, SIR GEORGE WYCHERLEY, WILLIAM CONGREVE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE GOTHIC NOVELS "THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO","VATHEK","FRANKENSTEIN,OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS" . Author:WALPOLE, HORACE BECKFORD, WILLIAM SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUDD'NHEAD WILSON A slave secretly swaps her son for her master's son. The two boys live in a quiet Missouri town until one goes to university. But then a strange sequence of events begins, one in which the derisively-named Pudd'nhead Wilson plays a key role in sorting out this darkly ironic injustice.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MORTE D'ARTHUR This English version of the stories of King Arthur, 'Le Morte D'Arthur' was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory. Malory charts the tragic disintegration of the fellowship of the Round Table, destroyed from within by warring factions.. Author:MALORY, SIR THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EREWHON . Author:BUTLER, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONNECTICUT YANKEE AT KING ARTHUR'S COURT A blow to the head transports a Yankee to 528 A.D. where he proceeds to modernize King Arthur's kingdom by organizing a school system, constructing telephone lines, and inventing the printing press.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAVERLEY Set against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, 'Waverley' tells the story of Edward Waverley, an idealistic daydreamer whose loyalty to his regiment is threatened when they are sent to the Scottish Highlands where he is drawn to Fergus MacIvor and his beautiful sister, both loyal to Charles Stuart.. Author:SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES . Author:HAKLUYT, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE PLAYS . Author:WEBSTER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHINEAS FINN Despite his successful entry into Victorian London's political hierarchy, a penniless Irish adventurer has difficulty finding a socially acceptable wife.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? This text initiates the series of six Palliser novels in which Anthony Trollope reached the height of his literary powers.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DE PROFUNDIS AND OTHER WRITINGS . Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH MYSTERY PLAYS An annotated selection of 38 plays from the four extant cycles of mystery plays, forming a composite cycle which includes long sequences from individual cycles and most of the incidents common to all four.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHIRLEY Romantic hope and the denial of feeling are the focus of this historical novel set in England at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.. Author:BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY SUSAN These three short works - "Lady Susan", "Sanditon" and "The Watsons"- show Jane Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED SHORT FICTION Dickens' sense of comedy and concern with the human psyche are evident in tales of the supernatural, impressionistic sketches, and dramatic monologues.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRANFORD Here are two of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novels. 'Cranford' depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village. 'Cousin Phillis' depicts a fleeting love affair in a rural community at a time when old values are being supplanted by the new.. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REDBURN The hardships of life at sea and the realities of distant cities provide young Redburn with a startling introduction to the world.. Author:MELVILLE, HERMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCIENCE FICTION OF EDGAR ALLAN POE Sixteen stories and speculative essays, each critiqued and annotated, reveal Poe's interest in electro-magnetism, mechanical invention, galvanism, mesmerism, time travel, bodily resurrection, and demonic possession.. Author:POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA Rasselas compresses everything that puts Dr Johnson among the great lions of English literature and life into this text. Author:JOHNSON, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE'S ARCADIA . Author:SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE Gilbert White's book has shaped our everyday view of the relations between human beings and nature. In it he suggests that the lives of birds and animals have their own richness and rhythm, and in demonstrating this belief he struck a new note in nature writing.. Author:WHITE, GILBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON In James Boswell's biography, Samuel Johnson emerges as a sociable figure with a huge appetite for life, crossing swords with other great 18th-century luminaries, from Garrick and Goldsmith to Burney and Burke - even his long-suffering friend and disciple, James Boswell himself.. Author:BOSWELL, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADAM BEDE Adam Bede (1859) was Eliot's first novel proper. Rich pastoral, simple dignity, violence and weakness are interwoven with a sure touch and a shrewd understanding of motive.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DISTRACTED PREACHER AND OTHER TALES . Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN This novel, which has always been regarded as one of Scott's finest, opens with the Edinburgh riots of 1736.. Author:SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF ENGLAND This historic text was originally published in five volumes between 1849 and 1861. Covering the period from the accession of James II to the death of Richard III, it examines social, economic and political forces and events that contributed to the shaping of the modern nation.. Author:MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PAMELA Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead mistress's son. Although she is attracted to Mr B, she holds out against his demands, determined to protect her virginity and abide by her moral standards.. Author:RICHARDSON, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED ESSAYS, POEMS AND OTHER WRITINGS Offers a general introduction to George Eliot's work as an essayist, translator and poet. Divided into four sections, the book includes book reviews, major long essays written for a magazine, shorter pieces containing many of her ideas and some later essays from her last published book.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROXANA THE FORTUNATE MISTRESS . Author:DEFOE, DANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOUR ENGLISH COMEDIES OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES VOLPONE, THE WAY OF THE WORLD, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL The aim of this volume is to offer a selection of long-established and well-loved classics which provide examples of the wide range and quality of English comedy in the 17th and 18th centuries.. Author:JONSON, BEN CONGREVE, WILLIAM GOLDSMITH, OLIVER SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VICAR OF WAKEFIELD When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. A warmly humorous and amiable social satire.. Author:GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM . Author:SCHREINER, OLIVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LEVIATHAN Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, "Leviathan" is an ambitious work of philosophy. Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, Thomas Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign - or "Leviathan" - to enforce peace and the law.. Author:HOBBES, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRIVATE MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER The story of a young man who uses the Calvinist doctrine of predestination to rationalize and acquiesce in the devil's promptings to murder his "worldly" brother. The strength of the book lies in the latter part - a re-telling of the story by the villain himself.. Author:HOGG, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BARCHESTER TOWERS Set in mid-Victorian England, this novel follows the fight for ascendancy among the clergy and dependents of a great English cathedral.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE Burke was no mere unthinking reactionary. Rather, as Conor Cruise O'Brien shows in his introduction, he was an Irishman with a good deal of smypathy for the "revolutionary" Catholic cause - a latent sympathy which, paradoxically, may explain some of the power of this work.. Author:BURKE, EDMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORIGIN OF SPECIES . Author:DARWIN, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON LIBERTY In this classic text, John Stuart Mill argues that liberty must play a central role in social policy, necessitating a redrawing of the line between the authority wielded by the state and the independence of the individual.. Author:MILL, JOHN STUART. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WEALTH OF NATIONS Books I-III of "The Wealth of Nations" examine the "division of labour" as the key to economic growth, by ensuring the interdependence of individuals within society. They also cover the origins of money, the importance of wages, profit, rent and stocks.. Author:SMITH, ADAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGNES GREY WITH A MEMOIR OF HER SISTER BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE When her family becomes impoverished after a disasterous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess. This is a personal perspective on the desperate position of unmarried, educated women in Victorian society.. Author:BRONTE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNTO THIS LAST AND OTHER WRITINGS . Author:RUSKIN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRAMLEY PARSONAGE . Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WARDEN When John Bold decides to challenge corruption in the Church of England he sets the whole town of Barchester ablaze with the consequences. This book is the study of conflicting loyalties and principles in a cathedral city where the gentle warden becomes an unwilling focus of national controversy.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLARISSA A rakish city gentleman determines to seduce the youngest daughter of the Harlowe household in this 18th-century romance.. Author:RICHARDSON, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSAYS Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens and honour.. Author:BACON, FRANCIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIVE PLAYS . Author:MIDDLETON, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEGGAR'S OPERA First played in 1728, "the Beggar's Opera" is a mock-pastoral ballad opera largely set in Newgate Prison. In telling the story of Macheath the highwayman, John Gay overturned convention, using traditional ballads and street tunes and satirizing leading politicians of the time.. Author:GAY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND AND THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES . Author:JOHNSON, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WASHINGTON SQUARE Set in New York, this closely constructed novel belongs to James' early period. like "Portrait of a Lady" it studies the plight of an innocent heiress who is deceived by the looks and charm of a worthless suitor. At the same time she is striving to be loyal to a cold and forbidding father.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EUROPEANS A European-bred baroness and her artist brother receive an uncertain welcome from their staid and proper relatives in 19th-century New England.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMBASSADORS Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs Newsome sends her "ambassador" Strether to Paris to extricate him. Strether, however, finds Chad refined rather than corrupted by the influence of the city and his charming companion.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOLDEN BOWL The close relationship between American millionaire Adam Venuer and his daughter Maggie threatens their respective marriages.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL AND OTHER PLAYS "THE RIVALS","THE CRITIC","THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL" 'The School for Scandal' (1777) is a comedy of contrasts in which brothers Joseph and Charles Surface contend for Maria, with hilariously differing intentions and results. Also contained in this volume are several other plays by Sheridan.. Author:SHERIDAN, RICHARD B.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR SELECTION . Author:MAYHEW, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE A key to modern studies of 18th century Western philosophy, the Treatise considers numerous classic philosophical issues, including causation, existence, freedom and necessity and morality. This is abridged edition has an introduction which explains Hume's thought and places it in the context of its times.. Author:HUME, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT MAISIE KNEW This is the story of Maisie, who is the six-year-old child of a divorced couple. The Courthas arranged that she shall live with each of her parents for alternate six-month periods. This serves the parents' purpose of spite and they earnestly indoctrinate Maisie with hateful notions of each other.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FANNY HILL Forced by the death of her parents to seek her fortune in London, Fanny Hill is duped into prostitution by an old procuress. In Mrs Brown's bawdy-house the naive young woman begins her sexual initiation and soon embarks on her own path in pursuit of pleasure, until she at last finds true love.. Author:CLELAND, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF MARGERY KEMPE . Author:KEMPE, MARGERY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRINCESS CASAMASSIMA Hyacinth Robinson, an orphan, is raised by the spinster, Mrs Pynset, in lower-class London. He becomes influenced by the anarchist movement and pledges his life to the cause. When he meets the Princess Casamassima, separated from her wealthy Italian husband, he sees in her a kindred spirit.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAISY MILLER Daisy Miller travels to Europe with her wealthy, commonplace mother and in her innocence and audacity offends convention and seems to compromise her reputation.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WINGS OF THE DOVE Originally published in 1902, a novel which takes passionate love as its central theme and focuses on a young woman with a terminal illness whose last gesture will serve either as a deed of selflessness, or as a final act of revenge. From the author of THE BOSTONIANS, THE ASPERN PAPERS and THE TURN OF THE SCREW.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RODERICK HUDSON Tells the story of a gifted young man transplanted from a lawyer's office in a Massachusetts town to a sculptor's studio in Rome. Incapable of adjusting to his new environment, he fails both in art and in love, and meets a tragic end in Switzerland.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VOYAGE OF THE "BEAGLE" When the Beagle sailed out of Devonport on the 27th of December 1831, Charles Darwin was 22 and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal of the voyage shows us a naturalist making patient observations, above all in geology.. Author:DARWIN, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UTILITARIANISM AND OTHER ESSAYS One of the most important 19th-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it. This text provides the collected works of the movements founder and his greatest interpreter.. Author:BENTHAM, JEREMY MILL, JOHN STUART. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS . Author:BUNYAN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOILS OF POYNTON . Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AWKWARD AGE London society takes its toll on a young girl unprepared for the corruptions of the "coming out" season.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PROFESSOR "The Professor", written in 1846, was Charlotte Bronte's first novel. It failed to find a publisher, and even in 1851, when "Jane Eyre" had made her famous, it was rejected for the ninth time. In 1858 the novel was published by her widowed husband in an inaccurate and bowdlerized form.. Author:BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOLL FLANDERS Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes: husband hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pickpocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. Moll recounts her adventures with wit and candour.. Author:DEFOE, DANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTOBIOGRAPHY An autobiography by John Stuart Mill, prolific journalist, brilliant logician, philosopher, liberal MP, and pioneer of women's suffrage, whose remarkable educational feats caused him a severe mental crisis in his thirties.. Author:MILL, JOHN STUART. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CASTLE RACKRENT "Castle Rackrent" (1800) is Maria Edgeworth's first novel, and tells the story of a dissolute Irish family. "Ennui" (1809) contains a personification of Ireland, in the character of an old nurse, and a spirited feminist heroine.. Author:EDGEWORTH, MARIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON Lily is the niece of Squire Dale, an embittered old bachelor entrenched in the "Great House" at Allington. His sister-in-law lives at the adjacent "Small House" with her two daughters and the action centres on the relations between the two houses and on the romantic entanglements of the girls.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOCTOR THORNE Dr Thorne is human, reticent, stern and honourable. He has the strength to stand up to his destructive prejudices and fears of mid-Victorian society but at the same time does not abandon its traditional values. This book is about the problem of a potentially unsuitable marriage.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEWS FROM NOWHERE William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them ancient, he became a great European pattern-designer. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on the theme of earthly paradise.. Author:MORRIS, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON PAINTING Alberti`s "Della Pittura" was the first modern analytical study of painting. A systematic description of the one-point perspective construction, it was designed to persuade both patron and painter in the Renaissance to discard the old tastes in painting for the new.. Author:ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON AESTHETICS Delivered in Berlin in the 1820s, these lectures are a classic introduction to the subject. Hegel prefaced these lectures with a summary of their main doctrines, and this introduction has itself become a classic in its own right, as well as constituting a prolegomenon to the thought of Hegel.. Author:HEGEL, GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OROONOKO, THE ROVER AND OTHER WORKS A comprehensive collection of Aphra Behn's writings. It contains two plays - "The Rover" and "The Widow Ranter", two short novels, "The Fair Jilt" and "Oroonoko" and a selection of poetry including "Love Arm'd" and "The Disappointment".. Author:BEHN, APHRA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIRTH OF TRAGEDY Dedicated to Richard Wagner, this book is rich in Nietzsche's enthusiasms for Greek literature and especially tragedy, for Schopenhauer and Wagner's "Tristan Und Isolde". Its central vision is the idea that "only as an aesthetic phenomenon are existence and the world justified".. Author:NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS This is a selection of Hardy's poetry, within the "Penguin Classics" series, with notes on the poems, and appendices which contain Hardy's preface to his edition of the poetry of William Barnes and his "apology" from "Late Lyrics and Earlier".. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEISTER ECKHART Composed during a critical time in the evolution of European intellectual life, the works of Meister Eckhart, a selection of which are presented in this volume, are some of the most powerful medieval attempts at synthesizing ancient Greek thought and the Christian faith.. Author:ECKHART, MEISTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DUKE'S CHILDREN This is the sixth and last of the Palliser sequence of novels (1864 - 1880), in which Trollope examines the painful transition from traditional values to a new order. Devastated by the death of his wife Glencora, the Duke of Omnium is left alone to contend with his rebellious children.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SKETCHES BY BOZ This is Dickens's earliest work - his collection of sketches of London life and manners, first published in various periodicals.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVELINA OR THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY'S ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD Written in secret and copied for her publisher in disguised handwriting, Frances Burney's first novel appeared anonymously in 1778. Subtitled "The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World", it records in letters its heroine's encounters with an education at the hands of London society.. Author:BURNEY, FRANCES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRIME MINISTER A novel of social, sexual and domestic politics, The Prime Minister raises one of the most enduring questions - whether a morally scrupulous gentleman can make an effective leader.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CISTERCIAN WORLD This is an anthology of Cistercian writings from the 12th-century Reformation, by Bernard of Clairvaux, William of St Thierry, Aelfred of Rievaulx and others. By concentrating on texts concerning the Cistercian order, the anthology provides an introduction to medieval monastic spirituality.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE POEMS In this edition of Milton's poetry, John Leonard has modernized spelling, capitalization and any punctuation likely to cause confusion. He calls particular attention to words invented by Milton and provides full notes to elucidate biblical, classical and historical allusions.. Author:MILTON, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRELUDE FOUR TEXTS (1798, 1799, 1805, 1850) An annotated parallel-text edition of Wordsworth's autobiographical poem in blank verse.. Author:WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARY These three works of fiction are powerfully emotive stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. Janet Todd explores how these novels are linked, not only through the mother-daughter relationship of their authors, but also in their perceptions of feminism and female sexuality.. Author:WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY SHELLEY, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLAZING WORLD AND OTHER WRITINGS This is the description of "The New Blazing World" (1666) - one of the earliest pieces of science fiction writing. It attempts, in the manner of contemporary utopian fantasies, to tell the story of a voyage to another world where speculative science reigns.. Author:NEWCASTLE, MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF CAVENDISH, MARGARET (DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA This is a new edition of Newman's autobiography - one of the major spiritual autobiographies in English and a central Victorian text. This edition includes the collateral material concerning the debate between Charles Kingsley and Newman which provoked the writing of the apologia.. Author:NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ODD WOMEN In Victorian society, the humiliation of being elderly and unmarried has always been thought of as being "odd". This story is about two such "odd" women. Their younger sister, Monica, has managed to escape their genteel, stifling lifestyle for a loveless marriage and is paying a bitter price.. Author:GISSING, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSONAL WRITINGS REMINISCENCES,SPIRITUAL DIARY,SELECT LETTERS (INCLUDING THE TEXT OF "THE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES') This volume brings together scholarly translations of the major texts by St Ignatius - the spiritual work, the exercises, the autobiography, the spiritual diary and the letters.. Author:ST.IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOSEPH ANDREWS AND SHAMELA In the PENGUIN CLASSICS series, a single volume containing two novels written by Henry Fielding. It includes SHAMELA, written in 1741, in which the heroine sets out to catch a rich husband and JOSEPH ANDREWS, written in 1742, in which the eponymous hero loves one woman but is pursued instead by the Lady to whom he is servant.. Author:FIELDING, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM AND SELECTED CRITICAL PROSE An increasing amount of attention is being given to Wilde as a proto-feminist, a proto-republican, an embryonic postmodernist, and a sort of secular saint. This book collects all of Wilde's journalism, criticism, lectures, and occasional writings.. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRAGIC MUSE The central idea of this story is the conflict between art and "the world". Nick Dormer bravely resists the parliamentary career desired for him by his family, in order to paint. His progress in counterpointed by the "Tragic Muse" of the title, Miriam Rooth.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Written by a genius about a genius, this autobiography's author and his subject do not always agree, for hindsight and the passage of time have their effect on what an old man thinks of his younger self. His friend T.H. Huxley writes about the lean years before he received recognition and fame.. Author:DARWIN, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT Louis Trevelyan unjustly accuses his wife Emily of a liaison with a friend of her father's. As his suspicion deepens into madness, Trollope gives a psychological study in which Louis's obsessive delirium is comparable to the tormented figure of Othello, tragically flawed by self-deception.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAY WE LIVE NOW This novel is about a society riddled with corruption - literary, financial, and moral. It is a portrait of a country heedlessly riding the crest of an irresponsible economic boom and contains, in the figure of the dishonest financier Melmotte, one of Trollope's vivid characterisations.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the first volume was originally published in 1776), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sources.. Author:GIBBON, EDWARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the second and third volumes were originally published in 1781), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sources.. Author:GIBBON, EDWARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NO NAME This thriller is about disinheritance and the question of women. The Vanstone daughters' illegitimacy is revealed early on, and as Magdalen Vanstone struggles to reclaim her identity, the plot uncovers many a moral, social and legal skeleton in the cupboards of Victorian society.. Author:COLLINS, WILKIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JANE EYRE The story of Jane Eyre, who experiences the miseries of being an orphaned child in early Victorian society, before becoming a governess at Thornfield Hall and meeting Mr Rochester. Jane shares many of Brontes' own beliefs about the position of women, arguing for a form of sexual equality.. Author:BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KIDNAPPED This edition looks at the Scottish identity through Stevenson's novel. The duality of Scottish life - the mercantile, "respectable" Lowland Scot, as represented by Balfour, and the romantic, rebellious Highlander, Stewart - runs deep in the psyche and literature of Scotland.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOONSTONE Combining a teasing plot with a vivid portrait of Victorian England, Collins makes his characters reveal themselves - and the solution to the mystery - by telling their own stories.. Author:COLLINS, WILKIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANTERBURY TALES FIRST FRAGMENT Few students read the whole of "The Canterbury Tales, but "Fragment I", which contains the general prologue, "The Knight's Tale", "The Miller's Tale", "The Reeve's Tale" and "The Cook's Tale", raises many of the topics that arise from studying the tales as a whole.. Author:CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARMADALE Explores the divided self, and the need to acknowledge the darker side of the personality: a modern theme grafted on to a traditional melodrama, and worked out with all of Collins's skill in handling a complex plot.. Author:COLLINS, WILKIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AURORA LEIGH This collection of poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning includes her magnum opus, the "novel in verse" "Aurora Leigh". The book includes notes on the bibliographical, biographical, political and intertextual contexts of the poems.. Author:BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SYLVIA'S LOVERS Sylvia is a heroine loved by two men of completely different types. The novel follows her development from a wilful, imaginative, but not especially clever girl, to an alert woman who has been matured by her suffering.. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NORTH AND SOUTH This is one of the earliest novels of industrial alienation, tellingly linked to the plight of 19th-century women. It tells of the relationship between Margaret Hale, a girl from the old rural south, and John Thornton, a mill owner from the new industrial north.. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DANIEL DERONDA This novel uses the hero, Deronda, to come to terms with the English Jews, a society-within-a-society. The book's heroine, Gwendolen Harleth, marries for power rather than love, uncovering a vein in human relations that could lead, through the best intentions, to despair.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUTH Ruth Hilton, an orphan and dressmaker's assistant, is seduced and then heartlessly deserted by the wealthy Henry Bellingham. A dissenting minister advises her to pass as a widow and be employed as a governess with the tyrannical Mr Bradshaw. However, the deceit brings grievous consequences.. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PICTURES FROM ITALY This text is an account, based on a series of letters written to his friend and biographer, John Forster, of the year Dickens spent in Italy in the mid 1840s. The book gives his first impressions of Italy: art and antiquities, landscape, and the Roman Catholic church and its ceremonies.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FELIX HOLT, THE RADICAL First published in 1886, this book portrays political ferment and corrupt electioneering in a small Midland borough at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832. Esther Lyon is caught between her dreams of marrying into a life of refinement, and her ideals, with Felix Holt, a young radical.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHORTER POEMS In the PENGUIN CLASSICS series and originally published by Yale University Press in 1989, an illustrated collection of the shorter work by the sixteenth century poet, Edmund Spenser. It includes the poems SHEPEARDE'S CALENDER, COMPLAINTS and THEATRE FOR WORLDLINGS.. Author:SPENSER, EDMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MASTER OF BALLANTRAE This novel is set in Scotland during the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, in the French Indies and in the North American wilderness. The story has as its hero one of the most compelling yet horrifying studies of evil in 19th-century fiction - James Durie, Master of Ballantrae.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOUR COMEDIES In this collection of Shakespeare's four most spirited comedies, each text comes with notes and an introduction, making this edition suitable for students, scholars and theatre-goers.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOUR TRAGEDIES The four tragedies in this collection are accompanied by notes and an introduction to each text, making this edition suitable for students, scholars and theatre-goers.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARY BARTON This is a tale of Dives and Lazarus, of the comfortable pinnacle and the miserable base of the Victorian social pyramid. It is told, however, without simplification and without hatred.. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROMOLA Although not among George Eliot's most admired works, this story is set in Florence at the end of the 15th century. It re-creates the picturesque complexion of the city and the characters of the historical figures, Charles VIII, Machiavelli and Savanorola.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL First published in 1848, a novel in which a woman flees from a disastrous marriage with her child to a desolate moorland mansion. It portrays one woman's struggle for independence at a time when law and society defined a married woman as her husband's property.. Author:BRONTE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OBEDIENCE OF A CHRISTIAN MAN This is an edition of Tyndale's non-biblical work, an influential reformation polemic. It stresses the status of the work as a classic of early modern English prose, as well as offering the theological and historical backgrounds needed for understanding.. Author:TYNDALE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIVES AND DAUGHTERS Set in a provincial town in the early 19th century, 'Wives and Daughters', Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel, is a subtle representation of historical change explored in human terms.. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VILLETTE With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster and her own complex feelings.. Author:BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING In his essay, Locke rejects all appeals to authority and the theory of innate knowledge, arguing that knowledge derives from sense, perceptions and experience, as analysed and developed by reason.. Author:LOCKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PIERRE A novel about an idealist crushed in his attempts to pursue the ways of heaven upon earth. The novel was viewed as a failure by contemporary reviewers, but is now seen as an early foray into modernist literary techniques.. Author:MELVILLE, HERMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUNTING OF THE SNARK First published in 1876, this poem tells of the search for the Snark. This edition, previously published as "The Annotated Snark", reproduces the original illustrations by Henry Holiday, including the "suppressed" Boojum drawing.. Author:CARROLL, LEWIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE In writing about Charlotte Bronte, who became her life-long friend, and whom she greatly admired but whose novels she did not entirely like, Elizabeth Gaskell portrays the struggle of a woman artist for whom she had, until her late marriage, "foreseen the single life".. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Taking a complex pattern of theme, symbol, comic exuberance, sharp social comment and telling detail, this novel takes a satirical look at wealth and its corrupting power, symbolized by the inheritance of a dust-heap and represented by the changing fortunes of Boffin, the golden dustman.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAND OF ETHELBERTA This novel traces the life of Ethelberta Chickerel, who comes from a family of servants and workmen but lifts herself, via marriage, into high intellectual society, becoming a writer, poet and storyteller.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAODICEAN First published in 1881, this is one of Hardy's most unusual novels, a contemporary romance in which the heroine is torn between her infatuation with a dilapidated castle, a wealthy railway contractor, and her desire to be a part of the modern world.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALIAN HOURS Henry James's passion for Italy led him to visit the country 14 times and to set much of his best-known fiction there. This edition of his "Italian Essays" sets out to establish their historical, political, literary and artistic context, and to help envision the Italy that fascinated Henry James.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NICHOLAS NICKLEBY Around the central story of Nicholas Nickleby and the misfortunes of his family, Dickens created some of his most memorable characters: the muddle-headed Mrs Nickleby, the theatrical Crummles, their protege Miss Petowker, and the mindlessly cruel Squeers and his wife.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFTED VEIL AND BROTHER JACOB A new edition of George Eliot's two, and only, attempts at the short story. "The Lifted Veil" is a melancholy piece of stream of consciousness. "Brother Jacob" is an allegorical tale about a confectioner who under-estimates his retarded brother's mental capacities.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RETURN OF THE NATIVE The story of Eustacia Vye, Thomasin and mistress Yeobright, and the men who influence and alter their lives - Diggory Venn the Reddleman, Damon Wildeve and the returning "native", Clym Yeobright. It is set in Egdon Heath whose lowering, titanic presence dominates the men and women who live on it.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PURSUIT OF THE WELL-BELOVED In "The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved" (1892) and "The Well-Beloved" (1897), Hardy, writes two different versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed with the search for his ideal woman and sculpting the perfect figure of a naked Aphrodite.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DESPERATE REMEDIES Cynthia Gray, a lady's maid, decides to marry the villainous Aeneas Manston after she discovers her true love, Edward Springrove, is already engaged. As soon as she is married she discovers that Aeneas's first wife is still alive and that Edward is free from his engagement.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY CHRISTIAN LIVES "LIFE OF ANTONY","LIFE OF PAUL OF THEBES","LIFE OF HILARION","LIFE OF MALCHUS","LIFE OF MARTIN OF TOURS","LIFE OF BENEDICT" This selection of early saints' lives, full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, consists of classics of hagiography that were all written in the second half of the 4th century.. Author:ATHANASIUS, ST. JEROME "HILARION" SEVERUS, SULPICIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY Influencing Darwin, Tennyson and Dickens among others, Lyell's "Principles" was an ambitious attempt to forge links between observable causes - volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers, tides and storms - and the current state of the earth. This edition has an introduction by Jim Secord.. Author:LYELL, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PAIR OF BLUE EYES The tragic story of Elfride Swancourt, caught between the love of handsome, gentle Stephen Smith and the intellectually superior Henry Knight, Stephen's mentor. Hardy was able to use this tale to shed light on the struggle between the classes and sexes in the England of that time.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLATLAND A deft mixture of social satire and science fiction that poses provocative questions about perception and reality. The novel is a parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth - its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension.. Author:ABBOTT, EDWIN A.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITHERED ARM AND OTHER STORIES, 1874-1888 Part one of a two-volume selection of Hardy's short fiction. This volume covers the stories contained in "Wessex Tales" (1888) and "A Group of Noble Dames" (1891).. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWO ON A TOWER Lady Constantine, whose disagreeable husband is away, falls in love with Swithin St Cleeve, an astronomer, younger than herself, who works at the top of a tower. The story follows their tortured relationship.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUDE THE OBSCURE Jude Fawley, the stone-mason, whose academic ambitions are thwarted by poverty and the indifference of the authorities at Christminster, appears to find fulfilment in his relationship with Sue Bridehead. Both have fled from broken marriages.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRUMPET MAJOR Anne's suitors include the miller's two sons, Robert and John. As her village prepares for invasion by Napoleon's fleet, she finds her destiny tangled with the events of history. For Robert is a sailor while John is a soldier, both with equal commitments to their country and their love for Anne.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOMBEY AND SON Paul Dombey is a man who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business: calculatingly, callously and commercially. A picture of the limitations of a society dominated by commercial values is portrayed through Dombey's relationships with his two children and two wives.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOODLANDERS The story of the disastrous impact of outside life on a secluded community in Dorset, as two rivals, Giles Winterbourne and Dr Edred Fitzpiers, compete for the hand of Grace Melbury.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS An anthology of Stevenson's poetic achievements. As a poet, he was inspired by a vast range of verse forms, and in this collection, Angus Calder has brought together many uncollected poems, substantial extracts from unpublished collections, and the complete "Child's Garden of Verse".. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE In Mellstocks, its surrounding farms and woodlands, the story interweaves the courtship of Dick Dewey and Fancy Day with the battle for survival of the old Mellstock string choir - the last in the county - against the mechanical church organ of the new vicar, the Reverend Maybold.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROB ROY Sir Walter Scott's classic novel Rob Roy is the story of two heroes, aristocratic Francis Osbaldistone and outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Set on the eve of the Jacobite rebellion, the story is one of intrigue, romance and suspicion.. Author:SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE AMERICANS When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827, what followed was a tragicomedy of illness, scandal, and failed business ventures that caused her to become destitute. Nevertheless, on her return to England, these unfortunate events inspired her to write this book.. Author:TROLLOPE, FANNY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN BOOK OF ROMANTIC VERSE . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW SCIENCE Giambattista Vico's "New Science" is gradually being re-established as one of the most significant "humanist" achievements since the Renaissance. This book represents his attempt to provide a comprehensive science of human society by decoding the history, mythology and law of the ancient world.. Author:VICO, GIAMBATTISTA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ETHICS This title represents a systematic attempt to work out, in geometric fashion, the nature of God, the relationship between mind and body, human psychology and the best way to live.. Author:SPINOZA, BENEDICT DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIARY OF LADY MURASAKI This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author's life as tutor and companion to the timid Empress Shoshi. It reveals the underside of imperial splendour from a female point of view.. Author:MURASAKI SHIKIBU MURASAKI, LADY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED JOURNALISM 1850-1870 This is a selection of Dicken's non-fictional prose and essays, published in his magazine "Household Words", to which he contributed 200 pieces in nine years, and all the year round, where the "Uncommercial Traveller" series began.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET In a novel which has lost none of its power to disturb and entertain, the leading light of Victorian 'sensation' fiction, draws on contemporary theories of insanity to probe Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumer culture.. Author:BRADDON, MARY E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOLDEN ASS Lucius is a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to believe he can be transformed into a bird, but instead he becomes a donkey. Whirled off by robbers, he embarks on a series of adventures and misadventures.. Author:APULEIUS, LUCIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONK Matthew "Monk" Lewis published "The Monk" in 1796 when he was only 21. The novel follows the diabolical decline of Ambrosio, a worthy Capuchin superior, who, tempted by Matilda, a young girl who has entered his monastery dressed as a boy, succumbs to murder, magic, incest and torture.. Author:LEWIS, MATTHEW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED WRITINGS Hildegard was a 12th century Cistercian nun, prophet and writer. This thematically arranged selection contains extracts from her trilogy of visionary writings, her treatise on medicine and the natural world (Causes and Cures), her choral music, and documents relating to her life and work.. Author:HILDEGARD, SAINT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST This book contains some of Oscar Wilde's best known plays - "Lady Windermere's Fan", "A Woman of No Importance", "An ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Earnest".. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAW AND THE LADY Valeria Woodville investigates the murder of her husband's first wife in the attempt to prove him guiltless. This book exposes the repression of Victorian domestic life and marriage.. Author:COLLINS, WILKIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRAMP ABROAD Cast in the form of a burlesque walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, this travel book is a "send-up" of travel writing, Europeans, Americans abroad and Art with a capital A. The author's adventures include an ascent of Mont Blanc by telescope.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PICKWICK PAPERS "The Pickwick Papers" began as a literary spoof centred around sketches by caricaturist Robert Seymour. Charles Dickens was recruited to compose the words to accompany the illustrations. This tale is a journey from innocence to experience by the portly middle aged hero and his guide and mentor.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT This is the story of an inheritance, relating the destinies of two descendants of the brothers Chuzzlewit. Martin is a selfish young man, who lost his fortune in America. Jonas is a villain, committing murder, and eventually poisons himself.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WEALTH OF NATIONS In the PENGUIN CLASSICS series, a single volume comprising books IV and V of Adam Smith's eighteenth century political treatise, WEALTH OF NATIONS. It includes an assessment of the mercantile system and an advocacy of the freedom of commerce and industry.. Author:SMITH, ADAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF TOM JONES . Author:FIELDING, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY INTO THE SUBLIME AND THE BEAUTIFUL A new collection of Burke's early work which was highly influential for writers of the Romantic period. Also included are restored texts of a 'Vindication of Natural Society', 'Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents', 'Speech on American Taxation', 'Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies' and 'Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol'.. Author:BURKE, EDMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED ESSAYS This volume contains a selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as "The Rambler" in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Later journalism is also included.. Author:JOHNSON, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DESCENT OF MAN "The Descent of Man" (1871) is among Darwin's most important works, addressing the crucial question of the origins, evolution and racial divergence of mankind. The evidence he presents forces us to question what it is that makes us uniquely human.. Author:DARWIN, CHARLES DESMOND, ADRIAN MOORE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED WRITINGS Arranged chronologically, this collection of work by the Italian philosopher Thomas Aquinas, brings together sermons, philosophical commentaries, responses to criticism and extracts from his Summae. The book reveals the development and scope of Thomas's work.. Author:AQUINAS, SAINT THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE This is a collection of Christopher Marlowe's plays. His seven plays dramatize the fatal lure of potent forces, religious, occult and erotic.. Author:MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE Originally appearing in "Blackwood's Magazine" in 1857, these stories contain Eliot's earliest studies of what became enduring themes in her novels: the impact of religious controversy and social change in provincial life, and the power of love to transform the lives of individual men and women.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN COOK Cook led three expeditions to the Pacific. In voyages ranging from the Antarctic Circle to the Arctic Sea, he charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history. This is a substantial selection from his journals.. Author:COOK, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION This is the frank record of Dickens' experience of the New World, from his uncomfortable sea voyage to his perception of the American character and his frequently savage criticism of American practices and habits. It is also a personal record of Dickens' emotional and political evolution.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KENILWORTH A ROMANCE Including a critical introduction to assist the modern reader to interpret and enjoy the novel, this is the tragic story of the secret marriage of Amy Robsart to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, favourite and potential consort of the Queen.. Author:SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GUY MANNERING Guy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places his faith in patriarchal power, wealth and social position. But the Scotland of this novel is a nation in which the old hierarchies are breaking down and in which each social group lives by its own laws.. Author:SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IVANHOE Ivanhoe returns home from the Holy Wars to claim Princess Rowena for his bride. In his absence, Prince John has rallied Norman troops to take his brother's throne, and Ivanhoe must demonstrate his strength to protect the kingdom from the lawless usurpers - and be reunited with the woman he loves.. Author:SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SONNETS AND A LOVER'S COMPLAINT Shakespeare's sonnets are masterpieces of wit and elaborate erotic word-play, dealing with themes of mortality and memory, art, desire and jealousy. Appended to the sonnets is 'A Lover's Complaint', a poem in rhyme royal in which a women is betrayed.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREEK SOPHISTS This volume presents a collection of texts by the Greek Sophists (Protagoras, Gorgias, Hippias, Antiphon and others), which present the main lines of thought characteristic to this major philosophical movement.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NOTHING...EXCEPT MY GENIUS A specially selected edition of Oscar Wilde's bon mots aphonsus and dramatic one-liners. The edition comprises all the well-known sayings as well as some that may be new to a reader.. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSONAL MEMOIRS Faced with cancer and financial ruin, Ulysses S. Grant wrote his memoirs to secure his family's future. Acclaimed by writers such as Mark Twain and Gertrude Stein, the memoirs demonstrated the intelligence, intense determination, and laconic modesty that made Grant the Union's foremost commander.. Author:GRANT, ULYSSES S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LYRICAL BALLADS WITH A FEW OTHER POEMS Originally published 200 years ago, "Lyrical Ballads" is published here as it was compiled by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Accepted as one of the most influential books of English poetry, it includes "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey".. Author:WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS Clare's evocations of landscape and place are some of the most poignant lyrics in English poetry. This engaging selection includes poems from every stage of Clare's poetic career, organized by theme.. Author:CLARE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOHN KEATS Keats is one of the major figures in the second generation of Romantic poets and was considered by Tennyson to be the greatest poet of the 19th century. This collection contains pieces from different periods in his short life, from his earliest verse to his later unpublished poems.. Author:KEATS, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS A broad selection of poems from the early "Dramatic Lyrics" and "Dramatic Romances and Lyrics", Browning's best known works, "Men and Women" and "Dramatis Personae", and the less familiar works of his later years.. Author:BROWNING, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BARNABY RUDGE Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, this is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution. As London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge struggles to escape the curse of his past.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIARY OF A NOBODY In the PENGUIN CLASSICS series, this is the story of Mr Pooter, an office clerk and upright family man in a dull 1880s suburb. His diary is a wonderful portrait of the class system and inherent snobbishness of the suburban middle classes. It contains all the original illustrations, a critical introduction and notes.. Author:GROSSMITH, GEORGE GROSSMITH, WEEDON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRAGMATISM Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed engaging formulations of American pragmatism. "Pragmatism", developed from a lecture series, is included here, with "The Meaning of Truth", "Psychology", "The Will to Believe" and "Talks to Teachers on Psychology".. Author:JAMES, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD First published in 1900, Joshua Slocum's autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world narrates his three-year solo voyage of more than 46,000 miles around the world.. Author:SLOCUM, JOSHUA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE FAIRY TALES This volume brings together all eleven of McDonald's fairy stories as well as his essay The Fantastic Imagination. The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dreamworlds.. Author:MACDONALD, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOTHIC TALES The stories in this collection combine realism and fantasy. The themes are familiar from Gaskell's novels, but their treatment is revealingly different, ranging from ghost stories and comic fantasy, to a realistic tale of 17th-century witch trials.. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OLD CURIOSITY SHOP Described as a "tragedy of sorrows", the tale of Little Nell gripped the nation when it first appeared in 1841. It tells the story of Nell, uprooted from a secure and innocent childhood and cast into a world where evil takes many shapes, including Swiveller, Nubbles and the lecherous dwarf Quilp.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNCLE SILAS One of the most significant gothic novels of the Victorian period, this text brings up to date the plot of Mrs Radcliffe's tales of virtue imprisoned and menaced by unscrupulous schemers.. Author:FANU, SHERIDAN LE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET This sea adventure follows New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys repeatedly find themselves on the brink of death or discovery and witness mandy terrifying events, including mutiny, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits.. Author:POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE, A WEST INDIAN SLAVE, RELATED BY HERSELF Mary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when abolition debates were raging. This book details the ill-treatment she received by her various owners and her escape to England where she sought refuge with Christian missionaries.. Author:PRINCE, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE MEN IN A BOAT "Three Men in a Boat" is one of the best loved classics of English comic fiction. It relates the adventures and mishaps of three late-Victorian gentlemen and a dog on holiday on the Thames. "Bummel" repeats the experiment with a cycling tour in the Black Forest.. Author:JEROME, JEROME K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET When Mr Crawley, curate of Hogglestock, is falsely accused of theft he suffers bitterly with his family. Crawley is an ambiguous character however, and he himself seems to bring about most of his suffering.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALIAN This novel introduces Schedoni, the villainous scheming monk, and tells of the romance between a young Neapolitan nobleman and his lover, a match opposed by his mother, who enlists the help of Schedoni to stop the affair.. Author:RADCLIFFE, ANN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO This classic novel tells the story of the orphaned Emily St. Aubert who find herself separated from the man she loves and confined within the Castle of Udolpho. A new introduction discusses the Gothic Romance genre, Radcliffe's use of the supernatural and there are explanatory textual notes.. Author:RADCLIFFE, ANN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CON MEN AND CUTPURSES With extracts from popular jorunalism and biographical accounts, this volume presents the 18th-century criminal underworld in the idiomatic language of the time.. Author:MOORE, LUCY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHINEAS REDUX In the fourth "Palliser" novel, Anthony Trollope follows Phineas Finn's return to the dangerous world of Westminster politics. When his political rival is murdered, Phineas is thrown under suspicion and eventually finds himself standing trial at the Old Bailey.. Author:TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHE "She" is Ayesha, the mysterious white queen of a Central Africa tribe. She is also the goal of a quest bequeathed to three English gentlemen who travel through shipwreck, fever, and cannibals to find her hidden realm.. Author:HAGGARD, H.RIDER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE David Womersley's selection of this classic European text and bridging commentary enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievment.. Author:GIBBON, EDWARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOST WORLD AND OTHER THRILLING TALES "The Lost World" features Professor Challenger's expedition to South America to find a lost world. He and his team are re-united in "The Poison Belt" where the world is engulfed by lethal gas. These Challenger stories appear here with "The Terror of Blue John Gap" and "The Horror of the Heights".. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOSTONIANS Basil, an ambitious lawyer, comes to Boston to seek his fortune. Through his suffragette cousin, Olive, he meets Verena, the beautiful daughter of a showman. Olive hopes to recruit Verena for the feminist cause, but Basil is attracted to her, and the battle for her possession begins.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CASTLE OF OTRANTO With this title, Walpole established the Gothic as a literary form in England. It was first published as a scholarly translation from an ancient Italian text, a supernatural tale of a fatal prophecy set in the time of the crusades and one which inspired terror in its early readers.. Author:WALPOLE, HORACE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TREASURE ISLAND Jim Hawkins had no idea, when he picked up the packet from Captain Flint's chest, that here lay the key to untold wealth - a treasure map. When Jim sails on the Hispaniola, with Long John Silver as ship's cook and the rest of the shifty crew, he embarks on the adventure of his life.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND OTHER STORIES This collection of essays, sketches, and tales establishes Washington Irving's reputation. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" are classics of American fiction and display the authors ability to depict American landscapes and culture.. Author:IRVING, WASHINGTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES This collection brings together some of Holmes's earliest cases which appeared in the "Strand" magazine in 1892 and 1893. Set in London's foggy streets, the docks, cocaine dens and the new suburbs, the cases include: "The Speckled Band", "The Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Final Problem".. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VALLEY OF FEAR AND SELECTED CASES This title contains "The Valley of Fear" (1915) in which Holmes faces the terrible past of Bodymaster McGinty, and ten of the most intriguing cases from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (1905) and "His Last Bow (1917). Included is a chronology of Doyle's life and works and explanatory notes.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Yorick, an Englishman abroad, is blithely unconcerned by famous views or monuments. Bumping along in his coach, the amiable parson recounts the tales of his encounters with all manner of men and women. As the journey proceeds, his destination takes second place to emotional discovery.. Author:STERNE, LAURENCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOMERIC HYMNS Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods and dramatize the moments when they first appear before mortals.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR This work follows Daniel Defoe's fictional narrator as he traces the devastating progress of the plague through the streets of London. Here we see a city transformed - some of its streets suspiciously empty and some overwhelmingly full of the sounds and smells of human suffering.. Author:DEFOE, DANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES It was Sir Charles's mysterious death in the grounds of Baskerville Hall that brought Sherlock Holmes to the scene of one of his most famous and intriguing cases.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN AND SUPERMAN This play, as Shaw explains in the preface, is on the Don Juan theme. Taking all the ingredients of the legend, Shaw reordered them to write a four-act play in which he turned the story on its head so the Don Juan becomes "the quarry instead of the huntsman".. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAJOR BARBARA A drama about an armaments king, his daughter in the Salvation army and a foundling Professor of Greek. The society that makes Barbara necessary is repellent, but should we admire or condemn do-gooders like her?. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ST.JOAN With "Saint Joan", Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. As early as 1913 he had expressed a desire to write a play about Joan of Arc, but it was ten years before he began to write it. The first performance took place in New York in December 1923.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE PLAYS FOR PURITANS "THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE","CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA","CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION" Bored and disgusted by the trend for what he saw as titillation and sham on the London stage, Shaw wrote these plays to educate as well as entertain. In each play he turns received wisdom upside down and celebrates mthe triumph of individual conscience over accepted morality.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYS UNPLEASANT "WIDOWERS' HOUSES","THE PHILANDERER","MRS WARREN'S PROFESSION" The plays collected in this text deal with the conflict between youthful ideas and economic realities, social expansions and the necessity for revolt.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYS PLEASANT A compilation of four plays: "Arms and the Man"; "Candida"; "The Man of Destiny"; and "You Never Can Tell". Set in the Balkan mountains, "Arms and the Man" plays with the distinction between allies and enemies, and heroes and cowards.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAGGIE Ignored and abused by her family, Maggie's head is turned by a hustler who promises to protect her, but only hastens her downfall. Her tragic flaw is her inability to see the world the way it really is. This volume also includes "George's Mother" and 11 other tales and sketches.. Author:CRANE, STEPHEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIDDLER OF THE REELS AND OTHER STORIES, 1888-1900 The 11 short stories contained in this collection range, from those with a Wessex setting, to aristocratic fantasies set in the 17th and 18th centuries. Readable in their own right, they can be viewed as a testing ground for themes and ideas in Hardy's novels.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER Determined to counter the lies about opium that had been told by travellers to the Orient and the medical profession, De Quincey describes his addiction, the consciousness-altering properties of the drugs, its pleasures and its pains.. Author:QUINCEY, THOMAS DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF MRS SEACOLE IN MANY LANDS . Author:SEACOLE, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRISTMAS CAROL AND OTHER CHRISTMAS WRITINGS AND OTHER CHRISTMAS WRITINGS This is a one-volume collection of Dickens' most popular Christmas stories and articles. It includes "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes" and "The Haunted Man" and a few short items from Dickens' journalism on the subject of Christmas.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIGN OF FOUR At first the interruption to the boredom of Sherlock Holmes seems to have little to do with crime. A governess, whose father vanished ten years ago and who has been receiving money each year, now needs an escort to meet her unknown benefactor. But before the night is over, murder has occurred.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS John Dryden was Poet Laureate from 1668 to 1688 when he wrote his most celebrated satires and criticism. This selection of his poetry reveals him as a master of theatricality, ventriloquism and originality. It includes "Absalom and Achitophel", "Works of Virgil" and "Fables, Ancient and Modern".. Author:DRYDEN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF MY LIFE This volume contains selections of Giacomo Casanova's unfinished memoirs. The extracts cover Casanova's youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; carousing and dabbling in the occult; imprisonment and thrilling escape; travels; encounters with the famous; and numerous amorous conquests.. Author:CASANOVA, GIACOMO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOUNTY Fletcher Christian led the mutineers which sailed off in Admiral Bligh's Bounty, never to be heard of again. This work includes Bligh's narrative of the 1789 Mutiny, minutes of court proceedings gathered by Edward Christian in an effort to clear his brother's name, and later Bounty narratives.. Author:BLIGH, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN, EDWARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM Written ten years after his legal emancipation, this book catapulted Frederick Douglass into the international spotlight as a leading spokesperson for American blacks, both freed and in slavery.. Author:DOUGLASS, FREDERICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN IN THE IRON MASK The final episode in "The Three Musketeers" saga finds Aramis attempting a royal coup. Philippe, the man in the iron mask, has been a prisoner in the Bastille for 18 years. He is also King Louis' twin brother. Aramis intends to replace Louis with Philippe, in turn imprisoning the King of France.. Author:DUMAS, ALEXANDRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Charles Dickens died before completing this novel. The main plot concerns the disappearance of Edwin Drood and the suspicion that he has been murdered. The novel also depicts a dark underworld and the uneasy and violent fantasies of its inhabitants, especially that of the menacing Jasper.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED LETTERS OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT . Author:WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAVID COPPERFIELD PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD This is the novel Dickens regarded as his "favourite child" and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OROONOKO "Oroonoko", a novel published in 1688, is notable as an early protest against the slave trade and as a description of primitive people "in the first state of innocence". The story centres on the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave.. Author:BEHN, APHRA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE THE HIGHLAND WIDOW, THE TWO DROVERS, THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER Set within a framing narrative told by Chrystal Croftangry, these three stories are set in the years following the Jacobite defeat and all feature characters who are leaving Scotland to seek their fortunes elsewhere.. Author:SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THEBAN PLAYS "KING OEDIPUS","OEDIPUS AT COLONUS","ANTIGONE" The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy about mankind's struggle against fate - "King Oedipus", "Oedipus at Colonus" and "Antigone".. Author:SOPHOCLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM Candide deals with the problems of suffering and evil. Voltaire attacks the hopelessness and callousness of the "all is for the best" philosophy, personified by tutor Pangloss. The resilience of human nature is emphasized in the amazing reversals of fortune which Candide and his friends survive.. Author:VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIVINE COMEDY HELL Dante(1265-1321) is the one of the greatest of Italian poets, and his Divine Comedy is the one of the finest Christian allegories. This translation was first first published 1949.. Author:DANTE, ALIGHIERI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSIAN EXPEDITION PERSIAN EXPEDITION An account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - "The Ten Thousand" - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. The text remains one of the finest we have of the Greeks confronting a "barbarian" world.. Author:XENOPHON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAUST A brief analysis of the development, style, and protagonists of "Faust" is included with Goethe's classic tale about a troubled man who sells his soul to the devil.. Author:GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEDDA GABLER This volume contains three of Henrik Ibsen's plays - "Hedda Gabler", "The Pillars of the Community" and "The Wild Duck" - which explore the problems of personal and social morality.. Author:IBSEN, HENRIK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERE GORIOT Monsieur Goriot is one of a select group of lodgers at Madame Vanquer's Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are reduced he becomes shunned and soon his only remaining visitors are two beautiful, mysterious young women.. Author:BALZAC, HONORE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE MUSKETEERS The classic historical adventure novel, set in the 1620s at the court of Louis XIII, where the musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis, together with their companion, the headstrong d'Artagnan, are engaged in a battle against Richelieu, the King's minister, and a beautiful, unscrupulous spy.. Author:DUMAS, ALEXANDRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMITATION OF CHRIST . Author:THOMAS A KEMPIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ELECTRA All three of the great tragic poets of ancient Greece produced plays about the Electra myth. If Sophocles (496-406 B.C.) lacks the archaic grandeur of Aeschylus or the neurotic intensity of Euripides, his version is supreme for its power and humanity.. Author:SOPHOCLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE PLAYS "ALCESTIS","HIPPOLYTUS","IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS" . Author:EURIPIDES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONFESSIONS . Author:ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEVILS . Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR A translation of Thucydide's history of the wars between Athens and Sparta is critically introduced.. Author:THUCYDIDES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNA KARENINA Anna is the gracious wife of Karenin, an ageing government official. She meets Count Vronsky through whom she rediscovers her passionate nature. Leaving her home and child to be with Vronsky, Anna defies society and convention. But as love dies away, suffering, and finally tragedy take its place.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO N.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BACCHAE AND OTHER PLAYS "ION","THE WOMEN OF TROY","HELEN","THE BACCHAE" These four plays: "Ion", "The Women of Troy", "Helen" and "The Bacchae" demonstrate Euripides' aim to understand the nature of the human soul and human society.. Author:EURIPIDES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIVINE COMEDY Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, 'Purgatory' relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into the depths of the earth.. Author:DANTE, ALIGHIERI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORIES OF GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL This text parodies everyone from eminent classical authors and schoolmen to Rabelais's own acquaintances. But the brilliance of the book lies not merely in these learned references, but in the story into which they are woven.. Author:RABELAIS, FRANCOIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EUGENIE GRANDET Set in the aftermath of the French Revolution, this was one of Balzac's earliest novels. It tells the story of the Grandet household and of the struggle between Eugenie Grandet and her father, begun when Eugenie falls in love with her penniless cousin Charles.. Author:BALZAC, HONORE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AENEID "The Aeneid" of Virgil (70-19 BC) describes the legendary origin of the Roman nation. It tells of the Trojan prince Aeneas who escaped, with some followers, after Troy fell and sailed to Italy. Here they settled and laid the foundations of Roman power.. Author:VIRGIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MASTER BUILDER In the early works, Ibsen's characters are frequently at odds with society; in these later plays, the fight turns inwards and they struggle with their own thoughts and feelings.. Author:IBSEN, HENRIK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRAVELS Marco Polo (1254-1324) spent the best part of 20 years globe-trotting from the Polar Sea to Java, from Zanzibar to Japan and probably travelled more extensively than anyone before him. His travels began in 1271 when he accompanied his father and uncle on their second visit to China.. Author:POLO, MARCO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAPHNIS AND CHLOE "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels.. Author:LONGUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNALS "The Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Michael Grant's introduction discusses the life and works of Tacitus and the historical context of the "Annals".. Author:TACITUS, CORNELIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA The French literary master's work depicting young Fabrizio's struggles to keep his love for Clelia a secret in the small court of Parma.. Author:STENDHAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORESTEIAN TRILOGY "AGAMEMNON","THE CHOEPHORI","THE EUMENIDES" In these plays, Aeschyluys (525BC-456BC) takes as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos - a chain finally broken only by the intervention of the goddess Athene.. Author:AESCHYLUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PROTAGORAS . Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE OF ST.TERESA OF AVILA BY HERSELF Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was 21. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation. This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life.. Author:ST.TERESA OF AVILA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE PLAYS The three plays in this volume focus on the tumultuous relationships between men and women, whether they are father and daughter, brother and sister or lovers.. Author:STRINDBERG, AUGUST. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC . Author:PLUTARCH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARGONAUTICA . Author:APOLLONIUS, OF RHODES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PIERS PLOWMAN . Author:LANGLAND, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT This is a modern translation of the classical medieval poem relating Sir Gawain's romances, his conflict with the Green Knight, and return to the Round Table.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAUST . Author:GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAXIMS The bitter and pessimistic philosophy expressed in this work was to contribute greatly to the taste of 17th century France.. Author:ROCHEFOUCAULD, FRANCOIS, DUC DE LA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRISTAN . Author:STRASSBURG, GOTTFRIED VON THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED WORKS Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, Cicero was a master of eloquence and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over 2000 years. This selection demonstrates the diversity of his writing.. Author:CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RISE AND FALL OF ATHENS . Author:PLUTARCH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIVINE COMEDY PARADISO Having climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven, continuing his soul's search for God and guided by his beloved, Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in God's presence.. Author:DANTE, ALIGHIERI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONKEY Wu Ch'eng-en wrote "Monkey" in the middle of the 16th century, adding to an ancient Chinese legend his own touches of delicacy and humour. The result is a jumble of the absurd and the profound, of religion and history, of anti-bureaucratic satire and pure poetry.. Author:WU, CHENG'EN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PROMETHEUS BOUND The first of the great Greek tragedians, Aeschylus wrote many plays, of which seven survive. The four in this volume, one based on contemporary events, the others on myth, reflect the morality of contemporary Athens - that is, that reason is the proper principle of civilized life.. Author:AESCHYLUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONFESSIONS Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was one of the outstanding figures of the declining Roman Empire. From his own account he lived a life of sin until his conversion to Christianity at the age of 32. Twelve years later he gave this personal account of his search for truth.. Author:AUGUSTINE, SAINT, BISHOP OF HIPPO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIAISONS DANGEREUSES An epistolary novel chronicles the cruel seduction of a young girl by two ruthless, 18th-century aristocrats.. Author:LACLOS, PIERRE CHODERLOS DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA The ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not religious.. Author:NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUEEN OF SPADES This volume contains translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The introduction provides close readings of the stories and places them in their European context. Author:PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IPHIGENIA Writing under the auspices of France's radical and omnipotent king, Louis XIV, Racine created settings that reflect all the auro and majesty of his Monarch's rule. But within this framework, he developed themes of ruthless and unrelenting tragedy.. Author:RACINE, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONQUEST OF NEW SPAIN Fifty years after the event Bernal Diaz (1498-1580), who served under Cortes, wrote this account of the march from the coast, Montezuma's death, the massacre of the Spaniards and the eventual capture of the capital of Mexico.. Author:CASTILLO, BERNAL DIAZ DEL DIAZ, BERNAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRONICLES OF THE CRUSADES . Author:JOINVILLE, JEAN DE SAINT LOUIS VILLEHARDOUIN, GEOFFROI DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ZADIG . Author:VOLTAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LETTERS This text presents the letters of Pliny, a prominent lawyer, administrator and landowner. They light on the Rome of his day and also provide one of the fullest self-portraits to survive from classical times.. Author:PLINY THE YOUNGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDEA AND OTHER PLAYS "MEDEA","HECABE","ELECTRA","HERACLES" This title is a collection of Euripides' plays.. Author:EURIPIDES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TAO TE CHING Taoism is based upon a concept of the Tao, or Way, as the universal power through which all life flows. "Tao Te Ching" offers a practical model by which both the individual and society can embody this belief, encouraging modesty and self-restraint as the true path to a balanced existence.. Author:LAO ZI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUGURTHINE WAR . Author:SALLUST. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BARBER OF SEVILLE AND THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Beaumarchais was a man of immense wit and feeling and it is our loss that his two great plays are only known to us through Rossini and Mozart. It was Beaumarchais who brought fun back into the theatre and broke the convention of formality which had grown up since Moliere.. Author:BEAUMARCHAIS, PIERRE AUGUSTIN CARON DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADOLPHE . Author:CONSTANT, BENJAMIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GHOSTS These plays focus on the family and how it struggles to stay together by telling and exposing lies. In "Ghosts" Osvald Alving discovers the truth about his father, "A Public Enemy" sees two brothers set against each other and "When We Dead Awake" tells of a chance meeting between old lovers.. Author:IBSEN, HENRIK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROPE AND OTHER PLAYS "THE GHOST","THE ROPE"," THREE-DOLLAR DAY","AMPHITRYO" . Author:PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NIBELUNGENLIED Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity. Siegfried, prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of princess Kriemhild of Burgundy but is ultimately destroyed by those he trusts most.. Author:HATTO, A.T.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHILDHOOD, BOYHOOD AND YOUTH . Author:TOLSTOY, L.N.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDITATIONS Notes on the Roman philosopher's life and the relations between Stoicism and Christianity preface a modern translation of the journal.. Author:MARCUS AURELIUS, EMPEROR OF ROME. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDIAEVAL ENGLISH VERSE . Author:STONE, BRIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF ROME FROM ITS FOUNDATION THE WAR WITH HANNIBAL Hannibal, one of the most compelling personalities of the ancient world, inflicted a tremendous defeat on the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC. This text looks at the figure. Author:LIVY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOLL'S HOUSE The plays in this volume - "A Doll's House", "The League of Youth" and "The Lady From the Sea" - demonstrate different sides of Henrik Ibsen's genius, but all deal with themes of alienation from society and the breaking down of convention.. Author:IBSEN, HENRIK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATHERS AND SONS Arkady Petrovitch returns from college under the spell of a young nihilist called Bazarov, a character who shocked Arkady's father and the Russian public of 1862 with his criticisms of the traditional values of Russian society. In Bazarov, Turgenev created the prototype "angry young man".. Author:TURGENEV, IVAN SERGEYEVICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POT OF GOLD AND OTHER PLAYS Plautus argued by some to be the supreme comic writer of the Roman world, has also proved the most influential. In this translation, as suitable for the stage as for reading, Plautus' broad and lively humour is re-created.. Author:PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORIES . Author:TACITUS, CORNELIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FROGS AND OTHER PLAYS This collection contains "The Wasps", one of Aristophanes' earliest plays, "The Poet and the Women", a gem of parody and low comedy, and "The Frogs", a comic masterpiece written under the shadow of defeat.. Author:ARISTOPHANES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VINLAND SAGAS "GRAENLENDINGA SAGA" AND "EIRIK'S SAGA" These two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe's first surprise glimpse of the eastern shores of North America and the natives who inhabited them.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKERS OF ROME The nine biographies in this volume illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire.. Author:PLUTARCH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUSIN BETTE The story of the Hulot family. Risen to eminence under Napoleon 1, their aristocratic values leave them bewildered and vulnerable in the money-ridden burgeois Paris of the 1840s. It is also the story of Bette herself, the poor relation whose patient malice finally leads to their demise.. Author:BALZAC, HONORE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UPANISHADS "The Upanishads" represent for the Hindu approximately what the New Testament represents for the Christian. The earliest of these spiritual treatises, which vary greatly in length, were put down in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 BC.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEER GYNT . Author:IBSEN, HENRIK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOURTEEN BYZANTINE RULERS . Author:PSELLUS, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF BRITAIN Completed in 1136, this is the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the Saxons some 2000 years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin and King Arthur, it is as much myth as it is history but it captured the imagination of subsequent generations.. Author:GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAMEAU'S NEPHEW AND D'ALEMBERT'S DREAM . Author:DIDEROT, DENIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOUR TRAGEDIES AND OCTAVIA "THYESTES","PHAEDRA","THE TROJAN WOMEN","OEDIPUS","OCTAVIA" Dramas by the classical playwright and philosopher are accompanied by a modern work to demonstrate the Roman's impact on the development of the tragedy.. Author:SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HELLENICA HISTORY OF MY TIMES Combining history and memoir, this work recounts nearly 50 turbulent years of warefare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. An Athenian by birth, Xenophon became a firm supporter of the Spartan cause and fought against the Athenians in the battle of Coronea.. Author:XENOPHON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GAMBLER The stories in this volume demonstrate Dostoyevsky's genius for fusing caricature, irony and the grotesque to create a powerful dark humour. Jessie Coulson's introduction examines the personal and financial dramas that influenced Dostoyevsky.. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET HISTORY A first century Byzantine historian offers portraits of the emperor Justinian, the empress Theodora, and the brilliant general Belisarius, describing the injustices of Justinian's reign.. Author:PROCOPIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING HARALD'S SAGA The biography of one of the most remarkable and memorable of the Medieval kings of Norway.. Author:STURLUSON, SNORRI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RESURRECTION A psychological tale of guilt, anger, and forgiveness, 'Resurrection' provides a panoramic view of Russian social life at the end of the 19th century and expresses the author's contempt for the social injustices of the world in which he lived.. Author:TOLSTOY, L.N.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH AND OTHER TRAVEL SKETCHES . Author:MATSUO, BASHO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CIVIL WAR A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with immediacy and power. "The Civil War" is a tense and gripping depiction of his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican Rome - a conflict that spanned the entire Roman world.. Author:CAESAR, JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF THE COURTIER Through a series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, Baldesar's speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour, as well as wider questions such as the duties of good government and the true nature of love.. Author:CASTIGLIONE, BALDESAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRONICLES The chronicles of Froissart are one of the greatest contemporary records of 14th-century England and France. Depicting the great age of Anglo-French rivalry from the deposition of Edwards II to the downfall of Richard II, Froissart portrays the deeds of knights in battle at Sluys, Crecy, Calais and Poitiers during the Hundred Years War.. Author:FROISSART, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOCIAL CONTRACT Rousseau's powerful treatise expresses views on the rights, liberty and equality of all people. It remains a classic of political theory and one of the most influential works of abstract political thought in the Western tradition.. Author:ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUSIN PONS Pons, a mild-mannered old man, is treated with spiteful contempt by his wealthy relations.. Author:BALZAC, HONORE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DISCOURSE ON METHOD . Author:DESCARTES, RENE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LETTERS FROM A STOIC A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived "in accordance with nature", Stoicism called for restraint of animal instincts and severing of emotional ties. Seneca's contribution to a seemingly unsympathetic creed was to transform it into an inspiring declaration of the dignity of the individual mind.. Author:SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWO LIVES OF CHARLEMAGNE This volume presents two contrasting images of Charlemagne. Einhard recounts Charlemagne's personal life and his achievements in warfare, learning, art and building, while Notker provides a collection of anecdotes rather than a presentation of historical facts.. Author:EINHARD, ABBOT OF SELIGENSTADT NOTKER THE STAMMERER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POLITICAL SPEECHES This text presents a selection of the political speeches of Cicero, including: "On the Command of Cnaeus Pompeius", "Against Lucius Sergius Catilina", "In Defence of the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias", and "In Defence of Marcus Caelius Rufus".. Author:CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOUR VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS To present a consecutive narrative of Columbus' voyages to the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Trinidad, and the mainland of America, this book combines reports and letters written by Columbus with large passages from the biography prepared by his son and chapters from Oviedo's work.. Author:COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER COLON, CRISTOBAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAXDAELA SAGA . Author:PALSSON, HERMANN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAIL . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GUIDE TO GREECE CENTRAL GREECE The second century CE traveller's guide to buildings, tombs and statues, including mythological, religious and historical background of sites from Delphi to Olympia.. Author:PAUSANIAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GUIDE TO GREECE SOUTHERN GREECE . Author:PAUSANIAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSAYS AND APHORISMS This volume provides a selection of Schopenhauer's writings on religion, ethics, politics, women and a range of other themes taken from his last work, 'Parerga and Paralipomena', originally published in 1851.. Author:SCHOPENHAUER, ARTHUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROMANCE OF TRISTRAN . Author:BEROUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ITALIAN JOURNEY, 1786-88 . Author:GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PILLOW BOOK . Author:SEI SHONAGON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK SHEEP . Author:BALZAC, HONORE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HRAFNKEL'S SAGA AND OTHER STORIES . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TROILUS AND CRISEYDE Set during the tenth year of the siege of Troy, this poem relates how Troilus persuades Crisyede to become his lover, only to be forced apart by the events of war. This edition contains an introduction that places the poem in the context of its times, with notes and appendices.. Author:CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGRICOLA In "The Agricola" Tacitus provides both a portrait of Julius Agricola (the most famous govenor of Roman Britain) and the first detailed account of Britain. In "The Germania" he examines the life and customs of the war-like German tribes, often comparing them favourably with the decadence of Rome.. Author:TACITUS, CORNELIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ELECTIVE AFFINITIES . Author:GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON THE GOOD LIFE This volume brings together Cicero's tentative and undogmatic reflections on the good life, in which he discusses duty, friendship, the training of a statesman, and the importance of moral integrity in the search for happiness.. Author:CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CELTIC MISCELLANY An anthology of prose and poetry from all six Celtic languages and all literary periods up to the 19th century.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXEMPLARY STORIES . Author:CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOST ILLUSIONS Lucien Chardon, an aspiring young author, leaves his small provincial hometown and attempts to succeed in the Parisian literary circles of the early 19th century.. Author:BALZAC, HONORE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND Jessie Coulson's introduction discusses the stories' critical reception and the themes they share with Dostoyevsky's novels. A single, tormented, character dominates both of these short novels written at different stages of Dostoyevsky's career.. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M. DOSTOYEVSKY, FYODOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAMPAIGNS OF ALEXANDER This is a generally reliable account of the life, character, and military operations of the great conqueror, written by a Greek historian and military administrator for the Romans 400 years after the events it relates.. Author:ARRIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEATH OF KING ARTHUR A 13th-century French version of the Camelot legend, writen by an unknown author. It depicts a Round Table diminished in strength after the Quest for the Holy Grail. Whispers of Queen Guinevere's infidelity distress King Arthur, leaving him no match for the machinations of Sir Mordred.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY This text is a series of short essays, hortatory and propagandist, over a wide range of subjects.. Author:VOLTAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORESTES AND OTHER PLAYS . Author:EURIPIDES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIMAEUS AND CRITIAS . Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NANA The French novelist's classic study of a prostitute's dissolute existence and spiritual disintegration reflects his concern with the influence of heredity and environment.. Author:ZOLA, EMILE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON THE NATURE OF THE GODS . Author:CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPEAKING OF SIVA These lyrical poems by four major saints of the "Bhakti" protest movement of the tenth century are expressions of love for the god siva. The volume is fully annotated and contains essays on the religious origins of the poems.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LI PO AND TU FU Li Po and Tu Fu are traditionally regarded by the Chinese as their two greatest poets. Together their poetry encompasses all of human nature. Escapist but earthy, spiritual but realistic, romantic but precise, these two are often appropriately referred to as one poet, "Li-Tu".. Author:LI PO TU FU. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIARY OF A MADMAN Illuminates the Russian writer's thoughts on madness, bureaucracy, and illusion in these five tales.. Author:GOGOL, NIKOLAI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BETROTHED A historical novel set in Lombardy during the wars, famine and plague of the period 1628-30. Two star-crossed lovers are tested by the political injustices of their situation, the virulence of the plague, and a life in exile, away from their homeland. First published in 1827, and now accompanied by an essay HISTORY OF THE COLUMN OF INFAMY.. Author:MANZONI, ALESSANDRO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHAEDRUS . Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS . Author:ANSELM, SAINT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SATIRES . Author:HORACE PERSIUS FLACCUS, AULUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEBACLE . Author:ZOLA, EMILE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSIAN LETTERS this title is the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country - the modern Iran - to journey to Europe in search of wisdom. Their colourful observations on the culture differences between West and East culture conjure up Eastern sensuality, repression and cruelty in contrast to the freer, more civilized West.. Author:MONTESQUIEU, CHARLES DE SECONDAT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE OF DREAMS A Lady-in-waiting at a Heian court in medieval Japan records her personal feelings and reactions to social standards. Its shy and vulnerable author found happiness neither in her work at court nor with her family, and projected into her writing veiled longings that are both timeless and poignant.. Author:TAKASUE NO MUSUME, SUGAWARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THEOGONY AND WORKS; ELEGIES ELEGIES Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers an introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Dorothea Wender's translation conveys the beauty and vigour of the original texts while her introductions to each explain the history behind them.. Author:HESIOD THEOGNIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DHAMMAPADA (THE PATH OF PERFECTION) A collection of aphorisms which illustrate the Buddhist Dhamma, or moral system. Probably compiled in the 3rd century BC, the verses encompass the struggle towards nirvana - the supreme goal for the Buddhist.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGE OF ALEXANDER . Author:PLUTARCH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MURDER TRIALS . Author:CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARABIAN NIGHTS TALES FROM THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS An unexpurgated translation of the "Tales From the Thousand and One Nights", which represent the expression of a lay and secular imagination in revolt against religious austerity and zeal in oriental literature. They depict a world of magic but their bawdiness and realism anchor them to daily life.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF THE STONE THE GOLDEN DAYS Considered one of the greatest works of Chinese literature, this five-part story charts the changing fortunes of the Jia family. It sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, even murder - within the context of the Buddhist understanding that karma determines the shape of our lives.. Author:CAO, XUEQIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE FRANKS Gregory of tours wrote this dramatic narrative of sixth-century French history as a chronicle of the events leading up to and including his 21-year tenure as bishop of tours.. Author:GREGORY, SAINT, BISHOP OF TOURS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NUN . Author:DIDEROT, DENIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE THIRTEEN . Author:BALZAC, HONORE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE A blend of poetry, anecdote, philosophy and social observation. Though it ranges over a wide variety of topics from courtly love to the emancipation of women, central to the book is Stendhal's account of love - an intense, romantic and generally unrequited love.. Author:STENDHAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIVES OF THE LATER CAESARS THE FIRST PART OF THE AUGUSTAN HISTORY, WITH NEWLY COMPILED LIVES OF NERVA AND TRAJAN . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORLANDO FURIOSO Over a period of 27 years, the author created in this poem a world situated between fantasy and reality: a kaleidoscope of fabulous adventures, monsters, barbaric splendour and romance, all tempered by the unifying personality of the author - his humour and serenity, his humanity and moderation.. Author:ARIOSTO, LUDOVICO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CID New translations of the great French neoclassical dramatist's classic work on Spain's legendary hero, his best-known political, and Roman, play, and an early, bizarre comedy.. Author:CORNEILLE, PIERRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEL-AMI This is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man making it to the top in fin-de-siecle Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and power, set against the background of the politics of the French colonization of North Africa.. Author:MAUPASSANT, GUY DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROME AND THE MEDITERRANEAN ROME AND THE MEDITERRANEAN For Livy, the glorious early history of Rome provided both an example and a warning to his own degenerate times. This text provides his ideas on the theme.. Author:LIVY, TITUS LIVIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MABINOGION Eleven stories of ancient Welsh origin combine myth, history, and folk legend in their accounts of heroes, quests, battles, and the triumphs of Arthur's knights.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMEDIES "THE GIRL FROM ANDROS","THE SELF-TORMENTOR","THE EUNUCH","PHORMIO"," THE MOTHER-IN-LAW","THE BROTHERS" Roman dramatist, Terence, adapted many of his comedies from Greek sources, rendering them suitable for audiences of his time by introducing subtler characterization and more complex plots, giving his plays a sense of humanity that became a model in the Renaissance and greatly influenced Moliere.. Author:TERENCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF THE STONE THE CRAB-FLOWER CLUB . Author:CAO, XUEQIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEAST IN MAN One of Zola's most violent works, this novel is on one level a tale of murder and possession, and on another a compassionate study of individuals derailed by atavistic forces beyond their control. It evokes life at the end of the Second Empire in France, and a society hurtling towards the future.. Author:ZOLA, EMILE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SALAMMBO Carthaginian mercenaries revolt after the First Punic War with Rome, led by Matho, a Libyan involved with Salammbo, priestess in the temple of the Goddess Tanit.. Author:FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NIETZSCHE READER Selections from Nietzche's writings providing an introduction to his work and thought. We see a mind grappling with the fundamental issues of human existence, striving to extend the boundaries of thought and concluding that in the face of so much that is inexplicable there is no truth.. Author:NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WILD ASS'S SKIN . Author:BALZAC, HONORE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORESTEIA A trilogy of plays dramatizes the murder of Agamemnon by his wife, Clytaemnestra, the revenge of her son, Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athena.. Author:AESCHYLUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIRST LOVE Set in the world of 19th-century Russia's fading aristocracy, Turgenev's story depicts a boy's growth of knowledge and mastery over his own heart as he awakens to the complex nature of adult love.. Author:TURGENEV, IVAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNEY THROUGH WALES . Author:GIRALDUS, CAMBRENSIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REGENTA, LA First published in 1885, this novel is set in a shabby provincial Spanish town and explores an intelligent and sensitive woman's unsuccessful quest for fulfilment through marriage, adultery and religion.. Author:ALAS, LEOPOLDO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANALECTS "The Analects" are a collection of Confucius's sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live.. Author:CONFUCIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer of Notre-Dame in Paris is mocked and shunned for his appearance. Esmeralda is the beautiful gypsy dancer who has pity upon him. This old tale mourns the passing of the medieval Paris that the author loved.. Author:HUGO, VICTOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEPTAMERON In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for the bridge to be repaired, they are inspired to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day.. Author:MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE, QUEEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PIERRE ET JEAN Maupassant's fourth (1887) of six novels and some argue his most flawless.. Author:MAUPASSANT, GUY DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARQUISE VON O AND OTHER STORIES Brings together eight short stories by the intense 19th-century German author.. Author:KLEIST, HEINRICH VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EROTIC POEMS Ovid's poems deal with the spectrum of sexual desire, from deeply emotional declarations of devotion, to flippant arguments for promiscuity. Poems include elegies to Ovid's mistress, advice on courtship, suggestions on how to break off a relationship, and a discussion of the art of cosmetics.. Author:OVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PARZIVAL A.T. Hatto's translation conveys the bold exuberance and complexities of 'Parzival', the great German poem on the Holy Grail, while Hatto's foreword examines the genre of medieval Grail Romances. This edition also includes a glossary, an 'Introduction to a Second Reading' and further reading.. Author:WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE In writing his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire, the Greek statesman Polybius set out to help his fellow-countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. This text presents a translation of his work.. Author:POLYBIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REVERIES OF THE SOLITARY WALKER Ten meditations written by Rousseau in his last years and published posthumously (1782). It presents reflections on various places of his life.. Author:ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROBBERS This text presents two plays by a dramatist of German Classicism, passionately concerned with individual freedom.. Author:SCHILLER, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 18%

Penguin Books Ltd : TORRENTS OF SPRING Thirty years later Dimitry Sanin looks back on a passionate attachment, a virtual enslavement, to Madame Polozov, who used his helpless love to humiliate him.. Author:TURGENEV, I.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF THE STONE THE WARNING VOICE Written towards the end of the 18th century, this Chinese novel of manners charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family.. Author:CAO, XUEQIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF THE STONE THE DEBT OF TEARS Written towards the end of the 18th century, this is one of the great novel of manners of Chinese literature. The book charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family.. Author:CAO, XUEQIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF THE STONE THE DREAMER WAKES Written towards the end of the 18th century, this text is one of the great novels of manners in Chinese literature. It chart the glory and declines of the illustrious Jia family.. Author:CAO, XUEQIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORKNEYINGA SAGA This is the story of the Orkneymen of Norwegian extraction who established an Earldom of Norway in the Northern Scottish Isles a thousand years ago, and whose descendants held sway over the Hebrides and Northern Mainland of Scotland for several centuries.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUBAIYAT Writing in the 11th century, Khayyam was one of the most accomplished masters of the new and increasingly popular "Ruba'i", or two-line stanza. Here, Khayyam's meditations touch on the transience of human life and of the natural world.. Author:OMAR KHAYYAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LETTERS ON ENGLAND . Author:VOLTAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARTH . Author:ZOLA, EMILE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF ROME FROM ITS FOUNDATION ROME AND ITALY Volumes Six to Ten of Livy's history of Rome trace the tale of the City from its foundation, through its defeat by the Gauls, to its rise to predominance in 293 BCE.. Author:LIVY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES This selection of Hoffman's finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of the modern horror genre. The collection contains: 'Mademoiselle de Scudery', 'Sandman', and 'The Choosing of a Bride'.. Author:HOFFMANN, E.T.A.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY IRISH MYTHS AND SAGAS First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED TALES A selection of the best known tales from the 200 canonical stories, compiled by the Brothers Grimm at the beginning of the 19th century.. Author:GRIMM, JACOB GRIMM, WILHELM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIG VEDA ANTHOLOGY Gathers Vedic hymns about creation, death, sacrifice, ritual and the various gods and characters of Indian mythology.. Author:O'FLAHERTY, WENDY DONIGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED LETTERS Describes the social and intellectual life of 17th-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV.. Author:SEVIGNE, MADAME DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LATER ROMAN EMPIRE, A.D.353-378 SELECTIONS A fourth-century army officer recounts the history of Rome during the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian and Valens.. Author:AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE VISIONS Gathers four of Chaucer's longer poems that depict poetic dreams about the rituals and emotions of courtly love.. Author:CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALFRED THE GREAT . Author:ASSER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF ALEXANDER . Author:CURTIUS RUFUS, QUINTUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NATURAL HISTORY (A SELECTION) Gaius Plinius Secundus - Pliny the Elder - was born in AD 21. He served both as a cavalry officer in Germania and as procurator and combined with this public service a deep interest in science. This book is Pliny's sole surviving work.. Author:SECUNDUS, GAIUS PLINIUS PLINY THE ELDER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAR AND PEACE Few would dispute the claim of "War and Peace" to be regarded as the greatest novel in any language. This massive chronicle, to which Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) devoted five whole years shortly after his marriage, portrays Russian family life during and after the Napoleonic war.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ECLOGUES . Author:VIRGIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JEWISH WAR It took seven years and several Roman legions to suppress the Jewish rebellion of 66 AD. This text describes the events.. Author:JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POLITICS In "The Politics" Aristotle addresses the questions that lie at the heart of political science. How should society be ordered to ensure the happiness of the individual? Which forms of government are best and how should they be maintained?. Author:ARISTOTLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ODES Poems explore the way of life of ancient Rome and portray the author's philosophy of life.. Author:HORACE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF IRELAND Depicts the geography and wildlife of Ireland and describes the history and social life of the country during the Middle Ages.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE THEBAN PLAYS "ANTIGONE","OEDIPUS THE KING","OEDIPUS AT COLONUS" Sophocles' Theban plays: "Antigone", "Oedipus the King" and "Oedipus at Colonus". They depict Oedipus's fierce heroic encounter with his gods, and reveal Sophocles' masterful characterizations, dramatic speech and use of irony. Bernard Knox introduces each play.. Author:SOPHOCLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON WAR Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought.. Author:CLAUSEWITZ, CARL VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DISCOURSES In this carefully argued commentary on Livy's history of republican Rome, Niccolo Machiavelli proposes a system of government that would uphold civic freedom and security by instilling the virtues of active citizenship, encouraging citizens to put the needs of the state above personal interests.. Author:MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIX RECORDS OF A FLOATING LIFE . Author:SHEN FU. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISERABLES Escaped convict, Jean Valjean's attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the policeman Javert.. Author:HUGO, VICTOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION . Author:ARISTOTLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GALLIC WAR CONQUEST OF GAUL Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This narrative offers insights into his military strength and paints a picture of his encounters with the inhabitants of Gaul and Britain.. Author:CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS "Mantiq al-tayr" (the conference of the birds) is an elaborate allegory with many digressions. It describes how all the birds (human souls) set out in search of the Simurgh (the godhead). All but 30 die and the survivors realize that they themselves are the Simurgh.. Author:ATTAR, FARID AL-DIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DISCOURSE ON INEQUALITY In this text, Rousseau demonstrates how the growth of civilization corrupts man's natural happiness and freedom due to the artificial inequalities of wealth and social privilege.. Author:ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIVINE COMEDY PURGATORY Including extensive annotation as well as prose introductions to each of the cantos, this translation of the second part of Dante's "The Divine Comedy" is idiomatic, not rhymed. It also includes a glossary and an index of persons and places.. Author:DANTE, ALIGHIERI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIVINE COMEDY PARADISE This rendering of "Paradise" is distinguised by the same flexible iambic verse, the same understatement, and the same clarity that characterize Dante's own complex style. The notes to each canto make the diverse elements of Dante's vision accessible and preserves the power and force of the poem.. Author:DANTE, ALIGHIERI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ILIAD A NEW PROSE TRANSLATION A prose translation of this classic text. The stirring story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles has gripped readers for over 2700 years.. Author:HOMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POEM OF THE CID The medieval epic poem is presented in parallel Spanish and English text with English introduction and notes.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY SOCRATIC DIALOGUES . Author:PLATO. Discounted by 21%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROMAN HISTORY REIGN OF AUGUSTUS . Author:DIO, CASSIUS COCCEIANUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FEAR AND TREMBLING Different facets of Kierkegaard's thought are presented to the reader in this book. Without disclosing his own beliefs Kierkegaard confronts the reader with various ethical and religious attitudes, but leaves the responsibility of choice open.. Author:KIERKEGAARD, SOREN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THEAETETUS . Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIPPOCRATIC WRITINGS . Author:HIPPOCRATES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NETOCHKA NEZVANOVA Written as a serial, this never-completed first publication treats many of the themes that dominate Dostoyevsky's later great novels.. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUSE OF THE DEAD The four years that Dostoevsky spent in a Siberian prison camp were brutish and long, the most agonizing of his life. But there is a vitality that overtakes the house of the dead, turning the crisis of its narrator into a slow miracle: the return and reawakening of his personality.. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON LOVE AND BARLEY By combining the ideals of "karumi" - lightness of touch - and oneness with nature, Basho (1644-94) rose above the artificiality of previous haiku poets to become the new master of the genre. A perfectionist, he constantly strove to express himself in the purest possible form.. Author:MATSUO, BASHO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIVES OF THE ARTISTS Selected biographical sketches by the Renaissance artist reveal his interpretations of the lives and works of outstanding artists in Italy.. Author:VASARI, GIORGIO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE OF ST.COLUMBA Columba (521-97) became a central figure in the "Age of Saints" when he founded his famous monastery on the island of Iona. St Adomnan (circa 624-704) was Abbot of Iona, and wrote this account of St Columba's life 100 years after Columba's death.. Author:ST.ADAMNAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLUTARCH ON SPARTA Two more of Plutarch's "lives", covering the careers of the Spartan kings, Agis and Cleomenes.. Author:PLUTARCH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEBASTOPOL SKETCHES These three short stories stem from Tolstoy's military experience during the Crimean War. They are: "Sebastopol in December," "Sebastopol in May," and "Sebastopol in August 1855.". Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KREUTZER SONATA A collection of some of Tolstoy's late stories. They are accompanied by an introduction in which David McDuff examines Tolstoy's state of mind as he produced these works, and then discusses their public reception.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DE ANIMA For Plato the soul was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. In 'De Anima', Plato's student, Aristotle sought to set out his theory of soul as the ultimate reality of embodied form and produced a masterpiece of philosophical insight.. Author:ARISTOTLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JACQUES THE FATALIST . Author:DIDEROT, DENIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONFESSION This is a reader covering Tolstoy's later beliefs after he had rejected orthodox religion. The book mainly draws on "Confession" (1879), "What is My Faith?" (1884) and other occasional pieces.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEVEN VIKING ROMANCES . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS . Author:STANIFORTH, MAXWELL TRANS.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONDITION OF THE WORKING CLASS IN ENGLAND This Marxist text is an important document on the social conditions in a Victorian industrial city. Engels describes the conditions of the working class with accuracy, compassion and anger. He discusses the life of the factory hands, the horrible industrial accidents and the pollution of the city.. Author:ENGELS, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SATYRICON AND THE APOCOLOCYNTOSIS The text of "The Satyricon" and "The Apocolocynosis".. Author:PETRONIUS ARBITER SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : APOLOGY FOR RAYMOND SEBOND . Author:MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FEDERALIST PAPERS Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, "The Federalist Papers" had the practical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787.. Author:MADISON, JAMES HAMILTON, ALEXANDER JAY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THOMAS PAINE READER Presents selections from Paine's political writings, including "Common Sense," "The Rights of Man," "The American Crisis," and "The Age of Reason".. Author:PAINE, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIVES OF THE ARTISTS Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the 13th century, Giorgio Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. It also conveys much about the author himself and his abilities as a critic inspired by his passion for art.. Author:VASARI, GIORGIO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYS AND FRAGMENTS Describes the background of Menander's plays, and provides notes along with new translations of more than fifteen of his plays.. Author:MENANDER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER The first great "confessional" novel, this is a story of unrequited love, drawing on personal experience. Werther, a sensitive young man, falls in love with Lotte, knowing she is to marry another. Unable to subdue his passion, Werther's infatuation torments him to the point of despair.. Author:GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POOR FOLK This collection of Dostoyevsky's shorter fiction contains "Poor Folk", his first novella, together with a selection from his earlier short stories, "Mr Prokharchin", "The Landlady", "A Faint Heart" and "Uncle's Dream".. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED? AND OTHER STORIES Part of the "Penguin Classics" series, this book features one of Russia's greatest authors. "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" is the title story in this collection, written between 1851 and 1854.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH AND OTHER STORIES This is a collection of three short stories by Tolstoy: "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", "The Cossacks" and "Happy Ever After". The volume includes an introduction discussing the stories' influences and contemporary reactions towards them.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CIVIL WARS Covering the period from the rise of Tiberius Gracchus in 133 BC to the eve of the Battle of Actium, this book offers a narrative of this crucial phase of Roman history, making the conflict "within" the Roman state to the exclusion of other material and tracing the economic and social factors.. Author:APPIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ART OF RHETORIC ART OF RHETORIC This text examines Aristotle's "Rhetoric" as a classic treatise on the arts of public speaking and persuasion which played a role in the civic life of Greece. These arts, which evolved a highly formalized tradition of technique, were connected with the study of political and moral theory.. Author:ARISTOTLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS "Twilight of the Idols" was written by Nietzsche in 1888 and uses aphorism to summarize his views on a vast range of philosophical ideas. "The Anti-Christ", written immediately afterwards, is his fullest and least restrained polemic against Christianity and Christian morals.. Author:NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ECCE HOMO In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and 'Ecce Homo' remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written.. Author:NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAX HAVELAAR . Author:"MULTATULI". Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONVERSATIONS OF SOCRATES "SOCRATES' DEFENCE","MEMOIRS OF SOCRATES","THE DINNER-PARTY","THE ESTATE MANAGER" An expanded reissue of Hugh Tredennick's translation of "Xenophon: Memoirs of Socrates/Symposion". The question "Who was Socrates?" is addressed, taking account of the different extant literary portrayals of Socrates by writers other than Plato.. Author:XENOPHON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARTHURIAN ROMANCES "EREC AND ENIDE","CLIGES","LANCELOT","YVAIN","PERCEVAL" The "Arthurian Romances" contains prose translations of all five of Chretien's "verse romans" - "Erec and Enide", "Cliges", "Lancelot", "Yvain", "Perceval".. Author:CHRETIEN DE TROYES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SKETCHES FROM A HUNTER'S ALBUM First published in 1852, "Sketches from a Hunter's Album" is a loose series of lyrical stories of rural life under serfdom. This expanded edition includes all Turgenev's other short stories.. Author:TURGENEV, IVAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EYRBYGGJA SAGA An Icelandic saga which mixes realism with wild gothic imagination and history with eerie tales of hauntings. It dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SONG OF ROLAND On the 15th of August 778 Charlemagne's army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed. "The Song of Roland" tells of Charlemagne's warrior nephew, Lord of the Breton Marches, who valiantly leads his men into battle against the Saracens.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SICKNESS UNTO DEATH This text is famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Kierkegaard explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of bleak abandonment and offering a much-discussed formula for the eradication of despair.. Author:KIERKEGAARD, SOREN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY This title was Burckhardt's major contribution to cultural history and was first published in 1860. The work covers the period from the birth of Dante to the death of Michelangelo, and is divided into 6 sections, covering a whole range of topics.. Author:BURCKHARDT, JACOB. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF THE CHURCH FROM CHRIST TO CONSTANTINE Thoroughly revised, this edition supplies a new introduction, bibliography and notes, and has updated E.G.M. Williamson 's translation where necessary.. Author:EUSEBIUS, BISHOP OF CAESAREA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION This volume includes Hume's chapters on religion from "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" in addition to the three "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion", a classic text of 18th century rational theology and the philosophy of religion.. Author:HUME, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAWS OF MANU Relating the importance of "The Laws of Manu" for both Hinduism and ideology, this book provides a document of social life and ideals of India. The text is primarily concerned with the Hindu view of life and how it should be lived.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KORAN WITH PARALLEL ARABIC TEXT This edition uses N.J.Dawood's translation of "The Koran" rearranged into the traditional Koranic order with a parallel Arabic text.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS A substantial selection of Tennyson's poetry, edited according to the principles of the Penguin English Poets series. This volume concentrates on the period characterized by "Maud"(1855) and "In Memoriam" (1850).. Author:TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONFIDENCE-MAN Written by the author of "Billy Budd, Sailor" and "Moby-Dick", this novel is unfinished, although published in his lifetime. Set on April Fool's Day aboard a Mississippi steamer, the novel is a gloomy satire on American life and the state of distrust that exists between human beings.. Author:MELVILLE, HERMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSONAL NARRATIVE Alexander von Humboldt visited the tropics of the New World between 1799 and 1804. On his return he wrote this book, a classic work of travel that is also one of the great products of enlightenment natural science. This book looks at the man and his work.. Author:HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MANON LESCAUT The young Chevalier des Grieux recounts the tragic story of his passion for Manon and betrayal at her hands. Capricious, mercenary, alert to virtue but alive to pleasure, Manon is one of literature's "femmes fatales".. Author:PREVOST, ABBE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES Bartolome de las Casas was born in 1474. At the age of 18 he left Spain for the New World, where he became a priest. After years of witnessing the atrocities of Spanish colonial policy he wrote a brief account of the destruction of the Indies in 1542. This is that account.. Author:CASAS, BARTOLOME DE LAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSAYS Plutarch wrote a large number of essays on ethical, scientific, philosophical, ephemeral, historical and literary topics. Even when dealing with technical subjects, the essays reflect the author's particular style - with anecdotes and quotations included.. Author:PLUTARCH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE Written in AD 731, this title is the first account of Anglo-Saxon England ever written, and remains our single most valuable source for this period. This revised edition includes a new introduction, Bede's letter to Egbert, the account of Bede's death and new notes.. Author:ST.BEDE, THE VENERABLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAPITAL A CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Marx's major work was the product of 30 years' close study of the most advanced industrial society of his day. Marx devoted most of his adult life to analyzing the "laws of motion" of capitalism. The result was his contribution to a critique of political economy.. Author:MARX, KARL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAPITAL A CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Marx's major work was the product of 30 years' close study of the most advanced industrial society of his day. "Capital: volume 2" is introduced here by Ernest Mandel, author of "Late Capitalism", which was an attempt to develop its theoretical legacy.. Author:MARX, KARL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAPITAL A CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY It is in this third volume that Marx sets out his central thesis that "the basic laws of motion of the capitalist mode of production lead to explosive crises and its ultimate collapse".. Author:MARX, KARL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY WRITINGS A collection of the body of works produced by Marx in 1833-1834, when he was 25, which formed the basis for his subsequent development as a political theorist. The essays discuss Marx's views on alienation, the state, representative government, democracy and human nature.. Author:MARX, KARL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EITHER/OR Published in 1843, this is one of the earliest of Kierkegaard's major works. The author plays devil's advocate putting forward two opposing points of view challenging the reader to question the different alternatives. This book is written to provoke philosophical debate.. Author:KIERKEGAARD, SOREN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN SARAGOSSA This is a translation of "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa", a late-18th- century Polish classic. This edition is the first entire version of the novel. It follows the narrative of the soldier Alphonse von Worden through his Spanish adventures, repeating the tales of those he met along the way.. Author:POTOCKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE PLAYS A 19th-century translation of the collected writings of Georg Buchner, the great German dramatist. This edition includes all the plays, one novella, and a selection of letters, journalism, anatomy and other scientific writings.. Author:BUCHNER, GEORG. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRINCESSE DE CLEVES This translation of the novel "La Princesse de Cleves", originally written in 1678, tells of life at Court in 17th-century France.. Author:FAYETTE, MADAME DE LA DE LAFAYETTE, MADAME. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PAPERS AND JOURNALS This selection provides a comprehensive survey of the variety of Kierkegaard's work. In his papers and journals are some of his most private thoughts, exploring the very nature of humanity and existence and examining the value of individual choice and judgement.. Author:KIERKEGAARD, SOREN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ILIAD The stirring story of the Trojan War and the rage of Achilles has gripped listeners for over 2700 years. This poem is examined in this book which looks at the history of scholarly debate about the origins of "The Iliad".. Author:HOMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLIEST ENGLISH POEMS Michael Alexander has translated old English poetry into modern English and into a verse form that retains the qualities of Anglo-Saxon metre and alliteration. Included in this selection are the heroic poems such as "Wildsith", "Deor", "Brunanburn" and "Maldon" and passages from "Beowulf".. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON GOVERNMENT A new translation of Cicero's writings on government and statesmanship. The volume represents his theoretical writings ("On the State", "On Laws") and his speeches on the subject of good and bad government as embodied in figures such as Verres and Anthony ("Against Verres", "Philippics").. Author:CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED WRITINGS Offers a selection of de Nerval's writings, covering most of the familiar and fugitive genres in which he excelled: novellas, fantastic tales, travel literature, autobiography, essays, literary portraits and vignettes. The volume ends with a selection of letters and prose translation of his 'Les Chimeres'. In the PENGUIN CLASSICS series.. Author:NERVAL, GERARD DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSAYS A SELECTION These essays from the 16th-century writer Michel de Montaigne, reveal the distinctive voice of Montaigne, a tolerant man, sceptical, humane, often humorous, yet utterly honest in his pursuit of truth.. Author:MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE ESSAYS Nobody in Western civilization had ever tried to do what Montaigne set out to do. He moves from thought to thought, often digressing from an idea only to return, having caught up with it elsewhere. In these essays, Montaigne lays out his plan for how a man might wisely live and die.. Author:MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRAISE OF FOLLY Erasmus ranges from light-hearted jibes to vehement denunciation of the theologians and churchmen, monastic life and the condition of the Church, and then seriously expounds the virtues of the Christian way of life. This work is one of the best satirical classics of the Renaissance.. Author:ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. With a new introduction and commentary and a revised translation, this edition acknowledges advances in textual research and also provides more background information for the reader.. Author:LUCRETIUS CARUS, TITUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE A collection of recipes, experiences, reflections, history and philosophy, in which gastronomy is raised to the level of an art. First published in France in 1825, this book reflects a new era in French cuisine: the advent of the restaurant and the freedom of the bourgeois to eat out.. Author:BRILLAT-SAVARIN, JEAN-ANTHELME. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMAN, ALL TOO HUMAN A series of 638 aphorisms and discourses on subjects ranging from art, arrogance and boredom to passion, science, vanity, women and youth. Nietzsche himself described this work as "the monument of a crisis", since it was written at a time of major upheaval in his life.. Author:NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : METAPHYSICS In this text, Aristotle laid the foundation for one of the central branches of Western philosophy. After a sharp reaction against Platonism, he achieved in this work an extraordinary synthesis, integrating the natural and rational aspects of the world.. Author:ARISTOTLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS This volume, offering a bilingual text and plain prose translation, contains a selection of 76 poems from the 1861 edition of "Les Fleurs du Mal", and nine from the "Petits Poemes en Prose".. Author:BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE AND OPINIONS OF THE TOMCAT MURR The double narrative of the memoirs of a vain, bourgeois tomcat, which, through a printer's error, becomes spliced with that of a hypochondriacal, brilliant musician.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POETICS This is a translation of Aristotle's "Poetics", an account of Greek tragedy, which demonstrates how the elements of plot, character and spectacle combine to produce "pity and fear", and why pleasure is derived from this apparently painful process.. Author:ARISTOTLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TREASURE CHEST First issued in collected form in 1811, Hebel's stories cover a broad spectrum of human experience, with characters ranging from Napoleon and the Austrian Emperor Joseph, to common soldiers and working men and women.. Author:HEBEL, JOHANN PETER HIBBERD, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT IS ART? During the decades of his world fame, Tolstoy wrote this series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. He considered and rejected the idea that art reveals and reinvents through beauty, although he perceived the question of art to be a religious one.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENSEES These are the unfinished notes which the French mathematician and physicist, Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), jotted down in preparation for a reasoned defence of Christian belief. They display a vision of humanity's weakness and the futility of worldly life. This translation is unedited.. Author:PASCAL, BLAISE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOLDEN LEGEND A summary of saint's lives and religious festivals which decisively influenced medieval poetry, painting and stained glass. A resource for students of art history and religious studies. Contains a selection of over 70 biographies ranging from the first Apostles to Francis of Assisi. The selection and translation is by Christopher Stace.. Author:VORAGINE, JACOBUS DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FABLES COMPLETE FABLES A translation of the complete Aesopian fables. The introduction looks at the nature of the animals who appear in these fables, and tries to rescue the fables both from a tradition of moralistic interpretation and from the academic perception of the genre as an exclusively populist one.. Author:AESOP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLASSICAL LITERARY CRITICISM Aristotle's "Poetics" have defined a critical terminology for generations of writers. In the "Ars Poetica" Horace defends the civilizing power of poetry, while the treatise "On the Sublime" stresses the innate ability required to produce poetry of sublime grandeur.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ELECTRA Five plays written by Euripides in the period 426 to 415 BC, during the struggle for supremacy between Athens and Sparta. The plays, including Electra, The Suppliants, The Trojan Women, and Andromache are haunted by the horrors of war and in particular its impact on women. Author:EURIPIDES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE This text is an account of the 16 visions which appeared to Mother Julian, a recluse who lived at Norwich in the 14th century, together with her meditations on these mystical experiences.. Author:JULIAN, OF NORWICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LETTERS A selection of Van Gogh's letters translated from the French and the Dutch and edited by the director of Amsterdam's Van Gogh museum.. Author:GOGH, VINCENT VAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES OF BELKIN A translation of Pushkin's major work of fiction, "Tales of Belkin", together with a selection of his other prose writings - "Roslavlev", "Egyptian Nights", and the autobiographical "Journey to Arzrum".. Author:PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRAND PLAY This is a stage version of Ibsen's early poetic drama "Brand", composed in 1865, in which a priest is driven by faith to risk and witness the deaths of his wife and child.. Author:IBSEN, HENRIK HILL, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIALOGUES AND LETTERS A selection of dialogues and letters from one of the most influential masters of Latin prose. This text includes "Consolation to Helvia" written to Seneca's mother to soothe the pain of separation, and the dialogues of "On the Shortness of Life", and "On Tranquility of Mind".. Author:SENECA, LUCIUS ANNAEUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MICROMEGAS AND OTHER SHORT FICTIONS A comprehensive selection of Voltaire's very brief contes and melanges: tiny feats of narrative compression, each often no more than a few pages long. Their genre is something between a tale and a polemic - more gestures than stories.. Author:VOLTAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF THE CITY OF LADIES Christine de Pisan was a pioneer among female authors of the Middle Ages. This text is her first and foremost attempt to defend women from literary misogyny prevalent at the time.. Author:CHRISTINE DE PISAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FASTI This is Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year, with its various observances and festivals, written in elegiacs. Ovid's design was to study the calendar in the light of old annals, and to show what events are commemorated on each day and the origins of the various events.. Author:OVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DISCOURSE ON METHOD In the PENGUIN CLASSICS series, the second book in a two volume edition of the works of the seventeenth century French philosopher and mathematician, Rene Descartes. It includes the discussion on scientific method, DISCOURSE ON METHOD as well as a selection of correspondence and letters to critics.. Author:DESCARTES, RENE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDITATIONS AND OTHER METAPHYSICAL WRITINGS This text concentrates on Descartes' work on the nature and limits of human knowledge and the methods by which we can hope to acquire knowledge. It also contains selected correspondence and other metaphysical writings from the period 1641-1649.. Author:DESCARTES, RENE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHATTERING COURTESANS AND OTHER SARDONIC SKETCHES Lucian was one of the most inventive and scathing satirists of the ancient world. This text features a series of short dialogues in which the amusing gossip of 'kept women' gives rise to a discussion of more serious subjects such as love, sex and marriage.. Author:LUCIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIXTEEN SATIRES The complexity of the Roman scene is presented by the satirist Juvenal in these verses, which were written during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. Peter Green's introduction says of Juvenal's satires, "... he simply hangs a series of mortal portraits on the wall and forces us to look at them".. Author:JUVENAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTOBIOGRAPHY Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, celebrated Italian goldsmith (1500-1571), in which Cellini tells the story of his life and art and also depicts the manners and morals of both the rulers and their subjects in 16th Century Italy. This new edition includes new notes on the text and a chronology.. Author:CELLINI, BENVENUTO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS This introduction to Goethe as a figure, translates into English his systematic aphoristic sequence, "Maximem und Reflexionen", a work which reflects or refracts all of the mature thinkers' preoccupations in aesthetics, natural science, philosophy and the praxis of autobiography.. Author:GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HERACLES AND OTHER PLAYS AND OTHER PLAYS A translation of the following plays (comprising volume III of the new four-volume "Complete Plays of Euripides"): "Heracles", "Iphigenia among the Taurians", "Helen", "Ion", and "Cyclops".. Author:EURIPIDES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGE OF BEDE The accounts given by Bede and Eddius give the reader an idea of 6th and 7th century life in Britain as Roman Episcopal orthodoxy clashed with the monasticism that was spreading over Ireland and Northern England.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : L'AVARE This collection demonstrates the range of Moliere's comic vision, his ability to move between the broad and basic ploys of farce to the more subtle and sophistocated level of high comedy.. Author:MOLIERE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISANTHROPE In the PENGUIN CLASSICS series, a collection of plays by the seventeenth century French writer, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Moliere. It contains English translations of MISANTHROPE, SUCH PREPOSTEROUSLY PRECIOUS LADIES, TARTUFFE, DOCTOR DESPITE HIMSELF, WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN and THOSE LEARNED LADIES.. Author:MOLIERE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DESERT FATHERS These were the first Christian monks living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine and Syria. Their sayings were first recorded in the 4th century and consist of spiritual advice, anecdotes and parables. They have inspired poetry, opera and art as well as being a template for monastic life.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROMANTIC FAIRY TALES In the PENGUIN CLASSICS series, a collection of four German fairy tales which have been translated into English. It contains FAIRY TALE OF THE GREEN SNAKE AND THE BEAUTIFUL LILY by Goethe, EKBERT THE FAIR by Tieck, UNDINE by Fouque and TALE OF HONEST CASPER AND FAIR ANNIE by Brentano.. Author:GOETHE, TIECK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYS "IVANOV", "THE SEAGULL", "UNCLE VANYA", "THREE SISTERS", "THE CHERRY ORCHARD" At a time when the Russian stage was dominated by farces, formulaic melodramas and vaudevilles, Chekhov created plays without heroes and villains, and focused instead on the individual grappling with a moral dilemma. This is a collection of five of his plays.. Author:CHEKHOV, ANTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUNJATA "Sunjata" is an African aural epic which details the exploits of its hero as he defeats his greatest adversary, and establishes himself as master of a growing empire. This edition contains two renditions of the tale which have been transcribed and translated from by African Grigots.. Author:SUSO, BAMBA KANUTE, BANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOZART'S JOURNEY TO PRAGUE AND SELECTED POEMS This is a novella based on imaginary incidents that befall Mozart on his journey to Prague for a performance of Don Giovanni. The text also offers selected poems by Morike, combining classicism, romanticism and fairy tale.. Author:MORIKE, EDUARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAGA OF THE VOLSUNGS The saga of the Volsungs, the Norse epic of Sigurd the Dragon-slayer, is one of the most important texts of old Icelandic literature, and of central importance for an understanding of Viking society.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Giovanni Verga was introduced to the English-speaking world in the translations of D.H. Lawrence. This volume represents his mature writings as a short story writer, which focus on his struggle for the existence of Sicilian peasants.. Author:VERGA, GIOVANNI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GERMINAL Written to draw attention to the misery prevailing among the poor in France during the Second Empire, this novel depicts the grim struggle between capital and labour in a coalfield in northern France. Yet, through the blackness of this picture, humanity is constantly apparent.. Author:PEARSON, ROGER ZOLA, EMILE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON Immanuel Kant was one of the leading lights of 18th-century philosophy; his work provided the foundations for later revolutionary thinkers such as Hegel and Marx. This work contains the keystone of his critical philosophy - the basis of human knowledge and truth.. Author:KANT, IMMANUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UPANISHADS The "Upanisads" is the Hindu equivalent of the Christian new testament. It is a collection of spritual treatises written in Sanskirt between 800 and 400 BCE. Typically an Upanisad recounts one or more sessions of teaching, often setting each within the story of how it came to be taught.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PROSE EDDA . Author:SNORRI STURLUSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMMUNIST MANIFESTO The "Communist Manifesto" presents a summary of the whole Marxist vision of history and is the foundation document of the Marxist movement. Published on the eve of the 1848 revolutions, the manifesto is a condensed accpunt of the world-view of Marx and Engels, evolved over the previous few years.. Author:MARX, KARL ENGELS, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES A selection of Buddhist writings representing the full range of historical periods, geographical origins and literary styles. The text is organized into chapters on: the Buddhist universe; the Buddha; monastic life; meditation and other rituals; and enlightenment.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAIS Marie de France is the earliest known French woman poet, and her lais are among the finest examples of the genre. Lais are short stories in verse based on Breton tales, depicting a moment of crisis in a love relationship, always intense and refined.. Author:MARIE, DE FRANCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA In 1831 Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him nine months and cover 7000 miles. The result was "Democracy in America", a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America.. Author:TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MELMOTH THE WANDERER In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. The story of his tortured wanderings through the centuries is pieced together by those who he implored to take over his pact with the devil. Influenced by 18th-century Gothic romances, this tale raised the genre to macabre pitch.. Author:MATURIN, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLOUD OF UNKNOWING AND OTHER WORKS Although the exact identity of this text's author remains obscure, he was probably an English country parson of the late 14th century. The main theme of this book is that God cannot be reached by human intellect but only by a love that can pierce the "cloud of unknowing".. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGAINST NATURE (A REBOURS) A neurasthenic aristocrat turns his back on the vulgarity of modern life and retreats to an isolated country villa. Here he pursues his obsessions with exotic flowers, rare gems and perfumes and embarks on a series of increasingly strange aesthetic experiments.. Author:HUYSMANS, JORIS-KARL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED AND THE BLACK Set in Restoration France, "The Red and The Black" centres on Julien Sorel, the novel's restless, ambitious hero. Julien rebels against his circumstances and determines to make something of his life by adopting the code of hypocrisy through which his society operates.. Author:STENDHAL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EFFI BRIEST The story of a woman's adultery. The story of Effi and the Chinaman's ghost, the forest and dunes that are its setting, the stern Prussian code that makes the climax both terrible and absurd, are unique to Fontane and to German literature.. Author:FONTANE, THEODOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAMNED (LA-BAS) This novel follows Durtal, a biographer, as he investigates the life and crimes of Giles de Rais, a 15th-century nobleman, sadist and satanist who was the supposed original for "Bluebeard". Durtal's pursuit of de Rais also leads him into the dangerous world of black and white magic in modern Paris.. Author:HUYSMANS, J-.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NJAL'S SAGA Set around the time of Iceland's conversion to Christianity, this saga follows a 50 year blood-feud. The narrative focuses on Njal Thorgeirsson who, along with his family, is burnt alive in his home. The saga exposes the cathatic power of vengance and inadequacy of the law.. Author:ERIKSSON, LEIFUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EGIL'S SAGA . Author:EIRICKSSON, LEIFER LEWIS, SIMON SCUDDER, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAGAS OF WARRIOR-POETS Set in the farmsteads of Viking-age Iceland when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with ideas of romance, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles and travels to foreign lands.. Author:ERIKSSON, LEIFUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GISLI SURSSON'S SAGA AND THE SAGA OF THE PEOPLE OF EYRI Based on oral tales that originated in historical events in 10th-century Iceland, these two sagas follow the fate of a powerful Viking family across two generations, from its early Norwegian ancestry through fierce battles to defend its honour.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAGA OF GRETTIR THE STRONG . Author:EIRICKSSON, LEIFUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. This text was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution.. Author:BOETHIUS, ANICIUS MANLIUS SEVERINUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VENUS IN FURS This is a story of obsessive love. Severin von Kusiemski loves the beautiful Wanda van Dunajew, but feels that the best way to express his love is to suffer at her hands. Reluctantly she agrees to take him as her slave, renames him Gregor and submits him to frightful humiliations.. Author:SACHER-MASOCH, LEOPOLD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AU BONHEUR DES DAMES This title is one in Zola's "Les Rougon-Macquart", a panorama of mid-19th century French life in 20 novels which studies the effects of the transmission of hereditary traits down through different generations of a family. This novel concerns the new social phenomenon of the department store.. Author:ZOLA, EMILE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TA HSUEH AND CHUNG YUNG AND ON THE PRACTICE OF THE MEAN Set alongside "The Analects and Mencius", these two texts make up the "Four Books" of Chinese Confucian tradition. Their depiction of the "Way of Great Learning" focues on the moral tenets of Confucian thinking, establishing a universal framework that links individuals with the cosmos.. Author:TA HSUEH CHUNG YUNG. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STEPPE AND OTHER STORIES, 1887-91 This is a collection of eight of Chekov's early stories, written during his late 20s and early 30s. They are: "The Steppe", "Panpipes", "The Kiss", "Verochka", "The Name-Day Party", "A Dreary Story", "Gusev" and "The Duel". They deal with good and evil, depicting heroes, villains and monsters.. Author:CHEKHOV, ANTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WARD SIX AND OTHER STORIES, 1892-1895 These stories depict forms of mental experience that include depression, meglomania, boredom and frustration. In each tale, the characters experience moments in which they face the truth of their existance.. Author:CHEKHOV, ANTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY WITH THE LITTLE DOG AND OTHER STORIES, 1896-1904 The stories collected here, written during the final decade of Chekhov's life, reveal a writer who, in response to the techniques of Symbolism and Impressionism, was moving beyond 19th-century realism to become an influential innovator of the modern short story.. Author:CHEKHOV, ANTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : METAMORPHOSES A new translation of Ovid's exuberant poem, which tells of the various transformations of gods and mortals, and was influential in bringing the mythology of the anicent world to the early modern and modern era.. Author:OVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IDIOT In this literary classic, saintly Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from a Swiss sanitorium and finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with wealth, power and sexual conquest. He soon becomes entangled in a love triangle with a notorious kept woman, Nastasya, and a beautiful young girl, Aglaya.. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ILIAD Homer's "Iliad" tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles' withdrawal from the fighting and his return to kill the Trojan hero, Hector. The tragic events are interwoven with moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle.. Author:HOMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HERO OF OUR TIME Pechorin is certainly a dangerous man - Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, his predatory and flamboyant energy for any kind of action that will stave off boredom. In five linked episodes, Mikhail Lermontov builds up the portrait of a man caught in and expressing the sickness of his times.. Author:LERMONTOV, MIKHAIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION This novel begins with the hero - Frederic Moreau - leaving Paris and returning to the provinces and his mother. Part love story, part historical novel and satire it tells of how Moreau is driven by passion for an unattainable older woman.. Author:FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SRIMAD BHAGAVATA PURANA KRISHNA - THE BEAUTIFUL LEGEND OF GOD The 'Purana' is one of the two most important and popular Hindu texts, the other being the Ramayana. It tells the story of the god Krishna, the supreme godhead of the Hindus. The most popular stories about him occur in this, the tenth book, which is the climax of the epic.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE TALES . Author:FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS AND LETTERS Arthur Rimbaud was still a teenager when he became Europe's most shocking and exhilarating poet. During his brief five-year reign as the enfant terrible of French literature, he produced an extraordinary range of poems, from the exquisite to the obscene.. Author:RIMBAUD, ARTHUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EUGENE ONEGIN This novel in verse is a tragic story of innocence and love. Eugene Onegin, a Russian aristocrat, is bored. On visiting the countryside he finds young and passionate Tatyana who falls in love with him. When she confesses her love she is cruelly rejected but years later the position is reversed.. Author:PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEAD SOULS Written in 1842, this comic masterpiece about a mysterious con man and his grotesque victims is one of the major works of Russian literature.. Author:GOGOL, NIKOLAY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY HISTORY OF ROME The first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after the Gallic invasion of the 4th century BC.. Author:LIVY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PARISIAN AFFAIR AND OTHER STORIES The 33 tales in this collection are set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeoisie, as well as the isolated Normandy villages the author knew as a child. They focus on the relationships between men and women, brothers and sisters, and masters and servants.. Author:MAUPASSANT, GUY DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LYSISTRATA AND OTHER PLAYS Aristophones was a contemporary of Socrates and the last and greatest of the old Attic comedians, but unfortunately only 11 of his plays survive. Of these, this title contains three: "Lysistrata", "The Acharnians", and "The Clouds".. Author:ARISTOPHANES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY This anthology looks at the philosophers who paved the way for Plato and Aristotle and laid the foundations for Western philosophy.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANZONIERE This is a translation of 60 poems from Petrarch's "Canzoniere", readable as English verse, but also faithful to Petrarchan technique and structure. The selection includes poetry from the first and second parts of the "Canzoniere", as well as selections from the public and political poems.. Author:PETRARCA, FRANCESCO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROOTS OF AYURVEDA The practical advice offered in this text ranges from benefits of garlic therapy to prayers for protection against malevolent disease deities, and from the effects and treatments of poisons to the interpretation of dreams.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF RUSSIAN SHORT STORIES . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK TULIP Set at the height of the "tulipomania" that gripped Holland in the 17th century, this is the story of Cornelius van Baerle, a humble grower whose sole desire is to grow the perfect specimen of the tulip negra.. Author:DUMAS, ALEXANDRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAIRY TALES . Author:ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CITY OF GOD The work of St. Augustine of Hippo, in which he incorporated platonism into Christianity, is one of the milestones in the history of Western thought. "City of God" was inspired by Alaric's sacking of Rome in AD 410, an event which he regarded as retribution for the worship of false gods.. Author:AUGUSTINE, SAINT, BISHOP OF HIPPO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHOOTING PARTY When a young woman dies during a shooting party at the country estate of a dissolute count, a magistrate is called upon to investigate. The mystery deepens and suspicion falls more widely as it emerges that the dead woman was at the centre of a tangled web of relationships.. Author:CHEKHOV, ANTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LETTERS OF ABELARD AND HELOISE The story of Heloise and Abelard remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. Through their letters, we follow their romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings, through the suffering, the public scandal and enforced marriage, to their eventual separation.. Author:ABELARD, PETER HELOISE, ABBESS OF THE PARACLETE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWO SPANISH PICARESQUE NOVELS "LAZARILLO DE TORMES", "THE SWINDLER" Both Lazarillo de Tormes and Pablos the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility.. Author:QUEVEDO, FRANCISCO DE ANONYMOUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAUST, PART ONE . Author:GOETHE TRANS. DAVID CONSTANTINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PROTAGORAS & MENO . Author:PLATO TRANSADAN BERESFORD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GORGIAS This dialogue's chief interest lies, not in Gorgias' outline of the art of oratory, but in the clash between Socrates, the true philosopher, and Callicles, a young Athenian of the stamp of Alcibiades, who brashly maintains that might is right.. Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passpartout. Overcoming setbacks they race against the clock.. Author:VERNE, JULES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORIES "The Histories" describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colourful digressions, Herodotus blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the 5th century BC.. Author:HERODOTUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DON QUIXOTE This text is a revised edition of Cervantes' classic tale. Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza.. Author:CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ODYSSEY This epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the sea-god Poseidon - Odysseus must test his bravery and cunning to the full.. Author:HOMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MADAME BOVARY This text is an updated edition of Flaubert's classic tale. Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion.. Author:FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRIME AND PUNISHMENT This text is a revised edition of Dostoyevsky's classic tale. Rasholnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. As he embarks on a dangerous cat and mouse game, he is pursued by his conscience.. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REPUBLIC Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. It raises questions such as what is goodness?; what is reality?; and what is knowledge?. Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRINCE For this treatise on statecraft, Machiavelli drew upon his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient nature of political life.. Author:MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO BULL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNA KARENINA Acclaimed by many as the world's greatest novel, this is the story of a wife, Anna Karenina, who abandons her empty existence as the wife of a Petersburg government minister for a passionate relationship with a young officer, Count Vronsky.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BHAGAVAD-GITA This intensely spiritual work forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry. It describes how, at the beginning of a mighty battle between the Pandava and Kaurava armies, the god Krishna gives spiritual enlightenment to the warrior Arjuna.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EPIC OF GILGAMESH Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KORAN The Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible word of God as first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel 1400 years ago. This translation is the result of N.J. Dawood's life-long study of the Koran's language and style.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWELVE CAESARS This text chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero, and the recovery and stability that came with his successors.. Author:SUETONIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHEKHOV . Author:CHEKHOV, ANTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL This work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in false piety and infected with a "slave morality".. Author:NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BROTHERS KARAMAZOV When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya is placed under suspicion; Ivan's mental tortures drive him to breakdown; Alyosha tries to heal the family's rifts; and there is always the shadow of their bastard half-brother, Smerdyakov.. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to a great fortress. There he learns of a hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and determines not only to escape, but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of his enemies.. Author:DUMAS, ALEXANDRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SYMPOSIUM In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts.. Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST DAYS OF SOCRATES The trial and condemnation of Socrates for heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of Classical Athens. In tracing these events through four dialogues, Plato also developed his own philosophy, based on Socrates' manifesto for a life guided by self-responsibilty.. Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEDEA AND OTHER PLAYS "ALCESTIS", "CHILDREN OF HERACLES", "HIPPOLYTUS" These plays show Euripides transforming the awesome figures of Greek mythology into recognizable, fallible human beings.. Author:EURIPIDES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DECAMERON In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate.. Author:BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEOWULF VERSE TRANSLATION Beowulf's adventures stand in front of the wide historical canvas of 5th and 6th century Scandinavia. Against this background of feuding and feasting, Beowulf kills the monster Grendel and her mother, and defends his people against a dragon in a battle that leaves them both mortally wounded.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AENEID Inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton, the Aeneid is an immortal poem at the heart of Western life and culture. Virgil took Aeneas as his hero and in telling a story of dispossession and defeat, love and war, he portrayed human life in all its nobility and suffering.. Author:VIRGIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THERESE RAQUIN Set in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's shop in the passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, this novel tells how the heroine and her lover, Laurent, kill her husband, Camille, but are subsequently haunted by visions of the dead man and prevented from enjoying the fruits of their crime.. Author:ZOLA, EMILE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VITA NUOVA Intended as a treatise for fellow poets, this work consists of a sequence of astonishing and tender love poems to Beatrice, interspersed with Dante's own commentary explaining the events that went into making and giving a detailed structural analysis.. Author:DANTE, ALIGHIERI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NICOMACHEAN ETHICS A polemicist as well as a rational philosopher, Aristotle's "Ethics" sets itself the task of demonstrating how men become good and why happiness can, and should, be our goal. The success of the endeavour may be measured by the impact of the work on western moral philosophy through the ages.. Author:ARISTOTLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TREASURE OF THE CITY OF LADIES OR THE BOOK OF THE THREE VIRTUES This text offers advice and guidance to women of all ages and from all levels of medieval society. It paints a picture of daily life in 15th-century France and provides a glimpse into the practical considerations of running a household, dressing appropriately and maintaining your reputation.. Author:CHRISTINE DE PISAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIRDS AND OTHER PLAYS Included in this collection are "The Birds", the most graceful of Aristophanes' plays; "The Knights", a satire on Cleon, an Athenian demagogue; "Peace", which was inspired by the hope of peace with Sparta in 421 BC; and "The Assembly Women", about sexual equality and "wealth".. Author:ARISTOPHANES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE DEAD SEA SCROLLS IN ENGLISH COMPLETE EDITION Fifty years after the Scrolls' first discovery, and following the long-awaited release of all the scroll texts to scholars in 1991, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English is now completely revised and expanded.. Author:VERMES, GEZA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ESSENTIAL RUMI . Author:RUMI, JALAL AL-DIN NICHOLSON, REYNOLD ARBERRY, A.J. MOYNE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRINKING DEN Part of the "Rougon-Macquart" series about two branches of a French family traced through several generations. The behaviour of the two families is shown to be conditioned by environment and inherited characteristics, chiefly drunkenness and mental instability.. Author:ZOLA, EMILE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALEXIAD The daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I, Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote this work as an account of her father's reign. Although biased in favour of Alexius, the book yields important insights into his rule and provides a picture of the first crusade from a different perspective.. Author:COMNENA, ANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MASTER AND MAN AND OTHER STORIES . Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MENCIUS . Author:MENCIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAWS . Author:PLATO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOME AND THE WORLD . Author:TAGORE, RABINDRANATH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OBLOMOV . Author:GONCHAROV, IVAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS . Author:TAGORE, RABINDRANATH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIG VEDA . Author:DONIGER, WENDY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HINDU MYTHS . Author:DONIGER, WENDY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK . Author:HASEK, JAROSLAV. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ODYSSEY . Author:HOMER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANDROCLES AND THE LION . Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD LAURENCE, DAN H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BACK TO METHUSELAH Written between 1918 and 1920, this work mirrors Shaw's experience of the war, which had enveloped him in a mood of despair. Here, Shaw puts forward the concept of Creative Evolution, an invisible life force through which humanity might make the leap to Utopia.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED SHORT PLAYS Gathers fifteen dramatic sketches by Shaw, and includes his prefaces.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET Set in America's Wild West, "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet" concerns the conversion of a horse thief desperate to "keep the devil" in him and die game. "Fanny First Play" is a farce in which Shaw debates middle-class morality, marriage, parents and children and women's rights.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOCTOR'S DILEMMA . Author:SHAW, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYS POLITICAL "Apple Cart" exposes the unreality of both democracy and royalty as idealists conceive them. "On the Rocks" contains a passionate and persuasive attack on racialism and in "Geneva", Shaw satirizes characters representing Hitler, Mussolini and Franco as they defend their records at the Court of International Justice.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAYS EXTRAVAGANT TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD, SIMPLETON OF THE UNEXPECTED ISLES AND THE MILLIONAIRESS This is a collection of the plays of George Bernard Shaw that includes "The Millionairess", "Too True to be Good" and "The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles".. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISALLIANCE Previously published in 1984 in the "Penguin Play Series", this volume features the play "Misalliance", which explores the incongruities of human nature and family life, and Shaw's one-act burlesque, "The Fascinating Foundling".. Author:SHAW, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOHN BULL'S OTHER ISLAND One of Shaw's great middle-period plays, written at the request of W.B. Yeats. Through the figures of a bullish land speculator, an Irish intellectual living in London and a defrocked priest, the play satirizes the characters of Ireland and England.. Author:SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EARLY SOCRATIC DIALOGUES . Author:PLATO EMLYN-JONES, CHRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW BOOK OF MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD . Author:RODEN, CLAUDIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF JEWISH FOOD A collection of festive and everyday recipes representing the cooking of Jewish communities around the world. The recipes are accompanied by stories, personal anecdotes, folklore, literary references and potted histories which provide an insight into the lives of Jews from different parts.. Author:RODEN, CLAUDIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TAMARIND AND SAFFRON This cookbook's recipes are drawn from many Middle Eastern countries, including Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Algeria and Iran for every occasion, from simple snacks or "mezze" to grand feasts. It also includes classics of Middle Eastern cuisine and homely everyday foods.. Author:RODEN, CLAUDIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OMELETTE AND A GLASS OF WINE A collection of Elizabeth David's short pieces on food and wine.. Author:DAVID, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TABLE IN PROVENCE An illustrated collection of authentic recipes from the Provence region of France, an area renowned for its herbs and vegetables. Forbes's book is punctuated by her observations, conversations and local gossip. The author also wrote "A Table in Tuscany".. Author:FORBES, LESLIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUNNER'S HANDBOOK This is a guide on running. This edition has been revised and updated and includes information on training methods and diets as well as advice on running style, exercise, weight training, selection of equipment and preparation for different weather conditions.. Author:GLOVER, BOB SHEPHERD, JACK GLOVER, SHELLY-LYNN FLORENCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REAL FAST FOOD A collection of 350 recipes and suggestions for good food in a hurry. The methods are simple, the ingredient lists short and the flavours assertive.. Author:SLATER, NIGEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPETITIVE RUNNER'S HANDBOOK In this 3rd revised edition, the author's outline everything needed to train successfully. It includes detailed sections on planning a personal training schedule, mental aspects of competitive running and much more.. Author:GLOVER, ROBERT SCHUDER, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLES An up-to-date edition of this easy-to-read wall map which covers the whole of the British Isles and Normandy. Useful as a study aid and a general reference guide it can also be used as a route planner since all new motorways and motorway access points are marked.. Author:MIDDLEDITCH, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUMMER COOKING A selection of summer dishes from all over the world, that are light, easy to prepare, and based on meat, fruit and vegetables in season. Demonstrating how an unconventional use of herbs can lend interest to the simplest meal, the author provides recipes for eggs, fish and meat.. Author:DAVID, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JANE GRIGSON'S FRUIT BOOK The companion to "Vegetable Book", this is an alphabetical guide to fruit, from apple, apricot and arbutus to sorb apple, strawberry and water-melon. The author adds fragments of history or poetry, and explains the "why' as well as the "how" of cookery.. Author:GRIGSON, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE PLAYS "ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR","ABSENT FRIENDS","BEDROOM FARCE" . Author:AYCKBOURN, ALAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMADEUS This play takes the probable legend that Mozart was poisoned by a rival composer, Antonio Salieri, a relatively moral and highly-regarded court musician and teacher who could not live with the fact that God had given him the power to appreciate music but had chosen Mozart as his instrument.. Author:SHAFFER, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN . Author:SHAFFER, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ABIGAIL'S PARTY . Author:LEIGH, MIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EQUUS The Tony Award-winning drama deals with a psychiatrist's exploration of the psyche of a troubled seventeen-year-old boy who senselessly and systematically blinds six horses.. Author:SHAFFER, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST AND OTHER PLAYS This book contains five of Oscar Wilde's best known plays, including the "The Importance of Being Earnest".. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS GOT HER HEAD CHOPPED OFF This was a huge success at the 1987 Edinburgh Festival, subsequently performed elsewhere in Britain and in Europe. Written in Lallan Scots, it is a most exciting piece of poetic drama.. Author:LOCHHEAD, LIZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ELEPHANT AND THE BAD BABY One day, an elephant offers a bad baby a ride through the town, and so begins an adventure and a chase. But when the elephant realizes that the bad baby has forgotten his manners, the chase ends with a bump and tea for everyone.. Author:VIPONT, ELFRIDA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JIM AND THE BEANSTALK In this retelling of the classic children's story by the author/illustrator of "Snowman" and "When the Wind Blows", Jim found the beanstalk growing outside his window one morning and followed his famous predecessor up to the top.. Author:BRIGGS, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG AND MOG The original 'Meg and Mog' story is told here, in which Meg goes to a spell party and accidentally turns her friends into mice.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG'S EGGS Meg's spells continue to surprise her and the eggs she makes for supper are even more strange than usual.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG AT SEA Meg, Mog and Owl are becalmed in a boat. Meg makes one of her spells and gets more than she bargained for.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG ON THE MOON Meg and Mog are on their way to the moon in a flying saucer.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATHER CHRISTMAS Father Christmas awoke from his dream of summer in the sun, and there it was on the calendar, December 24th, Christmas Eve, the start of his longest night's work of the year. This book was awarded The Library Association's Kate Greenaway Medal.. Author:BRIGGS, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MR. ARCHIMEDES' BATH Mr Archimedes is tired of his bath always overflowing and of having to clean up the mess, so he decides to find out where all the water comes from, and whether it is Wombat or Goat or Kangaroo who is responsible. This book won the Australian Picture Book of the Year Award.. Author:ALLEN, PAMELA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATHER CHRISTMAS GOES ON HOLIDAY No one needs a holiday more than Father Christmas, but where can such a well-known and easily recognized person go to? Father Christmas is resourceful, and so he sets off in search of his ideal holiday spot.. Author:BRIGGS, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY CAT LIKES TO HIDE IN BOXES Cats from many different countries may like to do all kinds of strange and exotic things, but my cat, an ordinary round-the-house cat, likes to hide in boxes. A rhyming text.. Author:SUTTON, EVE DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG'S CAR After all the trouble with her car, Meg, a witch, Owl, and Mog, Meg's cat, decide to take Meg's broom to the picnic instead.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG'S CASTLE Meg, Mog and Owl stay in a castle. They meet a ghost, fight a battle, and have a feast.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NOISY FARM Early in the morning the farm comes to life. "Cockadoodle-doo", crows the rooster. "Woof! woof!", barks Sam the dog. There are lots more noises to identify as we follow Sam around the farm. By the author of "Dear Zoo".. Author:CAMPBELL, ROD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? Colour and animals are used in this book alongside simple rhyming text and repetition. A question and answer technique takes the reader through a range of animals and colours - a big green frog, a plump purple cat or a cheeky brown monkey.. Author:MARTIN, BILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BURGLAR BILL Everything in Burglar Bill's life is stolen. One night he steals a box with holes in the lid, only to discover he has stolen a baby. One night, Bill is disturbed by another burglar - Burglar Betty. She is the mother of the baby. Bill and Betty decide to reform, live honest lives and get married!. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SNOWMAN A little boy makes a snowman. When he looks through the window at night, the snowman has come to life. The little boy shows the snowman around the house and later they go and visit Father Christmas. When the boy wakes up in the morning, the snowman has melted.. Author:BRIGGS, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG'S VEG Meg tries to use a magic spell to make her vegetable garden grow, but the garden turns into a jungle.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELFISH GIANT An illustrated version of Wilde's clasic childrens' story that tells of a giant who prohibits children from playing in his garden, with the result that the weather in it is permanently wintry.. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEEPO! . Author:AHLBERG, JANET AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BABY'S CATALOGUE A friendly, funny book, presenting a vast array of baby paraphenalia that should be instantly recognizable and absorbing to a young child.. Author:AHLBERG, JANET AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BAD-TEMPERED LADYBIRD The story of how a bad-tempered ladybird turns into a nicer, happier bug. Pages clearly illustrate the differences in small and large and time is shown visually as the sun moves through its path.. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONG NECK AND THUNDER FOOT Winner of the Kate Greenaway medal, this is the story of Long Neck, a quiet and gentle dinosaur whose peace is shattered by the arrival of a huge new dinosaur called Thunder Foot. Can they ever overcome their fear and suspicion of each other and become friends?. Author:PIERS, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHERE'S SPOT? Readers are encouraged to help Spot's mother Sally find Spot, by looking in many places, including behind the door and in the piano.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT'S FIRST WALK . Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOG AT THE ZOO Mog gets shut into a cage at the zoo, and needs rescuing.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF PETER RABBIT THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT; THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY; THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES; THE TALE OF MR TOD Contains "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", :The Tale of Benjamin Bunny", "The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies" and "The Tale of Mr Tod".. Author:POTTER, BEATRIX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEAR ZOO What kind of pet would you like from the zoo? An elephant, a lion, a snake, or something smaller? Lift the flaps and see what has been sent - it's bound to be a surprise.. Author:CAMPBELL, ROD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT'S BIRTHDAY PARTY It's Spot's birthday party and he decides to play hide-and-seek with his friends. He looks in many different places to find all his friends, including behind the curtain and under the plant.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOG IN THE FOG Mog goes mountaineering with Meg and a sherpa, the fog comes down and they bump into an abominable snowman.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY FROM DONALDSON'S DAIRY Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk with a few of his friends - and comes up against something that gives them all a nasty surprise.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT'S FIRST CHRISTMAS It's Christmas. Lift the flaps and join Spot as he finds out about presents, Christmas trees and all the excitement.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY'S BONE All Hairy Maclary's friends want to share his tasty new bone. But Hairy Maclary has other ideas.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY SCATTERCAT Hairy Maclary has an enjoyable day chasing cats until he crosses the path of Scarface Claw, and is himself chased, all the way home.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WILFRED GORDON MCDONALD PARTRIDGE A picture storybook about Wilfrid, who tries to find memories for his friend Miss Nancy, whose memory is erratic.. Author:FOX, MEM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LION IN THE MEADOW This novel is of the dilemma of believing there is a lion in the meadow. Your mother does not believe you, but to placate the situation gives you a matchbox with a dragon in it to scare the lion away, but the lion is not imaginary, it is really there.. Author:MAHY, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIXED-UP CHAMELEON A cut page story/game about a chameleon who suddenly finds life exciting when it discovers it can change not only its colour but its size and shape too.. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT GOES TO SCHOOL In this story, Spot nervously goes to nursery school and has the most marvellous time.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW THE RABBIT STOLE THE FIRE A folk tale from the Indian peoples of North America. Rabbit tricked the Sky People into letting him steal the fire. As the animals helped Rabbit to escape with the fire, each was marked by it. Eventually the wood hid the fire.. Author:TROUGHTON, JOANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TORTOISE'S DREAM This is a charming, cumulative African tale in which a tortoise dreams of a miraculous tree bearing all the fruits of the Earth.. Author:TROUGHTON, JOANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT GOES ON HOLIDAY This lift-the-flap book contains cheerful illustrations, large type and simple stories which will delight and entertain young children, guaranteed as a perfect introduction to Spot's world.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STARTING SCHOOL This story describes what going to school entails. It aims to calm anxieties and encourage the enthusiasm of pre-school children.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN AHLBERG, JANET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY'S CATERWAUL CAPER This book tells the tale of Scarface Claw the cat who is out exploring and having fun until he gets stuck up a tree. The noise is so terrible that it draws Hairy Maclary's attention. Lynley Dodd is the author of the "Hairy Maclary" stories and "Wake up Bear".. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM In this book, children can spy characters hiding in the pictures. A poem on each page gives the clue as to what is hiding in the picture opposite. Many well-known nursery characters are included so that young children can follow the rhymes. It was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1978.. Author:AHLBERG, JANET AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT GOES TO THE CIRCUS In this book, children can discover faces behind the flaps and enjoy the thrills of a day out with Mum at the circus.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : 1, 2, 3, TO THE ZOO Brightly coloured animals, riding on a train to their new homes in the zoo is the format used to offer young children a delightful introduction to numbers and counting.. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT GOES TO THE FARM Spot visits the farm with his Dad, to look at the full range of animals in residence. Readers can lift the flaps to see what animal is making the noise.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT'S FIRST EASTER A flap-book in which the Easter bunny has hidden some eggs for Spot and his friend, Helen, to find. The search for the eggs becomes a counting game.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS This is a revised edition of the existing "Nuttall's Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms" that is designed to help widen the reader's vocabulary. Lists of synonyms provide alternative words of the same meaning while lists of antonyms provide words of opposite meaning.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF BUILDING Entries range from foundations and footings to the fixing of roof tiles, cover bricklaying, joinery, plastering, brazing, soldering, plumbing, shoring, lightweight concrete work and the fixing of doors and windows among explanations of a host of other processes, tools and materials.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS This volume of memorable quotations, old and new, will be useful for competition entries and crosswords, speeches or letters or purely to dip into for entertainment.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN MAP OF EUROPE This map of Europe includes all lands eastwards to the Urals, southwards to North Africa and south-eastwards to Syria, Iraq and Iran. The map is political in colouring and shows main roads and railways, and principal oil and gas pipelines (including those of the North Sea).. Author:. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN ATLAS OF ANCIENT HISTORY From 50,000 B.C. to the fourth century A.D. this atlas follows the ages of Stone, Bronze and Iron and trace the movements and cultural developments of Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Indians, Assyrians, Greeks, Persians, Celts, Etruscans, Goths, Romans and many other peoples.. Author:MCEVEDY, COLIN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : USAGE AND ABUSAGE The 3rd edition, revised by Janet Whitcut, has been completely reset and brought up-to-date for modern usage. This classic guide, full of advice on how to avoid woolly expressions, bad grammar and poor vocabulary selection, guides the user through the difficulties of writing clear, direct English.. Author:PARTRIDGE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PEARS ULTIMATE QUIZ COMPANION As a reference for all quiz fans, the author has arranged the book thematically and, within each section, the answers are given in response to partial questions. It also acts as a complement to crossword dictionaries for word game enthusiasts.. Author:HENSMAN, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN OPERA GUIDE This volume includes a range of material and information which embraces all forms of opera from its beginnings through to the 21st century, covering composers, individual operas and operatic history. Over 100 contributors have written on more than 800 composers and examined 1500 operas in detail.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS This dictionary contains approximately 6000 proverbs, drawn from a variety of cultures and languages, arranged under such thematic headings such as absence, beauty, caution, knowledge, love and weather. Some proverbs will be listed under more than one heading.. Author:LAW, JONATHAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN HANDBOOK OF LIVING RELIGIONS A handbook which explains the sources and history of the world's active religions, from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroatrianism to local cults and faiths in Africa, China and Japan. There are also chapters on gender issues and spirituality.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH IDIOMS This second edition of a dictionary of idioms contains some 4000 idioms more than the previous edition. It includes examples from a wide variety of sources which are arranged under categories so that it is easier to use. There are notes on the origins of the more interesting idioms.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND A comprehensive introduction to the history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Topics covered include the spread of literacy, the development of transport and the evolution of country houses. Illustrated throughout, this volume includes a range of colour maps.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF MODERN HISTORY 1789-1945 This dictionary covers the period 1789-1945. A revised edition, it includes new entries and the text has been brought up-to-date to reflect information current at the time of publication. It includes the non-European world, social, economic and ideological developments, and political events.. Author:TOWNSON, DUNCAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF GEOLOGY The science of geology is going through a remarkable period of expansion and advancement. This dictionary contains over 7500 full-updated definitions. It includes a full bibliography of up-to-date works covering all areas of geography.. Author:KEAREY, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES This latest edition of 'Roget's Thesaurus' includes all the latest buzzwords and phrases from 'broadband' to 'mockney'. One new feature is the inclusion of panels in the text that list vocabulary groups, from cocktails to phobias, and 'quotation boxes' show the derivation of popular phrases and idioms.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN ATLAS OF RECENT HISTORY This useful overview of European history introduces the major events from 1815 to 2000. With over 50 colour maps and sections taking the reader from 1980 to the dawn of the millennium, it covers a range of issues from population growth to the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.. Author:MCEVEDY, COLIN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : MEDICINES Completely revised and updated for its 9th edition, this guide to medicines answers many questions about medicines. You can now find out how to treat all commonly occuring disorders, refer to a complete A-Z of prescription medicines and check the ingredients of over-the-counter medicines.. Author:PARISH, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN CONCISE ENGLISH DICTIONARY Compiled by leading British lexicographers, this dictionary should prove useful at home and in the office. It offers comprehensive coverage of the English language and contains a variety of features, including usage notes and essays on the history of words such as "hypochondria" and "sideburns".. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN CONCISE THESAURUS Arranged in an easy-to-use A-Z form, this thesaurus offers a wide selection of synonyms for a whole host of words, ranging from the everyday to the comparatively esoteric and from standard vocabulary to contemporary slang and jargon ("e-tailer", "chill out").. Author:. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN ENGLISH DICTIONARY This dictionary offers clear, detailed definitions with particular emphasis on difficult meanings, and there are usage notes, explanations of key concepts and word histories. It covers technical and specialist vocabulary, slang and the most up-to-date jargon and buzzwords.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY This classic interpretation of Shakespeare's tragedies was first published in 1904. There has been a recent re-evaluation of Bradley's method of literary criticism - his "detective interest" in plot and emphasis on character as a detachable object of study.. Author:BRADLEY, A.C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRUE STORY OF THE 3 LITTLE PIGS A spoof on the three little pigs story, this time told from the wolf's point of view. Lane Smith also illustrated "Hallowe'en ABC" which was one of "The New York Times" Best Illustrated Books of the Year.. Author:SCIESZKA, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRAGON IN A WAGON An imaginative rhyming picture book about Susie Fogg who dreams of having a more exciting pet than a dog, something like a dragon. Lynley Dodd's other titles include the "Hairy Maclary" stories, "Wake Up, Bear" and "The Nickle Nackle Tree".. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEWARE OF BOYS When a hungry wolf meets a boy, he knows what he wants for supper. But the boy is cleverer than he looks and with a series of special and delicious recipes he finds a hilarious delaying tactic that keeps the greedy wolf running round in circles for hours. By the author of "The Great Smile Robbery".. Author:BLUNDELL, TONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN Deep under the ground, in the dark tunnels of bogeydom, live the bogeys, a vile collection of slimy, smelly creatures who revel in everything revolting. Fungus is a bogeyman - a particulary foul and fetid specimen. As he goes about his bogey business, the full horrors of bogeydom are revealed.. Author:BRIGGS, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY'S RUMPUS AT THE VET Written by the author of "The Nickle Nackle Tree", "Wake Up, Bear", "A Dragon in a Wagon" and the "Hairy Maclary" stories, this book includes stories, told in verse, about a dog called Hairy Maclary.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FROG PRINCE CONTINUED You may think you know the story of the princess and the frog she kissed, who turned into a handsome prince and lived happily ever after. Well, now discover the shocking truth. The author also wrote "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs".. Author:SCIESZKA, JON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT'S BABY SISTER This book celebrates the arrival of a baby sister for Spot. The author also wrote "Where's Spot", "Spot's First Easter", "Spot's First Christmas", "Spot's First Birthday".. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT STAYS OVERNIGHT Another picture book about Spot who, this time, is going to stay at a friend's. Children can lift the flaps and see what Spot is up to.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALE OF PETER RABBIT This classic children's tale is by the author of "The Tailor of Gloucester" and "Squirrel Nutkin".. Author:POTTER, BEATRIX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OLD MAN OF LOCHNAGAR The adventures of an old man who lives in a cave by the Loch of Lochnagar. It is filled with such characters as a grouse who repels visitors, underwater haggis who revolve as they swim, the miniature green people of Gorm, and the birds and fishes who live in the skies and lochs around Balmoral.. Author:CHARLES, HRH PRINCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LUCY AND TOM GO TO SCHOOL Lucy has her school things ready. She has a new grey skirt, a pair of brown shoes, a pencil case and a satchel. Tom wishes that he had a satchel too. This is a sympathetic story about two young children's first experience of school.. Author:HUGHES, SHIRLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SLINKY MALINKI Slinky Malinki is blacker than black, a stalking and lurking cat. In fact, Slinky Malinki is a thief, and steals anything from a clothes peg or a slipper to a string of sausages. This story is told in verse.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LUCY AND TOM AT THE SEASIDE The very essence of a happy family day at the seaside is captured as Lucy and Tom help Dad make a beautiful sand castle, find a crab's claw in a rock-pool, make seaweedy faces in the sand and ride donkeys down the beach.. Author:HUGHES, SHIRLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIND ME A TIGER Each page in this book features a different animal, carefully camouflaged in its natural habitat. A rhyme tells readers what to look for, with animals such as a lion, seal, frog and chick to spot. Slinky Malinki, the black cat, also makes an appearance in the book.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MINI BEASTIES A witty anthology of poems from around the world about things that creep, crawl and fly. The illustrator, Alan Baker, won four "Children's Books of the Year" awards in 1989 and a Campaign Press Silver Award and Creative Circle Gold Award in 1990.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY Nearly 150 years ago, Chief Seattle, a respected and peaceful leader of one of the Northwest Indian Nations, delivered a message to the government in Washington who wanted to buy his people's land. He believed that all life on earth, and the earth itself, is sacred.. Author:SEATTLE, CHIEF. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POLAR BEAR, POLAR BEAR, WHAT DO YOU HEAR? A roaring lion, a braying zebra, a trumpeting elephant, a bellowing walrus and many more parade across the pages of this picture book. It is a companion volume to "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?". Eric Carle is the author/illustrator of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".. Author:MARTIN, BILL MARTIN JR, BILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY'S SHOWBUSINESS The annual show of The Cat Club is in full swing in Riverside Hall and all manner of cat is represented. Hairy Maclary, who, meanwhile, is tied to a tree outside The Cat Club, finds it all too much and cannot resist the temptation to break free and join in the fun.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT Antonio, a small boy who has been kidnapped by brigands, passes the dark and stormy night in their cave weaving for them incredible stories for their own exploits and through this actually solves his own problem of how to escape.. Author:AHLBERG, JANET AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MASAI AND I A little girl learns about the Masai tribe at school and daydreams about what her life would be if she had been born a Masai. Comparing her life and theirs she learns that their dignity is something that she can also acquire and that she has her own spiritual and even physical kinship with them.. Author:KROLL, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES Looks at some really stupid tales including "Chicken Licken", "The Princess and the Bowling Ball", "The Really Ugly Duckling" and "Jack's Bean Problem".. Author:SCIESZKA, JON SMITH, LANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT'S BIG BOOK OF WORDS A vocabulary book, with a word for each illustration and a simple story-line, to keep the child's interest.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOMETHING ELSE This is a simple story about a creature called Something Else who is excluded from his neighbour's activities because he behaves and looks different. But then when an even stranger creature tries to make friends with Something Else, he doesn't want to know, until he sees himself in the mirror.. Author:CAVE, KATHRYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT GOES TO A PARTY A story featuring Spot the puppy. There is always lots to do during a visit to the park - and everyone loves a party. Spot and his friends have a wonderful time at Helen's fancy dress party, but the best fun of all is the surprise at the end.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT GOES TO THE PARK Spot's adventures take him to the park, where the lively pup finds plenty to explore.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WINNI ALLFOURS Winni adores ponies and pleads with her mum and dad to buy her one. The dinner lady at school puts an idea into Winni's head when she says that if she keeps on eating so many carrots, she'll turn into a horse. Winni decides to test this theory out, and sure enough it works.. Author:COLE, BABETTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DRAW ME A STAR The artist begins as a young child, drawing a star, the star asks him to draw the sun, and so on. As he draws the artist grows up until as an old man he is once again asked to draw a star, and the star carries him across the night sky.. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE-LEGGED CAT Mrs Gimble's cat would love to prowl, but has only three legs. Mrs Gimble's brother, Cyril, travels, but he is thinking of stopping because his head is cold. When Cyril visits Mrs Gimble, he picks up the cat instead of his hat - which keeps his head warm and allows the cat to travel.. Author:MAHY, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIAWATHA Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha" weaves together the oral traditions of the American Indian into an epic poem. Susan Jeffers has illuminated some of the poem's most lyrical verses depicting Hiawatha's boyhood.. Author:LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STAND BACK The animals are panicking - if the elephant sneezes he will blow the monkeys out of the trees, the feathers off the birds and the stripes off the zebras. A move intervenes to stop such catastrophe, but the animals learn to their cost that an elephant's laugh can be as dangerous as his sneeze.. Author:THOMAS, PATRICIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DINOSAURS AND ALL THAT RUBBISH One day, when man had set out for a distant star, the dinosaurs came back to life and tidied up the barren wastes he had left behind him. Man was only allowed back when he agreed that the earth should be shared and enjoyed by everyone.. Author:FOREMAN, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT'S WALK IN THE WOODS In rebus style, with simple words hidden under illustrated flaps throughout, this story follows Spot and his classmate on a day of discovery in the woods, when they meet familiar animals and come into contact with nature. There's a real surprise for Spot and his mum Sally when Spot gets home.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TODAY IS MONDAY This picture book is based on the children's song "Today is Monday". Runner beans, zoooop, roast beef, fish, chicken and ice cream are the fare during the week, until Sunday, when the world's children are invited to come and share a meal. Animals introduce children to the days of the week.. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SLINKY MALINKI, OPEN THE DOOR Slinky Malinki and Syd the Rainbow Lorikeet are partners-in-crime. Left alone in the house they get up to all sorts of mischief. But in the end they meet their match when they open the last door on a roomful of dogs.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEAR HUNT This story is about a clever white bear and his magic pencil. Everything Bear draws becomes real and tangible. He can draw a circle and it becomes a hole through which to escape, he can draw a line and it becomes a rope to swing on. In this story he uses his pencil to escape from two hunters.. Author:BROWNE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOING TO PLAYSCHOOL Being a newcomer to playschool really isn't so daunting. This book catches the range of moods, from wary to super-confident.. Author:GARLAND, SARAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOING SWIMMING The noisy, splashy atmosphere of the local swimming baths is evoked in this book. This book features the family already familiar from "Going Shopping", "Having a Picnic" and "Doing the Washing".. Author:GARLAND, SARAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOING THE WASHING Time for all the dirty clothes to go into the washing machine. Soap in, switch on - and the long process of doing a family wash has begun. This book is published simultaneously with "Going Shopping".. Author:GARLAND, SARAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOING SHOPPING Harrassed mum, two children and a dog drive down to the supermarket, load their trolley with supplies for the week, pack it all into the car, and set off home again. Simple words and pictures describe an experience every young child - and mother - will be familiar with.. Author:GARLAND, SARAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT WHITE MAN-EATING SHARK The story of a boy called Norvin who has small sharkish eyes and sharp sharkish teeth. He decides to impersonate a great white man-eating shark so he can have the sea to himself, but his plan misfires when a real female white man-eating shark takes a fancy to him.. Author:MAHY, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITCH IN THE CHERRY TREE One damp, dull day, David's mother is baking cakes. Everything is fine until a naughty old witch comes to settle in the cherry tree in the garden. She tries to outwit David and persuade his mother to part with the cakes.. Author:MAHY, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN WHOSE MOTHER WAS A PIRATE This is the story of Sam, an accountant, and his first trip to the seaside with his ex-pirate mother. This new edition features a slightly shorter text.. Author:MAHY, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RASCALLY CAKE Rufus O'Parsley wouldn't eat supper unless it was ghastly. Wormcast butties, tubes of glue, pans of slugs in slimy stew. He decides to bake an extra specially revolting cake, but then the cake starts trying to eat him. This book won the 1995 FCBG Children's book award for Best Picture Book.. Author:WILLIS, JEANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BAD GOOD MANNERS BOOK A humorous "child's guide to manners", this book's do's and don't's are accompanied by energetic, zany illustrations which point up the text.. Author:COLE, BABETTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT BAKES A CAKE Spot decides to make a cake for his Dad's birthday. Lift the flaps to follow Spot's progress as he creates a very special birthday surprise.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PASS IT, POLLY Polly and Nisha are the only girls who want to play in the school football match. But football is harder than it looks. However, with a bit of instruction and a lot of practice they are soon dribbling, tackling and scoring goals. But how will they perform on the day of the big match.. Author:GARLAND, SARAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRINCE CINDERS Prince Cinders leads a hard life, he spends all his time cleaning up after his three brothers who bully him. One night, Prince Cinders' luck changes as a small, dirty fairy falls down the chimney and promises that his wishes shall come true. However, not all the fairy's spells turn out as planned.. Author:COLE, BABETTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRINCESS SMARTYPANTS Princess Smartypants does not want to get married. She enjoys being a Ms. Because she is very pretty and rich, all the princes want to marry her. This fairy-tale-with-a-difference describes how Smartypants fights to preserve her independence.. Author:COLE, BABETTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING CHANGE-A-LOT Prince Change-a-Lot was fed up with being treated like a baby, especially as his parents were making a bad job of running the kingdom. Even the good fairies were on strike because things were so bad they were having to work overtime. Prince Change-a-Lot thinks he'd change a few things.. Author:COLE, BABETTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE? Firstly at the door is a great big gorilla with fat furry arms and white teeth. Next time there's a wicked old witch at the door, then a creepy ghost, then a fierce dragon. Each time there's a knock at the door, there's a different monster, but each time they're wearing the same tartan slippers.. Author:GRINDLEY, SALLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCHNITZEL VON KRUMM'S BASKETWORK Schitzel von Krumm is outraged when his misguided family decides to replace his worn out, beaten up, smelly old basket. He doesn't like his smart new basket and tries to find something else that's cosy and comforting - but no where is quite right. Eventually his family get the message.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FARM 123 An animal counting book with flaps to lift on every double page.. Author:CAMPBELL, ROD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ABC ZOO An animal alphabet book with flaps to lift on every double page.. Author:CAMPBELL, ROD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROOSTER'S OFF TO SEE THE WORLD Using colourful collage illustrations and a simple text, this book takes young readers on a trip with the rooster. As he travels, the rooster is joined by two cats, three frogs, four turtles and five fish, offering the reader a graphic introduction to the meaning of numbers.. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRANDFATHER AND I Grandfathers are never in a hurry, unlike the rest of the family. They always have time to stop and look, for as long as you like. This story is about the extra-special relationship between the eldest and youngest members of a family.. Author:BUCKLEY, HELEN E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DINOSAUR ROAR! This picture book is filled with dinosaur opposites from fat to tiny, from fierce to meek and from sweet to grumpy. It contains rhyme, strong rythmns and repetitions.. Author:STICKLAND, PAUL STICKLAND, HENRIETTA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TINY SEED When the tiny seed is blown away from its parent plant, it travels a very long way. When it lands on fertile earth, the tiny seed grows and grows and grows - becoming the tallest, biggest flower for miles around. Then one day the wind blows and thousands of new tiny seeds begin their own journey.. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT'S MAGICAL CHRISTMAS On Christmas Eve Spot is out with his dad when he meets two very unhappy reindeer. They have lost Santa's sleigh and if it isn't found quickly he won't be able to deliver any presents. Spot joins in the search and embarks on a truly magical Christmas adventure.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT VISITS HIS GRANDPARENTS In this lift-the-flap book, Spot spends a day at his grandparents' home. He has fun finding out what his mum, Sally, did when she was a pup, discovering things that she owned and looking through an old photograph album.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SNIFF-SNUFF-SNAP! A story about a selfish, bossy old warthog who wants to have the waterhole all to himself. Elephants, leopards and giraffes all try to drink at the waterhole and are chased away by the grumpy warthog. They sneak back when he is not looking and he finds one day that all that is left is mud.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS Mufaro's two daughters react in different ways to the King's search for a wife - one is aggressive and selfish, the other kind and dignified. The king disguises himself to learn the true nature of both the girls and chooses Nyasha, the kind and generous daughter, to be the queen.. Author:STEPTOE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCHNITZEL VON KRUMM FORGET-ME-NOT Schnitzel von Krumm's family is going on holiday. It's all a bit of a puzzle to Schnitzel, and soon his meddling leads to a spot of bother.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AESOP'S FUNKY FABLES A re-telling of Aesop's classic moral tales, some well-known and others less so, with rhythm, rap and humour. Illustrated by the artist who has received the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (1988) and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.. Author:AESOP FRENCH, VIVIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TICKLE MY NOSE AND OTHER ACTION RHYMES A lively text of new action rhymes, from mischievous monkeys, huggable panda bears and playful kitties to rhymes about playtime, food and clothing. With bright, fresh illustrations giving the book a contemporary feel, it aims to give parents and children hours of shared pleasure.. Author:UMANSKY, KAYE SHARRATT, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE CLOUD Little Cloud loves changing shape - he can be a horse, a tree, and even a clown! At the end of the story he joins all the other clouds in the sky to make one big cloud - and then it rains!. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUMMERY SATURDAY MORNING This is a story about a group of children and their dogs on an outing. But what starts out as a peaceful summer morning stroll, soon ends up as a slippery wild goose chase.. Author:MAHY, MARGARET. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAY OF AHMED'S SECRET Trucks and donkeys, cars and camels, carts and buses..... The bustling streets of Cairo are exciting, but today Ahmed will share his secret, which is even more exciting.. Author:HEIDE, FLORENCE PARRY GILLILAND, JUDITH HEIDE GILLAND, JUDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUE BOY Hue Boy may be the smallest boy in his village, but he's big news - everyone has suggestions, from pumpkin soup to special baths, for making him grow!. Author:MITCHELL, RITA PHILLIPS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FROM HEAD TO TOE An interactive introduction to the basic body parts and body movements. Gorillas, elephants, camels and other animals invite all young readers to clap, stomp, wriggle and bend like they do!. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW NIGHT CAME In this tale of the Tupi Indians of the Amazon, the creation myth is altered and there is daylight but no night. Night is kept under the water by the Great Snake, but when his daughter is ill and needs some darkness, he sends her the dark, which is when all the creatures of the night are created.. Author:TROUGHTON, JOANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MATHS CURSE The story of a child's typical day with every action related to a mathematical problem, throwing up mathematical concepts or puzzles with the answers planted for the young reader to find with the aid of jokes and illustrations.. Author:SCIESZKA, JON SMITH, LANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHICKEN, CHIPS AND PEAS Fast Fox wants to have chicken for his dinner. Mother Hen and her three chickens are looking for corn for theirs. The chickens follow Fast Fox's corn trail right into his sack. Things look bad for the chickens, but Slow Dog saves the day by falling from his hammock and squashing Fast Fox flat.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SLOW DOG FALLING Fast Fox is chasing chickens again but, unluckily for him, it's Slow Dog's day to do chores in the hen house. Whatever Slow Dog is doing, he always manages to fall and flatten Fast Fox.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAST FOX GOES CRAZY The chickens, Mother Hen and Slow Dog have a party. When they play on the bouncy castle, Fast Fox opens his sack and the nine chicks bounce in, but the last chick can't bounce. Slow dog shows him how to bounce and lands on top of Fast Fox - the chicks are free!. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SLOW DOG'S NOSE The chickens are in danger again, for Fast Fox is having a barbecue. Mother Hen discovers that her chickens are missing, and Slow Dog smells the cooking and follows his nose to the woods. Mother Hen reaches the barbecue first, but is grabbed by Fast Fox. Will Slow Dog save the day?. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOTHER HEN MYSTERIES Why are Mother Hen's three chickens getting so fat when they won't eat their meals? Could someone be leaving out tempting picnics? Mother Hen soon discovers Fast Fox's plot to fatten the chickens for his supper and Slow Dog, as ever, saves the day without even trying.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY, SIT Hairy Maclary returns with his friends in a new rhyming story set at an obedience show. Each dog demonstrates his lack of obedience in this romp which ends in a loud splash as they all fall in the pond.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BAD HABITS! Lucretia Crum is a little monster with big bad habits. She wants to have a birthday party but all the really big monsters turn up and they're really, really bad! This book is a companion volume to "The Bad Good Manners Book".. Author:COLE, BABETTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SQUIDS WILL BE SQUIDS A collection of new and wacky fables with fresh morals, which are about all kinds of bossy, sneaky, funny and annoying people. A general moral offered by the book is, "If you are planning to write fables, don't forget to change people's names and avoid places with high cliffs".. Author:SCIESZKA, JON SMITH, LANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SLINKY MALINKI CATFLAPS Slinky Malinki wakes up from his cosy deep sleep, stretches and slips out of the catflap and into the night. He is soon joined by his friends Greywacke Jones, Butterball Brown and the Poppadum Kittens. Hobnobbing happily on the wall, the cats are disturbed by the crotchety Scarface Claw.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FUNNYBONES A big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton live in the dark cellar of a dark house on a dark hill. The skeletons venture out one night to find someone to scare, but everyone is in bed so they amuse themselves by scaring each other and playing with the skeleton animals in the zoo.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COPS AND ROBBERS The robbers of London town plan a desperate crime on Christmas Eve - to steal all the toys they can lay their hands on! Fortunately, the robbers meet their match in brave Officer Pugh who leaps into action and arrests the villains - all except Grandma Swagg who manages to get away.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMPHREY'S CORNER Humphrey the little elephant is looking for the perfect place to play. He visits Mummy's bedroom, the bathroom, and the airing cupboard, none of which are quite right, and he collects something from each place to take with him. Mummy takes him to the kitchen to find the perfect place to play.. Author:HUNTER, SALLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEWARE OF GIRLS This is a sequal to "Beware of Boys" in which a little girl outwits a wolf. When Wolf decides that a little girl would make a very tasty snack, he tries to trick her by pretending to be her grandmother. But the little girl is smarter than Wolf and sends him away each time he knocks on her door.. Author:BLUNDELL, TONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FUNNYBONES . Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FUNNYBONES - SKELETON CREW . Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FUNNYBONES . Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FUNNYBONES - GIVE THE DOG A BONE . Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT GOES SPLASH! AND OTHER STORIES This text contains three Spot stories taken from "Spot's Bedtime Storybook": "Spot goes Splash!", "Spot at the Fair" and "Sweet Dreams, Spot".. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPOT CAN COUNT Flaps on every spread reveal an increasing number of surprises as Spot counts from one to ten. One small mouse under a tablecloth leads up to an unexpected visit from ten enormous elephants. Provides fun for children learning to count.. Author:HILL, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEETLE IN THE BATHROOM Skiing ladybirds, bathing beetles and bungee-jumping spiders are all encountered in this story about life in the bathroom at night. It is full of rhyme and repetition, and is suitable for both classroom and home reading.. Author:MOSES, BRIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST POLAR BEARS Grandfather is on an expedition to the North Pole in search of the last polar bears. He is accompanied by Roo, a dog of character and strong views, and they carry all their equipment in a golf bag. Eccentric, poignant and comic, their story is told through a series of extraordinary letters.. Author:HORSE, HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHAT ON EARTH CAN IT BE? This title is a novelty picture book with a gently rhyming text by Roger McGough. On alternate pages the reader is faced with a die-cut shape - a triangle, some holes, or a square. When the page is turned, an image is revealed, accompanied by a funny verse.. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMPHREY'S GARDEN A small format book featuring Humphrey the elephant. His world comes to life as we see him playing with his favourite toys and games and out and about in the garden, exploring and adventuring.. Author:HUNTER, SALLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF BERT Bert has all sorts of adventures, including rescuing a barking cardboard box from the river and being chased by a giant sausage. The reader is made to feel part of the story when he or she is told to turn the page quietly so as not to wake Bert's baby, and is blamed when the baby starts to cry!. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIT MORE BERT More Bert? Certainly! Here's "A Bit More" - six huge chapters in which our hero shares his crisps, loses his dog and needs a haircut! Can you help?. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY AND ZACHARY QUACK Zachary Quack, a small and determined duckling, sets out to play with a rather reluctant Hairy Maclary. A "cat and mouse" chase follows, with the two characters ending up peacefully snuggled together after Zachary Quack saves a soggy Hairy Maclary from the river.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHOSE BABY AM I? This title for babies and toddlers introduces the concept of mothers and babies in the animal world. It works as a guessing game, where the animal on one page ask, "Whose baby am I?" and the answer is revealed on the next page. Animals and their babies' names (ie: elephant, calf) are included.. Author:BUTLER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLATYPUS Platypus decides to go collecting - he collects a rock, an old shoe and a broken umbrella. A curly shell is exactly what he's looking for, but it keeps going missing from his special box. When he finds a hermit crab inside he returns it - and finds an unoccupied shell to collect and keep.. Author:RIDDELL, CHRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLATYPUS AND THE LUCKY DAY Platypus sets out to have fun, but things go wrong and his kite gets caught in a tree. He retires to bed, where a forgotten banana and a cuddly toy provide consolation. Later, he goes out in his go-cart and bumps into a tree, dislodging his kite - what a lucky day.. Author:RIDDELL, CHRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLATYPUS AND THE BIRTHDAY PARTY It's Bruce's birthday and Platypus decides to make it a day to remember by throwing a party for him. His friend Echidna comes to help and together they make a special birthday cake, put up paper chains and balloons and set the table for a feast. All is set for a wonderful party.. Author:RIDDELL, CHRIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED ROCKETS AND RAINBOW JELLY A simple story about two friends, Sue and Nick, who like different colours but are still good friends.. Author:HEAP, SUE SHARRATT, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONE TO TEN AND BACK AGAIN . Author:SHARRATT, NICK HEAP, SUE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEN'S MAGIC TELESCOPE A nine-year-old boy lives on the ninth floor of a high-rise tower block in a large, grim city. He hates it, but one day he discovers a small silver telescope that enables him to see the beauty in the world around him - from market stalls to the surface of the moon.. Author:PATTEN, BRIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME What else could a giraffe with an extending neck, a pelican with an expanding beak and an athletic little monkey be but The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company? When this trio are invited to clean all the 677 windows belonging to the Duke of Hampshire, it is no wonder that they have adventures.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MINPINS Little Billy doesn't believe his mother's stories about all the monsters living in the wood, so he is easily tempted to go and see for himself. He doesn't find any Whangdoodles or Knigs, but the Gruncher who does chase him, billowing orange-red smoke, is even more terrifying.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENORMOUS CROCODILE The Enormous Crocodile boasts that he is going to eat a child for lunch and he sets out to trick all the children in his attempts for food. But his plots and disguises are foiled by the animals in the jungle - especially by Trunky, the elephant.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIRTY BEASTS This collection of poems introduces a menagerie of comic animals. Meet the poor toad that jumps to France - at his own peril; the pig who ponders on the meaning of life; the anteater who gets the wrong end of the stick; and the porcupine with its painful prickles.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REVOLTING RHYMES A collection of comic and often gory versions of popular fairy tales. Meet Cinderella, a young woman who wants to marry a nice ordinary man; and Goldilocks, that house-breaker who gobbles up your porridge and then breaks up the Chippendale.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONJUROR COW Cow is putting on a magic show for her friends and is trying to produce the ever-elusive rabbit from various places. Each spead features a half page which, when turned, reveals how the trick has gone wrong. Cow, of course, eventually perfects the trick.. Author:DONALDSON, JULIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE RABBIT LOST It's Little Rabbit's birthday and, as a treat, the whole family go to the Rabbitworld Theme Park. Little Rabbit thinks he's so grown up that he doesn't need to stay with his Mama. However, he soon realizes that he is just a little rabbit after all and does need looking after.. Author:HORSE, HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MILO AND THE NIGHT MARKET Milo always goes to sleep with his beloved Raggy, a toy so old and loved that no one can remember what she is. But one stormy night Raggy gets lost. Milo tries to find her and he finds himself in the night market, the place where strange and wonderful creatures sell the stuff of dreams.. Author:MCALLISTER, ANGELA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMY'S THREE BEST THINGS Amy is staying away from home for the first time and so takes three things with her - each one will magically transport her home. On the third night the house is empty and she is inconsolable, but all is resolved as her mother rushes into her room - she has come to meet her a day early.. Author:PEARCE, PHILIPPA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUDGE'S HOUSE Pudge makes a house out of the box from the new TV. It is the best house ever and he plays in it all day. However, it disappears, so when he finds it again he resolves never to leave it - but he is torn when his friends appear with an invitation to try out the new swings in the park.. Author:ORAM, HIAWYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA BALLERINA Angelina is a pretty little mouse who wants more than anything to become a ballerina. She dances all the time and her parents are in despair. Then one day they think of a plan that changes Angelina's life and makes her the happiest mouse in the world.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA AND THE PRINCESS Miss Lilly's Ballet School has been invited to perform for the Princess of Mouseland, and Angelina hopes to be a prima ballerina. But disaster strikes and she is only given a minor role. Angelina wants to leave the school. But then a turn of events leads to a happy ending for all!. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA AT THE FAIR Angelina has been eagerly looking forward to the first of May, when the fair will come to town. Angelina is furious when her parents tell her she must take her little cousin Henry along to the fairground. But after a day of adventures and surprises, they become the the best of friends.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA'S CHRISTMAS Angelina and cousin Henry visit lonely old Mr Bell, the retired village postman, and invite him to Angelina's Christmas show. He comes dressed as Father Christmas and hands out Christmas presents to everyone.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA ON STAGE Angelina is so excited! She and Henry have parts in a grown-ups' ballet. During rehearsals, Angelina's excitement turns to jealousy when Henry becomes the favourite of the famous Madame Zizi. But after a near disaster on opening night, Angelina and Henry become better friends than ever.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA AND ALICE Angelina loves doing gymnastics with her new friend Alice. But when Angelina can't do a handstand, all the other children laugh at her, and Alice joins in. By the end of the story, Angelina and Alice learn the importance of teamwork and become the best of friends all over again.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA'S BABY SISTER Angelina can hardly wait - she is going to be a big sister! But Angelina's excitement turns to jealousy when her new little sister becomes the centre of attention. Maybe having a little sister isn't going to be fun after all.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA ICE SKATES Angelina is busy preparing for the New Year's Eve Ice Dance with her friends, but trouble begins when two big boys from school keep teasing the ballerinas during rehearsals. More than a few snowballs fly before Angelina finds a way to ensure the success of the show.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN Angelina and her best friend, Alice, make firefly costumes for Halloween. Baby sister, Polly, wants one too, but has to settle for being a ghost instead. On Halloween night, Polly gets lost, but is soon found and promised her very own firefly costume next year.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA'S BIRTHDAY It's Angelina's birthday and there's going to be a party. But when Angelina breaks her bike, she thinks the day is ruined. There is, however, a solution to the problem and Angelina's birthday turns out to be the happiest - and the most surprising - one ever.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLUE JOHN Before being banished, the Queen of Darkness snatched up two things - the blue heart of the mountain and the gold of the sun - making a child of them, Blue John. One day, Blue John follows some children from the caves into the sunshine and is turned into stone.. Author:DOHERTY, BERLIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BABYSITTER BEAR . Author:ANHOLT, LAURENCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BABA'S GIFT A family story set in South Africa where Lindi and her brother go to the sea and play with a wooden boat made by their grandfather. Located in a multi-racial society, it is suitable for classroom use in Key Stages 1 and 2.. Author:NAIDOO, MAYA NAIDOO, BEVERLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOG'S COLOURFUL DAY Dog's white coat acts like a magnet for spills of all sorts in this story that is full of colour and counting. Soon Dog is covered in spots made by chocolate, red jam, blue jam and so on as the day progresses. Soon he is a multi-colour dog with ten spots to count and ten colours to name.. Author:DODD, EMMA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WISHING BIRD After seeing her reflection Wishing Bird decides her feathers are too many colours. Every time she sees a different coloured animal she wishes she was like it and her feathers change colour. Finally she realizes she looks best how she was at the start and wishes her original colouring back.. Author:BOYLE, ALISON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMPHREY'S CHRISTMAS Humphrey and Lottie are getting ready for Christmas at home. They help to shovel snow, to decorate the cake and to put up the tree - and of course they write their letters to Father Christmas. The story ends on Christmas morning with the excitement of present opening.. Author:HUNTER, SALLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEDGEHOG HOWDEDO A little girl wanders round her winter garden looking at all the hedgehogs hibernating in its many different corners. This book is both a simple counting book and an introduction to the impact of the seasons on animals and winter hibernation.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCARFACE CLAW Scarface Claw, Hairy Maclary's arch-enemy is at the centre of this story. Like most bullies however, he turns out to be not quite so tough as he and the other animals think when he is scared by his own reflection.. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OWL AT SCHOOL Meg turns up to the school's sports day in an amazing hat, which so astonishes everyone that there are some surprising results to the races!. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA'S TEA PARTY An activity book based around Angelina's tea party - there are things to colour, dot-to-dot puzzles, and a press out tea set to play with. Help Angelina send the invitations, set the table, prepare the food and decorate. Then help Angelina's guests find their way through the hedgerow to her house!. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DANCE WITH ANGELINA Each double-spread shows Angelina in a different place - including dreaming in bed and at the ice rink - and the reader is asked to find the right stickers to add to the scene. Readers can make-believe they're part of Angelina's world as they invent different pictures with the reusable stickers.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA AND THE RAG DOLL Angelina puts her doll, Polka, into Mrs Thimble's second hand box at the General Store. But when she decides she wants Polka back, it seems she has already gone to one of the beginners in Miss Lilly's ballet class. Can Angelina get Polka back?. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA AND THE BUTTERFLY Angelina catches a butterfly, calls him Arthur and keeps him in a jar. But then little cousin Henry accidently lets Arthur escape and the pair rush into the woods to find him. Will the pair manage to find Arthur?. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SQUARE-EYED PAT Square-eyed Pat is a TV addict. The rest of the family try to lure him away from the TV but nothing works. Drastic action is needed when Pat is found watching 25 TVs all at once and so the TV is banished to the shed. Once Pat has recovered from the trauma of no TV, he discovers all his toys.. Author:PICHON, LIZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG UP THE CREEK Meg, Mog and Owl head off in a canoe for a hunting trip but it doesn't take long for things to start going wrong. First, they forget to tie up the canoe, then they can't find anything to eat and finally disaster looms when they can't light a fire.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE RABBIT GOES TO SCHOOL . Author:HORSE, HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOLF CHILD . Author:GATES, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FARM CHASE In this book, the reader visits all the baby animals on the farm, finally going to see the little fluffy chicks. There are lots of animals to name and farmyard noises to join in with.. Author:CAMPBELL, ROD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHO SAYS WOOF? This picture book incorporates a question and answer text to introduce children to various animals and the noises they make. The animals include a dog, a cow, a horse and a duck with her brood of fluffy ducklings.. Author:BUTLER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHOSE NOSE AND TOES? See a nose and some toes - can you guess who they belong to? This question and answer book introduces children to various animals, such as dogs, monkeys, crocodiles and tigers.. Author:BUTLER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALFI BEASTI DON'T EAT THAT Alfi Beasti will not eat anything he's supposed to. He'll happily taste the toothpaste or chew on a shoe but will not eat his breakfast, lunch or supper. Grandma comes to the rescue by giving Alfi a chef's outfit for his birthday and together they cook up a birthday tea extravaganza.. Author:HARDY, KATE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA'S BALLET CLASS This story follows Angelina through a ballet class and encourages reader participation with little diagrams of Angelina and her friends practising the various ballet movements, such as plies and pirouettes.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA AND HENRY Angelina and her cousin Henry go camping in the Big Cat Mountains with Angelina's Uncle Louie. The two little mouselings get lost and soon it is dark and stormy and they think they can see Big Cat himself! They eventually find Uncle Louie and promise never to go off on their own again.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEWARE OF TEACHERS . Author:BLUNDELL, TONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SLOWLY, SLOWLY, SLOWLY, SAID THE SLOTH . Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANYTHING FOR YOU It's the end of a very long day for Little Charlie and Ginger. Little Charlie says he will do anything for Ginger - smile his biggest smile, draw him a special picture, even let him be his best friend. Ginger really wants Little Charlie to get ready for bed and then sleep tight, all night long.. Author:WALLACE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMPHREY'S DAY Humphrey is a typical toddler - busy all day long. This book allows us to spend a day with this little elephant, from getting up in the morning, to making jam tarts with Mummy, and finally wishing the stars goodnight.. Author:HUNTER, SALLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMPHREY'S FAMILY In this story Humphrey introduces us to the members of his family and the things they each like to do. The book ends with everyone going out for the day to somewhere special.. Author:HUNTER, SALLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUEEN AND THE GHOSTIES . Author:COWELL, CRESSIDA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR A newly hatched caterpillar eats his way through all kinds of food in this story aimed at the very young.. Author:CARLE, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG, MOG AND OG Meg, Mog and Owl make friends with a prehistoric man and Og the woolly mammoth. Og is so keen on Meg's bubble-and-squeak that he follows her home for another trunkful.. Author:NICOLL, HELEN PIENKOWSKI, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRAVE LITTLE HEDGEHOG . Author:ROGERS, PAUL ILLUS. EMMA ROGERS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUN! RUN! IT'S SCARY POO! . Author:GATES, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCHNITZEL VON KRUMM, DOGS NEVER CLIMB TREES This is a story from Lynley Dodd starring Schnitzel von Krumm with the very low tum, one of Hairy Maclary's friends. We learn of all the remarkable things Schnitzel can do - bury bones, hide, fetch things, scatter birds, and perhaps if he really tries he can climb trees!. Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARRY AND THE DINOSAURS MAKE A CHRISTMAS WISH . Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARRY AND THE DINOSAURS 7 . Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUMPHREY'S BIRTHDAY e=It's Humphrey's birthday and he is very excited - but also a little shy as his best friends arrive for the party. However, what with presents to open, games to play, tea in the garden, a wonderful cake and all his friends singing 'Happy Birthday', Humphrey has a fabulous time.. Author:HUNTER, SALLY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE FROM ANGELINA Dancing isn't the only thing Angelina loves. She loves her best friend, Alice, her family, going to the fair, ice skating and much more. After the story, readers can tear out the friendship cards and seal them with a heart sticker, to give to the people they love.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONG LIVE PRINCESS SMARTYPANTS . Author:COLE, BABETTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA BALLERINA This story has been adapted for audio Cd and there are two readings - the first is a straight reading with music, and the second has a 'special sound' to indicate where to turn each page as you read along in the book. Angelina Mouseling loves to dance.. Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA'S CHRISTMAS . Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA, STAR OF THE SHOW . Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEG'S MUMMY . Author:NICOLL, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARRY AND THE BUCKETFUL OF DINOSAURS Harry finds some dusty plastic dinosaurs in Nan's attic. He cleans them, finds out their names and takes them everywhere - until, one day, the dinosaurs get lost! The lost property man gets a surprise when Harry proves the dinosaurs are his by calling them over to him.. Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARRY AND THE DINOSAURS SAY 'RAAHH!' A further story featuring Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs. This time as they go on a dreaded trip to the dentist.. Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARRY AND THE ROBOTS Harry's toy robot set is sent to the hospital to be fixed. While they wait for its return, Harry and Nan decide to make their own robot to play with. But then Nan is taken ill and has to go to hospital herself. Harry is determined to finish the robot, as he knows just how to make Nan get better.. Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARRY AND THE DINOSAURS PLAY HIDE AND SEEK In this novelty book with die-cut fold-out pages, Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs are playing hide-and-seek. Look through the holes and help Harry find his dinosaur friends. Then at the end of the book see if you can guess where Harry is hiding.. Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROMP IN THE SWAMP Harry is not happy. He has got to go to Charlie's house and he doesn't want her to play with his dinosaurs. But when Charlie builds a primordial swamp, Harry gets drawn into an exciting adventure. Together they must rescue Tyrannosaurus from the giant swamp snake!. Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARRY AND THE DINOSAURS HAVE A VERY BUSY DAY In this novelty book with die-cut fold-out pages, Harry and his friends are hunting for shapes. Look through the die-cut holes with them and try to work out what the shapes could be. Then join them at the end of their very busy day for a well-earned sleep.. Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARRY AND THE SNOW KING The first snowfall brings just enough for Harry to build a very small snow king, with red buttons and a crown. But soon it disappears. Luckily there's another snowfall the next day and there are snowpeople all over the yard - Harry realizes that the snow king must have gone to order more snow.. Author:WHYBROW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAIRY MACLARY FROM DONALDSON'S DAIRY (BOOK + CD) . Author:DODD, LYNLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELINA BALLERINA'S . Author:HOLABIRD, KATHARINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POEMS . Author:TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POEMS Gathers sonnets, odes, poems, and selections of Prometheus Unbound by the early-nineteenth-century British poet.. Author:SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POEMS . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTION OF POETRY Although Donne's reputation has suffered eclipses, it has increased steadily since the publication in 1633 of "Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Author's Death". This collection of Donne's poems includes "Songs and Sonets", "Elegies", "Ephithalamions", "Satyre", "Verse Letters" and "Epicedes".. Author:DONNE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS Brings together 175 poems that reveal Lawrence's virtuosity in this genre.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF AMERICAN VERSE An anthology of American poetry, from the colonial beginnings in the 17th century through to the 20th century. Emphasizing the period that followed the 1950s, this book does not neglect the figures of the between-wars period nor the ballads and parodies that represent the spirit of America.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POETRY This introduction to the poetry of William Blake ranges from his early lyrics, such as "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience", to his later prophetic work.. Author:BLAKE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED POEMS This volume represents the first "Collected Poems" by Geoffrey Hill, as well as the first retrospective edition of his work. Hill is considered by some critics as one of the top five poets writing today, producing poetry that is dense, allusive and imaginative.. Author:HILL, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLAZING FRUIT McGough's first book of poems was published just over 20 years ago, and this volume represents his own selection of his best work. His other titles include "Melting Into the Foreground", "Sky in the Pie" and "Summer with Monika".. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEFYING GRAVITY This collection of adult poems includes the title poem - about the premature death, from cancer, of an old Liverpool friend. Included is a sequence of poems commissioned by the BBC's "Horizon" programme on the periodic table.. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN BOOK OF SCOTTISH VERSE Running from the sixth century to the end of the 20th, this collection presents the currents of Scottish poetry in a clear yet nuanced way. Burns, Stevenson and McDiarmid form part of the book's core design, while 20th century poets include Douglas Dunn, Liz Lochead and Don Paterson.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED POEMS, 1953-93 A collection of 70 poems by John Updike, written between the age of 21 and his sixties. Arranged in chronological order, the book also includes notes which discuss some the hidden threads in each poem - highlighting Updike's recurring themes of confession, nostalgia and awe.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS This is a second edition of Tony Harrison's "Selected Poems" containing 13 additional poems. It includes ten new sonnets for "The School of Eloquence" and his long poem "V".. Author:HARRISON, TONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS This selection of poems are from the books "Standing Female Nude", "Selling Manhattan", "The Other Cuntry" and "Mean Time".. Author:DUFFY, CAROL ANN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN MODERN POETS CAROL ANN DUFFY, VICKI FEAVER, EAVAN BOLAND This is the second in a series which aims to show the richness and diversity of contemporary poetry. It offers representative poems of three poets, Carol Ann Duffy, Vicki Feaver and Eavan Boland, who chose the poems themselves.. Author:DUFFY, CAROL ANN FEAVER, VICKI BOLAND, EAVAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : A.E. HOUSMAN A.E. Housman (1859-1936) was a widely-read poet in his time. Many of his poems set together death and love, classical form and romantic spirit, lyricism and ominous foreboding. This anthology contains "Last Poems" (1922), and "More Poems" and "Additional Poems", published after his death.. Author:HOUSMAN, A.E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANAAN This is a collection of poetry by Geoffrey Hill. It includes "To the High Court of Parliament, November 1994", "Churchill's Funeral" and "Mysticism and Democracy".. Author:HILL, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIDDEN WORDS "Hidden Words" comprises Spike Milligan's three previously published books of poetry for adults: "Small Dreams of a Scorpion", "Open Heart University", and "The Mirror Running", together with many previously unpublished and recent poems.. Author:MILLIGAN, SPIKE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCANNING THE CENTURY Drawing on poetry written in English and on European poetry in translation, this anthology tells the story of the 20th century in verse - primarily the story of world events but also of social changes, technical developments, and ways of thinking and behaving.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAUREATE'S BLOCK A favourite for Poet Laureate, Tony Harrison effectively scuppered his chances when he published the title poem of this collection in the "Guardian". This book has a section of similar republican poems including "The Abdication of King Charles III" as well as a short sequence on the Bosnian War.. Author:HARRISON, TONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN BOOK OF ROMANTIC POETRY Organized by theme and genre, this collection reveals unexpected connections and shared preoccupations, which should enable the reader to view the Romantics in a fresh light. The volume represents a number of women poets including Felicia Hemans and Letitia Elizabeth Landon.. Author:. Discounted by 21%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMMA Emma Wodehouse has led a simple life, but during the course of this she at last reaps her share of the world's vexations. In this comedy of manners, the heroine learns to come to terms with the reality of other people, and with her own erring nature.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JANE EYRE A story of passionate love, travail and final triumph. The relationship between the heroine and Mr Rochester is only one episode, albeit the most important, in a detailed fictional autobiography in which the author transmuted her own experience into high art.. Author:BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOONSTONE The moonstone is a yellow diamond of unearthly beauty brought from India and given to Rachel Verrinder as an eighteenth birthday present, but the fabled diamond carries with it a terrible curse.. Author:COLLINS, WILKIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LORD JIM This is a classic story of one man's tragic failure and eventual redemption, told under the circumstances of high adventure at the margins of the known world.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROBINSON CRUSOE The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is stranded on an uninhabited island far away from any shipping routes. With patience and ingenuity, he transforms his island into a tropical paradise. For twenty-four years he has no human company, until one Friday, he rescues a prisoner from a boat of cannibals.. Author:DEFOE, DANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT GATSBY Set in the post-Great War Long Island/New York world of the rich. The narrator, Nick Carraway, sympathetically records the pathos of Gatsby's romantic dream which founders on the reality of corruption, the insulated selfishness of Tom and Daisy, and the cutting edge of violence.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NORTH AND SOUTH This novel is a study of the contrast between the values and habits of rural southern England and industrial northern England. The heroine, Margaret Hale, is the daughter of a parson whose religious doubts force him to resign his Hampshire living and to move with his family to a northern city.. Author:GASKELL, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES Set in the bleak, magical Wessex landscape so familiar from Hardy's early work, Tess's cruel story reveals circumstances slowly closing in on her as she attempts to grasp a few moments of happiness with her lover.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Elizabeth Bennet is at first determined to dislike Mr. Darcy, who is handsome and eligible. This misjudgment only matched in folly by Darcy's arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to truer feelings in a comedy concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOMAN IN WHITE The narrative, related in succession by Walter Hartright and other characters in the story, starts with his midnight encounter on a lonely road with a mysterious and agitated woman dressed entirely in white, whom he helps to escape from pursuers.. Author:COLLINS, WILKIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOLL FLANDERS Purports to be the autobiography of the daughter of a woman who had been transported to Virginia for theft after her child's birth. The child is brought up in the house of the mayor of Colchester. The story relates her seduction, her marriages and liaisons, and her visit to Virginia.. Author:DEFOE, DANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAVID COPPERFIELD In this novel, Dickens describes one boy growing up in a world which is by turns magical, fearful and grimly realistic. In a book which is part autobiographical, the novelist transmutes his life-experience into a series of comic and sentimental adventures.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MILL ON THE FLOSS From the author of MIDDLEMARCH and SILAS MARNER, a story of frustrated intelligence and longing, featuring the intelligent Maggie, who yearns to be loved, and her brother Tom, who is forced to study. When Maggie is cast out by Tom, she is ostracized by society, and must face the consequences of renunciation.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE One of the Wessex tales, this tells the story of the brooding, and sometimes brutal Michael Henchard and the women with whom he searches for happiness in the harsh world of 19th-century rural England.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FRANKENSTEIN The fable of the scientist who creates a man-monster. The dire and terrifying consequences of giving it life are beyond his imagination, as the creature inflicts murder on the human race.. Author:SHELLEY, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS Jules Verne's two tales of adventure, first published in 1873 and 1862, respectively.. Author:VERNE, JULES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY The wish spoken by Dorian Gray as he looks at his portrait forms the basis of the plot of this story of a gilded and spoilt hedonist who is willing to sell his soul for his beauty.. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Originally titled "Elinor and Marianne", "Sense and Sensibility" was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be published. The contrasting personalities of two sisters are the centre of the story, supported by a wealth of satirically portrayed minor characters.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HARD TIMES In the persons of Gradgrind and Bounderby, Dickens stigmatized the prevalent philosophy of utilitarianism which, whether in school or factory, allowed human beings to be caged in a dreary scenery of brick terraces and foul chimneys, to be enslaved to machines and reduced to numbers.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OLIVER TWIST Oliver Twist is an orphan who was born in a workhouse. After an unhappy apprenticeship, Oliver runs away to London where he falls in with thieves, headed by Fagin. He is rescued by Mr Brownlow but the gang kidnap him back. Oliver discovers the identity of his parents and the gang is exposed.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD The theme of this novel is the contrast of a patient and generous love with unscrupulous passion. Bathsheba is courted by the brilliant Troy, the obsessive Boldwood and the faithful Gabriel Oak. The third is successful in his suit, but only after violence and murder have eliminated the other two.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEART OF DARKNESS In this tale of colonial exploitation, the narrator, Marlowe, journeys deep into the heart of Africa. But there he encounters Kurtz, an idealist apparently crazed and depraved by his power over the natives, and the meeting prompts Marlowe to reflect on the darkness at the heart of all men.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KIM Originally published in 1901, this is a secret-service story of a boy's dream world set in British India.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IVANHOE Ivanhoe, son of Cedric, of Saxon birth, loves Rowena, who traces her descent to King Alfred, and who returns his love. Cedric, who is devoted to the restoration of the Saxon line to the throne of England sees the chance of effecting this in the marriage of Rowena to Athelstane and banishes Ivanhoe.. Author:SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR.HYDE Dr Jekyll, a physician conscious of the duality in his nature, and fascinated by the idea of the advantage that would arise if these elements could be clothed in different personalities, discovers a drug by means of which he can create a separate personality that absorbs all his evil instincts.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSUASION Differing from Austen's other novels in adopting a more sober tone, this one describes the ordeals of Anne Elliot, who has been persuaded by her family to reject Captain Wentworth. The novel opens several years later, when she is 27 and still unattached.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET AGENT This is the only novel that Conrad set in London, and it communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894. Verloc, a Russian spy who is also working for the police, is ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAMLET This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUDE THE OBSCURE The story of a struggle between the flesh and the spirit. It concerns Jude Fawley, a young Wessex villager of exceptional promise, who goes to Oxford, contracts a loveless marriage and becomes embroiled in a doomed love affair with his cousin.. Author:HARDY, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TURN OF THE SCREW The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable housekeeper, while the children are beautiful and charming. But she soon begins to feel the presence of intense evil.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOBY DICK First published in Britain as "The Whale", and slightly later in New York, this novel is made up of 135 chapters, written in a variety of styles, from sailors's slang to biblical prophecy and Shakespearean rant.. Author:MELVILLE, HERMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN Huck, the disreputable boy in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", was beaten whenever his drunken father was sober enough to hold the strap. He was 14 when he got away from him, and met old Jim, also on the run. Together on a raft they tumbled in and out of experiences.. Author:TWAIN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING LEAR This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MANSFIELD PARK First published in 1814, this is a study of three families - the Bertrams, the Crawfords and the Prices - in which Jane Austen uses the unlikely heroine, Fanny Price, to explore the social and moral values by which these families' lives are ordered.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NORTHANGER ABBEY Portraying social life in fashionable Bath and centred around Catherine Morland, this novel ridicules the popular tales of romance and terror and contrasts with these the normal realities of life.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALE OF TWO CITIES George Woodcock proposes that this story was written at a point of crisis in Charles Dickens's life. The three main characters become projections of Dickens himself. The title suggests the basic dichotomy on which the novel rests: the choice between changing society and changing oneself.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MACBETH The brave warrior Macbeth allows himself to be persuaded by Lady Macbeth to slay good King Duncan and seize the throne of Scotland for himself. Macbeth achieves his ambition, but one murder proves not to be enough. Sinister supernatural forces are at work in this tragedy of guilt and retribution.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCARLET LETTER This classic of American literature is the tale of a passionate woman who challenges the system of moral authority and places belief in the higher law of her own heart. She is sternly judged by the puritans of her society, but viewed more ambiguously by the author himself.. Author:HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TREASURE ISLAND This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GULLIVER'S TRAVELS This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:SWIFT, JONATHAN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : ALICE IN WONDERLAND When Alice follows the White Rabbit down a hole, she enters a world of strange places and even stranger characters: Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee; the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse; the Duchess; and the Cheshire Cat.. Author:CARROLL, LEWIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS When Alice steps through the looking glass she enters a world of chess pieces and nursery-rhyme characters who behave very oddly. Humpty Dumpty, the Lion and the Unicorn, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the White Knight and the Red Queen - like everything through the looking glass - are "contrariwise".. Author:CARROLL, LEWIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FANNY HILL Published in 1748-9, this novel is a mocking parody of the warning moralism as seen in Defoe's novels. Rather than ending in misery, Fanny Hill rises from poverty to a middle-class existence as wife and mother via several stages of prostitution.. Author:CLELAND, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED BADGE OF COURAGE This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:CRANE, STEPHEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SILAS MARNER After he is wrongly accused of a crime and expelled from his community, weaver Silas Marner becomes a miser and a recluse. A strange sequence of events, and the appearance of a small child, transforms his life in this realistic tale of rural life, and symbolic drama of sin and repentance.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROMEO AND JULIET This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ASPERN PAPERS This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRISTMAS BOOKS "A CHRISTMAS CAROL","THE CHIMES","THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH" The classic tale by Charles Dickens of tight-fisted, cold-hearted Scrooge who undergoes a transformation at Christmas. The ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future guide Scrooge to a better knowledge of what Christmas truly means.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Amid the foggy streets of sinister London and the even more sinister countryside, Holmes and Watson once more solve the unsolvable. This book is a collection of stories, including - "A Scandal in Bohemia", "A Case of Identity", "The Red-Headed League" and "The Boscombe Valley Mystery".. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUNGLE BOOK From the moment a little naked cub wanders into the lair of Father Wolf and Mother Wolf to the moment when the master of the jungle returns to his own people, Mowgli's adventures comprise a fable of human life. Along with these stories are other animal tales.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OTHELLO This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KIDNAPPED The duality of Scottish life - the mercantile, "respectable" lowland Scot, as represented by David Balfour, and the romantic, rebellious highlander, Alan Breck Stewart - each feature in this book. The novel is detailed in extensive notes, with a Scots glossary to supplement Stevenson's own glosses.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGNES GREY "Agnes Grey" (1847) draws largely upon the author's unhappy experiences as a governess. It is the story of a rector's daughter who takes service as a governess and is ill-treated and lonely. She experiences kindness from no one but the curate, Mr Weston, whom she finally marries.. Author:BRONTE, ANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIRTY-NINE STEPS Richard Hannay gets caught up quite suddenly, on a dull London afternoon, in a situation of extreme danger. Before he knows what is happening he is the obvious suspect for a murder committed in his own flat, and has to go on the run to his native Scotland.. Author:BUCHAN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUST SO STORIES Distant lands, the beautiful gardens of splendid palaces, the sea, the jungle and its beasts, even the desert, are the exotic settings for these stories. Inspired by Kipling's natural empathy with the animal world the subjects range from the animals themselves to the origins of things.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CALL OF THE WILD This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:LONDON, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED TALES This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEMPEST This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA A huge marine animal which has haunted the seas is no living beast, but a man-made vessel, and three men find themselves the helpless prisoners of Captain Nemo. Resigned to their fate, they begin a miraculous journey on this submarine ship which can travel through waters never before explored.. Author:VERNE, JULES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE WOMEN The story of a year in the life of the March family. While their father is away in the Civil War, the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, and their mother, work hard to maintain a happy and peaceful home.. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIND IN THE WILLOWS The tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with the Water Rat instead of spring-cleaning, he discovers a new world. As well as the river and the Wild Wood, there is Toad's craze for fast travel which leads him and his friends on a whirl of trains, barges, gipsy caravans and motor cars and even into battle.. Author:GRAHAME, KENNETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING SOLOMON'S MINES This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:HAGGARD, R.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FABLES A collection of over two hundred familiar tales. It includes the best-known examples - the dog in the manger, the boy who cried wolf - and less familiar tales. Each fable has its own sharply pointed moral and individual cast of characters - animals and human.. Author:AESOP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRISONER OF ZENDA Rudolph Rassendyll's life is interrupted by his unexpected and personal involvement in the affairs of Ruritania whilst travelling through the town of Zenda. He is shortly on the way to Streslau, the capital, where he finds himself engaged in plans to rescue the imprisoned king.. Author:HOPE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE MEN IN A BOAT With the co-operation of several hampers of food and an open boat, three men (not forgetting the dog) set out on a hilarious voyage of mishaps up the Thames from Kingston to Oxford.. Author:JEROME, JEROME K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAPPY PRINCE These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents.. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:VERNE, JULES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAIRY TALES An anthology of Hans Anderson fairy tales and stories. It contains favourites such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Emperor's New Clothes".. Author:ANDERSEN, H.C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PETER PAN Written for a family of small boys with whom the author was closely involved, this story has all the ingredients of the classic adventure: crocodiles, pirates, Red Indians, fairies, a dauntless hero and a beautiful heroine.. Author:BARRIE, J.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIDDLE OF THE SANDS This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:CHILDERS, ERSKINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOONFLEET This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:FALKNER, JOHN MEADE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE MEN ON THE BUMMEL This is the sequel to "Three Men in a Boat" in which George, Harris and the narrator escape suburbia once again and take to the Black Forest.. Author:JEROME, JEROME K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUCK OF POOK'S HILL Two children, Dan and Una, acting out their version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", miraculously conjure up Puck himself. Small and as old as time itself, he brings back the past for them to witness. He re-creates a Roman centurion, a Renaissance craftsman and the villages of time gone by.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK BEAUTY During his long life, Black Beauty has many different owners who put him to a variety of tasks, from being a riding horse on a country estate to a cab horse in town. Despite often being subjected to cruelty, Black Beauty's strength, gentle temper and fine instincts stay with him throughout.. Author:SEWELL, ANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES This is a title in an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET GARDEN After the death of her parents, Mary is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child, to live in her uncle's great lonely house on the moors. Then one day she discovers the key to a secret garden and, like magic, her life begins to brighten in so many ways.. Author:BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES This title is part of a range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series.. Author:GRIMM, WILHELM GRIMM, JACOB. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE These tales form an introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. They aim to bring alive the power of "Hamlet" and "Othello", the fun of "As You Like It" and the drama of "Pericles" and convey Shakepeare's wit, wisdom and humanity, without losing the feel of his language.. Author:LAMB, CHARLES LAMB, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SONS AND LOVERS Living on the Nottinghamshire coalfields, the Morel family is beset with conflict. Gertrude, disillusioned with her inarticulate working class husband, pours her energies and aspirations into her son, Paul. Tensions develop when Paul falls in love and seeks to escape from his family ties.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOMEN IN LOVE This novel charts the relationships of Ursula Brangwen and her sister Gudrun (first introduced in "The Rainbow") with their lovers Rupert and and Gerald. Through a series of scenes Lawrence creates a critical vision of modern society and values.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAILWAY CHILDREN When father mysteriously has to go away for a time, three children and their mother leave London for the country. The children seek solace in the nearby railway station, making friends with Perks the porter and with the station master himself. But will their father ever return?. Author:NESBIT, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ This is the complete and unabridged story in which Dorothy, together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the cowardly Lion, makes her journey along the Yellow Brick Road in search of the wonderful wizard.. Author:BAUM, L.FRANK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAISY MILLER One of Henry James's most popular stories. Daisy Miller travels to Europe with her wealthy mother and, in her innocence and audacity, offends convention and seems to compromise her reputation.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN This collection contains Oscar Wilde's five best-known plays, including: "Lady Windermere's Fan", his first great stage success; "A Woman Of No Importance"; "An Ideal Husband"; and "The Importance Of Being Earnest".. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Filled with the colour and theatrical spectacle of the Paris Opera House at the turn of the century, and the ageless fascination of love transformed into murderous obsession, this is a classic work of mystery and suspense.. Author:LEROUX, GASTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MADAME BOVARY The central character of this story is the bored wife of a provincial doctor whose desires and illusions are shattered. The author vents his profound contempt for the bourgeois mentality, but betrays a certain sympathy for the human frailty of Emma Bovary.. Author:FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRIME AND PUNISHMENT From this book's opening pages, Dostoyevsky attaches us unreservedly to his hero, creating an intimacy that is claustrophobic, full of tension, and as haunting and relentless as a love affair. The novel is concerned with the psychology of a crime and the processes of guilt.. Author:DOSTOEVSKY, F.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOOD WIVES When "Little Women" came to its last chapter Meg was engaged and the other three March girls, Beth, Jo and Amy, were at the threshold of young-womanhood. "Good Wives" opens three years later, with Meg and her family happily preparing for her marriage to John Brooke.. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEIDI This is the classic story of Heidi, an unwanted child who finds love and happiness against all the odds.. Author:SPYRI, JOHANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EUROPEANS Eugenia is the morganatic wife of a German prince who is repudiated by her husband in favour of a state marriage. With her artist brother Felix she goes to Boston to live with relatives whom she has never seen before, with hopes of making a wealthy marriage.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES The ancient legend of the Baskervilles has persisted in the family history for generations. It is Sir Charles's mysterious death in the grounds of Baskerville Hall that brings Sherlock Holmes to the scene of one of his most famous and intriguing cases.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS This title is part of an inexpensive range of classics in the "Penguin Popular Classics" series. It contains a selection of the poetry of Robert Burns.. Author:BURNS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREYFRIARS BOBBY This tells the story of the little Skye terrier who, for 14 years, returned every night to the shepherd's grave in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, so dearly had he loved his master.. Author:ATKINSON, ELEANOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGE OF INNOCENCE Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of Newland Archer, engaged to be married to May Welland.. Author:WHARTON, EDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANTERBURY TALES One spring day, 30 pilgrims set off from an inn in Southwark for a shrine in Canterbury. The inn keeper offers a free dinner, on their return, to the person who can tell the best story. So begins an assortment of tales from such varied characters as the Knight, the Wife of Bath and the Miller.. Author:CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. DALLOWAY The action in this novel is restricted to the events of one day in central London, punctuated by the chimes of Big Ben. It is a richly-textured impression of the cross-currents of sophisticated social life.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME The story of Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre-Dame cathedral and his devotion to the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda. When the demented archdeacon Frollo sets out to abduct Esmeralda, he uses Quasimodo to do the evil deed on his behalf. However, Quasimodo turns from captor to saviour.. Author:HUGO, VICTOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN This autobiographical novel by Joyce describes the development of Stephen Dedalus (who reappears in "Ulysses" in a slightly different incarnation) from his early boyhood.. Author:JOYCE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE PRINCESS When Sara Crewe is sent back from India to school in England, she appears to have everything; not just wealth, but a loving heart and a quick imagination. But circumstances change, and when poverty strikes, it is difficult to cope.. Author:BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ AND OTHER STORIES These stories capture the spirit of the Jazz generation, and include "The Rich Boy", "The Cut Glass Bowl" and "An Alcoholic Case". All of them reveal a glittering society where failure, despair and madness threaten behind the music and laughter.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPIRITS OF THE DEAD A selection of tales and poems written by Edgar Allan Poe, from the macabre and horrifying to the humorous or purely descriptive. Entries include "Lenore", "The Mystery of Marie Roget", "The City in the Sea" and "The Raven".. Author:POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE An audacious drama of social scandal which centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret.. Author:WILDE, OSCAR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PORTRAIT OF A LADY The story centres on Isabel Archer, an attractive American whom circumstances have brought to Europe. Isabel refuses the offer of marriage to an English peer and to a bulldog-like New Englander, to fall victim to a worthless and spiteful man, who marries her for her fortune and ruins her life.. Author:JAMES, HENRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING One of Shakespeare's greatest comedies, from the rhetoric of Leonato's opening lines to Benedick's last pun. The variety ranges from Dogberry's anxiety to be "writ down as an ass", to the sentiment in Claudio's penance - yet it is Beatrice and Benedick who carry off the prize in the end.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEASURE FOR MEASURE While temporarily governing Vienna, Angelo sentences Claudio to death for making his betrothed Julietta pregnant. When Claudio's sister Isabella - a novice nun - begs for his release, the seemingly virtuous Angelo offers to spare his life only if Isabella will consent to be his mistress.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIS LAST BOW Dr Watson once again opens his portfoliio to reveal eight strange cases solved by the keen intellect of the master detective. They range from murdering and kidnapping to theft and treachery - though on one occasion it is Holmes and Watson who commit the crime of burglery.. Author:DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATHER BROWN STORIES A collection of seven tales taken from the "Father Brown" books. Father Brown's cherubic face and unworldly simplicity, his glasses and huge umbrella, belie an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind.. Author:CHESTERTON, G.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TENDER IS THE NIGHT Dick and Nicole Diver are handsome and rich, their dinners are legendary, their atmosphere magnetic. But Nicole has a secret and Dick has a weakness. Together they crash their lives on the rocks and only one of them really survives. Fitzgerald distilled much of his own married life into this novel.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ARABIAN NIGHTS A selection of passages from "The Arabian Knights.". Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GERMAN PHRASE BOOK Convenient, portable, inexpensive, this phrase book includes a comprehension guide and clear and concise definitions.. Author:HITCHIN, UTE NORMAN, JILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MISERABLES Out of extreme poverty Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread and then spends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years he rises socially and is a respectable member of society; but policeman Javert will not allow him to forget his past and is determined to expose him.. Author:HUGO, VICTOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANDIDE This tale begins with the hero, Candide, being expelled from the Westphalian castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh for making love to the Baron's daughter, Cunegonde. So begins a series of disastrous misadventures on a fantastic odyssey for Candide, Cunegonde and Dr Pangloss.. Author:VOLTAIRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROMEO AND JULIET Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Romeo and Juliet" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CORIOLANUS "The New Penguin Shakespeare" offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume has been newly prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MACBETH Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Macbeth" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OTHELLO Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Othello" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING HENRY V Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Henry V" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TAMING OF THE SHREW Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "The Taming of the Shrew" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWELFTH NIGHT Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Twelfth Night" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEMPEST Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "The Tempest" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AS YOU LIKE IT Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "As You Like It" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEASURE FOR MEASURE Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Measure for Measure" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" which offers a complete edition of the plays and poems by Shakespeare. Each volume has been prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING RICHARD II "The New Penguin Shakespeare" offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume has been prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "All's Well That Ends Well" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING HENRY VIII Extensive critical and historical commentaries accompany Shakespeare's tragedy of the life of the English king.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMEDY OF ERRORS Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series which offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume has been prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "The Merry Wives of Windsor" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING JOHN An edition of Shakespeare's "King John" which includes a lengthy introduction, an extensive commentary and suggested further reading.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERICLES "The New Penguin Shakespeare" offers a complete edition of the plays and poems. Each volume has been newly prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Romeo and Juliet" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING HENRY VI Prepared from the original texts, this book has an introduction, a list of further reading, a full and helpful commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play. This series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING HENRY VI This edition of Shakespeare's "Henry VI: Part Three" includes an introduction, an extensive commentary and suggestions for further reading.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST One of Shakespeare's earliest works, this play is about King of Navarre and three of his lords who have sworn for three years to keep away from women and to live studying and fasting. The volume contains the play, a list of further reading and an account of the problems of the play.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Offers a complete edition of the play. Each volume in the series has been prepared from the original texts and includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a full and commentary, and a short account of the textual problems of the play.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CYMBELINE . Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TITUS ANDRONICUS An Elizabethan revenge tragedy and the first of Shakespeare's Roman plays. Titus Andronicus returns to Rome, bringing with him Queen Tamora and her three sons, the eldest of whom is sacrificed to avenge his own sons' deaths. There follows a drama of torture, mutilation, rape, cannibalism and death.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FITZGERALD'S "GREAT GATSBY" . Author:PARKINSON, KATHLEEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEN SHORT STORIES . Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAL Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, this is a haunting love story in a land where tenderness and innoncence can only flicker briefly in the dark.. Author:MACLAVERTY, BERNARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIDE SARGASSO SEA Antoinette Cosway is a Creole heiress living in Jamaica, who meets and marries a young Englishman, Mr Rochester. Taken from the vibrant, sensual Caribbean landscape to England, Antoinette finds herself the centre of disturbing rumours which gradually posion her husband's mind against her.. Author:RHYS, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF PETER RABBIT AND OTHER FAVOURITE TALES COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED Contains "The Adventures of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny", "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies", "The Tale of Mr Tod", "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" and "The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes".. Author:POTTER, BEATRIX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF TOM KITTEN AND OTHER FAVOURITE TALES COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED Contains "The Tale of Tom Kitten", "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck", and "The Tale of Ginger and Pickles".. Author:POTTER, BEATRIX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE AND FRIENDS AND OTHER FAVOURITE TALES COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED Contains "The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle", "The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher", "The Tale of Two Bad Mice" and "The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse".. Author:POTTER, BEATRIX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MIDDLEMARCH This classic novel is set in the provincial town of Middlemarch, Loamshire, during the years of the agitation immediately preceding the first Reform Bill. It has a multiple plot, with several interlocking sets of characters.. Author:ELIOT, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WUTHERING HEIGHTS Published in 1848, this is the dark story of Catherine Earnshaw and the swarthy Heathcliff - recording the progress of their love.. Author:BRONTE, EMILY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSUASION This is a tale of love and marriage, told with the irony, insight and just evaluation of human conduct which sets the author's novels apart. But the heroine - like the author - is more mature; the tone of the writing is more sombre.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SENSE AND SENSIBILITY This story centres on two strikingly different sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Its central theme explores the different ways in which they are affected by the distances and secrets that separate them from their closest acquaintances and from the men they love.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMMA Emma Woodhouse dominates this novel as she believed herself to dominate her little world of Highbury. Her progress through the mismanagement of other people's affairs to the crisis and resolution of her own, is a whole comedy of self-deceit and self-discovery.. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN BOOK OF GHOST STORIES Eight classic ghost stories have been included in this audiocassette, including "Angeline, or the Haunted House" by Emile Zola, "The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce and "My Adventure in Norfolk" by A.J. Alan.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALE OF TWO CITIES This novel captures the essence of the French Revolution. Swept up in the tide of cruelty and bloodshed are Charles Darney, the innocent victim, and Sidney Carton, his disreputable double. Linked by their love for the same woman, fate hurls them into the dangers of Paris.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOBY DICK This is the tale of Captain Ahab's search for Moby Dick, the great white whale responsible for the loss of one of his legs. Among his crew is Ishmael who recounts the story of the doomed ship and tells of his gruelling rites of passage and the salvation he receives.. Author:MELVILLE, HERMANN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRISTMAS CAROL COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED Tells the story of Scrooge who is transported through time to the Christmases of his childhood, of his present and of the future.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MANSFIELD PARK This is an audio version of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park".. Author:AUSTEN, JANE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD From his boyhood at the knee of his nurse Peggotty, to the cruelties of Salem House Academy and his youthful adoration of Dora Spenlow, David Copperfield learns about life, love and the world. His path to maturity is filled with memorable characters - the Micawbers, Uriah Heep and Steerforth.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES PARKER, NATHANIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JANE EYRE This is an audiobook version of "Jane Eyre". The novel focuses on the romance between Jane and Rochester, but Bronte clearly reveals a feminist message through a heroine arguing for sexual equality and refusing to adhere fully to the restrictive expectations of early Victorian society.. Author:BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUMPOLE AND THE ANGEL OF DEATH Horace Rumpole is the scourge of the British legal establishment, whose adventures have seen him almost thrown from the bench in disgrace. Here are six tales of the cigar-smoking, Wordsworth-loving, brusqe but kind-hearted Rumpole, presented on audiocassette.. Author:MORTIMER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WUTHERING HEIGHTS This is the story of the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan brought into her family by her father. Mistreated by Hindley Earnshaw, Heathcliff takes his revenge on all the Earnshaws and the Linton family into which Catherine marries.. Author:BRONTE, EMILY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH SHORT STORIES 1950 TO THE PRESENT DAY This collection of stories includes work by some of the most popular writers of the 20th century.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS This is T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats".. Author:ELIOT, T.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LORD OF THE FLIES This is an audio version of William Golding's "Lord of the Flies", the story of a group of boys left to their own resources on an island. Through their destructive behaviour, Golding criticizes human actions and the violence of the 20th century.. Author:GOLDING, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY NAME ESCAPES ME Over the last few years Sir Alec Guinness has been keeping a diary, small portions of which have been appearing in the "Spectator". The diary is the basis of this tape, though Guinness has taken the opportunity to go back and expand and revise his entries.. Author:GUINNESS, ALEC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEACEFUL RETIREMENT As Miss Read greets retirement she is determined to prove wrong those friends who doubt her abilities to cope alone. But lazy days are not to be had for sometime yet as Henry Mawne has had some trouble with his new wife and tries to gain Miss Read's sympathy, with acrimonious results.. Author:"READ, MISS". Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAREWELL TO FAIRACRE Miss Read, having enjoyed good health and happiness throughout her career, looks forward to an energetic retirement. To her dismay she is taken ill and is forced to consider giving up her post as soon as possible. But there is much more to cope with other than illness.. Author:"READ, MISS". Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE The memoirs of the actor Sir Alec Guinness. The tape includes accounts of Guinness's film career, religious beliefs and war experiences.. Author:GUINNESS, ALEC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNA KARENINA This is the story of a fashionable woman who abandons husband, son and social position for a passionate liaison. The novel also features the character Levin, a true reflection of Tolstoy himself and his tortured search for the meaning of life.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAR AND PEACE Tolstoy's epic story of a nation plagued by the ravages of war. A social and historical portrayal of the early 1800s and of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The tale is centred around the joys and misfortunes of the Rostov family.. Author:TOLSTOY, LEO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUNGLE BOOK Tells of the classic adventures of Mowgli, growing up in the jungle with wolves as foster parents, Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther as friends and Shere Khan the tiger as his mortal enemy.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUST SO STORIES UNABRIDGED This collection of stories reveals the origins of the beasts of the sea, the jungle, the desert and even of the palaces of the East. It tells how the elephant got his trunk, how the leopard got his spots and how the humble butterfly caused an uproar by stamping his foot.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES OF ANCIENT EGYPT From the formation of the Sphinx to the search for the mystical book of Thoth, this is a collection of stories that retell the legends of Ancient Egypt.. Author:GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TALES OF THE GREEK HEROES This audiobook includes the tales of Perseus, who killed the Gorgon Medusa, Jason, who brought home the Golden Fleece, Heracles, who undertook the Twelve Labours and Theseus, who slew the Minotaur.. Author:GREEN, ROBERT LANCELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE Roger Lancelyn Green's retelling captures all the excitement of the Arthurian legends - the black magic, evil deeds and the chivalry of knighthood.. Author:GREEN, ROGER LANCELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK BEAUTY The adventures, disappointments and joys of a horse's life are the subject of "Black Beauty", perhaps the most loved animal story ever written. Black Beauty himself is a marvellous animal: sweet tempered but strong, spirited but with fine instincts.. Author:SEWELL, ANNA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAIRY TALES UNABRIDGED A collection of 18 stories by Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Steadfast Tin Soldier".. Author:ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN LEWIS, NAOMI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNE OF GREEN GABLES When Anne Shirley "erupts" into their lives, the Cuthberts little guess how fond they will become of the skinny orphan. Both entertained and exasperated by her constant chatter and imaginings, they soon find it hard to remember what Green Gables was like without its irrepressible adopted daughter.. Author:MONTGOMERY, L.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAILWAY CHILDREN When father has to go away for a time, the three children and their mother leave their London house and go to live in a small house in the country. They seek solace in the nearby railway station, making friends with Perks the porter and with the Station Master himself. But where is father?. Author:NESBIT, EDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALICE IN WONDERLAND What wonderful adventures Alice has when she follows the white rabbit down the rabbit-hole. She meets the grinning Cheshire Cat and has tea with the Mad Hatter. She avoids losing her head and plays croquet using a flamingo as a mallet. It is a day she will never forget.. Author:CARROLL, LEWIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIZARD OF OZ UNABRIDGED When a cyclone hits her home in Kansas, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves in the magical land of Oz. Determined to return home, they follow the Yellow Brick Road which will lead to the wizard who may help. On the way she encounters the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion.. Author:BAUM, L.FRANK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE WOMEN ABRIDGED Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth are four young women enduring hardships and sharing adventures in Civil War New England. As they progress towards womanhood, the four very different characters strive to achieve their personal ambitions in love, in work and in family life. Each learns important lessons.. Author:ALCOTT, LOUISA M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IRON MAN UNABRIDGED Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the world.. Author:HUGHES, TED. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRISTMAS CAROL A talking book, unabridged version of Dickens' classic tale of the miserly Scrooge who, on being visited by the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, decides to change his ways for the better.. Author:DICKENS, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOODNIGHT MR. TOM Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the 2nd World War. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley, but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London.. Author:MAGORIAN, MICHELLE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WATERSHIP DOWN A group of rabbits reluctantly abandon their home warren when one of them, Fiver, who has second sight, predicts a terrible disaster. Many exciting and terrifying adventures follow as the resourceful band, led by Hazel, embark on their epic journey in search of a new home.. Author:ADAMS, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORLD OF BEATRIX POTTER THE ADVENTURES OF PETER RABBIT AND OTHER FAVOURITE TALES This volume includes "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny", "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies", "The Tale of Mr Tod", "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin", "The Story of Miss Moppet", "Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes", "The Tale of Tommy Tiptoes", and "The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit".. Author:POTTER, BEATRIX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CARRIE'S WAR Carrie and her brother are evacuated to Wales and to the home of the bullying Mr Evans. At first very unhappy, they discover great warmth when they visit Albert at Druid's Bottom, where they meet Hepzibah Green and Mister Johnny. When things go wrong, Carrie takes matters into her own hands.. Author:BAWDEN, NINA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIVE CHILDREN AND IT Robert, Anthea, Jane, Cyril and their baby brother, "the Lamb", are left to stay in the country while their parents are away. They discover the Psammead, a sand fairy, brown and hairy, with bat's ears and snail's eyes, and the power to grant wishes, but only reluctantly.. Author:BOND, SAMANTHA NESBIT, E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN THE FRAME Arriving to spend the weekend with his cousin Donald, artist Charles Todd steps into a terrifying scenario. Donald's wife Regina has been brutally murdered and the house ransacked. Among the missing valuables is a painting by Sir Alfred Munnings.. Author:FRANCIS, DICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOOF! Eric is a perfectly ordinary boy - until one night when he turns into a dog! Eric and his best friend Roy have many adventures through their joint efforts to puzzle out the reason for Eric's transformation.. Author:AHLBERG, ALLAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUNDRED-MILE-AN-HOUR-DOG UNABRIDGED Streaker is no ordinary dog - she's a rocket on two legs with a woof attached. Trevor's sure there must be a way to keep her under control and has got until the end of the holidays to train her. If he fails, he'll lose his bet with horrible Charlie Smugg and something very nasty will happen.. Author:STRONG, JEREMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BY HEART This collection of poetry is dedicated to the memorizing of poetry. A short introduction explains how, and the body of the work is 101 great poems spanning 4 centuries and ranging from Shakespeare and Keats through to Auden and Heaney.. Author:HUGHES, TED. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE MEN IN A BOAT Overworked, and needing a rest, three men, a dog, several hampers of food and an open boat set out on an hilarious voyage of mishaps up the Thames. When his characters are not falling in the river and getting lost in Hampton Court maze, Jerome K. Jerome finds time to express his ideas.. Author:JEROME, JEROME K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ART OF TRAVEL Calling upon such guides as Hopper, Flaubert and Ruskin, Alain de Botton accompanies us on an eye-opening and entertaining tour of the philosophical questions behind our desire to travel - and the capricious nature of our thoughts and emotions when we do.. Author:BOTTON, ALAIN DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN AUDIOBOOK OF FIVE-MINUTE STORIES UNABRIDGED A collection of nineteen five-minute stories. This anthology contains a mixture of old and new, including Perrault's "Little Red Riding Hood", Mahy's "Horrendoes Hullabaloo" and King-Smith's "Blessu".. Author:MAHY, MARGARET AHLBERG, ALLAN KING-SMITH, DICK GERAS, ADELE ROSEN, MICHAEL ALLEN, LINDA FRENCH, VIVIAN ET AL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF STORIES FOR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS UNABRIDGED This collection of stories includes the tale of Eric and his elephant, of the hungry hedgehog who decides to eat hamburgers, the Indian king who never takes a bath and the little girl who yearns for a special pair of trainers. These and all their companions are stories to enjoy alone, or to share.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF STORIES FOR SIX-YEAR-OLDS UNABRIDGED Containing funny tales, like the one about Judy who finds a Martian at the supermarket, and legends, like the story of Prometheus and Pandora and a great many more unforgettable characters, both animal and human, this tape should keep young listeners entertained for hours.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF STORIES FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS UNABRIDGED Meet the princess in the tower block, eager to escape from frogs and princes in tights, or Horrid Henry who hates everything and everybody, and the odd man who wishes he could cry like he did when he was young. Finally, hear about the wonderful day when children are teachers and adults are pupils.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUFFIN BOOK OF STORIES FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS UNABRIDGED This is a collection of stories that feature Rohan who has a magic pencil and a rubber, Tommy and his enchanted barley-sugar, the little girl who saves the white bears, and the West Wind who gives Laura a very special necklace.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STIG OF THE DUMP ABRIDGED Barney has found a wonderful place to play - the dump near his granny's home. One day the ground gives way and Barney finds himself in a cave in the middle of the dump and that's where he meets Stig. Stig is living wild and has a lot to learn from Barney, but equally he has a lot to teach him.. Author:KING, CLIVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Charlie Bucket finds a Golden Ticket which wins him a whole day at Willie Wonka's chocolate factory. The magical day ends when Charlie is given the factory and goes in the Great Glass Elevator to collect his family and to take them to their new home.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH James has lived with his two beastly aunts ever since the day his parents were eaten up outside London Zoo by an angry escaped rhinoceros. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker are really horrible people. They make James do all the hard work and make his life a misery. Then something very peculiar happens.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DANNY, THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD Danny's father had looked after him ever since his mother had died when he was just four months old. Danny loved his father, and his father loved him, and that's why Danny was so surprised to discover that his father had a secret that was to lead them both into a wild scheme.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RHYME STEW UNABRIDGED A collection of poems for children and adults in audiobook form, which includes Dahl's version of "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary".. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENORMOUS CROCODILE UNABRIDGED The Enormous Crocodile boasts that he is going to eat a child for lunch and he sets out to trick all the children in his attempts for food. But his plots and disguises are foiled by the animals in the jungle - especially by Trunky, the elephant.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GEORGE'S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE UNABRIDGED George has a grizzly old Grandma with revolting eating habits. When he can't stand her any longer, George decides to cure her nastiness for good. He concocts a very special medicine which is as nasty as she is - with explosive results.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIRTY BEASTS UNABRIDGED This collection of poems introduces a menagerie of comic animals. Meet the poor toad that jumps to France - at his own peril; the pig who ponders on the meaning of life; the anteater who gets the wrong end of the stick; and the porcupine with it's painful prickles.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAGIC FINGER UNABRIDGED The little girl in this story is unusual. When someone makes her angry, and when she just can't stop herself, she zaps a punishment on them with a magic, flashing finger.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REVOLTING RHYMES UNABRIDGED A collection of comic and often gory versions of popular fairy tales. Meet Cinderella, a young woman who wants to marry a nice ordinary man; and Goldilocks, that house-breaker who gobbles up your porridge and then breaks up the Chippendale.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME UNABRIDGED What else could a giraffe with an extending neck, a pelican with an expanding beak and an athletic little monkey be but The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company? When this trio are invited to clean all the 677 windows belonging to the Duke of Hampshire, it is no wonder that they have adventures.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR In this sequel to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Charlie, his parents and grandparents and Willy Wonka, find themselves travelling through space in the Great Glass Elevator. Their adventures include an attack by the dreaded Vermicious Knids.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MATILDA 5 year old Matilda really wants her parents to be loving and caring but they are none of these things. Matilda invents a game of punishing them each time they treat her badly and she soon discovers she has supernatural powers.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GEORGE'S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE DRAMATISATION George has a grizzly grandmother with revolting eating habits. When he can't stand her any longer, George decides to cure her nastiness for good. He concocts a special medicine which is as nasty as she is, with explosive results.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FANTASTIC MR. FOX DRAMATISATION Boggis, Bunce and Bean are the nastiest and meanest farmers you could meet, and they hate Mr Fox. They are determined to get him, and lie in wait outside his home, ready to shoot, starve or dig him out. But handsome, clever Mr Fox has other plans.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BFG DRAMATISATION A fully dramatized recording of the story of a special friendship between a little girl, Sophie, and the Big Friendly Giant. Having been snatched by the BFG Sophie discovers that he is far more jumbly than his child-eating neighbours. Sophie and BFG decide to rid the world of the hungry giants.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DANNY, THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD DRAMATISATION Danny's father had looked after him ever since his mother had died when he was just four months old. Danny loved his father, and his father loved him, and that's why Danny was so surprised to discover that his father had a secret that was to lead them both into a wild scheme.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WITCHES A real witch gets the same pleasure from squelching a child as you get from eating a plateful of strawberries and cream. What's even more unnerving is that real witches don't look like witches. So how can you tell when you meet one? This story reveals all about a most gruesome gang of witches.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PETER PAN One night Peter Pan flies into the nursery of Wendy, John and Michael, and transports them to the world of Neverland. Here they meet the Lost Boys, the impudent fairy Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily, beautiful chief of the Redskins, and the fearsome and merciless Captain Hook.. Author:BARRIE, J.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHOENIX AND THE CARPET Five children discover an enchanted egg in an old carpet. When it hatches in their special aromatic fire, a golden phoenix is brought to life. Between the phoenix, dormant for centuries, and the carpet, the children embark on some magical adventures.. Author:FERRIS, PAM NESBIT, EDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH James Henry Trotter is not used to having fun - until he accidentally grows an enormous peach. Leaving behind him his miserable aunts, Spiker and Sponge, James is soon hurtling along in a giant peach. With his new, strange and wonderful friends, James is having the adventure of a lifetime.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : MATILDA Matilda is a very clever little girl. Very clever. But her parents and her headmistress have no time for all that, and they make Matilda very cross. So cross, in fact, that she discovers she has a magical power that she can put to very good use on some very unpleasant deserving people.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR "Higher and higher rushed the great glass elevator until soon they could see the countries and oceans of the earth spread out below them like a map". When Willy Wonka takes Charlie up in the elevator, things go wildly wrong. The elevator zooms them into a wonderful adventure.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BFG One night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a Big Friendly Giant who carries her away to Giant Country. But not all giants are so friendly. Luckily for Sophie, her giant lives on snozzcumbers, and together they set off to rid the world of the greedy, child-eating giants.. Author:DAHL, ROALD. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PSYCHOLOGY AT WORK Reflecting contemporary developments in psychology as well as society in general, topics in this text range from skill and workload, shiftwork, personnel selection, to training and careers. It also includes the effects of new technology, leadership and management, and job stress and well-being.. Author:WARR, PETER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THINKS... Ralph Messenger is an academic star of language and thought research, Helen Reed is a novelist teaching creative writing to help her overcome her husband's death. Despite huge differences in belief and temperament they begin an affair that has both tragic and comic consequences.. Author:LODGE, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORDINARY MEN This volume takes as its basis the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in detail its composition, its actions and the methods by which it was trained to perform acts of genocide on an industrial scale.. Author:BROWNING, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN GUIDE TO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS This book should prove an easy to use and accessible self-help handbook on employment rights. Designed to have as broad appeal as possible, it will be both authoritative and topical. The emphasis is on presenting readers with their rights in jargon-free, plain English.. Author:BELITZ, HINA CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, DOMINIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUR STREET A companion volume to O'Neill's previous work, 'My East End', this book focuses exclusively on the oral testimony of East Londoners as they tell their own funny, sad, hopeful and sometimes shocking stories of what it was like to live in our street.. Author:O'NEILL, GILDA. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : POINTING FROM THE GRAVE In 1984 a young British DNA scientist was sexually assaulted in her San Francisco cottage. A year later, and hundreds of miles away, she was brutally murdered. The alleged rapist was the only suspect, but he could not be linked to the crime until 15 years later when the newest DNA techniques provided a vital clue.. Author:WEINBERG, SAMANTHA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HACKERS With profiles of Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club, and more, this book captures a seminal moment when the risk takers and explorers were poised to conquer 20th-century America's last frontier. And, in the Internet age, "the hacker ethic" - espoused here - is alive and well.. Author:LEVY, STEVEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE PELICAN SHAKESPEARE This edition of Shakespeare's complete works aims to combine accessibility with scholarship. Each play or poetry collection has an introduction which includes textual and literary-historical issues and there are same-page notes for ease of reference.. Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT This guide takes you beyond the hype, tackling the contextual background of this communist country along with the everyday realities for both visitors and residents, as well as its vibrant arts and entertainment scenes.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIEGE Leningrad, September 1941. German tanks surround the city, imprisoning those who live there. The besieged people of Leningrad face shells, starvation and the Russian winter. Interweaving two love affairs in two generations, this novel draws us into the Levin's family struggle to stay alive.. Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TROUBLESOME WORDS A revised edition of the dictionary that provides a straightforward guide to the pitfalls and hotly disputed issues in written English. The entries are discussed with wit and common sense, and illustrated with examples of questionable usage.. Author:BRYSON, BILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHOW ME THE MAGIC This is a travel book about Dahomey (Benin) - an inhospitable country in Africa where corruption is rife and where Catholicism shares a place with Gri Gri, the local Voodoo. From the arid north to the colourful south, Annie experiences the country from the back seat of a taxi.. Author:CAULFIELD, ANNIE. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : HOUSE UNLOCKED A memoir of a house in Somerset - Golsoncott - which the author's grandparents bought in 1923, and which stayed in the family until 1975. Penelope Lively traces the history of the house, its inhabitants and, in doing so, charts social and cultural changes over the 20th century.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT This novel introduces the Price family - matriarch Viola, her sometimes-husband Cecil, and their four adult kids, each of whom sees life - and one another - through thick and thin, and entirely on their own terms.. Author:MCMILLAN, TERRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DISCOVERIES . Author:THOMAS, NICHOLAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOLDFINGER A friendly game of two-handed canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked and a beautiful girl ends up dead. In Bond's first encounter with Auric Goldfinger - the world's cleverest, cruellest criminal, useful lessons are learned.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER Tiffany Case stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa via London to the States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted. Bond is in real danger until help comes from an unlikely quarter.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DR.NO M called this case a soft option. Bond can't quite agree. The tropical island is luxurious, the seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing. But they are both part of the empire of Dr No. His obsession is power, and his gifts are pain-shaped.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE SMERSH is the Soviet organ of vengeance, of interrogation, torture and death. James Bond is dedicated to the destruction of its agents wherever he finds them. Then the cold eye of SMERSH focuses on Bond and far away in Moscow a trap is laid for him.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN James Bond is set up to kill M in his office in London. This is just the beginning of a struggle between Bond and Scaramanga, the one they call "the man with the golden gun".. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOR YOUR EYES ONLY The destruction of a Russian hideout at SHAPE headquarters near Paris; the planned assassination of a Cuban thug in America; the tracking of a heroin ring from Rome to Venice and beyond; for Bond it is just routine. For anyone else - certain death.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE When Ernst Stavro Blofeld brutally murdered the girl whom James Bond had married only hours before, the zest for life went out of Bond. He went to pieces, was even on the verge of becoming a security risk. M, however, was persuaded to give him one last chance.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE High in the Swiss Alps, a man hunts respectability with all the cunning that made him Europe's most ruthless criminal. Nothing is to stand in Ernst Stavro Blofeld's way, certainly not 007.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOONRAKER The club where James Bond is asked to settle a dispute over ungentlemanly behaviour is embarrassed. The accused is the unimpeachable Sir Hugo Drax, head of the multi-million-pound Moonraker missile programme on which Britain's future depends.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THUNDERBALL James Bond is in disgrace. His monthly medical report is critical of the high living that is ruining his health, and M packs him off for a fortnight to a nature-cure clinic to be tuned-up to his former pitch of exceptional fitness.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPY WHO LOVED ME A beautiful girl with a sensual past, Vivienne Michell is different from all the women Bond has known before. When she is confronted with two evil killers there is only one man who can save her - Bond himself.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS M looked coldly across the desk. It was going to be dirty work and Bond had been chosen for it. "You've got to kill this sniper. And you've got to kill him before he gets Agent 272. Is that understood?" So, it was to be murder.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKING SENSE OF THE TROUBLES The Troubles rolled grimly on in Northern Ireland for almost 30 years from until the onset of the current shaky peace process. This is a written history of The Troubles from the inception of Northern Ireland in the 1920s up to the present day.. Author:MCKITTRICK, DAVID MCVEA, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HONEYCOTE The Liddiards have lived at Honeycote House for generations. But all that might be about to change. Mickey Liddiard has several problems. Unknown to his wife Lucy, his business is in debt, his drinking is out of control and he is having an affair.. Author:HENRY, VERONICA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKING HAY Set in the picturesque village of Honeycote, this novel follows the lives and loves of its inhabitants and is filled with love triangles, deceit, broken hearts and secrets.. Author:HENRY, VERONICA. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : LOGIC If someone supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. Assuming no prior knowledge, the author takes the reader through varying logical expressions. Mathematically adventurous readers will find optional sections introducing challenging material.. Author:HODGES, WILFRID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFTER NATURE Three men walk the pages of this work: painter Mathias Grunewald, botanist G.W. Steller and W.G. Sebald himself. Written as a prose poem in three parts, it delves into each of these lives, teasing out the uncertainties of the past and revealing the burden that history places on our shoulders.. Author:SEBALD, W.G. (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAPPY DAYS WITH THE NAKED CHEF Jamie Oliver is one of Britain's best-loved chefs; he has made cooking interesting and accessible. He believes in getting the most out of ingredients and making tasty, easy, sociable food with the minimum of fuss. 'Happy Days' is filled with recipes for different occasions.. Author:OLIVER, JAMIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT This second volume of the "Time Out Book of London Walks" features over 40 walks, with detailed instructions, maps and recommendations on where to eat and drink along the way.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTHENTIC GOSPEL OF JESUS A religious scholar reassesses the life and teachings of Jesus Christ through an analysis of biblical texts and associated Jewish and early Christian texts to provide a revolutionary portrait of Jesus. Original.. Author:VERMES, GEZA. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PERFECT ARRANGEMENT The Goldman-Cook family - talented, handsome and fortunate - hires a live-in nanny who appears to be perfect: everybody loves her - at first. However, as the novel unwinds, so does the promising new household arrangement. Just who can you trust with your children?. Author:BERNE, SUZANNE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUMPOLE RESTS HIS CASE Horace Rumpole, one of the finest barristers ever to defend a client, weaves his way elegantly among the intricacies of the courtroom and the human heart, only to find that advancing years catch up with even the most indomitable spirit.. Author:MORTIMER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PANTS ON FIRE When Georgia Abbot's fiance cheats on her she leaves her humdrum life in London for a job at "Glow" magazine in Sydney, Australia. At first things seem promising, as she's swept up in a whirl of parties, dancing and debauchery. But Australian men are - oh dear - starting to look all too familiar.. Author:ALDERSON, MAGGIE. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : MORTDECAI TRILOGY Charlie Mortdecai is a louche art dealer with some dubious friends in the London underworld and connections to the British upper classes. He features in these three black-comedy thrillers originally published in the 1970s.. Author:BONFIGLIOLI, KYRIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT MORTDECAI MOUSTACHE MYSTERY Charlie Mordecai finds himself embroiled in another mission of international insecurity, as he goes from adventure to misadventure via Jersey and Moscow to a final showdown in a Buckinghamshire bungalow of unparalleled hideousness. He tackles a sprinkling of academics en route.. Author:BONFIGLIOLI, KYRIL BROWN, CRAIG. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST ESCAPE As World War II drew to a close, hundreds of thousands of British and American prisoners of war, held in camps in Nazi-occupied Europe, faced the prospect that they would never get home alive. "The Last Escape" is told through the testimony of those heroic men.. Author:RENNELL, TONY NICHOL, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LEARNING TO FLY From the time when, as an eight-year-old girl, she saw the movie "Fame", Victoria wanted to be a star. This autobiography follows her journey from lonely teenager to international star. It is both a story of tenderness and the threats and lies which have often turned the dream into a nightmare.. Author:BECKHAM, VICTORIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VILLA, THE LAKE, THE MEETING This text presents an authoritative account of the terrible Wannsee conference of January 1942. Chaired by Reinhard Heydrich, the conference created the plan that would let Europe "be combed through from west to east" for Jews, and put the Final Solution on a rational and industrial footing.. Author:ROSEMAN, MARK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLISH LANGUAGE This tour of the English language describes the common structures that unify the language, and outlines the major variations that separate the English of Britain from that of other parts of the world. It explores the "dialects" of chemists and the clergy, lawyers and truckers, poets and punsters.. Author:CRYSTAL, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : EMBERS A castle at the foot of the Carpathian mountains in the 1930s. Two men, inseparable in their youth, meet for the first time in 41 years. They have spent their lives waiting for this moment. Four decades earlier a murky, traumatic event had led to their sudden separation.. Author:MARAI, SANDOR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH POETRY This work offers a masterclass for both the reader and writer of poetry. It discusses the work of poets as wide-ranging as W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Milton and Blake, covering all varieties of poetic practice in English.. Author:FENTON, JAMES (FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF POETRY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD). Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : BREAKING FAITH This text surveys the state of the Church throughout the world and suggests that a major schism in the Church is imminent unless the papacy determines to heal the rifts between conservatives and liberals, orthodoxy and pluralism.. Author:CORNWELL, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : RED RABBIT Long before he was President, Jack Ryan was a novice CIA analyst. One of his first assignments was to debrief a high-level Soviet defector who told a tale of officials planning to assassinate Pope John Paul II. However, it turns out that not only the Pope, but the Western world is at stake.. Author:CLANCY, TOM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TEETH OF THE TIGER In a nondescript office in Maryland an outfit locates and deals with terrorist threats, in whatever manner necessary. It's always on the lookout for new recruits - men like Jack Ryan Jr, the president's son.. Author:CLANCY, TOM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BIRTHDAY GIRLS This story is set during the birthdays of six different women who are all connected with each other, although they don't all realize it. It begins with Scarlett, on her 10th birthday, and closes with Constance, on her 60th birthday.. Author:GILES, ANNABEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE LYRICS The lyrics of Nick Cave are some of the most admired work in contemporary music. This book includes all the lyrics recorded with his two bands, The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, up to and including the new album released in April 2001.. Author:CAVE, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KRAKATOA In August 1883 there was a series of volcanic eruptions on the island of Krakatoa - these were so extreme that the effects were heard and felt over ten per cent of the Earth's surface. This text uses contemporary reports to recount the events leading up to and following the cataclysm.. Author:WINCHESTER, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEAD OVER HEELS IN THE DALES Gervase Phinn, school inspector, begins his third year with a spring in his step for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. But before then he has to suffer the wicked repartee of his fellow inspectors on the subjects of love and marriage.. Author:PHINN, GERVASE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOUTHERN WINDS Sebastian Smith is on a quest to experience the winds that blow across the Mediterranean and explore the legends and stories that follow in their wake. This is the story of a journey under sail and a modern odyssey in which he contemplates not only the sea, but the nature of wandering itself.. Author:SMITH, SEBASTIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRITISH SOCIETY SINCE 1945 High and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology - the diversity of social developments in Britain from 1945 to 2002 are thoroughly explored in this new edition.. Author:MARWICK, ARTHUR (PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, OPEN UNIVERSITY). Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : ORWELL'S VICTORY This title presents an assessment of George Orwell's writing, and why it retains its central importance in a modern world. The author argues and defends Orwell's politics and gives an introduction to his work.. Author:HITCHENS, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIMON SILBER This is Norm Fayrewether's life of Simon Silber, as told through the liner notes accompanying a selection of the man's music. This oeuvre is the key to Silber's life. It is also Fayrewether's revenge on the man who tormented him.. Author:MILLER, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONTINENT This novel explores the tribes and communities, conflicts and superstitions, flora and fauna of a wholly spellbinding place: an imaginary seventh continent. In these seven tales Jim Crace travels a strange and wonderful landscape, as fabulous as it is eerily familiar.. Author:CRACE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOSING GEMMA Six years ago Esther and Gemma went travelling in search of adventure, but only Esther returned. Now she has gone back to India, determined to find out what happened to her best friend and to put the dreadful ghosts of their time there to rest.. Author:GARDNER, KATY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INDIAN MUTINY In 1857 the native troops of the Bengal army rose against their colonial masters. The ensuing insurrection was to become the bloodiest in the history of the British Empire. In this text, Saul David provides evidence that the true causes of the mutiny were much more complex than previously assumed.. Author:DAVID, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AMERICANA "Americana" brings together 58 poems, split into four sections: America, its cities and aeroplanes; the poet's life, his childhood, birthdays and ailments; foreign travel, to Europe and the tropics; and daily life, its furniture and consolations.. Author:UPDIKE, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CROSSING THE PARADISE LINE A holiday in the sun with your family - just what you want, or the last thing you need? For single parent Tessa, it's going to be a perfect time for some much-needed mother-daughter bonding. And you never know, she might even get a holiday romance out of it. Yeah, right.. Author:GILES, ANNABEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET VOYAGE OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE Samuel Bawlf goes beyond Sir Francis Drake's epic circumnavigation of the globe to suggest that the explorer was given - and fulfilled - secret orders. The accomplishment of this task, he argues, made him - 200 years before Cook - one of the greatest of all explorers.. Author:BAWLF, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GATEKEEPER Blending autobiography with moral, political and personal reflections, Eagleton recounts the most comic and moving moments of his life, connecting these episodes with thoughts of God, evil, suffering and tragedy.. Author:EAGLETON, TERRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SKYWALKING Ted's in bed with a hangover; Lovell's playing happy families with his nephew, Kiddie; Sara's calling in sick so she can get to grips with her discovery; and Richard's battling with metaphysics. By the end of the day the only thing that's certain is that none of their lives will be the same again.. Author:KENNEDY, JEMMA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE SHORT STORIES This collection, which contains all of Muriel Spark's published short stories together with some new writing, portrays all the Spark obsessions, such as ghosts and judges, priests, murder and French chateaux.. Author:SPARK, MURIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FINISHING SCHOOL . Author:SPARK, MURIEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRIT SPICE Manju Malhi has created a new concept of cooking Indian food at home. The result is Brit-Indi cuisine, combing British ingredients with Indian spices. Find out how to rustle up Manju's favourite Indian meals using ingredients such as bread, bacon and baked beans.. Author:MALHI, MANJU. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE "Management Worldwide" is designed for managers, students of management and organisations who want to know how managers operate and how business is conducted in different societies. It should be important reading in a global economy where cultural differences can still mean make or break.. Author:HICKSON, DAVID J. PUGH, DEREK S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ELIZABETH I Christopher Hibbert's Virgin Queen is devious, neurotic, capricious, and brilliant. In this biography, which includes character sketches of her relations and courtiers, he fleshes out Elizabeth's quirks and character, giving a well-rounded view of this famous monarch.. Author:HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHERRY ICE This coming-of-age tale captures the end of an era characterized by its elegance and style. It's the story of Ella, a young girl who travels across the Atlantic in the Queen Mary in the summer of 1964. She is on her way to see the father she barely remembers.. Author:LAURIMORE, JILL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENGLAND'S THOUSAND BEST HOUSES . Author:JENKINS, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : I WISH I HAD SAID THAT . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN JAZZ COMPANION . Author:COOK, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FATHER UNKNOWN When Daisy Buchan is 25, her mother dies. Reeling from this trauma, she is shocked to be told that she is adopted - her real mother was a poor young teenager from Cornwall. She does not know who her father is. As the layers of her family are stripped away, Daisy is horrified by what she learns.. Author:PEARSE, LESLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TILL WE MEET AGAIN Beth and Susie grew up together, but after 29 years apart, Susie stands accused of murder and Beth must defend her in court against mounting evidence. As Beth confronts her own demons, the love both women shared as children proves stronger than the traumas of the past.. Author:PEARSE, LESLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REMEMBER ME In 1786 a fisherman's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted, and she was transported to Australia, one of the first convicts to arrive there. Based on a true story, this is the tale of one woman's struggle over adversity.. Author:PEARSE, LESLEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAND OF THE LIVING . Author:FRENCH, NICCI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET SMILE . Author:FRENCH, NICCI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXHIBITIONISM A collection of stories from Toby Litt, threatening even more twists and turns, sex and violence, and glitz and glamour than in previous works. The text stars Polly Morphous, Lee Perverse and the Audioguide to the Museum-of-Inside-Your-Head, and this time - its personal.. Author:LITT, TOBY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FINDING MYSELF Let loose in a hothouse of subterfuge and well-kept secrets, the reader is invited to step through a maze of unreliable narration, misjudged expectations and duplicitous accomplices to arrive, after many twists and turns, at what is going on at Victoria About's Suffolk literary hideaway.. Author:LITT, TOBY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ELIZABETH This biography of the Queen aims to reveal the real woman behind the public figure. Sarah Bradford unravels Elizabeth's family secrets - how she was influenced by her father; her troubled relationships with her children; and how she has coped with the pressures of such a public role.. Author:BRADFORD, SARAH H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TAKE THE CANNOLI This series of funny, mordant pieces on American experience, mostly seen through some aspect of popular culture, covers: Frank Sinatra's home-town of Hoboken and his ghostly presence there; Springsteen and the pleasures of home-taping; and Vowell's relationship with her gunsmith father.. Author:VOWELL, SARAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOT.CON This work describes and explains the all-too-human behaviour of the stock market bubble: how it's going; how it has sustained itself for longer than expected; and then, just when people were starting to think it might not be a speculative bubble after all, went pop.. Author:CASSIDY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN GUIDE TO SUPERSTITIONS OF THE BRITISH ISLES Drawing extensively on literary sources from medieval times to the present, this survey not only explains what people have believed and why, but when superstitions arose, which parts of the country adopted them, how they evolved and what people today believe.. Author:ROUD, STEVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MERMAID'S PURSE When Cass, a history lecturer, moves from London to take up a teaching post in Brighton, she convinces herself she just needs some space. Yet as she becomes more involved with two of her students, the careful facade which she has built around herself begins to collapse.. Author:GARDNER, KATY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON FOOT TO THE GOLDEN HORN This is the story of Jason Goodwin's trek through Eastern Europe, from Poland's Baltic coast across to the Golden Horn in Istanbul. The book tells of some of the most beautiful and tragic places in the world - this book describes them and the varied characters to be met there.. Author:GOODWIN, JASON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GUNPOWDER GARDENS This is an account of the author's travels along the old tea trading routes of the Far East. The closely observed detail, both historical and personal, is at once both informative and amusing.. Author:GOODWIN, JASON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIRED OF BEING TIRED Adrenal burnout can lead to fatigue, weight gain, depression, constant colds, and even life-threatening illnesses. Using a questionnaire to establish the level of burnout, this guide uses programmes with ten simple solutions to remedy the damage.. Author:HANLEY, JESSE DEVILLE, NANCY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAST FOOD NATION The story of fast food is to a large extent the story of post-war America. In a perverse way, it is also the story of Britain since the deregulation of our food and labour markets in the early 1980s. Schossler's account takes in the whole of this prototypically global industry.. Author:SCHLOSSER, ERIC. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPENCER'S LIST Spencer, Fran and Iris have something in common, or rather something missing in common. Each feels that life is passing them by - Spencer's lost his lover who left him a list of things to do; Fran shares a house with her oddball brother; and Iris spends her time cleaning up after her two sons.. Author:EVANS, LISSA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TAKING ON THE WORLD This is the autobiography of Britain's most successful yachtswomen ever - the youngest and fastest women ever to sail round the world. When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe aged just 24, the nation to her to its heart. Her dramatic story should inspire all who read it.. Author:MACARTHUR, ELLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WEAKEST LINK With 5000 brand-new questions chosen at random by computer, this is the biggest "Weakest Link Quiz Book" ever. Re-create the fun and drama of the TV phenomenon in your own front room.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMPERIAL SPAIN 1469-1716 The story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of Europena countries is a remarkable one. The success of the world's first global power however created many powerful enemies and this book also charts the dramatic fall of Habsburg Spain.. Author:ELLIOTT, J.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN GUIDE TO BRITISH LEGENDS . Author:JENNIFER WESTWOOD & DR. JACQUELINE SIMPSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOTAL RECALL "Total Recall" follows V.I. Warshawski on a road that winds back more than 50 years into an intricate maze of wartime lies, heartbreaking secrets and harrowing retribution.. Author:PARETSKY, SARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PRIVATE LIFE OF THE BRAIN An explanation of the various mysteries of pleasure in the workings of the mind. The book shows how different experiences give rise to similar sensations in the mind - such as sport, raves, or orgasm; explores the workings of recreational drugs; and explains the neurological character of pleasure.. Author:GREENFIELD, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEEP SIMPLICITY . Author:GRIBBIN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN HISTORY OF THE WORLD John Roberts' book has now been updated to the end of the 20th century and revised throughout to make sure it keeps its appeal to a new generation of readers.. Author:ROBERTS, J.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ICE AGE For years scientists refused to believe that ice ages existed, and it was not until the mid-1970s that ice ages were fully understood. The authors tell this 140-year story by focusing on the personalities involved, including a janitor who had access to the Andersonian Museum library.. Author:GRIBBIN, JOHN GRIBBIN, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CRUEL SEA A maritime adventure originally published in 1951. Set in the Second World War, two ships and their crews of about a hundred and fifty men are involved in defending Atlantic convoys against impossible odds.. Author:MONSARRAT, NICHOLAS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ABOUT A BOY Will is 36 and doesn't really want children. But then he comes across 12-year-old Marcus and it's pretty clear that Marcus would like a dad. The trouble is, Marcus is weird - a boy who prefers Joni Mitchell to Nirvana. He also knows something about Will that he can definitely use.. Author:HORNBY, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STIFF Everything you ever wanted to know about what happens to bodies after they die. In this exploration into the macabre, Mary Roach tells a story that reaches from medieval pharmacies, stories of 19th century body snatching, to the present-day Body Farms, and conferences on human composting.. Author:ROACH, MARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDER THE DUVET Setting the record straight about her life as a novelist (less glitz and glamour than sitting alone in a darkened bedroom with a laptop in front of her) Marian Keyes here presents a selection of her articles. These regular bulletins from a woman under the duvet include unpublished pieces.. Author:KEYES, MARIAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUSIE ORBACH ON EATING In this volume, the author shows us how to think and feel differently about what we eat. Each page contains an easily absorbed bite-sized statement to transform eating that hurts into eating that nourishes and calms.. Author:ORBACH, SUSIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMPIRE Niall Ferguson recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire, showing on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the 19th century spearheaded real globalization with steampower, telegraphs, guns, engineers, missionaries and millions of settlers.. Author:FERGUSON, NIALL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHIELD OF ACHILLES This work sets out to reinterpret the history of the 20th century as a long war. He argues that this long experience of war has brought about a fundamental change in the constitutional basis of states, and explores this idea through the notion of the "market state".. Author:BOBBITT, PHILIP (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, USA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RESPECT This text examines the forces that erode respect in modern society. Respect can be gained by attaining success, through financial independence and by helping others. But, it argues, many who are not able to achieve the demands of contemporary meritocracy lose the esteem they should have.. Author:SENNETT, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FALL OF PUBLIC MAN Here, Sennett writes of the tension between the public and private realms in which we live, arguing that different types of behaviour and activity are appropriate in each. He believes that the barrier between these realms has been eroded, leaving man with little idea of his role in society.. Author:SENNETT, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLESH AND STONE Here, Richard Sennett examines the relationship between the human body and the urban environment it inhabits, looking at the different attitudes to nudity, burial, sanctuary and urban planning in ancient Greece and Rome, and Medieval and Renaissance Europe.. Author:SENNETT, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRIEF HISTORY OF INFINITY . Author:ZELLINI, PAOLO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SYNC The tendency to synchronize is one of the most far-reaching drives in all of nature. It extends from people to planets, from animals to atoms. This book considers a range of applications connecting all through an exploration of the same mathematical theme - self-organization.. Author:STROGATZ, STEVEN (PROFESSOR OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, USA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN COMPANION TO EUROPEAN UNION This is a series of alphabetically arranged mini-essays (ranging in length from 300 to 2000 words) covering the key issues, institutions, policies and personalities which have influenced the European Community. It is aimed both as a reference work and as a free-standing academic tretament.. Author:BAINBRIDGE, TIMOTHY TEASDALE, ANTHONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BABY BLISS A gentle antidote to rigid routines, this book blends ancient and modern wisdom to help parents help their newborn babies to feel calm and content. Discover the calming reflex, to stop babies crying, and the cuddle cure that can calm even the most colicky of infants.. Author:KARP, HARVEY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MCCOY Tony McCoy is the most successful jump jockey ever and this is his autobiography. He is now the country's most successful jockey, with 289 race winners in one season, beating the record set by Sir Gordon Richards in 1948.. Author:MCCOY, TONY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES IN CAPITALISM Why does Mr Kipling bake such exceedingly good cakes? Find out the answer to this and more in this journey into the epicentre of the consumer world. This is a place of weirdos and saddos, of over-indulgence in CDs and lottery tickets, and of Michel Foucault and a fluffy pink bunny rabbit.. Author:LITT, TOBY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIRST LIGHT This is Geoffrey Wellum's memoir of his experiences as a fighter pilot during World War II. He joined the RAF when he was just 17 years old and found himself flying several sorties a day, caught up in terrifying dogfights with German Me 109s.. Author:WELLUM, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIRL FROM THE FICTION DEPARTMENT George Orwell's second wife was portrayed by many of her husband's biographers as a manipulative gold-digger. This work aims to show here that Sonia Orwell was altogether different: beautiful, intelligent and artistic, Sonia's loyalty to her late husband brought her nothing but despair.. Author:SPURLING, HILARY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FAMILIAR ROOMS IN DARKNESS Harry Day was a national literary treasure, revered for his poetry, novels and plays. But his personal life has remained something of a mystery. When Adam Downing, a young journalist, is appointed his official biographer, he finds that Harry's life holds an abundance of secrets.. Author:FRASER, CARO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BROKEN STRING . Author:BENNUN, NEIL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED A young man arrives in the Ukraine with a tattered photograph, a bad translator, a man haunted by memories and an undersexed guide dog - he is looking for the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. What they find turns all their worlds upside down.. Author:FOER, JONATHAN SAFRAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SWAMP OF DEATH . Author:GOWERS, REBECCA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMPRESSIONIST A pale-skinned baby is born in India at the turn of the 20th century. Revered at first, Pran Nath is later cast out of his wealthy home - a changeling. This is the story of his journey of self-discovery, from the streets of Agra and the red-light district of Bombay to the lawns of England.. Author:KUNZRU, HARI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRANSMISSION . Author:KUNZRU, HARI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AIRPOWER . Author:BUDIANSKY, STEPHEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNEY OF MAN This work shows how the truth about our ancestors is hidden in our genetic code, and reveals how developments in the cutting-edge science of population have made it possible to create a family tree for the whole of humanity.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET STATE Reveals the full extent of Britain's preparations for nuclear war during the Cold War. When would the Prime Minister have authorized the use of nuclear force? At what stage in a nuclear exchange would government and the country have broken down? Hennessy answers these questions, among others.. Author:HENNESSY, PETER (PROFESSOR OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY, QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN This is the memoir of a young Boston teacher whose wife has been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer.. Author:HALPIN, BRENDAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUDAISM This is a work about the religion of Judaism, not about the Jews and their history. The author begins by showing how Judaism is seen today in the world around us, only later tackling the formative history of Judaism, enabling the reader to see how the contemporary religion has taken shape.. Author:NEUSNER, JACOB. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WARS AND SHADOWS These memoirs provide an insight into literary, intellectual and military life in 20th-century Britain. The author's perspective as a soldier/writer goes some way to revising the comtemporary assumption of the mid-20th century army as anti-intellectual and narrow-minded.. Author:FRASER, SIR DAVID. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUBLIC CONFESSIONS OF A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN (AGED 55 3/4) Whether its a war against against slugs, hosepipe bans, coping with writer's block or the perils of package holidays, Sue Townsend knows about it. Collected here are pieces from her monthly column for Sainsbury's Magazine - an advertisement for middle-age.. Author:TOWNSEND, SUE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMPRESS OF PLEASURE . Author:SUMMERS, JUDITH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUR FATHER WHO ART IN THE TREE This novel talks about love, loss, grief and reparation. When Simone's father dies, her mother is left raising the family. Grief penetrates the house. When Simone hears her father calling from the Poinciana tree, she persuades her mother to climb it, and the family slowly begins to heal itself.. Author:PASCOE, JUDY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ART OF THE INFINITE . Author:KAPLAN, ROBERT KAPLAN, ELLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMAGINING NUMBERS Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?. Author:MAZUR, BARRY (UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, HARVARD, USA). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOMORROW'S PEOPLE . Author:GREENFIELD, SUSAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RIPE FOR THE PICKING In this travelogue, the sequel to "Extra Virgin", local culinary superstar, Ciccio, gradually takes over as Annie Hawes' constant companion. He is a man who first demonstrates his affection and esteem by inviting her into his vineyard to help him mix up cow manure.. Author:HAWES, ANNIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT A feast for the senses, Marrakesh is full of exotic sights, sounds and smells. This guide shows you how to navigate your way through souks and food stalls, how to haggle like a pro and where to go after hours.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NANNY DIARIES Nan goes to work for the wealthy X family in Manhattan to put herself through NYU. But with divorce on the cards, will she be able to maintain the mental health of their son, despite the onslaught of Personal Problem Consultants, a macrobiotic nutritionist and bilingual meals?. Author:KRAUS, NICOLA MCLAUGHLIN, EMMA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CALM MOTHER, CALM CHILD The author presents an array of calming approaches to help parents and their babies get more enjoyment and satisfaction from this area of parenthood including: settling a newborn for a good night's sleep; dealing effectively with toddler tantrums; and finding time for yourself.. Author:WILSON, PAUL WILSON, TANIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EVERYDAY ECLIPSES Whether shamelessly offering advice to an imaginary Bob Dylan (or Jimi Hendrix), or dicing with death in the Alps, these poems are recognizeably by Roger McGough. They offer jokes that are something more, an underlying heartache and the sense of time slipping away.. Author:MCGOUGH, ROGER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAD ABOUT THE BOY A year after Antonia and Hugh move to Australia he confesses that he is gay - and has a boyfriend. Only the arrival of Hugh's lavender-haired uncle lifts her out of her depression and gets her back to the gym. There she meets the mysterious James and finds there's a dark side to the sunshine city.. Author:ALDERSON, MAGGIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS Emily Pointer has the lot. She's a fashion stylist on a London magazine, a perfect size 10, travels the world for work and is married to a Hugh Grant look-a-like. So why does she risk it all for random nights of wild sex with a struggling Australian photographer during the twice-yearly fashion show seasons.. Author:ALDERSON, MAGGIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE These beautiful, passionate accounts make up an immensely powerful short novel about the Japanese American experience in World War II.. Author:OTSUKA, JULIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONDON PIGEON WARS A gang of London twentysomethings face up to the disappointments of adulthood in this satire-cum-thriller about ambition and failure, materialism and morality, mirrors as windows - and pigeons with a taste for blood.. Author:NEATE, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOUR COLOURS SUFFICE A book to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the solution to one of the world's most puzzling mathematical problems. This book introduces the mathematicians behind the mathematics, among them a bishop, a botanist, an obsessive golfer and a bridegroom who spend his honeymoon colouring maps.. Author:WILSON, ROBIN (SENIOR LECTURER, MATHEMATICS, OPEN UNIVERSITY, FELLOW OF KEBLE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EUCLID'S WINDOW This text leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, via biographical stories, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to contemporary notions of hyperspace. It reveals simple questions that have been the hidden engines of major achievements in science and technology.. Author:MLODINOW, LEONARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BODY RESTORATION PLAN Discover the root cause of the fat epidemic in the western world and the simple programme aimed at restoring your body's natural slimming system. Bearing in mind toxic chemicals, the simple answer is to avoid certain foods which are prone to soaking up chemicals and to follow this 28-day plan.. Author:BAILLIE-HAMILTON, PAULA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVE SECRETS OF DON JUAN Daniel Savage's marriage and career have failed and his love life is a disaster. He catalogues all his past failures in order to get to the heart of where it all went wrong. He ends up with ten infallible rules for making everything work out - the Love Secrets. Now all he has to do is apply them.. Author:LOTT, TIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SIEGFRIED . Author:MULISCH, HARRY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLOOD DOCTOR This novel is about ambition and obsession, but primarily about blood - both in its metaphysical and its physical sense. Lord Nanther is writing a biography of his great-grandfather, physician to Queen Victoria and expert in blood diseases, when he uncovers a horrifying secret.. Author:VINE, BARBARA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOOKING FOR LA BOMBA Dissatisfied with a comfortable, but uninspiring life in London, Richard Neill decided he'd like to play double bass on stage with a top Cuban 'Son' band. But he couldn't play bass, he had no discernable musical talent and didn't know any Cuban 'Son' bands. Not put off by mere details, he headed for Cuba.. Author:NEILL, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN COMPANION TO CLASSICAL MUSIC . Author:GRIFFITHS, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY FAT BROTHER Scott has it all. A beautiful girlfriend, a career and a slim physique. In contrast, his brother Jes is overweight, piling on the pounds in front of the TV with his wife. When their mother dies and their worlds start to crumble, both men must face up to their feelings of abandonment and insecurity.. Author:KEEBLE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANY HUMAN HEART This is the story of Logan Mountstuart, told through his intimate journals. His life spans the 20th century and his travels take the reader from Uruguay to Oxford, Paris, the Bahamas, New York and Africa. We meet his three wives, and notaries from the worlds of royalty and literature.. Author:BOYD, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MONEY MACHINE This title cuts through the myths and scandals that make news to explain the nuts and bolts of the financial system. How are the big deals made? What radical changes will the Euro bring about? Which are the institutions that really matter? What causes the pound to rise or interest rates to fall?. Author:COGGAN, PHILIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WATER CLOCK In the Cambridgeshire fens two corpses are found - both linking back to a terrifying event in 1966. More than a great story for journalist Philip Dryden, these murders may hold the key to a personal mystery. Who saved his life two years ago? And, more importantly, who left his wife to die?. Author:KELLY, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIRE BABY . Author:KELLY, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAS VEGAS The fourth edition of this guide leads readers from the glitz of the strip to the hidden gems of local Las Vegas to uncover the city's unique combination of kitsch and class. It gives comprehensive reviews of the major casinos: where to gamble, stay, eat, shop and more.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOS ANGELES This revised and updated guide to Los Angeles offers comprehensive coverage of the movie-making capital of the world. The guide includes tips and listings for top dining, exlusive shopping and insider's information on the city's neighbourhoods.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Thailand revels in its individual identity, having absorbed Indian, Chinese and Malay influences, but escaped colonization. Written by long-term residents, and full of insider advice, etiquette and language know-how, this guide to Bangkok shows you where to eat, shop, stay, temple-spot and party.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEAHORSE When Vanessa West and her mother Marion travel to Ashagiri, the Indian hill town where Marion grew up, they embark on a journey in search of an idyllic past. But someone else has travelled back to Ashagiri, forcing Marion to re-evaluate a long-forgotten accident.. Author:UNSWORTH, TANIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SO SHALL WE REAP Journalist Colin Tudge has written a critique of current agricultural methods, combined with a manifesto for 'enlightened agriculture', which would place as its central concern the welfare of humans and other animals.. Author:TUDGE, COLIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SOME TIME WITH FEYNMAN This is the story of Leonard Mlodinow's first year on the Caltech Faculty in the winter of 1981. It is the narrative of himself as a young physicist trying to find his place in the world, and the wisdom of an old, and dying physicist who helped him - the legendary Richard Feynman.. Author:MLODINOW, LEONARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAHARANIS . Author:MOORE, LUCY. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMING OF THE THIRD REICH . Author:EVANS, RICHARD J.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOX IN THE CUPBOARD . Author:SHILLING, JANE. Discounted by 30%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOOD WIFE Fanny Savage was once dutiful, clever, vulnerable and dreamy. Now, as a policitian's wife, she is a position that requires her to look good and remain silent. Is she happy coping with the transition from eager bride to politician's wife? Has she been the good wife?. Author:BUCHAN, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THAT CERTAIN AGE It's 1960 and Barbara is happily married to Ryder, an airline pilot, her husband of 24 years. Her life revolves around running her home and keeping Ryder happy and she thinks she ought to be happy too. Then she meets the young and charming Alexander who reawakens a desire within her that she thought had long been buried.. Author:BUCHAN, ELIZABETH. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : FOREVER AMBER Abandoned, pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St Clare uses her wits, beauty and courage to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England, favourite mistress of Charles II.. Author:WINSOR, KATHLEEN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : NEXT BIG THING Herz is 73 and facing the difficult question: what is he going to do with the rest of his life? How is it all going to end? He could propose marriage to an old friend; he could travel; he could sell his flat, move, start afresh. He must do something with the time left - but what?. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : OPEN DOOR All her life, 11-year-old Rose Webster has encountered closed doors. Growing up with her siblings in the slums of London, trying to avoid their violent, drunken father, Rose is sure she and her loved ones deserve a better life. Can she open the door and seize the chance for something better?. Author:MATTHEWS, BERYL. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : QUEEN AND I When a Republican party wins the General Election, their first act in power is to strip the royal family of their titles and send them to live on a housing estate in the Midlands. Exchanging Buckingham Palace for a semi, the royals learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed.. Author:TOWNSEND, SUE. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : STEPMOTHER This novel follows the course of the criminal trial of the beautiful and ambitious Greta Grahame, the stepmother of dreamy, bookish, 16-year-old Thomas. She stands accused of conspiring to murder Thomas's mother. The prosecution case depends heavily on the evidence given by Thomas.. Author:TOLKIEN, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : NUMBER 5 The story of one house, five families, and the way ordinary lives are affected by an extraordinary town - Belfast.. Author:PATTERSON, GLENN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THAT WHICH WAS . Author:PATTERSON, GLENN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : RUMPOLE AND THE PRIMROSE PATH After collapsing in court, Rumpole finds himself in the Primrose Path Nursing Home. Things aren't looking good until he realises something is wrong, then all his intelligence and insight into human nature comes to the fore. This is a collection of six stories featuring Rumpole.. Author:MORTIMER, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : CHURCHILL This work makes sense of this extraordinary man and his controversial and heroic career. It brings out Churchill's strengths and weaknesses in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers a new insight into his character.. Author:BEST, GEOFFREY. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : BANKSY For ten years Gordon Banks was England's number one and acknowledged to be the best goalkeeper in the world. This book tells the story of the man who represents all that was admirable about the beautiful game in a golden era, charting from within English football's finest years.. Author:BANKS, GORDON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WINTER'S END Nothing ever happens in Winter's End, a sleepy town in icy Northern Maine. Until, during a violent storm, Sheriff Dale Townsend encounters a disturbing young man - knives in his hands, the body of a woman at his feet.. Author:RICKARDS, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : WANT TO PLAY? The slaying of an old couple in small town America looks like an isolated act of brutal retribution. At the same time in Minneapolis teams of detectives scramble to catch a serial killer. The two separate investigations converge on a Catholic boarding school and it seems an old killer has resurfaced.. Author:TRACY, P.J.. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : SEA OF FIRE A half-dead pirate is found in the Western Pacific, setting off alarm bells in Washington. Traces of radiation and an empty drum point to a terrifying conclusion; that a corporation hired to dispose of nuclear waste is selling it instead - to a most unlikely terrorist.. Author:CLANCY, TOM PIECZENIK, STEVE. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : CHANGING OF THE GUARD In the near future, the Internet is the world's central nervous system. But when terrorists want to subvert world order, this is where they will strike. Elite Net Force strike teams are needed to stop them, but this time, there are signs they may have met their match.. Author:CLANCY, TOM. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : FOUR FIRES The story of a small-town, fifth-generation, Irish-Australian Catholic family struggling to reach the first rung of the social ladder. Their lives are forged by the "the four fires" - passion, religion, warfare and fire itself.. Author:COURTENAY, BRYCE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KURT COBAIN This work publishes the diaries of Kurt Cobain that were found after his death in 1994. Genuinely moving, provocative and candid, and surprisingly funny, pieces of writing which, as a whole, provide a unique account of the rise and fall of a great popular artist and icon.. Author:COBAIN, KURT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY After a tragic childhood, Charlie Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. This biography is a vivd reconstruction of a poor London childhood, the music hall and then his prodigious life in the movies.. Author:CHAPLIN, CHARLES. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : SPANISH CIVIL WAR This text presents an objective analysis of the Spanish Civil War - where fascism and democracy, communism and Christianity, centralism and regionalism were all at stake - and which was as much an international war as a Spanish one.. Author:THOMAS, HUGH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOPE AND GLORY 'Hope and Glory' is an examination of the political, social and economic changes that transformed Britain throughout the 20th century - considering how issues such as jobs and prices, food and shelter, and education and welfare have shaped the society we live in. Updated to cover 1992-2002.. Author:CLARKE, PETER (PROFESSOR OF MODERN BRITISH HISTORY, TRINITY HALL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT The three most southwesterly counties of England - Somerset, Devon and Cornwall - incorporate some of the most varied landscape in the country. Sandy beaches, rocky coves, countryside and Bristol's nightlife all feature in this guide, as do the best of Britain's summer festivals.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Mallorca and Menorca - two of Europe's most popular holiday resorts - are often unfairly maligned as overdeveloped package tour playgrounds. This guide seeks to redress the balance by revealing the variety to be found on these small islands.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NEW PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF MODERN QUOTATIONS "The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations" contains over 8000 quotations from 1914 to the present. As much a companion to the modern age as it is an entertaining and useful reference tool, it takes the reader on a tour of the wit and wisdom of the great and the good.. Author:ANDREWS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN THIS MOUNTAIN This seventh book about Mitford sees Father Tim and Cynthia return to live there. Now retired, a bored Father Tim decides to take on a difficult ministry, as Cynthia wins awards and tours the country. However, the ensuing painful journey shakes his faith, his marriage and the whole town.. Author:KARON, JAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVING MR. SPOCK Asperger's Syndrome (AS) is a complex neurological disorder that produces a wide range of antisocial symptoms. Sufferers are often highly intelligent, yet completely inept when it comes to relating to other people. This story details the author's relationship with an AS sufferer.. Author:JACOBS, BARBARA (LECTURER IN CREATIVE WRITING, LEICESTER UNIVERSITY). Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : KOREA Simon Winchester travelled through Korea on foot to write this book. Along the way, he befriended a variety of honeymooners, corporate executives, Buddhist nuns and American servicemen. The result is an engaging distillation of the writer's observations on culture, people, language, economy and politics of this extraordinary country.. Author:WINCHESTER, SIMON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PHOTOGRAPH Searching through a little-used cupboard at home, Glyn Peters chances upon a photograph he has never seen before. It shows his wife holding hands with another man. As Glyn begins to search for answers, he, and those around him, find the certainties of the past and present slip away.. Author:LIVELY, PENELOPE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EMPIRE MADE ME Shanghai in the wake of World War I was one of the world's most dynamic, brutal and exciting cities. Into this maelstrom stepped a tough and resourceful ex-veteran Englishman to join the police. This is his story, told in part through his rediscovered photograph albums and letters.. Author:BICKERS, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : CROSS AND THE CRESCENT In a short account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation the author shows how religious misunderstanding and antagonism between the 'peoples of the book' has been present since their earliest encounters.. Author:FLETCHER, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : LONDON COMPENDIUM Packed with stories on every conceivable subject from East End criminals to music, this is title covers England's capital city. Covering the whole span of London's social and political history, it brings the reader up to date with stories on the arts, immigration and architecture.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : MAN I SHOULD HAVE MARRIED A novel about middle-class life in the Hamptons. When Frank leaves his wife she's forced to re-appraise her life. She's free to do whatever she wants with her life, if only she could figure out what that is.. Author:SATRAN, PAMELA REDMOND. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN TV COMPANION This text is a useful guide to UK television. It gives full cast lists and lively plot synopses of 2000 programmes broadcast in the UK, as well as entries on actors, writers, producers and directors. It has been fully updated and hugely expanded for its second edition.. Author:EVANS, JEFF. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PORT OUT STARBOARD HOME . Author:QUINION, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : NOTES ON A SCANDAL When Sheba arrives Barbara senses that she will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. Sure enough Sheba starts an affair with a pupil and is caught. When all the dust settles and Sheba's life falls apart, Barbara is there for her even if she can't condone her sexual behaviour.. Author:HELLER, ZOE. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : GIFT OF STONES At the twilight of the Stone Age, an isolated village of stonemasons lives in relative prosperity. A young man, a one-armed dreamer unable to work the stone, becomes the village story-teller. Venturing outside the village for inspiration, he finds the tale of a metal that will change their lives.. Author:CRACE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WILD OATS When Jamie Wilding returns home to find her father about to sell their family home to Rod Deacon, she is horrified. For Rod is Jamie's childhood sweetheart, who stole her heart 12 years ago and forgot to give it back. It's only a matter of time before she has to confront the fact that she and Rod have unfinished business.. Author:HENRY, VERONICA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ELIGIBLE BACHELOR . Author:HENRY, VERONICA. Discounted by 30%

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Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Patagonia has thousands of miles of diverse and dramatic landscapes and micro-environments, sparsely populated by humans and rich in wildlife and natural wonders. This text offers the best of what to eat, what to see and where to stay, as well as information on food and fun.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FOURTH QUEEN In 1769, when Helen Gloag runs away from her poverty-stricken Scottish village to seek a new life overseas, little does she realize what is in store for her. For before a year is out she will be Queen of Morocco, one of four wives the cruel and charismatic Emperor Sidi Mohammed.. Author:TAYLOR, DEBBIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LYMOND POETRY Dorothy Dunnett died in November 2001. She left behind this anthology, chosen by her from the hundreds of poems that she used in her series of novels known as "The Lymond Chronicles". It contains an extensive collection of Renaissance poetry, featuring work by Thomas Wyatt and King James I.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THINGS WE KNEW WERE TRUE At 16, Edie's world was turned upside-down when her father failed to come home from work one evening. After 20 years, she eventually makes a passionate and dangerous attempt to return to the past - in search of the the truth about her father and lost teenage love.. Author:GERRARD, NICCI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET LIFE OF LASZLO ALMASY . Author:BIERMAN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS In this story, Stephanie Plum has bigger problems than the usual thugs, thieves and hoodlums - this time, there's someone in her apartment who just won't leave. We - and Stephanie - meet a character as mysterious as Ranger and as sexy as Morelli.. Author:EVANOVICH, JANET. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : TAXI DRIVER'S DAUGHTER In 'The Taxi Driver's Daughter', Julia Darling tells the story of a family from the North East on the verge of collapse, caught between the escape they crave and the imperfect reality that seems to be their lot.. Author:DARLING, JULIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT This second volume of "The Penguin Atlas of World History" covers events from the French Revolution. Maps help clarify a chronological summary of the main events of the period throughout the world. This volume has been updated to include late-20th/early-21st century events.. Author:KINDER, HERMANN HILGEMANN, WERNER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY FROM PREHISTORY TO THE EVE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION This is the first volume of "The Penguin Atlas of World History", which covers events from the beginning of world history to the eve of the French Revolution. A wide-ranging, chronological summary of the main cultural, scientific, religious and political events of the period is accompanied by maps.. Author:KINDER, HERMANN HILGEMANN, WERNER. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PARTY IN SAN NICCOLO Set during one week in springtime Florence, this novel follows the events leading up to the 75th birthday party of Frances Richardson, a much-loved English resident. Before the week is out love, death, family secrets and old memories will come to a head, with dramatic results.. Author:KENT, CHRISTOBEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LATE SEASON The restored Tuscan farmhouse is the perfect setting for a holiday. As Justine, her friends and their families gather to relax and unwind, she hopes it will be a chance to put the tragic events of the previous year behind them. But before the week is out, the past and present will collide.. Author:KENT, CHRISTOBEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALMOST THERE In 'Almost There', Nuala O'Faolain begins her story from the moment her life began to change, in all manners of ways - subtle, radical, predictable and unforseen.. Author:O'FAOLAIN, NUALA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TO THE BALTIC WITH BOB . Author:JONES, GRIFF RHYS. Discounted by 30%

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Penguin Books Ltd : FAT LADIES CLUB A no-holds-barred account of what it is like to become a mother for the first time: getting it right, getting it wrong, the guilt and giggles. In an open and intimate style, the "Fat Ladies Club" talk about all the issues that every new mum faces.. Author:GARDENER, HILARY GROVES, SARAH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VICIOUS SPRING Told from school-leaver Christy's darkly humorous viewpoint, this novel explores the power and vulnerability involved in sexual exchange and exposes an undercurrent of the seductiveness of death, and ultimately of love.. Author:HAMPTON-JONES, HOLLIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REVIEWERY "Reviewery" collects in one volume 50 pieces by a writer whom many regard as our greatest literary critic. Ricks writes compellingly about novelists, about poets, about filmmakers, sociologists, photographers and music makers. The result is an account of the cultural landscape of the 20th century.. Author:RICKS, CHRISTOPHER (PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, USA). Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : ORIGIN OF LIFE Here, Paul Davies presents evidence that life began billions of years ago kilometres underground, arguing that it may well have started on Mars and spread to Earth in rocks blasted off the Red Planet by asteroid impacts.. Author:DAVIES, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RICHARD III . Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM DAY, GILLIAN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : HAMLET . Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM WELLS, STANLEY (EMERITUS PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, AND CHAIRMAN, SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUST) SPENCER, T.J.B. PRESCOTT, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALEXANDER . Author:PLUTARCH CURTIUS RUFUS, QUINTUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT" BRUSSELS GUIDE TO EATING AND DRINKING This title features over 300 of Brussels' restaurants, bars and cafes, fully reviewed by local experts. The critics, who review anonymously and pay for their meals, advise on the best venues, rising chefs and emerging trends across the whole spectrum of price bands and cuisines.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT This title features over 300 restaurants, bars and cafes in Edinburgh and Glasgow, fully reviewed by local experts. The critics, who review anonymously and pay for their meals, advise on the best venues, rising chefs and emerging trends across the whole spectrum of price bands and cuisines.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : 31 SONGS Nick Hornby writes about 31 songs - most of them loved, some of them once loved, all of them significant to him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in "The New Yorker", "31 Songs" is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life.. Author:HORNBY, NICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN WHO TRIED TO BUY THE WORLD In 1994, Jean-Marie Messier had a dream: to change a 150 year old French water company into a media empire to compete with anything that America could produce. This portrait of one of today's most brilliant and flawed businessmen is a real life morality tale of our times.. Author:JOHNSON, JO ORANGE, MARTINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YOU SHALL KNOW OUR VELOCITY Two young Americans, Will and Hand, decide to travel around the world in a week and give away a large sum of money in response to the untimely death of a friend. However, they find it is not only harder than expected to get around the world, but difficult to give away the money too.. Author:EGGERS, DAVE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT In this second edition a team of expert local writers take a look at how things have changed since Hong Kong was handed back to China. The guide covers the best cafes, pubs and bars, with an in-depth look at Chinese cuisine. It also includes sections on local customs and culture, festivals and shopping.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT The fourth edition of this guide to Florence contains critical reviews of hotels, restaurants, trattorias, cafes, and a complete rundown on entertainment, bars and nightlife. It also features extensive guides to the best surrounding Tuscan towns and villages.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Whether your idea of fun is building sandcastles or clambering over real castles, romping through the countryside or slumping by the poolside, this title picks the best places for you to unwind within two hours travel by rail or road from London.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF JOKES, WISECRACKS, QUIPS AND QUOTES Looking for a good joke? Searching for an icebreaker for that after-dinner speech? Look no further. This title offers a collection of gags and silly one-liners, organized by subject and stolen from wits such as Groucho Marx, Orson Welles, and Mark Twain, among others.. Author:METCALF, FRED. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SAN FRANCISCO This updated guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area includes sights to see (and some to avoid) plus a critical round-up of the city's museums, galleries and shops. It looks at the city by neighbourhood - the hills, islands and squares, bridges and beaches.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT Following the success of the 2000 Olympics and the 2003 Rugby World Cup, Sydney is more alluring than ever. Multicultural, laidback and hedonistic, it's got the lot: a stunning natural setting, a perfect climate, and a staggering array of attractions from the world famous Opera House to a vibrant gay and lesbian scene.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OUT . Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HENRY IV PART ONE . Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK MOON When ex-cop Rick Broca rescues the pilot from the submerged wreck of a crashed plane his new friend, though grateful to be alive, is not all he seems. A terrifying chain of events begins when they are intercepted by a fishing boat armed to the teeth.. Author:STROUD, CARSTEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MACBETH . Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : HISTORY OF VENICE A 1000-year history of the Venetian Republic from its ancient settlement to its humiliating defeat by Napoleon in 1797. Lord Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a history of Venice's rise to power under the Doges.. Author:NORWICH, JOHN JULIUS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN GUIDE TO COMPACT DISCS AND DVDS This guide reviews thousands of classical CDs and selects some of the best new DVDs. Ranging from long-established recordings to the latest releases, from premium-priced CDs to bargains, it represents the cream of the international recorded repertoire.. Author:MARCH, IVAN GREENFIELD, EDWARD LAYTON, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COBRAVILLE . Author:STROUD, CARSTEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WINTER'S TALE . Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM MCDONALD, RUSS (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, USA) EDMONDSON, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGY This completely revised and updated dictionary includes the latest information on the constantly changing language of biology and contains detailed definitions of more than six thousand terms--including four hundred new entries--that reflect the latest information on genetics, human physiology, evolutionary theory, cell biology, and more. Original.. Author:THAIN, MICHAEL HICKMAN, MICHAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF ELECTRONICS . Author:HOWARD, DAVID. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE MAUS Combined here are "Maus I: A Survivor's Tale" and "Maus II" - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the Holocaust through cartoons the author captures the everyday reality of fear and the sensation of survival.. Author:SPIEGELMAN, ART. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOUCH OF GHOSTS . Author:RICKARDS, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : RULES OF ENGAGEMENT Elizabeth and Betsy, old school friends meet again in their thirties. Elizabeth is relieving the boredom of a cosy but childless marriage with an affair. Betsy seems to have found real romance in Paris. Are their lives taking off, or are they just making more wrong choices?. Author:BROOKNER, ANITA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LUCREZIA BORGIA . Author:BRADFORD, SARAH. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : LONDON PERCEIVED A pithy and knowledgeable distillation of the essential London - a panorama of its history, art, literature and daily life. Here is the city that Londoners know, a paradox of grandeur and grime, the locus of bustling markets and tranquil parks, of palaces and pubs and of the ancient and modern.. Author:PRITCHETT, V.S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KINGDOM OF FEAR In this memoir, Hunter S. Thompson looks back over decades of fast living, hard drinking and sharp writing. It is a story of crazed road trips fuelled by bourbon and black acid, of insane judges and giant porcupines, of girls, guns, explosives and, of course, bikes.. Author:THOMPSON, HUNTER S.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAKING FRIENDS WITH HITLER: LORD LONDONDERRY AND THE ROOTS OF APPEASEMENT . Author:KERSHAW, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IDEA OF INDIA "The Idea of India" was originally published to mark the 50th anniversary of India's independence. As well as looking at modern Indian history it also looks at politics, culture and identity and serves as an introduction to modern Indian history.. Author:KHILNANI, SUNIL (BIRKBECK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON). Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JIMMY NAIL: AUTOBIOGRAPHY . Author:NAIL, JIMMY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BITCH IN THE HOUSE Women in the 21st century have more than ever before, yet many find themselves angry, dissatisfied and stressed. This book explores these issues, with 26 women inviting readers into their lives, minds and bedrooms to talk about the choices they've made.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROARING NINETIES 'The Roaring Nineties' is an account of the boom/bust economy of the 1990s. This text shows how and why it happened, how the seeds of destruction were sown in the midst of apparent prosperity, and how America and the world are still failing to learn the lessons from what went wrong.. Author:STIGLITZ, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : SIX DAYS OF WAR This is a history of a dramatic and pivotal event - variously called "the six-day war", "the June war", or "the setback". Exploring the conflict both as a military struggle and as a critical episode in the global Cold War, the text details the situation and the players involved.. Author:OREN, MICHAEL B. (SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, SHALEM CENTRE, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL). Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS This new historical atlas, richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps, explores the world's earliest civilisations from the first farming settlements of Mesopotamia, via Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the civilisations of the Far East, Europe and America.. Author:HAYWOOD, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps, explores the Middle Ages from the coming of the barbarian invasions in the fourth century to the first voyages to the New World in the 16th century.. Author:JOTISCHKY, ANDREW HULL, CAROLINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOWN THERE . Author:SATRAN, PAM REDMOND. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : TWELFTH NIGHT . Author:SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TIME OF PEACE In this third and last part of the Webster family trilogy, Kate goes to London to follow her dream of becoming a photographer. Kate has a long journey to make before she is able to realise her dream and a lot of growing up to do on the way.. Author:MATTHEWS, BERYL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHANGE OF FORTUNE When her father kills himself, Eugenie finds a job as a house-maid for the Stannard family. Anything is better than what her mother has planned for her, and she finds the hard work a good distraction from her pain. But her past catches up with her and she is forced to flee to Lambeth.. Author:MATTHEWS, BERYL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONDON ORBITAL In this volume Iain Sinclair sets out to map the vast stretch of urban settlement outside London bounded by the M25. His journeys uncover a history of forgotten villages, suburban utopias and hellish asylums, now transformed into upmarket housing, all the while walking a disappearing landscape.. Author:SINCLAIR, IAIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EAT RIGHT FOR BLOOD TYPE O INDIVIDUAL FOOD, DRINK AND SUPPLEMENT LISTS Different blood types mean different body chemistries. For blood type O the best diet is high protein and low carbohydrate. This is a handy guide to take to the supermarket, restaurants and even on holiday to avoid putting on those extra pounds or feeling unwell from eating the wrong thing.. Author:D'ADAMO, PETER J. WHITNEY, CATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EAT RIGHT FOR BLOOD TYPE AB Different blood types mean different body chemistries. For blood type AB the best diet includes plenty of vegetables, balanced with animal protein. This is a guide to take to the supermarket, to restaurants and even on holiday, to avoid putting on weight or feeling ill from eating the wrong thing.. Author:D'ADAMO, PETER J. WHITNEY, CATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EAT RIGHT FOR BLOOD TYPE A INDIVIDUAL FOOD, DRINK AND SUPPLEMENT LISTS Different blood types mean different body chemistries. For blood type A the best diet is vegetarian. This is a handy guide to take to the supermarket, restaurants and even on holiday to avoid putting on those extra pounds or feeling unwell from eating the wrong type of food.. Author:D'ADAMO, PETER J. WHITNEY, CATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EAT RIGHT FOR BLOOD TYPE B Different blood types mean different body chemistries. For blood type B the best diet is one of variation, including plenty of protein and a bit of dairy too. This handy guide contains complete listings of what's right for type B in all of the main food, drink and supplement categories.. Author:D'ADAMO, PETER J. WHITNEY, CATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DINING ON STONES . Author:SINCLAIR, IAIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIGHTS OUT FOR THE TERRITORY Walking the streets of London, Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. In this volume he give us a provocative, enlightening and disturbing picture of modern urban life. And in the process he reveals the dark underbelly of a London many of us did not know existed.. Author:SINCLAIR, IAIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHITE CHAPPELL, SCARLET TRACINGS Combines a spiritual inquest into the Whitechapel Ripper murders and the dark side of the Victorian imagination with the story of a posse of seedy book dealers, hot on the trail of obscure rarities of that period.. Author:SINCLAIR, IAIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DOWNRIVER The Thames runs downriver like an open wound, draining the pain and filth of London and its mercurial inhabitants. Commissioned to document the shifting embankments of failed industry and rampant property speculation, a film crew of magpie scavengers, high-rent lowlife, criminals and lunatics picks over the river's detritus.. Author:SINCLAIR, IAIN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STATUS ANXIETY . Author:DE BOTTON, ALAIN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : POEMS AND READINGS FOR WEDDINGS This title is an anthology for those looking for poems to read at weddings. The 70 poems and readings celebrate love and union, and are suitable for both civil and traditional weddings.. Author:WATSON, JULIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POEMS AND READINGS FOR FUNERALS This title is a source book for those looking for readings at funerals and celebrations of life. The 70 poems and prose extracts range from Shakespeare to Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Nation.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOURNING RUBY . Author:DUNMORE, HELEN. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL? From one of the world's foremost intellectual activists, this text is an analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow.. Author:CHOMSKY, NOAM. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : WIDER THAN THE SKY In this, his first book aimed at the general reader, Gerald Edelman describes how consciousness arises in complex brains and how it is related to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. Edelman's theories offer a solution to the mind-body problem.. Author:EDELMAN, GERALD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : A-Z OF US . Author:KEEBLE, JIM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CROCODILE SOUP Gert is a curator in a northern museum. Through a series of flashbacks, she describes her eccentric and often surreal childhood - a hopelessly vain mother, a father constantly away at his African crocodile farm, and a brother who becomes a monk.. Author:DARLING, JULIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PACKING IT IN THE EASY WAY . Author:CARR, ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMMACULATE MISTAKE This volume of memoirs is set for the most part in South London in the 1940s and '50s. It is composed of 50 scenes or fragments of memory that defy conventional chronology. The author describes his parents, relatives, friends and acquaintances, and the experience of growing up, working-class and gay, in post-war London.. Author:BAILEY, PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONGITUDES AND ATTITUDES This title brings together reportage and reflections on the state of the world leading up to and after September 11, 2001. Thomas Friedman gives voice to our awakening sense of a radically new world and our own complex place in it.. Author:FRIEDMAN, THOMAS. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : FIRST LOVE Written in 1946, in what Beckett later called "a frenzy of writing", these four novellas - "First Love", "The Calmative", "The End", and "The Expelled" - are among the first substantial works resulting from Beckett's decision to use French as his language of literary composition.. Author:BECKETT, SAMUEL. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME WAY BY SWANN'S This translation of the first volume of Prout's classic novel emphasizes its comic aspect, showing a Proust more sharply engaged and lucid than is generally accepted. It depicts the impressions of a sensitive boy of his family and neighbours, brought back to life by the taste of a madeleine.. Author:PROUST, MARCEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUNG GIRLS IN FLOWER The second volume of Proust's classic work is a dissection of male and female adolescence and a mediation on different forms of love, charged with the narrator's memories of Paris and the Normandy seaside, and his relationship with his grandmother and the Swann family.. Author:PROUST, MARCEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME GUERMANTES WAY The third volume of Proust's classic work opens up a vast, dazzling landscape of fashionable Parisian life in the late 19th century, as the narrator enters the brilliant, shallow world of the literary and aristocractic salons. The book is both salute to and satire of a time, place and culture.. Author:PROUST, MARCEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME SODOM AND GOMORRAH The fourth volume of six, Proust's novel here takes up the theme of homosexual love - male and female - and dwells on how destructive sexual jealousy can be for those who suffer it. "Sodom and Gomorrah" is also an unforgiving analysis of the decadent high society of Paris.. Author:PROUST, MARCEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME PRISONERS/THE FUGITIVE The fifth volume of this classic novel contains two works dealing with the theme of the explosion and impact of memory that runs throughout "In Search of Lost Time", pointing the reader towards its resolution.. Author:PROUST, MARCEL. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : ONE MOONLIT NIGHT UN NOS OLA LEUAD Set in a Welsh slate-quarrying village during World War I, against a background of appalling deprivation, this novel centres on a young boy and his relationship with his widowed mother. As the boy's world disintegrates, his natural exuberance gives way to feelings of loss and dispossession.. Author:PRICHARD, CARADOG. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : SEA AND SARDINIA This text records Lawrence's journey to Sardinia and back in 1921. It reveals his delighted response to a new landscape and people and his ability to transmute the spirit of place into literary art. It is also an inquiry into the political/social values of an era which saw the rise of communism.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : AKENFIELD Originally published in 1969, this is a penetrating, unprejudiced, yet caring account of modern rural life in England, tapping into a variety of contemporary concerns about agriculture, the environment and the destruction of the traditional countryside.. Author:BLYTHE, RONALD. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : DREAM STORY Part of the TWENTIETH CENTURY CLASSICS, this story, translated from the German by J.M.Q.Davies, tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife are driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge.. Author:SCHNITZLER, ARTHUR. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : MONTH IN THE COUNTRY In the summer of 1920, a young man escapes London to embark on the unveiling of a medieval church wall painting in a small north country village. As he becomes absorbed by his work so too does he get drawn into the lives of those around him.. Author:CARR, J.L.. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : METAMORPHOSIS Arranged chronologically, this volume brings together all the major short stories of Kafka which have been published posthumously. In addition to "Transformation" and "The Judgement", it contains the original first chapters of Kafka's novel "Amerika (The Stoker)".. Author:KAFKA, FRANZ. Discounted by 27%

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Penguin Books Ltd : ON THE ROAD This novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of beat.. Author:KEROUAC, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS The undergradute narrator of this novel lives with his uncle in Dublin, drinks too much and invents stories peopled with hilarious and unlikely characters, one of whom creates a means by which women can give birth to full-grown people.. Author:O'BRIEN, FLANN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANIMAL FARM Having got rid of their human master, the animals in this political fable look forward to a life of freedom and plenty. But as a clever, ruthless elite takes control, the other animals find themselves hopelessly ensnared in the same old way.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAVES Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to youth and middle age. Separately and together, they query the relationship of past to present, and the meaning of life itself. The author also wrote "The Voyage Out" and "Mrs Dalloway".. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRAND MEAULNES Alain-Fournier's bittersweet novel of youthful ardour and longing is the story of Meaulnes and his search for his lost love. Impulsive, reckless and heroic, Meaulnes embodies the romantic ideal, our search for the unobtainable and the mysterious world between childhood and adulthood.. Author:FOURNIER, ALAIN- ALAIN-FOURNIER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DEATH OF A SALESMAN This play tells the story of Willy Loman, an ageing salesman, who is a failure in both his business and private life. Fired by his firm, ignored by his children, his humiliation ends in suicide.. Author:MILLER, ARTHUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM 'Seven Pillars of Widsom' recreates epic events with extraordinary vividness. Lawrence is one of the 20th century's most fascinating figures.. Author:LAWRENCE, T.E.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S Holly Golightly is generally up all night drinking cocktails and breaking hearts. She hasn't got a past. She doesn't want to belong to anything or anyone, not even to her one-eyed rag-bag pirate of a cat. One day Holly might find somewhere she belongs.. Author:CAPOTE, TRUMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ULYSSES Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly.. Author:JOYCE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GARDEN PARTY AND OTHER STORIES A collection of 15 stories which tell not so much of specific events or of dramas, but more of the ordinary, the everyday reality of life as people live it. Other work by the author includes "Bliss and Other Stories", "In a German Pension" and "Something Childish".. Author:MANSFIELD, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEMBER OF THE WEDDING With delicacy of perception and memory, humour and pathos, Carson McCullers spreads before us the three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl. Within the span of a few hours, Frankie passionately plays out her fantasies at her elder brother's wedding.. Author:MCCULLERS, CARSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DELTA OF VENUS This is a collection of short stories which explore the ultimate in sexual possibility, from a female angle.. Author:NIN, ANAIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIDE SARGASSO SEA STUDENT EDITION Antoinette Cosway is a Creole heiress - product of an inbred, decadent, expatriate community - a sensitive girl at once beguiled and repelled by the lush Jamaican landscape. Soon after her marriage to Rochester rumours of madness in the Cosway family poison Rochester's mind against her.. Author:RHYS, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES Ignatius Reilly, the hero, is a grotesque Gargantua, in violent revolt against the entire 20th century and what he takes to be the manifold excesses and perversions of the past 400 years. He lumbers through New Orleans leaving chaos in his wake.. Author:TOOLE, JOHN KENNEDY. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VILE BODIES The bright young things of Mayfair exercise their inventive minds and "vile bodies" in every kind of capricious escapade in this story. The characters are an assortment of those inhabiting the social domain that lies between Park Lane and Bond Street.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DAY OF THE LOCUST "The Day of the Locust" is an exposure of the sordid reality beneath the surface of Hollywood, where West worked and "The Dream Life of Balso Snell" is a surrealist fantasy.. Author:WEST, NATHANAEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STEPPENWOLF This story of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope was described in the "New York Times" as a "savage indictment of bourgeois society". The self portrait of a man who felt himself to be half wolf can be seen as a plea for self examination and an indictment of intellectual hypocrisy.. Author:HESSE, HERMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRIAL From the first sentence onwards, Josef K. is on trial for his very existence in a novel which is infinitely perceptive about the nature of terror. Idris Parry introduces this new translation, based on the accurate German text established by Malcolm Pasley.. Author:KAFKA, FRANZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY This selection contains essays, poetry and cartoons gathered from all of Thurber's collections, poking fun at his own weaknesses and those of other people.. Author:THURBER, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMMORALIST Gide's novel examines the inevitable conflicts that arise when a pleasure seeker challenges conventional society and, without moralizing, raises complex issues involving the extent of personal responsibility.. Author:GIDE, ANDRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TOTAL LIBRARY Though best known in the English speaking world for his short fiction and poems, Borges is revered in Latin America equally as an immensely prolific and beguiling writer of non-fiction prose. In this work, 150 of Borges's pieces are brought together.. Author:BORGES, JORGE LUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF DISQUIET One of the great strange masterpieces of the 20th century "The Book of Disquiet" is an assembly of sometimes linked fragments and an incredibly modernist Portugese novel.. Author:PESSOA, FERNANDO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOMAGE TO CATALONIA George Orwell's account of his experience as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. The book describes the chaos at the Front, the futile young deaths for what became a confused cause, the antique weapons and the disappointment many British Socialists felt on arriving in Spain to help.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GEORGE ORWELL This anthology includes George Orwell's most famous pieces, among them "My Country Right or Left", "The Decline of the English Murder" and "How the Poor Die". With insight and wit, Orwell writes on a series of wide ranging topics, from the Spanish Civil War to a defence of English cooking.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NOSTROMO In the backwater of Costaguana in South America, Charles Gould is determined to make a success of the silver mine left to him by his father. But his dreams of wealth are thwarted as the country is plunged into revolution, torn apart by rival warlords who want the mine and its riches for themselves.. Author:CONRAD, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FINNEGANS WAKE Follows a man's thoughts and dreams during a single night. It is also a book that participates in the re-reading of Irish history that was part of the revival of the early 20th century. The author also wrote "Ulysses", "Dubliners" and "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man".. Author:JOYCE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED SHORT STORIES A collection of short stories by the author of "Mrs Dalloway" and "To The Lighthouse". Often overlooked by the prominence of her novels and diaries, these short stories underline her search for fresh ways of presenting the relationship between individual lives and the forces of society and history.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FLIGHT TO ARRAS This work stresses French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery's humanistic philosophy.. Author:SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTOINE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WIND, SAND AND STARS A collection of sketches rather than a novel, this work tells of battling with a tornado in the Andes; of crashing in the Libyan desert; and of action, adventure and danger.. Author:SAINT-EXUPERY, ANTIONE DE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI Exiled to a remote corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for Christ did stop at Eboli.. Author:LEVI, CARLO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPEAK, MEMORY An autobiographical volume covering Nabokov's first 40 years up to his departure from Europe for America at the outset of World War II, telling of his emergence as a writer, his early loves and his marriage, his passion for butterflies and his lost homeland.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOURNEY'S END Set in World War I, this novel concerns the lives of a group of British officers on the front line and opens in the trenches in France. Raleigh, fresh out of English public school, joins the besieged company of his friend and cricketing hero, Stanhope, and finds him dramatically changed.. Author:SHERRIFF, R.C.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HENRY AND JUNE Drawn from journals, this book is an account of a woman's sexual awakening, covering a single momentous year - 1931-32, in Paris, when June fell in love with Henry Miller, undermining her own idealized marriage. The question of the outcome of June Miller's return to Paris dominates her thoughts.. Author:NIN, ANAIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD A TRILOGY Containing "Lark Rise", "Over to Candleford" and "Candleford Green", this is the story of the relationships between a hamlet, a village and a small market town. The book is based on the author's own experiences and chronicles May Day celebrations and the daily lives of craftsmen.. Author:THOMPSON, FLORA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD An attempt to synthesize what is known of the immensity of world history, in a form that can be grasped by the layman. Well's view of "the great adventure of mankind" is presented in the same format as when it was first published in 1922.. Author:WELLS, H.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUT OF AFRICA In 1914 Karen Blixen went to Kenya to run a coffee farm; its failure in 1931 caused her to return to Denmark where she wrote this classic account of her experiences. A poignant farewell to her beloved farm, this work describes her friendships and her affection for the animals and landscape.. Author:BLIXEN, KAREN DINESEN, ISAK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOWARD'S END This novel by the author of "Maurice" and "A Passage to India" deals with personal relationships and conflicting values and has been filmed, directed by James Ivory and starring Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Emma Thompson, Prunella Scales, James Wilby, Helena Bonham Carter and Jemma Redgrave.. Author:FORSTER, E.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LITTLE BIRDS Anais Nin's second volume of erotic short stories is broader in scope, encompassing the entire breadth of human sensuality. Each of the 13 stories captures a moment of pure desire, in all its complexity and paradoxical simplicity.. Author:NIN, ANAIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CASTLE The story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home, seems to depict like a dream from the deepest recesses of consciousness, an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence.. Author:KAFKA, FRANZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED STORIES Written in inimitable prose, these 65 stories span Nabokov's extraordinary life and career. Arranged chronologically to illuminate his development as a writer, the collection displays Nabokov's range of technical and formal inventiveness.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORDS After his father's death Jean-Paul Sartre was brought up at his grandfather's home in a world even then 80 years out of date. This book recalls his illusion-ridden childhood, lived within the confines of French provincialism in the years before World War I, and considers its effects on his works.. Author:SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS These poems are in order of first publication as far as possible, and range from "Tinker's Wife" and "Inniskeen Road: July evening" to the tragic "The Great Hunger" and the later, detached and more comic, "To Hell with Common Sense" and "Come dance with Kitty Stobling".. Author:KAVANAGH, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS The verse in this collection ranges from the objective, naturalistic descriptions of Rilke's earliest work to the effusive outpourings of half-religious ecstasy and anguish that characterize his later poems and culminate in the personal vision of the "Duino Elegies" and "The Sonnets of Orpheus".. Author:RILKE, RAINER MARIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE "A View From the Bridge" features Eddie, an illiterate longshoreman. His progress towards self discovery and fall is detailed in this drama. The second play, "All My Sons", is a merciless exposure of wartime profiteering and the capitalist ethic.. Author:MILLER, ARTHUR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROOM OF ONE'S OWN This story grew out of a lecture that Virginia Woolf had been invited to give at Girton College, Cambridge in 1928. It ranges over Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte, the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted and imaginary sister, and over the effects of poverty and chastity on female creativity.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED SHORT STORIES From the glittering glamorous social whirl of his jazz age, through the grim realities of the 30s, with their lost hopes and shattered dreams, to the last sad years of his life, Fitzgerald wrote unforgettable stories that defined a generation. Some are collected here.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TENDER IS THE NIGHT The story of Dick and Nicole Divers, rich Americans holding court in their villa on the French Riviera during the 1920s. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a film star, who is instantly attracted to them, but understands little of the dark secrets and hidden corruption that bind them.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TARRY FLYNN For Tarry Flynn, young farmer, poet, son and lover, the responsibility of family, farm and poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one and he realizes he must rise above it all or make his escape.. Author:KAVANAGH, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KIM Originally published in 1901, this is a secret-service story of a boy's dream world set in British India.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JUNGLE BOOKS JUNGLE BOOK AND SECOND JUNGLE BOOK Kipling never visited the jungles of central India, yet his descriptions have great imaginative power and in Mowgli, he created one of the most popular and enduring of modern literary myths. His adventures comprise a rich and complex fable of human life, aimed at adults and children alike.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE SHORT NOVELS . Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER, INCLUDING 'A PROPOS OF LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER' A PROPOS OF LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER Constance Chatterly is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed from below the waist. She finds refuge and regeneration in the arms of Mellors the gamekeeper. But can she break out against the constraints of society?. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED STORIES The 73 three short stories and 15 unfinished fragments contained in this volume represent the whole range of Katherine Mansfield's writing. Contemporary critics compared her to Chekhov in her treatment of apparently trifling incidents and her symbolic use of objects to convey powerful atmosphere.. Author:MANSFIELD, KATHERINE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE Sabrina is a firebird blazing through 1950s New York: she is a woman daring to enjoy the sexual licence that men have always known. Wearing extravagant outfits and playing dangerous games of desire, she deliberately avoids committment, gripped by the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake.. Author:NIN, ANAIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING London 1934. Gordon Comstock, copywriter for the The Queen of Sheba Toilet Requisites embarks on a new life as a poetry-writing bookseller with diastrous consequences.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PNIN Professor Timofey Pnin, late of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously perched on a college campus in the fast beating heart of the USA. In a series of funny and sad misunderstandings, Pnin does halting battle with American life and language.. Author:NABAKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ON MURDER, MOURNING AND MELANCHOLIA . Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOLFMAN AND OTHER CASES This volume contains the case histories of "Little Hans", "The Ratman" and "The Wolfman". It also includes the essay "Some Character Types", in which Freud draws on the work of Shakespeare, Ibsen and Nietzsche to demonstrate different kinds of resistance to therapy.. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCHREBER CASE One of 15 volumes in the new Freud series and part of a plan to generate a new and non-specialist Freud for a wide readership, which goes way beyond the institutional/clinical market and presents material to the reader in a new and innovative way. This volume contains the Schreber case.. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BOOK OF SAND AND SHAKESPEARE'S MEMORY "The Book of Sand" was the last of Borges' major collections to be published. He described them as "variations on favourite themes...combining a plain and at times almost colloquial style with a fantastic plot". Includes "The Congress", "Undr" and "The Mirror and the Mask".. Author:BORGES, JORGE LUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ALEPH In stories that play with the very form of the short story, in this collection, Borges returns again and again to his themes: dreams, labyrinths, mirrors, infinite libraries, the manipulations of chance, gaucho knife-fighters, transparent tigers, and the elusive nature of identity itself.. Author:BORGES, JORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FICTIONS This is a collection of Borges's fiction, translated and gathered into a single volume. From his 1935 debut with "The Universal History of Iniquity", through the influential collections "Ficciones" and "The Aleph", to his final work from the 1980s, "Shakespeare Memory".. Author:BORGES, JORGE LUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNCONSCIOUS . Author:FREUD, INTRO. JAMES CONANT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IF NOT NOW, WHEN? Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to 20th-century atrocity. In this novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during World War II.. Author:LEVI, PRIMO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : QUARTET In interwar Paris, Marya is trying to make something of of her life. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she has been taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions. The novel was originally published in 1928, under the title "Postures".. Author:RHYS, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT Sasha has returned to Paris, the city of both her happiest and most desperate moments. Her past lies in wait for her in cafes and bars, blurring all distinctions between nightmare and reality. When she is picked up by a young man, she begins to feel that she is still capable of desires.. Author:RHYS, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AFTER LEAVING MR. MACKENZIE Julia Martin is at the end of her rope in Paris. Once beautiful, she was taken care of by men. Now after leaving her lover, she is running out of luck. A visit to London to see her ailing mother and distrustful sister bring her stark life into full focus.. Author:RHYS, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VOYAGE IN THE DARK Anna, 18 and independent both by circumstance and by character, has exchanged the West Indian island of her childhood for the cold, grey island of England, with its narrow streets and narrow rules. She comes to understand a world where people offer you no help unless there's something they want.. Author:RHYS, JEAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLACK MISCHIEF Treachery, cannibalism and civil war are among the evils at work in Azania. Against them are the forces of progress and the New Age, represented by the emperor Seth and his Minister of Modernization, Basil Seal. But it is a losing battle, and things are not much better back in Mayfair.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WOLF SOLENT The story of a young man returning, after ten years in London, to work as a literary assistant near the school where his own father had been history master.. Author:POWYS, JOHN COWPER. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PUT OUT MORE FLAGS What happened to the characters of "Decline and Fall" and "Vile Bodies" when war broke out? "Put Out More Flags" shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SCOOP William Boot - nature writer - is accidentally dispatched instead of novelist John Boot to cover the war in Ishmaelia. He eventually returns a hero, although in another case of mistaken identity, Boot has been knighted in his place.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE A brand new transaction of the "Psychopathology of Everyday Life" - one of 15 volumes in the new Freud series commissioned for the Penguin classics. This edition aims to reach beyond the institiutional/clinical market.. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUTLINE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS One of 15 volumes in this series, this title is part of a plan to generate non-specialist Freud titles for a wide readership - beyond the institutional/clinical market - and presents material to the reader in an alternative way.. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE A collection of some of Freud's most famous essays, including: "On the Introduction of Narcissim", "Remembering, Repeating and Working Through", "Beyond the Pleasure Principle", "The Ego and the ID and Inhibition, Symptom and Fear".. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BLUE OF NOON Against the backdrop of Facist Europe, the novel's narrator hastens despairingly from city to city in a sexual and mental nightmare - his internal collapse mirroring the fighting on the streets. Will he identify with history's victims or be seduced by the glamour of its terrible victors?. Author:BATAILLE, GEORGES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EROTICISM This work contains Bataille's own research into eroticism, its origins of taboo, religious ecstacy and the erotic impulse. He includes his comments on Freud, Sade, Saint Theresa and Kinsey.. Author:BATAILLE, GEORGES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ASPECTS OF THE NOVEL E.M. Forster describes the driving force behind this book as the effort to see through novels, not round them. This edition, based on a recension of the text by Oliver Stallybrass includes a number of related writings, notably some reflections which Forster committed to paper.. Author:FORSTER, E.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIGHT This is the story of the world heavyweight championship fight between George Foreman and Muhammed Ali in 1975. As the weeks to the fight ticked away, Ali's preparation was sluggish and his attitude fatalistic, in contrast to the machine-like and confident Foreman.. Author:MAILER, NORMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS Against a background of life in the Staffordshire Potteries, this is a novel about a gossipy, myopic, savage community and at its heart a young girl dominated by her miserly father. Bennett's portrait of Anna as a complex modern woman makes this book as moving today as when it was first written.. Author:BENNETT, ARNOLD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FORSYTE SAGA "MAN OF PROPERTY", "IN CHANCERY", "TO LET" Galsworthy's nine Forsyte novels span 50 years of family decline, from the 1880s to the 1930s. In seeking to insulate themselves by property from reality and the disintegration of their class, the Forsytes are gradually blinded to the threats of social change and "the stealthy march of passion".. Author:GALSWORTHY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREEN FOOL First published in 1938, "The Green Fool" was withdrawn as a result of a libel action. It is an autobiography that paints a picture of a young man in a patriarchal society and captures the essence of Irish rural life.. Author:KAVANAGH, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED SHORT STORIES This selection of short stories not only offers a representative and wide-ranging selection of Lawrence's work, but also traces a pattern of development in the author's career.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RAINBOW Set in the rural midlands of England, this tale recounts the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family. When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow, Lydia Lensky, and adopts her daughter Anna as his own, he is unprepared for the conflict and passion that erupts between them.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOVED ONE The more startling for the economy of its prose and plot, this novel's story, set among the manicured lawns and euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood, satirizes the American way of death and offers Waugh's memento mori.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY In Peru in 1714, a tiny footbridge breaks and five people hurtle to their deaths. The catastrophe is witnessed by Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar, who then faces the inescapable question of why those particular five people died.. Author:WILDER, THORNTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORLANDO A biographical fantasy, inspired by the author's friend, Vita Sackville-West, which traces the history of the youthful, beautiful and aristocratic Orlando through four centuries in both male and female manifestations.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK AND HIS FORTUNES IN THE WORLD WAR This text is the classic novel of the little man fighting officialdom and bureaucracy with the only weapons available to him - passive resistance, subterfuge, native wit and dumb insolence.. Author:HASEK, JAROSLAV. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RHINOCEROS This volume contains English translations of three plays by Ionesco, one of the founding fathers of the theatre of the absurd. Tragic, farcical, alive and kicking, they can be read as a way to liberation.. Author:IONESCO, EUGENE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEST OF JOHN BETJEMAN In addition to the best of Sir John's poetry, this acclaimed selection includes prose that reveals him as architectural critic, social historian, conservationist, short story writer, railway enthusiast, country lover, humourist, eccentric and christian.. Author:BETJEMAN, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS In a sense the work of four poets, Fernando Pessoa adopted in his writing four separate personae: Alberto Caeiro, Alvaro De Campos, Ricardo Reis and himself. Dramatic, lyrical, Christian, pagan old and modern, Pessoa's poets and poetry contribute to the "mysterious importance of existence".. Author:PESSOA, FERNANDO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS A collection of poetry by William Carlos Williams whose early work was influenced by Pound and the Imagists. Subsequently he discarded imagism as possessing "no formal necessity implicit in it" and his own poetically guiding concept "no ideas but in things" dictated his poetry.. Author:WILLIAMS, WILLIAM CARLOS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF One hot summer night in the house of the Mississippi Delta's richest cotton planter, a family imprisoned by the past is torn apart by the revelations of feelings of lust, greed and envy.. Author:WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDERTONES OF WAR In this First World War memoir, the poet and author records his experiences as an infantryman subaltern in France and Flanders, telling of the endurance, heroism and depair found among the men of his batallion. The selection of Blunden's poems show how he found hope in the natural landscape.. Author:BLUNDEN, EDMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HIROSHIMA This work offers an account of six men and women who survived the effects of Hiroshima in 1945, despite all the odds. It contains a further chapter written 40 years later, which provides a devastating picture of the long term effects of one very small bomb.. Author:HERSEY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INVISIBLE MAN Ralph Ellison's impassioned first novel, winner of the prestigious American National Book Award, tells the story of an invisible man "simply because people refuse to see me". Yet his powerfully depicted adventures go far beyond the story of one man.. Author:ELLISON, RALPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ULYSSES ANNOTATED STUDENTS' EDITION Dealing with one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, this book centres around Stephen Dedalus, the hero of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". Various chapters correspond to episodes of Homer's "Odyssey" and the style employs certain techniques, including stream of consciousness and parody.. Author:JOYCE, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MANHATTAN TRANSFER A portrait of New York City, drawn by describing the interconnected lives of dozens of people - bankers, chefs, bums, cabdrivers and others. Written in an impressionistic style, with vivid descriptions and bursts of overheard conversation, it has more in common with films than traditional novels.. Author:PASSOS, JOHN DOS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE SHORT STORIES This volume contains the whole of Saki's work - all the short stories, three novels and three plays. Born H.H. Munro in Burma in 1870, Saki was a social satirist of his contemporary upper-class Edwardian world. His stories are humorous, satirical, supernatural and set in unconventional situations.. Author:SAKI. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WORK SUSPENDED AND OTHER STORIES These pieces show the range of Waugh's skills: Mr Loveday's Little Outing; Cruise; Period Piece; On Guard; An Englishman's Home; Excursion in Reality; Bella Fleace Gave a Party; Winner Takes All; Work Suspended; Scott-King's Modern Europe; Basil Seal Rides Again; and Charles Ryder's Schooldays.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BETWEEN THE ACTS Outwardly a novel about country-house life, set in a house in whose grounds there is to be a pageant, this is an evocation of English experience in the months leading up to World War II. Through dialogue and humour, the author explores how a community is formed and scattered over time.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DESPAIR In this tale, Hermann, a German chocolate manufacturer, stumbles across a man he believes to be his double and starts plotting to turn this accidental encounter to his advantage. A murder story? A study of alienation or the problems of identity? "Despair" is any and all of these.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HUIS CLOS Sartre used the theatre to express to one of his major preoccupations: the struggle for freedom in a world whose orders and systems make any choices hard, or impossible. Though the setting for each of these three pieces is different, they all share this central theme.. Author:SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POETRY OF THE THIRTIES In this collection, Robin Skelton has arranged the poetry to make a critical essay of the period, and he provides an introduction which probes the moods and mores of an intensely troubled and creative decade.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OUR TOWN A collection of Wilder's drama: "Our Town" searches for a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life; "The Skin of Our Teeth" depicts the events of family life against the vast dimensions of time and place; and "The Matchmaker" explores aspirations for participation in life.. Author:WILDER, THORNTON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GOODBYE TO ALL THAT 'Goodbye to all That' is Robert Graves' candid self-portrait of his childhood and his experiences as a young officer in the World War I.. Author:GRAVES, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROOM OF ONE'S OWN AND THREE GUINEAS "A Room of One's Own" is a feminist essay which grew out of a lecture that Virginia Woolf had been invited to give at Girton College, Cambridge in 1928. Ten years later "Three Guineas" appeared, an open letter in answer to the question: how can war be prevented?. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS This collection of 14 short stories includes "Handcarved Coffins" which, like the novel "In Cold Blood", is based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Of the 14 stories, seven are potraits of characters such as Marilyn Monroe and a dope-smoking, New York cleaning lady.. Author:CAPOTE, TRUMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANECDOTES OF DESTINY Originally written in 1958, the stories which comprise this volume were among the last to be written by Isak Dinesen. The theme of Ariel runs through the collection which includes "The Driver", "Tempests", "Babette's Feast", "The Immortal Story" and "The Ring".. Author:DINESEN, ISAK BLIXEN, KAREN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER A loss of memory drives Dorothy, one of England's old maids, from her drab life as "the rector's daughter" onto the streets of London, to the hop-gardens of Kent and the grimness of a fourth-rate private school.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN Guy Crouchback is now attached to a commando unit undergoing training on the Hebridean isle of Mugg, where the whisky flows freely and HM forces have to show respect for the laird. But the comedy of Mugg is followed by the bitterness of Crete.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH This story relates the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature and the inhumanity of the system that defines their conditions of life. It is a glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin, which shocked the world when it first appeared.. Author:SOLZHENITSYN, ALEKSANDR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS Chosen by Ginsberg himself, this selection, in his words, "summarizes what I deem most honest, most penetrant of my writing". Ranging from early works such as "Paterson" (1949) to more recent uncollected poems, this volume brings together nearly 50 years of his verse.. Author:GINSBERG, ALLEN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STUDIES IN HYSTERIA One of 15 volumes in the Sigmund Freud series, this work presents accounts of case histories of hysterics and three theoretical essays on hysteria.. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LABYRINTHS Jorge Luis Borges was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. This collection brings together many of his stories, including the celebrated "Library of Babel".. Author:BORGES, JORGE LUIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEIZE THE DAY Fading charmer Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his 40s, he still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of havoc. In the course of one climatic day, he he reviews his past mistakes and spiritual malaise.. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH Ranging from the depths of poverty to the heights of success (and back), this is the chronicle of a modern-day Columbus in search of reality and fulfillment. It concerns Augie March, a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Great Depression.. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HERZOG Herzog is alone now that Medeleine has left him. Locked for days in the custody of his rambling memories, Herzog scrawls frantic letters which he never mails. His mind buzzes with conundrums and polemics, writing in a spectacular intellectual labyrinth. Is he crazy, or is he a genius?. Author:BELLOW, SAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : DHARMA BUMS Published just one year after "On The Road", this is the story of two men enganged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras to seek the lesson of solitude.. Author:KEROUAC, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SUBTERRANEANS The Subterraneans haunt the bars and clubs of San Francisco, living on a diet of booze and benedrine, Proust and Verlaine. Amongst them is Leo, an aspiring writer, and Mardou, half-Indian, half-Negro, beautiful but neurotic. This is the story of their bitter-sweet and ill-starred love affair.. Author:KEROUAC, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONESOME TRAVELER Standing on a train as it rushes past fields of cactus; witnessing his first bullfight in Mexico, high on opium; meditating in Tangiers; or falling in love with Montmartre - Kerouac's travels reveal both the endless diversity of human life and his own particular philosophy of self-fulfillment.. Author:KEROUAC, JACK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SILENT SPRING Focuses on the effects of the indiscriminate use of chemicals, describing how pesticides and insecticides are applied almost universally to farms, forests, gardens and homes with scant regard to the contamination of the environment and the destruction of wildlife.. Author:CARSON, RACHEL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEMOIRS OF HADRIAN Hadrian, approaching death, writes a long valedictory letter to the young Marcus Aurelius, next-but-one in the line of succession. Hadrian describes his accession and explains the philosophy that informed his rule over the powerful and far-flung Empire.. Author:YOURCENAR, MARGUERITE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SWORD OF HONOUR The story of Guy Crouchback, whose career as an officer in the royal corps of Halberdiers is chequered and strewn with blunders and botched encounters. It is also rich in such indelibly funny characters as Colonel Ritchie-Hook and Apthorpe.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE From the moment Melquiades the Gypsy walks into the jungle settlement of Macondo nothing is ever the same again. He brings to this protected Eden knowledge and the tools of discovery. This is a modern parable told without moralizing, its strength lying in its ability to make us laugh in sympathy.. Author:MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAHABHARATA This work is a shortened prose rendering of a poem considered to be the longest in any language and some 3500 years old. It is one of the founding epics of Indian culture, filled with vivid characters, who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes.. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOLITA ANNOTATED EDITION An annotated edition of "Lolita", first published in 1970 with a revised edition in 1991. The novel which first established Nabokov's reputation with a large audience is a comic satire on sex and the American ways of life. It focuses on the love of a middle-aged European for an American nymphet.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GRAPES OF WRATH Set against the background of Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, this novel tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EAST OF EDEN Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CANNERY ROW This is a portrait of people on the margin of society, dependent on one another for both physical and emotional survival. Written in 1945, this book focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RED PONY Jody begins to learn about adulthood through his acceptance of his father's gifts. Yet these gifts bring him tragedy, as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but is made painfully aware of the fallibility of adults.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : OF MICE AND MEN This novel revolves around two central characters: Lennie and George. Lennie is a man with the strength of two, but with the mind of a child, whose whole world centres around George, who steers him through life and protects him.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TORTILLA FLAT Danny is a paisano, descended from the Spanish settlers who arrived in California centuries before. Danny is quick to offer shelter to his fellow gentlemen when he suddenly inherits two houses. They are drawn into many daring adventures, until Danny, tiring of his new responsibilites, disappears.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PEARL Kino is a Mexican pearl fisher in the Gulf of California. When he and his wife, Juana, have a baby, their joy is complete ... until the infant is bitten by a scorpion. Kino finds a great pearl worth a fortune, but it brings only tragedy and evil to his family.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PLAGUE During the 1940s a plague descends on the Algerian town of Oran. This plague brings its terror, while also inspiring a courageous resistance. This is a tale of natural calamity: a slaughter as absurd as the habits it supersedes.. Author:CAMUS, ALBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMPLETE NOVELS Contains the complete novels of George Orwell - "Animal Farm", "Burmese Days", "A Clergyman's Daughter", "Coming up for Air", "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four".. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORWELL IN SPAIN Including "Homage to Catalonia", Orwell's profound experience of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, this title also contains Orwell's essays, letters and pamphlets, which show his resolution to tell the truth about the war amid a "crop of lies" from both the Communist Party and the British Press.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORWELL'S ENGLAND Containing "The Road to Wigan Pier", Orwell's account of poverty in Northern England, this title also includes "The English People", in which he lists the nation's characteristics, and his essays on class, the horrors of private school life, and the merits of cricket, gardening and pubs.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORWELL AND POLITICS This title brings George Orwell's classic satire "Animal Farm" together with the author's other works exploring the nature of politics and the Second World War. His topics include: corrupt political language, the oppressive British Empire, and a wry review of "Mein Kampf".. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ORWELL AND THE DISPOSSESSED Including Orwell's "Down and Out in Paris and London", which chronicles his experiences of life among the the underclass of the "two nations" of rich and poor, this title also contains Orwell's articles and letters on the poverty he witnssed in Morocco and India and his essay, "How the Poor Die".. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER Set in the American South, this is the story of a group of people who appear to have little in common except they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, John Singer, whose presence changes their lives.. Author:MCCULLERS, CARSON. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FIRST MAN Working on a manuscript version of this book before he died, Albert Camus provides a moving account of his poverty-stricken childhood in Algeria, the love of his silent mother and the remarkable figure of the old schoolteacher who saved him from ignorance.. Author:CAMUS, ALBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STRAIT IS THE GATE Jerome Palissier, a delicate boy, spends many summers at his uncle's house in Normandy, where the whole world seems "steeped in azure". There he falls deeply in love with his cousin Alissa and she with him. But gradually Alissa becomes convinced that Jerome's love for her is endangering his soul.. Author:GIDE, ANDRE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PALE FIRE A novel constructed around the last great poem of a fictional American poet, John Shade, and an account of his death. The poem appears in full and the narrative develops through the lengthy, and increasingly eccentric, notes by his posthumous editor.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RADETZKY MARCH This is a subtle & touching study of family life at the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Roth manages to write in the form of the traditional family saga but at the same time giving it an individual manner & the wider panorama of a failing dynasty. Author:ROTH, JOSEPH. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AGE OF REASON Set in volatile Paris of 1938, this novel follows two days in the life of Mathieu Delarue and his circle. Mathieu has so far managed to contain sex and personal freedom in separate compartments, but now he is in trouble, urgently trying to find money to procure a safe abortion for his mistress.. Author:SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROAD TO WIGAN PIER Commissioned by the Left Book club in 1936, George Orwell set out to report on working class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. The experience profoundly changed him, and in "The Road to Wigan Pier" he unleased a brilliant and bitter polemic.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAPOTE READER This reader contains much of Truman Capote's published work: his fiction, including "Breakfast at Tiffany's", as well as his prolific output of short stories, travel sketches in which he evokes places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, portraits of his contempories such his reportage and essays.. Author:CAPOTE, TRUMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD A group of well-bred English people react violently when they are confronted by a situation outside their experience. The widowed Lilia marries an Italian, and the contrast between the vitality of disreputable Gino, and the narrowness of the English, forms the central theme of the story.. Author:FORSTER, E.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : YEARS The story of the Pargiter family - their intimacies and estrangements, anxieties and triumphs - mapped out amongst the bustling rhythms of London's streets during the first decade of the 20th century. The Pargiter children must learn to find their footing in a world of rapidly changing rules.. Author:WOOLF, VIRGINIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INSPECTOR CALLS AND OTHER PLAYS "An inspector calls", the title play in this collection, was written inside a week in 1944. Inspector Goole, investigating a girl's death, calls on the Birlings, an outwardly virtuous household.. Author:PRIESTLEY, J.B.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B.TOKLAS "The Autogiography of Alice B. Toklas" is in fact Gertrude Stein's own autobiography, seen through the eyes of her friend, Alice B. Toklas. With occasional glimpses into her early life, it describes her years in Paris until 1932.. Author:STEIN, GERTRUDE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BURMESE DAYS When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies the bigoted orthodoxy of the time. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white club.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : STORY OF THE EYE Georges Bataille's first novel is widely regarded as the erotic masterpiece of the 20th century. It appears here together with two essays: Susan Sontag's study of the literature of sex, "The Pornographic Imagination", and Roland Barthes's critical essay on the text, "The Metaphor of the Eye'.. Author:BATAILLE, GEORGES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X By the time of his murder in 1965, Malcolm X was world-famous as the "angriest black man in America". From hustling, cocaine addiction and armed violence he had turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the fervour of the Black Muslims. This book looks at the life and work of Malcolm X.. Author:X, MALCOLM. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MATING SEASON . Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : NAUSEA In this novel, Antoine Roquentin, an introspective historian, records the disturbing shifts in his perceptions and his struggle to restore meaning to life in a continuing present and without lies. This is Sartre's first published novel and his first extended essay on existential philosophy.. Author:SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TO A GOD UNKNOWN Joseph Wayne believes a magnificent tree on his farm embodies his father's spirit. His brother, scared by Joseph's pagan belief, kills the tree, bringing disease and famine on the farm. This mystical tale explores one man's attempt to control the forces of nature and to understand the ways of God.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONG VALLEY In his exploration of the tensions in rural life between town and country, labourers and owners, Steinbeck gives voice to the lonely and outcast individuals who fall outside the established norms. Included are the two tales, "The Murderer" and "The Chrysanthemums".. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SWEET THURSDAY Returning to the scene of "Cannery Row" - the weedy lots, junk heaps and flop houses of Monterey - Steinbeck brings to life in "Sweet Thursday" the denizens of a netherworld of laughter and tears. He again explores the common bounds of humanity and love which make goodness and happiness possible.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOON IS DOWN Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power, Steinbeck's fable explores the effects of invasion on conquered and conquerors alike. The book's conclusion stands as a celebration of the principles of democracy and the power of the individual.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : JOKE AND ITS RELATION TO THE UNCONSCIOUS Why do we laugh? The answer, argued Freud in this study of humour, is that jokes, like dreams, satisfy our unconscious desires. This text explains how jokes provide immense pleasure by releasing us from our inhibitions and allowing us to express sexual, aggressive, playful or cynical instincts.. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SEARCH FOR ROOTS The only one of Primo Levi's books published in his lifetime, this is a selection of pieces chosen by Levi which he regarded as key to him and his life. Fiction, poetry, science, philosophy and traveller's tales are to be found among these 30 pieces, each with an introduction by Levi.. Author:LEVI, PRIMO. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THIS SIDE OF PARADISE Amory Blaine, intent on rebelling against his staid, Midwestern upbringing, longs to acquire the patina of Eastern sophistication. In his quest for sexual and intellectual enlightenment, he progresses through a series of relationships, until he is cast out into the real world.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : INVITATION TO A BEHEADING Written in Berlin in 1934, this novel takes the reader into the fantastic prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison, not quite knowing when the end will come.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAST TYCOON Caught up in his own cynicism and vulnerability, Monroe Stahr inhabits a world dominated by business, alcohol and promiscuity. This is Fitzgerald's last novel, left unfinished. It bids farewll to the American dream, with a hero who doesn't believe in morality and fails to see love.. Author:FITZGERALD, F.SCOTT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COMING UP FOR AIR Years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda have been no more than death in life to George Bowling. This and fear of another war take his mind back to the peace of his childhood in a small country town. But his return journey to Lower Binfield brings complete disillusionment.. Author:ORWELL, GEORGE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IMAGIST POETRY This anthology traces the complicated evolution of imagism through its poetry from "the pre-imagists" and the "period of the anthologies (1914-17)" to "the imagists after imagism".. Author:. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BABY DOLL AND OTHER PLAYS WITH "SOMETHING UNSPOKEN" AND "SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER" Tennessee Williams's controversial Hollywood screenplay "Baby Doll" opens with Archie Lee's teenage bride driving him to distraction, as she has refuses to consummate their marriage until the day of her 20th birthday, This volume also contains "Something Unspoken" and "Suddenly Last Summer".. Author:WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CLAUDIUS NOVELS Claudius the stammerer made it his business to watch from the sidelines and record the antics of the imperial households. Here, in this fictionalized biography, Claudius records the intrigue, lusts, perversions and bloodshed of the Imperial Roman households.. Author:GRAVES, ROBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MEN AT ARMS Guy Crouchback begins his career as an officer in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. Despite his high spirits and chivalry, he sees only the trimmings and none of the action. His idealism undaunted, Guy finds himself in West Africa and, in his first campaign, manages to blot his copybook.. Author:WAUGH, EVELYN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LORD EMSWORTH ACTS FOR THE BEST A complete collection of the short stories in Wodehouse's Blandings series, introduced by one of Britain's favourite comic writers. The volume comprizes all the stories from "Blandings Castle", "One From Plum Pie", and "One From Nothing" series.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THREE PLAYS The revolutionary genius of Spanish theatre, Lorca brought vivid and tragic-poetry to the stage with these powerful dramas. All appeal for freedom and sexual and social equality, and are also passionate defences of the imagination.. Author:LORCA, FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BEND SINISTER A satirical fantasy on the rise of a tyrant state. Adam Krug stands alone in opposition to the new regime. His antagonist is the leader of the new party, Paduk. Grieving over his wife's recent death, Krug is at first dismissive of Paduk's activities. Then his son David is seized.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : KING, QUEEN, KNAVE King is the wealthy and boisterous proprietor of a male clothing emporium. Ruddy with health and self-satisfaction, he is repugnant to his cold queen, his wife Martha. She is warmed by his fortune, but hungers for their nephew, the knave of hearts.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REPRIEVE September 1938, Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the Munich Conference. In Paris, people are waiting too. Among them are Mathieu, Jacques and Philippe - not one of them ready to fight. Cutting from one scene to the next, Sartre depicts the hopes, fears and self-deceptions of Munich.. Author:SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : U.S.A. In this experimental trilogy, Dos Passos uses "camera eye" and "newsreel" sections to create a fragmented atmosphere. Through the testimony of numerous characters, both fictional and historical figures, he buids up a composite picture of American society in the first quarter of the 20th century,. Author:PASSOS, JOHN DOS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : POET IN NEW YORK Composed while the poet was a student at Columbia University, USA in 1929 and 1930, the book expresses the young Lorca's amazed and indignant reaction to the vastness, brutality, and loneliness of the American megalopolis.. Author:LORCA, FEDERICO GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS . Author:LORCA, FREDERICO GARCIA. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LONGEST JOURNEY Rickie sets out from Cambridge with the intention of writing. In order to marry the beautiful but shallow Agnes, however, he becomes a schoolmaster instead. This abandonment of personal values for those of the world leads him gradually into a living death of conformity and spiritual hypocrisy.. Author:FORSTER, E.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY Growing up in a mining community in rural South Wales, Huw Morgan is taught many harsh lessons. Looking back, where difficult days are faced with courage and the valleys swell with the sound of Welsh voices, it becomes clear that there is nowhere so green as the landscape of his own memory.. Author:LLEWELLYN, RICHARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIFT "The Gift" is the phantasmal autobiography of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdynstev, a writer living in the closed world of Russian emigre intellectuals in Berlin shortly after the First World War.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WINTER'S TALES If one theme unifies the 11 tales collected here, it is that of longing. Written after her return from Kenya and during the dark days of the Nazi occupation, they derive their themes and locales from Isak Dinesen's childhood in Denmark.. Author:DINESEN, ISAK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HANGOVER SQUARE London 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation with Netta who is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in hell, until something goes click in his head and he realizes that he must kill her.. Author:HAMILTON, PATRICK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN The story of the guilt, bitterness and spiritual strivings of the Grimes family which is told as the son, John, faces the issue of religious conversion in the Temple of the Fire Baptised.. Author:BALDWIN, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ENLARGED DEVIL'S DICTIONARY An incomparable satirist, Ambrose Bierce became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H.L.Mencken, and nowhere are his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody more in evidence than in this "dictionary".. Author:BIERCE, AMBROSE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANSWERED PRAYERS P.B. Jones discovers that bed-hopping rather than literary ability is the way to get published. Living by his wits and his charm, Jones makes his way through the exotic boudoirs of the glitterati - only to discover that the prayers that are answered cause more pain than those that remain ignored.. Author:CAPOTE, TRUMAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PARADE'S END Christopher Tietjens is the embodiment of an Edwardian English gentleman - his world is ordered, predictable, and hierarchical. His wife, Sylvia - beautiful, arrogant, reckless - is a symbol of the new times brought about by World War I. Their conflict is a chronicle of a family and an era.. Author:FORD, FORD MADOX. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CODE OF THE WOOSTERS Take Gussie Fink-Nottle, Madeline Bassett, old Pop Bassett, the unscrupulous Stiffy Byng, an 18th-century cow-creamer, a small brown leather covered notebook and mix with a dose of the aged aunt Dahlia and one has a dangerous brew which spells toil and trouble for Bertie and Jeeves.. Author:WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LUZHIN DEFENSE One of the major novels by Vladimir Nabokov, originally entitled "The Defense". The novel features a chess-playing genius Luzhin who discovers his gift in boyhood, rising to the rank of Grandmaster.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT This first novel published by Vladamir Nabokov tells the story of a man, spurred on by admiration for his novelist half-brother and irritation at the biography written about him by Mr Goodman, who sets out to record Sebastian's life as he sees it.. Author:NABOKOV, VLKADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MOLESWORTH Nothing escapes Nigel Molesworth's disaffected eye and he has little time for such things as botany, walks, poetry, snekes and oiks. Instead he is very good at missing lessons, charming masters and putting down little brothers.. Author:WILLANS, GEOFFREY HENSHER, PHILLIP. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IN DUBIOUS BATTLE Set in California apple country, a strike by migrant workers spirals out of control, as principled defiance turns into blind fanaticism. Caught in this upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who finds himself briefly the leader of the strike before being crushed in its service.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PSYCHOLOGY OF LOVE A collection of Freud's major texts on love, human relations and loss, including: "The Taboo on Virginity"; "On Female Sexuality"; "A Child is Being Beaten"; "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality" and the case history "Dora".. Author:FREUD, SIGMUND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LANGUAGE, TRUTH AND LOGIC Ayer rejected metaphysical claims about god, the absolute, and objective values as completely nonsensical. First published in 1936 when he was only 24, this work shook the foundations of Anglo-American philosophy and made its author notorious.. Author:AYER, A.J.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : BURNING BRIGHT Such is the strength of Joe Saul's longing for a child, that he feels he is cursed after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His young wife secretly conceives the child of another man and when Joe discovers her deception, his anguish is greater than ever.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LOG FROM THE "SEA OF CORTEZ" In 1940 John Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his friend the biologist Edward F. Ricketts to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the gulf of California. This work describes this expedition.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LADY IN THE LAKE Philip Marlowe, the original hard-boiled private eye, returns to walk the mean streets of the American underworld again in these classic novels.. Author:CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : PASTURES OF HEAVEN These interconnected tales are devoted to a family living in a fertile valley in California, and the effects that one particular family has on them all. Two traditions are present: American naturalism (natural instincts versus conforming to society's norms) and the short story cycle.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY In 1960, when he was almost 60 years old, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover the United States, feeling he might have lost touch with its sights sounds and the essence of its people. This book decribes his travels in a pick-up truck across nearly 40 states with his dog Charlie, a French poodle.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WAYWARD BUS This story of crisis, passion, love and longing tells about the occupants of a wayward bus, which travels the backroads of the California countryside. There is the driver, hot-blooded and uninhibited, a girl who dances at stag parties, a travelling salesman, a young man and a college girl.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CUP OF GOLD Steinbeck's sole work of historical fiction, this tale recounts the story of Henry Morgan, who ruled the Spanish Main in the 1670s. He was consumed by two passions, to possess the mysterious woman known as La Santa Roja, and to conquer Panama and wrest "the cup of gold" from Spanish hands.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : UNDER THE BANYAN TREE A collection of stories about characters from every walk of Indian life - merchants, beggars, herdsmen, rogues - all of whose lives are microcosms of the human experience.. Author:NARAYAN, R.K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : THERESE These four stories, set in Bordeaux and Paris, chart the passionate and tortured life of Therese Desqueyroux. Her story affirms the beauty and vitality of the human spirit in the "eternal radiance of death".. Author:MAURIAC, FRANCOIS. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LIFE IN LETTERS John Steinbeck was a prolific correspondent, and this collection of letters to friends, family, his editor and a circle of public figures gives an insight into the raw creative processes of one of the most naturally-gifted and hard-working writing minds of this century.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy forebears. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery store clerk. But his wife is restless, his teenage children troubled and hungry for material comforts. Then a series of unusual events reignites Ethan's ambition.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : RUSSIAN JOURNAL Just as the Iron Curtain fell on Eastern Europe, Steinbeck and Capa began a remarkable journey through the Soviet Union. Combining Steinbeck's compassion and humour with Capa's photographs, this text is a unique portrit of Russia and its people as they emerged from the ravages of war.. Author:STEINBECK, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GIOVANNI'S ROOM First published in 1957, this book attempts to tackle the conflict between homosexual and heterosexual love. It tells of David, a young man awakening to his true homosexual nature, through a relationship with a barman named Giovanni, as he awaits his fiancee's arrival from Spain.. Author:BALDWIN, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANOTHER COUNTRY After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover.. Author:BALDWIN, JAMES. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANGELIC AVENGERS Lucan has been orphaned and Zosine has been deserted. Bound together by poverty, grief and their shared years at school, the girls are adopted by the austere Reverend Pennhallow and his wife and become immersed in study. They soon realize that the couple are not all they seem to be.. Author:DINESEN, ISAK. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : GREAT WALL OF CHINA AND OTHER SHORT WORKS A companion to Malcolm Pasley's translation of "Metamorphosis and Other Stories", this volume illuminates Kafka's life and art by presenting works for the first time in the sequence in which they were written and drawing directly on his manuscripts.. Author:KAFKA, FRANZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY This story affirms the powers of instinct and intuition in their struggle against the constraints of civilization and anticipates "Lady Chatterley's Lover" in its theme. In it Lawrence tells the reverent tale of a young girl's emotional awakening in the elemental presence of a gipsy.. Author:LAWRENCE, D.H.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ROSE TATTOO AND OTHER PLAYS "CAMINO REAL","ORPHEUS DESCENDING" In these exotic, steamy dramas, Tennessee Williams portrays loss, faded lives and passionate love affairs. The title play, "The Rose Tattoo", is set in a bustling Sicilian-American community, where new widowed Serafina is paralysed by grief.. Author:WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : COLLECTED SHORT STORIES Written at various dates before World War I, these 12 stories contain themes that were to re-emerge in E.M. Forster's later work. They demonstrate his belief in freedom, self realization and a spiritual honesty that may be used to defeat the lies of repression.. Author:FORSTER, E.M.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : LAUGHTER IN THE DARK In Berlin there lived a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable and happy but one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress he loved. He was not loved in return, however, and his life ended in disaster. The original Russian text of this novel was published in 1933.. Author:NABOKOV, VLADIMIR. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : WRETCHED OF THE EARTH . Author:FANON, FRANTZ. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED POEMS Stevie Smith was one of the few modern poets to reach a wide general audience. Bizarre, witty, sad, sometimes caustic, her poems impart a zest for life, and reveal her unique eye for the marvels of the ordinary and her deep sensibility to the paradoxical nature of all human emotions.. Author:SMITH, STEVIE. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : EXILE AND THE KINGDOM Four of these stories are set on the shimmering desert fringes of Albert Camus' native Algeria, and all of them first appeared in 1957, the year when he became the youngest French writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.. Author:CAMUS, ALBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : IRON IN THE SOUL June 1940: this was the summer of defeat. Day by day, hour by hour, this work unfolds what men thought and felt and did as France fell. Men who shrugged, men who ran, men who fought and tragic men like Mathieu, riven with remorse, who must somehow learn to kill.. Author:SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : HAPPY DEATH In many ways this work can be seen as a first sketch for Camus's renowned early novel, "The Outsider", but it can also be viewed as a candid self-portrait, drawing on Camus's memories of his youth, travels and early relationships.. Author:CAMUS, ALBERT. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE First published in 1962, this title imagines the world as if the Allies had lost the Second World War: the African continent virtually wiped out, the Mediterranean drained to make farmland, and the United States divided between the Japanese and the Nazis.. Author:DICK, PHILIP K.. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : SELECTED STORIES This collection opens with "The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows", the first story Kipling published as a young journalist in india, and ends with an acknowledged masterpiece, "The gardener", written 50 years later in the aftermath of the great war.. Author:KIPLING, RUDYARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : CAPTIVE MIND Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had allowed itself to be hypnotized by socio-political doctrines, and to accept totalitarian terror on the strength of a hypothetical future.. Author:MILOSZ, CZESLAW. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE In 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of the world, to enter a nightmare of anarchy.. Author:KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARD. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE WITH "DR. NO" AND "GOLDFINGER" This title includes three of the best-known Bond novels in one volume - which were also the first three novels to be filmed. They feature villains of grandeur and repulsiveness, plots of deranged implausibility, and set-pieces that contributed to making the films so memorable.. Author:FLEMING, IAN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FORSYTE SAGA "WHITE MONKEY", "SILVER SPOON", "SWAN SONG" In this second part of John Galworthy's trilogy of love, power, money and family feuding, a new generation has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions.. Author:GALSWORTHY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

Penguin Books Ltd : FORSYTE SAGA "MAID IN WAITING", "FLOWERING WILDERNESS", "OVER THE RIVER" In this final volume of the Forsyte trilogy, Galsworthy writes about the lives and loves of the Cherrell family, cousins of the Forystes,. Author:GALSWORTHY, JOHN. Discounted by 27%

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