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Penguin Dictionary of First Names

Names have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. With 150 plus entries, this book takes a look at over 5,000 exam

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At the Mountains of Madness - Lovecraft Howard Phillips

Anotace: `To that flash of semi-vision can be traced a full half of the horror which has ever since haunted us`An expedition to Antarctica goes horribly wrong as a group of explorers stumbles upon some mysterious ancient ruins, with devastating consequences. At the Mountains of Madness ranks among Lovecraft`s most terrifying novellas, and is a firm favourite among fans o...

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Penguin Readers Level 1: Little Women - Alcottová Louisa May

Anotace: Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introdu...

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The Masque of the Red Death - Poe Edgar Allan

Anotace: Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterrane...

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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe - McCullers Carson

Anotace: Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterrane...

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Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control - Russell Stuart

Anotace: FROM THE BBC REITH LECTURER 2021`The most important book I have read in quite some time` Daniel Kahneman; `A must-read` Max Tegmark; `The book we`ve all been waiting for` Sam HarrisHumans dream of super-intelligent machines. But what happens if we actually succeed?Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, accordin...

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 14 : Wrecking Ball - Kinney Jeff

Anotace: THE ONE WITH THE HOME IMPROVEMENTSThe fourteenth laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid book from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney! A global phenomenon with 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide!Big changes are in store for Greg Heffley and his family. They are making home improvements!But with unwelcome critters, toxic m...

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Feline Philosophy : Cats and the Meaning of Life - Gray John

Anotace: There is no real evidence that humans ever `domesticated` cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans. John Gray`s wonderful new book is an attempt to get to grips with the philosophical and moral issues around the uniquely strange relationship between ourselves and these remarkable animals.Feline Philosophy dra...

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Birdsong in a Time of Silence - Lovatt Steven

Anotace: A lyrical celebration of birdsong, and the rekindling of a deep passion for nature.`At this time of year, blackbirds never simply fly: instead, like reluctantly retired officers, they`re always "on manoeuvres", and it`s easy to see from their constant agitation that for them every flower bed is a bunker, every shed a redoubt and every hedge-bottom a potential pl...

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 18: No Brainer - Kinney Jeff

Anotace: In No Brainer, book 18 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, it's up to Greg to save his school before it's shuttered for good. Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about...

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The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire - Gingeras Ryan

Anotace: `A tour de force of accessible scholarship` The Guardian`Impressive ... It is a complicated story that still reverberates, and Gingeras narrates it with lucid authority` New StatesmanThe Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history since the Middle Ages. Stretching from the Adriatic to the Indian Ocean, the Empire was both a great political...

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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - Nestor James

Anotace: THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERAS HEARD ON STEVEN BARTLETT`S `DIARY OF A CEO``Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way we breathe could be so revolutionary for our health, from snoring to allergies to immunity? A fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations` Dr Rangan ChatterjeeThere is nothing more essential to our health and wel...

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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things - Adam Grant

Anotace: #1 New York Times bestseller "This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would`ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress."-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis championThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again il...

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Bournville: From the bestselling author of Middle England - Coe Jonathan

Anotace: `A wickedly funny, clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and Britishness and what we have become` RACHEL JOYCEIn Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. For eleven-year-old Mary and her family in 1945, it`s the centre of the world. The reason their streets smell faintly of chocolate, the place where most of t...

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A Sliver of Darkness - Tudor C. J., Tudor C. J.

Anotace: A creak of the floorboard, a shiver down your spine, the feeling that you`re not alone...Join a group of survivors who wash up on a deserted island only to make a horrifying discovery. Meet a cold-hearted killer who befriends a strange young girl at a motorway service station. Travel along eerie country lanes in a world gone dark, enter a block of flats with the...

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A Cruel Twist of Fate - Askwith H. F.

Anotace: And Then There Were None meets The Inheritance Games, with a heavy dash of The Woman in Black, in this gloriously gothic YA mystery-thriller.When eighteen-year-old Helena is sent to be a governess at Archfall Manor - a beautiful but crumbling manor house, perched at the edge of a causeway in the North Sea - she feels confident she will know how to deal with the ...

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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Doyle Arthur Conan

Anotace: Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Emerging from their smoke-filled rooms at 21B Baker Street, Holmes and Watson grapple with the forces of crime that stalk the streets of London. From the first story, 'A ...

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The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found - Lees Jordan

Anotace: The spell-binding world-building of Philip Pullman with the page-turning kid appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. Discover a world of magic and secrets, friendship and unimaginable quests in this spectacular new fantasy series from the most exciting new voice in children`s books.A boy who doesn`t believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his min...

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The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found - Lees Jordan

Anotace: The spell-binding world-building of Philip Pullman with the page-turning kid appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. Discover a world of magic and secrets, friendship and unimaginable quests in this spectacular new fantasy series from the most exciting new voice in children`s books.A boy who doesn`t believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his min...

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One Of Us Is Lying - Karen M. McManus

Anotace: Five students go to detention. Only four leave alive.Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule.Sports star Cooper only knows what he`s doing in the baseball diamond.Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime.Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life.And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview...

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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity - Attia Peter

Anotace: - THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -This is the ultimate manual for living better and longer.For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of ageing that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer`s disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late, pro...

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Yes To Life In Spite of Everything - Frankl Viktor E.

Anotace: `Viktor Frankl gives us the gift of looking at everything in life as an opportunity` Edith Eger, bestselling author of The Choice`Offers a path to finding hope even in these dark times` The New York Times A rediscovered masterpiece by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Man`s Search For MeaningJust months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psych...

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The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - Holton India

Anotace: Cecilia Bassingwaite belongs to The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels.Yet this is no ordinary Victorian lady`s society . . .Full of pirates, thieves and ne`er-do-wells, these women spend their days pickpocketing and blackmailing their way around the country all before their afternoon tea.But when Cecilia meets Ned Lightbourne her world is set to change forever...

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One of Us Is Lying - McManusová Karen M.

Anotace: Pay close attention and you might solve this.On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. ...

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The Hundred Loves of Juliet: A Novel - Skye Evelyn

Anotace: I may go by Sebastien now, but my name was originally Romeo. And hers was Juliet.It`s a frosty fairytale of an evening in small-town Alaska when Helene and Sebastien meet for the first time. Except it isn`t the first time. You already know that story, though it didn`t happen quite as Shakespeare told it.To Helene, Sebastien is the flesh-and-blood hero of the lov...

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Penguin Readers Level 6: Slumdog Millionaire (ELT Graded Reader)

Anotace: Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introduci...

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Guardian of the Realm - Thomas Kyle, Thomas Kyle

Anotace: Kyle Thomas and his beloved meerkat Mylo have always been inseparable. But now they`re about to be worlds away from life as they know it . . .Stumbling upon an extraordinary and magical alternate world, they enter a land filled with strange and wonderful wild creatures.Everything seems perfect here, but danger is lurking.A dark creature has found its way through...

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Darling: A razor-sharp, gloriously funny retelling of Nancy Mitford´s The Pursuit of Love - Knightová India

Anotace: `A savagely funny, bracingly sad, dazzlingly clever reimagining of The Pursuit of Love. I loved it. Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss `A triumph! Brilliantly done, faithful but imaginative, tremendously romantic and very funny.` Nina Stibbe, author of Reasons to be CheerfulMarooned in a sprawling farmhouse in Norfolk, teenage Linda Radlett feels herself dest...

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Penguin Readers Level 3: Zoo (ELT Graded Reader) - Patterson James

Anotace: Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introduci...

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Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo Book 4)

You will get to the Tiber alive. You will start to Jive. I am Apollo I will remember The former God Apollo, cast out by his father, Zeus, is having a pretty rough time of it. Well, for one thing, he's called Lester. But being an awkward mortal teenager is the least of his worries. Though he and his friends (some of them) have emerged from the Burning Maze, rescue...

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Pillow Book

A translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the "Tale of Genji", it is one of the major Japanese classics.

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Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse

Quentin Blake is one of the best loved of children's illustrators. This book selects and illustrates his favourite comic verse. His unique style of dr

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Hey Duggee: Book of Badges

Would you like to earn your Squirrel Club badges? Duggee's Book of Badges is packed full of them! Just follow Duggee's instructions, play and have fu

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Tippi My Book of Africa

My book of Africa takes the reader on a journey into Africa and into the world of a ten-year-old girl called Tippi. Tippi is no ordinary child. She be

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Overlode (Book 17) - Kinney Jeff

Anotace: In Diper OEverloede, book 17 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is finding out that the road to fame and glory comes with some hard knocks.When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick`s band, Loeded Diper, Greg doesn`t realize what he`s getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, ...

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Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories

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Pea's Book of Big Dreams

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Puffin Book of Christmas Stories

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Pea's Book of Best Friends

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Puffin Book of Big Dreams

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My Big Book of Spot

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Puffin Book of Big Dreams

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Puffin Book of Funny Stories

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Big Book of UK History

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Domesday Book

The Domesday Book was described by David Hume as "the most valuable piece of antiquity possessed by any nation". This text presents a complete transla

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Thrift Book

Feeling poor because of the credit crunch? Feeling guilty because of global warming? Feeling like you'd like to tighten your belt, but aren't ready to

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The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories - Jay Rubin

<p>A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki Murakami</p> <p>This is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to remarkable contemporary works. It includes the most well-known Japanese writers - Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces, fro...

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The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories - Bruce Fulton

<p>‘An ever-surprising and stylistically diverse anthology that will surely stand as the touchstone collection of Korean literature for decades to come’ Literary ReviewThis eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and c...

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Book of Common Prayer (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Originally produced for the Church of England in the sixteenth century by Thomas Cranmer, who was burned at the stake upon the accession to the throne

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Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 1

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Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story

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Eighth Penguin Jumbo Book of The Sun Crosswords

Includes 240 crossword puzzles.

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Penguin Book of the British Short Story: 2

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Seventh Penguin Jumbo Book of The Sun Crosswords

Includes 240 puzzles, which gives coffee time clues and cryptic clues.

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Film Tie-in (Book 1 of Percy Jackson) - Riordan Rick

Anotace: The Lightning Thief: the first book in Rick Riordan`s Percy Jackson series.Look, I didn`t want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That`s when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time f...

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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture - Gabor Maté

Anotace: We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world?Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug. Illness and trauma are defining how we live.In his new masterpiece, renowned physician, addiction expert and author ...

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The West: A New History of an Old Idea - Mac Sweeney Naoise

Anotace: *A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week*`A fantastic achievement` Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads`Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent` Prof. Suzannah Lipscomb_________________A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our hist...

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The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World - Gaskill Malcolm

Anotace: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*`A bona fide historical classic` Sunday Times`Simply one of the best history books I have ever read` BBC HistoryIn the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer f...

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The Myth of Normal : Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture - Maté Gabor

Anotace: Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs. So what is `normal` when it comes to health?Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Mate has seen how health systems neglect the rol...

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Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food - Dunlop Fuchsia

Anotace: `A brilliant, passionate and spellbinding tour de force` Claudia Roden`Fuchsia Dunlop is one of the world`s best writers on Chinese food` Ken Hom CBE The epic tale of the world`s most sophisticated gastronomic culture, told through a banquet of thirty Chinese dishesChinese was the earliest truly global cuisine. When the first Chinese labourers began to sojourn ...

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