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Penguin Dictionary of GeologyPenguin Dictionary of Geology
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- P. Kearey
- 327
- 2001
- Penguin
The science of geology is going through a remarkable period of expansion and advancement. The New Penguin Dictionary of Geology contains over 7,500 fully updated definitions,...
Selected Poems - Browning RobertSelected Poems - Browning Robert
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- Robetr Browning
- 352
- 2001
- Penguin
Robert Browning, a towering poetic presence of the Victorian era, was hailed by Henry James as a tremendous and incomparable modern. The sheer immediacy and colloquial energy...
Adventures of Augie March - Bellow SaulAdventures of Augie March - Bellow Saul
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- Saul Bellow
- 583
- 2001
- Penguin
Saul Bellow's American masterpiece, "The Adventures of Augie March" includes an introduction by Christopher Hitchens in "Penguin Modern Classics". A penniless and parentless...
Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory - Borges JorgeBook of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory - Borges Jorge
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- Jorge Luis Borges
- 176
- 2001
- Penguin
One of the most remarkable artists of our age.'' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA THE BOOK OF SAND was the last of Borges'' major collections to be published. The stories are, in his words,...
Spy in the House of Love - Nin, A.Spy in the House of Love - Nin, A.
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- Anais Nin
- 128
- 2001
- Penguin
Podtitul Autor Anais Nin Vydavateľ Penguin Books Ltd Počet strán 128 Rok vydania 2001 Predpokladaný dátum vydania 30.08.2001 Väzba Paperback / softback Jazyk EN Vekové...
Travels with Charley - John SteinbeckTravels with Charley - John Steinbeck
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- John Steinbeck
- 210
- 2001
- Penguin
In 1960, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover and document his native land; accompanied only by his dog, he travelled all across the United States in a pick-up truck. This...
Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X - Haley, A.Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X - Haley, A.
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- Alex Haley
- životopisy
- 528
- 2001
- Penguin
Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of The Black...
First Love and Other NovellasFirst Love and Other Novellas
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- Samuel Beckett
- 112
- 2001
- Penguin
This new collection brings together "First Love", "The Calamative", "The End" and "The Expelled", these four novellas are among the first major works of Beckett's decision to...
Coming up for Air - George OrwellComing up for Air - George Orwell
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- George Orwell
- 256
- 2001
- Penguin
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...
A Universal History of Iniquity - Jorge Luis BorgesA Universal History of Iniquity - Jorge Luis Borges
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- Jorge Luis Borges
- 112
- 2001
- Penguin
Vynikajúce čítanie pre všetkých, ktorí obdivujú poetiku a jazyk mága svetovej literatúry. In 1933 a sensationalist Argentinian newspaper employed Jorge Luis Borges to produce...
The Right of bright water trilogy - Gavin MaxwellThe Right of bright water trilogy - Gavin Maxwell
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- Gavin Maxwell
- 432
- 2001
- Penguin
Fifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. With its small bay and islands, magical waterfall and...
Music for ChameleonsMusic for Chameleons
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- Truman Capote
- 288
- 2001
- Penguin
At the centre of "Music for Chameleons" is Handcarved Coffins, a 'nonfiction novel' based on the brutal crimes of a real-life murderer. Taking place in a small Midwestern town...
Annotated Alice Carroll LewisAnnotated Alice Carroll Lewis
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- Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel (Ilustrátor)
- 368
- 2001
- Penguin
One summer afternoon in 1862, the Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson took a rowboat out on the Thames. With him were three young friends from the Liddell family—the sisters Lorina,...
Autobiography Gandhi MahatmaAutobiography Gandhi Mahatma
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- M. K. Gandhi
- životopisy
- 464
- 2001
- Penguin
Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to...
The First ManThe First Man
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- Camus Albert
- 264
- 2001
- Penguin
The unfinished manuscript of The First Man was discovered in the wreckage of car accident in which Camus died in 1960. Although it was not published for over thirty years, it...
Sagas of the IcelandersSagas of the Icelanders
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- Jane Smiley
- 848
- 2001
- Penguin
In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as...
Invisible ManInvisible Man
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- Ralph Ellison
- 608
- 2001
- Penguin
'One of the most important American novels of the twentieth century' The Times 'It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the...
Hitler, 1889-1936 Kershaw IanHitler, 1889-1936 Kershaw Ian
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- Ian Kershaw
- 877
- 2001
- Penguin
Ian Kershaw's Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris charts the rise of Adolf Hitler, from a bizarre misfit in a Viennese dosshouse, to dictatorial leadership. With extraordinary skill and...
Wretched of the Earth Fanon FrantzWretched of the Earth Fanon Frantz
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- Frantz Fanon
- 256
- 2001
- Penguin
Frantz Fanon's seminal work on the trauma of colonization, "The Wretched of the Earth" made him the leading anti-colonialist thinker of the twentieth century. This "Penguin...
Selected Writings Hildegard SaintSelected Writings Hildegard Saint
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- Hildegard of Bingen
- 320
- 2001
- Penguin
Hildegard, the Sybil of the Rhine, was a Benedictine nun and one of the most prolific and original women writers of the Middle Ages. Arranged thematically, this new edition of...
Wide Sargasso Sea. Sargassomeer, engl. Ausgabe. Ed. by Hilary Jenkins - Rhys, JeanWide Sargasso Sea. Sargassomeer, engl. Ausgabe. Ed. by Hilary Jenkins - Rhys, Jean
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- Jean Rhys
- 176
- 2001
- Penguin
Jean Rhys's late, literary masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born...
Russian JournalRussian Journal
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- John Steinbeck
- 240
- 2001
- Penguin
Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald...
- DIC OF MODERN HISTORY 1789-1945
DIC OF MODERN HISTORY 1789-1945
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- Duncan Townson
- 612
- 2001
- Penguin
This well-written dictionary covers the period 1789-1945. It has longer articles on keywords than most of its competitors and has been well reviewed: 'There is one book on my...
Down and Out in Paris and LondonDown and Out in Paris and London
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- George Orwell
- 256
- 2001
- Penguin
George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld of society. 'You...