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Great Ideas: In Consolation to this WifeGreat Ideas: In Consolation to this Wife
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- Plutarch
- 112
- 2008
- Penguin
From an intimate and moving letter to his grieving wife on the death of their daughter, to elegant writings on morality, happiness and the avoidance of anger, Plutarch's...
A Dog's Heart: An Appalling Story - Penguin Cl- Mikhail Bulgakov , James MeekA Dog's Heart: An Appalling Story - Penguin Cl- Mikhail Bulgakov , James Meek
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- Afanasjevič Michail Bulgakov
- 144
- 2008
- Penguin
"A Dog's Heart: An Appalling Story" is Mikhail Bulgakov's hilarious satire on Communist hypocrisies. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated with notes by Andrew...
The Essential Einstein: His Greatest Works - Albert EinsteinThe Essential Einstein: His Greatest Works - Albert Einstein
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- Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking
- 480
- 2008
- Penguin
Albert Einstein changed the way physicists view the universe - and transformed the way we all see the world. Just over one hundred years ago, his Theory of Relativity stunned...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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- Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- 208
- 2008
- Penguin
Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as...
The Looming Tower - Lawrence WrightThe Looming Tower - Lawrence Wright
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- Lawrence Wright
- 480
- 2008
- Penguin
Brilliantly written, compelling and highly original, "The Looming Tower" is the first book to tell the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Drawing on astonishing...
On the Road: The Original Scroll - Jack KerouacOn the Road: The Original Scroll - Jack Kerouac
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- Jack Kerouac
- SLOVART, s.r.o. NAKLADATELSTVí
- 414
- 2008
- Penguin
On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouacs years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and...
The Significance of the Frontier in American History - Frederick TurnerThe Significance of the Frontier in American History - Frederick Turner
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- Frederick Turner
- 128
- 2008
- Penguin
This hugely influential work marked a turning point in US history and culture, arguing that the nation’s expansion into the Great West was directly linked to its unique spirit:...
Missing Coins Book/CD PackMissing Coins Book/CD Pack
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- John Escott
- naučné
- 25
- 2008
- Penguin
Pete and Carla are students. One day they look at some very old coins and stamps in a shop. Pete wants to buy some stamps, but they are very expensive. Later that day some...
On PhotographyOn Photography
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- Susan Sontag
- 208
- 2008
- Penguin
Susan Sontag's On Photography is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject. Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral...
Timaeus and CritiasTimaeus and Critias
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- Plato
- 161
- 2008
- Penguin
Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus s theoretical exposition of the...
Got You Back - Jane FallonGot You Back - Jane Fallon
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- Jane Fallon
- 416
- 2008
- Penguin
A husband. A wife. A mistress. And the ultimate plan for revenge...The husband James never intended to lead a double life - with a wife in London and a mistress in the country,...
Jamie\'s Ministry of Food - Jamie OliverJamie\'s Ministry of Food - Jamie Oliver
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- Jamie Oliver
- 360
- 2008
- Penguin
Jamie Oliver will teach you to cook from scratch in...Jamie's Ministry of Food. Sixty years ago food was in short supply and malnutrition rates were high. The Ministry of Food...
Book of Longing - Leonard CohenBook of Longing - Leonard Cohen
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- Leonard Cohen
- 240
- 2008
- Penguin
"Book of Longing" is Leonard Cohen's astonishing new collection of poems, the first since "Book of Mercy" was published nearly three decades ago. Leonard Cohen made his name as...
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights - Sig... - Howard PyleThe Story of King Arthur and His Knights - Sig... - Howard Pyle
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- Howard Pyle
- 398
- 2008
- Penguin
In these wonderfully illustrated tales, renowned storyteller Howard Pyle carries us back to the enchanting world of King Arthur and his Round Table. The book chronicles the...
Cat's Cradle - Vonnegut KurtCat's Cradle - Vonnegut Kurt
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- Kurt Vonnegut
- 224
- 2008
- Penguin
With his trademark dry wit, Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle is an inventive science fiction satire that preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon - and, worse still,...
Travels with Herodotus - Kapuscinski RyszardTravels with Herodotus - Kapuscinski Ryszard
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- Ryszard Kapuscinski
- 278
- 2008
- Penguin
ISBN: 9780141021140 Ryszard Kapuściński Penguin Books "Travels with Herodotus" records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays - to India, China and Africa - with the...
Stone Gods - Winterson JeanetteStone Gods - Winterson Jeanette
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- Jeanette Winterson
- 256
- 2008
- Penguin
"The Stone Gods" is one of Jeanette Winterson's most imaginative novels - an interplanetary love story; a traveller's tale; a hymn to the beauty of the world. On the airwaves,...
To Jerusalem and Back - Bellow SaulTo Jerusalem and Back - Bellow Saul
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- Saul Bellow
- 176
- 2008
- Penguin
In the mid-1970s, Saul Bellow visited Israel and To Jerusalem and Back is his account of his time there. Immersing himself in its landscape and culture, he records the...
The Art of War - Penguin Classics - Sun-tzu, John MinfordThe Art of War - Penguin Classics - Sun-tzu, John Minford
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- Sun Tzu
- 112
- 2008
- Penguin
Still a source of inspiration for soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom 2000 years after it was written, Sun-Tzu's The Art of War is the most influential...
Adam Bede - Eliot GeorgeAdam Bede - Eliot George
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- George Eliot
- 704
- 2008
- Penguin
Carpenter Adam Bede is in love with the beautiful Hetty Sorrel, but unknown to him, he has a rival, in the local squire's son Arthur Donnithorne. Hetty is soon attracted by...
Beast withinBeast within
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- Emile Zola
- 464
- 2008
- Penguin
His haunting, impressionistic study of a man's slow corruption by jealousy, Emile Zola's The Beast Within (La Bete Humaine) is translated from the French with an introduction...
After Tamerlane - Darwin JohnAfter Tamerlane - Darwin John
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- John Darwin
- 575
- 2008
- Penguin
Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Soviets, the Japanese and the Nazis. All built empires they hoped would last forever: all were destined to...
Around the World in Eighty Days - Verne JulesAround the World in Eighty Days - Verne Jules
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- Jules Verne
- 304
- 2008
- Penguin
One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life,...
Dean's DecemberDean's December
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- Saul Bellow
- 320
- 2008
- Penguin
Dean Corde is a man of position and authority at a Chicago university. He accompanies his wife to Bucharest where her mother, a celebrated figure, lies dying in a state...