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Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality. WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY PETER ACKROYD AND MARGARET REYNOLDS As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the c...
HE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2022 'This magisterial follow-up to A Little Life offers three books in one . . . Yanagihara weighs up damage and privilege - social, emotional, political, colonial in a gripping, immersive ride through alternative Am...
The stunning debut novel, from the author of A Little Life. It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immo...
The PRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER, now a major BBC1 DRAMA SERIES starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle, directed by BAFTA award-winning John Crowley. 'Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound... one of the best novels I've read this century' Gillian Flynn, bestselling...
Never has DEATH rocked so hard. Terry Pratchett’s phenomenal laugh-out-loud Discworld series returns . . . ‘If you are unfamiliar with Pratchett’s unique blend of philosophical badinage, you are on the threshold of a mind-expanding opportunity’ Financial Times OTHER CHILDREN GET GIVEN XYLOPHON...
If you are to survive, you must believe. Shadow Moon has served his time. But hours before his release from prison, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Dazed, he boards a plane home where he meets the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday, who professes both to know Shadow and to be king of Americ...
When he hears her favourite Beatles song Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo adrift in a world of uneasy friendships casual sex passion loss and desire to a time whe...
Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notab...
It’s taken yoga several thousand years to journey from a handful of monasteries dotting the Himalayas to the myriad studios of London, Lower Manhattan, and beyond. Whether bathing with holy men in the Ganges or joining the chorus of a thousand voices chanting “om,” photographer Michael O’Neill de...
Florentino Ariza has never forgotten his first love. He has waited nearly a lifetime in silence since his beloved Fermina married another man. No woman can replace her in his heart. But now her husband is dead. Finally - after fifty-one years, nine months and four days - Florentino has another ch...
„Pamietnik pani Hanki” – ostatni utwor znanego polskiego pisarza Tadeusza Dolegi-Mostowicza (1898-1939), ktory ukazal sie w przededniu napasci hitlerowskich Niemiec na Polske. Powiesc ta to porywajaca detektywistyczna fabula oraz szczere zapisy prowadzone w dzienniku przez pania Hanke Renowicka ...
«The Wind in The Willows» is a fairy tale by the Scottish writer Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932). The work is full of subtle irony towards capitalist civilization. In this book, nature transforms the characters and teaches them wisdom. The work touches on simple but eternal values of life — friendshi...
Мама маленького Зайчика застудилася, і він вирішив піти купити для неї меду, адже чай з медом — найкращі ліки на горло. Але місто велике, а Зайчик — дуже маленький, і він заблукав... Зворушлива історія зі зворушливими ілюстраціями і щасливим закінченням... У надзвичайно живописних ілюстраціях Соф...
«IL Decamerone» e una raccolta di racconti di Giovanni Boccaccio (1313—1375), uno dei fondatori della letteratura italiana. Durante la peste del 1348, dieci giovani in una villa di campagna per 10 giorni si raccontano storie diverse. La maggior parte dei racconti di questo libro sono dedicati al ...
The novel «Black Beauty» by the English writer Anna Sewell (1820–1878) is dedicated to a thoroughbred horse. However, this story is told to readers by the animal itself. The horse’s story is full of amazing adventures and exciting events that happened to him over the years of serving people. Afte...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '"For," said he, "there never was nor is there one chaste woman upon the face of earth."' A collection of Persian, Arabian and Indian tales dating from the 9th century, Sir Richard Burton's most well-known translat...
'Please, sir, I want some more.' An orphan boy of seemingly no consequence goes on an adventure that will change his life forever. Fleeing a cruel workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. Navigating the seedy un...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ’All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others’ The animals at Manor Farm have had enough of Farmer Jones – he’s drunk, reckless and cares little for their welfare. When the boar, Old Major, sha...
Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus "An astonishing science fiction phenomenon" - WASHINGTON POST Herbert’s evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. Arrakis is...
'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST 'I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings' Arthur C Clarke 'It is possible that Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published' NEW YORKER The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch-enemy, B...
