DeDaumier-Smith\'s Blue Period,\" \"Teddy,\" and \"A Perfect Day for Bananafish\" are among the nine works in a collection of Salinger\'s perceptive and realistic short stories.\"

England, 1911. When a free-spirited young woman arrives in a sleepy Berkshire village to work as a maid in the household of The Reverend and Mrs Canning, she sets in motion a chain of events which changes all their lives. For Cat has a past - a past her new mistress is willing to overlook, but will never understand ...This is not all Hester Canning has to cope with. When her husband invites a young

The death of Sylvia Kaye featured dramatically in the \"Oxford Mail\". By Friday evening Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man - facing charges of wilful murder, sexual assault and rape. Other books featuring Morse include \"The Dead of Jericho\".

This title presents Homer\'s best-loved and most accessible poem, recounting the great wandering of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage back home to Ithaca, after the Trojan War. This is a superb new verse translation, now published in trade paperback, before the standard Penguin Classic B format.

The latest in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many t

The world we knew is gone. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living. Trapped in a town surrounded by madmen, Rick must find a way out or die trying.

These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald\'s death. Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely

Owning your own swimming pool is a dream that is coming true for more and more people. The first section concentrates on outdoor swimming pools and pool houses, the garden and surrounding landscape, while part two is devoted to indoor pools. The third section deals with spaces that have increasingly become a natural extension of the (indoor) swimming pool in our modern lifestyle culture, such as bathing

This book is filled with some of the glittering highlights of modern domestic architecture from around the globe. The most versatile, practical and beautiful of all the materials at architects\' disposal, glass has the power to re-energize tired and dismal buildings and to breathe life into the designs of the most spectacular new ones From practical solutions to the growing desire for indoor-outdoor

From the international bestselling author Steven Johnson, Future Perfect is the story of how progress is still possible and our future really is bright. What links a heroic pilot, eighteenth-century coffee houses, the French railway system and the invention of the Internet? Steven Johnson, with his renowned flair for discovering new ideas and hidden connections, shows that the answer lies in networked

A kártyacsomag 52 praktikus, egyszerűen megvalósítható, önfejlesztő pszichológiai gyakorlatot tartalmaz, hogy a stresszt kordában tartsd. Segít, hogy felismerd és tudatosítsd magadban a számodra legmegfelelőbb stresszkezelési módszereket és technikák at, amelyekkel elviselhetőbbé teheted feszültségekkel teli életed. A kártyák könnyen kezelhetők és a paklit bárhová magaddal viheted, bárhol használhatod,

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student\'s capabilities. Alex is a thirty-year-old art gallery assistant and hopelessly in love with her boss, Brad. Then, an incident at the gallery means they have to spend a few days at Brad\'s country house. This

In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, The Madhi or Expected One\". The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others,

´Few writers have captured the grandeur and cruelty of the American frontier more vividly than Cormac McCarthy...´

A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. It’s her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things – the ghosts of dead people. Do the ghosts want the children?

Yumiko is a young Japanese woman who has made London her home. She has a job, a boyfriend; Japan seems far away. Then, out of the blue, her brother calls to tell her that her father has died in a mountaineering accident.

In a flat near Reykjavik city centre, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in: the only clues are a woman\'s purple shawl, found under the bed in the next room, and a vial of prescription drugs in the victim\'s pocket. With Detective Erlendur away in a remote part of Iceland, Detective Elinborg, who is already struggling to juggle family life and the relentless demands

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Packed with never-before-seen designs and plenty of behind-the-scenes secrets, The Art of the Little Prince captures the breathtaking magic of the movie. With hundreds of stunning images, this book gives fans an all-access pass to The Little Prince - see how the visuals develop from page to screen, enjoy fascinating insights into the creative process and watch an incredible story unfold through its