\'Then she began to run, and she ran over the sharp stones and through the thorns, and the wild animals bounded past her ...\' Four weird, dark and enchanting fairy-tales from the Brothers Grimm. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin\'s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many

The poems have been rendered into vigorous contemporary English. A selection of Michelangelo\'s letters, many of the to important contemporaries such as Vasari and Duke Cosimo, is accompanied by the `Life\' of the great artist written by his pupil Ascanio C

George R. R. Martin\'s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones is brought to life in the pages of this full-colour graphic novel. This is the second volume in what is sure to be one of the most coveted collaborations of the year. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast. Novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson are not merely turning George R. R. Martin\'s

\'To Kill a Mockingbird for the 21st Century\' Real Reader Review When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK Between life and death there is a library. When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable

Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO\'s hit series Game of Thrones. This first volume features an original 35,000 word novella by George R.R. Martin.\'The Princess

The history of western advertising is a long one, starting as early as the 1630s, when Frenchman Théophraste Renaudot placed the first advertising notes in La Gazette de France, or in 1786, when William Tayler began to offer his services as \"Agent to the Countrys Printers, Booksellers, etc.,\" but the first time that the term \"advertising agency\" was used dates back to 1842, when Volney B. Palmer

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first title in Cassandra Clare\'s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy with this sumptuous new edition. Brand new content, including the first chapter of Chain of Gold. Love is the most dangerous magic of all... First in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. Something terrifying is waiting for Tessa

Detective Renée Ballard, once one of the department\'s young hotshots, now works \'The Late Show\', the graveyard shift at the LAPD. It\'s a thankless job keeping strange hours, handing over her investigations as the sun rises, never getting closure. Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet. Two cases: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspect.

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Prag in den neunziger Jahren. Pavel Fuks, Kameramann und gelegentlicher Regisseur, wurde durch seinen Beruf zum Augenzeugen und aktiven Teilnehmer an den Demonstrationen vor und während der »samtenen Revolution«. Schon in den fünfziger Jahren hatte er einen mißlungenen Fluchtversuch unternommen und dafür einige Jahre im Gefängnis gesessen. Danach ging Pavel zum Staatsfernsehen und drehte dort als Paradestück

Au village des Bastides Blanches, on hait ceux de Crespin. C\'est pourquoi lorsque Jean Cadoret, le Bossu, s\'installe la ferme des Romarins, on ne lui parle pas de la source cachée. Ce qui facilite les manuvres des Soubevran, le Papet et son neveu Ugolin. qui veulent lui racheter son domaine bas prix... Jean de Florette (1962), premier volume de L\'Eau des collines, marque, trente ans aprs Pirouettes,

Tenter de traverser l\'Afrique d\'est en ouest par la voie des airs, prétendre survoler dans sa plus grande largeur le dangereux continent noir bord d\'une fragile nacelle livrée tous les caprices des vents, c\'était, au temps de Jules Verne, une entreprise d\'une audace incroyable. Comme on peut s\'y attendre, les cinq semaines qu\'il faudra au docteur Fergusson et ses deux compagnons pour y parvenir

Probably the first full-length novel with a woman detective as its heroine, The Law and the Lady (1875) is a fascinating example of Collins\' later fiction. Valeria Valerie Woodville\'s first act as a married woman is to sign her name incorrectly in the marriage register, this slip is followed by a gradual disclosure of secrets about her husband\'s earlier life, each of which leads to another set of

When Tonya and her friends decide to sail around the world they want to see exciting things and visit exciting places. But one day, they meet an orca - a killer whale - one of the most dangerous animals in the sea. And life gets a little too exciting.

With extinction imminent, researchers visit an exclusive national park to observe one of the last troops of bonobo chimpanzees. Amid unusual behaviour and unexplained deaths, Shel Murray suspects her team is being hunted. Back at home, Shel\'s partner is attacked touring their new property. Amnesiac and quarantined, John is visited by an inscrutable doctor, tending to the still fresh wounds. As his

It\'s hard to sit still when your client is scheduled to die in 15 hours!. As he makes an 11th hour plea for mercy, lawyer Alex Sedaka is resigned to the fact that Clayton Burrows will be executed. Charged with the rape and murder of 18-year-old classmate