\'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

Mireille shares the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude and joy, offering personal anecdotes while divulging French women\'s most guarded secrets about looking and feeling great. With her signature blend of wit, no-nonsense advice and storytelling flair she addresses everything from lotions and potions to diet, style, friendship and romance. For anyone who has ever spent the equivalent of

The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED. Now, twenty years after the Rising, bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives - the dark conspiracy

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

Frankenstein

For the first time in Italy, Contrasto offers to the public an exclusive book, from the book collection In Parole, that merges Jack London incredible and well-known literature with his yet unpublished photographs, creating a dialogue between the visual and literary arts and building up towards the completion of the Jack London artist.

Why bother getting out of bed when you could stay bundled up with that special someone and a book of cozy, cute comics. From the author of the bestselling Little Moments of Love comes Snug, a collection of comics that perfectly captures the honest, playful, and relatable snapshots of romantic life. Chetwynd\'s second book has the same charming and inviting style as her first and includes 50 percent

Sexus is the first volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, Henry Millers major life work Henry Miller called the end of his life in America and the start of a new, bohemian existence in 1930s Paris his \'rosy crucifixion\'. His searing fictionalized autobiography of this time of liberation was banned for nearly twenty years. Sexus, the first volume in The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, looks

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

1:20,000 3.17 inches to 1 mile. 6.4 inches to 1 mile for central area (1:10,000). This handy little atlas features high quality Collins mapping. A huge amount of detail is contained within the mapping without compromising the clarity. Central London is mapped at a larger scale. MAIN FEATURES / Extremely clear, attractive, full colour mapping with enlarged central area / Full index to place and street

Known as \'The Ice Queen\', Anneliese Zander de St Phalle is one of the world\'s most celebrated fashion designers. With an empire that stretches across continents, she\'s a truly global brand, in every sense. Yet despite her success, she\'s a mystery; a reclusive disciplined perfectionist who rarely grants interviews. She\'s successful and she\'s talented, and that\'s all anyone needs to know. Anneliese

An ancient treasure stolen by Xerxes the Great . . . Discovered by Napoleon Bonaparte . . . The clues to its hidden location lost until now . . . Adventurers and treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are on a wild-goose chase. Up to their waists in the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Maryland, they\'re hunting for lost gold. What they find instead is a small Second World War German U-boat. Inside the submarine

A stunning classic set in Italy\'s most vibrant and turbulent metropolis - Naples - in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These lively and superbly written stories helped inspire Elena Ferrante\'s Neapolitan novels. Ortese\'s work was also championed by Italo Calvino, who was her Italian editor. The stories and reportage collected in this volume form a powerful portrait of ordinary lives, both

Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary American citizens. Every night, he read ten of them before going to bed. This is the story of how they shaped his presidency. Together they reveal the diary of a nation.In To Obama, Jeanne Marie Laskas interviews President Obama, the letter-writers themselves and the White House staff in the Office of Presidential Correspondence

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER \'The most important book you\'ll ever read... Battle Scars will save lives.\' TOM MARCUS, author of SOLDIER SPY Battle Scars tells the story of Jason Fox\'s career as an elite operator, from the gunfights, hostage rescues, daring escapes and heroic endeavours that defined his service, to a very different kind of battle that awaited him at home. After more than two decades

This book brings together a colorful mixture of various works focusing on themes of the fantastic and surreal, starting with Böcklin\'s \"Toteninsel\" and including Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer’s dolls, the Australian painter Sidney Nolan, Giger\'s monsters, Cattelan\'s pope, and the Chapman brothers’ hybrids, as well as surreal painting from Magritte and Delvaux, the mystical and sensual

Eragon. Der Auftrag des Ältesten

Memoirs of a Geisha is one of the great stories of our time. We follow Sayuri’s life: her early years in a small fishing village and as a geisha in Gion. And throughout her struggle, we know of her secret love for the only man who ever showed her any kindness — a man who seems to be out of her reach.

Wendezeit. Die westdeutsche Chirurgin Dorothea Mayfeld fliegt zu einem Kongreß nach Prag, trifft ihren amerikanischen Kollegen und Geliebten Henry Goldstein und dessen ostdeutschen Freund Hermann Nehmer, ohne den Goldstein, so erzählt er Dorothea, nicht am leben wäre. Eine schicksalhafte Beziehung aus NS-Zeit und Krieg, in die auch die Frau sich unversehens hineingezogen fühlt. Aber auch bei ihr durchdringen