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Whitman is today regarded as America´s Homer or Dante, and his work the touchstone for literary originality in the New World. In Leaves of Grass, he abandoned the rules of traditional poetry - breakin...

What have the invention of the wheel, Pompei, the Wall Streets Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in commom? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? What can Catherine the Grea...

1896: Four Englishmen flee for their lives across the merciless Kalahari Desert carrying a stolen fortune in raw diamonds and hunted by a fierce African tribe. The thieves manage to reach the waiting ...

He was never married, never loved and never gone to bed with a woman he didn´t pay. But on finding a young girl naked and asleep on the brothel owner´s ned, a passion is ignited in his heart - and he ...

When newlywed Angle Vicario and Bayardo San Román are left to their wedding night, Bayardo discovers that his new wife is no virgin. Disgusted, he returns Angela to her family home the very night, whe...

Only moments later, César is led away by police as they clear the crowds away from the man he has just killed. But César is no the only man to be riled by the rumours being sperad in his Colombian hom...

While her grotesque and demanding grandmother retires to bed, Eréndira still has floors to wash, sheets to iron, and peacocj to feed. The never-ending chores leave the young girl so exhausted that she...

In his younger days, Simón Bolívar swept the Spanish back to Europe, liberating South America with his youthful vitality. But lonely, embittered and sickly at the age of forty-six, his power has dwomd...

On a rare impulse Swedish Baron and rootless drifter Axel Heyst, rescues a sea captain from his debts. This uncharacteristic act of kindness has unimagined and tragic repercussions for many people, wi...

With an Afterword by David Pinching Illustrated When Emma Woodhouse sets out on a career of match-making in the little town of Highbury she manages to cause confusion at every step. Jane Austen was ...

In Lisa Genova’s extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished professor diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease learns that her worth is comprised of more than her ability to remember. N...

When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. It explores the prehistory of the globe, but can also be read as a psychological quest, for ...

The definitive text of this American classic—reissued with an introduction by Edward Albee (Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Delicate Balance) and Williams´ essay "Person-to-Person."

Lenny Samuel, a private investigator from Los Angeles, appears in this series at all five levels, In this story, Lenny is forced to do a job for a wealthy businessman. Lenny has to make the ransom exc...

This is an English-language adaptation of the author´s successful Une simple flute. The book is a practical, common-sense reference guide for flutists. It is extremely comprehensive in its coverage of...

In the style of our Harry Potter: The Poster Collection, this exciting poster set will feature definitive theatrical poster art from The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the K...

´Shall I compare thee to a summer´s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate . . .´ Shakespeare´s 154 sonnets contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever written, dealing with ete...

Sensitively edited and with a connecting commentary by editor, Mirjam Pressler, the abridged edition of The Diary of Anne Frank gives younger readers their first introduction to the extraordinary diar...

Gaskell’s last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its core are family relationships – father, daughter and step-moth...

Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury. Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever writte...

From Penguin´s The Originals collection, The Outsiders is an outstanding story of teenage rebellion, written when the author was only 17. __________ Teenagers in a small Oklahoma town have split int...

This book narrates the mutually mortal historical contest between humans and nature in Latin America. Covering a period that begins with Amerindian civilizations and concludes in the region´s presen...

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Fiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to try an urgent case. Time is running out. She visits the boy in hospital - an encounter whic...

As both painter and poet, William Blake (1757-1827) was a powerful and visionary artist whose two early collections of poetry, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, contain memorable lyric verse...

Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis.

When foolish King Lear abdicates both his kingdom and his responsibilities, and makes unreasonable demands of his children, his world is turned upside down. This is a play of uncompromising bleakness,...