Penguin Books

Russia`s War

In the course of human history there has probably been no more terrible place than Eastern Europe in 1941-1945. Estimates of total Soviet military and civilian deaths in the period now stand at more than 25 million....

Russian Phrasebook

Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida

From the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the...

S. A novel

In a moment of sudden inspiration Sarah Worth - S. - has walked out on her husband to join the Ashram Arhat. Famous for his transcendent wisdom and divine immobility, the Arhat has transferred his ahram from India to...

Scandalous

Meet Max and Lucy Summers - half-sisters and the best of friends. Max is a gorgeous showbiz reporter whose life is a whirlwind of celebrity parties, glamorous bars, juicy gossip and gorgeous men. Lucy, a beautiful,...

Scarlet Letter

A settler in New England, Hester Prynne has waited two years for her husband, an ageing English scholar, to join her. He arrives to find her in the pillory, a small baby in her arms. She must, as a punishment for her...

Scarlet Letter

N. Hawthorne

Scoop

Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a...

Secret Garden

Mary Lennox, lonely and unwanted, arrives from India to live with her uncle in Yorkshire. Left to herself there is little to do apart from explore the huge, gloomy house and its surroundings until, one sunny morning,...

Secret Agent

According to the First Secretary, Mr Vladimir, Verloc has done little to earn his money in recent years and it is time for a `dynamic outrage` to provoke the middle classes. So Verloc, accepting his duty, plants a...

Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

Townsend

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 is an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into the troubled life of an adolescent. Writing candidly about his parents’ marital troubles, the dog, his life as a tortured poet...

Secrets

Secret Smile

"You have an affair. You finish it. You think it`s over. You`re dead wrong . . . Miranda Cotton thinks she`s put boyfriend Brendan out of her life for good. But two weeks later, he`s intimately involved with her...

Secrets (A)

Set in the 1930`s, the new novel from bestselling author Lesley Pearse tells the story of one girl`s struggle against cruelty and, her quest for love. Adele Talbot is twelve when her younger sister is killed in a road...

Secret Agent

Conrad

Behind the facade of a Soho shop selling dubious merchandise lives Verloc with his wife Winnie, her mother and her retarded brother, Stevie. Verloc is an overweight, indolent anarchist who conceals his political...

Seek My Face

Updike

Seize the Day

Selected Poems

Selected Short Stories

Selected Poems (Tsvetaeva) TPB

Elaine Feinstein is a poet of lyrical directness. That clear, passionate voice which she brought to her celebrated translations of Marina Tsvetayeva`s poetry is her own. She writes about love, loss, jealousy, the fear...

Selected Poetry

W. Wordsworth

Selected Tales

E. Poe

The undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Poe was a unique inventor in fiction. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Black Cat" he wrote the first and best tales of terror, with "The Murders in...

Selected Poems

Роберт Бернс

The educated son of a poor cotter, Burns became known for his rustic background, his fraternity with the working man, his Jacobite loyalty and his amorous entanglements. Yet his contribution to literature is immense....

Selected Tales of E.A.Poe

The undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Рое was a unique inventor in fiction. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Black Cat" he wrote the first and best tales of terror; with "The Murders in...

Selected Short Stories

G. Maupassant

Maupassant`s keenly observed short stories reveal a world of vice and virtue, passions and obsessions. Adultery, prostitution, the Franco - Prussian War, the pleasures of river and countryside, the cunning and greed...