New Orleans, 1840s. Sent to watch over the decadent city, the angel Gabriel loses himself in the liquid pleasure of absinthe. So when his mistress, Anne, is murdered — and all evidence points to him — a foggy Gabriel...
Boggis, Bunce and Bean are the meanest three farmers you could meet. They are determined to get Mr Fox - but he has other plans! This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover and new author biography.
Fantastic Mr Fox (Film tie-in)
Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They’re the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they’ve concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and...
The game started with a murder. Now, it`s Eve Dallas`s move. It is the most puzzling case Eve Dallas has ever faced: the founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play is found decapitated in his locked, private...
Far from the Madding Crowd (Ned)
Thomas Hardy`s richly evocative novel opens with the arrival of Bathsheba in the village of Weatherbury to work the large, dilapidated farm that is her inheritance. The plot turns on her sentimental education, her...
`s products became classics of the English literature of the XX-th century. The collection included adventure stories about the priest-detective father Brown. A sharp detective plot, fascinating methods of disclosing...
For many people watching football is mere entertainment; to some it`s more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. For Nick Hornby his devotion to the game has provided one...
In these nine unforgettable, impressionistic "tales of little madness", the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clezio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can be as strong as feelings of love or...
The Twentieth Anniversary EditionAs a young boy, growing up in London and watching his parents` marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby - author of High Fidelity, About a Boy and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree - had little...
In the heart of the old Soviet Union, a mining tycoon has declared himself tsar of Russia. Claiming Romanov ancestry and backed by billions of dollars, he is determined to overthrow the current Russian...
In his novels "Serpent" and "Blue Gold", #1 bestselling author Clive Cussler introduced a hero for the new millennium: Kurt Austin, the leader of NUMA`s Special Assignment Team, and an instant hit with critics and...
First Love (Penguin Great Loves)
At the end of a dinner party, the remaining guests drink wine and tell stories of their first love. For one of them, it will be a dark journey into his past, reawakening unbearable memories of his obsession with the...
Distinguished by Smith`s trademark ability to unearth flashes of truth and depth in the everyday, "The First Person and Other Stories" sparkles with warmth and humanity. In one story, a middle-aged woman conducts a...
Francois Besson listens to a tape-recording of a girl contemplating suicide. Drifting through the days in a provincial city, he thoughtlessly starts a fire in his apartment, attends confession, and examines, with...
Henry Grey takes a dirty, demanding job transporting racehorses by air. But when he discovers that he`s actually transporting something altogether different, he has to call upon every ounce of resourcefulness he has...
Fooled by Randomness: Chance in Life & Markets
Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the word-of-mouth...
The publication of "The World According to Clarkson" in 2004 launched a multi-million-copy bestselling phenomenon. But to no avail. Jeremy`s one-man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And our...
