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The New Oxford Book of Light Verse
Kingsley Amis's main objective in compiling The New Oxford Book of Light Verse was to raise a good-natured smile. This anthology of more than 250 poems by some 80 poets...
The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse
No previous anthology has succeeded in illustrating so thoroughly the kinds of verse actually written in the eighteenth century. The familiar tradition is fully represented by selections from such poets...
The Oxford Book of Satirical Verse
This varied collection of satirical verse contains 232 selections by writers from John Skelton and John Donne to Louis MacNeice and Clive James. Grigson--a well-known poet and critic--has chosen verse...
The Oxford Book of Creatures
A literary anthology celebrating every variety of animal life from microbe to mouse, eagle to elephant, in verse and prose from ancient times to the present, including imaginary monsters and...
I, Claudius: Popular Penguins
Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. Regarded as little more than...
Ragtime: Popular Penguins
In America at the turn of the twentieth century, when society abounds with movers and shakers such as Houdini, J.P Morgan, Henry Ford and Emma Goldman, and the sultry rhythms...
Let the River Stand
In the deceptively quiet Waikato of the 1930s and 1940s, a number of lives connect in a complex web of family ties, desire and violence. The events of this story...
For the Term of His Natural Life: Popular Penguins
Scarcely out of print since the early 1870s, For the Term of His Natural Life has provided successive generations with a vivid account of a brutal phase of colonial life....
Friend
Contains more than 20 full colour photographs, along with a carefully chosen collection of beautiful words about friends and friendship. The selection includes quotes, proverbs, nursery rhymes, and extracts from...
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers
An excitingly revisionist history of bibliophilia, from the celebrated author of This is Shakespeare 'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I...
India: A Portrait
A fresh, illuminating narrative exploration of one of the most contradictory and dynamic countries on earth One of this century's greatest surprises has been the economic and social revolution in...
Going Solo: Popular Penguins
Roald Dahl's Going Solo is the marvellous account of his life as a young man. He describes getting his first job in Africa and his wartime exploits as an RAF...
The Ghost Road
The final instalment in Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his...
The Prince
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"The Prince" shocked Europe on publication with its ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abdonment of conventional morality. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) came to be regarded by some as...
Eye to Eye
Since the Prototype Imprint Model (PIM) crashed in the desert, Jansi is the first cognisant life-form to have crossed its path. A shuttle arrives from Rodan to retrieve PIM, threatening...
The Clasp
For fans of ONE DAY, THE MARRIAGE PLOT and THEN WE CAME TO THE END, a comedy of manners for the quarter-life crisis generation. 'Glitters with wit and wisdom' Guardian...
The Confession: A gripping crime thriller from the Sunday Times
AN AMERICAN CLASSIC FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING MASTER THRILLER WRITER. _______________________________________ An innocent man is days from execution. Only a guilty man can save him. Travis Boyette is a murderer....
Practically Perfect
She's building the life of her dreams, will she find room for love? Our gorgeous new cover look for the wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling...
Come Home
Jill Ruspoli is moving forward with her life after a devastating divorce. Her work as a doctor is hectic but fulfilling, she's newly engaged to a kind and loving medical...
Who is Tom Ditto?: The feelgood comedy with a mystery at its heart
A high concept love story with a twist from one of the smartest, funniest, wittiest writers around. Tom got a note from his girlfriend. It says she hasn't left him,...
Dr Atkins Diet Planner: Keep track of your weight loss with this
The perfect companion to the mega-selling diet If you want to lose weight or keep the weight off, Dr Atkins Diet Planner is specifically designed to guide you through the...
Spirited Women: Women's Journey's with Breast Cancer
How to Measure Human Resource Management
Is it cost-effective to add staff in a given area? Does a training program have a positive impacton costs and sales? In this era of increasing cost and budget justification,...
In a Dark Wood
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"Demanding and magnificent." -- London Times An enormously compelling and ambitious novel from the author of The Dream Room, The Great Longing , and In Babylon, In a Dark Wood...
Inner Space: A Novel
*Spotify best of the month* *Gizmodo best new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror* * BOOKISH 20 Debut Novels to Read This Year * "A Crichtonesque cascade of mistakes and misunderstandings in...
Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Brutal." - Huffington Post "Scathing." - New York Post "[D]epicts Biden's decline in vivid detail." - Politico "So many revelations."...
Uptown Girl: A Memoir
"A thoroughly engaging glimpse into a colorful life well lived." - Kirkus Reviews "A bighearted new memoir . . . Uptown Girl tells the story of a glamorous, resilient, and...
Grave Danger: A Jack Swyteck Novel
"Spectacular. . . . Swyteck continues to be one of the more compelling legal-thriller protagonists, and Grippando continues to be one of the genre's best craftsmen. Another winner in this...
Warriors: Changing Skies #1: The Elders' Quest
The launch of a brand-new arc in Erin Hunter's #1 bestselling Warriors series find the Clans navigating an ominous prophecy that foreshadows the destruction of the Moonpool, and the end...
America Fantastica: A Novel
"O'Brien's first novel in two decades was well worth the wait. . . . In the age of 'mythomania,' O'Brien takes aim at the lies that power this country, and...
Follow the Science: How Big Pharma Misleads, Obscures, and Prevails
Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author Sharyl Attkisson exposes the corruption that has ruled the pharmaceutical industry for decades. Through blatant lies, deep cover-ups, and high-level...
The Cake Bible, 35th Anniversary Edition
The legendary IACP Culinary Classic The Cake Bible -found in the kitchen of every serious baker and beloved for decades-with classic recipes thoroughly updated and including about 30% new recipes...
Motherland Herbal: The Story of African Holistic Health
In this powerful and comprehensive guide in the spirit of Jambalaya and Sacred Woman , an herbalist celebrates ancient and modern African holistic healing. "The message of this book is:...
Welcome Home, Stranger: A Novel
"Kate Christensen's new novel, Welcome Home, Stranger , is a revelation, offering characters as real as your family and friends, a rich, vividly drawn setting, grab-you-by-the-throat drama and always, lurking...
The Last Light over Oslo: A Novel
Based on true events, this gripping historical novel set in Norway and Sweden in 1940, follows one of the first female US Ministers, Daisy Harriman, and her niece as the...
The Hop: A Novel
"A fresh ode to sisterhood and sexual agency that crackles with verve and wit. I couldn't put it down."-Gabriela Garcia, author of the New York Times bestseller and Good Morning...
Sparks Like Stars
"Suspenseful...emotionally compelling. I found myself eagerly following in a way I hadn't remembered for a long time, impatient for the next twist and turn of the story." - NPR An...
Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love): A Graphic Novel
"I'm once again blown away by Laura Gao's ability to make me relate to someone completely different from myself. Get ready to experience the epic highs and lows of high...
Tears of Frost
This captivating second book in Bree Barton's Heart of Thorns trilogy deftly explores the effects of power in a dark magical kingdom-and the fierce courage it takes to claim your...
Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick
National Bestseller CNBC and Strategy + Business Best Business Book of the Year It's the biggest revolution you've never heard of, and it's hiding in plain sight. Over the past...
Fancy Nancy and the Missing Easter Bunny: An Easter And Springtime
Join Fancy Nancy in a fabulous Easter adventure with this 8x8 storybook complete with fancy stickers! Fancy Nancy can't wait for Easter. And this year, JoJo's class pet, Nibbles the...