The Penguin Modern Classics edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor is translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand, with an introduction by Neal Ascherton. After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out surviving courtiers to tell their stories. Here, their...

Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize In The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, doctor, researcher and award-winning science writer, examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s...

In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist and critic, and author of the bestselling Who Rules the World 'The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know' Noam Chomsky. Noam Chomsky's writings on politics and language have established him as one of the most original and wide-ranging political and...

Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka’s world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. The Trial, where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and if there is any help to be had, it will come from unexpected sources, is a chilling, blackly amusing tale that maintains, to the very end, a relentless atmosphere...

A Time of Conflict It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. The king’s grip on the country is fragile and chaos reigns. A young boat builder dreams of a better future after a devastating Viking raid shatters the life he hoped for. Lives Intertwined A Norman noblewoman follows her husband to a new land only to find her life there shockingly different; and a capable monk at Shiring Abbey has a...

When Betty Friedan produced The Feminine Mystique in 1963, she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries' general malaise would shake up society. Victims of a false belief system, these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty image of the magazines, and found themselves forced to seek meaning in their lives only...

Kontynuacja historii bohaterów Ignite the Lies. Minęło siedem długich lat, od kiedy Sharp ostatni raz widział Rosalie Watson. Przez ten okres znalezienie dziewczyny pozostało dla niego priorytetem. Poświęcił czas, pieniądze i wszystko, co ważne w życiu, żeby ją odnaleźć. Na próżno. Przekonał się, że los bywa przewrotny. Wybrał zawód niepasujący do zasad, których się trzymał. Zamiast łamać...

Zestaw zawiera: 300 ml płynu do mycia ciała i włosów, 150 g mydła, 130 ml żelu pod prysznic, 130 ml balsamu po goleniu 100 g kryształków do namaczania mięśni. Założona w 1970 roku w samym sercu Anglii firma Baylis & Harding początkowo była skromną firmą rodzinną, teraz z sukcesem funkcjonuje na rynkach międzynarodowych....

This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the bestselling author of The Choice shows us how to release your self-limiting beliefs and embrace your potential. The prison is in your mind. The key is in your pocket. In the end, it's not what happens to us that matters most - it's what we choose to do with it. We all face suffering - sadness, loss, despair, fear, anxiety, failure....

‘Nothing short of a modern masterpiece.’ Amber Smith, bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be 'A must-read.' Laura Nowlin, bestselling author of If He Had Been with Me ************ The story of a teenage girl on the brink, and the bumpy road back to recovery. Bella is at breaking point. Everyone in her life needs something from her, and there’s only one thing that dulls the pain. Alcohol...

The classic novel that inspired 'the greatest crime film of all time' Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. But no man can stay on top forever, not when he has enemies on both sides of the law. As the...

To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, where they hope to...

Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus ‘An astonishing science fiction phenomenon’ WASHINGTON POST Herbert’s evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. Arrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstellar travel possible; it is the...

The Greatest Hits. Quiz imprezowy – gra towarzyska dla miłośników muzyki The Greatest Hits. Quiz imprezowy – gra towarzyska to doskonała propozycja dla wszystkich, którzy kochają muzykę i dobrą zabawę. Łączy rozrywkę, wiedzę i emocje , zapewniając godziny śmiechu i rywalizacji podczas imprez, spotkań z przyjaciółmi czy rodzinnych wieczorów. Sprawdź,...

SPORTOWY #SLOWBURN ROMANS NA AMERYKAŃSKIM KAMPUSIE Zawsze miałam pecha. A kiedy w pobliżu pojawiał się Dylan Reed, wychodziłam na wyjątkową wariatkę. Wparowałam mu do łazienki. Usiłowałam go pocałować. Ostatecznie rzuciłam się na niego z wałkiem do ciasta, bo myślałam, że jest włamywaczem, a okazało się, że będzie moim nowym współlokatorem. Ups… Czy mogłoby być bardziej niezręcznie? Dylan...

Nemezis (rzeczownik) 1.    Przeciwnik lub rywal, którego osoba nie może pokonać 2.    Czyjaś zguba 3.    Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton i Joshua Templeman wzajemnie się nienawidzą. Nie chodzi o nielubienie się ani niechętne tolerowanie swojej obecności. To czysta nienawiść. Nie mają również żadnego problemu z jawnym okazywaniem swoich uczuć. Przelewają je w serii...

The Hive. Ul - ulubiona bajka z telewizora! Pobaw się z Bzyczkiem, Rubi i ich wspaniałymi przyjaciółmi z ula. W tej fantastycznej książce zawierającej ponad 300 naklejek aż roi się od zadanek, gier i łamigłówek, które gwarantują wiele godzin bzyczącej zabawy.

This definitive paperback edition features nine illustrations and two maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a preface by Christopher Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his...

Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again. Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J....

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the...