This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" aby Arthur Conan Doyle. "Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!" The...
Książka jest relacją z 3,5-miesięcznej podróży przez Afrykę, którą odbył Arkady Paweł Fiedler, wnuk wybitnego polskiego podróżnika i pisarza – Arkadego Fiedlera. Ponad 16-tysięcznokilometrową trasę...
Torturowali, gwałcili, mordowali. Ich czyny budzą odrazę. W społecznej świadomości uchodzą za przykład tego, jak zły może być człowiek. Jednak w seryjnych mordercach jest też coś, co nas intryguje....
Buddy Glass is the second-eldest son in the eccentric and enchanting Glass family. He is on leave from the army during World War II, attending the wedding of his eldest brother, Seymour. But the...
"A valuable chronicle of the greatness and majesty of the Indian chiefs."--Christian Science Monitor Told through the life stories of nine Indian chiefs, this narrative depicts the American...
Paine's daring prose paved the way for the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War. This volume also includes " The Crisis," " The Age of Reason," and "...
An irreverent and entertaining book for every mother who's been made to feel guilty or frazzled by society's impossible expectations. Analyzing data from the psychoanalyst's couch,...
Where did we come from? Where are we going?Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin continue the pioneering field work of Louis and Mary Leakey aby fitting together the pieces of our past to discover new...
The antidote to "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" is an uproarious and very American word book for those who are tired of getting pulled over żeby the grammar police.
The achievements of the ancient Greeks form the cornerstone of modern Western civilization. Charles Freeman's The Greek Achievement traces the entire course of ancient Greek history across...
'It was a very momentous day, the day on which I was to be slaughtered'. Bringing together tales of melancholy and madness, nightmare and fantasy, this is a new collection of the most...
Peppa and her family went on a picnic in the forest. Peppa and George were hungry, but the picnic was in the car!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular...
The horrors of this century's war in the South Pacific extended far beyond the detonation of atomic bombs. In this revelatory portrayal of the lives of the regular infantrymen who struggled to...
One of the greatest British philosophers, Bishop Berkeley (1685 1753) was the founder of the influential doctrine of Immaterialism the belief that there is no reality outside the mind, and that the...
Peppa and her friends went on a school trip. They had a big picnic, and saw some ducks. Peppa and her friends love school trips!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales,...
Renowned historian Fromkin reveals how two unlikely world leaders--King Edward VII of England and Theodore Roosevelt--recast themselves as respected political players and established a friendship...
"An electrifying intellectual autobiography, with all the narrative expanse, drama, outrage, and high comedy of the author's fiction. Angela Carter is revealed here, anew, as one of the...
Tom Clancy's new Jack Ryan thriller, Command Authority, is available to pre-order now. Peter Telep's Blacklist is set to reignite the globally successful Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell...
Bumblebee and Russell went to a rock concert to stop the Decepticons taking soundboards. Then, Bumblebee went on stage with the band!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional...
The short story is one of the most varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present....
Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true'Winter has come; and in a far distant land, a warrior...
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: `The most important book I have read in quite some time` Daniel Kahneman; `A must-read` Max Tegmark; `The book we`ve all been...
There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became...