The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The ...więcej »
This is the first paperback edition to bring out in one volume Kate Chopin’s extraordinary novel The Awakening (1899), along with the complete text of her two collections of short stories, Ba...więcej »
Antek Srebrny is a soldier in the Second Polish Corps, and a soldier to handle special tasks to boot! These consist in foiling the enemy's evil plans. The stakes are now very high. The Polish units...więcej »
Antek Srebrny is a soldier in the Second Polish Corps, and a soldier to handle special tasks to boot! These consist in foiling the enemy's evil plans. The stakes are now very high. The Polish units...więcej »
The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings. A Nobel prize-winner, Kipling was phenomenally productive and imaginative, display...więcej »
'If he only knew what it was, he would fix it; he would kill this mean thing that made Mama feel so bad.'Belonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from t...więcej »
'If he only knew what it was, he would fix it; he would kill this mean thing that made Mama feel so bad.'Belonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from t...więcej »
W ŚWIECIE WIELKICH PIENIĘDZY I POKUS PRAWDZIWA MIŁOŚĆ TO BEZCENNY SKARB. W dniu osiemnastych urodzin Jasmine Stokes otrzymuje od rodziców list, który wywraca do góry noga...więcej »
The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes is a fascinating collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was...więcej »
This edition of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) includes all the poems contained in the Definitive Edition of 1940. In his lifetime, Kipling was widely regarded as the unofficial Poet Lau...więcej »
These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye). Their constant skirmishes en...więcej »
With an Introduction and Bibliography by Stephen Matterson, Trinity College, Dublin.Walt Whitman's verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive national voice. It reflects the unique ...więcej »
Major General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by writer and diplomat John Buchan, who was himself an Intelligence officer during the First World War. The strong and silent ...więcej »
'She felt a cozy solidarity with the big company of the voluntary dead.'Wise-cracking and heartbreaking, these tales of women on the edge by the legendary wit Dorothy Parker show the da...więcej »
A carefree Russian official has what seems to be a trivial accident...One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in...więcej »
When we first meet him, Antek Srebrny is only 14 years old, a boy scout in Grodno. Ever since the outbreak of World War II, he and his friends have been preparing to fight the Germans. And yet he i...więcej »
The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author, George Grossmith, seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece. For more than a century this wonderfully comic portrayal of ...więcej »
The Dinosaur Explorer Club is going camping. Everyone wants to help set up camp- except for Daisy. Can her friends persuade her to change her lazy ways? A QR code on the back cover provides a link ...więcej »
When Jerry, Jimmy and Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to a castle, they pretend that it is enchanted. But when they discover a Sleeping Princess at the centre of a maze, astonishing ...więcej »
David Hume (1711–1776) was the most important philosopher ever to write in English, as well as a master stylist. This volume contains his major philosophical works. A Treatise of Human Nature...więcej »
