No food, no water, no government, no obligation, no order.Discover a chillingly powerful and prescient dystopian vision from one of Europe's greatest writers. A driver waiting at the traffic lights goes blind. An ophthalmologist tries to diagnose his distinctive white blindness, but is affected before he can read the textbooks. It becomes a contagion, spreading throughout the city. Trying to stem the epidemic, the authorities herd the afflicted into a mental asylum where the...
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD * Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost impossible to visit, almost impossible to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, of political executions and secret police. To Lea, it was home. People were equal, neighbours he...
Niccolò Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics. As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolò Machiavelli knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall. The Prince, his tough-minded, pragmatic handbook on how power really works, made his name notorious and has remained controversial ever since.How can a leader be strong and decisive, yet st...
Emelle used to be just a stupid cupid helping others fall in love (or not) and living a loveless life.Everything changed when she went to the fae realm and was no longer invisible. Her sole goal was to find love for herself, and she did. With four fae men.Too bad she found trouble too.She's somehow become an accidental spy for the kingdom's rebels, and there's a war brewing in the realm.All this cupid really wants to do is spread a bit of love . . .Good thing there's nothing ...
When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange enc...
Discover the standalone enemies-to-lovers dark mafia romance from the New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation, perfect for fans of Penelope Douglas and Sophie Lark. 'This book was a masterpiece' ***** Reader review ‘I couldn’t put it down, definitely recommend and the spice omg’ ***** Reader review 'Dark and delicious' ***** Reader review 'BookTok did not disappoint' ***** Reader review When Cecily Knight sneaks into the Heathen Club’s initiation on behalf of a...
Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his ne...
What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.' Autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan,...
Since the nineties, platforms have invited users to create in return for connection. From blogs to vlogs, tweets to memes: for the first time in history, making art became the fundamental form of communication. What started as fun soon became currency, something vital to finding friends, work, and love.Then, as 'meatspace' job security eroded, online creativity became work itself. Now an internet presence is no longer optional, platforms increasingly charge users. Whatever it...
Więźniowie, którzy tu trafili, szybko orientowali się, gdzie są, bo oprócz woni leśnej ściółki i żywicy czuli coś jeszcze. Mdły odór palonych ciał. Fetor, który był nie do zniesienia. Zapach spalonego tłuszczu i włosów unosił się z niedalekiej górki i rozchodził po całej dolinie, a nawet dalej […]. Ogień na Górze Śmierci płonął stale, dniem i nocą. [Z książki] Pustków – poligon SS i hitlerowski obóz pracy przymusowej, utworzony w 1940 roku pod Dębicą na Podkarpaciu, funkcjono...
Ziemia powoli dogorywa, zmiany klimatyczne zaszły już zbyt daleko. Największe mocarstwa świata szykują się do wojny o kurczące się zasoby naturalne. Wiadomo, że koniec jest bliski, dlatego ludzkość desperacko szuka innej planety zdatnej do zamieszkania. Oficjalnie zajmuje się tym firma Secure Your Future, gigant technologiczny o nieograniczonym budżecie. Aleks zainwestował całe swoje pieniądze w udział w programie ewakuacyjnym. Jest to jedyna szansa dla niego i jego rodziny n...
Warszawa, 30 kwietnia 2018 roku. Z Wisły zostają wyłowione zwłoki Karli Bielskiej. Śledztwo prowadzi komisarz Jan Grot – samotnik po przejściach, zafascynowany zgłębianiem natury świata. Jego poszukiwania szybko wykraczają poza policyjne procedury.Równolegle na własną rękę działa Bursztyn – partner ofiary i gracz warszawskiego półświatka, który nie cofnie się przed niczym, by znaleźć winnych. Przekracza kolejne granice, używając przemocy, manipulacji i strachu.Drogi obu mężcz...
Finałowy tom trylogii urban fantasy, napisanej z rozmachem przez autorkę „Vortexu”, Annę Benning! „To było coś więcej niż sama magia. To był nasz los. Nasze przeznaczenie”. Tego nie spodziewał się nikt, a na pewno nie Rayne — życie mieszkańców Mirroru spoczywa w jej rękach! Dziewczyna musi odnaleźć się pośród politycznych gierek, przejrzeć intrygi przeciwników i nie pogubić się w swoich własnych uczuciach. A przede wszystkim zawalczyć o przetrwanie i Prime’u, i Mirro...
Na końcu mapy, gdzie śnieg tłumi oddechy, a noc trwa całą wieczność, Scarlett Anderson dostaje zadanie, którego nie może zignorować. W starej chacie na skraju lasu ma przetrzymać obcego mężczyznę, który jest zagrożeniem dla interesów miasta oraz wpływowych ludzi. To zadanie z pozoru proste, ale problem pojawia się w momencie, gdy Alejandro del Campo, Hiszpan ze słońcem na skórze i grzechem na ustach, wcale nie zamierza grać roli więźnia.Wśród rosnącego napięcia i zakazanych s...
Kristina Ohlsson, jedna z czołowych szwedzkich autorek powieści sensacyjnych i książek dla dzieci, powraca z drugim tomem trylogii o przyjaciołach Heidi, Alvie i Harrym oraz ich wakacjach pełnych mrocznych tajemnic z przeszłości. Alva już od prawie tysiąca dni zastanawia się nad tym, co właściwie się wydarzyło, kiedy umarł tata. Jej mama próbuje żyć normalnie, planuje otworzyć własną kawiarnię w szopie rybackiej, którą niedawno kupiła. Ale z budynkiem jest coś nie tak. Popr...
Czy nieznajomi ludzie mogą sobie ufać i dochować tajemnicy? Tego felernego dnia czwórka uczniów wsiada do szkolnego autobusu, nie znają się i nie mają ze sobą nic wspólnego oprócz tego, że wyruszając w drogę popełnili największy błąd w życiu. Podczas jazdy ktoś strzela do kierowcy, autobus stacza się z drogi, panuje chaos i zamieszanie. Layla, Kai, Liam i Fliss, próbując wydostać się z wraku, znajdują torbę martwego kierowcy z milionem funtów oraz broń.Każdy z nich potrzebuje...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: The Dark, Defiant New Epic from V. E. SchwabThe Instant Number One Sunday Times & New York Times BestsellerA Genre-Defying, Unforgettable Novel to Sink Your Teeth Into...“Bury my bones in the midnight soil, plant them shallow and water them deep, and in my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth.”A STORY ABOUT IMMORTALITY, HUNGER AND REVENGE.From V. E. Schwab, the internationally bestselling author of The Inv...
Sharp, swoon-worthy, and profoundly romantic – First Time Caller is brimming with heart' - LYLA SAGE'A beautiful, steamy, effervescent romance' – SARAH ADAMSA hopeless romantic meets a demoralized radio host in this cosy, Sleepless in Seattle inspired love story from New York Times bestselling author of the Lovelight series, B.K. Borison.Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. ...
First Learning: First Words from Roger Priddy is an early-learning play set with a board book featuring bright photographs of familiar things and chunky press-out pieces in a plastic pocket.Help your child develop their vocabulary with this engaging early-learning play set. Little ones will enjoy matching the puzzles pieces to the images on the page, while learning core vocabulary and developing fine motor skills.The plastic pocket makes it easy to pack-up and put back on the...
Discover colours through fun play with Little Baby Learns: Colours! The ideal early learning set for toddlers from Priddy Books. With a board book and 12 shaped play pieces to use inside, it is a fun way to introduce young children to colours.Little ones can learn red, green, blue, and yellow as they go through the book and find different objects. Each of the 12 play pieces matches an image on the page and fits securely into the die-cut spaces, but can also be used separately...
You sit on it every day, but how much do you really know about your toilet? Discover the history of pooing and weeing in this frankly disgusting non-fiction book.Authors Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle have scoured the toilet bowls and sewers of the world to find out how humans have done their business throughout history. It’s time to get to the bottom of toilets! Prepare to be revolted by:– A fossilized Viking turd discovered by archaeologists – The Mongol catapult used to fl...
There's lots for baby to explore in See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory Book. This sturdy board book, with bright photographs of happy babies, is specially designed to stimulate curiosity through sensory play. Each page has a colourful picture activity that invites baby to touch and explore. There are raised textures to feel, finger trails to follow, and a shiny mirror to look in to. Can they follow the swirl on the snail's shell? Can they tap the drum?As your baby grows, See, ...
Babies will love exploring the vibrant pages and pressing the squishy sound buttons in this engaging board book, publishing into Priddy Books' hugely successful See, Touch, Feel series.With five fun sounds to listen to and a uniquely-designed sound module, this book is sure to delight babies as they explore the colourful pages. The innovative format has super-soft silicone and interesting textures embossed onto the buttons, which encourages babies to touch and stroke the butt...
A gorgeous romantasy of angels and curses, which will break your heart and mend it again. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Stephanie Garber. 'A TRUE DELIGHT - VIVID, FRESH AND GRIPPING'Laini Taylor, bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Strange the DreamerHeartbreak is always devastating, but for Sare it's life-threatening.Sare Silverbirch has already had her heart broken four times, and a fifth heartbreak will stop her heart forever. Such is the nature of ...
