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okładka The Odyssey, Książka | Homer

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the i...

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okładka Signs of Cupidity wer. angielska, Książka | Raven Kennedy

For years, Emelle has been a cupid - The ultimate matchmaker to help others fall in love. But this job means that she has no physical body and can't be seen by anyone. Or be able to fall in love herself.Unfortunately, she becomes responsible for some rather bad matchmaking. So much so, she's punished and exiled from the human world.Fed up she angrily fires Love Arrows at a fae prince, but he retaliates, and suddenly, she's pushed out of the Veil.Now, she has a real body. A re...

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okładka The Night is Darkening Round Me, Książka |

'... ever-present, phantom thing;My slave, my comrade, and my king'Some of Emily Brontë's most extraordinary poemsIntroducing 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, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian...

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okładka Bonds of Cupidity wer. angielska, Książka | Raven Kennedy

She spent years in the Veil as an invisible cupid. Unable to talk, touch or love anyone, which made her a little bitter.Now, Emelle has a life . . . and a bounty on her head. The fae prince wants her dead, and her three gorgeous genfins are arrested. The royal culling trials are about to begin, but Emelle isn't going to let everything be taken from her without a fight.There's rebellion in the air, a princess who's not all she appears to be and a lamassu fae who claims to be E...

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okładka Of Mice and Men wer. angielska, Książka | John Steinbeck

Streetwise George and his big, childlike friend Lennie are drifters, searching for work in the fields and valleys of California. They have nothing except the clothes on their back, and a hope that one day they'll find a place of their own and live the American dream. But dreams come at a price. Gentle giant Lennie doesn't know his own strength, and when they find work at a ranch he gets into trouble with the boss's daughter-in-law. Trouble so bad that even his protector Georg...

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okładka Free, Książka | Lea Ypi

* 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...

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okładka Crimes of Cupidity wer. angielska, Książka | Raven Kennedy

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 ...

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okładka The Circle wer. angielska, Książka | Dave Eggers

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...

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okładka God of Wrath wer. angielska, Książka | Rina Kent

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...

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okładka Uncle Dynamite wer. angielska, Książka | P.G. Wodehouse

A colourful universe of aristocratic buffoonery and public school nonsense' Greg James, host of BBC Radio 1 BreakfastPoor Pongo Twistleton only has to endure his energetic seventy-year-old Uncle Fred for lunch, once a year, but when he descends from Ickenham (he's the fifth Earl, don't you know) he has a plan that will make Pongo's hair stand on end and re-introduce him to his long-lost fiancée Sally Painter.But Pongo is busy impressing his future father-in-law Sir Aylmer Bos...

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okładka Short Stories in Italian, Książka | Opracowanie zbiorowe

This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.

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okładka For the Love of Cupidity wer. angielska, Książka | Raven Kennedy

Emelle and her four mates are now parents, and their nest is growing.Aside from the impending delivery she has to prepare for, Emelle also happens to be the cupid boss, which means she needs to train the new recruits just in time for Valentine's Day.With cupids, and babies, and her harem mates, she's got her hands full.Yet as she knows, if you can't do something with love, then it's not worth doing at all. Luckily, she still has plenty of that to go around.And she's about to ...

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okładka God of Pain wer. angielska, Książka | Rina Kent

*TOP 2 BESTSELLER IN THE ENTIRE STORE!*From USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a new STANDALONE grumpy sunshine college romance.Creighton King is silent, brooding, and hostile. Annika Volkov still has a crush on him. She is everything he is not: bright, lively, and the heart of every party. What Annika doesn’t realize is that behind Creighton’s quiet beauty lies a dark and violent soul.Creighton knows he can never outrun his past, so he unleashes his pain on others....

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okładka Pride and Prejudice wer. angielska, Książka | Jane Austen

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubl...

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okładka Beautiful Things wer. angielska, Książka | Emily Rath

Rosalie Harrow is unmarried, near destitute and faces two choices: snag a wealthy gentleman or take a position as a governess. But headstrong Rosalie sees both futures as a kind of cage.When Rosalie receives an invitation to Alcott Hall, she believes she’s there to meet the Dowager Duchess of Norland, the mysterious childhood friend of her late mother. Instead, Rosalie is thrust in the middle of a house party of eligible high society ladies all desperate to win the hand of th...

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okładka Sympathy Tower Tokyo wer. angielska, Książka | Rie Qudan

Welcome to the Japan of tomorrow. Here, the practice of a radical sympathy toward criminals has become the norm – and a grand skyscraper in the heart of Tokyo is planned to house wrongdoers in compassionate comfort. Acclaimed architect Sara Machina has been tasked with designing the city's new centrepiece, but is riven by doubt. As she casts her mind to the terrible crime she experienced as a young girl, she wonders if she might think against the grain of her time: could it b...

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okładka How to Feed the World wer. angielska, Książka | Vaclav Smil

In this ambitious, myth-busting book, leading scientist and internationally bestselling author Vaclav Smil investigates many of the burning questions facing the world today: Why are some of the world’s biggest food producers also the countries with the most undernourished populations? Why is food waste a colossal 1,000kcal per person daily, and how can we solve that? Could we all go vegan and be healthy? Should we? How will we feed the ballooning population without killing th...

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okładka Accomplice to the Villain wer. angielska, Książka | Hannah NicoleMaehrer

Evie Sage didn’t mean to become the right-hand woman to the kingdom’s most terrifying villain. One minute, she was applying for an entry-level position that promised “light paperwork and occasional beheadings,” and the next, she was knee-deep in magical mayhem, murder plots, and an entirely inappropriate crush on her brooding, sharp-jawed, walking disaster of a boss.Now, with a magical prophecy unraveling, assassins showing up in the break room, and a suspicious amount of fro...

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okładka The Fall of the House of Usher wer. angielska, Książka | Edgar Allan Poe

This selection of Poe's stories, poetry and other writing demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. 'The Fall of the House of Usher' describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In 'The Tell-Tale Heart', a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Cask of Amontillado' explore extreme states of decade...

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okładka A Quiet Place wer. angielska, Książka | Seicho Matsumoto

While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasn't totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife, who was shy and withdrawn, and only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighbourhood?Whe...

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okładka The Greatest Nobodies of History wer. angielska, Książka | Adrian Bliss

History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters.The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII and Queen Victoria fill bookshelves and fascinate scholars all over the world. But little attention is given to the ferret who posed for the renaissance master, the servant who oversaw the Tudor’s toilet time, or the famous horse who thrilled the miserable old monarch.These supporting cast members have been waiting in the wings for...

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okładka The Night We Lost Him wer. angielska, Książka | Dave Laura

One beautiful Californian evening, a wealthy businessman falls to his death from his secluded cliff-top house onto the rocks below.A tragic accident? Or murder?Nora and her half-brother Sam suspect it may be the latter, and team up to uncover the truth of what really happened that night.But their relationship has never been easy, and it is about to be tested to the limit as they start to question how well either of them really knew their elusive father.Unravelling his mysteri...

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okładka Avenger wer. angielska, Książka | Frederick Forsyth

SOLDIERYears ago, Cal Dexter was a Vietnam tunnel rat recruited to ferret out the enemy. Today, he's hired to pursue a new target – a dangerous, violent man, responsible for murdering an innocent aid worker. Dexter wants revenge, and he never misses his mark.VIGILANTEBut the beast Dexter's hunting is Zilic, a Serbian warlord who is cocooned in a fortified South American compound with the best security money can buy. And it isn't long before Dexter's personal mission explodes ...

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okładka Beach Bodies wer. angielska, Książka | Sienna Sharpe

Falling in love can be murder…No one in Lily Lennox’s life can understand why, each of the past five summers, she has shut her successful business and chosen instead to be paid minimum wage life-guarding at the exclusive Riovan Wellness Resort in a sun-soaked Caribbean island.Fortunately for her, they also aren’t aware of the mysterious deaths that have occurred on the island every time she’s there.Lily always tries to avoid bringing attention to herself. After all, if your m...

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okładka Love Triangle wer. angielska, Książka | Matt Parker

Why can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? Why does the wake behind a duck always form an angle of exactly 39 degrees? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to each of these questions can be found in the triangle.In Love Triangle, stand-up comedian, ex-maths teacher and Sunday Times number one bestselling author Matt Parker is on...

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okładka The Stranger in Room Six wer. angielska, Książka | Jane Corry

You may not know the stranger in room six. But they know everything about you.It's been fifteen years since Belinda was convicted of her husband's murder. Now, she's ready for her life to begin again, and she's set on that happening at Sunnyside Home for the Young at Heart.The owner, Mabel, has spent her life here. First as an evacuee during the Blitz and now as the care home's oldest resident, Mabel has held the secrets of this house for as long as she can remember. Secrets ...

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okładka A Place in the Sun wer. angielska, Książka | Jo Thomas

It's never too late to find where you belong...Thea knew the holiday house her late husband Marco bought in Tuscany wasn't pristine. But when she relocates to Italy for the summer with her children, she's shocked by how much work Casa Luna needs. And she only has six weeks to fix it up ready to sell! Her only option is to ask the tight-knit Italian community for help.In return, Thea and her children become involved in the community kitchen, working alongside handsome chef Gio...

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okładka The Most wer. angielska, Książka | Jessica Anthony

From 'one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page' (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightly wound, consuming tale about a 1950s American housewife, for fans of Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen and Taffy Brodesser-AknerLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024A Barnes & Noble BEST BOOK of 2024'Clever, moving and unexpected. A brilliantly deft and subtle story.' - Emma Healey, author of Elizabeth is Missing---A warm Sunday in November 1957. As Sputnik 2 orbits the ear...

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okładka We'll Always Have Summer wer. angielska, Książka | Jenny Han

If only summer could last forever . . .Belly has only ever loved two boys: Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. One broke her heart, the other made her happier than she thought she could ever be.And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she’s almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost.But each brother is keeping a secret, and this summer Belly must choose between the Fisher boys, once and for all.Who will she choose? And who’s heart will she break?...

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okładka Heart, be at peace wer. angielska, Książka | Donal Ryan

WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO NOVEL OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION'Donal Ryan’s writing has earned him a place among the greatest names in Irish literature and this lyrical novel speaks to the very heart of modern Irish society.' Maria Dickenson, Chair of the IBA judges'Beautiful...a book full of love and hope, more needed in these days than ever' Kit de Waal'I am blown...

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okładka A Short History of British Architecture wer. angielska, Książka | Jenkins Simon

The story of Britain is revealed through its buildings, and yet the language of architecture is a mystery to all but a few. In this enlightening history, spanning castles and cathedrals to factories and railway stations, Jenkins translates the hidden narratives infused in the facades we walk past every day.Britain’s history has been formed by its politics, religion and society and these influences can be seen in the architectural styles that have shaped its landscape. From pr...

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okładka Situationship wer. angielska, Książka | D.W. Wilson

Heath and Teagan have one thing in common: they don't want to be in a relationship.Teagan, who is busy finishing her law degree, needs a break from the stress of living up to her parents' expectations. Heath is following his passion and starting his career as a physical therapist, but his family's drama is tearing his life apart behind the scenes.As members of the same friend group, Heath and Teagan will be around each other plenty during wedding season, whether they like it ...

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okładka The Familiar wer. angielska, Książka | Leigh Bardugo

In a shabby house in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil. But when her scheming mistress discovers her scullion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to win over the royal court.Determined to seize this chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of power-hungry nobility, desperate kings, holy men and seers, where the lines between magic, science and fraud blur. ...

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okładka Up Above the World wer. angielska, Książka | Bowles Paul

A chance encounter while holidaying in Central America leads an American couple, the Slades, to befriend the charming, handsome Grove Soto and his young Cuban mistress. But as the Slades' trip becomes prolonged and they grow increasingly dependent on their new acquaintances, an undercurrent of cruelty begins to disturb the comfort and niceties to which they are accustomed. Up Above the World shows Paul Bowles to be a master of the tension and horror of rising viciousness....

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okładka The History of Sexuality wer. angielska, Książka | Michel Foucault

We talk about sex more and more, but are we more liberated?The first part of Michel Foucault's landmark account of our evolving attitudes in the west shows how the nineteenth century, far from suppressing sexuality, led to an explosion of discussion about sex as a separate sphere of life for study and examination. As a result, he argues, we are making a science of sex which is devoted to the analysis of desire rather than the increase of pleasure.

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okładka The Trouble with Happiness wer. angielska, Książka | Tove Ditlevsen

A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife's beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of love, marriage and family life in mid-century Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence and despair, as women and men dream of escaping their conventional roles and finding freedom and happiness - without ever truly understanding what that might mean....

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okładka The Hearing Trumpet wer. angielska, Książka | Leonora Carrington

The Hearing Trumpet is the story of 92-year-old Marian Leatherby, who is given the gift of a hearing trumpet only to discover that what her family is saying is that she is to be committed to an institution. But this is an institution where the buildings are shaped like birthday cakes and igloos, where the Winking Abbess and the Queen Bee reign, and where the gateway to the underworld is open. It is also the scene of a mysterious murder. Occult twin to Alice in Wonderland, The...

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okładka Wide Sargasso Sea wer. angielska, Książka | Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys's late, literary masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoine...

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okładka Centre Stage wer. angielska, Książka | Jeannette Nelson

How the world’s best actors communicate with gravitas – and how you can, too.‘The theatre stars’ voice guru’ Daily MailActing is all about charisma. Whether you’re an A-list star or an extra, when you’re on stage you need to perform in a way that makes your audience listen.That stage presence is something we can all learn from. Every time you speak up in a meeting, recount an anecdote, or tell a joke, it’s essential to communicate with gravitas.Jeannette Nelson knows a thing ...

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okładka Dark Tales wer. angielska, Książka | Shirley Jackson

There's something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek, the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe, from the city streets to the crumbling country pile, and from the small-town apartment to the dark, dark woods...

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okładka Fictions wer. angielska, Książka | Borges JorgeLuis

Nobody before Borges had ever attempted this strange and wonderful mixture of arcana, popular literature, national myth, the nature of time and classical themes. Now we can see it in all its intense and disturbing brilliance, certain that we will never see anything like it again' - Justin Cartwright, Independent on Sunday

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okładka Out of Africa wer. angielska, Książka | Isak Dinesen

From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs. Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.

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okładka Death of a Salesman wer. angielska, Książka |

In the spring of 1948 Arthur Miller retreated to a log cabin in Connecticut with the first two lines of a new play already fixed in his mind. He emerged six weeks later with the final script of Death of a Salesman - a painful examination of American life and consumerism. Opening on Broadway the following year, Miller's extraordinary masterpiece changed the course of modern theatre. In creating Willy Loman, his destructively insecure anti-hero, Miller himself defined his aim a...

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okładka Italian Folktales wer. angielska, Książka | Italo Calvino

Meticulously selected and artfully recreated, the selection of stories in Italian is vast and ranges geographically from Corsica and Sicily to Venice and the Alps. Calvino is himself clearly captivated by the folkloric imagination and communicates this in what is a fascinating and rich addition to folk literature.

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okładka Six Stories wer. angielska, Książka | Stefan Zweig

‘One of the masters of the short story’ GuardianThese six stories of obsession, secrets, delusions and desires from one of the greatest European writers show individuals caught up in forces beyond their control – whether an art dealer agreeing to a heartbreaking deception, a soldier destroyed by war, a servant infatuated with her employer or a young boy witnessing illicit adult passions. Portraying innocence lost and lives crushed by history, each tale is a psychologically ac...

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okładka The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas wer. angielska, Książka | Gertrude Stein

For Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice B. Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and ‘it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning’. Picasso was there with ‘his high whinnying spanish giggle’, as were Cezanne and Matisse, Hemingway and Fitzgerald. As Toklas put it – ‘The geniuses came and talked to Gertrude Stein and the wives sat with me’. A light-hearted entertainment, this is in fact Gertrude Stein’s own autobiography and a roll-...

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okładka Tokyo Express wer. angielska, Książka | Seicho Matsumoto

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Standing in the coast's wind and cold, the police see nothing to investigate: the flush of the couple's cheeks speaks clearly of cyanide, of a lovers' suicide. But in the eyes of two men, Torigai Jutaro, a senior detective, and Kiichi Mihara, a young gun from Tokyo, something is not quite right. Together, they begin to pick at the knot of a unique and calculated crime . . .Now wid...

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okładka Poems 1962-2020 wer. angielska, Książka | Louise Gluck

For the past fifty years, Louise Glück has been a major force in modern poetry, distinguished as much for the restless intelligence, wit and intimacy of her poetic voice as for her development of a particular form: the book-length sequence of poems. This volume brings together the twelve collections Glück has published to date, offering readers the opportunity to become immersed in the artistry and vision of one of the world's greatest poets.From the allegories of The Wild Ir...

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okładka The Little Prince wer. angielska, Książka |

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his plane vanished over the Mediterranean Sea during a reconnaissance mission. Nearly eighty years later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power.The narrator is a pilot downed in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the miraculous appearance of a little prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the fa...

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okładka The Lonely Londoners wer. angielska, Książka | Sam Selvon

At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. In this strange, cold and foggy city where the natives can be less than friendly at the sight of a black face, has Galahad met his Waterloo? But the irrepressible newcomer cannot be cast down. He and all the other lonel...

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okładka Growth wer. angielska, Książka | Daniel Susskind

Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around the world. Yet this prosperity has come at an enormous price: deepening inequalities, destabilizing technologies, environmental destruction and climate change.Confusion reigns. For many, in our era of anaemic economic progress, the worry is slowing growth - in the UK, Europe, China ...

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okładka A Clockwork Orange wer. angielska, Książka | Anthony Burgess

In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at what cost?

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okładka I, Claudius wer. angielska, Książka | Robert Graves

Despised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. In I, Claudius he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors: from the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius and the insane excesses of Caligula. Written in the form of Claudius' autobiography, this is the first pa...

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okładka Selected Poems wer. angielska, Książka | Pessoa Fernando

The writing of Fernando Pessoa reveals a mind shaken by intense inner suffering. In these poems he adopted four separate personae: Alberto Caeiro, Alvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis and himself, using them to express 'great swarms of thought and feeling'. While each personae has its own poetic identity, together they convey a sense of ambivalence and consolidate a striving for completeness. Dramatic, lyrical, Christian, pagan, old and modern, Pessoa's poets and poetry contribute ...

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okładka What Happens in Amsterdam wer. angielska, Książka | Rachel LynnSolomon

Dani Dorfman needs an escape, so when she is offered a job in Amsterdam after getting dumped and fired, she's determined to make it work.Unfortunately, her first week is disaster - especially when she crashes her bike into Wouter van Leeuwen, her family's Dutch exchange student from ten years ago. Her first love, until he ghosted her . . .Wouter is also at a crossroads - to inherit his canal family home, he needs to get married. And when Dani's job falls apart, she needs a vi...

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okładka Brave New Words wer. angielska, Książka | Salman Khan

The generative AI revolution has come to education. Salman Khan, the visionary behind Khan Academy with more than 150 million users, explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology is already beginning to transform learning, offering a future roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting (and sometimes intimidating) new world.The leading pioneer in the world of education technology, Khan explains the ins and outs of these cutting-edge tools and...

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okładka The Rebel wer. angielska, Książka | Albert Camus

The Rebel is Camus's 'attempt to understand the time I live in' and a brilliant essay on the nature of human revolt. Published in 1951, it makes a daring critique of communism - how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It questions two events held sacred by the left wing - the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917 - that had resulted, he believed, in terrorism as a political instrument.In this towering intell...

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okładka Energize wer. angielska, Książka | Simon AlexanderOng

Your energy is the fuel that makes everything in your life possible. So how can you reach your full potential if you're always tired, stressed and struggling through your to-do list running from one task to the next?In Energise, Life Coach and winner of Winner of the 2023 Business Book Award for Wellness and Wellbeing, Simon Ong introduces you to the art and science of energy management. Revealing how your physical, mental and relational energy affect your ability to think cr...

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okładka Sandwich wer. angielska, Książka | Catherine Newman

Discover the perfect summer read from the bestselling author of We All Want Impossible Things.‘Sandwich is joy in book form. I laughed continuously, except for the parts that made me cry.’ Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Tom Lake'Engaging, frank, funny and moving' Daily MailAn instant NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerOne of Barnes & Noble BEST BOOKSSTYLIST Book of the Month: ‘A gem’GUARDIAN Book of the Week: ‘Wise and exquisitely written'GRAZIA Book of the month****One week at go...

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okładka Tortilla Flat wer. angielska, Książka | John Steinbeck

Steinbeck's first major critical and commercial success, TORTILLA FLAT is also his funniest novel. Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Monterey, California, centuries before. He values friendship abovemoney and possessions, so that when he suddently inherits two houses, Danny is quick to offer shelter to his fellow gentlemen of the road. Their love of freedom and scorn for material things draw them into daring and often hilarious ad...

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okładka The Diary of a Young Girl wer. angielska, Książka | Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the 20th century. Anne Frank kept a diary from 1942 to 1944. Initially she wrote it strictly for herself. Then, one day in 1944, a member of the Dutch government in exile announced in a radio broadcast from London that after the war he hoped to collect eyewitness accounts of the suffering of the Dutch people under the German occupation, which could be made available to the public. As an example, he specially me...

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okładka Conclave wer. angielska, Książka | Robert Harris

***OUT NOW - PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS******NOW A MAJOR MOVIE ******WINNER OF THE BAFTA FOR OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM******WINNER OF THE OSCAR FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY***THE POWER OF GOD. THE AMBITION OF MEN. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBehind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 118 cardinals are meeting in conclave to cast their votes in the world's most secretive election.They are holy men. But they are ambitious. And they have rivals.Over t...

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okładka The Enormous Crocodile wer. angielska, Książka | Roald Dahl

‘I have secret plans and clever tricks.’This beautiful edition of The Enormous Crocodile, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new.So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates the versions of Dahl’s books that were published before the 20...

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okładka Charlie and the Chocolate Factory wer. angielska, Książka | Roald Dahl

However small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there. This beautiful edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new. So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates the versions o...

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okładka Fantastic Mr Fox wer. angielska, Książka | Roald Dahl

‘I’ve got it! Come on! There’s not a moment to lose!’ This beautiful edition of Fantastic Mr Fox, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new. So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates the versions of Dahl’s books that were published befo...

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okładka James and the Giant Peach wer. angielska, Książka | Roald Dahl

‘We are now about to visit the most marvellous places and see the most wonderful things!’ This beautiful edition of James and the Giant Peach, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new.So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates the versi...

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okładka The Witches wer. angielska, Książka | Roald Dahl

As far as children are concerned, a REAL WITCH is easily the most dangerous of all the living creatures on Earth. This beautiful edition of The Witches, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new.So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates...

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okładka Heroes wer. angielska, Książka | Fry Stephen

Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golde...

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okładka Cozy Cuties wer. angielska, Książka | Coco Wyo

A breath of fresh air! Relax and unwind with this adorable colouring book. Snuggle up with a world of cozy cuties in these relaxing colouring pages! The sun is shining and flowers have started to bloom, so gather your colouring pens and get cozy with Coco Wyo! This beautiful book is brimming with charming drawings for you to colour in – budding gardens, baby animals, and sunny skies! These cozy cuties are the perfect companion for a relaxing day of colouring with simple, cut...

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okładka Cozy Corner wer. angielska, Książka | Coco Wyo

Relax and unwind with this adorable colouring book – it’s time to get cozy! Step into a world of calm and comfort with Cozy Corner, with 45 beautiful hand-drawn pages ready for you to colour in.Settle in to your very own cozy corner with these brand new colouring pages! This follow-up to Coco Wyo's beloved Little Corner promises a new colourful delight at every turn!A delightful reading alcove, a heartwarming bakery, a cosy kitchen, and more awaits you within these cute and s...

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okładka The Bullet That Missed. A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Vol 3 wer. angielska, Książka | Richard Osman

It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal.Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill...or be killed.As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old frien...

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okładka The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) wer. angielska, Książka | Philippa Perry

How can we have better relationships? In this Sunday Times bestseller, leading psychotherapist Philippa Perry reveals the vital do's and don'ts of relationships. This is a book for us all. Whether you are interested in understanding how your upbringing has shaped you, looking to handle your child's feelings or wishing to support your partner, you will find indispensable information and realistic tips in these pages. Philippa Perry's sane, sage and judgement-free advice is an ...