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Eyeless in Gaza
Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his best friend Brian and by his entanglement with the cynical and manipulative Mary Amberley. Realising that his determined detachment from the world has been motivated not by intellectual honesty but by moral cow...
The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology
pierre grimal; A R Maxwell-Hyslop (translator); Stephen Kershaw (ed.)
The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology is essential reading for anyone who wants to know more about the stories, heroes and gods of ancient Greece and Rome - from the siege of Troy and the quest for the Golden Fleece to such figures as Hercules and Juno. It will also enhance an understanding of t...
Bullfighting
Bullfighting moves from classrooms to graveyards, local pubs to bullrings; featuring an array of men at their working day and at rest, taking stock and reliving past glories. Each are concerned with loss in different ways - of their place in the world, of power, virility, love - of the boom days and the...
Tiger Adventure (Hal & Roger #14)
'The devil has killed our people'. Hal and Roger Hunt are in India, investigating rare and dangerous animals for their father. But on the trail of the rare white tiger, high in the Himalayas, disaster strikes and the brothers realise they are walking into the jaws of death....
Toad Delight (#5)
"Even more desperate to save his family from ending up on his stack of squashed relatives, Limpy takes his quest to the airwaves. When a TV cooking show kidnaps Goliath to be their main ingredient, Limpy sets out to rescue him and ends up on camera himself. Can Limpy use his 15 minutes of fame to get hu...
The Tea Gardens
Spirited doctor Isla Fenwick is determined to work at the coalface of medicine in India before committing to life as a dutiful wife. With hopes of making a difference in the world, she sails to Calcutta to set up a midwifery clinic. There she will be forced to question her beliefs, her professionalism a...
Pocket Eyewitness Human Body: Facts at Your Fingertips
Find out about bones, breathing, blood, and the brain in this brilliant mini book about how the human body works.Pocket Eyewitness Human Bodyis the perfect guide for curious children who want to know everything about the body and its inner-workings. Bite-sized chunks of information, amazing images, and ...
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish - Advice for the Rest of Your Life - Classic Graduation Speeches
Give it your all. Dare to be all you can be. Graduation day is a pivotal moment. After a lifetime of learning, and at least three years of studying hard in a chosen subject, we are thrown headfirst into the unknown world of adulthood. That day - and the months afterwards - are ripe with possibility. T...
Man-made Wonders of the World
Discover the most incredible man-made wonders, from Stonehenge to Burj Khalifa, with this unparalleled catalogue of the most amazing, famous, and intriguing buildings and monuments ever created by humans. Manmade Wonders of the Worldfeatures a range of structures from buildings to monuments, statues, an...
Every Species Is a Masterpiece (Penguin Green Ideas series)
This book brings together some of his most profound and significant writings on the rich diversity of life on Earth, our place in it, and our obligation to conserve the planet's fragile ecosystems....
Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There: How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America
The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times. The resulting...
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