DeDaumier-Smith\'s Blue Period,\" \"Teddy,\" and \"A Perfect Day for Bananafish\" are among the nine works in a collection of Salinger\'s perceptive and realistic short stories.\"

Carlo, a part-time professor of creative writing, and Margherita, an architect-turned-real estate-agent: a happily married couple in their mid-thirties, perfectly attuned to each other\'s restlessness. They are in love, but they also harbour desires that stray beyond the confines of their bedroom: Carlo longs for the quiet beauty of one of his students, Sofia; Margherita fantasises about the strong

\"He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was ...\" The Great Gatsby (1925), F. Scott Fitzgerald\'s masterpiece, stands among

For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling Stephen King writing under another name. Now the secret is out - and so, brought together in one volume, are these three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense.The Long Walk: A chilling look at the ultra-conservative America of the future where a gruelling 450-mile marathon is the ultimate sports competition.Roadwork:

This is an entrancing, otherworldly collection of short stories from one of Serbia\'s most accomplished 20th century writers, new to Penguin Modern Classics. A counter-prophet attempts the impossible to prove his power; a girl sees the hideous fate of her sister and father in a mirror bought from a gypsy; the death of a prostitute causes an unanticipated uprising; and the lives of every ordinary person

Roy, a black goat spirit, is getting bullied when out of nowhere he\'s rescued by the beautiful fire god Siu. Siu gives Roy the ability to take human form, and a grateful Roy decides to serve Siu as his new master. Now by Siu\'s side every day, Roy wishes to become more than just his servant. Painfully aware of just how ugly he is, Roy believes Siu could never care about him, and one day something

A four-level skills series for adults and young adults Cambridge English Skills is a four-level skills series for adults and young adult learners.Learners can develop the skills they need to use English confidently wherever they are - at home, at work, travelling, studying or just in social situations with English-speaking friends. This edition comes with answers and audio CD.

This stimulating world hub contains a multitude of innovative restaurants, whose décor blends futuristic elements with influences from all around the globe. This lively dining metropolis boasts an array of hip restaurants unparalleled anywhere else. Restaurant design is pushed to the very limits, with a multitude of eye-catching themes and motifs.

Haunted by the brutal killing of his UN interpreter wife in Bosnia, ex-SAS man Ed Coltrane is consumed with the need to avenge her murder. Drinking too much and spending too much time and money on his search, his life is going into meltdown...When an ex-colleague offers him a chance to make some real money working in \'black ops\', Coltrane is interested - until he finds that the job on offer is a

\"My name is Harriet Manners, and I am still a geek.\" MODEL MISFIT is the sequel to award-winning No. 1 UK debut GEEK GIRL. Harriet Manners knows a lot of facts. She knows that humans have 70,000 thoughts per day. She knows that Geek + Model = a whole new set of graffiti on your belongings. And that the average person eats a ton of food a year, though her pregnant stepmother is doing her best to beat

\'However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.\' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero\'s The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. Drawing on Greek political theory, the work embodies the mature reflections

The key to contentment in the Scottish climate is the right attitude to rain - just as in life the key to happiness lies in making the best of what you have. Bruised in love by her faithless Irish husband, Isabel Dalhousie is a connoisseur of intimat e moral issues: she edits a philosophical journal and spends a great deal of her time considering how to improve the lives of those around her. There

For more than three centuries, time in this former outskirts of Prague has been measured by the bells hung in the slender onion-domed tower of Prague’s Loreto, known there just as ‘The Loreta’. However its architectural and spiritual core is not this picturesque belfry but the Holy House set in its courtyard, in a complex of galleries, arcades and chapels. Loretos, some of the best known places of

Not so long ago, Berlin was a symbol of division. Since the end of the Cold War however, and Germany\'s re-unification, it has been transformed into a place where Eastern and Western Europe meet. The city has become a bridge between cultures and its thriving restaurant scene offers food and ambience of infinite variety. This selection of innovatively designed restaurant interiors, copiously illustrated

In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, The Madhi or Expected One\". The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others,

For all fans of Mo Hayder\'s \"Gone\" and Michael Marshall Smith\'s \"The Straw Men\", \"Vanished\" is the brilliant new missing persons case in the \"David Raker\" series, which establishes Tim Weaver as one of Britain\'s most talented new psychological suspense writers. No life is perfect. Everyone has secrets. For millions of Londoners, the morning of 17 December is just like any other. But not

If you\'re after a good quality wine to try, you are no longer restricted to the greats of the Old World - Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rhine Valley and Barolo to name but a few. Countries everwhere from Argentina to Australia, and even China, Canada, India and Thailand are now producing great wines at affordable prices. So what to choose? \"1001 Wines You Must Try Before You Die\" is here to lift you out of

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he\'s writing to stay alive.Misery Chastain is dead. Paul Sheldon has just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers. Now he wants to get on to some real writing.That\'s when the car accident happens, and he wakes up in pain in a strange bed. Annie Wilkes has pulled him from the wreck, brought

On the wild and lonely Yorkshire moors, a tragic story unfolds as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff fall in love. But it is a dangerous love, filled with unhappiness and suffering. When Catherine finally breaks Heathcliff ’s heart, Heathcliff decides to break everyone else’s and plans a terrible revenge.