\"About a Boy\" is Nick Hornby\'s comic and heart-warming million-copy bestseller. \'How cool was Will Freeman?\' Too cool! At thirty-six, he\'s as hip as a teenager. He\'s single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He\'s also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents\' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy.

This is the second title in this number one, bestselling spin-off series from \"Percy Jackson\" creator, Rick Riordan. This crazy messed up world of gods and monsters is \"Percy Jackson\'s\" reality, which pretty much sucks for him. Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, God of the Sea, has woken from a very deep sleep and come face to face with two snake-haired ladies who refuse to die. But they\'re the

A shocking, hilarious and strangely tender novel about a young woman’s experiment in narcotic hibernation, aided and abetted by one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of literature. Our narrator has many of the advantages of life, on the surface. Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her

\'There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.\' This dreamlike meditation on being young and alone in Paris is a feverish work of nerves, angst and sublime beauty from one of the twentieth century\'s greatest poets. A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN\'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 \'A story for now, an important story . . . told with incredible freshness\' Martha Lane Fox, Chair of Judges, Women\'s Prize 2020 \'The harsh reality of immigration is balanced with a refreshing dose of humour\' The Times \'This compassionate and ingenious novel has an endearing vibrancy in the storytelling that, page after page, makes it addictive

Agatha Christie\'s most ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: \'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30

A brilliant way to discover famous characters from Shakespeare\'s plays, with over 160 reusable stickers to dress them for their performances. There are star-crossed lovers, girls disguised as boys, murderers, fools and fairy royalty and quotations to add from the plays, too. Includes internet links to websites to find out more about Shakespeare.

We are in a motivational mess today. Many of us feel like we are going through the motions - as workers, managers, spouses and partners, parents and citizens. We feel jaded and unhappy with the organizations we are part of, whether that\'s the company we work for or our child\'s school. And some of us feel deeply alienated from the wider societies in which we live, particularly in the face of vast

What would happen if you fell into a Black Hole? Black Holes are the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe, but they are a riddle that confounds our intuitions. Anything that enters them can never escape, and yet they contain nothing at all. They are bigger on the inside than the outside suggests. They are dark on the outside but not on the inside. They invert time into space and space into

This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, the ingenious possibilities of a nail, a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. Here safety, warmth and food are the first objectives.

Catherine Alliott, bestselling author of \"A Rural Affair\" and \"A Crowded Marriage\", examines just the sort of trouble a girl can land herself in when she gets caught in the middle of a love triangle in \"Not That Kind of Girl\". A girl can get into all kinds of trouble just by going back to work...Henrietta Tate gave up everything for her husband Marcus and their kids. But now that the children

Dom Dog is not happy. He is hot. Doctor Panda, Pat Cat, and Gus Goat help Dom Dog. Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression

The beloved, award-winning novel will soon be a major motion picture starring 13 Reasons Why\'s Katherine Langford and Everything, Everything\'s Nick Robinson. \'Worthy of Fault in Our Stars-level obsession.\' Entertainment Weekly\'I love you, SIMON. I LOVE YOU! And I love this fresh, funny, live-out-loud book.\" Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright PlacesStraight people should have

Republic is the central work of the Western world\'s most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the ordinary reader, who is carried along by the wit and intensity of the dialogue and by Plato\'s unforgettable

This new translation, in rhymed verse, of Goethe\'s Faust--one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature--preserves the essence of Goethe\'s meaning without resorting either to an overly literal, archaic translation or to an overly modern idiom. It remains the nearest \"equivalent\" rendering of the German ever achieved.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World\'s

Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.Since the time of the earliest settlers, Americans have been expressing their individuality through the embellishment of everyday objects. Such classics as whirligigs, ship models, and carousel animals fill these pag

The name of Yves Saint Laurent, one of the great fashion designers of the twentieth century, evokes the now-iconic looks he helped popularize as part of the modern woman\'s wardrobe: the Le Smoking tuxedo jacket, the pea coat, the Mondrian dress, the jumpsuit. But seven years after Saint Laurent\'s death, the man himself remains an enigma and a source of fascination (two Yves Saint Laurent biopics

A girl sees a quiet good-looking boy on the boat to Spain. She loves his shy smile and she wants to see him again. The boy wants to be with her too, but there are problems. Can the boy and the girl get together? Or do they never meet again?