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Gulliver’s Travels
The Penguin English Library Edition of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant' A savage and hilarious satire, Gulliver's Travels sees Lemuel Gulliver shipwrecked and adrift, subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with, among others, quarrelling Lilliputians, philosophizing horses and the brutish Yahoo tribe, that change his view of humanity - and himself - for ever. Swift's classic of 1726 portrays mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with a comical yet uncompromising reflection of ourselves. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Broken: in the Best Possible Way
The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. Now with a new bonus chapter.
‘Broken is the party of the year . . . I loved it’ - Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k
As her fans already know, Jenny Lawson suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. Of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor, the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball, is along for the ride.
Hilarious, heart-warming and honest, Broken is about living, surviving, and thriving. A beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most.
A New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times bestseller.
‘Broken is the party of the year . . . I loved it’ - Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k
As her fans already know, Jenny Lawson suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. Of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor, the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball, is along for the ride.
Hilarious, heart-warming and honest, Broken is about living, surviving, and thriving. A beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most.
A New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times bestseller.
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
In The Darkening Age, Catherine Nixey tells the little-known - and deeply shocking - story of how a militant religion deliberately tried to extinguish the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in unquestioning adherence to the 'one true faith'.The Roman Empire had been generous in embracing and absorbing new creeds. But with the coming of Christianity, everything changed. This new faith, despite preaching peace, was violent, ruthless and intolerant. And once it became the religion of empire, its zealous adherents set about the destruction of the old gods. Their altars were upturned, their temples demolished and their statues hacked to pieces. Books, including great works of philosophy and science, were consigned to the pyre. It was an annihilation.A Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator, the Observer, and BBC History MagazineA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWinner of the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for Nonfiction
The House of Mirth
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
‘Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me.’
Lily Bart, an attractive young woman living in New York City, relies on beauty and charm to ensure economic survival. Determined to marry into wealth to support her expensive lifestyle, Lily denies her feelings for Lawrence Stern due to his modest income. She turns instead towards young millionaire, Percy Grace. During her pursuit of money and status, Lily becomes the agent of her own undoing. Events take a tragic turn and her reputation is ruined by scandal. She is unwilling to adhere to the standards of New York’s social elitism, which leads to devastating consequences.
Wharton’s stunning and disturbing commentary on the role of women in this irresponsible, hedonistic society will delight those enchanted by her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘The Age of Innocence’.
Critical Praise
‘its depiction of social mores and their influence gives it universal resonance.’ Guardian
‘crackling and complex prose’. Independent —
‘Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me.’
Lily Bart, an attractive young woman living in New York City, relies on beauty and charm to ensure economic survival. Determined to marry into wealth to support her expensive lifestyle, Lily denies her feelings for Lawrence Stern due to his modest income. She turns instead towards young millionaire, Percy Grace. During her pursuit of money and status, Lily becomes the agent of her own undoing. Events take a tragic turn and her reputation is ruined by scandal. She is unwilling to adhere to the standards of New York’s social elitism, which leads to devastating consequences.
Wharton’s stunning and disturbing commentary on the role of women in this irresponsible, hedonistic society will delight those enchanted by her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘The Age of Innocence’.
Critical Praise
‘its depiction of social mores and their influence gives it universal resonance.’ Guardian
‘crackling and complex prose’. Independent —
If We Were Villains
Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the man who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened a decade ago.
As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.
As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.
Guest Cat
A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo. They work at home as freelance writers. They no longer have very much to say to one another.One day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful creature. She leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. New, small joys accompany the cat: the days have more light and colour. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband and wife: they go walking together, talk and share stories of the cat and its little ways, play in the nearby garden. But then something happens that will change everything again.The Guest Cat is an exceptionally moving and beautiful novel about the nature of life and the way it feels to live it. The book won Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, and was a bestseller in France and America.
Guest Cat
A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo. They work at home as freelance writers. They no longer have very much to say to one another.One day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful creature. She leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. New, small joys accompany the cat: the days have more light and colour. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband and wife: they go walking together, talk and share stories of the cat and its little ways, play in the nearby garden. But then something happens that will change everything again.The Guest Cat is an exceptionally moving and beautiful novel about the nature of life and the way it feels to live it. The book won Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, and was a bestseller in France and America.
Combien de fois je t’aime
Ces deux là s'écrivent par mail depuis des semaines, et ce soir enfin ils vont se voir. Ceux-là se croisent dans un train, d'un mot leur vie peut changer. Il y a cette femme qui n'embrasse pas, telle autre, insaisissable, qui tient son amant à distance en se cachant derrière un numéro de portable, et cette mère célibataire qui aime sans réveiller son fils. Ou encore cet homme, qui fait défiler comme autant de souvenirs les numéros de son répertoire. Combien de fois aime-t-on dans une vie ? Dix-sept rencontres, dix-sept histoires pour dire, sur le fil de l'émotion, qu'on n'en finit jamais d'aimer. From the Back Cover Ces deux là s'écrivent par mail depuis des semaines, et ce soir enfin ils vont se voir. Ceux-là se croisent dans un train, d'un mot leur vie peut changer. Il y a cette femme qui n'embrasse pas, telle autre, insaisissable, qui tient son amant à distance en se cachant derrière un numéro de portable, et cette mère célibataire qui aime sans réveiller son fils. Ou encore cet homme, qui fait défiler comme autant de souvenirs les numéros de son répertoire. Combien de fois aime-t-on dans une vie ? Dix-sept rencontres, dix-sept histoires pour dire, sur le fil de l'émotion, qu'on n'en finit jamais d'aimer. About the Author Né à Paris le 28 novembre 1961, Serge Joncour veut devenir nageur de combat. Il interrompt donc rapidement ses études de philosophie, faute de temps. Il exerce différents métiers : maître-nageur, livreur de journaux, cuisinier, rédacteur publicitaire... Il voyage dans de nombreuses îles avant de se consacrer définitivement à l'écriture.
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
THE #3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDiscover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives'A rallying cry to fight back' Sunday Times'Press this into the hands of everyone you know. It is utterly brilliant!' Helena Kennedy'A game-changer: an uncompromising blitz of facts, sad, mad, bad and funny, making an unanswerable case and doing so brilliantly…the ambition and scope – and sheer originality – of Invisible Women is huge' The TimesImagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman.Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap – a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives.From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Invisible Women reveals the biased data that excludes women.Award-winning campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact this has on their health and well-being. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew.
Dieu n’habite pas La Havane
Juan del Monte Jonava ne vit que pour chanter. Au Buena Vista Café, en plein cœur de Cuba, sa voix solaire lui a valu le surnom de " Don Fuego ", la gloire de la rumba. Or, à presque 60 ans, son étoile s'est ternie. Le régime castriste, lui aussi, a vieilli. Il s'ouvre au monde, à l'argent, à la modernité. Le Buena Vista a changé de propriétaire. Et Don Fuego en est réduit à courir le cachet. Sa rencontre avec Mayensi, rousse incendiaire et mystérieuse de 40 ans sa cadette, fera rejaillir le feu de la passion dans les veines du sexagénaire... Au point de le consumer ?" C'est un hommage romanesque aux chanteurs de rue, qui évite la nostalgie pour mieux composer une histoire de musique et d'amour. " LiRE" Le fabuleux conteur sait aussi sonder les âmes bouleversées. " Mohammed Aïssaoui – Le Figaro littéraire