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Книги видавництва Penguin Books
Рік видання: 1994 Категорія: Класика
Cooper's most enduringly popular novel combines heroism and romance with powerful criticism of the destruction of nature and tradition. Set against the French and Indian siege of Fort William Henry in 1757, "The Last of the Mohicans" recounts the story of two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro,
Рік видання: 2016 Категорія: Сучасна література
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Steven Gerrard is the former captain of Liverpool football team and of the England national football team, and is the only player ever to have scored in a FA cup final, a league cup final, a UEFA cup final and a champion's league final. His entire career, since 1998, has been spent
Рік видання: 2022 Категорія: Класика
James Fenimore Cooper's classic American story of life on the frontier during the French and Indian War.
The Last of the Mohicans, one of the world's great adventure stories, dramatizes how the birth of American culture was intertwined with that of Native Americans. In 1757, as the English and
Рік видання: 2018 Категорія: Класика
'For once there had been false idols and asses' heads drawn on the walls...'
Sleepers awake in a remote cave and the ancient mystic Simon Magus attempts a miracle, in these two magical, otherworldly tales from one of the greatest voices of twentieth-century Europe.
Penguin Modern: fifty new
Рік видання: 2017-2022 Категорія: Класика
'40,000 francs, which lay before him in a heap of gold and banknotes.' Written in twenty-six days to pay off Dostoyevsky's own roulette debts, The Gambler is a graphic psychological study of addiction, accompanied here by a brilliant short story of excruciating social embarrassment.
Ten new
Рік видання: 2007 Категорія: Класика
This title presents beautifully told tales, a perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. Charles and Mary Lamb's labour of love brings vividly alive the power of "Hamlet" and "Othello", the fun of "As You Like It" and "The Taming of the Shrew", the magic of "The Tempest" and the drama of
Рік видання: 2016 Категорія: Класика
'No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's' Exploring the primordial nightmares that lurk within humanity's dreams of progress and technology, H. G. Wells was a science fiction
Рік видання: 2018 Категорія: Класика
His hand sought the adjacent flesh and sorrow paralleled desire in the immense complexity of love.
These moving stories by one of the great masters of Southern gothic portray love, sorrow and our search for happiness and understanding.
Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the
Рік видання: 2022 Категорія: Класика
'"After all," he said, "you're only a monkey spirit. How can you delude yourself into supposing that you can seize the Jade Emperor's throne?"' Featuring the adventures of the irrepressible, cloud-riding trickster Monkey and his band of unruly disciples, this centuries-old Chinese fantasy blends
Рік видання: 2012 Категорія: Класика
Leo Tolstoy combined detailed physical description with perceptive psychological insight to sweep aside the sham of surface appearances and lay bare man's intimate gestures, acts, and thoughts. Murder and sacrifice...greed and devotion...lust and affection...vanity and love--one by one, in this
Рік видання: 2011 Категорія: Класика
'Little jets of wheezing laughter followed one another out of his convulsed body. His eyes, twinkling with cunning enjoyment, glanced at every moment towards his companion's face.' 'When he was quite sure that the narrative had ended he laughed noiselessly for fully half a minute. Then he said:
Рік видання: 2010 Категорія: Класика
Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of medieval life and is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature.
Рік видання: 2016 Категорія: Non-fiction іноземними мовами
From the international bestselling auhor of Gomorrah, this searing expose of dirty money and the drug trade reveals how they are at the heart of our lives, our economy, and our world.
'The most important book of the year ... Here it is, laid bare: cartel as corporation, corporation as cartel;
Рік видання: 2018 Категорія: Класика
My heart
brims with billows
and minnows
of shadows and silver
Beautiful, brutal, strange and lovely: this is Lorca reborn, in a selection of previously unpublished pieces and masterful new translations.
Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin
Рік видання: 2012 Категорія: Класика
The Penguin English Library Edition of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, rage - who can tell? - but truth - truth stripped of its
Рік видання: 2018 Категорія: Класика
Now Brando looked at people with assurance, and with what can only be called a pitying expression, as though he dwelt in spheres of enlightenment where they, to his regret, did not.
This mesmerizing profile of an insecure, vulnerable young Marlon Brando, brooding in a Kyoto hotel during a break
Рік видання: 2011 Категорія: Non-fiction іноземними мовами
Featuring an extensive, provocative introduction by historian Martin Malia, this authorized English translation of The Communist Manifesto, edited and annotated by Engels, with prefaces to editions published between 1872 and 1888, provides a new opportunity to examine the document that shook the
Рік видання: 2012 Категорія: Класика
The Penguin English Library Edition of Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
'He was sickened also with all these lies. His very soul was dismayed by the dirt through which he was forced to wade. He had become unconsciously connected with the lowest dregs of mankind, and would have to see his name
Рік видання: 2009 Категорія: Класика
Explore the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty in Edgar Allan Poe's verse in this complete poetry collection. Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric "To Helen," to his immortal masterpieces, "Annabel Lee,"
Рік видання: 2000 Категорія: Класика
James Joyce's Dubliners is an enthralling collection of modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. This Penguin Classics edition includes notes and an introduction by Terence Brown.
Joyce's first major work, written when he was only
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За роки діяльності було опубліковано тисячі книг англійською та іншими мовами, серед них переважає класична та сучасна література, нонфікшн, твори для дітей. Популярними у читачів є книжки Дженні Хан, Ріка Ріордана, Тейлор Дженкінс Рід, Айн Ренд, Джорджа Орвелла, Емілі Генрі, Джоджо Мойєс, Донни Тартт, Ребекки Яррос, Річарда Османа, Лінн Пейнтер, Кетрін Стокетт, Рейвен Кеннеді та інших. Видавництво вирізняється також жанровим розмаїттям: від романтичних історій для підлітків, захопливих мемуарів до гостросюжетних трилерів та детективів, «темного» фентезі. 2016-го року у видавничому домі вийшла друком праця Сергія Плохія «The Gates of Europe. A History of Ukraine».
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