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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.'Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged, frustrated college professor. In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita, he'll do anything to possess her. Unable and unwilling to stop himself, he is prepared to commit any crime to get what he wants.Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these?

When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, aservant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching

To the End of the Land is a novel of relationships: personal, moral and political: all reviewed against a muted landscape of pain, threat and hostility... Grossman list his youngest son Uri in the final hours of the second Lebanon war and his personalconnection to the trauma of conflict adds weight to this substantial work --The Financial Times

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The debut novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Emma Gannon.'Explores such an important topic with a lightness and warmth' Dolly Alderton'Thoughtful, funny, and honest' Elizabeth Gilbert'Brilliantly observed' Sophie Kinsella'It'll give a voice to countless women' Marian KeyesOlive and her friends have shared every milestone.From first loves and first heartbreaks to flatshares and the first scary steps into the real world, they've been through it all - together.But in the maze of life, through the winding paths that lead to different choices and different futures, will the bonds of friendship hold strong when Olive needs them most?Moving, memorable and a mirror for anyone at a crossroads, OLIVE is a love letter to the life raft of female friendship and reminds us how, with a little courage, we can all follow our own paths.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a play which, as it were, takes place in the wings of Hamlet, and finds both humour and poignancy in the situation of the ill-fated attendant lords.The National Theatre production in April 1967 made Tom Stoppard's reputation virtually overnight. Its wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were then and the play has become a contemporary classic.

Armed with a business degree, naked ambition and an iPhone, Eve announces she has been brought in to turn Imogen's beloved magazine into an app. With herself at the helm. In this terrifying new world, Imogen is almost invisible. In place of her team ofdedicated staff is a constantly evolving line of twenty-something bloggers at their desks day and night ('Only losers need sleep!'), amateur snaps instead of elegant photo shoots, and a URL address in place of Imogen's glossy pages

Azon az éjszakán, amikor ezt írtam, arra gondoltam, mi történik velünk, mikor családot alapítunk, és megszűnünk a legfontosabb személynek lenni a saját életünkben. Azon merengtem, mi lenne igazán önzetlen cselekedet. Mérlegeltem, kiért lennék készmeghalni, és kiért adnám oda az egész életemet. És hogy valójában mi is a kettő között a különbség.Fans of Beartown and A Man Called Ove will love this festive novella.It is Christmas Eve and a father and son are meeting for the first time in years.The father has a story he needs to share before it's too late. As he tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away, he reveals even more about himself

Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this drama-packed debut about three perfect girls who will do anything to be the prima ballerina at their elite New York ballet school. Now a major Netflix series!Being a dancer at New York's most elite ballet school isn't easy. Everyone wants to be the prima ballerina, and sometimes you have to play dirty. With the competition growing fiercer with every performance and harmless pranks growing ever darker, Bette,June and Gigi find themselves battling it out to stay at the top. And it's only a matter of time before one small spark ignites and even the best get burned

'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional'A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer.In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, he reflects upon the influence the sport has hadon his life and on his writing.Equal parts travelogue, training log and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and settings ranging from Tokyo's Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, tothe Charles River in Boston.By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a must-read for fans of this masterful yet private writer as well as for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.'There can never have been a book quite like this memoir of running and writing before. In its self-contained way, it's nothing less than an inspiration' Evening Standard'Hugely enjoyable...You don't have to have run a marathon to be captivated' Sunday Telegraph'Comical, charming and philosophical...an excellent memoir' GQ

Mums away. Dads in charge. Theres no milk. So Dad saves the day by going to buy some.Really, thats all that happens. Very boring. YAAAAAAAAAWN.There are absolutely none of the following inside: GLOBBY GREEN ALIENS! NTERGALACTIC POLICE! PIRATES! And most definitely NOT a time-travelling hot-air balloon piloted by the brilliant Professor Steg ...

*An established classic, often compared to Voltaire's CAndide, Rasselas is perhaps its author's most creative work, here presented in a sparkling new edition.*Authoritative introduction by Thomas Keymer relating the story to Johnson's life, thought, and writings

He ran risks, too, from stray coastguard bullets and sudden double-crosses. But it was the only way he could keep his boat, keep his independence, and keep his belly full...

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's manoeuvrings and the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit - and one slip may spell doom not onlyfor Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords and hunt for allies in unexpected places. And her heart will face the ultimate test as she and her mate areforced to question whether they can truly trust each other. Sarah J. Maas's books have sold millions of copies and have been translated into 37 languages. Discover the sweeping romantic fantasy that everyone's talking about for yourself.

A világhírű bestsellerírót ebben a könyvében egészen új oldaláról ismerhetjük meg. Ezúttal azok helyett beszél, akiket senki sem hallgat meg.Fia halála után Danielle Steel - névtelenségét mindvégig megőrizve - tizenegy éven át járta San Francisco utcáit kis csapatával, hogy könnyítsen a hajléktalanok sorsán, segítse túlélésüket. Saját pénzén meleg ruhát, takarót, tisztálkodási szereketvásárolt, hogy ellássa őket a legszükségesebb holmikkal Mesterkéletlenül őszinte és mélyen megindító visszaemlékezésében fájdalmasan szép és hiteles portrét fest azokról a magukra hagyott emberekről, akikkel az utcákon találkozott.Danielle Steel új könyve egyszerre szól szívünkhöz, lelkünkhöz és értelmünkhöz. Életre kelti a bennünk szunnyadó jóságot. Üzenete igaz és mély: az ember számára a legfőbb erkölcsi kötelesség a szeretet. Ennél fontosabb parancsolat nem létezik.

Winner of the Women's Prize.Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has. In his notebooks, day afterday, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and FridaysPiranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone. Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do theywant? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found

A mysterious lab. A sinister scientist. A secret history. If you think you know the truth about Eleven's mother, prepare to have your mind turned Upside Down.It's the summer of 1969. The world is changing, and Terry Ives isn't content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment, she signs on as a test subject.But behind the walls of Hawkins National Laboratory - and the piercing gaze of its director, Dr Martin Brenner - lurks a dark conspiracy. To face it, she'll need the help of her fellow test subjects, including a mysterious young girl with unexplainablepowers. . .

Art imitates life. Or does it? One sleepy Sunday morning in Buenos Aires, the protagonist of Martinez's brilliant new mystery finds himself unexpectedly tangled up in the story of Luciana, a former authors' assistant whom he has not seen for at least tenyears, and Kloster, a rival writer - only far more successful

When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In The GrandDesign, the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe is presented in language marked by both brilliance and simplicity.The Grand Design explains the latest thoughts about model-dependent realism (the idea that there is no one version of reality), and about the multiverse concept of reality in which there are many universes. There are new ideas about the top-down theoryof cosmology (the idea that there is no one history of the universe, but that every possible history exists). It concludes with a riveting assessment of m-theory, and discusses whether it is the unified theory Einstein spent a lifetime searching for.This is the first major work in nearly a decade by one of the world's greatest thinkers. A succinct, startling and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems,The Grand Design is a book that will inform - and provoke - like no other.

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause afashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout theworld think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

E guerra perpetua, nel mondo, tra Oceania, Eurasia ed Estasia. E Londra, capitale europea dell'Oceania, c una citta in rovina, stremata dalla dittatura del Grande Fratello e dalla miseria. In questo scenario cupo e desolato, entrato ormai a pieno titolonel nostro immaginario e nella cultura popolare, Orwell disegna il futuro della societa moderna. La tragica ribellione di Winston Smith al Grande Fratello e la storia del suo amore per Julia sono lo specchio in cui Orwell riflette in modo lucido e senzasconti sul destino che potrebbe attendere un'umanita che ha fatto di tutto per eliminare se stessa: liberta personali controllate dall'autorita, storia e memoria riscritte e manipolate, e un linguaggio, unico baluardo di liberta, asservito al potere.Riproposto in una nuova traduzione, che ne restituisce le atmosfere cupe e allucinate e il linguaggio a volte brutale, 1984 c uno dei classici moderni piu letti e citati, perché ci ricorda ancora oggi cosa puo accadere quando l'esercizio del pensieroviene impedito e dire la verita diventa un atto rivoluzionario. Prefazione di Walter Veltroni.

The charming first novel in a new comic crime series set in Brighton, from one of Britain's most-loved writers, the incomparable Lynne TrussAfter the notorious 'Middle Street Massacre' of 1951, when the majority of Brighton's criminals wiped one another out in a vicious battle as the local police force enjoyed a brief stop en route for an ice cream, Inspector Steine rather enjoys life as apoliceman. No criminals, no crime, no stress. He just wishes Sergeant Brunswick would stop insisting that perhaps not every criminal was wiped out that fateful day.So it's really rather annoying when an ambitious -not to mention irritating - new Constable shows up to work and starts investigating a series of burglaries. And it's even more annoying when, after Constable Twitten is despatched to the theatre for thenight, he sits next to a vicious theatre critic who is promptly shot dead part way through the opening night of a new play.It seems Brighton may be in need of a police force after all'More Marx Brothers than Agatha Christie, this is crime fiction turned on its head a giddy spell ofsheer delight' Daily MailThe first novel in a fabulous new comic crime series from much loved author Lynne Truss, perfect for fans of M. C.Beaton, Celia Imrie and James Runcie's Grantchester series.Eats Shoots and Leaves sold over one million copies (TCM) and won the British Book Awards Book of the Year in 2004Lynne Truss has a significant media profile, with a weekly Sunday Telegraph column and frequent drama series onBBC Radio 4. The hardback release of A Shot in the Dark received excellent review coverage.

Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers. But WICKED isn't done yet. Phase Two has just begun. The Scorch.There are no rules. There is no help. You either make it or you die.The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch-the most burned-out section of the world. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.Friendships will be tested. Loyalties will be broken. All bets are off.There are others now. Their survival depends on the Gladers' destruction-and they're determined to survive.

Travis Parker has it all: a good job, loyal friends and his dream home in North Carolina. The last thing hes looking for is a serious relationship. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door.

An explosive YA thriller from international bestselling author of One of Us is Lying.The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence: You knowwhat you did.They never hear from her again. Years later, when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive a mysterious invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother's resort, they have no choice but to follow their curiosity and meet the womanwho's been such an enigma their entire lives.