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The Black Ball
The Black Ball

Fiction |

'If he only knew what it was, he would fix it; he would kill this mean thing that made Mama feel so bad. 'Belonging and estrangement intertwine in these four lyrical short stories from the the author of Invisible Man. Penguin Modern: fifty new b

Letter to My Mother
Letter to My Mother

Engelsk non fiction div. |

'As you are well aware, we never loved each other in your lifetime. Both of us pretended. ' Simenon explores the complexity of parent child relationships and the bitterness of things left unsaid in this stark, confessional piece. Penguin Modern:

Death the Barber
Death the Barber

Engelsk non fiction div. |

'The alphabet ofthe treesis fading in thesong of the leaves'Filled with bright, unforgettable images, the deceptively simple work of William Carlos Williams revolutionized American verse, and made him one of the greatest twentieth-century poets.

D1 The Phantom of the Opera
D1 The Phantom of the Opera

Fiction |

New to Penguin Clothbound Classics, Gaston Leroux's classic tale of Gothic horror and tragic romanceRumours that a ghost stalks the dark passages and cellars of the Paris Opera House, wreaking havoc, have long been rife among staff and performers. Th

D2 Pride and Prejudice
D2 Pride and Prejudice

Engelsk non fiction div. |

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in troubled relationship between hi

Sketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings
Sketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings

Engelsk non fiction div. |

Offers a selection of the maxims and reflections from one of Germany's greatest ever thinkers. ''I can promise to be candid, not, however, to be impartial. ''A selection of the most insightful maxims and reflections from one of Ge

The Steel Flea
The Steel Flea

Fiction |

Presents an uproarious and alcohol-soaked shaggy-dog story from one of Russia's great comic masters. ''He gave orders that they were not to get any hot glum pudding in flames, for fear the spirits in their innards might catch fire'&apo

The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon
The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon

Young adult |

Includes animal fables that are some of the earliest stories ever told, thought to have been composed by a slave in Greek antiquity and giving glimpses of a world that is harsh, pitiless and yet also eerily familiar. ''An ass, clothed in the ski

Leaving the Yellow House
Leaving the Yellow House

Fiction |

She had lived by delays; she had meant to stop drinking; she had put off the time, and now she had smashed her car. At once harsh and tender, expansive and acutely funny, this is the story of an elderly and self-destructive dipsomaniac in a Western desert

Why Do You Wear a Cheap Watch?
Why Do You Wear a Cheap Watch?

Fiction |

'It was what we call in the trade a potato. . ' Tales of low-lifes and grifters trying to make ends meet in pre-War Germany. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with eac

The Legend of the Sleepers
The Legend of the Sleepers

Fiction |

'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

The Haunted Boy
The Haunted Boy

Fiction |

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: fif

D1 Letters to a Young Poet
D1 Letters to a Young Poet

Engelsk non fiction div. |

'What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now. ' This title features profound and lyrical letters the author wrote to a young friend with advise on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself. ''What

D1 Letters to a Young Poet
D1 Letters to a Young Poet

Engelsk non fiction div. |

'What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now. ' This title features profound and lyrical letters the author wrote to a young friend with advise on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself. ''What

The Happy Reader - Issue 15
The Happy Reader - Issue 15

Engelsk non fiction div. |

For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained. The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the secon

D2 Discourses and Selected Writings
D2 Discourses and Selected Writings

Engelsk non fiction div. |

Epictetus, a Greek stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicropolis in the early second century AD. Together with the "Enchiridion", a manual of his main ideas, this book argues that happiness lies in learning to perceive ex

D2 Anna Karenina
D2 Anna Karenina

Fiction |

Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike,

D1 Animal Farm
D1 Animal Farm

Fiction |

The first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm - a Times Book of the YearAnimal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their revolution goes horribly wrong. Now George Orwell'

D2 East of Eden
D2 East of Eden

Fiction |

Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.

D1 The Heron
D1 The Heron

Fiction paperback |

'Exquisite. . a classic tour de force' The New York Times 'It struggled to keep itself aloft, to gain height. But then it suddenly gave up, and dropped as though it were breaking into many pieces'Early on a cold Sunday morning, forty-f

Mephisto
Mephisto

Fiction paperback |

Hendrik Hofgen is a man obsessed with becoming a famous actor. When the Nazis come to power in Germany, he renounces his Communist past and deserts his wife and mistress in order to keep on performing. His diabolical performance as Mephistopheles in Faust

D1 Nausea
D1 Nausea

Fiction |

A story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and an exposition of one of the most influential and significant philosophical attitudes of modern times - existentialism. It chronicles Antoine's struggle with the realis

Venus in Furs
Venus in Furs

Fiction |

Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman desires to be enslaved to a woman. Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. This book portrays one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the

D1 The Outsider
D1 The Outsider

Fiction |

Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds hi

D1 East of Eden
D1 East of Eden

Fiction |

Follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.

D1 Crime and Punishment
D1 Crime and Punishment

Engelsk non fiction div. |

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional mor

D1 Discipline and Punish
D1 Discipline and Punish

Engelsk non fiction div. |

'Imaginative, illuminating and innovative' The New York Times Book ReviewThe grisly spectacle of public executions and torture of centuries ago has been replaced by the penal system in western society - but has anything really changed?In his rev

The Warden
The Warden

Fiction |

Tells the story of a quiet cathedral town shaken by scandal. This title presents a drama of conscience that pits individual integrity against worldly ambition. The Penguin English Library Edition of The Warden by Anthony Trollope''It was so hard

The Moon Is Down
The Moon Is Down

Fiction |

Explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany''s power, The Moon Is Down explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Occupied by enemy

Burmese Days
Burmese Days

Fiction |

When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club, and Flo

Ice
Ice

Fiction |

'There is nothing else quite like Ice' Doris LessingSet in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan's masterwork follows one man's pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of t

Trafalgar
Trafalgar

Science fiction&fantasy |

'A kind of magical realism for science fiction . . Quite, quite brilliant' TorPart pulp adventure, part otherworldly meditation, this is the story of Trafalgar Medrano: intergalactic trader and lover of bitter coffee and black cigarettes. In the

Selected Poems
Selected Poems

Fiction paperback |

The first of two novels, Gliff, which is a Scottish/northern word for a shock, a fright, a transient moment, a glance or sudden glimpse, will be followed by a second novel in 2025, called Glyph (a signifying mark - as in ‘hieroglyph’). Glyph, the se

DK,MARVEL AVENGERS ULTIMATE GUIDE
DK,MARVEL AVENGERS ULTIMATE GUIDE

Fiction |

'Few novelists match the intensity of her vision' J. G. BallardNo one knows why the ice has come, and no one can stop it. Every day it creeps further across the earth, covering the land in snow and freezing everything in its path. Through this b

Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead

Fiction |

THE FIRST GEORGE SMILEY NOVELAfter a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the death, he begins his own investigation, meeting Fennan&

The Honourable Schoolboy
The Honourable Schoolboy

Crime/thrillers, horror |

THE SIXTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVELGeorge Smiley, now acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reputation after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby, Smiley launches a risky

Life with a Capital L
Life with a Capital L

Engelsk non fiction div. |

A brilliantly varied new selection of D. H. Lawrence's essays, chosen and introduced by Geoff DyerFor D. H. Lawrence the novel was the pinnacle, 'the one bright book of life', yet his non-fiction shows him at his most freewheeling and playf

Ice
Ice

Fiction |

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-en

Chess - Stefan Zweig - English Book
Chess - Stefan Zweig - English Book

underholdning|bog|bøger|skønlitteratur |

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and.. Indgår i serien: little clothbound classics. Sideantal: 128. Genre: skønlitteratur

A Woman in Arabia
A Woman in Arabia

Fiction paperback |

During World War I, Georgina Howell worked her way up from spy to army major to become one of the most powerful woman in the British Empire. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, she was instrumental in drawing the borders that define the region today,

The Cat
The Cat

Fiction |

'Remarkable' New York Times'[Simenon is] a bit of a master' Cillian MurphyAn acerbic tale of marital warfare and emotional estrangement, in a brilliant new translationIn the oppressive silence of the sitting room, the woman finally smo

The Odyssey - Homer - English Book
The Odyssey - Homer - English Book

underholdning|bog|bøger|skønlitteratur |

The Odyssey chronicles Odysseus's long and perilous ten-year voyage back home following the.. Indgår i serien: penguin clothbound classics. Sideantal: 416. Genre: skønlitteratur

Dracula - Bram Stoker - English Book
Dracula - Bram Stoker - English Book

underholdning|bog|bøger|skønlitteratur |

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning.. Indgår i serien: dracula, penguin clothbound classics. Sideantal: 512. Genre: skønlitteratur

Multitudinous Heart
Multitudinous Heart

Engelsk non fiction div. |

In 1962 de Andrade published Antologia Poetica, a personal anthology of poems from his first ten books. This selection draws on de Andrade's anthology to encompass his finest works within his chosen areas of interest: The Individual, Minas Gerais, Fa

The Mirror of My Heart
The Mirror of My Heart

Engelsk non fiction div. |

An incredible collection of verse by women poets writing in Persian, many translated into English for the first timeFrom Iran and India, to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, from princesses and entertainers to anonymous wives and daughters, The Mirror of My Hea

The Luzhin Defense
The Luzhin Defense

Fiction |

Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised de

The Pigeon Tunnel
The Pigeon Tunnel

Biography |

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING MEMOIR OF SPY-WRITING LEGEND JOHN LE CARRÉ'As recognizable a writer as Dickens or Austen' Financial TimesFrom his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War to a career as a writer, John le

Vile Bodies
Vile Bodies

Fiction |

The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it is promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars.

Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall

Fiction |

Evelyn Waugh's hilarious debut novel, now in a beautiful hardback edition with a new Introduction by Barbara CookeSent down from Oxford in outrageous circumstances, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of

Scoop
Scoop

Fiction |

Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Actin

Hold Still A Memoir With Photographs
Hold Still A Memoir With Photographs

Engelsk non fiction div. |

The electrifying memoir of acclaimed photographer Sally Mann - ‘An instant classic’ (New York Times)In this extraordinary memoir, the acclaimed American photographer Sally Mann blends narrative and image to explore the forces that shaped her work. D

D1 Monkey King
D1 Monkey King

Fiction |

One of the world's greatest fantasy novels, Monkey King: Journey to the West is the inspiration for the new blockbuster game Black Myth: Wukong. Published in a sparkling modern translation and available in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series, this

Tales From 1,001 Nights - English book
Tales From 1,001 Nights - English book

underholdning|bog|bøger|skønlitteratur |

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning.. Indgår i serien: aladdin, penguin clothbound classics, sinbad. Sideantal: 528. Genre: skønlitteratur

East of Eden
East of Eden

Fiction |

The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California.

The Story of the Stone
The Story of the Stone

Fiction |

Buddhist philosophy and the experiences of the author''s own family underlie this eighteenth-century novel of a Chinese family''s declining fortunes Tells the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, now

The Tale of the Heike
The Tale of the Heike

Fiction |

Presents a masterpiece of world literature and the progenitor of all samurai stories. Legendary for its magnificent and vivid set battle scenes, this book is filled with intimate human dramas and emotions, contemplating Buddhist themes of suffering and se

A Life in Letters
A Life in Letters

Fiction paperback |

From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, the author wrote over 4,500 letters to a range of correspondents, including family and friends, his publisher and fellow writers - not to mention actresses. This boo

The Travels - Marco Polo - English Book
The Travels - Marco Polo - English Book

underholdning|bog|bøger|samfund og historie |

A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's.. Indgår i serien: marco polo, penguin clothbound classics. Sideantal: 480. Genre: samfund og historie

Sword of Honour
Sword of Honour

Fiction |

Evelyn Waugh's masterful depiction of World War II, now in a beautiful hardback edition with a new Introduction by Martin StannardWaugh's own unhappy experience of being a soldier is superbly re-enacted in this story of Guy Crouchback, a Catholi

Ulysses - James Joyce - English Book
Ulysses - James Joyce - English Book

underholdning|bog|bøger|skønlitteratur |

The greatest novel of the twentieth century, now in a beautiful Clothbound Classics centenary.. Indgår i serien: penguin clothbound classics. Sideantal: 1040. Genre: skønlitteratur

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Science fiction&fantasy |

Deeply unsettling, this novel about a perverse, isolated and possibly murderous family follows their dramatic struggle with the arrival of a unexpected visitor who interrupts their unusual way of life.

The History of Sexuality: 4
The History of Sexuality: 4

History & military |

The final major work by one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth centuryFoucault's History of Sexuality changed the way we think about power, selfhood and sexuality forever. Arguing that sexuality is profoundly shaped by the power struct

The Penguin Book Of Polish Short Stories
The Penguin Book Of Polish Short Stories

Engelsk non fiction div. |

Witty, surprising and sparkling, this anthology is an essential exploration of Polish literature. Its thirty-nine superb stories run the length of the literal and imaginative creation of Poland, from 1918 (when Poland regained its independence after 123 y