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Agatha Christie

Murder in Mesopotamia

The great Hercule Poirot investigates suspicious events at a Middle Eastern archaeological excavation site Now with a beautiful new series look!Amy Leatheram has never felt the lure of the mysterious East…

Agatha Christie

After the Funeral

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister. Now with a beautiful new series look!When Cora Lansquenet is …

Agatha Christie

Taken at the Flood

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman. Now with a beautiful new series look!A few weeks…

Agatha Christie

Death in the Clouds

"In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot must solve a perplexing case of midair murder when he discovers that the woman in seat two of the airborne aeroplane he'…

Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm,

Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales

This collection of stories from the Brothers Grimm includes old favorites and hidden treasures to be discovered.

Francis Monkman

Classical Concussion / Predictions

Irmgard Keun

Nach Mitternacht

<<Der beste satirische Roman über Nazideutschland>> Arthur KoestlerFrankfurt, 1936: Menschenmassen strömen auf den Opernplatz und warten auf den Besuch Hitlers. Mittendrin und doch abseits ver…

Tove Ditlevsen

The Umbrella

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'Then she would feel exposed and cry, as if her life and happiness were ruined for all time, even though she could still hide it from those she only…

Stefan Zweig,

Chess

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksMy delight in playing turned to a lust for playing, my lust for playing into a compulsion to play, a mania, a frenetic fury that filled not only my w…

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books I am a ridiculous man. They call me mad now. That would be a promotion in rankA delusional man whose strange dream changes his life; a self-justifyi…

D. H. Lawrence

Odour of Chrysanthemums

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books This small group of stories by D. H. Lawrence show him in a number of moods. The hope is that in such a limited number of pages, the reader will com…

Sarah Orne Jewett

The Country of the Pointed Firs

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksA young writer leaves the city to complete her manuscript in a small coastal town, but finds herself writing about the lives of its inhabitants inste…

Heinrich Steinfest

Sprung ins Leere

Das Leben als Sprung ins Leere, die Kunst als Täuschung und ZufluchtsortKlara Ingold arbeitet im Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien. Sie ist beseelt von einer tiefen Liebe zu den Gemälden. Deshalb interessi…

Muriel Spark

A Far Cry From Kensington

I can't help it. Sometimes the words just come out and I can't stop them. It feels like preaching the gospel. [large quote]When publishing assistant and war widow Nancy Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett that …

Henry Miller

Tropic of Cancer

Shocking, banned and the subject of obscenity trials, Henry Miller's first novel Tropic of Cancer is one of the most scandalous and influential books of the twentieth century -- new to Penguin Modern Clas…

Knut Hamsun,

Victoria

'Fragt einer, was die Liebe sei, so ist sie nichts als ein Wind, der in den Rosen rauscht und sich dann wieder legt. Oft aber ist sie auch wie ein unaufbrechbares Siegel, das ein Leben lang hält, bis zum …

Franz Kafka,

Metamorphosis

Introducing 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.Celebratin…

William S. Burroughs

The Soft Machine

A terrifying, surreal space-age odyssey, The Soft Machine initiated Burroughs' Cut-Up Trilogy that includesNova Express and The Ticket That Exploded . The book draws the reader into an unmappable textual …

Irmgard Keun

Nach Mitternacht

Irmgard Keuns Klassiker der deutschen ExilliteraturFrankfurt, 1936: Menschenmassen strömen auf den Opernplatz und warten auf den Besuch Hitlers. Mittendrin und doch abseits verfolgt die 19-jährige Susanne…