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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Grappling with nature, religion, violence and politics, poems of lucid intensity and astonishing power from three remarkable British poets Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016) was often considered the greatest English-language poet of his generation. Penguin Modern Poets 7: God Is Distant gathers a selection spanning Hill's full body of poetry, from the astonishing power and compression of the first five decades to the greater experimentalism and fluency of the creative outpouring that began in 1997, and places it alongside work by two younger British poets: Rowan Evans, whose 'tirelessly inventive' and 'vivid lyrical work' (Denise Riley, Eric Gregory Award citation) plays with the legacy of late modernism to create poetry of great beauty, energy and precision; and Toby Martinez de las Rivas, whose first two collections have seen his 'visionary disposition' (Guardian) build to rhetorical heights of Blakean dimensions. Taken together, these are poems of lucid intensity, high seriousness and knowing sidelong glances, as alert to the natural world of the British countryside as they are to the body that suffers and to questions of the soul. They take a long view of humanity's riches and crises, and consider such issues as morality, faith, innocence, redemption, the public spaces of democracy and the acts of violence that rupture them. Features Summary Grappling with nature, religion, violence and politics, poems of lucid intensity and astonishing power from three remarkable British poets Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016) was often considered the greatest English-language poet of his generation... Author Toby Martinez de las Rivas (Author), Geoffrey Hill (Author), Rowan Evans (Author) Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20180301 Pages 128 ISBN 0-14-198782-0 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198782-8

Softcover. English. Penguin. 1991. 268pp.In fair/good condition, inscription inside.

  Author(s): Simone de Beauvoir, translated by Richard Howard  Title:      Force of Circumstance - The story of her years with Jean-Paul Sartre, and of her great literary achievements  ISBN:  0 14 008758 3  Publisher: Penguin  This Edition: Penguin Modern Classics edition of 1968, reprinted in 1987  Place Of Publication: Great Britain First Published: 1963 (Gallimard, France)  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  685  Weight: 428g  Condition:   Very good   

Spud - John van de Ruit by John van de Ruit Publisher:Penguin Books / Year:2005 / Office Use: E-182225072016 Type:Paperback Pages:389 Approx. H X W X D (cm): 20 X 13 X 3 ISBN (10):0143024841 / ISBN (13):9780143024842 Mild wear. Chaffing on covers. Liquid stains or damage. Other: None.

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Monsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remaining visitors are his two beautifully dressed daughters. Goriot's fate is intertwined with two other fellow boarders: the young social climber Eugene Rastignac, who sees a way to gain the acceptance and wealth he craves, and the enigmatic figure of Vautrin, who is hiding darker secrets than anyone. Softcover. English. Penguin. 2006. 354pp. Fair.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The Art of Travel is Alain de Botton's travel guide with a difference. Few activities seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de Botton's bestselling The Art of Travel provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, The Art of Travel tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and helpfully suggests how we might be happier on our journeys. 'Richly evocative, sharp and funny. De Botton proves himself to be a very fine travel writer indeed' Sunday Telegraph 'Delightful, profound, entertaining, I doubt if de Botton has written a dull sentence in his life' Jan Morris 'An elegant and subtle work, unlike any other. Beguiling' Colin Thubron, The Times Features Summary Provides an insight into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. This book suggests how we might be happier on our journeys. Author Alain De Botton Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20140327 Pages 260 ISBN 0-241-97006-7 ISBN 13 978-0-241-97006-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days New to Penguin Classics, the great underwater adventure story in a stunning clothbound edition with original images. In this thrilling adventure tale by the 'Father of Science Fiction', three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus. Over the course of their fantastical voyage, they encounter the lost city of Atlantis, the South Pole and the corals of the Red Sea, and must battle countless adversaries both human and monstrous. Verne's triumphant work of the imagination shows the limitless possibilities of science and the dark depths of the human mind. This new version by award-winning translator David Coward brings Verne's novel vividly to life for a new generation of readers. Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre. His novels include Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869-70), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873), all available in Penguin Classics. David Coward is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds. He is the author of studies of Marcel Pagnol, Marguerite Duras, Marivaux and Restif de la Bretonne, and of a History of French Literature (2002). He has translated numerous French classics, including Moliere's plays, Simenon's novels and Albert Cohen's Belle du Seigneur, for which he was awarded the Scott-Moncrieff prize in 1996. 'We are all, in one way or another, the children of Jules Verne' - Ray Bradbury Features Summary In this thrilling adventure tale by the 'Father of Science Fiction', three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus. Author Jules Verne (Author), David Coward (Translator) Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20170422 Pages 528 ISBN 0-241-19877-1 ISBN 13 978-0-241-19877-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A Nobel Prize-winning physicist argues that beauty is the fundamental organizing principle for the entire universe In this scientific tour de force, world-class physicist Frank Wilczek argues that beauty is at the heart of the logic of the universe. As the quest to find the beauty embodied in the universe has connected all scientific pursuit, from Pythagoras to Einstein, Wilczek shows us just how deeply intertwined our ideas about beauty and art are with our understanding of the cosmos. A Beautiful Question is a mind-expanding book combining the age-old human quest for beauty with the age-old human quest for truth. Features Summary A Nobel Prize-winning physicist argues that beauty is the fundamental organizing principle for the entire universe In this scientific tour de force, world-class physicist Frank Wilczek argues that beauty is at the heart of the logic of the universe... Author Frank Wilczek Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20160930 Pages 430 ISBN 0-7181-9946-4 ISBN 13 978-0-7181-9946-3

  Author(s): various - Bongani Sitole, Denis Hirson, Lionel Abrahams et al, edited by Leon de Kock and Ian Tromp  Title:      The Heart in Exile, South African Poetry in English, 1990 -1995  ISBN:  0 14 058760 8  Publisher/place: Penguin South Africa, Johannesburg  This Edition: first  Year of Publication: 1996  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  332  Weight: 392g  Condition:   Very good  Please see pictures, as these form part of the description.  

The Heart in Exile, South African Poetry in English, 1990-1995 - L. de Kock & I. Tromp (editors) Penguin Books, 1996. Condition: Good.

Paperback. English. Penguin. 1987. In fair/good condition. A budding poet and his adoring mother are the central characters of this novel by Milan Kundera. He takes us through the young man's fantasies and love affairs in a characteristic tour de force, alive with wit, eroticism and ideas.

  Author(s): various; editiors: Leon de Kock and Ian Tromp Title:     The Heart in Exile - South African Poetry in English, 1990 - 1995  ISBN: 0 140 58760 8  Publisher: Penguin SA  This Edition: first  Year of Publication: 1996  Place Of Publication: South Africa  Binding: paperback Number of pages: 332  Weight: 412g  Condition:   Excellent   

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days 'Ambitious, intricate, riveting' The Times _______________ Farah Hafez raised her head and stared into the camcorder's reflective black hole. 'Now say what I want you to say. And do it convincingly. You can save this girl's life.' That's when the words came. Unexpected and forceful. Like vomit. 'I, Farah Hafez, support the jihad against President Potanin's criminal regime.' He smiled coldly and pulled the trigger anyway. After investigating what appeared to be a simple hit-and-run, journalist Farah Hafez became caught up in a web of crime and corruption that led to her kidnap. Detained in Russia, she was forced to pledge her allegiance to a terrorist group on camera. Now sought by international security and members of the criminal class alike, Farah flees to Jakarta to continue her investigation while her friends and allies attempt to clear her name from across the globe. If Farah is ever going to regain her freedom, she needs to discover the root of the evil that bought her here. The problem is that discovering this might cost her her life. _______________ 'Disturbing, apocalyptic, gripping' Dutch Daily De Limburger 'Riveting until the very end' AD Weekend [Dutch Newspaper] 'The Dutch answer to the tsunami of Scandinavian thrillers' BB Boekblad Features Summary 'Ambitious, intricate, riveting' The Times _______________ Farah Hafez raised her head and stared into the camcorder's reflective black hole. 'Now say what I want you to say... Author Walter Lucius Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20181116 Pages 464 ISBN 1-4059-2143-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4059-2143-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach you how to take criticism productively in Thanks for the Feedback. We get feedback every day of our lives, from friends and family, colleagues, customers, and bosses, teachers, doctors, and strangers. We're assessed, coached, and criticized about our performance, personalities and appearance. We know that feedback is essential for professional development and healthy relationships - but we dread it and even dismiss it. That's because while want to learn and grow, we also want to be accepted just as we are. Thanks for the Feedback is the first book to address this tension head on. In it, the world-renowned team behind the Harvard Negotiation Project offer a simple framework and powerful tools, showing us how to take on life's blizzard of comments and advice with curiosity and grace. 'I'll admit it: Thanks for the Feedback made me uncomfortable. And that's one reason I liked it so much. With keen insight and lots of practical takeaways, it reveals why getting feedback is so hard - and then how we can do better' Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive 'Thanks for the Feedback is a road map to more self-awareness, greater learning, and richer relationships. A tour de force' Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of Give and Take Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen are Lecturers on Law at Harvard Law School and cofounders of Triad Consulting. Their clients include the White House, Citigroup, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, Time Warner, Unilever, and many others. They are co-authors of the international bestseller Difficult Conversations. Stone lives in Cambridge, MA. Heen lives with her husband and three children in a farmhouse north of Cambridge, MA. Features Summary We get feedback every day of our lives, from friends and family, colleagues, customers, and bosses, teachers, doctors, and strangers. We know that feedback is essential for professional development and healthy relationships - but we dread it and even dismiss it... Author Douglas Stone (Author), Sheila Heen (Author) Publisher Portfolio Penguin Release date 20150326 Pages 348 ISBN 0-670-92263-3 ISBN 13 978-0-670-92263-5