More adventures with the Ruggles family from One End Street. Kate loves the country so much that kind Mr and Mrs Wildgoose invite her to spend the whole of the summer holidays with them at The Dew Drop Inn, so she says good-bye to her mother and father and her six brothers and sisters, and sets off by train with a shiny black mackintosh and some brand-new gum-boots. The Wildgooses are just as kind as she remembered them, and there is a big excitement for her when The Dew Drop Inn is to take part in the concert and flower show. Kate is kept busy learning how to make cakes and jam, discovering where all sorts of wild flowers grow, and writing an essay. But the most difficult thing of all is deciding which of her poems to recite at the concert.

or Leila, each minute after her death brings a sensuous memory: the taste of spiced goat stew, sacrificed by her father to celebrate the long-awaited birth of a son; the sight of bubbling vats of lemon and sugar which the women use to wax their legs while the men attend mosque; the scent of cardamom coffee that Leila shares with a handsome student in the brothel where she works. Each memory, too, recalls the friends she made at each key moment in her life - friends who are now desperately trying to find her. . .

Flora's been in love with her husband for twenty years. The trouble is, he's been married to someone else for the past fifteen . . . Now she's been invited to spend the summer in the shady lanes and sandy coves of Cornwall. It should be blissful. There's just one small snag: she'll be staying with her former mother-in-law, Belinda. And Flora discovers she's not the only one invited when her ex-husband shows up out of the blue, complete with his new wife. So now there are two small snags. Can Flora spend the summer playing happy families with the woman who stole her husband's heart, and the mother-in-law who might have had a hand in it? Or will stumbling on the family secret change her mind about them all? If you like Fern Britton, Katie Fforde and Sophie Kinsella, you'll love this heartwarming read.

In the Ancient World, one army was feared above all others. 401 BC. The Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. As many as fifty million people are his subjects. His rule is absolute. But the sons of Sparta are eager to play the game of thrones . . . Battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow. Princes fall. And when the dust of civil war settles, the Spartans are left stranded in the heart of an enemy's empire, without support, without food and without water. Far from home, surrounded by foes, it falls to the young soldier Xenophon to lead the survivors against Artaxerxes' legendary Persian warriors. Based on one of history's most epic stories of adventure The Falcon of Sparta masterfully depicts the ferocity and heroism that was the Ancient World. 'His finest novel to date, brings alive the extraordinary world of ancient Persia, as well as the ruthless nobility of the Spartans. The battle scenes are thrilling' Sunday Express

Pierwszy tom nowej antologii tekstów źródłowych języka niemieckiego obejmujący literaturę epoki od średniowiecza do baroku z sześciotomowej serii pod redakcją Huberta Orłowskiego i Czesława Karolaka.

Powieść przedstawia dzieje szlacheckiej rodziny z Podlasia, w której dominują piękne kobiety i wspaniali mężczyźni ponad wszystko ceniący honor. Chociaż pielęgnują tradycyjne wartości i prowadzą spokojne życie, nie udaje im się umknąć zawirowaniom historii, takim jak powstanie styczniowe oraz dwie wojny światowe. Kilku z nich ginie, a kiedy wszystko wskazuje na to, że ród wygasł, niespodziewanie wyłania się potomek zupełnie inny od swoich przodków. Urodzony i wychowany za granicą – nie do końca wie, co to znaczy być romantycznym Polakiem…

W książeczkach z serii ,,100 bajek naszego dzieciństwa’’ zabieramy Was w krainę najpiękniejszych, bogato ilustrowanych baśni, bajek, legend, które każde dziecko powinno znać i mieć w swojej domowej biblioteczce. Wśród książeczek znajdują się najpopularniejsze utwory braci Grimm (m.in. Czerwony Kapturek, Jaś i Małgosia, Bajka o krasnoludkach, Śpiąca Królewna, Stoliczku nakryj się), baśni H. Ch. Andersena (tj. Brzydkie Kaczątko, Mała Syrenka, Nowe szaty cesarza, Calineczka) oraz na podstawie legend np. O smoku Wawelskim, Warszawska syrenka, O toruńskich piernikach. Jeden pakiet zawiera 100 różnych książeczek. Książka pod patronatem Fundacji Urszuli Jaworskiej.

More classic fun and adventure with the Ruggles family from One End Street! Three of the Ruggles children have measles - but it turns out to be a blessing in disguise as they are sent to Dew Drop Inn, a wonderful house in the country, while they recover. There are adventures galore - like the time Lily Rose is a bridesmaid, or when Mr Ruggles gets sent the wrong pig, and the day Baby Ruggles sees a cat at the kitchen window and it turns out to be an escaped tiger! The Family from One End Street, Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street and Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn are all available in A Puffin Book series of favourite modern classics for children.

Now Stelfox works occasionally as a music industry ‘consultant’. A fixer. He’s had a call from his old friend James Trellick, president of one of the largest record companies in America. Trellick has a huge problem on his hands in the shape of... Lucius Du Pre. Once the biggest pop star on earth. Now he’s a helpless junkie, a prolific sexual predator, and massively in debt to Trellick’s record company. And the picture only gets bleaker when the parents of one of Du Pre’s ‘special friends’ begin blackmailing him. Enter Stelfox stage right. He’s the perfect man to find a way out of this nightmare, and to make a killing in the process. There’s no line he won’t cross. _____________________ ‘A banging action satirical thriller. But it’s also a proper novel about the Trumpian era, of the reality TV era, the fake news era. It’s managed to say a lot of things in a way that very few other novels are doing and in a very comedic way’ IRVINE WELSH 'A bruising triumph; Amis' MONEY for the Trump generation. What a monster he's created' IAN RANKIN ‘John Niven understands our era better than almost anyone’ DOUGLAS COUPLAND ‘A scabrously entertaining satire of what it is like to be rich and white in the land of the free if you are utterly depraved, “where money doesn’t just talk, or swear, it nukes”. … There is a twisted poetry in Niven’s mastery of invective’ THE TIMES ‘Savagely, viciously witty, this frantic hymn to greed is filthy, frenetic and totally fabulous’ SUNDAY MIRROR ‘A full-throttle send up of toxic masculinity … Niven at full tilt is always something to behold.’METRO

On the verge of victory in a brutal war, five New Republic pilots transform from hunted to hunters in this epic STAR WARS adventure. The Emperor is dead. His final weapon has been destroyed. The imperial army is in disarray. In the aftermath, Yrica Quell is just one of thousands of defectors from her former cause living in a deserters' shantytown—until she is selected to join Alphabet Squadron. Cobbled together from an eclectic assortment of pilots and starfighters, the five members of Alphabet are tasked by New Republic General Hera Syndulla herself. Like Yrica, each is a talented pilot struggling to find their place in a changing galaxy. Their mission: to track down and destroy the mysterious Shadow Wing, a lethal force of TIE fighters exacting bloody, reckless vengeance in the twilight of their reign. The newly formed unit embodies the heart and soul of the Rebellion: ragtag, resourceful, scrappy, and emboldened by their most audacious victory in decades. But going from underdog rebels to celebrated heroes isn't as easy as it seems, and their inner demons threaten them as much as their enemies among the stars. The wayward warriors of Alphabet Squad will have to learn to fly together if they want to protect the new era of peace they’ve fought so hard to achieve.

Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation – awkward but electrifying – something life-changing begins. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can’t.

MAREK KAZIMIERZ SIWIEC (ur. w 1950 r. w Kętrzynie) poeta, filozof, profesor Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy. Miastem jego młodości był Olsztyn. Autor książek poetyckich i filozoficznych oraz kilkudziesięciu rozpraw z estetyki i krytyki artystycznej w tym: Od Platona do Beardsleya. Drogi estetycznej metakrytyki (2005) oraz Los, zło, tajemnica. Ku twórczym źródłom poezji Aleksandra Wata i Czesława Miłosza (2005). Współredagował książki o myśli Jana Pawła II, Rozumieć cierpienie?... (2010) oraz o poezji Kazimierza Hoffmana Poznawanie Kazimierza Hoffmana... (2011). Opublikował książki poetyckie: Odwrócone lustro (1979), Twój świt ucieka nad ranem (1984), Kostka (1990), Żyłka (2011), Kto (2013), Blask (2018). Wiele jego utworów ukazało się w pismach literackich, m.in. w "Poezji", "Nowym Wyrazie", "Kwartalniku Artystycznym", "Okolicy Poetów - Kwartalniku", "Frazie", "Toposie". Jego wiersze były prezentowane w antologiach współczesnej poezji, w telewizji i radiu. Redagował i współredagował pięć monograficznych tomów "Filo-Sofiji" o twórczym źródle. Krzysztof Derdowski poświęcił jego twórczości książkę Kto w wielkiej gonitwie życia... Rzecz o poezji Marka Kazimierza Siwca (2015). Za swoje poetyckie dokonania otrzymał nagrodę im. Ryszarda Bruno-Milczewskiego (2015), a książka Blask uzyskała nominację w konkursie o Strzałę Łuczniczki (2019).

‘Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen Fry Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this diary is everything you wanted to know – and more than a few things you didn't – about life on and off the hospital ward. Sunday Times Number One Bestseller for over eight months and winner of a record FOUR National Book Awards: Book of the Year, Non-Fiction Book of the Year, New Writer of the Year and Zoe Ball Book Club Book of the Year.

Autor należy do ostatniego pokolenia tzw. Holocaust Survivors, czyli Żydów ocalonych z Holocaustu. W Polsce żyje ich jeszcze kilkuset. Są skazani na zagładę, tym razem ostateczną i nieodwołalną, ponieważ najmłodsi, między innymi autor, dobijają do osiemdziesiątki. Książka URODZONY NA GESTAPO nie jest, jak wiele innych, opisem wojennych losów spisanych po wojnie przez naocznego świadka niemieckich zbrodni. Na pytanie, o czym jest ta publikacja, autor odpowiada: „Jest o mnie, o człowieku, który wiele lat poświęcił na poszukiwanie prawdy o pierwszych latach swojego życia; od 1942 do 1945 roku. Zakończyły się one sukcesem. Jakiś, niedający się racjonalnie wytłumaczyć, ciąg wydarzeń rozgrywających się w różnych miejscach i w różnym czasie spowodował, że autor odnalazł prawdę o swojej tożsamości i o rodzinie, którą prawie całą zamordowali Niemcy. W książce znajdziemy piętnaście opowiadań, których miejscem akcji są kolejno: Polska, Ukraina i Izrael. Czytelnik znajdzie w niej również czternaście wierszy i ponad dwadzieścia zdjęć, w większości wykonanych przed wojną.

Książka jest zbiorem opowiadań o losach magicznych istot. Postacie w wyobraźni autorki były tworzone na przestrzeni lat, najczęściej w miejscach, gdzie otaczała ją natura - słoneczne promienie, szeleszczące liście na wietrze, zielona trawa czy kwitnące kwiaty - i kiedy pachniała lipa. Pozycja ta jest skierowana do czytelników lubiących świat elfów czy krasnoludów, ponieważ opowiadania to połączenie światów druidów, elfów czy centaurów.

Lord of the Flies is a thought-provoking novel authored by William Golding in 1954. The book describes in detail the horrific exploits of a band of young children who make a striking transition from civilized to barbaric. Lord of the Flies commands a pessimistic outlook that seems to show that man is inherently tied to society, and without it, we would likely return to savagery.

The definitive guide to more than 200 heroes, villains, aliens, and droids of the Star Wars galaxy is now packed with new characters from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Solo: A Star Wars Story. Want to know how tall Snoke is? Or learn where Maz Kanata is from? The Star Wars: Character Encyclopedia is full of fun facts and intriguing information that's guaranteed to enthrall fans of all ages. With plenty of lesser-known details, even die-hard fans will learn new facts about iconic characters.

Thirty-eight years old, she lives on the twenty-five-acre Hope Farm in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by (mostly) four-legged friends and rolling hills. There’s Anthony the anti-social sheep, Tina Turner the alpaca with attitude, and the definitely-not-miniature pig, Teacup. Molly runs the farm as an alternative school for kids who haven’t thrived in mainstream education. It’s full on, but she wouldn’t have it any other way. So when the well-groomed Shelby Dacre turns up at Hope Farm asking to enrol his son Lucas, Molly isn’t fazed. But Lucas is distant and soon Molly realises he might be more of a handful than she anticipated. And then there’s the added problem that his dad is distractingly handsome. Molly has her beloved farm to think of – could letting Lucas and Shelby in be a terrible mistake, or the start of something wonderful?

Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child – not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When her gift threatens the gods, she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft, casting spells, gathering strange herbs and taming wild beasts. Yet a woman who stands alone will never be left in peace for long – and among her island's guests is an unexpected visitor: the mortal Odysseus, for whom Circe will risk everything. So Circe sets forth her tale, a vivid, mesmerizing epic of family rivalry, love and loss – the defiant, inextinguishable song of woman burning hot and bright through the darkness of a man's world.

The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work. In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley. Now to be adapted into a film, with Jennifer Lawrence to star.