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''Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?'' Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine Earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge.
Poetic, complex and grand in its scope, Emily Bronte''s masterpiece is considered one of the most unique gothic novels of its time.
Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
The tranquility of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger - "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger."
Les yeux vifs et le nez pointu, Pinocchio est un vrai fripon ! À peine fabriqué, il tire la langue au vieux Geppetto, son père, et lui vole sa perruque. Et ce n'est pas fini ! Car le petit pantin a horreur du travail, se moque des bons conseils et adore faire des bêtises. Heureusement, la Fée, son amie, est là pour le protéger.
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''We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.'' Magical and dreamlike in its tone, Shakespeare''s The Tempest begins with a storm of epic proportions and a shipwreck. Banished from Italy, Prospero lives on a remote island with his daughter. Using his magic, he vows to seek revenge on the injustice dealt to him by his brother, but in doing so, Shakespeare questions the difficulty of distinguishing ''men'' from ''monsters'', and the realities of justice.
This statement of faith, philosophy and principles is a piece of self-analysis and provides the model for the application of Jungian psychoanalysis to an individual's life. The book contains Jung's systematic thinking about the existence of God.
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'Bad Science' hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science, becoming a 400,000 copy bestseller. Now Ben Goldacre puts the $600bn global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. What he reveals is a fascinating, terrifying mess.
Spark your imagination, forge your own adventures and unearth long-lost skills. In this long-awaited follow-up to his much-loved bestseller, written with his sons Cameron and Arthur, Conn Iggulden presents a brand-new compendium of cunning schemes, projects, tricks, games and tales of extraordinary courage. Whether it''s building a flying machine (keep your temper with this one) or learning how to pick a padlock (or your own front door, but not someone else''s), discovering our forgotten explorers and the world''s greatest speeches, or mastering the lauded task of solving a Rubik''s cube, The Double Dangerous Book for Boys is the ultimate companion to be cherished by readers and doers of all ages.
At the end of the American Civil War, Colonel Clay Fitzgerald escapes to Ireland, where his uncle has left him an estate, only to find that Ireland is caught up in its own civil war. But after witnessing the atrocities that the landowners visit upon the people, Clay is unable to stand by.
As instructed, Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. She then discovered a dead body sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot was that Sheila remembered having heard a clock strike three o'clock. Yet, the four other clocks all showed the time as 4.13.
Flavia di Stefano of Rome's Art Squad receives a tip-off that a raid is being planned on the monastery of San Giovanni. The raid takes place, but the thieves snatch the wrong painting, an unremarkable icon of the Madonna. Soon afterwards a French dealer is found murdered in the Tiber.
This single volume edition of J.R.R Tolkien's trilogy is illustrated with reproductions of 50 original Alan Lee paintings. He has also illustrated "Faeries", "Merlin Dreams" and "The Mabinogion".
Mars: the Green Planet. Man's dream of a new world is under way, but corrupted. Red Mars is gone, ripped apart by the violent and failed revolution of 2062. The First Hundred have scattered or died, and for the moment their dreams with them. The rebels are underground, dreaming of their utopia.
