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Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, areasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. A modern masterpiece,The Godfather is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Still shocking forty years after it was first published, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.
| Авторы | Пьюзо Маріо |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Davies here tells the entire story of Europe in a single volume. It is the most ambitious history of the continent ever undertaken. Norman Davies' seminal biography of a whole continent; 'it brims with learning, crackles with common sense, coruscates with wit and abounds in good judgement.' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Sunday Times
| Авторы | Норман Дэйвис |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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From the international bestselling auhor of Gomorrah, this searing expose of dirty money and the drug trade reveals how they are at the heart of our lives, our economy, and our world. 'The most important book of the year ... Here it is, laid bare: cartel as corporation, corporation as cartel; cocaine as pure capitalism ... Saviano realises the brutal truth: that to understand narco-traffic is to understand the modern world ... it is revolutionary' Ed Vulliamy, Observer. 'A dense, dazzling, dizzying narrative about the terrifying violence of the cocaine trade, but also the vast, unassailable reach of it' Rose George, Independent. 'A tremendously gripping work of reportage' Ian Thomson, Evening Standard. 'Italy's bravest investigative writer ... must-read nonfiction' GQ. 'Impassioned, remarkable' Misha Glenny, Financial Times. 'After reading Saviano, it becomes impossible to see Italy, and the global market, in the same way again' The New York Times
| Авторы | Роберто Савиано |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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Discover John Fowles’ compelling classic first novel ‘Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones’ Sunday Times Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, art student Miranda. Coming into unexpected money, he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Alone and desperate, Miranda must struggle to understand her captor if she is to gain her freedom…
| Авторы | Джон Фаулз |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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389 грн
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This memoir spans Marina Abramovic's five decade career, and tells a life story that is almost as exhilarating and extraordinary as her groundbreaking performance art. Taking us from her early life in communist ex-Yugoslavia, to her time as a young art student in Belgrade in the 1970s, where she first made her mark with a series of pieces that used the body as a canvas, the book also describes her relationship with the West German performance artist named Ulay who was her lover and sole collaborator for 12 years.
| Авторы | Марина Абрамович |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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476 грн
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Contrary to the usual image of the press as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in its search for truth, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They skillfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news. They reveal how issues are framed and topics chosen, and contrast the double standards underlying accounts of free elections, a free press, and governmental repression between Nicaragua and El Salvador; between the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the American invasion of Vietnam; between the genocide in Cambodia under a pro-American government and genocide under Pol Pot. What emerges from this groundbreaking work is an account of just how propagandistic our mass media are, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radically new way.
| Авторы | Ноам Хомский, Эдвард С. Херман |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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476 грн
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When Moomintroll finds a beautiful shiny pebble, Snorkmaiden thinks it might be a star - and if it is a star, then Moomin can make a wish! But wishes are difficult things to get right, and while Moomin worries about what his wish will be, the star's shine begins to fade.
| Авторы | Туве Янссон |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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303 грн
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With her sparkling voice and superb acting ability, Blair Brown gives an impressive reading of this John Grisham blockbuster. The story hinges on a young boy who gets an unwanted earful of murder, politics--and dangerous secrets about both--from a conscience-stricken mob lawyer bent on suicide. "I can tell you where the body is... the most notorious undiscovered corpse of our time." Just the kind of information most children don't need, especially when the snakeskin-wearing hit man finds out what he knows. Aside from musical cues scattered as superfluously as laugh tracks on a sitcom, the production quality is stellar, preserving the crispness of Blair's voice and the nuances of her excellent interpretation. (Running time: 6 hours, 4 cassettes) --George Laney
| Авторы | Гришэм Джон |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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346 грн
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The novel “Persuasion” belongs to the gold classics of world literature. It is one of the most autobiographical novels of Jane Austen (1775—1817). The protagonist Anne Elliot resembles the author quite a lot, and her love story is really similar to the writer’s own story. As well as Anne, Jane fell in love with an insolvent young man and broke up with him having given up to her relatives’ insistence. However, despite the writer has eventually not got a possibility to make her personal life, she gives her heroine a chance to be happy.
| Авторы | Остен Джейн |
| Издательство | Знання |
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155 грн
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There’s a new killer on the streets A woman is found murdered after an internet date. The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a particularly vicious killer. And he’s out for blood Under pressure from the media to solve the crime, the force know there’s only one man for the job. But Harry Hole is reluctant to return to the place that almost took everything from him. Until he starts to suspect a connection between this killing and his one failed case…
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Peppa and George want to give Mummy Pig a very special day to show her just how much they love her, but things don't always go entirely to plan! Clever, brave and resourceful Mummy Pig comes to the rescue over and over again in this charming, sparkly picture book. The perfect read for a snuggly bedtime story, I Love You, Mummy Pig will make the whole family smile.
| Издательство | Penguin |
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259 грн
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and star of Netflix's Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, this graphic novelization brings Kondo's life-changing tidying method to life with the fun, quirky story of a woman who transforms her home, work, and love life using Kondo's advice and inspiration. In The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo presents the fictional story of Chiaki, a young woman in Tokyo who struggles with a cluttered apartment, messy love life, and lack of direction. After receiving a complaint from her attractive next-door neighbour about the sad state of her balcony, Chiaki gets Kondo to take her on as a client. Through a series of entertaining and insightful lessons, Kondo helps Chiaki get her home - and life - in order. This insightful, illustrated case study is perfect for people looking for a fun introduction to the KonMari Method of tidying up, as well as tried-and-true fans of Marie Kondo eager for a new way to think about what sparks joy. Featuring illustrations by award-winning manga artist Yuko Uramoto, this book also makes a great read for manga and graphic novel lovers of all ages.
| Авторы | Кондо Мари |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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363 грн
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“A Tangled Web” is one of the few books for adults written by a Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1924) famous for her children’s bestseller “Anne of Green Gables”. The proposed novel is equally interesting and catching. It is full of intrigue, at the same time it depicts the life as it is when tragic and comic things ever go side by side. It is a story of a big clan where over three generations sixty Penhallow family members married sixty Darks having made a tangled web of relations and emotions.
“Заплутане павутиння” — одна з небагатьох книг для дорослих, написаних канадською письменницею Люсі Мод Монгомері (1874—1924), відомою своїм дитячим бестселером “Енн із Зелених дахів”. Пропонований роман не менш цікавий і захопливий, він сповнений надзвичайної інтриги та водночас розповідає про життя як воно є, коли трагічне й комічне завжди опиняються поряд. Це історія великого клану, де за три покоління шістдесят членів родини Пенхеллоу одружилися із шістдесятьма Дарками, сплівши таким чином заплутане павутиння відносин та емоцій.
“Заплутане павутиння” — одна з небагатьох книг для дорослих, написаних канадською письменницею Люсі Мод Монгомері (1874—1924), відомою своїм дитячим бестселером “Енн із Зелених дахів”. Пропонований роман не менш цікавий і захопливий, він сповнений надзвичайної інтриги та водночас розповідає про життя як воно є, коли трагічне й комічне завжди опиняються поряд. Це історія великого клану, де за три покоління шістдесят членів родини Пенхеллоу одружилися із шістдесятьма Дарками, сплівши таким чином заплутане павутиння відносин та емоцій.
| Авторы | Люсі Мод Монгомері |
| Издательство | Знання |
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201 грн
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Fast, thrilling, compulsively addictive - The Circle is Dave Eggers's timely novel about our obsession with the internet, now available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public...
| Авторы | Дэйв Эггерс |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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389 грн
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When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In "The Grand Design", the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe is presented in language marked by both brilliance and simplicity. Model dependent realism, the multi verse, the top-down theory of cosmology, and the unified M-theory - all are revealed here. This is the first major work in nearly a decade by one of the world's greatest thinkers. A succinct, startling and lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding and threatening some of our most cherished belief systems, "The Grand Design" is a book that will inform - and provoke - like no other.
| Издательство | Penguin |
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“Tender is the Night” is one of the best novels by Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896—1940), a classic of American literature. The book is to a great extent autobiographical. The author was working on it when his wife was receiving treatment for schizophrenia in a clinic.
Thus, it is not by chance that the protagonists are a well-off delicate patient of a mental hospital and a poor but gifted psychiatrist that was unable to resist her beauty. Writing this novel the author revealed his deepest and toughest thoughts on paper and appeared in front of the readers in all his sincerity, having bared his soul to them.
Thus, it is not by chance that the protagonists are a well-off delicate patient of a mental hospital and a poor but gifted psychiatrist that was unable to resist her beauty. Writing this novel the author revealed his deepest and toughest thoughts on paper and appeared in front of the readers in all his sincerity, having bared his soul to them.
| Авторы | Фицджеральд Фрэнсис Скотт |
| Издательство | Знання |
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253 грн
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Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. Now, at the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova. Women is a riotous and uncompromisingly vivid account of life on the edge.
| Авторы | Буковски Чарльз |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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389 грн
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In his massive Number One bestselling memoir, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader.
Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.
Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia and Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration's policies on torture and electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases and policies of recent history.
| Авторы | Джеймс Коми |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice. What do Apple, Starbucks, Dyson and Pret a Manger have in common? How do they achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and-true brands to gasp their last? The old checklist of P's used by marketers - Pricing, Promotion, Publicity - aren't working anymore. The golden age of advertising is over. It's time to add a new P - the Purple Cow. Purple Cow describes something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat-out unbelievable. In his new bestseller, Seth Godin urges you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build, and everything you do, to create something truly noticeable. It's a manifesto for anyone who wants to help create products and services that are worth marketing in the first place.
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Photographs of women from more than 50 countries, with captions that reveal each woman's unique story and environment. Since 2013 Mihaela Noroc has travelled the world with her backpack and camera taking photos of everyday women to showcase the diversity and beauty all around us. The Atlas of Beauty is a collection of her photographs that celebrates women from all corners of the world and shows that beauty is everywhere, regardless of money, race or social status, and comes in many different sizes and colours. Noroc's portraits feature women in their native environments, from the Amazon rain forest to markets in India, London city streets and parks in Harlem, and visually demonstrate the juxtaposition between the varied built and social worlds these women inhabit.
| Авторы | Михаела Норок |
| Издательство | Penguin |
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476 грн
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