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Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth ... but he is not
alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a
vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the
hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By
night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.
How long can one man survive like this? Winner of the Bram Stoker
Prize for Vampire Novel of the Century, I Am Legend is a stunning
blend of science fiction and horror. 'The most clever and riveting
vampire novel since Dracula' - Dean Koontz 'Books like I Am Legend
were an inspiration to me' - Stephen King 'It is, by turns, scary,
thrilling, tragic, witty and - ultimately - uplifting' - James
Lovegrove Welcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of
the finest in science fiction
Based on the popular Netflix series! In the early 20th century,
esteemed writer Maurice Leblanc created Arsene Lupin, a French
Sherlock Holmes-type who became known as the gentleman thief.
Lupin's exploits, in pursuit of the rich, have been documented in
more than twenty stories and books, as well as in film. In January
2021, Netflix released a major hit in the entertaining Lupin
mystery-comedy series based on the stories. The Best Stories of
Arsene Lupin is a collection of the most engaging of Leblanc's
writing about Lupin, with a special foreword by West Point
associate professor of English and writer Matthew Carey Salyer.
Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the
first volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete
run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. A MAN LAY DEAD Sir Hubert
Handesley's extravagant weekend house-parties are deservedly famous
for his exciting Murder Game. But when the lights go up this time,
there is a real corpse with a real dagger in the back. All seven
suspects have skilful alibis - so Chief Detective Inspector
Roderick Alleyn has to figure out the whodunit... ENTER A MURDERER
The crime scene was the stage of the Unicorn Theatre, when prop gun
fired a very real bullet; the victim was an actor clawing his way
to stardom using bribery instead of talent; and the suspects
included two unwilling girlfriends and several relieved blackmail
victims. The stage is set for one of Roderick Alleyn's most
baffling cases... THE NURSING HOME MURDER A Harley Street surgeon
and his attractive nurse are almost too nervous to operate. Their
patient is the Home Secretary - and they both have very good
personal reasons to want him dead. The operation is a complete
success - but he dies within hours, and Inspector Alleyn must find
out why...
No other writer has so scandalized proper society as the Marquis de
Sade, but despite the deliberate destruction of over three-quarters
of his work, Sade remains a major figure in the history of ideas.
His influence on some of the greatest minds of the last
century--from Baudelaire and Swinburne to Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky
and Kafka--is indisputable. This volume contains Philosophy in the
Bedroom, a major novel that presents the clearest summation of his
political philosophy; Eugenie de Franval, a novella widely
considered to be a masterpiece of eighteenth-century French
literature; and the only authentic and complete American edition of
his most famous work, Justine. This literary portrait of Sade is
completed by one of his earliest philosophical efforts, Dialogue
between a Priest and a Dying Man, a selection of his letters, a
fifty-page chronology of his life, two important essays on Sade,
and a bibliography of his work.
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The Fall of Gondolin
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J. R. R. Tolkien; Illustrated by Alan Lee; Edited by Christopher Tolkien
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Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for
the first time as a standalone work, the epic tale of The Fall of
Gondolin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
with Elves and Men, Balrogs, Dragons and Orcs and the rich
landscape and creatures unique to Tolkien's Middle-earth. In the
Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the
world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story
but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband.
Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwe,
chief of the Valar. Central to this enmity of the gods is the city
of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled
by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the
gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon
King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by
Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden
city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to
intervene in support of Ulmo's desires and designs. Into this world
comes Tuor, cousin of Turin, the instrument of Ulmo's designs.
Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on
the fearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting
moments in the history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears
to him, rising out of the ocean in the midst of a storm. In
Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon's
daughter, and their son is Earendel, whose birth and profound
importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo. At last comes the
terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery
all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with
Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed
account of the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape of
Tuor and Idril, with the child Earendel, looking back from a cleft
in the mountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of
their city. They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of
Earendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in
this book from other sources. Following his presentation of Beren
and Luthien Christopher Tolkien has used the same 'history in
sequence' mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall of
Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was 'the first real
story of this imaginary world' and, together with Beren and Luthien
and The Children of Hurin, he regarded it as one of the three
'Great Tales' of the Elder Days.
THE FIRST IN THE ORIGINAL LAIDLAW TRILOGY. WINNER OF THE CWA SILVER
DAGGER. THE DARK REMAINS, Laidlaw's first case, out 2 September
2021. PRE-ORDER NOW! 'If you only read one crime novel this year,
this should be it' Guardian 'A bloody good read' Val McDermid When
a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only
one man stands a chance of finding her killer. Jack Laidlaw. He is
a man of contrasts, ravaged by inner demons but driven by a deep
compassion for the violent criminals in Glasgow's underworld. But
will Laidlaw's unorthodox methods get him to the killer in time,
when the victim's father is baying for blood? Acclaimed for its
corrosive wit, dark themes and original maverick detective, the
Laidlaw trilogy has earned the status of classic crime fiction.
Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything but one thing will always
be out of his reach. Everybody who is anybody is seen at his
glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes
with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his
mysterious character. For Gatsby young, handsome, fabulously rich
always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no
one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he
is hiding a secret, a silent longing that can never be fulfilled
and soon this destructive obsession will force his world to
unravel.
'I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't
soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately
intensified it.' In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully
depicts desperation, greed, manipulation and suicide. Introducing
Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little
Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin
Classics, with books from around the world and across many
centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London
to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to
16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories
lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and
inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881). Dostoyevsky's works available in
Penguin Classics are Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Double,
The Gambler and Other Stories, The Grand Inquisitor, Notes From The
Underground, Netochka Nezvanova, The House of The Dead, The
Brothers Karamazov and The Village of Stepanchikovo.
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Walden
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Henry David Thoreau; Edited by Jedediah Britton-Purdy
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Walden (1854), Henry David Thoreau's landmark meditation on the
importance of solitude, reflection, and proximity to nature, is
presented in this Norton Library edition alongside three of his
most influential political essays: "Civil Disobedience," "Slavery
in Massachusetts," and "A Plea for Captain John Brown." An
introduction by Jedediah Britton-Purdy reacquaints Thoreau to the
contemporary reader a nuanced account of Thoreau's historical and
intellectual contexts, inviting a new generation to connect with
the transcendentalist's timeless philosophy.
The goal of the provincial lady is to maintain 'niceness', whether
it be in the home, relationships or personal behaviour. 'The Diary
of a Provincial Lady' first published in the 1930s is a witty
celebration of the suburban British housewife. in wartime.
A chilling collection of Henry James's finest ghost stories, now in
a wonderful Clothbound Classics edition In 'The Turn of the Screw',
one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess
becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are
stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in
danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by
several more of the very best of Henry James' short stories,
including 'The Jolly Corner' and 'The Third Person', all of which
explore human psychology through ghostly visitations and the
uncanny.
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We
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Yevgeny Zamyatin; Translated by Clarence Brown; Introduction by Clarence Brown; Notes by Clarence Brown; Foreword by Masha Gessen
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The Love Child
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Edith Olivier; Afterword by Simon Thomas
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'She had saved her. But at what a cost! Her position, her name, her
character - she had given them all, but Clarissa was hers.' Upon
the death of her mother, Agatha Bodenham finds herself alone for
the first time in her life. Solitary and socially awkward by
nature, she starts to dream about her imaginary childhood friend -
the only friend she ever had. Much to her surprise, Clarissa starts
to appear, fleetingly at first, and engage with her, and eventually
becomes visible to everyone else. Agatha, a 32-year- old spinster,
must explain the child's 'sudden' appearance. In a moment of panic,
she pretends that Clarissa is her own daughter, her love child.
Olivier constructs a mother/daughter relationship which is both
poignant and playful. As the years roll by and Clarissa grows into
a beautiful young woman, Agatha's love becomes increasingly
obsessive as she senses Clarissa slipping away, attracted by new
interests and people her own age.
A 20th century classic, The Prophet is thought-provoking,
comforting and wise, and its simple truths remain compelling and
rewarding to this day. Utterly unique and beloved around the world,
The Prophet is a collection of twenty-six poetic essays by the
Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Kahlil Gibran. Telling the
story of the prophet Al-Mustafa and his conversations with various
acquaintances as he returns home after a long absence, the book
touches on subjects of universal concern, including love,
friendship, passion, pain, religion and freedom.
When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam
Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to
her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy
has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his
friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to
dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that
follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first
impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and
snobberies of provincial middle-class life.
In 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', John Utterson, a
respectable London lawyer, is compelled to uncover the strange
connection between his old friend, the brilliant scientist Dr Henry
Jekyll, and a brooding and dangerous stranger called Edward Hyde. A
horrifying and brilliant story of deception, the story is sometimes
interpreted as one of the best late Victorian gothic novels. This
edition is suitable for teachers and use in schools. This book has
illustrations by Cam Kennedy.
This striking one-volume edition marks the 75th anniversary of
Lewis's classic SF trilogy featuring the adventures of Dr Ransom on
Mars, Venus and Earth. It includes an exclusive Foreword compiled
from letters by J.R.R. Tolkien, who inspired Lewis to write the
first volume. The Space Trilogy is a remarkable work of fantasy,
demonstrating the powerful imagination of C.S..Lewis. This new
one-volume edition marks the 75th Anniversary of the first
publication of Out of the Silent Planet with an exclusive Foreword
by J.R.R. Tolkien, on whom the main character of Ransom was largely
based. OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is
abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra,
which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the
planet's treasures and offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures
who live there... PERELANDRA Having escaped from Mars, Dr Ransom is
called to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus. When his old
enemy also arrives and is taken over by the forces of evil, Ransom
finds himself in a desperate struggle to save the innocence of this
Eden-like world... THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH Investigating the truth
about her prophetic dreams, Jane Studdock encounters the fabled Dr
Ransom, who is in great pain after his travels. A sinister society
run by his old adversaries intends to harness the ancient powers of
a resurrected Merlin in their ambition to subjugate the people of
Earth...
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