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The Ha Ha Bonk Book
“The Ha Ha Bonk Book” by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is jam-packed with brilliant jokes! This “Young Puffin” joke book is full of good jokes to tell your dad, mum, your baby brother, your teacher and anybody else you can think of, such as: What goes ha ha bonk? A man laughing his head off;
Common Sense
Published anonymously in 1776, the year of the American Declaration of Independence, Paine`s “Common Sense” became an immediate best-seller, with fifty-six editions printed in that year alone. It was this pamphlet, more than any other factor, which helped to spark off the movement that established the independence of the United States. From his experience of
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
McPherson recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown`s raid on Harper`s Ferry. From there it moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself – the battles, the strategic maneuvering by each side, the politics, and the personalities.
Penguin`s Poems for Life
Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare`s idea of the “seven ages” of a human life, this new anthology brings together the best-loved poems in English to inspire, comfort and delight readers for a lifetime. Beginning with babies, the book is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting
How Children Learn
A book where John Holt uses anecdotal observations that question assumptions about how children acquire knowledge and learning skills.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, “Decline & Fall” is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley`s masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the
The Counterfeiters
`It`s only after our death that we shall really be able to hear`. The measured tone of hopeless nihilism that pervades “The Counterfeiters” quickly shatters any image of Andre Gide as the querulous and impious Buddha to a quarter-century of intellectuals. In sharp and brilliant prose a seedy, cynical and gratuitously alarming narrative is developed,
A Christmas Carol: and Other Christmas Writings: And Other Christmas Writings
“A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings” collects stories of matchless charm and enduring popularity that enchanted listeners at Charles Dickens`s public readings. This “Penguin Classics” is edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Slater. Since it was first published in 1843 “A Christmas Carol” has had an enduring influence on the way we
The Fire Next Time
`A seminal meditation on race by one of our greatest writers` Barack Obama `We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation`James Baldwin`s impassioned plea to `end the racial nightmare` in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
A new selection of Vincent Van Gough`s letters, based on an entirely new translation, revealing his religious struggles, his fascination with the French Revolution, his search for love and his involvement in humanitarian causes.
My Childhood
Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky`s childhood equipped him to understand – in a way denied to a Tolstoy or a Turgenev – the life of the ordinary Russian. After his father, a paperhanger and upholsterer, died of cholera, five-year-old Gorky was taken to live with his grandfather, a polecat-faced tyrant who would regularly
American Slavery: 1619-1877
Beginning with the Colonial period, progressing through the Revolution and the Antebellum period, the book chronologically documents the historical evolution of slavery in the USA.
The Origins of Virtue
Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altruism? Matt Ridley explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering a lucid and persuasive argument about the paradox of human benevolence.
Short Stories in Italian and English: New Penguin Parallel Text
This is an all new version of the popular “Parallel Texts” series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Italian culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool.
Life in the United Kingdom: Handbook: A Guide for New Residents
This 3rd edition of Life in the United Kingdom is the official handbook for the new Life in the UK tests to be taken on or after 25 March 2013. It contains all the official learning material for the test and is written in clear, simple language – making it easy to understand. It covers
Section 4 Amendment 1 to the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers (2000)
Amendment 2 to the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers (COSWP) 2015 Edition provides new information on sunglasses, the risk from sharps, solid carbon dioxide, and safe access to small craft.COSWP provides guidance on improving health and safety on board vessels and articulates how statutory obligations should be fulfilled. The Code details the
The Graduate
`For twenty- one years I have been shuffling back and forth between classrooms and libraries. Now you tell me what the hell it`s got me.` That`s how Benjamin Braddock talked when he came down from university. Somehow it didn`t seem to be what his father expected from a college education, and everyone was really appalled
Cal
For Cal, some of the choices are devastatingly simple…He can work in an abattoir that nauseates him or join the dole queue; he can brood on his past or plan a future with Marcella. Springing out of the fear and violence of Ulster, Cal is a haunting love story in a land were tenderness and
