Category Archives: Caribbean
Metamorphosis
`I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.` This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka`s works that he himself thought worthy of publication. It includes Metamorphosis, his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and
The Exploration Treasury (RGS (with IGB))
Discover some of the great archival treasures of the Royal Geographical Society. Some of the greatest expeditions are described and illustrated with maps, photographs and illustrations by official artists and photographers, and members of the expedition teams. The book also includes the first travellers, who set off with sketchbook or camera, as well as diplomats
Who Rules the World?
A new book on the state of the world today — from one of the most respected and revered political commentators alive Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account. Here he presents Who Rules
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking the Rules
โ€David Marquet is the kind of leader who comes around only once in a generation …his ideas and lessons are invaluableโ€. (Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why). Captain David Marquet was used to giving orders. In the high-stress environment of the USS Santa Fe, a nuclear-powered submarine, it was crucial his men did their
The Tailor of Panama
`A work of rare brilliance` The Times Charmer, fabulist and tailor to Panama`s rich and powerful, Harry Pendel loves to tell stories. But when the British spy Andrew Osnard – a man of large appetites, for women, information and above all money – walks into his shop, Harry`s fantastical inventions take on a life of
It Can`t Happen Here
It`s 1935 and discontent is rife in America. From the political margins appears Buzz Windrip, charismatic presidential candidate and `inspired guesser at what political doctrines the people would like`. Sweeping to power amid mass elation, he promises wealth for all and the dawn of a glorious new era. Small-town newspaper editor Doremus Jessop is worried,
The Awakening and Selected Stories
โ€The Awakening and Selected Storiesโ€ is Kate Chopin`s groundbreaking depiction of a woman who dares to defy the expectations of society in the pursuit of her desire, edited with an introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert in โ€Penguin Classicsโ€. When โ€The Awakeningโ€ was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it
Christmas Pudding
Make a loved one smile with this classic Christmas read – a perfect stocking filler`Christmas Day was organized by Lady Bobbin with the thoroughness and attention to detail of a general leading his army into battle . . .`The formidable fox-hunter Lady Bobbin is holding a Christmas house party. Attendees include her rebellious daughter Philadelphia,
The Penguin Book of Witches
This is a chilling, truly authoritative anthology of real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America. From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia
Lev`s Violin: An Italian Adventure
*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*`Utterly enthralling – a beautifully-written voyage of discovery that takes us deep into the heart of music-making` Deborah MoggachFrom the moment she hears Lev`s violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated. She is told that it is an Italian instrument, named after its former Russian owner. Eager
A Nation of Women: An Early Feminist Speaks Out
In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested for wearing men`s trousers in public. This act of rebellion was the result of a lifelong devotion to socialist and feminist thought. And this zeal runs throughout her brilliant essays: in the challenges to big business, in her strident campaigning for the legalization of divorce, in
The Ruined Map
`A brilliant display of pyrotechnics, a compelling tour de force … by a master jeweller of polished prose` The New York TimesA private detective is hired to find a missing person, but nothing is normal about this case. Why has the beautiful, alcoholic wife of the vanished salesman waited over half a year to search
Caribbean Cruise Ports Of Call
Packed with information on more than 40 ports of call and a dozen ports of embarkation, Caribbean Cruise Ports of Call is a comprehensive guide to everything from sightseeing information and strategies to help cruisers plan their own shore excursions to some basic information on the cruise-ship experience.
Mexico – What Everyone Needs to Know
Today all would agree that Mexico and the United States have never been closer-that the fates of the two republics are inextricably intertwined. It has become an intimate part of life in almost every community in the United States, through immigration, imported produce, business ties, or illegal drugs. It is less a neighbor than a
Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know
Ever since Fidel Castro assumed power in Cuba in 1959, Americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the Florida Keys. America`s fixation on the tropical socialist republic has only grown over the years, fueled in part by successive waves of Cuban immigration and Castro`s larger-than-life persona. Cubans are now a major ethnic
Beyond the Northlands: Viking Voyages and the Old Norse Sagas
In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter. The medieval Norsemen may be best remembered as monk murderers and village pillagers, but this is far from the whole story. Throughout the Middle Ages, long-ships transported hairy northern voyagers far and wide, where they
Greek and Roman Political Ideas: A Pelican Introduction
Where do our ideas about politics come from? What can we learn from the Greeks and Romans? How should we exercise power? Melissa Lane teaches politics at Princeton University, and previously taught political thought at the University of Cambridge, where she was a Fellow of King`s College. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship in the
The Making of the English Working Class
Fifty years since first publication, E. P. Thompson`s revolutionary account of working-class culture and ideals is published in Penguin Modern Classics, with a new introduction by historian Michael Kenny. This classic and imaginative account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832, revolutionized our understanding of English social history. E. P. Thompson shows
