` He too began to chase the great pierrot through the corridors of the chateau...` This is a novel of desperate yearning & vanished adolescence, the story of Meaulnes & his restless search for a lost, enchanted world has the atmosphere of a dream & the purity of a fairy tale. It is a new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design & pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin`s original covers. ...

Coming back was worse, much worse, than Martin Stone had anticipated. Martin Stone returns to the city from which his family was driven in 1938. He has concealed his destination from his father, & hopes to win some form of restitution for the depressed old man living in exile in London. THE LOST EUROPEANS portrays a tense, ruined yet flourishing Berlin where nothing is quite what it seems. ...

Between 1975 & 1979 the seemingly peaceful nation of Cambodia succumbed to one of the most bloodthirsty revolutions in modern history. Nearly two million people were killed. As head of the Khmer Rouge`s secret police, Comrade Duch was responsible for the murder of more than 20, 000 of them. Twenty years later, not one member of the Khmer Rouge had been held accountable for what had happened, & Comrade Duch had disappeared. Photographer Nic Dunlop became obsessed with the idea of finding Duch, & shedding light on a secret & brutal world that had been sealed off to outsiders. Then, by chance, he came face to face with him The Lost Executioner describes Dunlop`s personal journey to the heart of the Khmer Rouge & his quest to find out what actually happened in Pol Pot`s Cambodia & why. ...

Number of players: 1-5 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 30-50 minutes Components: 6 Character cards, 9 Jungle cards, 56 Adventure cards, 2 Reference cards, 2 Playing pieces, 24 Health tokens, 24 Food tokens, 12 Ammo tokens, 2 Expedition leader tokens Legendary explorer Percy Fawcett marched deep into the Amazon in search of El Dorado. He was never seen again. Your team is following in his footsteps, but in searching for riches you must be careful not to lose the greatest treasure of all
- your life. Make the best of your food, your ammunition & your health, as you plunge deep into the jungle. Choose your path carefully to ensure you`re ready for the pitfalls which may occur. Play solo or co-operatively to survive the expedition, or play head-to-head to see which group can reach the lost city first. From award-winning designer Peer Sylvester & acclaimed comic artist Garen Ewing, The Lost Expedition is a game of hard choices on the road to El Dorado.
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Alvina Houghton, the daughter of a widowed Midlands draper, comes of age just as her father's business is failing. In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune & secure his daughter's proper upbringing, James Houghton buys a theater. Among the traveling performers he employs is Ciccio, a sensual Italian who immediately captures Alvina's attention. Fleeing with him to Naples, she leaves her safe world behind & enters one of sexual awakening, desire, & fleeting freedom. ...

In 1993 Colin Thubron set out to explore the The Lost Heart of Asia
- the Moslem republics of the former Soviet Union. He visited
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This is the number one, bestselling title in this new spin-off series from Percy Jackson creator, Rick Riordan. Old enemies awaken as camp half-blood`s new arrivals prepare for war. When Jason, Piper & Leo crash land at Camp Half-Blood, they have no idea what to expect. Apparently this is the only safe place for children of the Greek Gods
- despite the monsters roaming the woods & demigods practising archery with flaming arrows & explosives. But rumours of a terrible curse
- & a missing hero
- are flying around camp. It seems Jason, Piper & Leo are the chosen ones to embark on a terrifying new quest, which they must complete by the winter solstice in just four days time. Can the trio succeed on this deadly mission
- & what must they sacrifice in order to survive?



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Katharina Blum is pretty, bright, hard-working & at the centre of a big city scandal when, at a carnival party, she falls in love with a young radical on the run from the police. Portrayed by the city`s leading newspaper as a whore, a communist & an atheist, she becomes the target of anonymous phone calls & sexual threats. Her life ruined by the distortions of a corrupt press, she shoots the offending journalist & gives herself up for arrest. Step by step & with an affecting forensic clarity, Katharina`s story is reconstructed for the reader, gradually disclosing & entire panorama of human relationship & motive. The novel is a masterful comment on the law & the press, the labyrinth of social truth & the relentless collision of fact & fiction. ...

Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin & Ava, enjoyed a glittering career which few could equal. As Viceroy of India & Governor-General of Canada, he held the two most exalted positions available under the Crown, but prior to this his achievements as a British ambassador included restoring order to sectarian conflict in Syria, helping to keep Canada British, paving the way for the annexation of Egypt & preventing war from breaking out on India`s North-West Frontier. Dufferin was much more than a diplomat & politician, however: he was a leading Irish landlord, an adventurer & a travel writer whose Letters from High Latitudes proved a publishing sensation. He also became a celebrity of the time, & in his attempts to sustain his reputation he became trapped by his own inventions, thereafter living his public life in fear of exposure. Ingenuity, ability & charm usually saved the day, yet in the end catastrophe struck in the form of the greatest City scandal for forty years & the death of his heir in the Boer War. With unique access to the family archive at Clandeboye, Andrew Gailey presents a full biography of the figure once referred to as the `most popular man in Europe`. ...

In ” The Lost Kingdoms of Africa”, cultural historian Gus Casely-Hayford takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of this remarkable continent. As we encounter archaeological sites of staggering beauty, vast & ancient universities that pre-date Oxford & Cambridge, kingdoms of extraordinary wealth, andartistic traditions that still inspire artists today, we see how new research has opened up the study of African history in ways previously unimaginable. Long-lost kingdoms are being brought back to life & civilizations that had faded into myth are revealing their secrets. Using this recent research, Casely-Hayford not only reveals the story of Africa`s major kingdoms in an entirely new & informed way, but provides a richer understanding of this often overlooked history. ...