|    Login    |    Register

Filter Results

  • Large print only
  • Audiobooks only

Showing 5785-5808 of 10097

StartPrev238239240241242243244245246NextEnd


By: Eleanor Morse

ISBN: 9780241962589
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Botswana, 1976. Isaac Muthethe thinks that he is dead. Forced to flee his country after witnessing a friend murdered by white members of the South African Defense Force, he finds himself, for the first time, in a country without apartheid.


(Paperback)

By: Matt Cooper

ISBN: 9781844881673
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Identifies some the most powerful people in Ireland during the Celtic Tiger era, describes how they interacted with each other to mutual benefit, and reveals who are the few to retain their power amid the debris arising from the bursting of our economic bubble.


(Paperback)

By: Samuel. D Kassow

ISBN: 9780141039688
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

In the Autumn of 1940 the Jews of Warsaw were forced into a crowded ghetto, enduring unimaginable conditions until most were killed. Yet, amid this, one man, Emanuel Ringelblum, started an organization dedicated to recording life under Nazi occupation.


(Paperback)

By: Jaroslav Pelikan

ISBN: 9780141022680
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

The Bible is among the world's most influential and important books - and the most controversial. But how did it become the book we know it to be This title charts its evolution from oral tales via Hebrew texts, Greek, and Latin translations, to its many different forms, offering an insight into the history.


(Paperback)

By: Sinad Moriarty

ISBN: 9780141042930
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

It's tricky for Niamh O'Flaherty, growing up in a North London home that's a shrine to all things Irish. But it's even trickier being an adult and realizing that her family expects her to settle down with a nice Irish lad, especially now that she's living in Dublin.


(Paperback)

By: David Rothenberg

ISBN: 9780141020013
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

The richness and variety of birdsong is both a scientific mystery and a source of wonder. Combining scientific research with an understanding of musical beauty, this book offers a different look at this natural phenomena. It explores the question: can the explanations of territoriality account for so many species' devotion to singing


By: Charles Brockden Brown

ISBN: 9780140390797
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 1991
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Set in rural Pennyslvania in the 1760s, this tale of horror and mystery is based on a case of a New York farmer who murdered his family. This book employs Gothic devices and features such as spontaneous combustion, ventriloquism, and religious fanaticism. It examines some issues crucial to the survival of democracy in the American republic.


(Paperback)

By: Sigmund Freud

ISBN: 9780141182421
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2002
UK Publication Date: 28th November 2002
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Psychoanalytic treatment utilised the patient's capacity to love and desire as a means to an end. The stuff of romance became the stuff of cure. This book discusses about techniques in psychoanalysis.


(Paperback)

By: Wolfram Eschenbach

ISBN: 9780140443998
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 1985
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

This epic poem of military prowess and courtly love tells the story of the love of Willehalm for Giburc, a Saracen woman converted to Christianity, and its consequences. Seeking revenge for the insult to their faith, her relatives initiate a religious war but are finally routed.


(Paperback)

By: Mark Pagel

ISBN: 9780141031606
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world Why are there so many languages, even within small areas Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags This title reveals how our facility for culture is the key to what makes us who we are.


(Paperback)

By: John Powys

ISBN: 9780141183992
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2000
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Presents a story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. This book reflects a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual.


(Paperback)

By: Jiang Rong

ISBN: 9780141027876
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
UK Publication Date: 26th March 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner and Outer Mongolia. But when members of the People's Republic swarm in from the cities to bring modernity and productivity to the grasslands, the peace of Chen's solitary existence is shattered, and the balance between humans and wolves is disrupted.


(Paperback)

By: Stephanie McCarter

ISBN: 9780143136361
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
UK Publication Date: 24th April 2025
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...


(Paperback)

By: Andrew Newberg

ISBN: 9780142196779
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
UK Publication Date: 26th June 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They can make a difficult conversation impossible. This book deals with their works.


By: Carson Tate

ISBN: 9780241187210
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2015
UK Publication Date: 29th January 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Helps you discover your personal working style, so you never have to feel overwhelmed again. This book offers a step-by-step guide to making work simple again.


(Paperback)

By: Cory Arcangel

ISBN: 9781846147425
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

What does it feel like to try and create something new How is it possible to find a space for the demands of writing a novel in a world of instant communication This book is about the act of creation and the gap between the different ways we express ourselves today.


(Paperback)

By: David J. Hickson

ISBN: 9780141029924
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Summarises the work of experts to provide an overview of the theory and practice of organization management. This book covers the structure and national and international environments of organizations, management problems, managerial decision-making and influence, people problems, and organizational change and learning.


(Paperback)

By: William Yeats

ISBN: 9780140180015
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 1993
UK Publication Date: 29th July 1993
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Brings together various W B Yeats' published prose writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth, with pieces on subjects including ghosts, kidnappers, fairies, ancient tribes, precious stones and Gaelic love songs.


By: Yevgeny Yevtushenko

ISBN: 9780140424775
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2008
UK Publication Date: 26th June 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

A selection of early works by Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko that includes: "Zima Junction", "Waking", "Birthday", "Encounter", "The Companion", "Party Card" and "Babiy Yar".


(Paperback)

By: Christopher Coake

ISBN: 9780241957950
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Thirty-something Mark Fife believes he has moved on from the accidental death of his young son Brendan and the break-up of his marriage. He's successful, in love again, and he thinks he's mastered his own memories at last. But when a strange woman tells him she believes her house is haunted by Brendan's ghost, his life is thrown into turmoil.


By: Randall Lane

ISBN: 9780241246986
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2016
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Looks at the people behind the biggest companies in tech. This title reveals what these super-entrepreneurs say about their own success. It is a collection of everything we can learn from these incredible game changers, and what their next moves spell for the future of business.


(Paperback)

By: Dave Eggers

ISBN: 9780141013459
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2004
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

Will and Hand are burdened by $38,000 and the memory of their friend Jack. Taking a week out of their lives, they decide to travel around the world to give the money away. They can't really say why they're doing it, just that it needs to be done. Perhaps it's something to do with Jack's death - perhaps they'll find the reason later.


(Paperback)

By: Karen Perry

ISBN: 9781405936651
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 29th November 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...


(Paperback)

By: Dave Eggers

ISBN: 9780241971321
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 7th May 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
See more...

In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn't recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at the chain. But the ocean is close by, and nobody can hear him over the waves and wind. Thomas apologizes.

StartPrev238239240241242243244245246NextEnd