One of the world's most famous novels One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature blends the natural with the supernatural in one of the most magical reading experiences on earth' Many years later as he faced the firing squad Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice' Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & its miracles A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy & comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century' Dazzling' The New York Times ...

In the book which put South America on the literary map Marquez tells the haunting story of a community lost in the depths of that almighty continent where time passes slowly A poetic masterpiece whose rich & powerful language easily survives the translation from Spanish this is the most celebrated text of magic realism the literary movement which has dominated world fiction for the last thirty years ...

Penguin's commemorative hardback reissue of One Hundred Years of Solitude by late Nobel laureate & author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a timeless classic & the perfect Christmas gift for any booklover Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the undisputed literary giants of the past century; his stories are vivid energetic tender & unforgettable; they have touched the lives of readers across the globe & earned him countless awards including the Nobel Prize for Literature In the wake of the author's death his most beloved novel is reissued in commemorative hardback edition One Hundred Years of Solitude is endlessly fascinating an intricately patterned work of fiction & a joyful irrepressible celebration of humanity Vibrantly colourful & teeming with life this timeless tale blends the natural with the supernatural in one of the most magical reading experiences on earth' Many years later as he faced the firing squad Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice' Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & its miracles A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy & comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century' Dazzling' The New York Times ...

Equally tragic joyful & comical Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece of magical realism One Hundred Years of Solitude is a seamless blend of fantasy & reality translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa in Penguin Modern Classics Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & miracles A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy with comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century Gabriel Garcia Marquez (b 1928) was born in Aracataca Colombia He is the author of several novels including Leaf Storm (1955) One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981) & The General in His Labyrinth (1989) He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 If you enjoyed One Hundred Years of Solitude you might like Love in the Time of Cholera also available in Penguin Modern Classics ' With a single bound Gabriel Garcia Marquez leaps on the stage with Gunter Grass & Vladimir Nabokov dazzling' The New York Times ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play In modern day Russia skilled assassins make themselves available for hire to the Mafia However when one assassin Carver (Cuba Gooding Jr) takes a job with a gang he was once hired to make a hit on it launches into an all-out mob war To make things worse another assassin (Dolph Lundgren) has been hired to take out Carver & the result will make the Russian streets run red Actors Dolph Lundgren Cuba Gooding Jr & Billy Murray Director William Kaufman Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen 1781 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 31 minutes (approx) ...

What do one hundred sunbathing snails have in common with ten crabs? Find out in this joyful award-winning counting book with a funny focus on feet If one is a snail & two is a person we must be counting by feet! Children will love this hilariously illustrated introduction to simple counting & multiplication with big feet & small
- on people & spiders dogs & insects snails & crabs
- from one to one hundred!

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Matsumoto-kun is just about to turn sixteen when he accidentally bumps into & injures his mysterious high school senpai Mizushima-kun Now he is bound to make it up to him But the lines aren't clear on just how far this new angst-filled steamy relationship will go? ...

The Key is missing & it is up to the players to find it! The team leader tries to communicate with the other players proposing clues by indicating their degree of affinity — strong mediumweak — with the object that the team must find With good team-play the other players remove the wrong cards step by step until the Key is all that remains Removing the Key results in instant defeat so be careful! One Key is a family game for all kinds of players a light game that offers a co-operative experience based on the association of ideas & deduction All the objects are like little universes of their own Find the right one to solve the enigma! One Key is best played with an app with a three-minute timer & background music to add tension to your games ...

Celebrated French chef Stephane Reynaud presents a compendium of modern French recipes in his latest cookbook One Knife One Pot One Dish Stephane Reynaud is back on the food scene
- specifically the London-food scene having opened his restaurant Tratra in Shoreditch this April which serves traditional French food with a twist In this highly-anticipated cookbook Stephane instils the same attitude into his recipes putting modern delicious French dishes on the table Paired with stunning photography One Knife One Pot One Dish contains more than 160 recipes with dishes for fish meat egg cheese & vegetables that are perfect for friends & family These recipes are simple accessible & contain fresh ingredients that can be put together without a fuss & can happily simmer away in the background so you can concentrate on relaxing rather than getting all hot & bothered in the kitchen Ranging from Stephane's Salt-crusted sea bass with basil & dill One-pot lamb shoulder casserole with carrots & onions to Baked cauliflower with lemon mascarpone & Pineapple clafoutis One Knife One Pot One Dish puts French cooking back on the menu for anyone & everyone
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Bringing together six short stories
- two of which are previously unpublished
- One Last Dram Before Midnight is the perfect

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