Of Human Bondage is the first & most autobiographical of Maugham's masterpieces It is the story of Philip Carey an orphan eager for life love & adventure After a few months studying in Heidelberg & a brief spell in Paris as would-be artist Philip settles in London to train as a doctor & that is where he meets Mildred the loud but irresistible waitress with whom he plunges into a formative tortured & masochistic affair which very nearly ruins him ...

In this personal & practical guide to moral self-improvement & living a good life the second-century philosopher Epictetus tackles questions of freedom & imprisonment stubbornness & fear family friendship & love & leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical world GREAT IDEAS Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired debate dissent war & revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked & comforted They have enriched lives
- & destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals & visionaries whose ideas shook civilization & helped make us who we are

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Daniel & Oliver are about to have their first baby With their best friend Priya acting as surrogate they've turned the study into a nursery & the bottles are sterilised All that's missing is the bundle of joy they've been pining for But when Daniel's chaotic mother gatecrashes the baby shower with a few home truths the cracks in Daniel & Oliver's relationship begin to show Are they as ready for this as they think they are? & more importantly is Priya? ...

Nobel Prize winner & author of One Hundred Years of Solitude & Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia Marquez blends the natural with supernatural in Of Love & Other Demons
- a novel which explores community superstition & collective hysteria ' An ash-grey dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst on to the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday of December' When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesising a plague of rabies in the Colombian seaport he dismisses her claims
- until he hears that his young daughter Sierva Maria was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog & the only one to survive Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed
- but as rumours of the plague spread the Marquis & his wife wonder at her continuing good health In a town consumed by superstition it's not long before they & everyone else put her survival down to a demonic possession & begin to see her supernatural powers as the cause of the town's woes Only the young priest charged with exorcizing the evil spirit recognises the girl's sanity but can he convince the town that it's not her that needs healing?' Superb & intensely readable' Time Out'A compassionate witty & unforgettable masterpiece' Daily Telegraph' At once nostalgic & satiric a resplendent fable' Sunday Times


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Tracklist Gravedancer As We Suffocate Taste Of Regret Mushroom Cloud Pieces Deceiver Deceived Earth &38; Sky The Mountain Meltdown Linger How To Survive ...

Drifters in search of work George & his childlike friend Lennie have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back
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Drifters in search of work George & his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other
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' Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world They got no family They don't belong no place' George & his large simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters following wherever work leads them Arriving in California's Salinas Valley they get work on a ranch If they can just stay out of trouble George promises Lennie then one day they might be able to get some land of their own & settle down some place But kind-hearted childlike Lennie is a victim of his own strength Seen by others as a threat he finds it impossible to control his emotions & one day not even George will be able to save him from trouble Of Mice & Men is a tragic & moving story of friendship loneliness & the dispossessed with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman ...

Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world They got no family They don t belong no place With us it ain t like that We got a future because I got you to look after me & you got me to look after you George & Lennie are migrant American labourers the one alert & protective & the other strong stupid & potentially dangerous This is the powerful story of their relationship & their dreams of finding a more stable & less lonely way of life This hardback educational edition contains notes to help students' understanding ...

Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world They got no family They don t belong no place With us it ain t like that We got a future because I got you to look after me & you got me to look after you George & Lennie are migrant American labourers the one alert & protective & the other strong stupid & potentially dangerous This is the powerful story of their relationship & their dreams of finding a more stable & less lonely way of life This hardback educational edition comes without notes ...