' Lolita light of my life fire of my loins. My sin my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap at three on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta'. Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged frustrated college professor. In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita he'll do anything to possess her. Unable & unwilling to stop himself he is prepared to commit any crime to get what he wants. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? ...

Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita" is one of the best-known novels of the 20th century: the controversial story of Humbert Humbert who falls in love with twelve year old Lolita beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. ' Lolita light of my life fire of my loins. My sin my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap at three on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.' Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged frustrated college professor. In love with his landlady's twelve-year-old daughter Lolita he'll do anything to possess her. Unable & unwilling to stop himself he is prepared to commit any crime to get what he wants. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? "A masterpiece. One of the great works of art of our age". (" Independent"). " You read Lolita sprawling limply in your chair ravished overcome nodding scandalized assent". (Martin Amis " Observer"). " Redeeming splendid headlong endlessly comic & evocative". (John Updike). " Lolita is more the shocking because it is both intensely lyrical & wildly funny.. .a Medusa's head with trick paper snakes". (" Time"). " His command of words his joy in them his comic & ecstatic use of them.. .makes reading his work such an intense joy". (" Daily Telegraph"). "A great novel... It widens our own humanity". (" Guardian"). " There's no funnier monster in modern literature than poor doomed Humbert Humbert. Going to hell in his company would always be worth the ride". (" Independent"). Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg in 1899. He studied at Trinity College Cambridge before moving to Berlin in 1922. Between 1923 & 1940 he published novels short stories plays poems & translations in the Russian language & established himself as one of the most outstanding Russian emigre writers. In 1940 he moved with his wife & son to America where he worked as a lecturer & professor until he retired from teaching in 1959. Nabokov published his first novel in English " The Real Life of Sebastian Knight" in 1941. His other books include " Ada"; " Laughter in the Dark"; " Despair"; " Pnin"; " Nabokov's Dozen"; " Invitation to a Beheading"; " Mary"; " Bend Sinister"; " Glory"; " Pale Fire"; " The Gift"; " The Luzhin Defense" & " Lolita" which brought him worldwide fame. In 1973 he was awarded the American National Medal for Literature. Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977." ...

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. & none more so than Lolita who he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these? ...

' Who died?' I said. ' Or is it a secret?' ' My mother Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge & anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre Yanne & her two daughters live peacefully if not happily above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped
- at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l' Alba the lady with the lollipop shoes ruthless devious & seductive. With everything she loves at stake Yanne must face a difficult choice; to flee as she has done so many times before or to confront her most dangerous enemy... Herself.
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Who died? I said. Or is it a secret? My mother Vianne Rocher seeking refuge & anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre Yanne & her daughters Rosette & Annie live peacefully if not happily above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped
- at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l Alba the lady with the lollipop shoes & everything begins to change... But this new friendship is not what it seems. Ruthless devious & seductive Zozie de l Alba has plans of her own
- plans that will shake their world to pieces. & with everything she loves at stake Yanne must face a difficult choice; to flee as she has done so many times before or to confront her most dangerous enemy... Herself.

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Attention all hipsters! In November 2012 the worlds coolest camera brand celebrates its 20th anniversary with the publication of this official two-volume slipcased title. Book I features specially commissioned photography showing off all cameras in the vast Lomography range including every limited edition & the best one-offs ever made. Book II traces the story of the last 20 years of Lomography as seen through the wonderful & varied world of Lomo lenses. Anecdotes & recollections relate the stuff of Lomo legend. Chronologically organized & featuring the very best photographic material from the 1.5 million-strong Lomography community this volume is a snapshot of every corner of the lomographic world. This is an absolute must-have package for designers photographers & hipsters the world over. The future is analogue! ...

London has perhaps the most remarkable history of any city in the world. Now its story has a unique voice. In this epic novel Edward Rutherfurd takes the reader on a magnificent journey across sixteen centuries from the days of the Romans to the Victorian engineers of Tower Bridge & the era dockland development of today. Through the lives & adventures of his colourful cast of characters he brings all the richness of London's past unforgettably to life. ...

Delve deep under Londons streets from the days when the Romans ruled through to the hustle & bustle of the modern-day capital in this brand new title in the See Inside" series. This title

Includes:: double page spreads on medieval times the Tudor period the Plague the Great Fire of London the restoration Victorian London & the Blitz each containing absorbing & fascinating historical detail. It contains over fifty sturdy flaps."

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Its history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What caused the Great Stink of 1858? Why the flying dustmen were feared? Who ate a tosher for tea? Plot your path to the past with the frightful full-colour map
- take a trip to the terrifying Tower & dip into the River Thames (Londons largest toilet!).
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Like all the great historic cities of Europe London appears to us solid & unchanging. We feel that we can still explore the London of Dickens Dr. Johnson Defoe Wren & even Shakespeare. The very names St Pauls Smithfield Charing Cross St Jamess seem to link us with those past eras. But this solidity is an illusion for throughout its long history London has been changing & evolving. It has been renewing or replacing the streets & buildings at its heart & has been spreading inexorably outwards. This process is vividly illustrated by maps of London that have been drawn & published over the past 500 years; & this book offers a magnificent panorama of Londons history by focusing on its maps. The link between London & Westminster; the devastation of the Great Fire; the emergence of the West End as a place of fashion; the opening of the Royal Parks; the building of the docks; the coming of the railway age; the impact of World Wars
- all these processes & many more are evident in these historic maps. Approx. 200 important maps from the mid-sixteenth century to the present day are illustrated & discussed. For all those who know London but who wish to look behind the modern facade London A Life in Maps" should prove irresistible highlighting the challenge of predicting Londons future development & character."
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