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In Jane Austen’s breezy and entirely biased telling of English history, Mary, Queen of Scots is a scandalously wronged victim, Elizabeth I is a wicked villain and most historical facts and dates are cheerfully disregarded. It is accompanied here by other riotous early pieces in which young women ste....

She drew a long, soft breath, as though the paper daffodils between them were almost too sweet to bearKatherine Mansfield was a magician of the short story, whose work was described by Virginia Woolf as ‘the only writing I have ever been jealous of’. These eight tales show her gift for transformin....

As for me I have one ambition only: to invent stories, very beautiful stories’Gothic, expansive and truly spellbinding, Karen Blixen’s short stories offer incisive psychological portraits and imaginative visions of war, longing and tender love. Here, an orphan boy creates an elaborate fantasy of a....

Now you slip away in sleep. Your boat is sea-mist, dreaming, by the shore.Spain’s most beloved poet, Federico García Lorca brilliantly captures the beauty and brutality of the twentieth century. His creative imagination transcends his own experiences – be it from the perspective of an ant, a gypsy....

No author perfected the twist in the tale better than Roald Dahl. His stories – many of which were filmed as Tales of the Unexpected – take us into a world that is shocking, cruelly funny and always has a sinister edge. What if plants could feel pain? What kind of father would bet his daughter in a....

Plagued by ill-health, violently sick at sea, irritated by renovation costs: Seneca is never less than sympathetically human. In these letters written 2000 years ago, the ancient philosopher speaks to the reader today with lucidity and warmth. Whether advising on how to live a good life, spend time....

Beware the self-righteous man of faith, the wicked-eyed child, the jealous lover. For this is Salem, in 1691, where rumours fly on the wind and witchcraft is abroad. Lois Barclay, cursed in childhood, is a stranger in a strange land – and the devil will work his mischief on Lois’s neighbours before....

Tristessa is a strange fever-dream of morphine sickness and belly-deep sadness. Or, in the words of Allen Ginsberg: ‘a narrative meditation studying a hen, a rooster, a dove, a cat, a chihuahua dog, family meat, and a ravishing, ravished junky lady, first in their crowded bedroom, then out to drunke....

The bones were still warm; but they were picked clean. They had even eaten their own deadThis spine-chilling collection from Dracula creator Bram Stoker showcases five haunting tales, including the newly discovered ‘Gibbet Hill’. From ‘Dracula’s Guest’, thought by many to be the original excised o....

Collecting two of his most celebrated works – Rescue, written in Warsaw in the shadow of Nazi occupation, and A Treatise on Poetry – a momentous history of Poland, told in four cantos – here lie the sharpest fruits of one of the greatest poets of the 20th century: the Nobel Laureate who narrates the....

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Venice & the Veneto.Discover Venice & the Veneto's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from shopping for handmade trinkets at Artisti Artigiani....

The book is a pioneering academic publication analyzing the criminal law and criminological aspects of animal protection in Poland. It addresses the effectiveness of criminal law in countering crimes against animals, the challenges of enforcing legal provisions, and proposes legislative reforms. The....

Komisarz Jakub Mortka po latach wraca w Karkonosze. Tym razem prywatnie – tylko on, jego ukochana z Francji i góry. Tyle że podczas wędrówki w pięknym ustronnym miejscu znajdują zwłoki. Romantyczny wyjazd zamienia się w koszmar – tym większy, że zanim Mortka zdąży powiadomić miejscową policję, ciało....

WYREGULUJ SWOJE HORMONY I CIESZ SIĘ PEŁNIĄ ZDROWIA! ODKRYJ METODĘ OPARTĄ NA MEDYCYNIE STYLU ŻYCIA, KTÓRA PRZYWRACA NATURALNĄ RÓWNOWAGĘ. Wyniki badań w normie, a ty czujesz, że brakuje ci energii, jesteś ciągle zmęczona i rozdrażniona? Masz Hashimoto, PCOS, endometriozę lub doskwiera ci PMS? W doda....

KRYMINAŁ NORDIC NOIR, DZIĘKI KTÓREMU ZROZUMIESZ, ŻE ISLANDIA TO NIE KRAINA ŁAGODNOŚCI Satu Rämö – AUTORKA BESTSELLEROWYCH POWIEŚCI HILDUR ORAZ RÓSA I BJÖRK W Ísafjörður, rodzinnej wiosce oficer śledczej Hildur Rúnarsdóttir, panuje właśnie najciemniejszy i najspokojniejszy czas roku. Tuż przed Bożym....