Penguin Child of All Nations Keun Irmgard

Doris is going to be a big star. Wearing a stolen fur coat and recently fired from her office job, she takes an all-night train to Berlin to make it in the movies. But what she encounters in the city is not fame and fortune, but gnawing hunger, seedy bars, and exploitative men - and as Doris sinks ever lower, she resorts to desperate measures to survive. Very funny and intensely moving, this is a dazzling portrait of roaring Berlin in the 1920s, and a poignant exploration of the doomed pursuit of fame and glamour • The Artificial Silk Girl was a huge bestseller in Weimar Germany before the Nazis banned it, and is today Keun's best-loved book in Germany. Funny, fresh and radical in its dissection of the limited options available to working women, it is a novel that speaks to our times

Коко не будет делать того, чего от нее ожидают. Вопреки желаниям своей семьи, она воспитывает свою одиннадцатилетнюю дочь одна в своей квартире. И вот теперь, после случайной интрижки, она неожиданно снова беременна. Что это будет означать для ее и без того непростых отношений с дочерью? Когда она смотрит в будущее, воспоминания о ее собственной потере в детстве захлестывают ее сознание, угрожая затопить ее с головой • "Дитя удачи" Юко Цусимы, сочетая в себе красоту и беспокойство мечты, является изображением сокровенных страхов и желаний женщины • Книга на английском языке • Koko won't do what is expected of her. Defying her family's wishes, she has brought up her eleven-year-old daughter alone in her apartment. And now, after a casual affair, she is unexpectedly pregnant again

Этот шедевр, изображающий жизнь молодой женщины в нацистской Германии, принадлежит автору книги "Дитя всех наций" • Девятнадцатилетняя Анна просто хочет спокойно выпить свое пиво, но это трудно, когда в город приехал Гитлер и его кортеж перекрыл улицы Франкфурта. Более того, ее лучшая подруга Герти влюблена в еврейского мальчика, ее брат пишет книги, занесенные в черный список, а ее собственная тетя в любой момент может донести на нее властям, поскольку Германия балансирует на краю пропасти. Виртуозный роман Ирмгард Кеун, написанный после того, как она бежала от нацистского режима, отражает лихорадочную истерию и ужасы той эпохи с потрясающей проницательностью и юмором • Книга на английском языке • Depicting a young woman's life in Nazi Germany, this is the masterpiece from the author of Child of All Nations • Nineteen-year-old Sanna just wants to drink her beer in peace, but that's difficult when Hitler has come to town and his motorcade is blocking the streets of Frankfurt

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes • Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is today regarded as a classic in its own right and is now available in three volumes in Penguin Classics • This second volume includes The Guermantes Way and Cities of the Plain

In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer fits and are plagued by strange visions and dreams. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics, and the community becomes tangled in a web of spite, distrust and denunciation. The finger of suspicion falls on a young couple struggling to make a home and feed their children: Hugh Parsons the irascible brickmaker and his troubled wife, Mary. It will be their downfall • The Ruin of All Witches tells the dark, real-life folktale of witch-hunting in a remote Massachusetts plantation. These were the turbulent beginnings of colonial America, when English settlers' dreams of love and liberty, of founding a 'city on a hill', gave way to paranoia and terror, enmity and rage

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes • Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is today regarded as a classic in its own right and is now available in three volumes in Penguin Classics • This first volume includes Swann's Way and Within a Budding Grove

Destina Rosethorn - as her name implies - believes herself to be a favored child of destiny. But when her father dies in the War of the Lance, she watches her carefully constructed world come crashing down. She loses not only her beloved father but also the legacy he has left her: the family lands and castle. To save her father, she hatches a bold plan - to go back in time and prevent his death • First, she has to secure the Device of Time Journeying, last known to be in the possession of the spirited kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot. But to change time, she'll need another magical artifact - the most powerful and dangerous artifact ever created. Destina's quest takes her from the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin to the town of Solace and beyond, setting in motion a chain of disastrous events that threaten to divert the course of the River of Time, alter the past, and forever change the future

The new rip-roaring thriller in the Fargo series from the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler • The legend of Croesus's riches has echoed across millennia. Stolen and hidden by pirates after the Persian King's defeat in 546 BC, his staggering wealth was thought to be lost to history • Treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo know it's out there somewhere. A decade after their search for the King's gold first brought them together, the husband and wife team return to Greece to uncover the hoard that has always eluded them • But they soon learn they're not the only ones looking. The reappearance of a vengeful and ruthless rival forces them into a deadly race against time to find the treasure. And until it's found no one is safe. Least of all Sam and Remi

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Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online • Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content • The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers story comprehension and develop vocabulary

Penguin Readers – серия разделённых на уровни книг для преподавателей английского. Они рассчитаны на подростков и молодых людей, изучающих английский как иностранный или второй язык. Она предлагает вниманию читателей тщательно отобранные адаптированные тексты, новые иллюстрации, упражнения и дополнительные ресурсы. Читателей ждут известные классические и современные произведения художественной литературы и интересные познавательные книги • Восемь уровней серии Penguin Readers соответствуют международному стандарту CEFR. В конце каждой книги читатели найдут упражнения на грамматику, лексику и подготовку к международным экзаменам, а вопросы перед, после и посреди отрывков текста помогут понять текст и развить словарный запас. Обладатели книг могут получить доступ к сетевым ресурсам, включая электронные книги, аудиокниги, планы уроков и ключи к упражнениям

From the author of The Liverpool Nightingales comes an uplifting and emotional tale, perfect for fans of Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey and Annie Groves • Is a mother's love enough to protect her child? • Liverpool 1868 • Shrouded in secrecy Alice Sampson gives birth to a beautiful baby girl • But the former nurse's happiness is blighted by the knowledge that as a penniless, unwed mother, her future, and that of her child, can only be one of shame and disgrace • Then a knock at the door brings a miracle: she is invited to return to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary and her beloved ward • With the help of her friends and the welcome attentions of Reverend Seed, the hospital Chaplain, Alice slowly starts to rebuild her life • Everything is looking up, until her baby's father unexpectedly shows up to claim the child he knew nothing about