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Karen Blixen's Out of Africa is the lyrical and luminous memoir of Kenya that launched a million tourist trails, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range • 'I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills... Up in this high air you breathed easily... you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.' • From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm, and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs • Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman, and of a way of life that has vanished for ever

In 1914 Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya with her husband to run a coffee farm. Instantly drawn to the land, she spent her happiest years there until the plantation failed. Karen Blixen was forced to return to Denmark in 1931 and it was there that she wrote this classic account of her experiences. A poignant farewell to her beloved farm, Out of Africa describes her strong friendships with the people of her area, her affection for the landscape and animals, and great love for the adventurer Denys Finch-Hatton • Written with astonishing clarity and an unsentimental intelligence, Out of Africa portrays a way of life that has disappeared for ever

Whether celebrating Hogarth or savaging Hollywood, mocking modern manners or defending traditional English architecture, inviting readers to 'come inside' the Catholic Church or expressing his contempt for modish Marxism and American-style religion, Evelyn Waugh's journalism is sparkling, sometimes vitriolic and always full of good sense. In this wonderful selection he explores his Oxford youth, his unexpected conversion, his literary enthusiasms (from P. G. Wodehouse to Graham Greene) and the perils of basing fictional characters on real people. Decades after their publication, these pieces still retain their capacity to delight, to surprise and to shock

Пилот упавшего в пустыне самолёта встречает Маленького принца. Через его рисунки и истории он вновь находит в себе знание об истинно важных в жизни вещах, таких как любовь и дружба • Серия Penguin Readers предоставляет читателям, изучающим английский язык, возможность ознакомиться с произведениями классиков и современными бестселлерами • В 2015 году по книге снят одноимённый мультфильм • Книга на английском языке • 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

Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into 'the theatre of the real' by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist • The Little Drummer Girl is a thrilling, deeply moving and courageous novel of our times

'She was beautiful, full of vitality, and he was sixteen years older, a dusty, lonely bookseller whose only passion in life was collecting stamps.' • Jonas is used to his young wife disappearing. Everyone in the town knows that she goes off with other men. This time, however, he tells a small lie to protect her, saying she is visiting a school friend. It is a lie, however, that eats into him like an illness, provoking hostility and resentment of this timid little Russian-Jewish bookseller, who always thought he had been accepted. As suspicion mounts, his true, terrifying isolation is revealed

Surviving the weekend depends on whether you can keep a secret • Lindsey hasn't spoken to Rachel in twenty years, not since her brother's eighteenth birthday party at their parents' remote country house • A night that shattered so many friendships - and left Rachel's father dead • Now Thornbury Hall is up for sale, and the old gang are back there, together again • A weekend to say goodbye to the old place, to talk about the past • But twenty years of secrets aren't given up lightly. Some won't speak about what happened that night • While others want to ensure that no one ever does

'I think you might be my father . . .' • Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connelly's office and tentatively says these words • The lives of his family - particularly his wife Caroline - are turned upside down by the arrival of this stranger • A cuckoo in their nest • Zoe soon entangles herself in their world but her stories aren't quite adding up and Caroline isn't sure she can be trusted • Is Zoe who she claims she is, or someone with a far darker agenda? • A daughter, a sister, a stranger • By letting Zoe in, David and Caroline aren't the only ones who are vulnerable • They're risking the lives of the most precious thing in the world - the lives of their children • a killer?

Every family has secrets. But now someone knows yours • Abi's daughters couldn't be more different • She's always felt close to Eva - her confident, older child. It's troubled young Beth that she worries about • So when foreign exchange student Corinne comes to stay, it's a relief that Beth finally has someone to talk to • But soon after Corinne's arrival, Abi notices changes creeping in • Beth starts to misbehave. Eva becomes distant. And everywhere she looks, Abi sees Corinne watching - and listening • Can Abi trust Corinne? Because if not, she might already know enough to tear this family apart

The next nerve-shredding thriller from Kat Ellis, the YA answer to Stephen King • From its creepy town mascot to the story of its cursed waterfall, Burden Falls is a small town dripping with superstition. Ava Thorn knows this well - since the horrific accident she witnessed a year ago, she's been plagued by creeping visions • But when someone close to her is brutally murdered and Ava is the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if the legends surrounding the town are more fact than fiction • Whatever secrets Burden Falls is hiding, there's a killer on the loose, and they have a vendetta against the Thorns

'Teetotal!' Ma said. 'It's a libel. He'll never live it down. He'll never be able to hold his head up again. Whatever will people think? What's he going to say when anybody asks him to have one?' • 'No,' said Dr Conner • 'You'll have to strap him down,' Ma said. 'You'll have to put the handcuffs on.' • And so after a mild heart-attack - caused by rather too much of what you fancy - Pop Larkin finds himself off the booze, off the good food and off the good life generally, much to his own and everyone's else's horror and upset • And while Ma tries to find ways around 'doctor's orders', young Primrose is finding her own way round a rather flustered - not to say flushed - Mr Candy