Penguin Cutting It Short Hrabal Bohumil

A classic of postwar literature, a small masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism from one of the best Czech writers • For twenty-two-year-old Milos, bumbling apprentice at a sleepy Czech railway station, life is full of worries: his burdensome virginity, his love for the pretty conductor Masha, the scandalous goings-on in the station master's office. Beside them, the part he will come to play against the occupying Germans seems a simple affair, in Bohumil Hrabal's touching, absurd masterpiece of humour, humanity and heroism • Closely Watched Trains, which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the 'Prague Spring', is a masterpiece that fully justifies Hrabal's reputation as one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century

Мы все можем быть креативными. И в книге "Креативность. Краткое и жизнерадостное руководство" Джон Клиз показывает нам, как это сделать • Креативность обычно рассматривается как редкий врожденный дар, которым обладают лишь немногие. Джон Клиз не согласен с этим, и в этом коротком, чрезвычайно практичном и очень забавном руководстве он показывает, что это навык, которым может овладеть каждый. Опираясь на свой писательский опыт, накопленный за всю жизнь, он делится своим пониманием природы творческого процесса и дает советы о том, как стать более творческим • Книга на английском языке • We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how • Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few possess. John Cleese begs to differ, and in this short, immensely practical and often very amusing guide he shows it's a skill that anyone can acquire

New to Penguin Classics, the remarkable, devastating collected stories by the author of Wide Sargasso Sea • Some of Jean Rhys's most powerful writing is to be found in this rich, dark collection of her collected stories. Her fictional world is haunted by her own, painful memories: of cheap hotels and drab Parisian cafes; of devastating love affairs; of her childhood in Dominica; of drifting through European cities, always on the periphery and always perilously close to the abyss. Rendered in extraordinarily vivid, honest prose, these stories show Rhys at the height of her literary powers and offer a fascinating counterpoint to her most famous novel, Wide Sargasso Sea. This volume includes all the stories from her three collections,The Left Bank (1927), Tigers Are Better-Looking (1968) and Sleep It Off, Lady (1976)

Пока Уолл-стрит была занята созданием крупнейшего кредитного пузыря всех времен, несколько инвесторов-ренегатов увидели, что он вот-вот лопнет, сделали ставку против банковской системы - и сколотили состояние. Книга Мэтью Грегори Льюиса "Большая короткометражка" рассказывает историю неудачников, индивидуалистов и гениев, которые, несмотря ни на что, совершили величайший финансовый переворот в истории • Книга на английском языке • While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a fortune. This book tells the story of the misfits, mavericks and geniuses who, against all odds, made the greatest financial killing in history

Пятьдесят новых книг, воспевающих новаторский дух серии Penguin Modern Classics, от вдохновляющих эссе до новаторской художественной литературы и поэзии • - О жестокость времени, которое разрушает все сущее! • "Соблазнительные, странные и вызывающие трепет истории из Японии начала 20-го века: "За тюрьмой" Нагаи, "Доктор философии в чулане" Уно и "глубоко жуткий генерал Ким" Акутагавы • Книга на английском языке • Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry • 'Oh the cruelty of time, that destroys all things! • 'Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim

Бестселлер Майкла Льюиса «Большая игра на понижение. Тайные пружины финансовой катастрофы» расскажет о обитателях сурового мира финансовых бирж и завсегдатаях казино Лас Вегаса. Если точнее – о тех изгоях, вольнодумцах и визионерах, которые, взглянув на надувшийся ипотечный пузырь, поставили против банковской системы и сорвали куш • Сюжет книги лёг в основу художественного фильма «Игра на понижение» с Кристианом Бейлом, Райаном Гослингом и Брэдом Питтом в главных ролях • Книга на английском языке • From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, Michael Lewis's No.1 bestseller, tells the story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries who saw that the biggest credit bubble of all time was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a killing

A moving memoir from a woman who made a fortune in a man's world and then gave it all away...soon to be turned into a film • In 1962, Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley created a software company when the concept of software barely existed. Freelance Programmers employed women to work on complex projects such as Concorde's black box recorder from the comfort of their own home • Shirley empowered a generation of women in technology, giving them unheard of freedom to choose their own hours and manage their own workloads. The business thrived and Shirley gradually transferred ownership to her staff, creating 70 millionaires in the process • Let It Go explores Shirley's trail blazing career as an entrepreneur but it also charts her incredible personal story - her dramatic arrival in England as an unaccompanied Kindertransport refugee during World War Two and the tragic loss of her only child who suffered severely from Autism

In Start It Up, Johnson sets out to inspire - and guide - every budding entrepreneur. He tackles the issues that really matter: finding the right idea, sourcing funds, and getting the best from the people you meet on the way - chiefly yourself • Now in paperback - Start It Up by Luke Johnson, 2012's most inspiring guide to running your own business • Running your own business is nowhere near as tough as you might think. So what are you waiting for? • Luke Johnson is Britain's busiest tycoon, with a personal fortune estimated at ?120 million. From Pizza Express and Channel 4 to his incisive Financial Times column, Johnson has spent two decades on the business frontline • In Start It Up, Johnson sets out to inspire - and guide - every budding entrepreneur

Fate pulled them apart but not before they made a promise • Ten Christmases later, will their wish come true? • As Norah battles through the bustling December crowds, she hears the notes of a song that transports her back to the most romantic week of her life • After meeting on a blissful holiday, but knowing they had to part, a boy named Andrew made her a promise • If they are both single on Christmas Eve in ten years' time, they will meet under the clock on Grafton Street, Dublin • Norah has no idea if he will remember, but she has nothing to lose • So, hoping for a Christmas miracle, she heads to Dublin. To that clock. And, maybe, to Andrew • But it wouldn't be Christmas without a few surprises

David Schearl arrives in New York in his mother's arms to begin his new life as an immigrant in the 'Golden Land'. David is hated by his father - an angry, violent man unable to find his niche in the New World - but is fiercely loved and protected by his Yiddish-speaking mother. An innovative, multi-lingual novel, Call It Sleep subtly interweaves the overwhelming love between a mother and son with the terrors and anxieties David experiences, as he seeks to find his own identity amidst the cultural disarray of early twentieth-century America

A landmark anthology that will introduce many extraordinary, unknown Russian writers to an English-language readership for the first time • 'I remember Moscow in disarray-the smoke and fire of explosions above the cupolas, the glint of the Kremlin eagles shining out of the black night, the flashing of crosses and towers' • Fleeing amid the chaos of the 1917 revolutions and subsequent Civil War, many Russian writers went on to settle in Paris, Berlin and elsewhere. In exile, they worked as taxi drivers, labourers and film extras, and wrote some of the most brilliant and imaginative works of Russian literature. This new collection includes stories by the most famous emigre writers, such as Vladimir Nabokov and Ivan Bunin, and introduces powerful lesser known voices, some of whom have never been available in English before

A fascinating picture of the American frontier emerges from Twain's fictionalized recollections of his experiences prospecting for gold, speculating in timber, and writing for a succession of small Western newspapers during the 1860s