Penguin Flappers and Philosophers. The Collected Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald Фицджеральд Фрэнсис Скотт

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)

На первый взгляд мисс Марпл может показаться самой обычной старушкой, которая всю свою жизнь провела в тихой английской деревушке Сент-Мэри-Мид. Однако годы наблюдений за жизнью соседей позволили ей развить невероятную проницательность, которая позволяет ей без труда расследовать даже самые запутанные преступления. Ее друг, бывший комиссар Скотленд-Ярда Генри Клиттеринг, называл ее величайшим детективом в мире…и многие поклонники Агаты Кристи могут с ним согласиться • Детективная карьера мисс Марпл началась с «Убийства в доме викария» (1930) и закончилась «Забытым убийством» (1977). В данном сборнике содержатся все рассказы, в которых фигурирует мисс Марпл, а также несколько более мрачных работ Агаты Кристи. Miss Marple and Mystery. The Complete Short Stories станет идеальным подарком для поклонников творчества писательницы

In The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage Sydney Padua transforms one of the most compelling scientific collaborations into a hilarious set of adventures • Meet two of Victorian London's greatest geniuses... Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron: mathematician, gambler, and proto-programmer, whose writings contained the first ever appearance of general computing theory, a hundred years before an actual computer was built. And Charles Babbage, eccentric inventor of the Difference Engine, an enormous clockwork calculating machine that would have been the first computer, if he had ever finished it • But what if things had been different? The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage presents a delightful alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage do build the Difference Engine and use it to create runaway economic models, battle the scourge of spelling errors, explore the wider realms of mathematics and, of course, fight crime - for the sake of both London and science

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe...' wrote Lewis Carroll in his wonderfully playful poem of nonsense verse, 'Jabberwocky'. This new edition collects together the marvellous range of Carroll's poetry, including nonsense verse, parodies, burlesques, and more. Alongside the title piece are such enduringly wonderful pieces as 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'The Mock Turtle's Song', 'Father William' and many more

Missing cat? • Molly the pet detective is on the case • Molly the cocker spaniel spent the first years of her life unloved and unwanted. But her life changed forever when Colin, Head of the UK Pet Detectives, spotted her on a rescue page • With her big heart, intelligence and incredible sense of smell, Molly was a natural pet detective, assisting Colin as he travelled across the country reuniting beloved missing cats with their grateful owners • Molly has also tracked down stolen dogs, survived a deadly snake bite in the line of duty, and even unearthed hidden treasure - there's never a dull day in the life of a dog detective! • This is the heart-warming true story of how with love and devotion - and a good nose - a little dog can make a big difference