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'The piteousness of his little soft shroud of hair falling down his brow and swept aside by the hand over blue serious eyes' • Described by Kerouac as 'my most serious sad and true book', Visions of Gerard forms the first volume of his memoir cycle the 'Duluoz Legend' • Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, it is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood - its wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy and pain. It is a haunting exploration of the precariousness of existence

'I want to be considered a jazz poet blowing a long blues in an afternoon jam session on Sunday' • Freewheeling and spontaneous, Mexico City Blues is Jack Kerouac's most significant and emblematic poem. Consisting of 242 loosely linked 'choruses', it takes in life, death, spirituality, jazz improvisation, memory, fantasies and dreams, all infused with the rhythm of the blues, to create a surreal and all-encompassing epic

This semi-autobiographical tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs, contains some of Kerouac's most lyrical descriptions. From his reports of the strangers he meets and the all-night conversations he enjoys in seedy bars in Paris and Brittany, to the moment in a cab he experiences Buddhism's satori - a feeling of sudden awakening - Kerouac's affecting and revolutionary writing transports the reader • Published at the height of his fame, Satori in Paris is a hectic tale of philosophy, identity and the powerful strangeness of travel

On the Shoulders of Giants tells a compelling story, using original papers from Einstein, Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler and Newton. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking explains how these works changed the course of science, ushering astronomy and physics out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world

«Здесь все обо мне, настолько подробно насколько хватило силы слова» Керуак о своем дебютном романе «Городк и Мегаполис». Это - великая история взросления, которую можно считать прелюдией к его более поздним классическим произведениям. Вдохновленный горем из-за смерти отца и охваченный решимостью написать Великий американский роман, он во многом опирается на свое детство в Новой Англии • язык издания: Английский • 'It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go' Kerouac on The Town and the City Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Inspired by grief over his father's death and gripped by determination to write the Great American Novel, he draws largely on his own New England childhood

Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today as when it was first published. This Penguin Classics edition contains an introduction and notes by William Bynum, and features a cover designed by Damien Hirst • Written for a general readership, On the Origin of Species sold out on the day of its publication and has remained in print ever since. Instantly and persistently controversial, the concept of natural selection transformed scientific analysis about all life on Earth. Before the Origin of Species, accepted thinking held that life was the static and perfect creation of God. By a single, systematic argument Darwin called this view into question. His ideas have affected public perception of everything from religion to economics

Leo Percepied, aspiring writer and self-styled freewheeling bum, gravitates to the subterraneans, impoverished intellectuals who haunt the bars of San Francisco. One of them is Mardou Fox, beautiful and a little crazy, whose dark eyes, full of suffering and sweetness, find recognition in Leo. But, afraid of his growing involvement, Leo sets out to destroy their love. Written in three days, The Subterraneans is, like all Kerouac's work, closely related to his own life while encapsulating his great vision of America

Eighty-five-year-old Hendrik Groen is fed up to his false teeth with coffee mornings and bingo • Along with fellow members of the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he embarks on a wild spree of octogenarian anarchy. But the home's director will not stand for any more drunken bar crawls, illicit fireworks or geriatric romance. The good name of the care home will not be disgraced • But when Hendrik learns of a plan to close the home down he realises life outside it could be much worse. He and the gang must stop the closure before it's too late. Or drop dead trying

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are

"Ночью у моря один" - сборник стихов Уолла Уитмена • Используя свободный стих, не придерживаясь строгой рифмы или других формальных элементов поэзии, Уитмен предпочитал образы и метафоры, наполняя стихи переживаниями и эмоциями, вызывая у читателей необыкновенно яркие и глубокие впечатления • Уитмен исследует темы духовности, любви к природе, людям и жизни, а также выражает свою философию о свободе, демократии и равенстве, заставляя читателей задуматься о смысле жизни. Важное место в его поэзии занимает и индустриальная тема: оды фабричным трубам, станкам и паровозам сделали Уитмена предтечей так называемой урбанистической поэзии • Книга на английском языке • A selection taken from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass • Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday

Гарри Бенсон. ""Битлз. В пути 1964-1966" - это лучшее из портфолио Гарри Бенсона, определяющего эпоху "Битлз", запечатлевшее ливерпульский квартет на гастролях, выступления и примирение с стремительно растущей славой. На фотографиях Бенсона, снятых в ярких черно-белых тонах, от драки подушками в Париже до их первого турне по США, запечатлены интимные моменты, когда Джордж, Джон, Пол и Ринго сочиняют музыку, расслабляются и общаются с эйфорическими фанатами. Книга на английском языке • The best of Harry Benson’s era-defining Beatles portfolio, capturing the Liverpudlian quartet on the road, performing, and coming to terms with skyrocketing fame. From a pillow fight in Paris to their first U.S. tour, shot in luminous black and white, Benson’s pictures show intimate glimpses of George, John, Paul, and Ringo composing, relaxing, and engaging with euphoric fans

The last fifteen years of Russian history have profoundly altered Moscow, bringing dramatic changes to the Communist city it was in the eighties. These alterations have increasingly highlighted Moscow's many contrasts and multiple facets. The guide seeks to do more than just recount and illustrate the city's architectural history. It strives to be a tool to study the building trends that have shaped it. After a short introduction and the essential information needed to plan a visit, the book includes several essays that give the city's historical context and then critically consider its possible future developments. The itineraries include about a hundred architectural works, both historical and contemporary, which are fully illustrated with images, drawings and descriptions, and are marked on the front of the map with a reference number corresponding to the section in the book and the icon on the back of the map