Also known as Journey to the West, Wu Ch'eng-en's Monkey is one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature, translated by Arthur Waley in Penguin Classics • Monkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly disciples: the greedy pig creature Pipsy, the river monster Sandy - and Monkey. Hatched from a stone egg and given the secrets of heaven and earth, the irrepressible trickster Monkey can ride on the clouds, become invisible and transform into other shapes - skills that prove very useful when the four travellers come up against the dragons, bandits, demons and evil wizards that threaten to prevent them in their quest
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Audacious, controversial and hilarious, The Monkey Wrench Gang is Edward Abbey's masterpiece - a big, boisterous and unforgettable novel about freedom and commitment that ignited the flames of environmental activism • Throughout the vast American West, nature is being vicitimized by a Big Government / Big Business conspiracy of bridges, dams and concrete. But a motley gang of individuals has decided that enough is enough. A burnt-out veteran, a mad doctor and a polygamist join forces in a noble cause: to dismantle the machinery of progress through peaceful means - or otherwise
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"Зимний король" Бернарда Корнуэлла - это захватывающая эпопея, сочетающая в себе миф, историю и захватывающий экшен на поле боя • В темные века появляется легендарный воин, чтобы объединить разделенную землю • Утер, верховный король Британии, мертв • Его единственный наследник - малолетний Мордред. Тем не менее, каждый из младших королей страны стремится присвоить корону себе • Пока они ссорятся и готовятся к войне, собирается множество саксонских армий, готовящихся к вторжению • Но никто не рассчитывал на грозного военачальника Артура • Книга понравится поклонникам "Игры престолов", "Последнего королевства", "Конна Иггулдена" и "Мерлина" • Книга на английском языке • In the Dark Ages, a legendary warrior arises to unite a divided land • Uther, the High King of Britain, is dead
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The news from the north is grim • An army is massing under the new king of Feal. They head towards Darien - city of the Twelve families - • demanding allegiance, or war • Tellius, Speaker to the Council, knows this divided city will never stand against such a terrible foe • But Tellius has a plan • He will assemble a band of heroes. Men and women who once before aided Darien in her time of need • They will come if he calls • The army approaches • The trumpets of war sound • A great city holds its breath • And a desperate plan unfolds • Discover the first two instalments in the thrilling Empire of Salt series Darien and Shiang, perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Game of Thrones
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Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, dominated the eighteenth century in the same way that Napoleon dominated the start of the nineteenth. He was a force of nature, a ruthless, brilliant, charismatic military commander, a monarch of exceptional energy and talent, a gifted composer, performer, poet and philosopher, and a discerning patron of artists, architects and writers, most famously Voltaire. From the very start of his reign he was an intensely divisive figure - fascinating even to those who hated him • Tim Blanning's brilliant new biography captures Frederick's vitality, complexity and flawed genius better than any previous writer. He also recreates a remarkable era, the last flowering of the old regime that would be swept away almost immediately after Frederick's death by the French Revolution
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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king stories of adventure, love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights
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