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Brought to you by Penguin. Say 'philosopher,' and someone grand, old and bearded might come to mind. But, as philosophy professor Scott Hershovitz shows in this delightful debut, some of the best philosophers in the world are better described as nasty, brutish and short--that is to say, they're...

Phillip Done fixes staplers that won’t staple, zippers that won’t zip, and pokes pins in the caps of glue bottles that will not pour. He has sung “Happy Birthday” 657 times. A witness to the joys of discovery, Done inspires listeners with the everyday adventures and milestones of his 32...

Le comédien et humoriste déjanté Paul Taylor, connu en France pour sa série télévisée "What the Fuck France" et son spectacle #Franglais, revient sauver vos cours d'anglais ! Toujours accompagné par l'Américaine Sarah Donnelly, professeure d'anglais, Paul et Sarah vous proposent d'aller un cran plus loin pour cette deuxième saison adaptée au niveau "In-termediate".

Nice witches finish last… A guilt-ridden former coven is forced to tap into the magic of their past . . . if they want to stop their lives from going up in flames again. On the outside, luxury real estate agent Sarah Nelson looks like every other mom in the suburb. But she has an edge that...

One of Us Is Lying meets The Inheritance Games with the vibes of Saltburn - a seductively commercial thriller tapping into the trend dark academia and decadence from stand up comedian Kate Weston. "Gripping, compelling, and full razor-sharp wit" — Beth Reekles It’s the party you’d KILL to...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026 “The funniest and smartest novel I've read in a while.” —Zadie Smith An out-of-work actor accepts the role of a lifetime—sitting soundlessly in a lecture theater, zipped into a large leather bag—to aid a professor’s psychological experiment. What...

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICK The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, “When am I ever going to use this in the real world?” “Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable...

Blind Them…with SCIENCE! How much better would your life be if you had an army of Nobel Laureates, MacArthur ‘geniuses’ and National Medal of Science winners whispering tips in your ear about your body language, or how to resist that impulse purchase you’ll regret tomorrow, or when to...

***A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK*** ***LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014*** ***PWs Best of the Year 2014*** The author of the best-selling and award-winning Netherland now gives us his eagerly awaited, stunningly different new novel: a tale of alienation and heartbreak in Dubai...

From the “most talented writer of his generation” (The New York Times), a lightning flash of a novel that is at once a gripping emotional drama and a brilliant examination of the devices, digital and literary, we use to store—or to erase—our memories. The narrator of Ben Lerner’s new...

The inspiring journey of former White House Social Secretary to Obama and Michelle Obama; from a jobless community college graduate to the most unlikely job opportunity. "Smart, funny, and endlessly inspirational." —Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States Without credentials or...

For word nerds and grammar geeks, a witty guide to the most commonly mispronounced words, along with their correct pronunciations and pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and histories of use and misuse. With wit and good humor, this handy little book not only saves us from sticky...

It should have been a beautiful moment between a man and his dog. Philip Womack made a quip about Cerberus, the three-headed hell-hound, but for Una, the beloved lurcher, it was all Greek. Then she ran off after a squirrel. And Womack was left to wonder what else she didn’t know about the...

Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after yet another dramatic confrontation with the local Rottweiler, Anthony McGowan realises it’s high time he and Monty had a chat about what makes him a good or a...

Wie können wir im Privatleben, in Beruf und Karriere, im Unternehmen mehr Humor entwickeln? Humor ist mehr als Entertainment, Humor ist...

"Tra i miei libri, 'L'inglese' è quello che ha mostrato più intraprendenza" scrive Beppe Severgnini. "I lettori ne hanno fatto ciò che hanno voluto: un pamphlet sulla lingua del mondo, un gioco, una provocazione, un testo scolastico, un divertimento per quelli che l'inglese lo sapevano, una speranza per quanti volevano impararlo." Questa vitalità ha convinto l'autore che occorreva un aggiornamento. L'inglese infatti cambia in fretta, e la gioiosa manomissione degli italiani tiene il passo. Pensate al linguaggio di Internet, o alle semplificazioni dell'inglese d'America.

A zero-turned-hero continues his action-packed journey to greatness through a world of magic and mayhem in this exciting LitRPG fantasy series. On Earth, the scrawny Orrin may have been a big nothing, but he had a bigger buddy in his athletic bestie, Daniel. They were inseparable, like two sides...

幽默是一种智慧，是一种聪颖，是一种机敏。幽默是一种才华，一种力量，是一种艺术。幽默是引发喜悦和快乐的源泉，幽默是协调自我和社会关系的灵丹妙药。……幽默是一種智慧，是一種聰穎，是一種機敏。幽默是一種才華，一種力量，是一種藝術。幽默是引發喜悅和快樂的源泉，幽默是協調自我和社會關係的靈丹妙藥。

Ser padre es algo importantísimo. Y a la primera pregunta que surge inevitablemente, «¿Seré capaz?», responde este divertido audiolibro: claro que sí, hombre, podrás, con la ayuda del mejor manual de instrucciones, el que tienes en las manos. Y además no solo puedes, debes. «Reivindicar el derecho a encargarnos del niño, aunque seamos torpes al principio y nos dé pánico, es el primer paso para entrar en el apasionante mundo de la paternidad», dice su autor. ¡Adelante!

Brought to you by Puffin. Puffin presents stories for five year olds from master storyteller, Dick King-Smith. This collection includes King-Smith's stories for younger readers, including Dinosaur School! In Dinosaur School Basil Brontosaurus is teased at playschool by all the other little...