Penguin

This novella, first published in 1978, is the story of an adolescent girl who, as punishment for burning down her grandmother's house, is forced to become a prostitute--a bizarre but powerful example of Garcia Marquez's trademark magic realism. This volume also contains 11 other stories, including nine previously collected in OJOS DE PERRO AZUL....

Doctor Illuminatus begins with brother and sister, Pip and Tim, moving into an ancient manor house where they hear strange tapping noises at night. When they tap back - a panel in the wall opens and out comes a strange boy dressed like a 50s schoolboy. His name is Sebastian, and he is the alchemist's son. Sebastian is kept in a state of suspended...

Become a LEGO Brickmaster. "LEGO City Brickmaster" promises hours of imaginative playtime and learning for your child. Watch as they find out all about building with the LEGO bricks provided, using them again and again to build 9 exclusive LEGO City models. "LEGO City" is the best-selling series from LEGO, offering your child something more than a...

When the annual school science fair comes round, Mr Cartwright's class don't get the soap factory, or the maggot farm, or the exploding custard tins. They get the flour babies - sweet little bags of flour that must be treated gently. Anne Fine's novel 'Goggle-Eyes' won the Carnegie Medal....

Longitudes and Attitudes brings together reportage and reflections by one of the worldrsquo;s most admired journalists about the state of the world leading up to and after September 11, 2001. Travelling throughout the Middle East and Europe, Thomas Friedman talks to men and women in bazaars, schools and alleyways, as well as the worldrsquo;s...

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux#8217;s account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes #8211; the Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto and the Trans-Siberian Express #8211; it...