In 1935 Allen Lane stood on a platform at Exeter railway station, looking for a good book for the journey to London. His disappointment at the poor range of paperbacks on offer led him to found Penguin Books. The quality paperback had arrived. Declaring that 'good design is no more expensive than bad', Lane was adamant that his Penguin paperbacks should...
It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn. Note down stray lines of poetry or sentences for a future novel in this notebook inspired by the acclaimed Brontë classic.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of the great city of London over recent centuries, through diary entries, with quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great...
A pocket-sized sticker book guide to one of the most recognisable cities in the world. Includes fifty of London's best-known landmarks such as the Tower of London, Big Ben and Kensington Palace. With stickers to add to the pages after spotting each building or place. Full of famous landmarks, fascinating facts and colourful illustrations, this is an...
This sticker activity book is the perfect way of learning about London! With puzzles to complete, pictures to colour in, mazes to find your way through and, of course, hundreds of stickers to use! Can you draw your own dinosaur that could live in Crystal Palace Park? Can you decorate Buckingham Palace using stickers? Or how about finding your way through...
The original, magical story with a brand new cover from Quentin Blake to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the publication of Matilda.This brand new jacket comes with a never-before-seen illustration of Matilda as the Chief Executive of the British Library, one of the careers that Quentin Blake himself has imagined that Matilda might have at 30 years...
New in the best-selling Pictura series, this is colouring-in as you've never seen it before, especially for all design-conscious, creative kids. Beautiful black line images inspire children to think about and experiment with design, pattern and style as they learn from professional artists. Pages studded with fascinating facts add a learning element,...
This is a playful and provocative collection of 365 extracts sourced from the British Library's collections. Selected to challenge and inform the reader, each excerpt is accompanied by the unique shelfmark number of the source publication. Encompassing a wide range of great works in literature, poetry, essays and letters, historical and scientific...
This new enhanced leather-bound edition includes all the completed novels of beloved author Jane Austen.Jane Austen’s stories of clever women, elusive love, and social mores have struck a chord with millions of fans who consider her work compelling, heartwarming, and essential. Adapted time and again for screen and stage, these enduring classics remain as...
Ni Lola, ni Carmen, ni Rocío; my favourite people call me la teacher.
Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures! This collection contains all six original Mary Poppins stories: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park, Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane and Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (2-in-1 edition). When their new nanny, Mary...
The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s. They remain among the most-loved, and most-quoted, of all drama in the English language. Along with...
Inspired by the hand-stamped due date cards from public libraries, this clever journal has sections for keeping track of books to read, favourite passages, and books lent and borrowed. Includes a handy pocket for review clippings.
Keep all of your stationery together in this beautiful purple pencil case, inspired by Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, a blazing 1929 feminist polemic, which was a powerful call for women’s financial independence and intellectual freedom.
Iconic scenes from all six of Jane Austen’s classic novels come to life in this intricately illustrated coloring book. Printed on a heavy paper stock that is suitable for colored pencils, watercolors, and markers with perforated pages.
Lámina inspirada en la primera edición de Little Women, novela escrita por Louisa May Alcott y publicada el 30 de septiembre de 1868 en el Reino Unido.
Lámina inspirada en la primera edición de Wuthering Heights, novela escrita por Emily Brontë y publicada en 1847 en el Reino Unido bajo el pseudónimo de Ellis Bell.
Lámina inspirada en la primera edición de Jane Eyre, novela escrita por Charlotte Brontë y publicada en 1847 en el Reino Unido bajo el pseudónimo de Currer Bell.
Lámina inspirada en la primera edición de Agnes Grey, novela escrita por Anne Brontë y publicada en 1847 en el Reino Unido bajo el pseudónimo de Acton Bell.
Lámina inspirada en la primera edición de A Room of One's Own, novela escrita por Virginia Woolf y publicada en septiembre de 1929 en el Reino Unido.
A feminist reclamation of London’s hidden history, through a reimagining of the city’s iconic Tube map.Londoners Reni Eddo-Lodge and Emma Watson have reimagined the iconic Tube map, in collaboration with Rebecca Solnit, to celebrate the lives of women and non-binary people who have left a lasting impact on the city. The new map, unveiled on International...
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Return to Hogwarts in this stunning edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in the Harry Potter series, illustrated in brilliant colour by the iconic design house MinaLima and featuring interactive paper-engineered elements, including the Marauder's Map. J.K. Rowling's complete and unabridged text is accompanied by full-colour...
Show your love for the magical world of the Harry Potter films with this collectible set of three unique pocket notebooks, inspired by some of the Wizarding World’s most memorable spells. Each notebook features a flexible cover and sixty-four lined, acid-free pages of high-quality, heavy stock paper, perfect for jotting down notes, making lists, or...
Chase your inspiration alongside inspiring quotes from English author Virginia Woolf.Become inspired by quotes from one of the most influential feminist authors of the 20th century. The perfect gift for anyone delving into the secrets of the subconscious or tying together threads of daily life into elaborate masterpieces. Embossed with Virginia...
Ni fu ni fuck. Sudadera con bordado que representa tu estado de ánimo permanente y que ningún angloparlante entenderá.
Banda sonora de la película homónima de 1986, protagonizada por Tom Cruise y Kelly McGillis. Está catalogada como una de las más exitosas en ventas y publicidad en la historia del cine y la música, sobre todo por representar un sector de la juventud estadounidense de una época en particular. Se mantuvo en el primer lugar de ventas y listas por varias...
Para algunos directores de cine, la música que se escucha en sus películas parece tan o más importante que las imágenes que se ven o los diálogos que se pronuncian. The Tarantino Experience amplía el homenaje a uno de los mayores cineastas de los últimos 50 años y a su asombroso talento. Con música de sus películas e inspirada en ellas, intenta ayudarte...
Álbum de la banda sonora de la película Saturday Night Fever, de 1977, protagonizada por John Travolta. Lanzada el 15 de noviembre de 1977 y compuesta e interpretada principalmente por los Bee Gees, es el segundo álbum de bandas sonoras más vendido de todos los tiempos.
La banda sonora fue un trabajo a medias entre Sofia Coppola y el músico y compositor Brian Reitzell. Incluye artistas de la talla de My Bloody Valentine, Phoenix, The Jesus And Mary Chain o Air. Según ha explicado la propia Sofia Coppola, simplemente fueron seleccionadas porque era la música que ella misma estaba escuchando en ese momento.
Banda sonora de la exitosa película estadounidense de 1985. El álbum incluye dos temas realizados por Alan Silvestri para la película, dos pistas de Huey Lewis & The News, dos canciones interpretadas por Marvin Berry and The Starlighters, otra interpretado por Marty McFly and The Starlighters, y dos canciones pop que se escuchan brevemente en el fondo de...
El álbum de coleccionista definitivo para todos los fans de Hans Zimmer.Los cuatro LPs de 180 g de la edición en vinilo para audiófilos contienen por primera vez las 29 pistas de la legendaria banda sonora de Interstellar, que originalmente sólo se publicó en una versión reducida de 16 pistas. Además, se incluye Day One Dark, una versión alternativa y...
La colaboración entre Arcade Fire y Owen Pallett nos brinda un telón de fondo musical perfecto para el drama distópico nominado al Oscar de Spike Jonze y protagonizada por Joaquim Phoenix, "Her". El álbum se ha dividido en trece pistas y lo acompaña una nueva obra de arte original. Sobre todo esto, Win Butler de Arcade Fire declaró que "hay una alquimia...
Reflektor es el cuarto álbum de estudio de la banda canadiense de indie rock Arcade Fire. Este álbum doble fue producido por el exlíder de LCD Soundsystem, James Murphy, el productor Markus Dravs y la misma banda. Influenciado por la música haitiana rara, la película de 1959 Orfeo negro y el ensayo de Søren Kierkegaard titulado "The Present Age", el...
Incluye música original del compositor y director Angelo Badalamenti. La banda sonora es una combinación oscura de composición clásica y canciones pop antiguas y modernas, que reflejan el escenario atemporal no declarado de la película imaginado por el director David Lynch y la inquietante atmósfera neo-noir. Así, la película se ha hecho notar por sus...
Blue Velvet fue la primera colaboración de Lynch con su compositor y socio musical de toda la vida, Angelo Badalamenti, que canaliza la visión única de Lynch con una partitura oscura y malhumorada, pero melódica, por momentos agitada y violenta, que se eleva con una belleza sublime, y que se mantiene fresca con el jazz de los años 50. El LP individual,...
No solamente es la BSO más vendida de todos los tiempos (18 veces platino), sino que también es el álbum de una artista femenina más vendido de la historia. La película, un thriller romántico, pasional y ante todo atemporal que supuso el debut cinematográfico de Whitney Houston junto a Kevin Costner y que batió récords en taquilla, se publicó junto con...
Álbum de la banda sonora de la cuarta temporada de de Stranger Things, conceptualizado y producido por The Duffer Brothers y Nora Felder. Incluye música clave que cubre varias épocas y estilos clásicos entre los que se encuentra el temazo Running Up That Hill de la británica Kate Bush.
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow - and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling - and how their lives would play out from that point on.For Harry, this...
In the second hilarious and sexy novel from author Gwyn Cready, a divorcée suffering from "carnal deprivation" has a racy one-night stand with one of literature's most irresistible heroes and learns that you really can't judge a book by its cover.Mr. Darcy just isn't Flip Allison's style. She prefers novels with hot sex on the bathroom sink to the...
Originally published in the U.K., Mary Street's ingenious retelling of Jane Austen's classic story now makes its U.S. debut-to the delight of the fans of Austen's comic masterpiece of divine romance. In Fitzwilliam Darcy, Austen created the ultimate romantic hero. Yet Pride and Prejudice reveals little of Darcy's innermost thoughts. Here, Street unveils...
The first comprehensive overview of Vivienne Westwood’s womenswear collections, from her 1981 debut to today, presented through original catwalk photography. One of the most thought-provoking and influential designers in the world – she once declared ‘the only reason I’m in fashion is to destroy the word conformity’ – Vivienne Westwood has been...
Con motivo del 35 Aniversario del estreno de una de las películas con la banda sonora más icónica de todos los tiempos, Dirty Dancing, se reedita esta BSO en espectacular vinilo picture disc, que incluye todos sus clásicos memorables: 'Be my baby' de las Ronettes, 'She's like the wind' interpretada por Patrick Swayze, el clásico de Lesley Gore, 'You don't...