87 results for '"Jiming Peng'

A unique anthology celebrating that most vigorous of literary forms--the sonnetThe sonnet is one of the oldest and most enduring literary forms of the post-classical world, a meeting place of image...

The walking dead from 15 centuries haunt this compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and other restless souls.   Since ancient...

"Three thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares"--

*Includes "The Little Mermaid," now a major motion picture from Disney starring Halle Bailey and directed by Rob Marshall*Dive into centuries of mermaid lore with these captivating tales from around...

Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know. Richard Cook and Brian...

"Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of Thrones A Penguin Classic The most popular...

A chilling documentary history of the most notorious cults of the past two thousand years, from the Celtic druids whose ritual sacrifices inspired the folk horror film The Wicker Man all the way up...

To celebrate the centennial of his birth, the collected plays of America’s greatest twentieth-century dramatist in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition In the history of postwar American art and...

Owen Davey’s popular non-fiction series continues with a lushly illustrated guide to penguins from the Antarctic to tropical climates like beaches, and coastal forests."Stunning illustrations and...

Children reading to cats, penguins imagining the impossibility of alien life not including them, imaginary friends romping in the forest, horror-movie characters looking for friends, cartoons...

Canada is in many ways a country of limits, a paradox for a place that enjoys virtually unlimited space. Most of that space is uninhabited, and much of it is uninhabitable. It is a country with a...

The era between the accession of Henry VIII and the crisis of the English republic in 1659 formed one of the most fertile epochs in world literature. This anthology offers a broad selection of its...

Have you ever seen a penguin wearing pants No Not ever Would you like to Acclaimed author Abi Cushman's signature silliness is on brilliant display in this laugh-out-loud funny, wonderfully...

A charmingly illustrated book that takes readers on a field trip to Antarctica and beyond to discover the secret life of penguins.

The completely updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad's widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History of the World For generations of readers The Penguin History of the...

"From the Bible through Dante and up to Treblinka and Guantánamo Bay, here is a rich source for nightmares." --The New York Times Book ReviewThree thousand years of visions of Hell, from the ancient...

The award-winning, bestselling Penguin Map of the World by Michael Middleditch Clear, colourful, and crammed with information reflecting up-to-date world wide political changes, The Penguin Map of...

Elegy is among the world's oldest forms of literature. Born in Ancient Greece, practised by the Romans, revitalized by the poets of the Renaissance and continuing down to the present day, it speaks...

This collection celebrates the richness and variety of the Spanish short story from the nineteenth century to the present day. Featuring over fifty stories, it blends perennial favourites and...