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Pan 70
''Pan 70'' is a series of books published by Pan Books in the UK. The books were released on 7 September 2017 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the publication of the first Pan paperback, ''Ten Stories (book), Ten Stories'' by Rudyard Kipling. The books were released in A-format size, with the covers redesigned in classic technicolour. The books See also * ''Penguin Essentials'' References External links Official site {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425074257/http://pages.panmacmillan.com/pan-70/ , date=25 April 2018 Lists of novels Pan Books books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Books
Pan Books is a British publishing imprint that first became active in the 1940s and is now part of the British-based Macmillan Publishers, owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany. History Pan Books began as an independent publisher, established in 1944 by Alan Bott, previously known for his memoirs of his experiences as a flying ace in the First World War. The Pan Books logo, showing the ancient Greek god Pan playing pan-pipes, was designed by Mervyn Peake. The later version was by Edward Young who also designed the logo for Penguin. A few years after it was founded, Pan Books was bought out by a consortium of several publishing houses, including Macmillan, Collins, Heinemann, and briefly, Hodder & Stoughton. It became wholly owned by Macmillan in 1987. Pan specialised in publishing paperback fiction and, along with Penguin Books, was one of the first popular publishers of this format in the UK. Many popular authors saw their works given paperb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaws (novel)
''Jaws'' is a novel by American writer Peter Benchley, published by Doubleday in 1974. It tells the story of a large great white shark that preys upon a small Long Island resort town and the three men who attempt to kill it. The novel grew out of Benchley's interest in shark attacks after he read about the exploits of Frank Mundus, a shark fisherman from Montauk, New York, in 1964. Doubleday commissioned Benchley to write the novel in 1971, a period when the writer worked as a freelance journalist. Through a marketing campaign orchestrated by Doubleday and paperback publisher Bantam Books, ''Jaws'' was incorporated into many book sales clubs catalogues and attracted media interest. First published in February 1974, ''Jaws'' was a great success; the hardback remained on the bestseller list for 44 weeks and the subsequent paperback edition sold millions of copies, beginning in 1975. Although literary critics acknowledged the novel's effective suspense, reviews were generally mixe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Essentials
''Penguin Essentials'' (also called ''Essential Penguins'') refers to two series of books published by Penguin Books in the UK. The first series began in 1998, and the second in 2011. For both series, the classic books were released in smaller A-format size; the covers were redesigned by contemporary artists to appeal to a new generation of readers. Many titles appeared in both series. 2011 series See also * ''Great Books of the 20th Century'' * ''Green Ideas'' * ''Penguin Crime & Espionage'' * ''Penguin European Writers'' * ''Penguin Red Classics'' * ''Pocket Penguins'' * ''Ten of the Best'' References External links Official web site * {{webarchive , url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214095628/http://www.penguinessentials.co.uk/ , date=14 December 2013 , title=www.penguinessentials.co.uk Lists of novels Penguin Books book series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less
''Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less'' was Jeffrey Archer's first novel, first published in 1976. It was said to have been inspired by Archer's real-life experience of near-bankruptcy. Synopsis Harvey Metcalfe, a Polish immigrant to the United States, rises from messenger boy to corporate magnate, combining business skills with little loyalty and much ruthlessness. Over 40 years, he has mastered the shady deal, and by the 1960s is a multi-millionaire. Taking advantage of a British decision to allow companies to claim North Sea oil drilling rights with little money down, Metcalfe creates Prospecta Oil, a paper company designed to look good and bring in investors, to be left hanging out to dry when the bottom drops out. Metcalfe's agents hire David Kesler, a Harvard MBA who talks up the company to the four protagonists: Stephen Bradley, an American professor at the University of Oxford; Dr Robin Oakley, a Harley Street doctor; Jean-Pierre Lamanns, a French art dealer with a gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England, Their England
''England, Their England'' (1933) is an affectionately satirical comic novel of 1920s English urban and rural society by the Scottish writer A. G. Macdonell. It is particularly famed for its portrayal of village cricket. Social satire One of a genre at the time, the novel examines the changing nature of English society during the interwar period. The style and subject matter recall the works of Evelyn Waugh and P. G. Wodehouse, Macdonell's contemporaries, as well as earlier writers such as Jerome K. Jerome. It is also known for its description of traditional village cricket. The novel is purported to be a roman à clef. The novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1933. The title alludes to the refrain "England, My England" of the poem "Pro Rege Nostro" by William Ernest Henley. Plot Set in 1920s England, the book takes the form of a travel memoir by a young Scotsman who has been invalided away from the Western Front, "Donald Cameron", whose father's wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savages (1987 Novel)
Savages may refer to: Films * ''Savages'' (1972 film), by James Ivory * ''Savages'' (1974 film), an American TV film * ''The Savages'' (film), a 2007 film by Tamara Jenkins * ''Savages'' (2012 film), by Oliver Stone * Savages (2024 film), a Swiss-French-Belgian stop motion animated film Television Episodes * "Savages" (''Avengers Assemble'') (2014) * "Savages" (''Blue'') (2015) * "Savages" (''Law & Order'') (1995) * "Savages" (''Outlander'') (2018) * "The Savages" (''Have Gun – Will Travel'') (1963) Shows * ''The Savages'' (''Doctor Who''), a 1966 serial of the British science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' * ''The Savages'' (TV series), a British sitcom that aired in 2001 Music * Savages (band), a British post-punk band formed in 2011 * The Savages (Screaming Lord Sutch backing band), a British rock band, formed 1960 * The Savages (Bermuda band), a Bermudian garage rock band active in the mid-1960s * ''Savages'' (The Webb Sisters album), 2011 * ''Savag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirty-Nine Steps
''The Thirty-Nine Steps'' is a 1915 adventure novel by the Scottish literature, Scottish author John Buchan, first published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It was Serial (literature), serialized in ''Argosy (magazine)#The All-Story, All-Story Weekly'' issues of 5 and 12 June 1915, and in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' (credited to "H. de V.") between July and September 1915, before being published in book form in October of that year. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a knack for getting himself out of tricky situations. The novel has been adapted many times, including several films and a long-running stage play. In 2003, the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read, Big Read poll of Britain's "best-loved novels." Plot The story's narrator, Richard Hannay, arrives in London from Rhodesia (region), Rhodesia early in 1914, having made a modest fortune as a mining engineer. Disillusioned with his uneventf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wheel Spins
''The Wheel Spins'' (a.k.a. ''The Lady Vanishes'') is a 1936 mystery novel by British writer Ethel Lina White. Plot Iris Carr, a young English society woman, is staying at a small hotel in ‘a remote corner of Europe’. Her friends leave on the train to Trieste. Iris is glad to be alone, but then starts to miss them. The remaining guests are also glad to see them leave, due to their noisy ways and monopolising of the hotel facilities. After going for a long walk and getting lost in the local mountains, Iris decides to leave also, but waiting at the railway station, she is struck or hit on the back of the head and loses consciousness. She wakes up in the waiting room, but as she can’t speak the local language, no-one can tell her what happened. She concludes that it must have been sunstroke, but manages to get on the crowded train. She finds herself in a compartment with only one English speaker, Miss Winifred Froy. Miss Froy explains that she was a teacher of the children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (novel)
''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' is the first book in the '' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' comedy science fiction "trilogy of five books" by Douglas Adams with a sixth book written by Eoin Colfer. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name, centring on the adventures of the only man to survive the destruction of Earth. While roaming outer space, he comes to learn the truth behind Earth's existence. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. The namesake of the novel is ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', a fictional guide book for hitchhikers (inspired by the '' Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe'') written in the form of an encyclopaedia. Plot summary The novel opens with an introduction describing the human race as a primitive and deeply unhappy species, while also introducing an electronic encyclopedia called the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Simple
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Some organisms, such as ''Turritopsis dohrnii'', are biologically immortal; however, they can still die from means other than aging. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the equivalent for individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said ''to die'', as a virus is not considered alive in the first place. As of the early 21st century, 56 million people die per year. The most common reason is aging, followed by cardiovascular disease, which is a disease that affects the heart or blood vessels. As of 2022, an estimated total of almost 110 billion humans have died, or roughly 94% of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
