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Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling A deluxe hardcover edition of the best-selling science-fiction book of all time-part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman Winner of the AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition Science fiction's supreme masterpiece, Dune will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, it is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who will become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. Paul's noble family is named stewards of Arrakis, whose sands are the only source of a powerful drug called "the spice." After his family is brought down in a traitorous plot, Paul must go undercover to seek revenge, and to bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction. Penguin Galaxy Six of our greatest masterworks of science fiction and fantasy, in dazzling collector-worthy hardcover editions, and featuring a series introduction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, Penguin Galaxy represents a constellation of achievement in visionary fiction, lighting the way toward our knowledge of the universe, and of ourselves. From historical legends to mythic futures, monuments of world-building to mind-bending dystopias, these touchstones of human invention and storytelling ingenuity have transported millions of readers to distant realms, and will continue for generations to chart the frontiers of the imagination. The Once and Future King by T. H. White Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Dune by Frank Herbert 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Neuromancer by William Gibson For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.

Informationen über den Autor Jamie Oliver begann im Alter von acht Jahren im Pub seiner Eltern, The Cricketers, in Clavering, Essex, zu kochen. Nach dem Verlassen der Schule startete er eine Karriere als Koch, die ihn zum River Café führte, wo er berühmt von einer Fernsehproduktionsfirma entdeckt wurde. Seine Fernseh- und Verlagskarriere begann 1999 mit der Serie The Naked Chef. Seitdem hat er das Restaurant Fifteen in London gegründet, die Schulessen im Vereinigten Königreich verändert und das Kochen zu Hause revolutioniert. Seine Wohltätigkeitsorganisation, die Jamie Oliver Foundation, hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, das Leben der Menschen durch Essen zu verbessern. Er schreibt für Publikationen im Vereinigten Königreich und weltweit, einschliesslich seines eigenen Jamie Magazines. Jamie lebt mit seiner Frau Jools und ihren Kindern in London und Essex. Klappentext Jamies Super Food Family Classics setzt die beliebte Philosophie hinter Jamies Everyday Super fort.

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