‘Gripping’ MARGARET ATWOOD''A fabulous, witty writer on the digital world’ SUNDAY TIMES''A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, it’s brilliant and I loved it'' LAUREN BEUKESThe latest novel from the Women’s Prize-winning author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.Lai Zhen is about to die. As an Internet-famous survivalist, she’s spent her life prepping for the end of the world. But now, desperate and cornered in a mall in Singapore, she’s mad she might go out not knowing what the hell is going on. If she makes it out alive, what kind of a future will be waiting for her?Across the world, Martha Einkorn works the room at a gathering of mega-rich companies hell-bent securing a future just for them. Covert weapons, private weather, technological prophecy, when Martha fled her father’s compound she may have left the cult behind, but if the apocalyptic warnings of his fox and rabbit sermon are starting to come true, how much future is actually left?Martha and Zhen’s worlds are about to collide. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Martha’s relentless drive and Zhen’s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful … or the cataclysmic end of civilization.‘A rollicking, fun-packed thriller’ ALASTAIR REYNOLDSNaomi Alderman''s novel The Power won the Women''s Prize for Fiction in 2017.

Andrew Brown works at a big international bank. He makes lots of money every day, but he never has enough time. Now, he might have found a way to borrow some. But, instead of making his life easier, more time might just give him more problems. Maybe the time-travelling Doctor can help!Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills.Doctor Who: Borrowed Time, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.

Všechno začíná jiskrou - dospívající dívky mezi 14 a 15 lety v sobě objevují schopnost vytvářet v těle elektrickou energii a výboji z prstů si vynucovat poslušnost, v horším případě i mučit nebo zabíjet. Chlapci jsou kvůli bezpečnosti izolováni v chlapeckých školách. V některých částech světa propukají krvavé revoluce. Dívky se v používání elektrického napětí zdokonalují a probouzejí tuto schopnost i ve starších ženách. Jak by svět vypadal, kdyby se moc přesunula z rukou mužů do rukou žen? Kdyby po celém světě zavládl matriarchát a přestaly platit klasické genderové stereotypy? Odpovědi na tyto otázky dává Naomi Aldermanová ve svém posledním románu Napětí, mnohoznačném a barvitě psaném textu na pomezí sci-fi, dystopie a thrilleru, v němž je výchozí situace promyšlena do důsledků: ženy zneužívají své sexuality, muži se stávají oběťmi a radikálně se mění celkové paradigma a fungování společnosti. "Napětí je Příběh služebnice pro naši éru." Ron Charles, The Washington Post

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES WITH PRIME VIDEOWINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION''Electrifying'' Margaret Atwood''A big, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller'' Guardian----------------------------------All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain - even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they''ve lost control.The Day of the Girls has arrived - but where will it end?----------------------------------''The Hunger Games crossed with The Handmaid''s Tale'' Cosmopolitan''I loved it; it was visceral, provocative and curiously pertinent . . . The story has stayed with me since'' Stylist, The Decade''s 15 Best Books by Remarkable Women''Superb. Insightful, thrilling, funny. Well-crafted, compelling, serious-minded'' Daily Telegraph''Fascinating, ingenious, rattles with a furious pace. Deserves to be read by every woman (and, for that matter, every man)'' The Times''Irresistible. Holds a mirror up to the here and now'' Mail on Sunday''Chilling, thrilling, a blast'' Financial Times