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• Rok vydání 2001

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUXSomerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of…

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The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain todayYou're British.…

• Rok vydání 2019

`Superb' William Boyd`Fascinating... An exceptional story of espionage and betrayal, thrillingly told' Philippe Sands`A…

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• Rok vydání 2021

From the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table, comes an anthology of gender-bent,…

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• Rok vydání 1994

The first free elections in South Africa's history were held in 1994. Within a year legislation was drafted to create a…

• Rok vydání 2004

Thubron travelled throughout Central Asia in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union and documented the widespread…

A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERYRediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha…

• Rok vydání 2000

In this series of moving recollections involving both his childhood and his work as a mature artist, John Fowles explains…

When 46-year-old crane driver and former comedy stunt-diver Maurice Flitcroft chanced his way into the Open - having never…

**Shortlisted for the 2017 Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards****Shortlisted for the 2018 Fortnum & Mason Food Book…

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• Rok vydání 2023

Set in Jaffa in between 1947 and 1951, this “fable-like historical novel of young love ... darkly humorous and touching”…

This imaginative book tells the history of India and its rulers through their food. It follows the story of curry as it…

A heart-breaking suspense which deals with love in all its forms.\'Gytha Lodge, author of She Lies in Wait\'Intriguing,…

One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London.…

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• Rok vydání 2015

Britain is celebrated for having avoided the extremism, political violence and instability that blighted many European…

• Rok vydání 2018

Drawing on unprecedented access to military reports and government documents, as well as hundreds of interviews, Farrell…

• Rok vydání 2020

Eye-opening contributions from the stars of game make this a powerful, groundbreaking investigation into the mind of the…

• Rok vydání 1996

these stories help amplify Williams's tragic vision, for like the plays, they underline his preoccupation and insight into…

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The dramatic story of five key turning points in a thousand years of Western music - discoveries that changed the course of…

• Rok vydání 1759

Although 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588, or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that…

Over 50 recipes from London's legendary Mac N Cheese truck. This book is full of pimped up mac 'n' cheese recipes, things to…

A book that tells the story of London since the thirties through the 28 streets, stations and utililties of the Monopoly…

The first Tour de France in 1903 was a colourful affair full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating. Peter…

A captivating, life-affirming memoir of a life in nature that celebrates finding wonder in our world.…

• Rok vydání 2013

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SIMON CALLOWIn 1939, as Europe approaches war, Isherwood, an instinctive pacifist, travels west…

• Rok vydání 2018

** BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week **Shark Drunk is, in part, the tale of two men in a very small boat on the trail of a very…

• Rok vydání 1983

In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. With his long…

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign.…

• Rok vydání 2001

'After Mark Cocker's glorious book, you will never look at a blackberry bush the same way again.' Philip Hoare, New…

• Rok vydání 1941

In the summer of 1941 as the Germans invade Russia, Soviet Army's newspaper reporter Vasily Grossman is swept up into the…

WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA poignant and moving account of the author's search for the man his…

Believing they were being taken to a better camp, Belgrade\'s Jews would climb into the truck with a sense of relief.…

Using the brilliantly preserved fossil fauna of the Burgess Shale as his case study, Gould argues that chance was in fact…

• Rok vydání 2007

Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. But as…

A new edition of this seminal book, now with a new introduction by the author on the current crisisHow can society cope with…

• Rok vydání 2001

Thomas McGuane's obsession with fish has taken him from the river in his backyard to the holiest waters of the fly-fisher's…

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A wooden box holds the buttons of three generations of women in Lynn Knight's family - each one with its own tale to tell...…

Virginia Woolf began writing reviews for the Guardian 'to make a few pence' from her father's death in 1904, and continued…

• Rok vydání 1964

When Spurs legend John White was killed by a bolt of lightning in 1964, the football world was rocked by the tragedy. To…

• Rok vydání 2010

INCLUDES A READING GUIDEToru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more…

REVISED AND UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL ON 1Q84As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and mixed drinks at his Tokyo…

Virginia Woolf was a close friend of Roger Fry for many years - after his death she wrote this loving account of his passion…

• Rok vydání 2011

Scotland - winner-takes-all for the Five Nations Grand Slam, the biggest prize in northern hemisphere rugby. Scotland are…

• Rok vydání 2014

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SATHNAM SANGHERAYou might find it hard to imagine that those stout ageing spinsters living quietly…

• Rok vydání 2004

Selected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Scottish Herald 'The beauty of the prose is in contrast with the horror…