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A discussion of ways in which we may be terrorized by experts, and of the idea of expertise itself. The author challenges…

Do you want to know why Harold Pinter is a figure of such influence and importance in the theatre? The Faber Critical Guide…

A Scattering is a book of lamentation and remembrance, its subject being Christopher Reid's wife, the actress Lucinda Gane,…

A wonderful meditation on the English landscape in wet weather by the acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Melissa…

• Rok vydání 2013
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Fascinating and illuminating, witty and accessible, The Science of Love and Betrayal is essential reading for anyone who's…

This collection of poems from Wendy Cope reveals a softer lyrical voice, also present in her earlier books, but here given…

A new history of mankind's evolution…

In a series of timeless and modern-day renditions, Maurice Riordan brilliantly introduces us to the poems that founded…

Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher strips away the myths…

• Rok vydání 2017

Some things haven't altered for centuries, while others are changing at an alarming pace. Written with his trademark vivid,…

'The sharpest memoir written by one of the Beatles' inner circle.' ObserverDerek Taylor's iconic memoir is a rare…

\nThe bark creeps up my body like a rising sea level. I wonder what will happen when it reaches my heart.\n…

• Rok vydání 1967

'This remarkable play is about a nightmare all women must have dreamed at some time, and most men...'Ronald Bryden, Observer…

Anna and Ariel, they make the world. The fashionistas, the art scene, the elite party circuit. And there's a price to pay. A…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nNecrophilia is not one of my failings, but I do like graveyards and memorial stones and such... Following the publication…

• Rok vydání 2010

Alan Bennett's A Life Like Other People's is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents' marriage and…

• Rok vydání 2022

When Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father's study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps,…

Chosen by Paul Auster out of the four thousand stories submitted to his radio programme on National Public Radio, these 180…

Taking for her subject our human planet, or what Robert Lowell called 'this sweet volcanic cone', Alice Oswald has chosen…

Molotov - ruthless apparatchik, participant in the collectivizations and the Great Purge - was also an ardent bibliophile.…

• Rok vydání 2015

Winner of the Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year, this book takes you on a tour to celebrate the absurd failures of the…

'An excellent book, the most objective short account I know of all the various approaches to depression.' Anthony Storr…

Well-meaning civil servants were eager to modernise Irish agriculture and to improve the Irish moral character, which was…

• Rok vydání 2012

Picking up where his hilarious Screen Burn left off, Dawn of the Dumb collects the best of Charlie Brooker's recent TV…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nThe Occupation had a hangover, but still the Occupation went to work. Tokyo, July 1949, President Shimoyama, Head of the…

After months pass without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes pays for three signs challenging the…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nAphorisms have been described as \'the obscure hinterland between poetry and prose\' (New Yorker) - short pithy statements…

• Rok vydání 2020

At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View From the Top starring Gwyneth…

Duncan Edwards played his first game for Manchester United at the age of fifteen and Walter Winterbottom, then England…

This is a world of transformative pains, triumphs, losses and celebrations and joins us all in our universal experiences of…

\nJoseph K has a comfortable job in financial services and barely notices the growing chaos all around on the walk to work:…

Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. His poetry enjoyed immense…

Wallace's best poems, contained within this collection, have been described as the work of "someone sympathetic,…

In the end, long after the case against the five suspects had been dropped, the government had to give in to mounting…

Count Arthur Strong tells the story of his extraordinary journey from his humble early years as the only son of a…

• Rok vydání 1945

In 1945, New York City stood at the pinnacle of its cultural and economic power. From its beguilingly idiosyncratic…

150 essential rules from the award-winning co-writer of Yes Minster and Yes Prime Minister, Hollywood movie director,…

Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job…

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In Where China Meets India he explores the new strategic centrality of Burma, the country of his ancestry, where Asia's two…

• Rok vydání 2018

Austin, working on his Hollywood screenplay, is disturbed by the arrival of his estranged brother, Lee, just returned from…

\nAn epic, life-spanning tale of friendship, music, and the moments that change a person forever.\n…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nThe rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by…

• Rok vydání 2019

Animates the characters of his childhood in County Cork. This book confirms author's place as one of the most approachable…