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The Orientalist unravels the mysterious life of a man born on the border between West and East, a Jewish man with a passion…

In a narrative which takes the reader through extreme experiences, from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps…

Geoffrey Robertson QC has been at the centre of internationally high-profile legal cases for over three decades. From…

From the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who -…

Accompanies BBC2's TV series and The Story of Music in 50 Pieces on Radio 3. The author leads us through the story of music…

John Cheever's Collected Stories explores the delicate psychological frameworks of 20th century suburbia. WITH AN…

Joan-Marc's out of work, he's alone, he has a heart condition, his mother's addicted to pills, he can't stand his sister.…

During the sixty-odd years of her reign, Queen Victoria gathered around her a household dedicated to her service. Sitting…

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Presents an acerbic response to the phenomenon of Richard M Nixon. In the character of Trick E Dixon, the author portrays an…

In this extraordinary account, the author details his experiences as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, in which he…

This is AndrĂ© Brink's story of a life lived in tumultuous times. He describes with searing honesty his conflicting…

Beyond the walls of the house, he encounters chatty hairdressers and priests, wolf hunters and monstrous carnival effigies.…

'In a world full of hype, noise, and confusion, the simple lucidity of The Same Sea is totally unexpected' New York TimesAn…

Whether the subject is a child's eye view of the Nigerian Civil War, Lagos and the spirit world or dispossession in a…

Set against the cultural and political backdrop of Belfast, before, during and after the Troubles, No Surrender offers a…

Examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals that we have yet to…

Read the thrilling, tempestuous story of the 'first' Queen of England. Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of…

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man took a very old…

'The classic, groundbreaking account of women's lives in Greece and Rome' Mary BeardFor centuries, half the ancient world…

One of only a hundred or so books originally written in the Basque language during the last four centuries, Obabakoak is a…

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First published in 1944, during the darkest days of the war, Lord Wavell's great anthology of English poetry - enhanced by…

The Emperor's Last Stand is a book about St Helena, an island with a sad, strange history, and about the tangle of stories…

As a young man, David divides his time between his uncle's ranch and his life in the village, where he reluctantly practices…

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In an extraordinary portrayal of one of the world's fastest growing cities, Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi.…

A true story of obsessive love turning to obsessive hate, Give Me Everything You Have chronicles the author's strange and…

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Sayers. A friend staying with distinguished psychoanalyst and sometime detective Mrs Bradley is alarmed by a chance meeting…

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

Like all poets, inspired by death, Lynch is, unlike others, also hired to bury the dead or cremate them and to tend to their…

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\nDetective Nigel Strangeways, and his explorer wife Georgia have taken a cottage in the countryside. They are slowly…

Agatha is aware of an intensity, a powerful storm of emotion briefly awakened by a shortlived love affair with her cousin…

Comte-Sponville offers the reader both a thoughtful and accessible introduction to the history of Western ethics and an…

It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England... Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of…

Ever feel like you are pedalling in the choucroute? Been caught with your beard in the mailbox again? Or maybe you just wish…

The suffragettes outraged Victorian society but their personal lives were just as dramatic as their public actions. adn…

As her book shows, these stony ladies can be persuaded to yield surprisingly interesting answers' - Lorna Sage, ObserverAn…

Records the experience of swimming in open water among hundreds of sharks, the beauties of strange seas and landscapes and…

From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the…

From the late 1960s, Northern Ireland has been mired in violence. Yet it has had seen more than its fair share of sporting…

Provides an account of War Poets of 1914-1918, written through a series of actual encounters, or near-encounters, from…

Smuggled out of Europe after the collapse of Germany, Eichmann managed to live a peaceful and active exile in Argentina for…

WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The Second World War was a German war like no other.…

• Rok vydání 1927

Singapore - a trading post where different lives jostle and mix. It is 1927, and three young people are starting to question…

This enjoyable and revealing book - the first biography of Christo - is also the story of Dixter from 1910 to 2006, a unique…

This anarchic satire is accompanied by related works - short stories, an essay and a screenplay - and through Robert…

In THE GREAT WORLD, his finest novel yet, David Malouf gives a voice to that experience. Ranging over seventy years of…

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The story of one of the world's most important crops From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones…

\nBrazil vs the fearsome USSR. In the opening three minutes - \'the greatest three minutes in the history of football\' -…

Nadezhda saw it as an opportunity for her husband to mend his shattered life, but it was a trap and he was arrested for the…