• Thriller

In our age of accusations, blurred lines, and shifting allegiances, what would you do?When Angela meets Jason Powell, a…

• Rok vydání 2015

Just when you thought it was safe to start showing off again, the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance and…

\nA delightful, nostalgic ramble around the hostelries of London from a bygone age.\n…

• Brožovaná
• Rok vydání 2000

Medical science is baffled by Regan's plight and, in her increasing despair, Chris turns to troubled priest and psychiatrist…

Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this volume is intended equally for those studying…

Presents a selection of 1,423 facts to bowl you over. This title includes facts such as: Bees can play football; cholesterol…

\nYou\'d be surprised how a simple thing like locking up your husband in the same room as you, makes you aware of something.…

The definitive account of the first rise and fall of Boy George and Culture Club and British pop music in the 1980s. NEW…

\nLose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the Greek island of Rhodes after World War II by the king of travel…

You go and drive those Germans back where they've come from, and then come home to me. At the outbreak of World War one,…

the theatre lends itself particularly well to the ritualistic aspects of the story - chanting, dancing, marching, forming a…

Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully…

There are times in the theatre when you suddenly find yourself in the grip of silence. There is no fidgeting or coughing, no…

This is the story of Ajaiyi, a man born into poverty who is determined to improve his situation. He meets the Spirit of Fire…

• Rok vydání 1996

Lorca's Blood Wedding is a classic of twentieth-century theatre. Lorca uses it to investigate the subjects which fascinated…

Fresh from her successful scoop reporting the first ascent of Everest in 1953, Jan Morris spent a year journeying across the…

• Thriller

But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another…

• Rok vydání 2020

\'No musician or music lover should be without it.\' BBC Music MagazineRobert Schumann was far ahead of his time: his music…

\nHunt, trek, and feast among Neanderthals in this stunning vision of prehistory on the cusp of a new age, from the radical…

• Brožovaná
• Rok vydání 2022

\nAfter the sudden death of her mother, Ava finds herself headed cross-country to live with the only relative she has left.…

\nLose yourself in this classic 1950s Cold War spy thriller tracking a British secret agent in Communist Serbia by the…

\n\'A book all should read, particularly white people.\' Irish Times\'A powerful - and varied - portrait of the Black…

• Rok vydání 2022

\n\'Outstanding.\' Guardian\'Eleven perfect stories.\' Irish Independent\'Glorious.\' The Times\'My FAVE collection ever.\'…

\nLose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic Mediterranean island of Sicily by the king of travel writing…

The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in…

• Čeština

Spaniards are reputed to be amongst Europe's most forthright people. This apparent 'pact of forgetting' inspired writer…

• Rok vydání 1975

In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an…

• Rok vydání 1950

When the beautiful teenage Lily arrives in Lima in 1950, fifteen-year-old Ricardo falls instantly in love with her. She…

Using both her personal experiences and the lessons of French history and culture, the author examines every aspect of…

Follows pottery teacher Cate Blanchett as she enters into an affair with one of her students, causing upheaval in both her…

Lavinia Greenlaw's first collection, Night Photograph, made an immediately favourable impact. Her second collection, A World…

In an engaging, at times startling, enquiry into the fundamental loneliness of each sex, Leader asks why relationships…

\nHis struggle to resolve this crisis, without fracturing his marriage or compromising his comfortable way of life, is…

• Thriller

When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the…

\n\'The kind of character comedy.\' Good Housekeeping\'A lynchpin of British comedy.\' Alan MooreThe nation\'s favourite…

\nThe most improbable, fascinating and endlessly entertaining sporting facts and stories, from prehistory to the present…

• Thriller

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room…

\nNot One of These People, a co-production between the Royal Court Theatre, Carte blanche, and the Carrefour international…

\nPresents a bittersweet comic diary of the years in which a lethally dotty and very smelly old bat parked her unroadworthy…

\nThe epic imaginative enterprise [is] as formidable a feat as the year-long odyssey it charts.\' Sunday Times\'Golding…

Meeting the British is Paul Muldoon's fifth collection of poems. They range from an account of the first recorded case of…

From the number one bestselling author of SAFE HOUSE comes a story about friendship, family, secrets, lies, and the things…

Jim also has worries on the home front: his daughter has formed a connection with a Maharajah's son, who may in turn have a…

• Rok vydání 1863

Bessy is surely one of the most striking characters in recent fiction: cynical, disruptive, tender and very, very funny.'…

Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts, Crowley brings to life the exploits of an extraordinary band of conquerors - men…

• Rok vydání 1960

This selection, made by Cummings himself in 1960, offers a comprehensive introduction to his most characteristic work —…

Matthew Arnold praised the "Iliad" for its 'nobility', as has everyone ever since - but ancient critics praised it for its…

The Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director and teacher has written a blunt, unsparingly honest guide to acting. He…