A prince with a black eye. Fleeing a world he has rejected, Robin finds solace in his music and the sanctuary of his remote…

Winner of the Whitbread First Novel AwardAgnes Day - sub-editor, suburbanite, failure extraordinaire - has discovered…

Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, this title reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish…

Throughout the remote and forgotten corners of the British Isles, Frank Hardy offers the promise of redemption to the sick…

Professional slackers and best friends KJ and Jasper spend their days talking music and Bukowski outside back of a coffee…

Whether you are a professional actor looking for fresh audition pieces, an amateur in search of competition-worthy…

• Čeština

Late at night in a foreign land, an English army sweeps through the landscape under cover of darkness and takes the seat of…

'The setting is a schoolroom near Manchester where an evening class of budding comics congregate for a final briefing from…

George III's behaviour has often been odd, but now he is deranged, with rumours circulating that he has even addressed an…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nAn original and profound portrait of contemporary Britain told through the testimonies of its inhabitants.\n…

\nSimon Armitage, Poet Laureate, brings new perspectives and energy to a timeless poetic subject. Blossomise celebrates the…

• Rok vydání 2018

- What were you in life?- In life, as you put it, I was a schoolmaster. The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nA surprising, liberating and scientifically informed guide to overcoming the anxiety that permeates modern life.\n…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nDuring sessions with his psychiatrist, Balthazar, their intricate love affair is cast in a radical, sinister light,…

\nBut how we misread them, bright drop after bright drop in the sea of night. Based on the letters of Mary Queen of Scots,…

Attempts on her Life 17 scenarios for the theatre by Martin Crimp Attempts to describe her? Attempts on her Life 17…

Jarvis Cocker is regarded as one of the most original and memorable lyricists and performers. This title includes a…

Stuff Happens premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2004 and has subsequently been performed around the world. This…

'Set in a desolate motel room on the edge of the Mojave desert, the play has something of the timeless universality of a…

The central character of this play is Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, who led an Irish and Spanish alliance against the armies…

In a stunning memoir-cum-travelogue Peter Carey charts this journey, inspired by Charley's passion for Japanese Manga and…

The finest commemoration of the First World War centenary I've seen to-date, this deserves a much longer life.' Dominic…

• Rok vydání 2014

Promising young playwright Will Shakespeare is tormented by writer's block until he finds his muse in the form of passionate…

\nLose yourself in an epic naval journey in the second novel in the Booker Prize-winning Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord…

\nOnly you and I will know that we Topped Their Love. Love has no limits for the Diggs siblings: there\'s nothing that…

Smart, edgy, hilarious, and unabashedly raunchy New York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed…

\nThough never elected to office, he manipulated those who were through a mix of guile, charm and intimidation. Motivated at…

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

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…

The Leaping Hare is a rare and remarkable book about every aspect of the life and legend of the wild hare, exploring nature,…

Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester…

• Angličtina

The Faber Book of Beasts is a collection of many of the best poems in English about the creatures who share our planet.…

• Rok vydání 2017

He got in touch with people he admires, and asked them to suggest an album for him to track down on his travels, giving an…

As the boxing world starts to recede, the characters he has lived with, and for, rear sharply into focus one last time: the…

Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former…

• Čeština

A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. This book corrects this disgraceful oversight by…

• Čeština
• Rok vydání 2007

Fishamble's world premiere of The Pride of Parnell Street opened at the Tricycle Theatre, London, and as part of the Dublin…

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

• Rok vydání 2020

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

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

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

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

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

\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…