• Rok vydání 2007

As portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol…

The House Party explores privilege and leisure from the viewpoint of the guest and the host, showing us what it was really…

• 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…

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…

• Rok vydání 1996

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

• Rok vydání 2011

Jo Shapcott's award-winning first three collections, gathered in Her Book: Poems 1988-1998, revealed her to be a writer of…

When eighteen-year-old Michael visits the Hanbury\'s remote family home he is captivated by their bohemian lifestyle. The…

\n\'A slow-burning chill of a read by a master of suspense.\' Janice Hallett\'Sinister, witty and utterly compelling. But…

When the body of a theology student is found on a desolate stretch of East Anglican coast, his wealthy father demands that…

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born in Dorset. He left school at sixteen to work as an apprentice for an architect who…

• Rok vydání 2018

Egypt, 2011: this is a revolution. On the streets of Cairo, a violent uprising is transforming the course of history. The…

\'So funny - Nabokov meets Spinal Tap.\' STEPHEN MERCHANT\'Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.\' TIM KEY\'Absolutely…

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

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…

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…

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

\nFor years, Sgt Wayne Jenkins and his elite team of plain-clothed officers - the Gun Trace Task Force - had been the…

Why is the sea salty?How far away is space?Why can't I tickle myself?Why can't we live forever?Children ask the most…

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal…

• Rok vydání 2019

When Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children, she has no idea of the…

State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945 looks at post-war Britain from a theatrical perspective.…

Andre and Madeleine have been in love for over fifty years. And why does Andre feel like he isn't there at all?Christopher…

Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London who battle each other for trade secrets,…

I'm an award-winning business woman. Beneath the surface, though, the cracks are starting to show. Linda by Penelope Skinner…

• 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…

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the…

\nIn the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers.\n…

A collection of poems that takes care and consideration in examining the often brutal arena of human relations, concluding…

Its extraordinary musical tradition and physical beauty are shadowed by casual murder, police brutality and political…

For the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. how many poets make us laugh - or, in that…

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) remains England's best-loved poet - a writer matchlessly capable of evoking his native land and of…

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

• Rok vydání 2018

'Exquisite' (New Yorker), 'breathtaking' (Los Angeles Times), 'baroque and moon-lit' (Boston Globe) - House of Lords and…

'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 2022

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

The Wars of the Roses turned England upside down. Between 1455 and 1485, four kings, including Richard III, lost their…