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

The North Ship, Philip Larkin's earliest volume of verse, was first published in August 1945 and reissued in 1966 by Faber.…

Part memoir and part description of the creative process, this is an absorbing journey through the musical landscape of John…

From one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, a delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent…

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

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

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

• 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:…

• 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 2017

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

An essential guide to the strange, sometimes sinister culture of contemporary Italy. When Tobias Jones first travelled to…

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…

• 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…

Arthur Ransome was, from 1930 to the early 1960s, what J.K. As the Red Army engaged with an Allied invasion of Russia,…

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

\nA captivating exploration of Britain\'s most iconic contemporary buildings, from the Barratt home to the Millennium Dome.…

Adapted by the author from his autobiographical memoir, The Lady in the Van tells the story of Miss Mary Shepherd, whom Alan…

• Rok vydání 2018

Gordy LaSure's alwaystalking about films and how they'd be a shit ton better if only people would pull their asses out of…

Richly observed, this witty and yet deeply moving tale of Charlotte Hobson's year travelling around Russia takes us to the…

\nIn the multiverse, with every possible future ahead of them, a love of honey could make all the difference. Nick Payne\'s…

\nTHE IRISH TOP 10 BESTSELLERA gripping investigation into one of Irish history\'s greatest mysteries, Great Hatred reveals…

Astonishing real-life rescue missions from on, under and above the earth from the award-winning team behind Survivors and…

These poems report on worlds both robust and delicate, from boisterous pub-bluff to the oxygen bubble of an exquisite…

• 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…

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

Tells the story of ten exceptional generals who left their mark on Britain, the British Empire, and the world. Some -…

• 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…

• Rok vydání 1897

The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the…

The play was revived by the Donmar Warehouse, London, in February 2018. Winner of the London Critics' Circle Award for Best…

A title that combines Wildean pastiche, political history, artistic debate, spoof reminiscence, and song-and-dance in…

A hijacked plane is heading towards a packed football stadium. Ignoring orders to the contrary, a fighter pilot shoots down…

• Rok vydání 2008

Hedda Gabler returns, dissatisfied, from a long honeymoon. Bored by her aspiring academic husband, she foresees a life of…

The news that a government inspector is due to arrive in a small Russian town sends its bureaucrats into a panicked frenzy.…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nChosen as one of Sight & Sound\'s \'Best Film Books of the Year\'John Boorman is one of the cinema\'s authentic…

\nSet inside a men\'s public toilet, Boys on the Verge of Tears is a bold, kaleidoscopic tale of violence and vulnerability.…

• Rok vydání 2019

Andrew Motion's prose memoir In the Blood (2006) was widely acclaimed, praised as an act of magical retrieval and a hymn to…

Losing none of the exuberance which has become a hallmark of Simon Armitage's poetry, these poems are more personal. The…