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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…

In this book Geert Mak returns to the small Frisian village of his childhood, Jorwert (pop. Jowert has more in common with…

• Rok vydání 1798

Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 was the first attack on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. He…

Produkt Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor - Fort, Adrian zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Vintage Publishing.…

An epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work. It shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, what it was like to be…

Nothing experienced in human history, before or since, eclipses the terror, tragedy and scale of the Black Death, the…

Beautifully illustrated narrative history of the English country church In his engaging account, Sir Roy Strong celebrates…

'I'm Ripley Bogle. It's with purpose, fear and gratitude that I stalk the streets of the city.'As the scene shifts from the…

\nThe updated edition of Julian Barnes\' best-loved writing on art, with seven new exquisite illustrated essays\'Flaubert…

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A novel set in Provence at three different critical moments of Western Civilisation - the collapse of the Roman Empire in…

• Rok vydání 1969

By the award-winning author of The TwinOn a hot summer's day in June 1969 everyone in the village gathered to welcome Queen…

A middle-aged American works out in a Paris gym - an ordinary day, except that he catches the eye of a stranger, Julien, a…

James Van Praagh teaches that death is not the end, nor is it something to be feared, and that there is indeed life after…

\nOn a scorching June Sunday in 1876, thousands of Indian warriors - Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho - converged on a…

Discover one of India's most valued and adored twentieth-century novelists, including his novel Swami and Friends. Here are…

The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three…

'Tired of walking in the dream I have returned to the country where I was born half a century ago' - The Higgins family is…

\nThese are people who have gone on to leave an important but often hidden trace in the moral and cultural life of Britain…

\nWe visit Civil War America, Tsarist Russia and fin de siecle Paris where some writers, actors and entertainers become…

\nA lost princess and a vanished world: a remarkable true story that moves from the Punjab of the Raj to 1930s Paris and the…

• Rok vydání 2023

Fusing invention and reality, magic realism and earthy humour, Lochner's adventures in the valley centre around the journey…

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This new collection of short stories by the award-winning author of Waiting confirms Ha Jin's reputation as a master…

The story of seven friends from Oxford and their adventures in the world of the media in the 1980s, Smashing People is…

What first prompted prehistoric man, sheltering in the shadows of deep caves, to call upon the realm of the spirits? And why…

Even the biggest cycling fan can one day wake up to find that he has lost his faith Bad Blood is the story of Jeremy…

As national dramas played out on a small stage thousands of miles from home, Steinberg takes up a remarkable story of a…

Beginning with the Norman Conquest of England, these tumultuous centuries and their invasions shaped the languages and…

To read the journals she kept from the age of sixteen is to step back into Georgian England, meeting Dr Johnson, Garrick and…

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