Between 1929 and 1935 Evelyn Waugh travelled widely and wrote four books about his experiences. In this collection he…

From the authors of the bestselling "American Indian Myths and Legends" comes a rich and ribald collection of Native…

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'Sharing food is one of the purest human acts'Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life: from…

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Spot is loved by toddlers all around the world. In this title, Spot and his parents go to the seaside and discover all the…

An account of all the horror, boredom and exhilaration of war. It tells the story of how a modern soldier is made, from the…

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1867, Ryazan, a Russian city in winter. Ten-year-old Konstantin, deafened by scarlet fever, dreams of flight - escaping to…

From Abdul Kassem Ismail, the tenth-century Persian who never went anywhere without his library, this title takes aim at the…

Presents an account of the author's childhood in Czernowitz, Ukraine. This title portrays a twilit world suspended between…

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It's 1910. "Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" have made Leo Tolstoy the world's most famous author. But fame comes at a…

Features British Adventures. In this book, the author shares the (mis)adventures with her family and her wayward Tibetan…

Kniha 9780141442457 Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence Baltasar Gracián…

The famous Renaissance artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci is the twentieth hero in the New York Times bestselling picture…

The biographies collected in this volume bring together Plutarch's Lives of those great men who established the city of Rome…

Two fascinating biographical accounts of the great medieval ruler, now in }Penguin Classics{.…

The world-renowned economist offers "dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth…

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Steinbeck and Capa's account of their journey through Cold War Russia is a classic piece of reportage and travel writingJust…

Kniha 9781585428724 Art of Uncertainty Dennis Merritt Jones…

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Anotace: `There is no author whose books I look forward to more` Bill Gates100 words: The New York Times bestselling author…

Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" is a sprawling epic covering the impact of Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia on five…

While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a…

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One of a major new Classics series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound…

Marina Lewycka explores the clash of the generations in one extremely colourful family in her comic novel "Various Pets…

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Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and…

In brand new translations by Ryan Bloom, four theatrical masterpieces from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Outsider…

Suitable for young readers and adults alike, this volume offers a collection of poems about all forty-one English Kings and…

On Christmas Day 1066, William duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. The ceremony…

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Britain is in the depths of recession. A left-leaning young Oxford academic and his barrister girlfriend take an off-peak…

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A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural…

'Punchy and to the point. No beating around the bush. This brilliant book contains all the information we need to have in…

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Taliesin Jones is a boy on the brink of adulthood, faced for the first time with life's biggest questions. Taliesin's life…

When young Mollie became a 'skivvy' in a stately London townhouse aged just 14, she quickly learned that a large amount of…

Using details from the ancient Scandinavian legends that were the inspiration for "Hamlet", this tale brings to life…

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Mencius was one of the great philosophers of ancient China, second only in influence to Confucius, whose teachings he…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing everything - from the way we relate to each other, to the work we do, the way…

In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in…

The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria's reign is an epic tale of adventure. Sent to evacuate the country,…

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Goliarda Sapienza's The Art of Joy was written over a nine year span, from 1967 to 1976. At the time of her death in 1996,…

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This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that…

A step-by-step diet and exercise plan from social media sensation and fitness guru Michelle Lewin, The Hot Body Diet reveals…

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'A brilliant display of fireworks, attacking the widespread and banal notion that "in the beginning" sexual activity was…

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Kniha 9780143111757 Summer of Blood: England's First Popular Revolution Dan Jones…

ECPA BESTSELLER - Build your Bible IQ and Christian worldview in just fifteen minutes a day Over the course of a year, Core…

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'A work of genius' Philip Hoare'One of the best things I've read in many many years' Hilton Als'Beautifully provocative ...…