Reveals how NASA cashed in on the Americans' thirst for heroes in an age of discontent and became obsessed with putting men…

A TRUE STORY OF LIES, BEAUTY AND BLACKMAIL IN VICTORIAN LONDON_________________________Madame Rachel had everything. A…

They recited poetry, took part in ridiculous antics, indulged in high-minded discussions - with such displays of brilliance…

In the twilight years of Communist East Germany, Bruno Krug, a womanising 'People's Champion of Art and Culture' who once…

• Rok vydání 2000

In Hooking Up Tom Wolfe ranges from coast to coast, observing the 'lurid carnival actually taking place in the mightiest…

After three years of service in the Russian navy and a gruelling expedition to Greenland, Captain Frederik Ziege of the…

Early one morning in the hills of Provence, Pierrot, a fifteen-year-old boy out hunting for snails, stumbles across the dead…

Compares the relation of biography to fiction and history and explores several writers' lives in connection with their…

In 1968 the world's largest antique went to America. But how do you transport a 130-year-old bridge 3,000 miles? And why did…

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At the time of Burma's military coup in 1962, the author was fifteen. A year later, her father Ed Law-Yone, daredevil…

From the bestselling author of Best Exotic Marigold HotelDesmond never did have much luck with women - except in getting…

Sarah Maguire's first collection, Spilt Milk, established her as one of the most original voices in British poetry, and led…

Young Man Hogan's journey begins in the dazzling streets of a nameless necropolis, and leads across fleeting landscapes -…

Carsten Jensen's epic journey takes him through China, Cambodia and Vietnam, with many pauses on his way to meditate on the…

The Observer's chief foreign correspondent Peter Beaumont, takes us into the guts of modern conflict. Unflinching and…

• Rok vydání 1912

In 1912, in Storyville, the notorious red-light district of New Orleans, a photographer named E J Bellocq took a series of…

Sophia Chrysanthis is initially dazzled when the celebrated German archaeologist, Herr Obermann, comes in search of a Greek…

Unnatural delves beneath the surface of the cultural history of 'anthropoeia' - the artificial creation of people - to…

That is, I knew and didn't know-'In this novel, Eva Hoffman explores various kinds and strata of secrets: intimate secrets,…

Laurens van der Post was a long-time friend of Jung and here presents Jung as he knew him: Jung the man, the discoverer and…

George Gordon, cousin to Byron, heir to a desolate Scottish estate, superficially enjoys a brilliant career: he dines at…

After the Cold War, the 'Hot War' has made its comeback in Afghanistan and Iraq. With his customary sharpness and wit, Eco…

• Rok vydání 1925

'A Guide to Berlin' is the name of a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1925, when he was a young man of 26, living…

Working as a news photographer in 30s Berlin, Walther Klinger becomes - by a vicious twist of fate - a society photographer…

Tells the story of JFK, the Cold War, and the power of oratory to change the course of history. This title recalls the days…

Newly arrived in New York, Ito is a literate yet tongue-tied sushi chef who recites haiku in his head as he labours over…

'Ring magic is different from the magic of the theatre, because the curtain never comes down - because the blood in the ring…

• Rok vydání 2010

In 2010, bestselling author Kathleen Winter took a journey across the legendary Northwest Passage. From Greenland to Baffin…

In his characteristically iconoclastic and original way, Stephen Jay Gould argues that progress and increasing complexity…

Sometimes the hardest journey is the road home. Na Ga was always in search of a better life. Plucked from her wild life as a…

Set on the eve of World War II in a resort on the east coast of England, The Rich House follows the love affairs of six…

A haunting story of what happens when family secrets collide with history, Casa Rossa moves from the duplicity of Italy's…

Tells the story of a ten-year-old in top hat, cane and a red chiffon scarf, interrupted while belting out Judy Garland's…

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Tatiana, a young Mexican woman, is adrift in Berlin. Through him she meets 'ant illustrator turned meteorologist' Jonas, a…

Twenty dollars, two salt-pork sandwiches, and I took jerky, biscuits, six old apples, fresh underthings and a blanket too.…

For many, Scrabble is merely a board game. For others it is an intellectual pilgrimage. This title chronicles the story of…

Raymond is mad, clever, manipulative and totally out of his parents' control. The other children are lying low, though still…

'It is hard to write the history of the British Isles in these years as anything other than a success story.'In reality,…

By the author of Booker-shortlisted I'll Go To Bed At Noon. Aldous Jones is in a bad way: his dilapidated house is empty of…

On a radiant day in Sydney, four people converge on Circular Quay, site of the iconic Opera House and the Sydney Harbour…

Clara Holly is a former actress, beautiful, rich, and 'well married, far from her Oregon beginnings' to the renowned but…

Howard Marks was released from Terre Haute Penitentiary, Indiana in April 1995 after serving seven years of a twenty-five…

What follows is the story of two British officers whose spirit the Japanese try to break. Yet out of all the violence and…

A decent, harried young banker travels north to Scotland and his mysteriously troubled sister. Brilliantly structured and…

• Rok vydání 1955

Ever since Aldous Jones careened over the handlebars of his bicycle in 1955 and landed next to Farmer Evans's first field,…

In just four months in 2009, Sri Lanka's 26 year-old desperate civil war came to a brutal and bloody end on a desolate…

The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Magus, A MaggotIn Vintage Living Texts, teachers and students will find the essential…

This haunting, poignant and addictive story travels effortlessly across time, telling the tale of three generations of women…