'A sublime eco adventure.' The TimesFrom the Costa Award winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk comes an epic adventure…

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Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt in Durrell's epic modern…

Kniha 9780571390625 The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar Sonora Reyes…

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From the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go In his highly acclaimed debut, Kazuo…

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\nA gorgeous portrait of life at Helen Rebanks\' Lake District farmhouse as well as a heartfelt and honest delve into the…

In mid-career, Michael Frayn took up his old trade of journalism, and wrote a series of occasional articles for the Observer…

'With its searing observations, devastating exploration of the state of "not being", wicked humour and astonishing immersion…

\nIntroduced by Annie Proulx. lose yourself in an epic naval journey in this Booker Prize-winning novel: the first in the…

A woman walks the streets of Manhattan and contemplates with exquisite longing the precarious affair she has embarked on,…

'Fear and Trembling' tells the story of a young woman who spends a year working at a Japanese firm. She soon learns that at…

Using both her personal experiences and the lessons of French history and culture, the author examines every aspect of…

Shortlisted for the 2015 Wainwright Prize In this journey across England's most forbidding and mysterious terrain, William…

Over one year, five triathlons and hundreds of training hours, Lucy uncovers the ins and outs of women's triathlon: how to…

The Irish Revolution - the war between the British authorities and the newly-formed IRA - was the first successful revolt…

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

Shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award 2018Five runaways ride the bus from Bayelsa to a better life in a megacity. They are…

Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt: Durrell's epic modern classic,…

Eva Tyne, an Irish violinist living and working in New York, collapses after her solo debut and is rushed to hospital. Still…

And so begins the biggest manhunt in Japanese history. In Occupied City, David Peace dramatises and explores the rumours of…

\n\'A book all should read, particularly white people.\' Irish Times\'A powerful - and varied - portrait of the Black…

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\n From the author of Golden Hill \'Glorious.\' Evening Standard\'Exhilarating.\' TLS\'Brilliant.\' Observer\'Dazzling.\'…

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

As one of Britain's best and most-loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. On first publication in…

As every fan of the much-loved travel writer Lawrence Durrell knows, his writing is steeped in the living experience of the…

From the internationally-renowned author of The Beach, a gripping mystery and stylistic tour de force that delves into the…

In a stunning memoir-cum-travelogue Peter Carey charts this journey, inspired by Charley's passion for Japanese Manga and…

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

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Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully…

Flora, the illegitimate child of a wealthy Peruvian father and French mother, grows up in poverty, and after fleeing a…

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

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But for those whose call deserts home, the 'hideous blanks' described by explorers are rich in resources and significance.…

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An awe-inspiring exploration of the sounds of the living Earth, and the joys and threats of human music, language and noise.…

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Spaniards are reputed to be amongst Europe's most forthright people. This apparent 'pact of forgetting' inspired writer…

'They belong to each other in mood, in tone and by way of certain images and words that form a ricochet of echoes - not…

When Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father's study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps,…

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In the wake of the EU referendum, the United Kingdom's border with Ireland has gained greater significance: it is set to…

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

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\nBrittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people ofWales during a period of great national change.\n…

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\n\'One of the most original and audacious autobiographies ever written by a writer.\' Le Monde Hand to Mouth tells the…

Renowned and much-loved travel writer Jan Morris turns her eye to Sydney: 'not the best of the cities the British Empire…

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

Kniha 9780571315284 Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen…

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

One summer, Simon Armitage decided to walk the Pennine Way - a challenging 256-mile route usually approached from south to…

\nThis is an intimate account of the rise, fall and rise again in show business of Hollywood giant and legendary \'bad boy\'…

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\nThe new collection from a Granta Best Young Novelist 2023 - five achingly tender, innovative and dazzling stories of…

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