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

• Rok vydání 2024

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

The roars of the hungry Minotaur came nearer and nearer - his feet could be heard thundering along the echoing floor of the…

Acclaimed historian Natalie Zemon Davis's accessible and dramatic biography was widely hailed as a masterpiece and tells the…

Trieste.…

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

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

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

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

\nWith his poet\'s eye for beauty and humour - and passable Greek - Durrell settles into a dilapidated villa and brilliantly…

\nFeatures historians, lawyers, economists and writers who come together to put a coherent case: that although the Irish…

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

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

• Rok vydání 2021

\nDuring sessions with his psychiatrist, Balthazar, their intricate love affair is cast in a radical, sinister light,…

\nLose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the Greek island of Rhodes after World War II by the king of travel…

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

• Rok vydání 2017

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

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

Seven-Tenths is James Hamilton-Paterson's classic exploration of the sea. A beautifully-written blend of literature and…

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

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

In the late eighties and early nineties, Moby, then an underground DJ and musician, was scraping out a living in New York…

A version of Sophocles' Philoctetes that tells of the wounded hero marooned upon an island by the Greeks during the Siege of…

In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant…

\nLose yourself in this vivid travelogue evoking the historic Mediterranean island of Sicily by the king of travel writing…

\nThe epic imaginative enterprise [is] as formidable a feat as the year-long odyssey it charts.\' Sunday Times\'Golding…

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

• Rok vydání 2022

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

• Rok vydání 2019

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

• Rok vydání 2022

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

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

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

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

• Rok vydání 2022

\n\'My daddy always told me, if it looks too good to be true - then it probably is.\'Bart, Teddy and Cole have been best…

• Rok vydání 2019

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

\nLose yourself in this dazzling travelogue of the idyllic Greek Islands by the king of travel writing and real-life family…

• Rok vydání 2017

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

• Rok vydání 2023

\n\'Uproarious.\' The Times\'Terrifically entertaining.\' Evening Standard\'Irresistible.\' Daily Mail\'Gripping.\' Sunday…

• Rok vydání 2023

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

• Rok vydání 2023

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

\nA nature diary by award-winning novelist, nature writer and hit podcaster Melissa Harrison, following her journey from…

New Selected Poems is a book of singular abundance and formal verve, featuring poems of rare vision and dramatic power by a…

\nThe collected letters of John McGahern, \'one of the greatest writers of our era\' (Hilary Mantel) and \'the most…

\nThe latest from the writer of Apple Tree Yard, and Number One Sunday Times Bestseller Louise Doughty\n…

\nA unique, life-affirming memoir about the author\'s friendship with two men living in Regent\'s Park\n…

\nFrom the \'Winner of Winners\' of the Baillie Gifford Prize, a timely and dramatic story of a utopian American experiment,…

\nA stunning social history of British rap and grime by one of the nation\'s foremost cultural chroniclers. \'A stunning…

\nA history of the great British comedy tradition of the twentieth century to the present day.\n…