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Winner of both the Queen's Gold Medal and the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the author has given readers some of the most…

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They are now virtually dead, and the population of the valley and the hillsides, so rooted for so long, is changing…

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A second collection from one of the most distinctive and original voices to have emerged in recent years'Zaffar Kunial is a…

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A revolutionary army is taking on the failing government and the US Marines, and the cities have become vast garbage-strewn…

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I thought of life's many bounties, to have known the extremities of joy and sorrow, love, success and failure, fame and…

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'A writer who has had a game-changing influence on his contemporaries.' Guardian'Armitage is that rare beast: a poet whose…

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A new history of mankind's evolution…

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Summons the poet's past selves in order of appearance, as in an autobiography. This title includes childhood and school time…

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Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year in 1985, these poems were written after the death of Douglas Dunn's first wife in…

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Derby Day, Henley Regatta, Cowes, the twelfth of August, a cup final, the dog races, the pin table, the dart board,…

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An eye-opening portrait of an enthralling group of royal servants, Courtiers throws new light on the dramatic life of George…

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Published in 1957, Hawk in the Rain was Ted Hughes's first collection of poems. When Robin Skelton wrote, 'All looking for…

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Renowned anthropologist and film-maker Hugh Brody weaves a dazzling tapestry of personal memory and distant landscapes:…

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Tells the story of ten exceptional generals who left their mark on Britain, the British Empire, and the world. Some -…

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New expanded edition of iconic British musician Jah Wobble's crictically acclaimed autobiography featuring a new…

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Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job…

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A work that features: reviews and critical assessments of writers and writing; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some…

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\nSeamus Heaney had the idea to form a personal selection from across the entire arc of his poetry, small yet comprehensive…

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Simon Armitage is the most widely and unreservedly praised poet of his generation. Elsewhere, questions of belief and trust,…

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Interweaving discussion of the music he wrote for and about children with interviews with the boys whom Britten befriended,…

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In 1959, the first Mini was produced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. Designed for austerity and efficiency, the…

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In her first collection of new poetry since 2011's acclaimed Family Values, Wendy Cope celebrates 'the half-forgotten…

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Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. This book offer an…

Anna and Ariel, they make the world. The fashionistas, the art scene, the elite party circuit. And there's a price to pay. A…

\nA work that reminds us of the singular and glorious power of poetry in our complex world. Silver is a collection that…

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His body was never found. In 1891, Thomas Edison - inventor of the lightbulb and the phonograph - announced that he had…

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BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. It is a compelling invitation…

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By the Poet LaureateThe Alliterative Morte Arthure - the title given to a four-thousand line poem written sometime around…

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A wonderful meditation on the English landscape in wet weather by the acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Melissa…

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With the sensuousness and physicality of language that would become the hallmark of his early writing, these poems…

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Offers an account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games to Martian…

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How did Gerry Adams grow from a revolutionary street activist - in perpetual danger of arrest and assassination - into the…

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West Country rivers predominate ('The West Dart'and 'Torridge'), but other poems imagine or recall Japanese rivers or Celtic…

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The poems in Seamus Heaney's collection The Spirit Level keep discovering the possibilities of 'a new beginning' in all…

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Cromwell spent only nine months of his eventful life in Ireland, yet he stands accused there of war crimes, religious…

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Its extraordinary musical tradition and physical beauty are shadowed by casual murder, police brutality and political…

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• Angličtina

This generous and haunting selection of English-language and translated poems includes verse written by servicemen who…

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Do you want to know why Harold Pinter is a figure of such influence and importance in the theatre? The Faber Critical Guide…

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Includes poems that explore lives lived strangely in unusual worlds, through a series of deft and seductive soliloquies.…

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William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. Lord of the Flies,…

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Éamon de Valera is the most remarkable man in the history of modern Ireland. Much as Churchill personified British…

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Including a number of prose poems and translations, this book offers resistance as the poet gathers his staying powers and…

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A selection of poems of Samuel Beckett, from "Whoroscope" (1930) to 'What is the Word' (1988).…

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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…

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As the fragments of the narrator's investigation fall into place - revealing not only a part of his father's life he had…

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Offers a portrait of a dancer's every day. This title presents the repetition of rehearsals, the excitement of creating…

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These poems report on worlds both robust and delicate, from boisterous pub-bluff to the oxygen bubble of an exquisite…

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Explains the persistence of certain principles and aspirations throughout the history of art. This title provides a basis…