Presents short stories that offer gems from some of the masters of the genre. Whether it is the lyrical prose of Thomas…

• Rok vydání 1985

Stepping out into the dusk of an warm evening, esteemed art critic Sukhanov feels on top of the world. But the year is 1985…

Plunging into the enchanted and luminous worlds of Speak, Memory, Ada, or Ardor; and the infamous Lolita, this title seeks…

Shows how democracy today faces threats that we ignore at our own risk. Tracing democracy's history and development, this…

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We all feel it—the distraction, the loss of focus, the addictive focus on the wrong things for too long. We bump into the…

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'A terrific read ... McMeekin is a superb writer' David Aaronovitch, The Times 'Gripping, authoritative, accessible and…

After over forty years in national journalism, the author thought he had seen and heard it all. That was until he got an…

Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley…

Coloured sheets of paper fall from the sky. This is their first indication that something serious has happened. Each sheet…

The author does not come from the leafy suburbs of south Dublin or the rugby hotbeds of Limerick or Cork. As a teenager he…

Presents the story of the bizarre relationship between 1960s teenager Jenny and older man David, after she accepts a lift on…

Features stories which portray a world of ordinary people grappling with work and idleness, ambition and frustration,…

A companion volume to O'Neill's previous work, 'My East End', this book focuses exclusively on the oral testimony of East…

Provides a glimpse of the bright young things of the thirties, forties, fifties and sixties in the city and in the shires;…

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Gives an overview of Media Studies, covering print, digital and broadcast media, as well as the theories, technicalities and…

Explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder. This book shows…

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An ancient artifact is discovered in a dusty antiquities shop in Alexandria, Egypt - the long forgotten trinket soon becomes…

Spans seventy years of theory from Max Weber's seminal writings on bureaucratic organization to the management thinking…

This is the third book in the "House of Niccolo" series. Set in 15th-century Cyprus, this novel continues the saga of…

Two of America's leading psychologists, Jeffrey E. Young, Ph.D. , and Janet S. Klosko, Ph.D. , show readers how to free…

A collection that ranges from sketches to critical essays. Each piece marks a new 'confrontation with the world' and throws…

• Rok vydání 1993

It is 1993 and Thomas Penmarsh has lived in Finisterre, the house by the sea, all his life, he's only 48 and in 1967 he lost…

When bleached human bones are identified as belonging to a former patient of Dr James Dixon, Detective Malcolm Kier suspects…

An anthology of erotic fiction by female writers. Spanning the last hundred years, it brings together tales that capture the…

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''Gently challenging, deeply empowering,'' Julia Samuel, Sunday Times bestselling author of This Too Shall Pass"Some people…

How do dogs perceive the world about them? How do they see, hear, learn and relate to their owners? How large are their…

Focuses on Marilyn Monroe, culture, ideology, boxing, Hemingway, politics, sex, celebrity.…

Covers psychological processes, the study of groups and work teams, and the nature of complex organizations as a whole.…

Shark turns upon an actual incident in WWII - mentioned in the film Jaws - when the ship which had delivered the fissile…

From Meredith Goldstein, the author of the Boston Globe's hilarious Love Letters advice column, comes her debut novel The…