Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions and half-heartedly heads a government-backed... Zobraziť viac
In the arid summer heat, four children Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless world. Alone in the house together, the children s lives twi... Zobraziť viac
Dazzling... Profound and urgent Observer A book of great maturity, beautifully alive to the fragility of happiness and all forms of violence... Everyone should read Saturday Financial TimesSaturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne, a successful n... Zobraziť viac
It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the... Zobraziť viac
The year is 1972, the Cold War is far from over and Serena Frome, in her final year at Cambridge, is being groomed for MI5. Sent on Operation Sweet Tooth a highly secret undercover mission she meets Tom Haley, a promising young writer. First she... Zobraziť viac
**Number One Sunday Times Bestseller**Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret.When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of s... Zobraziť viac
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Machines... Zobraziť viac
Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness... Zobraziť viac
One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Joe, something passes between them so... Zobraziť viac
The Innocent is a startlingly prescient novel from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance t... Zobraziť viac
Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic ho... Zobraziť viac
***WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE***Two old friends Cline Linley and Vernon Halliday meet at the funeral of gorgeous, witty Molly Lane. Both men had been Molly s lovers years before their dazzling success; Clive is Britain s most eminent modern compo... Zobraziť viac
Saturday, February 15, 2003. Henry Perowne is a contented man- a successful neurosurgeon, the devoted husband of Rosalind and proud father of two grown-up children. Unusually, he wakes before dawn, drawn to the window of his bedroom and filled with a... Zobraziť viac
Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge, and finds herself being groomed for the intelligence services. The year is 1972. Britain, confronting economic disaster... Zobraziť viac
A brilliant, emotionally-wrenching novel from the bestselling author of Atonement, now a major film starring Emma Thompson and Stanley TucciFiona Maye, a leading High Court judge, renowned for her fierce intelligence and sensitivity is called on to t... Zobraziť viac
**Sunday Times Number One Bestseller**A classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world s best storytellers a masterpiece The TimesTrudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home a dilapidated, priceless London to... Zobraziť viac
Rediscover the classic novel of love, violence and obsessions from Booker prize-winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.Colin and Mary are a couple whose intimacy knows no bounds. Away on a holiday together in a nameless city, they get ... Zobraziť viac
Charlie ist ein sympathischer Lebenskünstler Anfang 30. Miranda eine clevere Studentin, die mit einem dunklen Geheimnis leben muss. Sie verlieben sich, gerade als Charlie seinen 'Adam' geliefert bekommt, einen der ersten lebensechten Androiden. In... Zobraziť viac
Joe Rose has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside to celebrate his lover's return after six weeks in the States... Zobraziť viac
The mesmerising new novel from Ian McEwan, the bestselling author of Atonement. The world is forever changing. But for so many of us, old wounds run deep. Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers... Zobraziť viac
