A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life. Zobraziť viac
The follow up to My Family and Other Animals and the second book in The Corfu Trilogy, the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells. In this second collection of tales concerning the Durrell family on the island of Corfu,... Zobraziť viac
A player for fifteen years. A manager for thirty. Leicester City’s victory was more – much more – than just a 'miracle'. It was Claudio Ranieri.This is the inside story of the rise and rise of the butcher’s son from Rome, whose... Zobraziť viac
`My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings.` For half a century from its publication in 1901 Up from Slavery was the best known book written by an African American. The life of ex-slave Booker... Zobraziť viac
More outrageous than Julia Phillip's 'You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again', more star-studded than Robert Evans's 'The Kid Stays in the Picture', this is the soul-baring memoir of the record industry's most outspoken - and self-destructive -... Zobraziť viac
‘Just when the medical profession had given up on me and I on it, just when I seemed to be walled up in a life sentence of chronic pain, someone proposed a bizarre way out: sit still, they said, and breathe...&rsquo... Zobraziť viac
Planet Earth needs a self-help book, and this is it... Zobraziť viac
`Every generalisation that we settled forty years ago, is abandoned... Zobraziť viac
A new collection of personal essays, both surprising and funny, from the bestselling American writer. Subjects include hilarious childhood dramas, family life and surreal encounters. "Seriously addictive stuff" "The Times" Zobraziť viac
The inside story of life in Aerosmith, from the band's lead guitarist Joe Perry. Covers Perry's whole life, from his childhood in Massachussetts to worldwide fame and his 30 year marriage. With a foreword by Johnny Depp. Zobraziť viac
Everywhere acknowledged as a modern American classic, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, The Power Broker is a huge and galvanizing biography revealing not only... Zobraziť viac
The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors. In this new twenty-first-century edition, devoted admirers will be sure to find... Zobraziť viac
A dazzling collection of essays by the bestselling author of What I Loved - thought-provoking, engaging, illuminating reflections on what it means to be human Zobraziť viac
Turkey is a land torn between East and West, between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future. After the violence of an attempted military coup against President Erdogan in 2016, an event which shocked the world, journalist and novelist... Zobraziť viac
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow - and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the... Zobraziť viac
After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed... Zobraziť viac
On 20 August 1980 Reinhold Messner reached the summit of Everest - alone and without the use of oxygen. This is an account of his extraordinary achievement. Messner describes his journey through Tibet and identifies with mountaineers who went before... Zobraziť viac
`If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away... Zobraziť viac
Translated by Walter Shewring with an Introduction by G. S. Kirk This prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its place as one of the few really outstanding versions of Homer`s famous epic poem. Walter Shewring has with rare... Zobraziť viac
Robert Graysmith's New York Times bestselling account of the desperate hunt for a serial killer and his own investigation of California's unsolved Zodiac murders. A sexual sadist, the Zodiac killer took pleasure in torture and murder. His first victims... Zobraziť viac
