Henry Chadwick is one of the foremost authorities on Early Christianity... Zobraziť viac
There is a huge interest in Dawin and evolution, and the developments of his ideas are still controversial... Zobraziť viac
Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling and influential of First World War poets. Now All Roads Lead to France is an account of his final five years, centred on his extraordinary friendship with Robert Frost and Thomas's fatal decision to... Zobraziť viac
A "Great Read" for summer, repackaged with a new cover and blurb. Zobraziť viac
The Congressional Medal of Honor was awarded to Admiral Stockdale, who spent seven and a half years in a Hanoi prison. He survived because of his character and his values. Zobraziť viac
The third book in The Corfu Trilogy (after My Family and Other Animals and Birds, Beasts and Relatives), the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells. Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the... Zobraziť viac
ONE OF TIME'S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURYIn the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story... 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
This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive... Zobraziť viac
Non-fiction departure from number 1 bestselling fiction author Mike Gayle Zobraziť viac
Discover the brand new, inspirational autobiography from the Only Fools and Horses star and national treasure.'This time next year, we'll be millionaires'So said Sir David's iconic Only Fools character, Derek Trotter. But such a dream was almost... 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
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
Jimi Hendrix in his own words. An intimate, posthumous memoir from an icon of rock 'n' roll. He wrote prolifically throughout his life, and his fragmentary trove has been woven together into a continuous narrative portrait. 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
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
A chilling chronicle of a relentless hunt for a sadistic serial killer. Discover previously unreleased facts and the complete text of the killer's taunting letters in this gripping account of unsolved murders. Zobraziť viac
'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.' Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of... Zobraziť viac
In his Enquiry Edmund Burke overturned the Platonic tradition in aesthetics and replaced metaphysics with psychology. His revolutions in method and sensibility influenced later philosophers and literary and artistic movements from the Gothic novel to... Zobraziť viac
A gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world's leading paediatric cardiologists. Zobraziť viac
