An entertaining and authoritative exploration of how and why time has come to rule our lives from the bestselling author of Just My Type. Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun... Zobraziť viac
Effie Truelove is a new pupil at the Tusitala School for the Gifted, Troubled and Strange, with its twisted grey spires and an English teacher so frightening she gives the class nightmares... Zobraziť viac
Menopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot flushes. Then insomnia. Then depression. As she struggled to understand what was happening to her, she slammed up against a culture of silence and sexism. Some promoted hormone replacement therapy.. Zobraziť viac
Before becoming an acclaimed musician and writer, Tracey Thorn was a typical teenager: bored and cynical, despairing of her aspirational parents. Her only comfort came from house parties and the female pop icons who hinted at a new kind of living... Zobraziť viac
This is the story of Mary, a young girl born in a beautiful city full of rose gardens and fluttering kites. When she is still very small, Mary meets Lanmo, a shining golden snake, who becomes her very best friend... Zobraziť viac
IF YOU HAD SECRET MAGICAL POWERS, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? After the Worldquake, Effie knows about magic - time in her grandfather's library has made sure of that. But there's still much she has to learn. About the Otherworld... Zobraziť viac
In Dubliners, James Joyce takes us on an extraordinary journey with the ordinary men and women from the city of his birth. In 'Araby' a young boy struggles with everyday tasks in the face of a growing infatuation with his neighbour's sister... Zobraziť viac
PopCo tells the story of Alice Butler-a subversively smart girl in our commercial-soaked world who grows from recluse orphan to burgeoning vigilante, buttressed by mystery, codes, math... Zobraziť viac
Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too... Zobraziť viac
The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, ... Zobraziť viac
Dr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats... Zobraziť viac
Since the Enlightenment, western culture has written off ecstatic experience as a form of mental illness. But why should... Zobraziť viac
This is a story of something like survival. Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. She nicked an Ordnance Survey... Zobraziť viac
As Ben Fountain sees it, the United States is facing its third existential crisis. The first was the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War. The second was the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the ... Zobraziť viac
Canongate Books: The Breakstone family arrange themselves around their daughter Heather, and the world seems to follow:... Zobraziť viac
The stories that shape our children's lives are too important to be left to chance. With The Story Cure, bibliotherapists... Zobraziť viac
Richard Rogers, founder of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, is a pre-eminent architect of his generation, whose approach to buildings is infused with his enthusiasm for modernism, love of life and strong sense of social justice... Zobraziť viac
The bestselling, critically acclaimed winner of HTE 2007, Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. "Blisteringly good." (Guardian). In her remarkable stories of seemingly ordinary people living extraordinary lives, ... Zobraziť viac
What Does It mean To Feel Truly Alive? Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the... Zobraziť viac
From the McIlvanney Prize-winning author of May God Forgive comes the latest gritty instalment in the Harry McCoy series Zobraziť viac
