Presents a story of endurance, as one man - plucked from his normal, everyday life - is forced to reach deep inside himself to survive life in one of the bleakest outposts in the world: Russia's vast and unforgiving 'forgotten zone'. Zobraziť viac
The English language is crammed with colourful phrases and sayings that we use without thinking every day. This book looks at the phrases we use all the time but rarely consider. Zobraziť viac
It's Egypt, October 1942. The battle for North Africa rages fiercely... Zobraziť viac
Survivor, genius, perfumer, killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets as a child, but... Zobraziť viac
Survivor, genius, perfumer, and killer: this is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He is abandoned on the filthy streets as a child, but grows up to discover he has an extraordinary gift: a sense of smell more powerful than any other human's... Zobraziť viac
The charming tale of a witch`s cat who would rather be a kitchen cat. Gobbolino has one white paw and blue eyes and isn`t wicked at all, so his mother doesn`t like him. He escapes to look for a kitchen home but is distrusted everywhere he goes and... Zobraziť viac
The 18 plays are: The Shadowy Waters; Cathleen in Houlihan; The Hour Glass; On Baile's Strabd; The Green Helmet; Deirdre; At the Hawk's Well; The Dreaming of the Bones; The Cat and the Moon; The Only Jealousy of Emer; Calvary; Sophocles' King Oedipus;... Zobraziť viac
The modern woman is a Jill of all trades ...Ava is a wife, lover, mother, daughter, friend, fixer, boss ...so many different people, in fact, she no longer knows what it means to be herself. Not that anyone will let her - not her work-obsessed husband... Zobraziť viac
"The Anatomy of Peace" will instill hope and inspire reconciliation. Through a series of moving stories about once-bitter enemies reunited, it shows us how we routinely misunderstand the causes of conflict - and perpetuate the very problems we're... Zobraziť viac
As Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding rouble. This time, though, trouble has found him . . . On a NUMA mission to the Black Sea to locate the wreck of a lost Ottoman Empire ship, Pitt... Zobraziť viac
'The only Lou Reed bio you need to read' The Washington PostOne of Pitchfork's ten best music books of 2023 | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023'A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the master's life and a dizzying array of... Zobraziť viac
Ten-year-old Randal Thane is distressed to be taken from his mother, his governess and his home and sent to prep school. But once there, he discovers an adult world he had never before imagined, and falls unwillingly but entirely under the spell of a... Zobraziť viac
Amidst the trust-funder cocktail parties, midtown strip clubs, and immigrant-run sex shops, the author discovers a surprisingly fluid and dynamic social world - one that can be found in global cities everywhere. Zobraziť viac
Reform is in the air, and it is time to take on the robber barons and corrupt politicians who have brought the country to its knees. This title tells the story which is told through the close friendship between two Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt and... Zobraziť viac
'At turns hilarious and wise, another knockout from the champ' Taylor Jenkins Reid, DAISY JONES AND THE SIX'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, IT ENDS WITH US'Smart, sunny, sexy and also a gorgeous story of female friendship' Beth O'Leary,... Zobraziť viac
Argues that punishment has gone from being mere spectacle to becoming an instrument of systematic domination over individuals in society - not just of our bodies, but our souls. Zobraziť viac
Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."--The Christian Science Monitor. Zobraziť viac
This work examines the 'gold-rush fantasy' in American psychology and describes its dire consequences. The Florida land boom, the operations of Insull, Kreuger and Hatry, and the Shandoah Corporation all come together in Galbraith's study of concerted... Zobraziť viac
Ladybird Grammar Workbooks help young learners aged 4+ to understand and practice the basics of English grammar. The six levels of the Grammar Activity Books are carefully graded and mapped against the CEFR (pre-A1 to A2+), and help children prepare... Zobraziť viac
