George and his large, simple-minded friend Lennie are drifters, following wherever work leads them. Arriving in California's Salinas Valley, they get work on a ranch. If they can just stay out of trouble, George promises Lennie, ... Zobraziť viac
Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow. They head west, towards California, ... Zobraziť viac
Gladiator meets Platoon in this spectacular debut where honour and duty, legions and tribes clash in bloody, heart-breaking glory. Twelve Roman legionaries have been massacred. A bloodied individual is found among the dead... Zobraziť viac
They tell of Kino, the fisherman, and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito. And because the story has been told so often, it has taken root in every man's mind. ... Zobraziť viac
Poor Mr Swimble is having a bad day. Rabbits are bouncing out of his hat, pigeons are flying out of his jacket and every time he points his finger, something magically appears – cheese sandwiches, socks . . . even a small yellow elephant on wheels! ... Zobraziť viac
Why Read the Classics? is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that ... Zobraziť viac
In The Zoo of the New, poets Don Paterson and Nick Laird have cast a fresh eye over more than five centuries of verse, from... Zobraziť viac
Girl on the Train. Fifty Shades. The Goldfinch. Why do some books capture the whole world's attention? In The Bestseller Code, Archer and Jockers boldly claim that not only can mega-hits be explained and identified - but they've built the algorithm ... Zobraziť viac
Today in Eastern Europe the architectural work of revolution is complete: the old order has been replaced by various forms of free market economy and de jure democracy. But as Slavenka Drakulic observes, "in everyday life, ... Zobraziť viac
When a game called Warcross takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths. For the millions who... Zobraziť viac
A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Zobraziť viac
An inspirational and insightful guide for those who want to get it all by doing less For women, a glass ceiling at work is... Zobraziť viac
Sadder than salad. From apples to artichokes, these glittering, fragmented, painterly portraits of food by the avant-garde... Zobraziť viac
This book starts from the position that gender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet. It blights First and developing worlds; rich and poor women. Gender injustice impacts health, wealth, education... Zobraziť viac
The great journalist of conflict in the Third World finds an even stranger and more exotic society in his own home of post-War Poland... Zobraziť viac
Science and fiction interweave delightfully in these playful Cosmicomic short stories... Zobraziť viac
A deliberately severed finger, a junky's Christmas miracle and a Tangier con-artist, among others, feature in these hallucinogenic sketches and stories from the infamous Beat legend... Zobraziť viac
This is a love story that could only happen because of an accident of time travel. Tom and Penny belong to a world so... Zobraziť viac
One of America's greatest writers explores mob violence, voyeurism and betrayal in these unforgettable tales of Californian life... Zobraziť viac
Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and... Zobraziť viac
