John Banville's Ancient Light is a story of obsessive young love and the power of grief. 'Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love with his mother.' In a small town in 1950s Ireland a fifteen-year-old boy has illicit meetings with a thirty-five... Zobraziť viac
At the heart of this astonishing, soul-wrenching novel is a true story of courage and endurance in the face of one of the most brutal civil wars the world has ever known. Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family... Zobraziť viac
Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe - Spies, girls and an Englishman abroad. Trust no one. London, 1958: unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk job and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Britannia, a brand... Zobraziť viac
PRE-ORDER THE PAPERBACK NOWDiscover the tools to identify healthy and toxic behaviours in all areas of life and separate the red flags from the green, from TikTok psychologist Dr Ali Fenwick‘A MODERN MANUAL FOR ACING ALL SOCIAL INTERACTIONS THAT WILL... Zobraziť viac
Riding in a motorcycle rally across the Brazilian jungle is hard and exciting. But when they agree to help their Indian friends, Brian and David find themselves racing to save lives... Zobraziť viac
If you go down to the woods today. The last thing Tom Campbell remembers is camping in the New Forest with his girlfriend, Melissa. Now he is helpless, alone and consumed by fear, hunted through the woods by a sinister, masked figure... Zobraziť viac
Tiffany Case stands between James Bond and the leaders of a diamond-smuggling ring that stretches from Africa via London to the States. Bond uses her to infiltrate this gang, but once in America the hunter becomes the hunted... Zobraziť viac
Discover #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green from the beginning with four critically acclaimed, award-winning modern classics, including Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and The Fault in Our Stars, now a major... Zobraziť viac
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success ... Zobraziť viac
A collection of short stories including "Solid Objects", "Kew Gardens", and "The Mark on the Wall". Zobraziť viac
In this profound and playful book, Nassim Nicholas Taleb presents his ideas about life in the form of aphorisms, the world's earliest - and most memorable - literary form. Procrustes was a character from Greek mythology who abducted travellers and... Zobraziť viac
**A must-read thriller for lovers of The Passage, World War Z, The Martian or Interstellar** What happens when you make a discovery that changes everything? Deadwood, USA. A girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike. Suddenly, the ground... Zobraziť viac
Describes the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions, the author experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum. This book presents an account of the pleasures and pains of opium that forged a link between artistic self-... Zobraziť viac
Today Maya Angelou is one of the world’s most respected writers and poets. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a poor Black girl growing up in the segregated American South... Zobraziť viac
The sequel to Me Before You, which is now a major motion picture.Look out for Jojo s new book, Paris for One and Other Stories, available now. We all lose what we love at some point, but in her poignant, funny way, Moyes reminds us that even if it s... Zobraziť viac
Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a team of hit men crash the party literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion and sets off a mystery that's an intoxicating... Zobraziť viac
Contemporary / American English In Egypt Imhotep, High Priest of the Dead, stays in the ground for 3215 years. Then he wakes up from his half-life and he starts to kill. Evelyn works in a museum. Rick is a soldier. Can these very different people send... Zobraziť viac
Dampier`s adventures and writing inspired both Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver`s Travels, but in his own right he was a remarkable, observant and enjoyable writer - whether on a woefully mishandled pirate raid in Spanish America or on a desperate journey... Zobraziť viac
