50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world's finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, James Joyce, to Hemingway, ... Zobraziť viac
Transworld Publishers Ltd: "'Edgier than Bryson, hits harder than Mayle' The Times" Book Description From the... Zobraziť viac
Transworld Publishers Ltd - 'A delightful comedy of errors from the funniest female writer around' - Company. 'Definitely full o Zobraziť viac
Transworld Publishers Ltd: At 6'6" and 240lbs, Forrest Gump is difficult to ignore. This satire follows him from the... Zobraziť viac
The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, ... Zobraziť viac
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a truly unforgettable emotional story about life in Nazi-occupied Germany. Nine year-old Bruno knows nothing of the horrors of the Final Solution and the Holocaust, and is oblivious to the appalling cruelties... Zobraziť viac
Here is a small fact - You are going to die 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street... Zobraziť viac
Ava is sick of online dating. She's always trusted her own instincts over an algorithm, anyway, and she wants a break from it all. So when she signs up to a semi-silent, anonymous writing retreat in glorious Italy, love is the last thing on her mind... Zobraziť viac
Emma is sitting on a turbulent plane. She's always been a v. nervous flyer. She really thinks that this could be her last moment. So, naturally enough, she starts telling the man sitting next to her - quite a dishy American, but she's too frightened to... Zobraziť viac
Transworld Publishers Ltd - Book Description A satire about competitive, over-protective parents driving their children to tu Zobraziť viac
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that ... Zobraziť viac
A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd – would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather – as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, ... Zobraziť viac
So says John Berry, son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of eccentric siblings, and chronicler of the lives lived, the loves experienced, the deaths met, and the myriad strange and wonderful times encountered... Zobraziť viac
She knows all your secrets. But will she keep them? Look around you. Who holds the most power in the room? Is it the one who speaks loudest, who looks the part, who has the most money, who commands the most respect? ... Zobraziť viac
True or false? It's rarely that simple. There is always more than one truth in every story. Eating meat is... Zobraziť viac
Patrick didn’t care what made people work. He was only interested in what happened when they stopped. Life is strange for Patrick Fort - being a medical student with Asperger’s Syndrome ... Zobraziť viac
Liz and Jonathan are in trouble. They can't sell their old house. Here they are, stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a miserable adolescent daughter who hadn't wanted to move anyway... Zobraziť viac