Christianity was born nearly 2000 years ago in ancient Palestine. It has shaped the course of human history... Zobraziť viac
Love is Blindis William Boyd's sweeping, heart-stopping new novel. Set at the end of the 19th century, it follows the fortunes of Brodie Moncur, a young Scottish musician, about to embark on the story of his life. When Brodie is offered a job in Paris, .. Zobraziť viac
Annie and Duncan are a mid-thirties couple who have reached a fork in the road, realising their shared interest in the reclusive musician Tucker Crowe (in Duncan's case, an obsession rather than an interest) is not enough to hold them together any more... Zobraziť viac
Since the days of Adam Smith, economists have grappled with a series of familiar problems - but often their ideas are hard to digest, before we even try to apply them to today's issues. Linda Yueh is renowned for her combination of erudition, ... Zobraziť viac
The story begins in 1962. Somewhere on a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and views an apparition: a beautiful woman, ... Zobraziť viac
You'd think you would be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world of the Thursday Murder Club... Zobraziť viac
You'd think you would be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world of the Thursday Murder Club... Zobraziť viac
Suddenly - tomorrow or the day after - girls find that with a flick of their fingers, they can inflict agonizing pain and even death. With this single twist, the four lives at the heart of Naomi Alderman's extraordinary,... Zobraziť viac
The human brain faces a set of dilemmas every day: how to achieve coherence from fragmented sensory inputs and how to attain connection with other people in an increasingly atomized and isolating world. Ideologies offer a shortcut, providing easy ... Zobraziť viac
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace... Zobraziť viac
A glitteringly dark and unsettling debut novel about four young women struggling to survive in South Korea... Zobraziť viac
It's the following Thursday, and Elizabeth has just had a visit from a man she thought was dead. It's (one of) her ex-husbands, and he's being hunted. His story involves some diamonds, some spies, and a very angry mobster... Zobraziť viac
Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time... Zobraziť viac
From award-winning writer Elif Shafak, the Orange Prize long-listed author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect's Apprentice, The Gaze is a humorous and carnivalesque exploration of what it means to look and be looked at... Zobraziť viac
A searing, gripping novel about a young Tamil woman living through the Sri Lankan civil war... Zobraziť viac
An authoritative rethinking of global history by a leading Yale professor. When did globalization begin? ... Zobraziť viac
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case... Zobraziť viac
International bestselling author Ken Follett has enthralled millions of readers with The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, two stories of the Middle Ages set in the fictional city of Kingsbridge... Zobraziť viac
Science is a serious business, right? Wrong. Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today... Zobraziť viac
I had no clue when I came back to life, or how it happened. I just know there was a terrible storm outside the house... It's the middle of the night at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, when a thunderbolt shatters the glass case... Zobraziť viac
