Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg. Humiliated, his body truncated, his life circumscribed, he turns away from his friends... Zobraziť viac
Audra has finally left her abusive husband. She’s taken the family car and her young children, Sean and Louise, are buckled up in the back. This is their chance for a fresh start. Audra keeps to the country roads to avoid attention... Zobraziť viac
`I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one' Without her beloved father and miles from home, it is very hard for Sara Crewe to like her new life at boarding school. Luckily Sara always dreams up wonderful things... Zobraziť viac
Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English... Zobraziť viac
In this gritty, white-knuckle crime thriller, Detective Nick Belsey—introduced in the acclaimed The Hollow Man as a shrewd, street-smart cynic who is one of London’s sharpest, but most unprincipled, investigators—is plunged into a perplexing mystery... Zobraziť viac
When her father dies, Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt Polly. She is poor, orphaned and alone but Pollyanna just feels lucky to have an aunt at all. The truth is that her dear father, before he died, taught her a trick for life... Zobraziť viac
The riveting story of the pioneers who redefined conceptions of 'normality' in the early twentieth century. Under the guiding eye of cultural anthropologist Franz Boas, these scientist-explorers - most of them women - made intrepid journeys into... Zobraziť viac
Christmas Eve, 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered for another legendary celebration at their beautiful country house. The champagne flows, the silverware sparkles and upstairs the rooms are ready for their occupants... Zobraziť viac
A toy train. A stack of letters. A tiny pulse glass, inherited from her great-great-grandfather, which was used to time a patient's heartbeat before pocket watches... Gillian Tindall, one of our most admired domestic history writers, examines seemingly... Zobraziť viac
A Guardian / Sunday Times / Irish Times / Herald Scotland / Mail on Sunday Book of the Year .Winner of the Bord Gais Novel of the Year. Midwinter Break is a work of extraordinary emotional precision and sympathy, about coming to terms ... Zobraziť viac
Midnight, New Year's Eve, 1976. Nine lives are about to be changed forever. Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, heirs to one of New York's greatest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; ... Zobraziť viac
The gripping story of the lure of porcelain, or 'white gold', from the Number One bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes... Zobraziť viac
A re-envisaging of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life... Zobraziť viac
The official movie tie-in edition to Oliver Stones major motion picture, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It began with a tantalizing, anonymous email: I am a senior member of the intelligence community... Zobraziť viac
A New York Times and Washington Post notable book, and one of theFinancial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Slate, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, andBookPage's best books of the year An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller, ... Zobraziť viac
The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn't the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped ... Zobraziť viac
Harry is out of his Depth. Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can... Zobraziť viac
About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire... Zobraziť viac
Chuck Palahniuk is, of course, best known for Fight Club, a remarkable novel which gave rise to an equally remarkable movie.... Zobraziť viac
CCV: Le Figaro 'If you can only read one novel, choose this one, it's worth a hundred'. The Spectator 'An... Zobraziť viac
