Erlendur has recently joined the police force as a young officer and immediately sinks into the darkness of Reykjavik's underworld. Working nights, he discovers the city is full of car crashes, robberies, drinkers and fighters... Zobraziť viac
Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates at Oslo jail, and absolves them of their sins. Some people even whisper that Sonny is serving time for someone else: that he doesn't just listen, Zobraziť viac
This title comes with an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Bathsheba Everdene arrives in the small village of Weatherbury and captures the heart of three very different men; Gabriel Oak, a quiet shepherd, the proud, obdurate Farmer ... Zobraziť viac
These seven stories were the last that Carver wrote. Among them is one of his longest, 'Errand', in which he imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer Carver hugely admired and to whose work his own was often compared. This fine story suggests that the... Zobraziť viac
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Looming Tower, and the pandemic novel The End of October: an unprecedented, momentous account of Covid-19—its origins, its wide-ranging repercussions, and the ongoing global fight to contain it "A book of... Zobraziť viac
The young George III was a poignant figure, humdrum on the surface yet turbulent beneath: hiding his own passions, he tried hard to be a father to his siblings and his nation. Zobraziť viac
Vintage: 'Roth is a living master' Harold Bloom About the Author In 1997, Philip Roth won the Pulitzer Prize for American... Zobraziť viac
Vydavatel: Vintage Počet strán: 208 Rozmery: 13.1 x 1.4 x 20 cm ISBN: 9780099801900 Formát: mäkká väzba - brožovaná (Paperback) Zobraziť viac
Mia Holl lives in a state governed by The Method, where good health is the highest duty of the citizen. Everyone must submit medical data and sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis, and regular exercise is mandatory... Zobraziť viac
CCV: `two characters so vibrant they step straight off the page' --The Tablet Guardian 'In its precision, scope... Zobraziť viac
The third, enlarged edition of Isaiah Berlin's remarkable series of character portraits, Personal Impressions. Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, Albert Einstein, Boris Pasternak and Anna ... Zobraziť viac
CCV: THE BLUEST EYE chronicles the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in 1940s Ohio: Pauline, Cholly, Sam and Pecola.... Zobraziť viac
A companion novel to Slaughterhouse 5, covering similar themes and drawing on the author´s experiences as a prisoner of war... Zobraziť viac
THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled behind the National Theatre, a rough and dangerous area of... Zobraziť viac
CCV: Amazon.co.uk Review Atonement is Ian McEwan's ninth novel and his first since the Booker Prize-winning Amsterdam in... Zobraziť viac
Vintage: The PowerBook is twenty-first century fiction that uses past, present and future as shifting dimensions of a... Zobraziť viac
Amos Oz's first major novel in a decade - since A Tale of Love and Darkness, which sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Shmuel - a young, idealistic student - has abandoned his studies in... Zobraziť viac
In a gray and gloomy village, all of the animals from dogs and cats to fish and snails disappeared years before. No one talks about it and no one knows why, though everyone agrees that the village has been cursed. But when two children see a fish ... Zobraziť viac
China's history is an epic tapestry of courtly philosophies, warring factions and imperial intrigue. Yet, over five thousand years, one ancient element has so dramatically shaped the country's fate that it remains the key to unlocking China's story... Zobraziť viac
Amber Knight is London’s hottest ticket – pop star, film star, front-page, gossip. Nick Belsey is less celebrated. He can’t shake his habit of getting into serious trouble. His career at Hampstead CID is coming to a dishonourable end. He is currently... Zobraziť viac
