He is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is a sensitive but astute young housekeeper who is entrusted ... Zobraziť viac
From the author of Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution andRevolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire comes a powerful, revelatory book about the year that would signal the beginning of the ... Zobraziť viac
"Heart of Darkness is a devastating commentary on the corruptibility of humanity. Based on Conrad’s own 1890 trip up the Congo River, the story is told by Marlow, the novelist’s alter ego. It is a journey into darkness and horror—both literally, as the... Zobraziť viac
When Soumchi, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in British-occupied Jerusalem just after World War II, receives a bicycle as a gift from his Uncle Zemach, he is overjoyed?even if it is a girl's bicycle... Zobraziť viac
He is the Little Prince, the mysterious, innocent and beautiful boy who appears to a pilot stranded in the desert and makes an extraordinary request. He has captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world since his story ... Zobraziť viac
I have just returned from a visit to my landlord—the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a... Zobraziť viac
When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirates chest in his parents inn he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure He joins the crew setting sail to the Caribbean to seek out the booty and over the course of the voyage confronts... Zobraziť viac
Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to join the navy After a series of adventures at sea he is shipwrecked in a devastating storm and finds himself alone on a remote desert island He remains there many years building a life for himself in solitude until.. Zobraziť viac
Sweetness wants to Love her child, Bride, but she struggles to Love her as a mother should. Bride, now glamorous, grown up, ebony-black and panther-like, wants to Love her man, Booker, but she finds herself betrayed by a moment in her past, ... Zobraziť viac
A model of efficiency and order, the aerodrome stands on the hill looking down on the village below. Roy, coming of age in the messy, violent and adulterous world of the villagers, is simultaneously attracted and repelled by this strange place ... Zobraziť viac
For nearly two years the two most infamous dictators in history actively collaborated with one another. The Nazi-Soviet Pact stunned the world when it was announced, the Second World War was launched under its auspices with the invasion ... Zobraziť viac
From the double Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace, 'a moving story of lost childhood' (Sunday Telegraph). After crossing oceans, a man and a boy - both strangers to each other - arrive in a new land. David, the boy, has lost his... Zobraziť viac
Clinton Heylin's meticulously researched, all-encompassing and consistently revelatory account of these fascinating early years is the closest we will ever get to a definitive life of an artist who has been the lodestar of popular culture... Zobraziť viac
As we mark the centenary of the end of World War One, this astonishing book collects over five hundred remarkable photographs and rarely seen material of the war from the Imperial War Museum archives... Zobraziť viac
'A wonderful discovery' (Ian McEwan), this is a beguiling dystopian tale of a young man confronted with the truth about freedom. On a hot summer night, a young man sits in a dark cell in a Hungarian prison... Zobraziť viac
Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, ... Zobraziť viac
In recent decades human beings have altered the planet beyond anything it has experienced in its 4.5 billion-year history. We have become a force on a par with earth-shattering asteroids and planet-cloaking volcanoes. As a result, our planet is ... Zobraziť viac
A Sunday Telegraph Book of the Year`Winterson's winter tales unfailingly succeed in their endeavor to leave you aglow' - Guardian For years Jeanette Winterson has written a new story at Christmas time and here she brings together twelve of her brilliantly Zobraziť viac
Arthur Machin's life changes when he is picked for the Rugby league team in his local town. Once a struggling coal miner's son, now he can buy what he likes - a car, a fur coat for his widowed landlady, Mrs Hammond, who is becoming something more... Zobraziť viac
Vintage: Gunder Jomann, a quiet, middle-aged man from a peaceful Norwegian community, thinks his life has been made complete... Zobraziť viac
