This book was the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014. Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, ... Zobraziť viac
This title comes with an introduction by Lynne Truss. The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, ... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: A sequence of stories about the Vietnam War, this book also has the unity of a novel, with... Zobraziť viac
When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals killed, or stolen away to Berlin, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski begin smuggling Jews into the empty cages... Zobraziť viac
When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally ... Zobraziť viac
My Head Spins. I'm Lying in a Bed. Where am I? Who am I? A man wakes up in hospital.He has no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The doctor tells him his name, but he doesn't remember it. He remembers nothing... Zobraziť viac
Make them laugh, and they're yours forever... Barbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be a beauty queen. She wants to make people laugh... Zobraziť viac
Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952–1960 Emergency.... Zobraziť viac
Based on a remarkable and little-known true story. Martinique, 1765, and brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back forty-two slaves ... Zobraziť viac
London, 1941. Amid the falling bombs Emmeline Lake dreams of becoming a fearless Lady War Correspondent. Unfortunately, Emmy instead finds herself employed as a typist for the formidable Henrietta Bird, the renowned agony aunt at Woman’s ... Zobraziť viac
Headline Publishing Group: 'Kidd's first novel is well placed, gentle and deeply moving' The Times (The Times )... Zobraziť viac
Macbeth is the bravest soldier of the king, but after meeting three strange witches, he becomes greedy for power... This text of Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy is a reader as well as a playscript. The book also looks at the history ... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: Praise for The Burning Land:‘Cornwell draws a fascinating picture of England as it might... Zobraziť viac
All for one and one for all! That’s the rallying cry of the Musketeers—guards of the French King—and the call to adventure for young readers enjoying their first taste of Dumas’ classic swashbuckler... Zobraziť viac
A shipwreck. A sole survivor, stranded on a deserted island. What could be more appealing to children than Robinson Crusoe’s amazing adventure? Set in the 17th century, and unfolding over a 30-year period, ... Zobraziť viac
A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens′ atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as ′humbug′. It is only through a series of eerie Zobraziť viac
Little, Brown Book Group: ** 'THE GLASS ROOM is a fiction of many remarkable qualities ... Mawer's control of his themes of... Zobraziť viac
In this thrilling finale, Lada realises that it is only by destroying everything that came before - including her relationships - can she truly build the country she wants. Claim the throne. Demand the crown. Rule the world. Zobraziť viac
Ana Juri is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air ... Zobraziť viac
<i>The Forsyte Saga</i> is the first part of John Galsworthy’s magnificent, well-loved Forsyte Chronicles, which trace the changing fortunes of the wealthy Forsyte dynasty through fifty years of material triumph and emotional disaster... Zobraziť viac