In the midst of the fighting, two Russian soldiers seek refuge in the crypt of a German church. There, clutched in the hands of a skeleton priest, they find The Shepherd; a priceless icon thought to have been destroyed long ago. When news of ... Zobraziť viac
W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) was not only Ireland's greatest poet but one of the most influential voices in world literature in the twentieth century. His extraordinary work, in the words of this volume's editor Seamus Heaney, encourages us to be ... Zobraziť viac
Mankind must put a stop to the dreadful destruction by the Iron Man and set a trap for him, but he cannot be kept down. Then, when a terrible monster from outer space threatens to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who finds a way to save the ... Zobraziť viac
On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single... Zobraziť viac
Faber & Faber: The poems in Winter Trees were written in the last nine months of Sylvia Plath's life, and form part of the... Zobraziť viac
When Myriam, a brilliant lawyer, decides to return to work, she and her husband look for a nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the ... Zobraziť viac
Faber and Faber: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks... Zobraziť viac
Faber and Faber: April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull... Zobraziť viac
Faber & Faber: 'A monumental achievement - one of the great scientific biographies.' Michael Frayn The Strangest Man is the... Zobraziť viac
This is the complete collection of stories from one of the most original and powerful American writers of the twentieth-century. Including A Good Man is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge, ... Zobraziť viac
Greil Marcus weaves individual moods and moments into a brilliant history of their changing times. This book begins in Berkeley in 1968, and ends with a piece on Dylan's show at the University of Minnesota on election night 2008... Zobraziť viac
Faber and Faber: Empires of the Sea shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the... Zobraziť viac
Faber and Faber: "'One of India's finest living novelists.' Observer" Zobraziť viac
Faber & Faber: An elderly woman is found dead in a nursing home. Bjarne Brogeland, who heads up the investigation, soon... Zobraziť viac
From one of the most celebrated imaginations in American literature, Lorrie Moore's new novel is a magic box of longing and surprise... Zobraziť viac
If you haven't already heard of Samantha Irby. where have you been? ... Zobraziť viac
Welcome to Mae Pruett's LA. A 'black-bag' publicist at one of Hollywood's most powerful crisis PR firms, Mae's job isn't to get good news out, it's to keep the bad news in and contain the scandals... Zobraziť viac
August Brill, an elderly book critic, lies awake in the dark, unable to sleep. Elsewhere in the house are his daughter, Miriam, and granddaughter, Katya, each with her own reasons for lying awake and watchful in the long Vermont night... Zobraziť viac
Darkness Visible opens at the height of the London Blitz, when a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Zobraziť viac
