Widely praised on its first publication in 1987, The Haw Lantern ventured into new imaginative territory with poems exploring the theme of loss - including a celebrated sonnet sequence concerning the death of the poet's mother... Zobraziť viac
The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely ( JR Ackerley, ... Zobraziť viac
This is the story of the body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, the explorer David Livingstone - and the sixty-nine men and women who carried his remains for 1,500 miles so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own country... Zobraziť viac
When Dublin pathologist Quirke glimpses a familiar face while on holiday with his wife, it's hard, at first, to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him... Zobraziť viac
Lose yourself in this glorious memoir of the island jewel of Corfu by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu... Zobraziť viac
Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in rural south eastern Australia. Together with Willie,... Zobraziť viac
Faber & Faber: The cat flap opened. Emily thought a wild animal was coming into the house. But the muddy creature that... Zobraziť viac
The incredible story of Emile Zola's escape to London in the aftermath of the scandalous Dreyfus Affair. It is the evening... Zobraziť viac
Are our brains wired to hate? Is social media to blame for an increase in hateful abuse? With hate on the rise, what can we do to turn the tide? Drawing on twenty years of pioneering research - as well as his own experience as a hate-crime victim... Zobraziť viac
Since the publication of Istanbul: Memories of a City, Orhan Pamuk has continued to add to his collection of photographs of... Zobraziť viac
In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, however, ... Zobraziť viac
Unexhausted Time inhabits a world of dream and dawn, in which thoughts touch us 'like soft rain', and all the elements are brought closer in... Zobraziť viac
The gripping tale of the Greenpeace activists who endured a hundred days in a Murmansk isolation jail. There is a saying in Russian jails. Ne ver ne boysya ne prosi: don't trust, don't fear, don't beg... Zobraziť viac
A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, ... Zobraziť viac
All magic comes at a price, but love was never part of the bargain . . . The look he was giving her. Serilda had never been looked at like that before . . . The intensity. The heat. The raw astonishment. He was going to kiss her... Zobraziť viac
The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The matchmaker... Zobraziť viac
It came from the woods. Most strange things do.' Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyss. These chilling tales spring from the macabre imagination of acclaimed and award-winning comic creator ... Zobraziť viac
33 Revolutions Per Minute tracks the turbulent relationship between popular music and politics, through 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday singing 'Strange Fruit' to Green Day raging against the Iraq war... Zobraziť viac
Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists. She treats serial killers, arsonists, stalkers, gang members and other individuals who are usually labelled 'monsters'... Zobraziť viac
Mia always dreamed of being an umbra tamer until she met the wild creature on the Nightmare Plains. Since that day, she prefers to stay safe within the walls of Nubis. Safe, that is, until a surprise attack... Zobraziť viac
