In his sharply crafted, unnerving first collection of speculative fiction shorts, Courttia Newland envisages an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora.
Hanif Kureishi's cinematic storytelling embraces a wide spectrum of characters from all classes and nationalities, depicting them with compassion, humour and relish, though never fighting shy of controversy. This volume comprises four of Kureishi's screenplays.
When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schroedinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence.
The fourth adventure in the enchanted Mirrorworld leads to the Far East, where Jacob and Fox finally track down Will, who is travelling with a one of Jacob's worst enemies. Putting his feelings aside, Jacob agrees to travel with them to the beautiful Island of the Foxes in quest of another magical Mirror.
A glimpse of post-war France through the eyes and words of 14 (mostly) expatriate journalists including Mavis Gallant, James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, S.N. Behrman, Luc Sante, Joseph Mitchell, and Lillian Ross; plus, portraits of their editors William Shawn and New Yorker founder Harold Ross.Together: they invented modern magazine journalism.
1930s Leningrad. As a mood of fear cloaks the city, Investigator Vasily Zaitsev is called on to investigate a series of bizarre and seemingly motiveless murders. In each case, the victim is curiously dressed and posed in extravagantly arranged settings.At the same time, one by one precious old master paintings are going missing from the Hermitage collection.
'This is Rayner at his rambunctious best: upfront, full-fat, and always deliciously written.' Nigella Lawson'A sophisticated palate and a fiery, comic tongue. Jay Rayner's food writing is brilliant.' Stanley TucciWhy are gravy stains on your shirt at the dinner table to be admired? Does bacon improve everything? And is gin really the devil's work?
This collection begins in the early 1980s with The Rainbow Sign, which was written as the Introduction to the screenplay of My Beautiful Laundrette. It allowed Kureishi to expand upon the issues raised by the film: race, class, sexuality - issues that were provoked by his childhood and family situation.
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREGuatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changed the development of Latin America: that those in power encouraged the spread of Soviet communism in the Americas.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLEThe world can't seem to get enough of Dolly Parton. Her image is blazoned across T-shirts, she burns on desks as blasphemous candles, and well into her seventies she continues to grace awards stages, arenas and talk shows where women of a certain age are rarely seen.
**OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD****A 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION, FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR**WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE INTERNATIONAL SENSATIONA SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Captivating' DONNA TARTT'I loved it' J K ROWLING'Ravishingly vivid' EMMA DONOGHUEGreece in the age of heroes.
Packed with 100 different screen-free games for the whole family to enjoy.
Desaťročia cestovania sú pre nás dôkaz, že naša planéta a príroda sú zázrak. Ako inak nazvať šantenie s miliónmi zlatých medúz na súostroví Palau alebo nočný ponor k veľkým rajam na Havaji?
Trojica kníh ZOOM, ZOOM 2 a ZOOM 3 v rámci jedinečného setu mapuje veľkú časť zážitkov z ciest po viac ako 140 krajinách sveta. Desaťročia cestovania sú pre nás dôkazom zázračnosti našej planéty a prírody. Za našimi fotografiami je mnoho príbehov, ktoré na prvý pohľad nevidieť.
The Sunday Times top 10 bestsellerWith a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales'A stunningly moving book about the power of hope and love to overcome the very worst of mankind' Piers MorganWhen Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in 1945, a Jewish-American soldier gave her a banknote on which he'd written 'Good luck and happiness'.
Evil always seeks a foothold. We must not give it one. The electrifying conclusion to the New York Times and Indiebound bestselling Serpent & Dove trilogy is perfect for fans of Sarah J.Maas and Kendare Blake. Lou has spent her whole life running. Now, after a crushing blow from Morgane, the time has come to go home-and claim what is rightfully hers.
"Fully illustrated, the charm of his English Roses comes across on every page, even if the reader has to imagine their scent." - The Irish Garden"Experts will appreciate the notes on each rose's breeding.
Kniha známeho publicistu a spisovateľa Mariana Jaslovského približuje osobnosť geniálneho hudobníka Mariána Vargu tak blízko, ako sa len dá. Jaslovský spolu s Vargovou manželkou Janou vyspovedali asi tridsiatku priateľov, členov rodiny a spolupracovníkov z Vargovho najbližšieho okruhu.
O próze Večne je zelený, ktorá vznikala v sedemdesiatych rokoch, no prvýkrát vyšla až v roku 1989, autor povedal: „Je pravda, že o novele Večne je zelený som bol presvedčený, že nikdy nevyjde, a nielen pre režim. Možno aj vedomie, že ju nikto nebude čítať, spôsobilo, že sa mi písala báječne, uvoľnene.
Poviedková zbierka, ktorá prvý raz vyšla v roku 1986, pokrýva všetky Slobodove témy: vzťahy medzi mužom a ženou, otcom a synom, vzťah v pracovnom kolektíve i v rodine. Navonok sa poviedky javia ako humorné, no v skutočnosti sú vážne, odkrývajú vnútorné stavy a zážitky človeka tej doby.