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They Burn Thistles
This is the story of a bitter war between the poor Turkish peasants of the Taurus Mountains and the Aghas who covet their land. Ali Safa is determined to take possession of the village of Vayvay but its inhabitants will not sell. Then one villager weakens, prepared to part with his land in return for
All Passion Spent
When the great statesman Lord Slane dies, everyone assumes his dutiful wife will slowly fade away, the paying guest of each of her six children. But Lady Slane surprises everyone by escaping to a rented house in Hampstead where she revels in her new freedom, revives her youthful ambition to become an artist and gathers
Pollyanna
`Most generally there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it` When her father dies, Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt Polly. She is poor, orphaned and alone but Pollyanna just feels lucky to have an aunt at all. The truth
Caught, Back, Concluding
Dazzling, daring and full of original insight and wit, Henry Green offers a unique view of a class-ridden Britain enduring both war and its aftermath. In the apocalyptic atmosphere of the Blitz, so brilliantly evoked in Caught, gossip spreads like wildfire and the lives of two men are torn apart. In Back, Charley, an amputee,
H is for Hawk (The Birds and Bees)
The Birds and the Bees series was designed for Vintage Classics by Timorous Beasties, the Scottish studio famous for their designs inspired by the natural world. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. Years later, when her father died, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She
Anna Karenina
TRANSLATED BY LOUISE AND AYLMER MAUDE. Anna is a beautiful, intelligent woman whose passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky leads her to ruin. But her story is also about a search for meaning, and by twinning it with that of Levin, an awkward idealist whose happy marriage and domestic trials form the backdrop for
Bee Journal (The Birds and the Bees)
The Birds and the Bees series was designed for Vintage Classics by Timorous Beasties, the Scottish studio famous for their designs inspired by the natural world. Bee Journal is a poem-journal of beekeeping that chronicles the life of the hive. It observes the living architecture of the comb, the range and locality of the colony;
The Camomile Lawn
Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is gorgeous, utterly selfish and determined to marry for money. Polly and Walter, brother and sister, play their cards close to their chests. Then there`s little Sophie, who nobody loves. Soon the world will be swept into war again and
Ready Player Two: The highly anticipated sequel to READY PLAYER ONE
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday`s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday`s vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous – and addictive – than even Wade dreamed
The Dark Skies of Britain & Ireland: A Star-gazer`s Guide
This travel guide to the best stargazing spots in the UK begins by introducing the idea of astronomy and why it is such an enticing hobby. It then explores the history behind astronomy, the myths and folklore we associate with the stars, a guide to nocturnal wildlife, information on the issues surrounding light pollution, and
Hugh Johnson Pocket Wine 2021
The world`s best-selling annual wine guide.Hugh Johnson`s Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine – in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 44th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide. Hugh Johnson provides clear succinct facts and commentary on the
West with the Light: My Life in Nature
`Don`t send him to Torremolinos; it`s not his kind of tundra.` Such was the mantra of The Sunday Times when considering assignments for Brian Jackman, for whom deserts, rain forests and mountain ranges have always been more enticing habitats.After decades spent travelling and writing about the places and wildlife that have inspired him, one of
Snakes and Ladders: The great British social mobility myth
Politicians claim social mobility is real – a just reward for ambition and hard work. This book proves otherwise.From servants` children who became clerks in Victorian Britain, to managers made redundant by the 2008 financial crash, travelling up or down the social ladder has been a fact of British life for more than a century.
Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else
In a little over a generation the bones and sinews of the British economy – rail, energy, water, postal services, municipal housing – have been sold to remote, unaccountable private owners. In a series of brilliant portraits James Meek shows how Britain`s common wealth became private, and the impact it has had on us all.
Can`t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
An incendiary personal and cultural investigation of burnout โ€Meticulously researched… astutely observed… extremely enlighteningโ€ Guardian โ€Urgent and insightful book… Read this and get a much-needed perspectiveโ€ StylistAre you tired, stressed and trying your best but somehow still not doing enough? Has the bottom half of your To Do list been locked in place for months?
How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature
Here are some of the things I try to fight: undemocratic power, corruption, deception of the public, environmental destruction, injustice, inequality and the misallocation of resources, waste, denial, the libertarianism which grants freedom to the powerful at the expense of the powerless, undisclosed interests, complacency. George Monbiot is one of the most vocal, and eloquent,
Medusa`s Ankles: Selected Stories
A luminous selection of short stories from the prize-winning imagination of A. S. ByattWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID MITCHELLMirrors shatter at the hairdressers when a middle-aged client explodes in rage. Snow dusts the warm body of a princess honing it into something sharp and frosted. Summer sunshine flickers on the face of a smiling child
Nine Paths: A Year in the Life of an Indian Village
On an island at the eastern edge of India, rural, remote and dense with jungle, is a Muslim village. In an ever-shifting landscape of mangroves and rivers, the women here dwell among contradictions – with the restrictions and possibilities of their religion, the desire for opportunity despite the lack of education, and the unreliability of
Letters from Lockdown: A Selection of Covid Chronicles from BBC Radio 4`s PM Programme
A remarkable collection of `Covid Chronicles` — stories from lockdown sent in from listeners to BBC Radio 4 — making a deeply moving people`s history of the pandemic. The perfect gift to help you reflect and find hope this Christmas.On 23 March 2020, as the deadly virus spread around the world, the UK went into
Lily: A Tale of Revenge
Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer… Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter`s night in 1850, baby Lily Mortimer is saved by a young police constable and taken to the London Foundling Hospital. Lily is fostered by an affectionate farming family in rural Suffolk, enjoying a brief childhood idyll before
