Category Archives: Accessories
The Dream Quake
The horror of the Rainbow Opera riot is the talk of the country. Dreamhunter Grace Tiebold`s reputation is in tatters and Laura is in hiding. Rumours about the government`s torture of prisoners have been suppressed and corrupt minister Cas Doran is free to take his plans to shocking heights. For at a secret depot deep
The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian and Quinx
The Avignon Quintet gathers Lawrence Durrell`s five kaleidoscopic, Booker Prize-nominated novels – orbiting around the South of France in World War II – into one epic modern classic, one of `the greatest novels of our time` (Sunday Times). `Durrell is a magician. He juggles with glittering words, he conjures up “cloud capped towers, gorgeous palaces
The Bell Jar
Esther Greenwood is at college and is fighting two battles, one against her own desire for perfection in all things – grades, boyfriend, looks, career – and the other against remorseless mental illness. As her depression deepens she finds herself encased in it, bell-jarred away from the rest of the world. This is the story
Ludmila`s Broken English
This is a raucous and brilliantly insane road trip of epic proportions, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Vernon God Little. DBC Pierre`s second novel charts the unlikely meeting between East and West that follows Ludmila Derev`s appearance on a Russian Brides website. Determined to save her family from starvation in the face of marauding
Woods etc.
“Woods etc.” is Alice Oswald`s third collection of poems, and follows the success of her widely acclaimed river-poem “Dart”, which was awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2002. Extending the concerns of “Dart” and written over a period of several years, these poems combine abrupt honesty with an exuberant rhetorical confidence, at times recalling
The Pitmen Painters
In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class. Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters. Within a few years the most avant-garde
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 30, Volume 30
Each year the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is seen by millions through a global tour and international media coverage. Portfolio 30 displays the full collection of 100 images awarded in the 2020 competition. Selected by an international jury for their artistic merit and originality from more than 40,000 entries, they represent the work
Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney
Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies; but no book-length portrait has appeared until now. Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, “Stepping Stones” retraces the poet`s steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature and
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Preserved on a single surviving manuscript dating from around 1400, composed by an anonymous master, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was rediscovered only 200 years ago, and published for the first time in 1839. One of the earliest great stories of English literature, after Beowulf, the poem narrates the strange tale of a green
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 31
This commemorative portfolio displays the gallery of all the 100 pictures awarded in the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, together with the stories of what they reveal and how they were created. Representing the work of photographers worldwide, they illustrate both the beauty and drama of the natural world and our conflicted relationship
Weather – A Force of Nature: Spectacular images from Weather Photographer of the Year
These are some of the most breathtaking images from Weather Photographer of the Year, the annual competition held by The Royal Meteorological Society. They depict thrilling weather events of every kind and often reveal fascinating stories about their impact on human society. Each image has been selected by a panel of meteorologists, photographers and photo
50 Years of Wildlife Photographer of the Year: How Wildlife Photography Became Art
Featuring many of the greatest nature photographs of all time, this book charts the development of nature photography, from the first hand-held cameras and the colour film revolution of the 1960s, to the increasingly sophisticated photographs of wild animals and unexplored places that are taken today. This special collection is a celebration of 50 years
North
With this collection, first published in 1975, Heaney located a myth which allowed him to articulate a vision of Ireland–its people, history, and landscape–and which gave his poems direction, cohesion, and cumulative power. In “North,” the Irish experience is refracted through images drawn from different parts of the Northern European experience, and the idea of
Vanish: Rizzoli Isles Series 5
The beautiful woman appears to be just another corpse in the morgue. But when medical examiner Maura Isles looks down at the body, she gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. Now very much alive, the woman is rushed to the hospital, where she murders a security guard and seizes hostages,
Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved: 2016
From the Victorian golden age of dinosaur discovery to the cutting edge of twenty-first century fossil forensics `Dinosaurs` unravels the mysteries of the most spectacular group of animals our planet has ever seen. Despite facing drastic climatic conditions including violent volcanic activity, searing temperatures and rising and plunging sea levels, the dinosaurs formed an evolutionary
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio 23
Presenting the year`s very best wildlife images, this powerful collection of pictures represents the work of many international photographers, both professionals and amateurs. It comprises all the winning and commended photographs from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 competition, the most prestigious event of its kind in the world. The photographs are chosen by
