Category Archives: Accessories
Death and Mr Pickwick
On 31 March 1836 the publishers Chapman and Hall launched the first issue of a new monthly periodical entitled The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Conceived and created by the artist Robert Seymour, it contained four of his illustrations; the words to accompany them were written by a young journalist who used the pen-name
Death of a Ghost
This is a Vintage Murder Mystery. John Lafcadio`s ambition to be known as the greatest painter since Rembrandt was not to be thwarted by a matter as trifling as his own death. A set of twelve sealed paintings is the bequest he leaves to his widow – together with the instruction that she unveil one
Dancers in Mourning
This book offers a Vintage Murder Mystery. When song-and-dance star Jimmy Sutane falls victim to a string of malicious practical jokes, there`s only one man who can get to the bottom of the apparent vendetta against the music hall darling – Albert Campion. Soon, however, the backstage pranks escalate and an ageing starlet is killed.
The Zone of Interest
This book is shortlisted for the 2015 Walter Scott Prize. “Surely his masterpiece…Intelligent, terrifying and comic…Amis has tackled the biggest questions with imagination and intelligence, and the ultimate strength of this masterly novel is that he knows, and shows, that although there is no answer to the questions Auschwitz poses, we must never stop asking
Blood on Snow
Olav lives the lonely life of a fixer. When you `fix` people for a living – terminally – it`s hard to get close to anyone. Now he`s finally met the woman of his dreams. But there are two problems. She`s his boss` wife. And Olav`s just been hired to kill her. From the bestselling author
The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland
This title was shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Biography Award. This is the secret story of Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland. Wonderland is part of our cultural heritage. But beneath the fairy tale lies the complex history of the author and his subject. Charles Dodgson was a quiet academic but his second self, Lewis Carroll, was
Fat Planet: The Obesity Trap and How We Can Escape it
Our planet is in the grip of an obesity pandemic. More than a billion people worldwide are overweight and over 600 million are obese. We live in an obesogenic environment in which it is much easier to get fat than to stay fit. How has this come to be? Who is to blame? What can
How the French Won Waterloo – or Think They Did
Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial. If Napoleon lost
The Story of a Nutcracker
`How could you imagine, silly child, that this toy, which is made of cloth and wood, could possibly be alive?` The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christmas is no ordinary toy. On Christmas Eve, at the clocks strike midnight, Marie watches as the Nutcracker and her entire cabinet of
Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck
In this seventh Middle School episode, Rafe heads back to the place his misadventures began: the dreaded Hills Village Middle School, where he`s now being forced to take `special` classes…He also finds himself joining the school`s football team – alongside his main tormenter, Miller the Killer! But Rafe has grand plans for a better year:
The Past
“Few writers give me such consistent pleasure”. (Zadie Smith). Four siblings meet up in their grandparents` old house for three long, hot summer weeks. But under the idyllic surface lie shattering tensions. Roland has come with his new wife, and his sisters don`t like her. Fran has brought her children, who soon uncover an ugly
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, 1917
Selected as a Book of the Year in the Telegraph and Evening Standard “[The] centenary will prompt a raft of books on the Russian Revolution. They will be hard pushed to better this highly original, exhaustively researched and superbly constructed account.” (Saul David, Daily Telegraph). “A gripping, vivid, deeply researched chronicle of the Russian Revolution
Fates and Furies
AMAZON.COM`s 2015 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, A FINALIST FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its
Spill Simmer Falter Wither
This title was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2015. It is longlisted for the Gaurdian First Book Award 2015. It was shortlisted for the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2015. You find me on a Tuesday, on my Tuesday trip to town. A note sellotaped to the inside of
I Refuse
From the author of the international bestseller Out Stealing Horses I refuse to compromise. I refuse to forgive. I refuse to forget. Tommy`s mother has gone. She walked out into the snow one night, leaving him and his sisters with their violent father. Without his best friend Jim, Tommy would be in trouble. But Jim
Great Northern?
Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in the British Isles. Captain Flint and his crew decide to consult an expert to confirm the discovery. But when the man they ask turns out to have his collector`s eye on the
No Man`s Nightingale: (A Wexford Case)
No Man`s Nightingale: the eagerly anticipated twenty-fourth title in Ruth Rendell`s bestselling Detective Chief Inspector Wexford series.The woman vicar of St Peter`s Church may not be popular among the community of Kingsmarkham. But it still comes as a profound shock when she is found strangled in her vicarage.Inspector Wexford is retired, but he retains a
Other People`s Countries: A Journey into Memory
Let me take you down the thin cobblestoned streets of the Belgian border town of Bouillon. Let me take you down the alleys that lead into its past. To a town peopled with eccentrics, full of charm, menace and wonder. To the days before television, to Marie Bodard`s sweetshop, to the Nazi occupation and unexpected
