Category Archives: Shower Curtains
The Dead Hand: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race
The Dead Hand is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative history of Reagan, Gorbachev and the final decade of the Cold War. Washington Post journalist David E. Hoffman draws on exclusive interviews in both Russia and the US, as well as classified documents from deep inside the Kremlin, piecing together the first full – and intensely dramatic
Europe – in or Out?: Everything You Need to Know
Europe: vital for Britain`s economy and global standing or a bureaucratic monster hell-bent on destroying our national sovereignty? And why is no one talking about what leaving Europe would actually mean?Addressing the real issues surrounding a potential exit from the EU – including jobs, travel, immigration, investment, sovereignty and justice – this book investigates the
A United Ireland: Why Unification is Inevitable and How it Will Come About
For over two centuries, the `Irish Question` has dogged British politics in one form or another – Northern Ireland`s `Troubles` being perhaps the bloodiest manifestation. And although the past twenty years have seen intensive efforts to secure a devolved local settlement via the Good Friday Agreement, its principle of consent – which holds that the
Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule
In the five years since February 2009, over 100 Tibetan monks have self-immolated in protest of the Chinese occupation in their lands. Most have died from their wounds. “If Tibetans saw even a sliver of an opportunity to hold demonstrations, then they would not resort to self-immolation,” Woeser, the dissident Tibetan poet, has written in
The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance
`Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness` Simon Sebag MontefioreLONGLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020The Italian Renaissance shaped Western culture – but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise. We know the Mona Lisa for her smile, but not that
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
Award-winning writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist
Time Must Have a Stop
Sebastian Barnack, a handsome English schoolboy, is on bad terms with his socialist father who disapproves of his hedonistic lifestyle. He escapes to Florence in order to learn about life. His education there, thanks to the contradictory influences of his scurrilous Uncle Eustace and a saintly bookseller, is both sacred and profane. This is a
The Photographer
Meike Ziervogel`s new novel celebrates how humanity can thrive against all odds. Set at the end of the Second World War when eleven million Germans fled from east to west, The Photographer explores love and survival in a time of mass migration. Pomerania, 1933: Trude falls in love with Albert, a young photographer who takes
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower
This includes a new foreword by the author. The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason,
The Gustav Sonata
The Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerShortlisted for the Costa Novel AwardWinner of the South Bank Sky Arts AwardLonglisted for the Baileys Women`s Prize for FictionShortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje PrizeWhat is the difference between friendship and love? Gustav grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second
Black Sea: Coasts and Conquests: from Pericles to Putin
Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores and a meditation on Eurasian history, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea. Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid`s place of exile on what is
Memed My Hawk
Memed grows up a serf to a vicious overlord on the thistle-clad plains of Turkey`s Taurus region. When his plan to escape is dashed, and the young woman he loves murdered, Memed makes for the mountains to become an outlaw. Before long he has transformed from a young rebel to an infamous bandit, the scourge
When Breath Becomes Air
THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. “Finishing this book and then forgetting about it is simply not an option…Unmissable”. (New York Times). At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade`s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was
War and Peace
THE ACCLAIMED TRANSLATION BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY. “If you`ve never read it, now is the moment. This translation will show that you don`t read War and Peace, you live it”. (The Times). From sophisticated Moscow soirees to breathless troika rides through the snow, from the bloody front line at Austerlitz to a wife`s
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER. The crisis in Europe is not over, it`s getting worse. In this dramatic narrative of Europe`s economic rise and spectacular fall, Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, `the emerging rock star of Europe`s anti-austerity uprising` (Telegraph), shows that the origins of the collapse go far deeper than our
Doctor Zhivago
FROM AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY. Doctor Zhivago is the epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest love stories ever told. Yuri Zhivago, physician and poet, wrestles with cruel experience of the new order and the changes it has wrought in him, and is torn between
Mr Nice: 21st Anniversary Edition
21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSH. He was Britain`s most wanted man. He spent seven years in America`s toughest penitentiary. You`ll like him. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world. At the height of his career he
Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & Beyond
From Olia Hercules – Observer Rising Star of 2015 “Exotic, earthy dishes, vibrant colours, big flavours. This is real cooking, written about with so much love” Diana Henry Mamushka is a celebration of the food and flavours of the “Wild East” – from the Black Sea to Baku and Armenia to Azerbaijan, with over 100
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2019
THE ORIGINAL & BESTSELLING ALMANAC `I love this gem of a book` – Cerys Matthews `This book is your bible` – The Independent `…it already feels like an annual necessity` – India Knight `Joyous` – Allan Jenkins `Updated for 2019 with more lovely ideas to celebrate the seasons` – Gardens Illustrated`A charming book. This is
The Master and Margarita
THE ORIGINAL AND BEST TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL GLENNY 50th Anniversary Edition. Afterwards, when it was frankly too late, descriptions were issued of the man: expensive grey suit, grey beret, one green eye and the other black. He arrives in Moscow one hot summer afternoon with various alarming accomplices, including a demonic, fast-talking black cat. When
