Category Archives: Shower Curtains
Times New Romanian: Voices and Narrative from Romania
Times New Romanian provides a picture of Romania today through the individual first-person narratives of people who chose to go and make a life in this country. Each chapter a voice, each story in Times New Romanian provides readers with a look into the Romanian world – the way things work, the vitality of the
Encounters and Destinies: A Farewell to Europe
Stefan Zweig was one of the twentieth century`s greatest authors and a tireless champion of freedom, tolerance and friendship across borders. Encounters and Destinies collects his most impassioned and moving tributes to his many illustrious friends and peers: literary, philosophical and artistic luminaries from across the Old Europe that Zweig loved so much, and which
The Execution of Justice
When Zurich multimillionaire and local politician Isaak Kohler shoots a professor to death in broad daylight for no apparent reason, he cheerfully accepts his 20-year prison sentence. Yet, despite the fact that there were witnesses aplenty, he enlists Spat, a down-and-out lawyer, to investigate the crime, ordering him to pretend that someone else, now at
Odessa Stories
Odessa was a uniquely Jewish city, and the stories of Isaac Babel – a Jewish man, writing in Russian, born in Odessa – uncover its tough underbelly. Gangsters, prostitutes, beggars, smugglers: no one escapes the pungent, sinewy force of Babel`s pen.From the tales of the magnetic cruelty of Benya Krik – infamous mob boss, and
My Brother
Jana is returning to see her twin brother Bror, still living in the small family farmhouse in the rural north of Sweden. It`s decrepit and crumbling, and Bror is determinedly drinking himself to an early grave. They`re both damaged by horrific childhood experiences, buried deep in the past, but Jana cannot keep running.Alive with the
Atlas of the Irish Revolution
The Atlas of the Irish Revolution is a landmark publication that presents scholarship on the revolutionary period in a uniquely accessible manner. Featuring over 200 original maps and 300 images, the Atlas includes 120 contributions by leading scholars from a range of disciplines. They offer multiple perspectives on the pivotal years from the 1912 Home
A Girl and Her Greens: Hearty Meals from the Garden
“There are chefs whose restaurants I rush to, chefs I have been honoured to cook with, chefs whose recipes I want to use over and over again. April is all of these to me. Read this book, and you will understand why.” (Ruth Rogers). “Her lovely new book finds her revelling in veg, and all
My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers
If you were asked to write about your father, what would you say? Florence Welch, Paul Weller, Nina Stibbe and the sons and daughters of Ian Dury, Johnny Ball, Roy Castle, Leonard Cohen and many others relate the quirks, flaws and quiet heroisms of their dads. By turns funny, tender and heartbreaking, My Old Man
Academy Street
As heard on BBC radio 4 book at bedtime winner of the Irish book awards novel of the year 2014 shortlisted for the costa first novel award 2014.Tess Lohan appears to be a quiet child. But within lies a heart of fire. A fire that will propel her from her native Ireland into the hurly-burly
Beatlebone
WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS “John is so many miles from love now and home. This is the story of his strangest trip.” A novel of family, ghosts, love, music and the quest for truth, Beatlebone recounts a wild journey through the west of Ireland in 1978. At its
Fear of Dying
`I loved Fear of Dying. I found it irreverent, funny, tender and very wise and it made me feel more alive` RACHEL JOYCE, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Vanessa Wonderman is smart, sexy – and sixty. After a lifetime of crazy families, New York high society and playing a soap opera archvillain bitch, she`s
Memories – From Moscow to the Black Sea
An enthralling, elegant, emotional account of a journey into exile The writer and satirist Teffi was a literary sensation in Russia until war and revolution forced her to leave her country for ever. Memories is her blackly funny and heartbreaking account of her final, frantic journey into exile across Russia-travelling by cart, freight train and
Spark`s Europe: Not to Disturb: The Takeover: The Only Problem
From the grimly gothic Not to Disturb to the razor-sharp dissection of manners The Takeover and the mordantly brilliant The Only Problem, in a panoramic sweep taking in the shores of the Italian lakes to the castles of Geneva, Muriel Spark casts her unflinching gaze over the continent and onto some of the odder specimens
The Evenings
`I work in an office. I take cards out of a file. Once I have taken them out, I put them back in again. That is it.` Twenty-three-year-old Frits – office worker, daydreamer, teller of inappropriate jokes – finds life absurd and inexplicable. He lives with his parents, who drive him mad. He has terrible,
The Disappearance of Signora Giulia
Every Thursday for three years, Signora Giulia takes the train to Milan to visit her daughter. But one Thursday she simply disappears. And the case is left in your hands. You`re a born detective, but you have so many unanswered questions – how can a young, beautiful high society woman just vanish into thin air?
My Cat Yugoslavia
`A strange, haunting, and utterly original exploration of displacement and desire` — Tea Obreht, author of The Tiger`s Wife, New York TimesBook Review `Fearless, delicate, beautiful, sad,haunting and wonderful. A brilliant novel that mesmerizes with both itshumanity and its utter uniqueness` — Jeff Van der MeerIn 1980s Yugoslavia, a young girl named Emine is married
The Murdered Banker
A body is discovered in a Milan apartment, and Inspector De Vincenzi investigates. The apartment happens to belong to and old university friend of his, Aurigi. When the body turns out to be that of Aurigi`s banker, and a phial of prussic acid is discovered in the bathroom, suspicion falls on the apartment`s owner, and
The Swimmer
GUILT. ATONEMENT. REVENGE. On a remote Swedish island, a little girl, Klara, grows up without a father. Now, twenty years later, she discovers a secret: a secret that powerful men will kill to keep hidden. On the other side of the world, an old spy hides from his past. He used to be the best
Clinch
You can put the gloves on the shelf but it takes a long time to wash their smell from your knuckles. The writing`s on the wall for Harry Kvist. Once a notorious boxer, he now spends his days drinking, and his nights chasing debts amongst the pimps, prostitutes and petty thieves of 1930s Stockholm. When
Messages from a Lost World: Europe on the Brink
As Europe faced its darkest days, Stefan Zweig was a passionate voice for tolerance, peace and a world without borders. In these moving, ardent essays, speeches and articles, composed before and during the Second World War, one of the twentieth century`s greatest writers mounts a defence of European unity against terror and brutality.These haunting lost
