Category Archives: Shower Curtains
The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE, THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE AND THE LONGMAN HISTORY TODAY PRIZE 2017THE TIMES, BBC HISTORY and TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016`Masterful, gripping … filled with astonishing, vivid and heartbreaking stories of crime and punishment, of redemption, love and terrifying violence. It has an amazing cast of despots,
The Infatuations
The Infatuations is a critically acclaimed novel by the great Spanish writer Javier Marias. Every day, Maria Dolz stops for breakfast at the same cafe. And every day she enjoys watching a handsome couple who follow the same routine. Then one day they aren`t there, and she feels obscurely bereft. It is only later, when
The Testament of Mary
This is shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013. Colm Toibin`s The Testament of Mary is the moving story of the Virgin Mary, told by a novelist famous for writing brilliantly about the family. From the author of Brooklyn, in a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells
The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing
Feminism is the insight that sexism exists, and the struggle against that oppression. The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing is a global anthology of feminist writers, edited and introduced with a major new essay by Hannah Dawson. Beginning in the fifteenth century with Christine de Pizan, who imagined a City of Ladies that would serve
Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice
What`s your journey of becoming? Based on Michelle Obama`s bestselling memoir, this gorgeous journal features an intimate and inspiring introduction by the former First Lady and more than 150 inspiring questions and quotes to help you discover-and rediscover-your story.”It`s not about being perfect. It`s not about where you get yourself in the end. There`s power
Serpentine
**Don`t miss the second series of His Dark Materials on BBC One this November.**A brand new short story set in the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust by master storyteller, Philip Pullman. Serpentine is a perfect gift for every Pullman fan, new and old. `Lyra Silvertongue, you`re very welcome . .
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is the daring and electrifying book by Anthony Burgess that inspired one of the most notorious films ever made, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. `What`s it going to be then, eh?` In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a
Peppa Pig: Peppa Goes to Ireland
Peppa and George are going to Ireland for an Irish-dancing festival!But when the band forget their instruments, will Peppa and her family be able to save the day?This brand-new story features a glittery cover and is the perfect introduction to Ireland for little Peppa fans.
The Memoir of an Anti-Hero
The Second World War. Poland. Our narrator has no intention of being a hero. He plans to survive this war, whatever it takes.Meticulously he recounts his experiences: the slow unravelling of national events as well as uncomfortable personal encounters on the street, in the cafe, at the office, in his love affairs. He is intimate
All Boys Aren`t Blue
This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer. From memories of getting their teeth kicked out by bullies at age five to their loving relationship with their grandmother, to their first sexual
The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two
From the author of the phenomenal His Dark Materials trilogy comes the next chapter in the story of Lyra Silvertongue . . . Lyra Silvertongue is now studying at St Sophia`s College, Oxford, with her daemon Pantalaimon. They are not getting on. Lyra is questioning everything she once held dear. Pan misses the impulsiveness of
Pereira Maintains: A Testimony
`Subtle, skillful, and clear. It`s so clear, in fact, that you can see a very long way down, into the heart of a flawed but valiant human being, into the sickness of a nation, into the depths of political evil. It`s the most impressive novel I`ve read for years, and one of the very few
Requiem: A Hallucination
A private meeting, chance encounters and a mysterious tour of Lisbon haunt this moving homage to Tabucchi`s adopted cityIn the city of Lisbon, Requiem`s narrator has an appointment to meet someone on a quay by the Tagus at twelve. Misunderstanding twelve to mean noon as opposed to midnight, he is left to wait. As the
Pessoa: An Experimental Life
For many thousands of readers Fernando Pessoa`s The Book of Disquiet is almost a way of life. Ironic, haunting and melancholy, this completely unclassifiable work is the masterpiece of one of the twentieth century`s most enigmatic writers.Richard Zenith`s Pessoa at last allows us to understand this extraordinary figure. Some eighty-five years after his premature death
The Raven`s Children
Russia in 1938 is a place of great terror. Joseph Stalin is in charge. His Secret Police are everywhere, searching for anyone who might be his enemy. People have no idea who they can trust.Seven-year-old Shura doesn`t know about any of this. He`s happy in his little home in Leningrad going to school in the
The Mark and the Void
This is a comic masterpiece about love, art, greed and the banking crisis, from the author of Skippy Dies. What links the Investment Bank of Torabundo, www.myhotswaitress.com (yes, hots with an s, don`t ask), an art heist, a novel called For the Love of a Clown, a four-year-old boy named after TV detective Remington Steele,
A Short History of Decay
`A Short History of Decay` (1949) is E. M. Cioran`s nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid 20th-century Europe. Touching upon man`s need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the Ancient Greeks and the melancholy baseness of all existence, Cioran`s pieces are pessimistic in the
Comet in Moominland
A comet is speeding towards Earth and nobody in Moominvalley knows what to do!Will it destroy everything and everyone? Moomintroll decides to find out. So, with Sniff, he sets off on an expedition to ask the Professor if a comet is really on its way to destroy the Earth. On their journey they meet some
Finn Family Moomintroll
Soon to be MOOMINVALLEY, a MAJOR ANIMATED SERIES on SKY ONE starring Taron Egerton and Rosamund Pike!`They seem to grow in wisdom and delight every time I read them` – Philip PullmanPoor little chap! He had been turned into a very strange animal indeed . . .Although they`re small, fat and shy creatures, Moomins have
100 Iconic Postcards
An irresistible set of 100 postcards from the Imperial War Museum collection, in a beautifully designed box. Featuring iconic posters and vintage photographs from WWI and WWII, there is something for everyone! Including historical posters (“Don`t Take Alcoholic Drinks on Mondays”), as well as iconic designs (“Keep Calm and Carry On”), and beautiful black and
