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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
Oxford French Mini Dictionary
This is the reissued Oxford French Mini Dictionary – now in an attractive new format. This small dictionary offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations. Easy-to-use colour design and a centre section of useful words and expressions listed by topic make this
Oxford Spanish Mini Dictionary
This is the reissued Oxford Spanish Mini Dictionary – now in an attractive new format. This small dictionary offers the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases and 60,000 translations. Easy-to-use colour design and a centre section of useful words and expressions listed by topic make this
Birds and People
There are 10,500 species of bird worldwide and wherever they occur people marvel at their glorious colours and their beautiful songs. We also trap and consume birds of every kind. Yet birds have not just been good to eat. Their feathers, which keep us warm or adorn our costumes, give birds unique mastery over the
Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning
`Engrossing` Daniel Beer, Guardian`A beautiful book… incisive, radiant` Olivia Laing`Illuminating, dramatic… majestic writing` Spectator`Enthralling… a triumph` Andrew SolomonAlex Halberstadt returns to Russia, the troubled, enigmatic land of his birth, where decades of Soviet totalitarianism shaped and fractured three generations of his family, in this haunting work of memoir and history.In Ukraine, Halberstadt tracks down his
The Man Who Couldn`t Die: The Tale of an Authentic Human Being
In the chaos of early-1990s Russia, a paralyzed veteran`s wife and stepdaughter conceal the Soviet Union`s collapse from him in order to keep him–and his pension–alive, until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. An instant classic of post-Soviet Russian literature, Olga Slavnikova`s The Man Who Couldn`t Die tells the story of
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic murder of Europe`s Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Second World War. An understanding of the historical circumstances that fed the Holocaust remains the essential means of making sense of the inexplicable crimes that occurred. This commemorative volume describes Jewish life before the spread of Nazism in
The Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo marks an event that changed the fate of Europe irrevocably. Beautifully illustrated, it includes reproductions of contemporary letters and documents, printed on the page, and offers a beautifully written telling of the battle and compelling new treatment of the Hundred Days campaign that finally ended the career of Napoleon. Each stage
The Flea Palace
Shortlisted for the 2005 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, Elif Shafak`s The Flea Palace is a moving and highly original novel about a group of individuals who live in the same building and who together become embroiled in a mystery. By turns comic and tragic, The Flea Palace is an outstandingly original novel driven by an
When I Was Old
`For personal reasons, or for reasons I don`t know myself, I began feeling old, and I began keeping notebooks. I was nearing the age of sixty`. Georges Simenon`s autobiographical notebooks, in which he recorded his observations, experiences, anxieties and `all the silly ideas that pass through my head`, are one of the most candid self-portraits
Max and Bird
Meet Max – the mighty kitten and New York Times bestseller. When Max meets Bird, Max thinks he`d like to be friends with Bird. He would also like to chase Bird and maybe eat him as a tasty snack. But that`s not what friendship is all about…Is it?
Brideshead Revisited
A beautiful clothbound edition of Evelyn Waugh`s classic novel of duty and desire set against the backdrop of the faded glory of the English aristocracy in the run-up to the Second World War.The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh`s novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It
RSPB Birds Pocket Guide
From the Sandwich Tern to the Short-toed Eagle, discover over 300 species of bird found in the UK and Europe with RSPB Pocket Birds. Crystal clear photographs bring the birds on the page to life, and notes on distinguishing features will help you identify different species of bird in the field. Learn all about them
Exit West
THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLERTHE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERGUARDIAN TOP 10 BESTSELLER2017 most anticipated books pick — New York Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and many more…`Spare, crystalline prose, mixing the real and the surreal and using old fairy-tale magic… An unnervingly dystopian portrait of what might lie down the road` Michiko Kakutani, New
The Little Elephant Who Wants to Fall Asleep: A New Way of Getting Children to Sleep
Add variety to your child`s bedtime routine with the latest book from the author of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep, the global bestseller that parents have been raving about! Features all-new child-tested, parent-approved techniques to reclaim bedtime and provide a sweet and tender end to each day. Your child joins Ellen the Elephant
Maigret Goes to School
When a school teacher from a small coastal town near La Rochelle asks Maigret to help prove he is innocent of murder, the Inspector returns with him to his insular community and finds the residents closing ranks to conceal the truth. `What was he doing there? A hundred times, in the middle of an investigation,
Ladybird: 100 Iconic Postcards
A gorgeous collection of 100 postcards in a sturdy gift box, each featuring a different and iconic hand-painted illustration from the Ladybird books of the 1940s through to the 1980s. With images taken from well-known titles such as The Ladybird abc and What to look for in Summer, these classic, beautifully detailed postcards are perfect
Oceans: A Very Short Introduction
The importance of the oceans to life on Earth cannot be overstated. Liquid water covers more than 70% of our planet`s surface and, in past geological time, has spread over 85%. Life on Earth began in the oceans over 3.5 billion years ago and remained there for the great majority of that time. Today the
