Category Archives: Shower Curtains
From Russia with Love: James Bond 007
`We are here to find a target who will fulfil our requirements. Someone who is admired and whose ignominious destruction would cause dismay` A beautiful Soviet spy. A brand-new Spektor cipher machine. Smersh has set an irresistible trap that threatens the entire Secret Service. In Fleming`s fifth “007” novel Bond finds himself enmeshed in a
One Night in Winter
If your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible secrets would they reveal? Moscow 1945. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory over Hitler, shots ring out. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girl lie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy and these are no ordinary teenagers, but the children
Notes from the Blockade
The 900-day siege of Leningrad (1941-44) was one of the turning points of the Second World War. It slowed down the German advance into Russia and became a national symbol of survival and resistance. An estimated one million civilians died, most of them from cold and starvation. Lydia Ginzburg, a respected literary scholar (who meanwhile
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“One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world”. (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn). In the first month of the First World War the Russian campaign against the Germans creaks into gear. Crippled by weak, indecisive leadership the Russian troops battle desperately, even as the inevitability of failure and their own sacrifice dawns. Solzhenitsyn`s astounding work of historical
Young Skins
This title was shortlisted for the 2014 Guardian First Book Award. It was the winner of the 2014 Frank O`Connor International Short Story Award, as well as the winner of the 2014 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. This magnificent collection takes us to Glanbeigh, a small town in rural Ireland – a town in which
City on Fire
The New York Times bestseller. “Extraordinary…dazzling…a sprawling, generous, warm-hearted epic of 1970s New York”. (Observer). Midnight, New Year`s Eve, 1976. Nine lives are about to be changed forever. Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, heirs to one of New York`s greatest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha,
The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici
At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family`s huge influence on the political, economic and cultural
The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners
Whether you`re learning alone or attending classes, you`ll find this complete Russian language course for beginners both accessible and indispensable. Designed to provide the student with an excellent command of basic Russian (the equivalent of A level standard) this book features thirty lessons punctuated by revision exercises to ensure you have fully understood what you
The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War
Misha Glenny`s acclaimed account of the war in former Yugoslavia contains substantial new material that discusses the end of the five-year conflict and looks ahead to an uneasy future in this turbulent region. Writing in the “Evening Standard”, Fitzroy Maclean said `Misha Glenny`s deeply disturbing book is, to my mind, essential reading for anyone trying
The Death of Yugoslavia
“The Death of Yugoslavia” is a survey of the pressures and events that contributed to the break-up of former Yugoslavia, considered from a historical rather than a political or sociological point of view.Balkans
The Flanders Panel
The clue to a murder in the art world of contemporary Madrid lies hidden in a medieval painting of a game of chess. In a 15th-century Flemish painting two noblemen are pictured playing chess. Yet two years before he could sit for the portrait, one of them was murdered. In 20th-century Madrid, Julia, a picture
Lenin`s Kisses
This book is a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize. Deep within the Balou mountains lies a small rural town populated by disabled people. Blind, deaf and disfigured, the 197 citizens of the Village of Liven have until now enjoyed a peaceful, mutually supportive life out of sight and mind of the government. But
The Sword and the Scimitar
Nico and Maria, Maltese brother and sister, are separated when young Nico is abducted by Moorish slavers. Taken to Algiers to be the personal slave of a wealthy merchant, he becomes a pawn in household politics and sets out to escape. Extraordinary events lead him to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the
Mapping the Past: A Search for Five Brothers at the Edge of Empire
`Patsy, what are you going to be when you grow up? Well?` `A Royal Engineer, Daddy. A Royal Engineer!` Charles Drazin knew little about his mother`s father – only that he had been a military surveyor who mapped great swathes of the British Empire. But when his mother was told that she was dying, it
Up at the Villa
Mary Panton walls up her desires in a beautiful villa high up in the hills above Florence, as she calmly contemplates her disastrous marriage. But a single act of compassion begins a nightmare of violence that shatters her serenity. She turns for help to the notorious Rowley Flint, and through him comes to realise that
The White Guard
Drawing closely on Bulgakov`s personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, “The White Guard” takes place in Kiev, 1918, a time of turmoil and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-wealthy Russian family, as
We: Introduction by Will Self
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OXFORD WEIDENFELD TRANSLATION PRIZE 2008 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILL SELF The citizens of the One State live in a condition of `mathematically infallible happiness`. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have
Gravity`s Rainbow
“The greatest, wildest author of his generation”. (“Guardian”). We could tell you the year is 1944, that the main character is called Tyrone Slothrop and that he has a problem because bombs are falling across Europe and crashing to earth at the exact locations of his sexual conquests. But that doesn`t really begin to cover
Joy in the Morning: (Jeeves & Wooster)
This book is a Jeeves and Wooster novel. Trapped in rural Steeple Bumpleigh, a man less stalwart than Bertie Wooster would probably give way at the knees. For among those present were Florence Craye, to whom Bertie had once been engaged and her new fiance `Stilton` Cheesewright, who sees Bertie as a snake in the
Still Lost In Translation
Have you ever arrived in a hotel room and been baffled by the information provided? Beware of your luggage. In your room, you will find a minibar which is filled with alcoholics. Do not throw urine around. Have you ever been to a restaurant and wondered what on earth to order? Bored Meat Stew, Lorry
