Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition
*The definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves`s classic retelling of the Greek myths*`Icarus disobeyed his father`s instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer see Icarus; but scattered feathers floated on the waves below…`These are
The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches
From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches gathers together the world`s greatest speeches, bringing together the words of over one hundred men and women. These brilliant and passionate declarations by Socrates, Robespierre, Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth I,
The Water Dancer
THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK`One of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. I haven`t felt this way since I first read Beloved . . .` Oprah Winfrey Lose yourself in the stunning debut novel everyone is talking about – the unmissable historical story of injustice
Stories: Collected Stories
`Magnificent… Her famous seriousness pervades throughout… What`s striking is the astonishing scope, potential and possibility Sontag saw in short fiction` Financial TimesThe complete collected short stories of Susan Sontag, one of the most brilliant and influential writers of the twentieth centurySusan Sontag is most often remembered as a brilliant essayist – inquisitive, analytical, fearlessly outspoken.
The Beautiful Summer
`An astonishing portrait of an innocent on the verge of discovering the cruelties of love… there are whispers here of the future work of Elena Ferrante` Elizabeth Strout, from the introduction`Life was a perpetual holiday in those days…`It`s the height of summer in 1930s Italy and sixteen-year-old Ginia is desperate for adventure. So begins a
The Big Sleep
Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood`s two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA`s seedy backstreets, Marlowe`s got his work cut out – and that`s
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 AND THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER FROM THE BOOKER-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS`An astonishing intimate epic. This is the novel one hoped Arundhati Roy would write about India` Daily Telegraph`At magic hour; when the sun has gone but the light
On Anarchism
In On Anarchism, Noam Chomsky – author, activist and anarchist – offers a vital overview of the meanings of anarchism and the foundations of his thought.Refuting the notion of anarchism as a fixed idea, and disputing the traditional fault lines between anarchism and socialism, this is a book sure to challenge, provoke and inspire. Profoundly
Are You Experienced?
A devastatingly funny satire on the whole idea of student travel,and particularly the India back-pack trail. Dave travels to India with Liz because he thinks he might be able to get her into bed. Liz travels to India with Dave because she wants a companion for her voyage of spiritual discovery. She loves it. He
A Legacy of Spies
Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement, the Evening Standard, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, The Times `A brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon` Evening Standard `Vintage le Carre. Immensely clever, breathtaking. Really, not since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has
Cannery Row
`Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.` Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression. They want to throw a party for their friend Doc, so
The Silence of the Girls
Shortlisted for the Women`s Prize for Fiction 2019Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2018`You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers` Evening Standard `A very good, very raw rendition of the Trojan war from the point of view of the women` Kate Atkinson When the Greek Queen Helen is
Black Leopard, Red Wolf: Dark Star Trilogy Book 1
“`Black Leopard, Red Wolf` is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter`s. I cannot wait for the next installment” Neil GaimanIn this stunning follow-up to
The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings
`Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life began`The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world`s great stories. The Penguin Book of the Norse Myths compellingly retells these stories for the modern reader, taking us from the creation of the world through the building of
Britain`s 100 Best Railway Stations
Discover the architectural gems that are Britain`s 100 Best Railway Stations in this Sunday Times top 10 bestseller`This is a cracker . . . a beautiful book` Chris EvansIt is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an
Heroes of the Frontier
From the bestselling author of The Circle, a hilarious and heart-warming misadventure through modern America: it`s time for the family vacation…Josie`s life is falling apart – lawsuits raining down, her business down the drain and a feckless husband long gone – so she gathers up her two kids and lights out for the wilderness. The
Exit West: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017
Shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize”Mixing the real and the surreal, using old fairy-tale magic… Compelling, crystalline, unnervingly dystopian” Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAn extraordinary story of love and hope from the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of `The Reluctant Fundamentalist`This is Nadia. She is fiercely independent with an excellent sense of humour and
The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World`s Rarest Species
Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He`s a man on a mission to save the world`s most endangered plants from destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah.From the planet`s tiniest waterlily – the Nymphaea thermarum – to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long,
White Teeth – A Novel
One of the most talked about first novels ever, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing – among many things – with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World – Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize”One of the best writers in the world today” Hanif Kureishi “Haunting, moving, beautifully written – and based by an extraordinary cast of characters who capture the diversity of modern Turkey. A masterpiece” Peter Frankopan For Leila, each minute after her death recalls a sensuous memory: spiced goat stew, sacrificed
