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Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
Esther Greenwood lands an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, excited to pursue her.. Indgår i serien: sylvia plath. Sideantal: 240. Genre: skønlitteratur
Songlight: They are hunting those who shine is a gripping tale set in the seemingly charming town of... Sideantal: 480. Genre: skønlitteratur
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all. Yea
'A literary rite of passage.' The Times 'Plath changed our world.' Guardian Esther is supposed to be having the time of her life. Her internship at a fashion magazine is a whirl of cocktail parties and dinner dates in the shimmering city. But why doesn'
A deeply emotional story that explores grief, love, and family bonds through the lives of two very... Sideantal: 448. Genre: skønlitteratur
Yami is determined to keep her sexuality a secret, especially from her mom, as she navigates life at... Sideantal: 400. Genre: samfund og historie
A groundbreaking novel that explores art, womanhood, and violence through interwoven lives. Parade.. Indgår i serien: faye serien. Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
A chilling dystopian tale where death no longer exists and society controls your fate. Bruno faces a... Sideantal: 192. Genre: skønlitteratur
Film tie-in edition. Klara and the Sun follows an Artificial Friend named Klara, who watches the... Sideantal: 352. Genre: sci-fi og fantasy
At the behest of his soon-to-be wife, Adrian Tomine set out to create a wedding favor for their guests that would be funnier and more personal than the typical chocolate bars and picture frames. What started out as a simple illustrated card soon grew into
Once upon a time in Spain, there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand . . . Unlike all the other little bulls who run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights Ferdinand would rather sit under his favourite cork tree and smell the flowers.
The tiles become a dancefloorThe light a disco ball Its called the bathroom boogie The most splashy bash of all!When the children go to school and the adults go to work . . . the Bathroom Boogie starts up and all your favourite bathroom friends come aliv
Glastonbury with veg! From the bestselling picture book team behind Kitchen Disco . The vegetables start waking up They stretch and rise and shine - They set up lots of stages, Cos its VEGGIE PARTY time! Mud, rain, vegetables. A winning combination!
Praise for the series:Thrilling, highly imaginative and action-packed. Louie Stowell, author of Loki A page-turning adventure. A. F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief Full of danger and excitement. LoveReading4Kids , Debut of the MonthW
Discover the surprising truth about memory in this groundbreaking book by Dr. Charan Ranganath, a.. Indgår i serien: demens. Sideantal: 304. Genre: krop og sind
A wild ride through the chaos of modern life in Dopamine City, where Lonnie Cush is determined to... Sideantal: 400. Genre: skønlitteratur
The Unnamable - so named because he knows not who he may be - is from a nameless place. He speaks of previous selves ('all these Murphys, Molloys, and Malones. . ') as diversions from the need to stop speaking altogether.
Esther Greenwood lands a coveted internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, believing it...
William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a dystopian classic: 'e xciting, relevant and thought-provoking' (Stephen King). W hen a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong? 'One of my favorite books - I read it every coup
Connell and Marianne come from the same small town in western Ireland, yet their lives couldn't... Sideantal: 288. Genre: skønlitteratur
SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING JENNA ORTEGA AND AMY ADAMSTHE NEW NOVEL FROM KAZUO ISHIGURO - MISS LAMBERT STEPS ABOARD DANGER - IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW*The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller**Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021**A Barack Obama Summer Rea
A captivating story about four young adults navigating love, friendship, and the challenges of their... Sideantal: 352. Genre: skønlitteratur
Unfinished. Man Dying. A great painter lies on his deathbed. Max Porter translates into seven extraordinary written pictures the explosive final workings of the artist's mind.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES ''TOP 5 NOVELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY'' A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS
#1 NEW YORK TIMES READERS BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONTWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR
From the author of the Booker-shortlisted Small Things Like These, a heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Ireland's most acclaimed writers.AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE DAVY BYRNES
This book deals with a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham S
Beneath the surface we are all connected . . . ''An authentically soothing, powerful, thought-provoker.'' MATT HAIG '' On Connection is medicine for these wounded times.'' MAX PORTER '' On Connection came to me when I needed it most, and reminded me tha
In one of the most memorable novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to
''One of the finest writers at work today.'' Damon Galgut ''A writer of show-stopping genius.'' Guardian ''So vivid, so visceral, so vital.'' Val McDermidFor almost a decade Rachel Caine has turned her back on home and worked in Idaho at a reservatio
#14 in the New York Times ''100 Best Books of the 21st Century'' SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE AND THE FOLIO PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC PRIZE ''A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.'' Monica Ali, New York Times ''On
On the Calculation of Volume II follows Tara Selter, a woman trapped in a loop of time, as she.. Indgår i serien: om udregning af rumfang. Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
On the Calculation of Volume III continues the gripping journey of Tara Selter as she navigates a.. Indgår i serien: om udregning af rumfang. Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
Tara Selter finds herself among many in a vast villa near Bremen, navigating a new kind of.. Indgår i serien: om udregning af rumfang. Sideantal: 208. Genre: skønlitteratur
First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is now recognised as a classic, one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern novels. This edition, which includes an introduction and notes by Ian Gregor and Mark Kinkead-Weekes, meets the demand for it
Paul Auster''s enthralling adventure story from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy : ''a literary voice for the ages'' ( Guardian ) It was the summer that men first walked on the moon. I was very young back then, but did not belie
This dystopian classic, which has sold over 25 million copies, is ''e xciting, relevant and thought-provoking'' (Stephen King). W hen a group of schoolboys are stranded on a desert island, what could go wrong? ''One of my favorite books - I read it eve
Kazantzakis's autobiographical novel Report to Greco was one of the last things he wrote before he died. It paints a vivid picture of his childhood in Crete, still occupied by the Turks, and then steadily grows into a spiritual quest that takes him to Ita
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHEN 'Enchanting.' TIME OUT The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist. JAPAN TIMES 'Sensitive, refined and graceful.' i-D [Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' SPECTATOR Mourning her lost lover, a woman fin
N.P. is the title of a last collection of short stories by a celebrated Japanese writer. Written in English while he was living in Boston, the book may never see print in his native Japan: each time a new translator takes up the task, death gets in the
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF KITCHENThe voice of young Japan. INDEPENDENTThe literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist. JAPAN TIMES[Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' SPECTATOR An elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese
'Ingenious . . . With great delicacy, Nothomb updates the age-old divide between East and West in this delectable little book.' O, The Oprah MagazineAmélie, a well-intentioned and eager young westerner, goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimot
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an acces
The hugely acclaimed novel of ''70s football and the turmoil of the game''s most charismatic and controversial manager, from the bestselling author of GB84 and Red or Dead . One of Mike Atherton''s ''Top Ten Best Sports Books'' in The Times In 1974 th
Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Théâtre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time
''A towering masterpiece by a writer of genius.'' Independent India, 1975 . An unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency. Amidst a backdrop of wild political turmoil, the lives of four unlikely strangers collide for
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY #11 in the New York Times ''100 Best Books of the 21st Century'' A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, Oscar''s sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming t
Originally published in 1997, Drown instantly garnered terrific acclaim. Moving from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey, these heartbreaking, completely original stories established Díaz as one of conte
* Kazuo Ishiguros new novel Klara and the Sun is now available * In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the hush-hush floor of an exclusive Hollywood Hotel, the characters we en
A stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot''s beloved cat poems Old Possum''s Book of Practical Cats , containing beautiful original colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler. Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad. Meet magical Mr
THE NEW NOVEL FROM KAZUO ISHIGURO - MISS LAMBERT STEPS ABOARD DANGER - IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE#9 in the New York Times '100 Best Books of the 21st Century'Brilliantly executed. MARGARET A
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embar
The contemporary classic from 'our supreme post-modernist' (Ian McEwan) - expanding the possibilities of the noir detective novel - whose writing 'shines with intelligence and originality' (Don DeLillo)The New York Trilogy is the most astonishing work by
The bestselling debut novel from a writer heralded as the twenty-first-century W. G. Sebald. A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss and surrender, Open City follows a young Nigerian doctor as he wanders aimlessly along the streets
**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME** FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEVER LET ME GO SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 1948: Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II,
The perennial classic: this intimate journal chronicling the Narnia author's experience of grief after his wife's death has consoled readers for half a century with its ' sensitive and eloquent' magic (Hilary Mantel) 'An intimate, anguished account of
'It's Hong Kong,' she said. 'Heung gong. Fragrant harbour.'Fragrant Harbour is the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last seventy years. Tom Stewart leaves England to seek his fortune, and finds it in running Hong Kong's best hotel.
PARTITA - THE HEARTRENDING NEW NOVEL FROM BARBARA KINGSOLVER - COMING OCTOBER 2026 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'A rich and compulsive read' Guardian From
'A fantastic book' Steven Soderbergh'A cult classic' GuardianSolaris is the masterpiece of Polish author Stanislaw Lem a psychological drama and a profound exploration of the science fiction genre.Kelvin is a psychologist who arrives at a space station o
This moving fable sees a young Greek writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with a zest for life. Zorba has had a family and many lovers, has fought in the Balkan wars, has
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYWINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEWINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARDWINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READER AWARDWINNER OF THE EUROPESE LITERATUURPRIJS** NOW THE MAJOR MOTION P
Shahid is a clean-cut student, trying to make an impression on his college lecturer, Deedee Osgood, who gives his spirits a lift when she takes him to a naked rave party. Shahid''s academic prospects are threatened by the intervention of his gangster brot
A BELOVED CLASSIC - WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH 'A naughty, bubbly book.'ZADIE SMITH'Wickedly funny.' NEW YORK TIMES 'Utterly irreverent and wildly improper, but also genuinely touching and truthful.'SALMAN RUSHDIE My name is Karim Amir, and I am
WINNER of the UKLA SHORTLISTED for the CILIP Carnegie Medal A New York Times Bestseller. 'A masterpiece... Jason Reynolds is a literary genius who gives voice to a generation.' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give 'Heartrending.' Sunday Times , BO
PARTITA - THE HEARTRENDING NEW NOVEL FROM BARBARA KINGSOLVER - COMING OCTOBER 2026TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEWITH OVER 7,000 5* REVIEWS'A masterpiece.' MARIAN KEYES'Breathtaki
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ''Lucid, earnest and disarming.'' New York Times ''A perfect jewel of a novel.'' LENA DUNHAM''The sensuality is extraordinarily powerful.'' Chicago Tribune Kitchen comprises Banana Yoshimoto''s two classic tales about mothe
''A dark, seductive cocktail of a thriller, with a splash of black humour and a twist of horror.'' Francine Toon, author of Pine There was no reason to assume anything out of the ordinary was going on. Strange noises in the apartment.Impulsive behaviour
AN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 Vivid and memorable. SARAH MOSS ''Luminous.'' Observer ''I utterly A
#20 in the New York Times '100 Best Books of the 21st Century'Adapted into the Oscar-nominated major motion picture, American Fiction.By the twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees and James.Truly brilliant. Los Angeles Review of BooksA classic
A Guardian Best Book of the Year A Dazed Best Novel of 2023 An unmissable banger. ALICE SLATERA meta-meditation on the mysteries, malice, and minutiae of adolescence. TOM BENNYouve never read anything like this. JULIA ARMFIELD Do you know what happene
'Irresistable.' Megan Abbott 'A gory, gorgeous feast of a book.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'This book is crazy. You have to read it.' Bon Appetit Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious and adventurous appetite. From her idyllic farm-to-table childh
YOU KNOW HOW THEY LIVE. THIS IS HOW THEY DIE. The night before Ruperts 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonalds catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot. The morning after His girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath. All t
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NETFLIX FILM 'STEVE' STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY 'Max Porter is one of my favourite writers in the world.' GEORGE SAUNDERS 'Beautiful and haunting.' KEVIN BARRY 'The strangest, most beguiling a
** SOON TO BE A MAJOR HBO SERIES STARRING JODIE COMER **A YOU MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'A startlingly funny sex comedy with dark undertones thats high on quirk and scabrous wit.' Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year'By turns funny, eccentric and raunchy. Graz
Super funny, full colour comic book, with laugh out loud humour and extraordinary science, from the bestselling author of the Barry Loser series. GK and Flea, two ordinary schoolkids with hilariously overactive brains, are back in this fantastic joke an
FROM THE AUTHOR OF SHE''S ALWAYS HUNGRY AND PENANCE A GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023 ** INCLUDES THE SHORT STORY GOTH GF ** Hallucinogenic, electric and sharp. JESSICA ANDREWS Will make most readers howl with laughter and/or shut their eye
'Excellent . . . this compelling depiction of life at a crossroads is a male counterpart to Miranda July's All Fours.' Guardian
My heart has made its mind up And I''m afraid it''s you. The Orange provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain''s wittiest, best-selling and best-loved poets.In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Co
One of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. ERIN KELLY** Available for pre-order now ** Two murders. Rosie wakes up at 3am already feeling the twinges of a brutal hangover an afternoon spent day drinking with her uni pals has left her rather th
Introduced by Sinéad Gleeson, John McGahern's Booker Prize-shortlisted Irish 'masterpiece' (Colm Tóibín) is essential reading for admirers of Claire Keegan. As he weakened, Moran became afraid of his daughters. Moran's life is defined by his days of glo
'One of the great novels of the twentieth century . . . Absolutely stunning' Max Porter 'An intricately, perfectly mapped journey into self-liberation . . . It will stay with me for the rest of my days' Samantha Harvey 'Wildly original . . . Beneath th
AND THEN THERE WERE SHOTSEverybodyran,ducked,hid, tuckedthemselves tight.Pressed our lips to thepavement and prayedthe boom, followed bythe buzz of a bullet,didn't meet us.After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. D
On the Calculation of Volume I follows Tara Selter, a woman trapped in a single day, November 18th,.. Indgår i serien: om udregning af rumfang, vindere af nordisk råds litteraturpris. Sideantal: 192. Genre: skønlitteratur
A powerful work of non-fiction and the natural sequel to The Shock of the Fall.
THE GLOBAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLEROVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD'I read it in a state of rapture.' SUNDAY TIMES'A tender, funny page-turner.' OBSERVER'Come for the romance, stay for the meaning of life.' IRISH TIMES'A breathtakingly intimate look at love and
THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "A wildly enjoyable book; the 85-year-old Vargas Llosa is as sharp and mordantly funny as ever." Financial Times Guatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government. Behind
In an unnamed, dead-end town in the heart of the outback, a young writer arrives to research small settlements that have vanished into oblivion.
A Life's Work is Rachel Cusk's candid and heartfelt memoir about the early days of... Sideantal: 240. Genre: biografier
André Aciman, known for Find Me and Call Me by Your Name, dives back into essays with this... Sideantal: 256. Genre: krop og sind
The bestselling modern classic for fans of Dostoyevsky''s White Nights and Sabahattin Ali''s Madonna in a Fur Coat : the iconic novel of love, angst and politics in communist Czechoslovakia. A young woman is in love with a successful surgeon: a man torn
Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She is attractive. She drives a red Corvette. Her husband, Ford, is rich, square-jawed and devoted to her. But Celeste has a secret. She has a singular sexual obsession - fourteen-year-ol
THE NEW NOVEL FROM KAZUO ISHIGURO - MISS LAMBERT STEPS ABOARD DANGER - IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWThe Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. The Buried Giant begins as a couple, Axl and Beatrice, set off across a t
The most improbable, fascinating and endlessly entertaining sporting facts and stories, from prehistory to the present day.
LITTLE ROT, the new novel from Sunday Times Bestseller Akwaeke Emezi, is out now. She's landed in the perfect place . . . to fall for the wrong man. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNOMINATED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FOR ROMANCEA ZOELLA BOOK CLUB PI
An invigorating novelistic essay, rich in literary wisdom, from the international superstar author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being.'A masterpiece.' Independent'Nothing so much as a gauntlet, thrown down by Kundera for both novelists and their readers
Brilliant. New York TimesRemarkable. Irish TimesAugust 1946. One year on from surrender and Tokyo lies broken and bleeding at the feet of its American victors.Against this extraordinary historical backdrop, Tokyo Year Zero opens with the discovery of the
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA deeply moving portrait of a torturous love affair that shows Istanbul in all its complex beauty.An enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling.' The GuardianIntimate and nuanced . . . a classic, spacious
Liubov Ranevskya, a widowed landowner returns home more or less insolvent after five years abroad. Everything appears just as she remembers, but hers is a diminishing world. Her vast and beautiful cherry orchard is soon to be sold off against her mounting
*Kazuo Ishiguros new novel Klara and the Sun is now available* Kazuo Ishiguros highly acclaimed debut, first published in 1982, tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter.Retre
Poets have been fascinated and challenged by the sonnet ever since it was imported from Italy to England in the sixteenth century. With its fourteen lines, inexhaustibly variable, it has met particular needs of almost every major poet from Thomas Wyatt
* Kazuo Ishiguros new novel Klara and the Sun is now available * Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give . . .On first publication in 1995, The Unconsoled was m
' One day there is life . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death. 'So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood, The Invention of Solitude . The first section, 'Portrait of an Invisible Man', reveals Auster's memories a
A stunning new gift edition of this much-loved classic, with the celebrated black-and-white illustrations by Edward Gorey. Cats! Some are sane, and some are mad.Some are good, and some are bad . . . The whimsical 1982 Old Possum's illustrations have been
Frances, a 21-year-old student and aspiring writer in Dublin, navigates complex relationships and... Sideantal: 336. Genre: skønlitteratur
A message from the Captain:On behalf of myself and the entire Ayoade team, welcome to Ayoade on Top. At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin-crew dramedy ever filmed: View from the Top, starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Buckle up for the flight
** NOW A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY SERIES FROM HBO AND SKY ** WINNER OF THE GOOD READS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018 The masterful true crime account of the Golden State Kil
After months pass without a culprit in her daughters murder case, Mildred Hayes pays for three signs challenging the authority of William Willoughby, the town''s revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon, a mothers boy with a penc
''One of the most astoundingly original and necessary books I''ve ever read.'' Guardian ''A landmark in twenty-first-century English literature.'' Observer ''A perfect synthesis of form and content.'' Deborah LevyA woman on a plane listens to the stran
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE ''A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.'' Monica Ali, New York Times ''Tremendous from its opening sentence.'' Tessa Hadley, Guardian ''A work of cut-glass brilliance.'' Financial Times I
'' Glorious'' Observer '' Amazing '' André Aciman '' Masterly '' Sunday Times '' Blistering '' Financial Times General Alwany is a pious man who loves his family. He also tortures and kills enemies of the state.Under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt
You haven''t asked, but yes, you both may stay in our house for the time being. And use our things. I figure it''ll take a war to settle it all. A compelling story of two families - one Palestinian, one Israeli - forced by history into an intimacy they di
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the 2024 BBC Reith Lecturer Compassionate and fascinating. GUARDIAN Extraordinary. THE TIMES Recalibrated my empathy dial.'' NEW STATESMAN Fascinating. SUNDAY TIMES ''Deeply humane.'' IRISH TIMES ''Exceptional.''
Lose yourself in this classic prize-winning memoir of life in 1950s Cyprus on the brink of revolution by the legendary king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. ''Stunning. '' André Aciman ''Masterly ... Casts a sp
Lose yourself in this glorious memoir of the island jewel of Corfu by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu. ''In its gem-like miniature quality, among the best books ever written.'' New York Times In his youth
''It may be the best graphic novel I''ve read.'' The Reader Teacher ''This beautiful memoir is not to be missed.'' Booklist ''A fantastic graphic novel.'' New York Times ''An outstanding book.'' LoveReading *SHORTLISTED - UKLA BOOK AWARDS* A heart-wre
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBeautiful. Daily Mail'True, unflinching, powerful, lyrical' Kate Mosse'Wonderful, inviting, wholesome.' Observer'Beautiful and very honest.' CAITLIN MORAN'It's quite an achievement to shine a light of truth on the often i
From the stylist behind David Bowies Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying peek behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history.'' Suzi Ronson was there as Bowie transitioned from suburban folkie to world superstar and genius. Few can
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER '' It will do your soul good to read this.'' NIGELLA LAWSONA balm for our times from the internationally bestselling author of Wintering . Our sense of enchantment is not only sparked by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the
The screenplay of the latest macabre and haunting comedy from the writer of In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Winner: Best Screenplay, BAFTAs 2023 Winner: Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards 2023. Winner: Best Screenplay, Venice
''Set in a desolate motel room on the edge of the Mojave desert, the play has something of the timeless universality of a Greek tragedy . . . Like ancient classical drama, too, the action is at once brief and relentless. By the end of the 90-minute play
A gorgeous 20th-anniversary edition of this beloved modern classic, complete with a brand new introduction from the Nobel Prize-winning author.
'Malone', writes Malone, 'is what I am called now. ' On his deathbed, and wiling away the time with stories, the octogenarian Malone's account of his condition is intermittent and contradictory, shifting with the vagaries of the p
A trilogy of three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction.
On receiving an early copy, Evelyn Waugh remarked 'If these stories are in fact the work of a young lady, they are indeed remarkable. 'She's horrifyingly funny . Her stories - her intelligence and passion - can restore reason to minds unhin
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.
and so for anyone who didn't really know what it means to not be able to breathe, REALLY breathe, for generations, now you know. It is a reminder of how, in uncertain times, we can cling to the simple things for respite, for hope. A reminder of how c
What happened to your baby?'Missing grips from start to finish, with a shocking finale you'll never see coming.' Margot Douaihy, author of Scorched Grace'DI Martha Allen is a sympathetic protagonist, drawing the threads together and di
Life of M is a captivating novel by Rachel Cusk that explores fame, power, beauty, and truth through... Sideantal: 192. Genre: skønlitteratur
Partita tells the story of Livia Bohusz, an eleven-year-old girl grappling with the loss of her... Sideantal: 352. Genre: skønlitteratur
The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and b
Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past.
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan is the long awaited second collection from the... Sideantal: 192. Genre: skønlitteratur
The New York Trilogy is a remarkable collection of three interconnected novels by Paul Auster,.. Indgår i serien: storytelling. Sideantal: 320. Genre: skønlitteratur
In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. Filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, Girl in a Band is a moving, evocative chronicle of an extr
Features a collection of poems on the themes of competition and the struggle for survival. This title includes poems, such as: 'The Jaguar', 'The Thought-Fox' and 'Wind'.
Archibald Isaac Ferguson is born on March 3rd, 1947, and from this single moment, his life unfolds... Sideantal: 800. Genre: skønlitteratur
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After an initially guarded response from the critics, the work was rapidly reevaluated and won the Olivier Award for Best New Play the following year. Set in London and Venice the play has an innovative chronology that opens at the end of an affair and wo
Winner of the Booker International Prize 2020! One of Vogue's Top Five Debuts of 2020, one of... Sideantal: 288. Genre: skønlitteratur
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In North Seamus Heaney found a myth which allowed him to articulate a vision of Ireland - its people, history and landscape. Here the Irish experience is refracted through images drawn from different parts of the Northern European experience, and the i
''Meet Luca Turin, a renegade scientist and perfume critic with an extraordinary sense of smell.'' Newsday Funny, irreverent and passionate, The Secret of Scent opens the lid on two worlds - the glamorous and highly lucrative realm of the perfume maker
On its original appearance in 1966, Death of a Naturalist won the Cholmondeley Award, a Gregory Award, the Somerset Maugham Award and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.''His words give us the soil-reek of Ireland, the colourful violence of his childhood
A passionate and provocative defence of art from the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Are we living in an era that no longer values art or beauty? This is Kundera''s passionate defence of the creators who remain viscerally important to him, a
Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Winner - Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest long-distance races,
One Sunday morning in 1993 a 16-year-old girl named Eliza Claps goes missing from a church in the centre of Potenza, Italy. Shortly before her disappearance, Elisa had met Danilo Restivo, a strange local boy with a fetish for cutting women''s hair on the
''A rare gift . . . The story he has to tell may be a thrilling one but not every historian could tell it so thrillingly.'' Financial Times ''Magnificently rip-roaring history . . . Bursting with colour and excitement.'' Dominic Sandbrook As remarkable a
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Empires of the Sea shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453 it is a breathtaking story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture
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When on Christmas Day, 1130, Roger de Hauteville was crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was fantastically cosmopolitan; and to an
Chronicling the other Norman invasion, The Normans in the South is the epic story of the House of Hauteville, and in particular Robert Guiscard, perhaps the most extraordinary European adventurer between the times of Caesar and Napoleon. In one year, 1084
The most important American play of the century. Daily Telegraph Inspired by E. M. Forsters novel Howards End , and set in New York three decades after the height of the AIDS epidemic, The Inheritance wrestles with what it means to be a gay man today
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD 2025'Strikingly accomplished . Admirers called her a genius, sceptics a charlatan: she remains one of the most confounding - and contested - writers of the twentieth century. In this literary dete
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE AND THE WINGATE PRIZE A work of extraordinary power, beauty and human feeling. Sunday Times , History Book of the YearProfoundly moving. Edmund de WaalA most rare book: extraordinarily powerful magisterial, meti
''Byrne comes across like a post-punk Michael Palin.'' Sephen Dalton, The Times ''An engaging book; part-diary, part-manifesto.'' Observer David Byrne, co-founder of the group Talking Heads, has been riding a bicycle as his principal means of transporta
A GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 FINANCIAL TIMES AND McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR An urgent analysis of global gender inequality and a passion
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''Poignant . . . deeply nostalgic.'' GLAMOUR ''Strange, melancholy and beautiful.'' BRANDON TAYLOR''The supreme poet of solitude.'' SPECTATOR There was no past, no future, no words, nothing just the light and the yellow and the scent of dry leaves in t
A stunning new edition of Claire Keegan''s multi-award-winning, bestselling novel Small Things Like These. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP 5 IRISH TIMES 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE
A captivating, uncanny journey to the frontier of human-computer interaction. 'It's hard to imagine a timelier book right now than this . . . you probably won't look at ChatGPT the same again.'GQ'Urgent, humane.' GUARDIAN'Engrossing.' INDEPENDENT'Existe
From his remarkable debut in 1966, Seamus Heaney pioneered the poetry of our times across five decades of cultural and political change, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. This collection contains some of his best-loved poems, 'Oy
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Includes many of the author's best-known poems such as: 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', that were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her d
From the beloved, bestselling author of Kitchen, comes a deeply haunting, heartwarming exploration of loneliness and painful memories set in Japan.''Polished, concise, emotionally rewarding.'' Daily Mail '' Reading Banana Yoshimoto is like taking a bra
From helpful hints on writing to tips on directing (working with actors and technicians, when to listen to the experts, how to cope with rehearsals), this book provides a complete primer to the art of playwriting.
A revelatory and very personal exploration of Indian classical music from 'one of his generation's best writers' (Guardian). Winner of the 2022 James Tait Black Biography Award.
The award-winning, bestselling verse novel is now a stunning graphic novel with illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff.
Poignant, hilarious and deeply moving, Fight Night is a girl's love letter to the women raising her and a tribute to one family's fighting spirit.
We didn't call the police right away. Later, I would blame myself, wonder if things might have turned out differently if I hadn't shrugged it off, insisting Dad wasn't missing missing but just delayed, probably still in the woods looking fo
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From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation novel - the story of one man's epic fall from grace.May 2021. London.Campbell Flynn - art historian and celebrity intellectual - is entering the empire of middle age. Fu
A mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy.
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AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2026 'Prepare to see this everywhere.' Elle 'I was totally invested.' Saba Sams 'I was utterly enthralled.' Leslie Jamison 'Jem Calder is my new favourite writer.' Andrew O'Hagan Will appeal to Cleopatra And Frankens
Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Baillie Gifford ''Winner of Winners'' award in 2023 How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow
The complete text of James Joyce's dream masterpiece, one of the great works of twentieth-century literature. This copyright edition incorporates Joyce's own alterations and corrections to the first printing in 1939.'Here words are not the polite contort
'A monumental achievement - one of the great scientific biographies.' Michael Frayn The Strangest Man is the Costa Biography Award-winning account of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. He was one of the leading pionee
For two hundred years after William Shakespeare''s death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including The Earl of Oxford, Sir Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe - have been propose
I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles
Schumann: The Faces and the Masks is a groundbreaking account of a major composer whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy ever since his attempted suicide and early death in an insane asylum. Schumann was a key figure in the Rom
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Gilgamesh originated in Ancient Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago, yet its themes of power, loyalty, love and loss resound with contemporary relevance. The eponymous demigod tyrannically rules the kingdom of Uruk. To establish peace, the gods create his
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Hop, skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports, brought to you by QI Elves and No Such Thing As a Fish podcast hosts James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski. From sport''s weirdest rules to its most unlikely heroes, each c
Remarkably powerful. Washington Post A compelling polemic, dismaying and often moving. Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph No issue divides Americans more deeply than the debate around guns. Paul Auster begins his examination of gun violence by looking into
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Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us.Curious and playful, richly illustrated, ful