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Robert Barnard A Short History of English Literature ENThoroughly updated to include writers such as Caryl Churchill, Brian Friel, Martin Amis and Graham Swift, this book remains the best overall survey of English literature available. Robert Barnard looks selectively at the most important writers within each period from the time of Chaucer, and focuses on one or two of their works in detail. He deals briefly with the earlier periods and more fully with the last two…
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Maria Augusta Trappova A Short History of DrunkennessBy the author of the Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller The EtymologiconAlmost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can send…
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Mark Forsyth A Short History of DrunkennessA comic history of humankind's love affair with booze, from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of The Etymologicon 'Haha! . . . Highly suitable for Xmas!' - Margaret Atwood Almost every culture on earth has drink, ...
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E.M. Cioran A Short History of Decay ENA Short History of Decay (1949) is E. M. Cioran's nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid-twentieth-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 extreme, but also display a beautiful certainty that renders them…
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Kevin O'Rourke A Short History of BrexitA succinct, expert guide to how we got to Brexit, After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination ...
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Steve Burrows A Shimmer of Hummingbirds ENChief Inspector Domenic Jejeune hopes an overseas birding trip will hold some clues to solving his fugitive brother's manslaughter case. Meanwhile, in Jejeune's absence his long-time nemesis has been drafted in as cover to investigate an accountant's murder. And unfortunately Marvin Laraby proves just a bit too effective in showing how an investigation should be handled. With the manslaughter case poised to claim…
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Iris Murdoch A Severed HeadMartin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education...
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John Knowles A Separate Peace ENAn American coming-of-age tale during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war. Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two…
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Krystal Sutherland A Semi-Definitive List of Worst NightmaresFrom the author of Our Chemical Hearts comes the hilarious, reality-bending tale of two outsiders facing their greatest fears about life and love—one debilitating phobia at a time. Ever since Esther Solar’s grandfather was cursed by Death, everyone in
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J.R.R. Tolkien A Secret Vice ENFirst ever critical study of Tolkien's little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin's Game of Thrones. J.R.R. Tolkien's linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in life he attributed the existence of his mythology to the desire to give his languages a home and peoples to speak them.…
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Emily Midorikawa, Emma Claire Sweeney A Secret SisterhoodMale literary friendships are the stuff of legend, but what about the friendships of women writers? A Secret Sisterhood, drawing on letters and diaries, some never published before, brings to light a wealth of surprising female collaborations...
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Louisa Morgan A Secret History of Witches'It's true, ma petite. If they know - if they discover what we are - they will try to kill us' Brittany, 1821. After Grand-mere Ursule gives her life to save her family, their magic seems to die with her. Even so, the Orchires fight to keep the old...
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Louisa Morgan A Secret History of WitchesA Secret History of Witches reveals an ancient and dangerous power that's been handed down from mother to daughter since time began. After Grandmére Ursule gives her life to save her tribe, her scrying stone falls silent. Even with Ursule's magic lost, her family keeps the Old Faith, practicing the spells and rites that have been handed from mother to daughter for generations. Until one day, Ursule's young…
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Katie Fforde A Secret GardenWill opening the door lead to love and happy endings? In Katie Fforde's brand new novel for 2017. In spite of everything her heart lifted a little as she opened the gate to the secret garden...
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Gary L. Wimmer A Second in Eternity ENA Second in Eternity is the true story about the author's 'near-death, out-of-body' experience and everything that led up to it. For no apparent reason, the author suddenly found himself increasingly more aware of and able to 'see and know' future events, plus the thoughts and feelings of others, at will and with uncanny clarity. But what started as a trickle, within days became a tsunami of unexplainable…
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Jodi Taylor A Second ChanceThe third book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor...
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Sheila O'Flanagan A Season to Remember ENAn enchanting collection of warm, poignant and Christmas-themed stories from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author For the perfect Christmas getaway, join the guests at the luxurious Sugar Loaf Lodge... A heartbroken visitor tries to forget the past; a stressed couple long for peace and quiet; a young woman eagerly anticipates a romantic night with the man she loves - although he should be spending it with…
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Gérard Lo Monaco A Sea Voyage ENThis inventive and beautifully produced pop-up book follows a couple and their small dog as they journey across the sea in a tiny sailing boat, encountering extraordinary boats from all around the world as they go. Gérard Lo Monaco is one of the world’s finest paper engineers, and this is reflected in the rich detail of the pop-up boats. The five Pantone colours give the book a contemporary feel with a touch of…
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Claire Bingham A Scented WorldTry to describe a smell without thinking back to a place and time and it's impossible not to have all five senses come into play. Scent is immersed in our lives. It conjures up memories of travels and temperatures, feelings about people and things...
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Arthur Conan Doyle A Scandal in Bohemia/Skandál v Čechách ENHolmesovský příběh, který jistě upoutá českého čtenáře svým zeměpisným určením – ale je třeba ho hned na úvod zklamat: Čechy zde nepředstavují zemi rakousko-uherského mocnářství, ale jakýsi pohádkový útvar. Doyle byl znám svým rezervovaným postojem k ženám, a v kontextu jeho tvorby je proto tento příběh o milostném vzplanutí panovníka k prohnané Ireně Adlerové zcela ojedinělý.
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Conan Arthur Doyle A Scandal in BohemiaAll kinds of people, from shopkeepers to kings, want the help of Sherlock Holmes in these...
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