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Iris Murdoch The Sea, The Sea ENThe sea: turbulent and leaden,transparent and opaque,magician and mother... When Cahrles Arrowby,over sixty,a demi god of the theatre- director,playwright and actor - retires from his glittering London world in order to `abjure magic and become a hermit',it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least to escape from `the woman' - but unexpectedly meets one whom he loved long ago. His buddhist cousin, James, also…
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Iris Murdoch The Sea, The Sea ENWhen Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely…
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Iris Murdoch The Sea, the Sea ENTime, like the sea, unties all knots.' This title comes with an introduction by John Burnside. When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his…
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Jack London The Sea Wolf ENWhen Humphrey Van Weyden finds himself struggling in the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay he thinks the worst that can happen to him is drowning. After he is rescued by the Ghost and its captain. Wolf Larsen, Humphrey discovers that there are fates far worse than death. On Larsen`s hell-ship the dilettante hero is forced to slave as cabin boy and humble seaman. Over the seven months` voyage to the sealing…
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H.G. Wells The Sea Raiders ENSpellbinding short stories of man-eating squid, magicians and monstrous machines, from the father of science fiction.
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Huw Lewis-Jones The Sea JournalThe sea has been an endless source of fascination, at once both alluring and mysterious, a place of wonder and terror. The Sea Journal contains first-hand records by a great range of travellers of their encounters with strange creatures and new ...
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Jack Kerouac The Sea is My Brother ENThe Sea is My Brother is Jack Kerouac's very first novel, begun shortly after his tour as a merchant sailor in 1942. Lost during his lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation on the desire to escape society, following the fortunes of two men as they impulsively decide to work their passage on the S.S. Westminster: drinking, arguing, playing cards, dodging torpedoes and…
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John Banville The Sea (film tie-in) ENNow a major film starring Ciarán Hinds, Charlotte Rampling, Natascha McElhone, Rufus Sewell and Sinéad Cusack. When Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday, he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. Mr and Mrs Grace and their twin children Myles and Chloe appeared that long-ago summer as if from another world. Max grew to know them intricately…
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John Banville The Sea ENThe brilliant new novel by the Booker-shortlisted author of Shroud and The Book of Evidence, John Banville is, quite simply, one of the greatest novelists writing in the English language today. When Max Morden returns to the coastal town where he spent a holiday in his youth he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. The Grace family appear that long ago summer as if from another world.…
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John Banville The Sea ENIncandescent prose. Beautifully textured characterisation. Transparent narratives. The adjectives to describe the writing of John Banville are all affirmative, and The Sea is a ringing affirmation of all his best qualities. His publishers are claiming that this novel by the Booker-shortlisted author is his finest yet, and while that claim may have an element of hyperbole, there is no denying that this perfectly…
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Teal Scott The Sculptor in the Sky ENYou can not have a life, you can not lose a life... You are life. It is you who hold the power to decide yourself back onto the path you intended... The path of welcoming and becoming your own bliss. The Sculptor In The Sky, the new book by spiritual catalyst, Teal Scott takes you on a journey of rediscovery of the universe of god and of yourself. This extraordinary book challenges us to reconnect with the eternal…
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J.J. Sutherland The Scrum FieldbookWork. You're doing it wrong. Do you ever feel like you never get as much done as you want to? Or that your projects encounter insurmountable problems before they even get started? Or that your colleagues spend days talking over their ideas without...
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C.S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters ENOn its first appearance, The Screwtape Letters was immediately recognized as a milestone in the history of popular theology and has since sold more than a quarter of a million editions. Now stunningly repackaged and rebranded as part of the Signature Classics range.
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Lauren Oliver, H.C. Chester The Screaming Statue ENFour extraordinary children must avenge their friend's death, try to save their home, and unravel the secrets of their past before their past unravels them. Pippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max are happy to be out of harm's way now that the notorious villain Nicholas Rattigan is halfway across the country in Chicago. But unfortunately their home, Dumfreys's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders, is in danger of…
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Jonathan Stroud The Screaming StaircaseWhen the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in... . For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts...
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Justin Kennedy The Scratch and Sniff Guide to BeerDiscover a world of beer with this sensational handbook, packed with style guides, how-tos, and fascinating anecdotes about the origins and evolution of both well-known and esoteric beers—and ten unique scratch and sniff stickers devoted to aromas inherent in your favorite brews. To truly know a beer, it isn’t enough to taste it. You must breathe in its distinctive aroma—a specialty blend of hops, malt, water, and…
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Eve Epstein The Scratch and Sniff Book of Weed ENThis entertaining and whimsically illustrated journey into the world of weed not only charms the eyes and mind, but the nose as well. Twenty scratch-and-sniff scents bring to life a variety of topics from the epicurean and neurological to the cultural, medical and sexual. Ever notice that beer and weed smell alike? Hops and cannabis are actually in the same plant family. And the munchies? Well, they're real,…
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Alfie Deyes The Scrapbook of My Life ENHey guys, I'm Alfie and welcome to The Scrapbook of My Life! Inside this book you'll read all about the day I was born and what it was like growing up with my family in Brighton. Read stories from my childhood and teen years, right up until present day, and, of course, all about how my crazy YouTube journey began and my thoughts on what the future holds. I've had some amazing adventures and met some awesome people…
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Diana Gabaldon The Scottish Prisoner ENJamie Fraser is a paroled prisoner-of-war in the remote Lake District. Close enough to the son he cannot claim as his own, his quiet existence is interrupted first by dreams of his lost wife, then by the appearance of Tobias Quinn, an erstwhile comrade from the Rising. Lord John Grey - aristocrat, soldier, sometime spy - is in possession of papers which reveal a damning case of corruption and murder against a…
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Diana Gabaldon The Scottish Prisoner ENThe latest novel in the popular Lord John series from the international bestselling author of AN ECHO IN THE BONE.
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Arthur He The Scottish EnlightenmentHarperCollins Publishers: 'Herman's book tells an exciting story with gusto ! entertaining and illuminating.' Jenny Uglow, Sunday Times 'Stimulating. A work which deserves to be bought by any interested reader.' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph 'Compulsively readable.' Paul Henderson Scott, Sunday Herald 'Herman carries his thesis off with brio.' Arnold Kemp, Observer 'A sparkling book. Herman argues his case with an…
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Maggie Stiefvater The Scorpio RacesA stunning new novel from the bestselling author of SHIVER, LINGER AND FOREVER. Stay alive, stay astride, stay out of the water... Every November, the Scorpio Races are run beneath the chalk cliffs of Skarmouth. Thousands gather to watch the horses and the sea that washes the blood from the sand. The mounts are capaill uisce: savage water horses. There are no horses more beautiful, more fearless, more deadly. To…
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Maggie Stiefvater The Scorpio Races ENA stunning new novel from the bestselling author of SHIVER, LINGER AND FOREVER. Stay alive, stay astride, stay out of the water... Every November, the Scorpio Races are run beneath the chalk cliffs of Skarmouth. Thousands gather to watch the horses and the sea that washes the blood from the sand. The mounts are capaill uisce: savage water horses. There are no horses more beautiful, more fearless, more deadly. To…
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