The epitome of the chivalric novel, Ivanhoe sweeps readers into Medieval England and the lives of a memorable cast of characters. Ivanhoe, a trusted ally of Richard-the-Lion-Hearted, returns from t...
The Man Booker Prize-longlisted follow-up to the multimillion-copy bestselling ONE DAY.David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced ONE DAY in this brilliant, ...
This is the tale of the book thief, as narrated by death. And when death tells a story, you really have to listen.It's just a small story really, about, amongst other things:a girl
Dickens wrote of David Copperfield: 'Of all my books I like this the best'. Millions of readers in almost every language on earth have subsequently come to share the author's own enthusiasm for thi...
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First Wo...
A repugnant Amercian widow is killed during a trip to Petra...Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her ...
Bestselling author Baldacci introduces a new, lethal hero in his next blockbuster thriller. America has enemies--ruthless people the police, the FBI, even the military can't always stop. That's whe...
An icon in the world of television news, Blaise McCarthy seems to have it all: beauty, intelligence and courage. But privately there is a story she has protected for years...
Dickens wrote of David Copperfield: 'Of all my books I like this the best'. Millions of readers in almost every language on earth have subsequently come to share the author's own enthusiasm for thi...
Anna Świrszczyńska może być uważana za przedstawicielkę tzw. polskiej szkoły poetyckiej, której wiersze w przekładzie stały się znane miłośnikom poezji w krajach anglojęzycznych.Moim z...
Książka jest kursem języka angielskiego opartym na wspaniałej komicznej powieści Jerome’a K. Jerome’a „Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)”, która należy ...
Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar bills into hundreds. But when the scheme somehow fails, Jackson is left broke, wanted by the police ...
A small guest-house in an English seaside town run by a mother and her two children is the setting of this story. A lot of people come and stay for shorter or longer periods. The story is boult up ...
Never go back—but Jack Reacher does, and the past finally catches up with him. . . . Never Go Back is a novel of action-charged suspense starring “one of the best thriller characters at...
Twenty-one stories and a novella that will disturb and delight, from the author of Fight Club. The absurdity of both life and death are on full display. In 'Zombies', the best and brightest of a hi...
Steinbeck's first major critical and commercial success, Tortilla Flat is also his funniest novel.Danny is a paisano, descended from the original Spanish settlers who arrived in Montere...
With an Introduction and Notes by Owen Knowles, University of Hull.Thackeray's upper-class Regency world is a noisy and jostling commercial fairground, predominantly driven by acquisiti...
Decoded tells the story of Rong Jinzhwen, one of the great code-breakers in the world.A semi-autistic mathematical genius, Jinzhen is recruited to the cryptography department of China's...
Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future.Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, whe...