King John ruled England for seventeen and a half years. For most of that time he enjoyed, if not popularity, then great wealth and power. Yet to posterity his entire reign has come to be embodied i...
Opowiadanie w we współczesnym języku nahuatl oparte na zapisanym w XVI-wieku przedhiszpańskim azteckim micie tworzenia kolejnych światów – słońc. Autorką hiszpańskiego prototypu...
Bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful New York Times Book Review'A fast and rocketing read . . . a wonderful, wonderful book!' Karen Joy FowlerWHO SAYS YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM Y...
50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITIONAs a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful ci...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim (Przygody Sherlocka Holmesa) opublikowane w 1892 roku przez szkockiego pisarza, sir Arthura Conana Doyle’a. Książka...
Jon is on the run. He has betrayed Oslo's biggest crime lord: the Fisherman. Fleeing to an isolated corner of Norway, to a mountain town so far north that the sun never sets, Jon hopes to find sanc...
An ideal introduction to the pioneering life of Beatrix Potter, one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. This stylish mini-hardback takes readers on a fascinating journey...
The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic DUNE continues ... The long-established galactic order is passing. The Honoured Matres, ruthless and all-conquering, have destroye...
The Ickabog is coming… A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children’s bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the pow...
"Everyone thinks that Sadie Saunders is dead. Missing now for a week - there are whispers of murder.As the police flounder, five of Sadie's friends set off into the woods to find h...
TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY. Consumed by the idea of his own special destiny, immured in poverty and deprivation, Rashkolnikov is drawn to commit a terrible crime. In the a...
'Hilarious, subversive, sharp without being lethal, and loving without an ounce of sentiment, Shirley Jackson's more-or-less autobiographical account of life as a mother of four and faculty wife (a...
THIS IS A TRUE STORY.An author goes on a book tour for his new bestseller Hell of a Book – which, as people keep telling him, is one hell of a book.THIS IS A COMING-OF-AGE S...
One of the first things I was told when I arrived in Kabul was never to walk...When journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul, she uncovers a place that defies her expectations. Her wander...
Po śmierci żony i syna grecki milioner Leonidas Stathakis wciąż trwa w żałobie i poczuciu winy. Przyjeżdża na grecką wyspę, by w samotności nabrać dystansu. Przyjeżdża tam też z Australii Hannah Ma...
'Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer...a zany but moral mad scientist' TimeA diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms....
‘The best novel I’ve encountered this year, brilliant and funny and profound, producing some of the most complex, fascinating characters I’ve ever known. As far as I’m conce...
On the day Nina and Conrad Best move into their new home in picture-perfect Willow Close, a body is discovered.The residents gather around a police cordon - one of their neighbours has ...
Max Einstein is never going to be your average 12-year-old kid. She . . .is on the run from a group of villainstalks to Albert Einsteinspends time searching for information on her...
The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in a village in Japan's snow country and was expected to lead a life much like her mother's. Instead - after three divorces and with a te...