ISBN: 9781845296834 | Paperback
When Charles I embarked on civil war in August 1642, Britain was plunged into one of the most devastating conflicts in the nation's history - one that... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9789021481920 | Paperback
In het Dublin van de jaren vijftig wordt de jonge historicus Rosa Jacobs dood aangetroffen in haar auto in een afgesloten garage. Rechercheur Straffor... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780857529831 | Hardcover
From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571244461 | Paperback
Beginning with an account of his life, it takes as its domain not only the whole range of the poetry, but also the sermons, the letters, the spiritual... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571169269 | Paperback
Professor John Carey shows how early twentieth-century intellectuals imagined the 'masses' as semi-human swarms, drugged by popular newspapers and cin... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571204489 | Paperback
Pure Pleasure gives us fifty of the most enjoyable books of the twentieth century, chosen on a single principle - the pleasure they inspire.... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571244454 | Paperback
A new approach to Thackeray. Although this study embraces all his work, it switches attention from his late novels, and bases the case for his imagina... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571231645 | Paperback
William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. Lord of the Flies, his first novel, was an im... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571247790 | Paperback
An exploration of the strange poetry of Dickens's imagination by leading academic and critic John Carey.Setting aside the usual interpretations of Dic... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571203178 | Paperback
An experienced and imaginative anthologist, editor of The Faber Book of Reportage and The Faber Book of Science, Carey has gathered together a vast ra... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571226030 | Paperback
From one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, a delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent assessment of the true value of... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571141630 | Paperback
***FEATURED ON BBC 2's BETWEEN THE COVERS WITH SARA COX***The Faber Book of Reportage is John Carey's remarkable collection of eyewitness accounts tha... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571228706 | Paperback
In a stunning memoir-cum-travelogue Peter Carey charts this journey, inspired by Charley's passion for Japanese Manga and anime, and explores his own ... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571270156 | Paperback
of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silence...'To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber an... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571311224 | Paperback
A Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian Book of the YearWhen Gaby Baillieux, a young woman from suburban Melbourne, releases the Angel Worm into ... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781910709535 | Paperback
From the gutters of pre-revolutionary France to the luxury of the Palace of Versailles, from clutching the still-warm heads of Robespierre's Terror to... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571338856 | Paperback
Together with Willie, their lanky navigator, they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the continent, over roads no car will ever quite s... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781035007608 | Paperback
The first book in the Kushiel’s Legacy trilogy, Kushiel’s Dart is a sweeping fantasy of intrigue, betrayal and desire, as a courtesan spy is swept up ... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9781035007622 | Paperback
The second book in the Kushiel’s Legacy trilogy, Kushiel’s Chosen is a sensuous fantasy of intrigue, sacrifice and conspiracy, as a courtesan spy navi... Meer informatie
ISBN: 9780571270163 | Paperback
Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love sto... Meer informatie
