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First published in 1983, Heroes and Contemporaries reveals a new aspect of David Gower’s personality – that of an astute and intelligent observer of the game and of his fellow players.In this boo…

Torey Hayden returns with this deeply-moving sequel to her first book, One Child (the Sunday Times bestseller). After seven years, Torey is reunited with Sheila, the disturbed 6-year-old she trie…

Discover the fascinating lives of the figures that have shaped Ireland from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Explore the rich history of the island’s cultural, social and politica…

Unique, transgressive and as funny as its subject, A Life Discarded has all the suspense of a murder mystery. Written with his characteristic warmth, respect and humour, Masters asks you to join …

From bestselling author and teacher Mary Maccracken comes the engaging and inspiring story of five troubled children who she fought to bring back from the brinkJoey is the class clown, but alone …

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The author of the international bestsellers Watching the Tree and Falling Leaves has always been fascinated by proverbs and their importance and use in China. Both her book titles are based on su…

Confessions of an unconventional modelIsobella Jade is no ordinary model – she is far too short for a start. At ‘almost five foot four’ in heels she found herself shunned by the major agencies an…

Previously published as The Great Grisby‘You cannot help but fall in love with Grisby’ Jeffrey MassonIn this charming bestiary of exceptional dogs, Mikita Brottman reflects on the role dogs play …

LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014‘A symphonic poem about postwar England and Englishness … A masterpiece’ Financial TimesThe 1950s were not grey. In Jonathan Meades’s detailed, petit-p…

BODACIOUS: THE SHEPHERD CAT is a heart-warming and charming tale in which Bodacious tells us about life as The Shepherd Cat on Black Sheep Farm.‘I am Bodacious, The Shepherd Cat , and this is my …

The one and only Fay Weldon tells the story of her turbulent and controversial life.From the 1930s to the 2000s, Fay Weldon has seen and lived our times. As a child in New Zealand, young and poor…

From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, a compelling account of her return to the land in which she grew up.In 1956, some seven years after departed for England, Doris Lessing returned…

Вы держите в руках книгу-памятник селу Алтынное. Это одно из старейших сел Октябрьского района Пермского края. В 2021 году ему исполнилось 335 лет. Алтынное, как и прилежащие к нему деревни Пороз…

Всенародная любовь к Муслиму Магомаеву в СССР не знала границ. Но и в наше время его имя вызывает неизменный интерес: великий певец стал символом многонациональной, мощной и благородной страны. В…

Что означает сегодня быть левым? До сих пор под понятием «левый» подразумевается «справедливый», «экологичный», «социальный». Каждый хочет быть таким, но каков он на самом деле? Райнер Ханк расск…

Продолжение романа. Том 1 книги 2 охватывает период с 1923 по 1925 г., когда происходит взросление героя, становление его характера, превращение 15-летнего мальчишки в активного комсомольца на от…

Джорджо Вазари (1511—1574) – одна из самых ярких фигур итальянского Возрождения. Будучи учеником Микеланджело Буонаротти и придворным художником семьи Медичи, Вазари оставил след и в науке, став …

Продолжение книги «Кодзима – гений». Хидео Кодзима раздвигает границы возможного! Книга «Кодзима – гений» описывала события начиная с молодости Кодзимы и заканчивая разработкой METAL GEAR SOLID 2…