Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English for several...
Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among Defiant People of Caucasus
The Caucasus mountains are a land of jagged peaks and rugged people, who for over 200 years have rebelled against Russia`s attempts to add them to its empire. Oliver Bullough`s extraordinary debut tells their story...
Love stories are not always about hearts and flowers. In this deliciously different celebration of love, romance is all about having a good row (and not always having to say you`re sorry). From trivial everyday...
Letter from America (Celebration Ed)
When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters from America, which began in 1946 and continued...
A perfect treat for all fans of Thomas Harris. Sqweegel and Steve Dark are set to become the Hannibal and Clarice Starling of the 21st century in Zuiker`s first book of the Level 26 series.
Lewis Carroll`s Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland
Since childhood, Kusama has been afflicted with a condition that makes her see spots, which means she sees the world in a surreal, almost hallucinogenic way that sits very well with the `Wonderland of Alice`. She is...
In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying. Years later, in the wake of another storm,...
Myron Bolitar`s family takes center stage in this novel. When news of his estranged brother arrives, providing tantalizing clues to his whereabouts, Myron hopes to salvage a relationship about which he has his share...
In "Living to Tell the Tale" Gabriel Garcia Marquez - winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" - recounts his personal experience of returning to the house in which...
Lock and Key (NY Times bestseller)
The "New York Times" - bestselling author of "Just Listen" explores the heart of a gutsy, complex girl dealing with unforeseen circumstances and learning to trust again.
`Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of my tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.`Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged,...
For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer`s pretty simple: he has, in his own words, `pissed his life away`. And on New Year`s Eve he`s going to end it but not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum...
When the Department - faded since the war and busy only with bureaucratic battles - hears rumour of a missile base near the West German border, it seems like the perfect opportunity to regain some political standing...
Before. Miles aPudgea Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave athe Great Perhapsa even more (FranAois...
Lord Arthur Saviles Crime. Преступ.лорда А.Севила
`He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...`. Wilde`s supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high...
Nina Landry has given up city life for the isolated community of Sandling Island, lying off the bleak east coast of England. At night the wind howls. Sometimes they are cut off by the incoming tide. For Nina though it...
While clearing out her grandmother`s cottage for sale, Connie Goodwin finds a parchment inscribed with the name Deliverance Dane. And so begins the hunt to uncover the woman behind the name, a hunt that takes her back...
The key to eternal life has been found beneath two thousand feet of icy water in an area known as the Lost City. To a family of ruthless French arms dealers the Lost City is the key to world domination. To Kurt...
Scuba diving off the Tanzanian coast, husband and wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo discover a huge ship`s bell, covered in cryptic carvings. But as they struggle to first recover the bell and then decode...
