Lancaster and York: Wars of the Roses
The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton, some of the bloodiest and most dramatic battles on England`s...
News of the untimely death of Charles Dickens reaches James R Osgood at his American publisher. Expecting the arrival of the latest instalment of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and suspicious of unscrupulous New York...
Japan, 1865, the women’s palace in the great city of Edo. Bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man - the young shogun. Sachi, a beautiful...
"The Last Don" is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless...
The LAST DON is Mario Puzo at his finest, thrilling us with his greatest Mafia novel since The Godfather - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas.
In 1970, one of Mississipi`s more colourful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23-year-old college drop-out, named Willie Traynor....
Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are...
"Le Bal" depicts the life of the Kampfs who, having recently gone up in the world thanks to luck with the stock decide to throw a ball in order to launch themselves into society. Their daughter Antoinette, who has...
Ladу Constance Keeble, sister of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, has both an imperious manner and a valuable diamond necklace. The precarious peace of Blandings is shattered when her necklace becomes the object of...
A tale of love, courage and family, interweaving the lives of two extraordinary women - a writer working in the heart of modern academia, and a daring young Sioux on an unforgettable journey in the eighteenth century....
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011. From the hairdessing salon where an old man measures out his life in haircuts, to the concert hall where a music lover carries out an obsessive campaign against those...
Stephen Fry`s breathtakingly outrageous debut novel, by turns eccentric, shocking, brilliantly comic and achingly Текст романа на английском языке.
With his second collection of short stories, Richard Yates continues to extend his range as a writer of stunning power and eloquence. "Liars in Love" is concerned with troubled relations and the elusive nature of...
A murderer is on the loose on the streets of New York City: nicknamed the Doomsday Killer, he`s claimed six victims in just two weeks, and the city is terrified. Even worse, the police are mystified: the victims have...
This sweeping account of the siege of Stalingrad aims to give as panoramic a view of Soviet society during World War II as Tolstoy did of Russian life in the epoch of the Napoleonic Wars. Completed in 1960 and then...
Life and Times of Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson`s first travel book opened with the immortal line, "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to". In this deeply funny new book, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, in the curious...
Evacuated from Blitz-battered London, shy and genteel Elizabeth White is sent to stay with the boisterous O`Connors in Kilgarret, Ireland. It is the beginning of an unshakable bond between Elizabeth and Aisling...
Lily isn`t home ALONE - but she sort of wishes she was; looking after her three younger siblings is a lot of responsibility. When Mum goes off on holiday with her new boyfriend and her stepdad fails to show up, Lily...
