When historian Fluke Kelso learns of the existence of a secret notebook belonging to Josef Stalin he is determined to track it down, whatever the consequences. From the violent political intrigue and decadence of...
Present-day Russia is the setting for this stunning new novel from Robert Harris, author of the bestsellers Fatherland and Enigma, Archangel tells the story of four days in the life of Fluke Kelso, a dissipated,...
A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The boy`s Thai half-brother is missing; is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears increase that the...
Armageddon in Retrospect (Vintage Classics)
First published on the anniversary of Kurt Vonnegu``s death, "Armageddon in Retrospect" is a collection of twelve new writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war,...
Blends together Surrealism and Dadaism to create works of art. Recipes such as Cucumber Boats with Apple-Ginger Chicken Salad and Curry Infused Oil allow you to experience European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern...
Nina Campbell introduces her decorating philosophy and suggests ways to implement its basic principles then shares ten decorating challenges she has faced, including redoing a full-blown barional castle. With its...
Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, and George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur becomes a doctor, and then a...
A celebrated writer by the time the war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the Secret Service to Lucerne - under the guise of completing a play. An assignment whose danger and drama appealed both to...
Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career, and possibly his entire life. One night that secret...
At Home with Books: How Book Lovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
From an elegant, curved modern library with sunny picture windows to a simple apartment library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, this guide showcases 40 libraries and offers professional advice on editing and...
For MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle the nagging complications of her private life are quickly forgotten at Monday`s Counter-Terrorist meeting. An invisible may have entered mainland Britain. An "invisible" - a...
Atomised Les Particules elementaires
Half-brothers Michel and Bruno have a mother in common but little else. Michel is a molecular biologist, a thinker and idealist, a man with no erotic life to speak of and little in the way of human society. Bruno, by...
On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country home. Watching her is Robbie Turner,...
On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner,...
On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner,...
Aunts Arent Gentlemen: Jeeves and Wooster Novel
Bertie Wooster has been overdoing metropolitan life a bit, and the doctor orders fresh air in the depths of the country. But after moving with Jeeves to a cottage at Maiden Eggesford, Bertie soon finds himself...
Sayo Masuda`s story is an extraordinary portrait of rural life in Japan and an illuminating contrast to the fictionalised lives of glamorous geishas. At the age of six masuda`s poverty-stricken family sent her to work...
Avenger is the latest international thriller by Frederick Forsyth, who needs no introduction: his past bestsellers in this vein include The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File. The avenger is Calvin Dexter,...
