The Plague by Albert Camus is an extraordinary odyssey into the darkness and absurdity of human existence. ''''On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing.'''' It starts with the rats. Vomiting blood, they die in their ...
When Hanna "Ziggy" Bergstrom moves to New York City for graduate school, Will Sumner thinks his responsibilities to his best friend\''s nerdy little sister will be limited to the occasional dinner and check-in. Little does he know that Ziggy is ready to break out of her bookworm academic shell and move ...
''Point Omega is a treat: the most satisfying and least cryptic of DeLillo''s late novels'' Sunday Telegraph Reading the fiction of Don DeLillo is an utterly original experience: powerful, prescient, perceptive. Writing in a prose that is both majestic and muscular, his unerringly accurate vision penetrates ...
This novel is based on the historical occurrence of the appearance of the false messiah Sabbath Zevi and the mass following he generated. While the bare facts of the delusion may be true, I believe that the fleshing out of the characters, their thoughts and behaviour are a misrepresentation. ''''Satan ...
In these pages you can enjoy Christmas dinner with Begbie, and see how warmly Franco greets his sister''s boyfriend and the news of their engagement. You will discover, in ",The Rosewell Incident",, how aliens addicted to Embassy Regal have Midlothian under surveillance, and plan to install the ...
New York comedian Alvy Singer reflects ruefully upon a failed relationship. When he first met Annie Hall on a tennis date, she was an insecure wallflower in trousers, vest and tie. But they shared a self-deprecating sense of humour, plus certain deep-seated neuroses, and love soon blossomed. Alvy supported ...
Building on the story begun in The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring this is the second part of Tolkien\''s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien\''s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Frodo and the Companions ...
Filled with creative, playful activities, This Book Thinks You’re an Artist asks budding artists to imagine their eccentric- artist alter ego before working through seven key topics: observation, drawing, color pattern, design, sculpture, and, crucially, how to steal ideas (Be inspired! Offend the viewer!). ...
Still in her teenage years, Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed man who is twenty years older. Away from the mud and heat of her Bangladeshi village, home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London\''s East End. Nazneen knows not a word of English, and is forced ...
''No banned foods, no recipes, no fads - psychologist and addiction expert Shahroo Izadi''s weight-loss book is all about changing the way you relate to what you eat.'' The Times''A kind, realistic book that will be a real help to people who struggle with their weight.'' Sunday Telegraph''A kinder, more ...
Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron. New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the colourful life of Lord Byron’s daughter, from her early love of logic, to her plans for the world''s first computer program. ...
