The eighth book in the Discworld series. "Of all the cities in the world it could have flown into, it flew into mine.. " Some night-time prowler is turning the citizens of Ankh-Morpork, greatest city of the fantasy Discworld*, into something resembling small charcoal biscuits. And that''''s a real problem ...
In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he''''s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he''''s one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk - and a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer, of a life in the courtroom. But Theo finds himself ...
This Book is Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006. Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, The History of Love explores the lasting power of the written word and the lasting power of love. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. ''When I was born my mother named ...
''I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought. Now ever where I go there''s.'' Death, to be precise. And plenty of it. In unpleasant variations. This isn''t real life ...
"Book of Longing" is Leonard Cohen''''s astonishing new collection of poems, the first since "Book of Mercy" was published nearly three decades ago. Leonard Cohen made his name as a poet before he came to worldwide attention as a singer and songwriter. "Book of Longing", his new collection of poetry, ...
It''''s the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well - but in his day, jockeys didn''''t usually reach the finishing line with three.38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds ...
On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games. John Fowles expertly unfolds a tale that is lush with over-powering imagery in a spellbinding exploration ...
This deluxe, illustrated edition celebrates the New York Times-bestselling series, The Kingkiller Chronicle—a masterful epic fantasy saga that has inspired readers worldwide. One: The Name of the Wind. My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town ...
The Cowards (1958) is Josef Skvorecky's blackly comic tale of post-war politics that was immediately banned on publication. In 1945, in Kostelec,Danny is playing saxophone for the best jazz band in Czechoslovakia. Their trumpeter has just got out of a concentration camp, their bass player is only ...
This is Charles Bukowski´s brilliant, fantastical pastiche of a detective story. Packed with wit, invention and Bukowski´s trademark lowlife adventures, it is the final novel of one of the most enjoyable and influential cult writers of the last century. Nicky Belane, private detective and career alcoholic, ...
It was Patrick\''s idea that they should have the tennis party. After all, he has the perfect setting - the White House, bought out of his bonuses as an investment banker. He hasn\''t actually told Caroline, his brash and beautiful wife, what the real reason for the party is. She is glad to welcome Stephen ...
A love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah''s Scribbles comics. Elsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets Jimmy, a charming werewolf with a wry sense ...
A colourful book full of pictures to fingerprint and with its own inkpad of seven bright colours to paint with. The colourful inkpad allows children to make fingerprint pictures quickly and easily wherever they are, with no need for brushes and paint pots. With fingerprinting tips and extra pages for ...
