An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

One overcast weekend in October 1974, Georges Perec set out in quest of the 'infraordinary': the humdrum, the non-event, the everyday--'what happens,' as he put it, 'when nothing happens.' His choice of locale was Place Saint-Sulpice, where, ensconced behind first one cafe window, then another, he

I Remember (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

'Perec is serious fun' The Guardian Both an affectionate portrait of mid-century Paris and a daring memoir, Georges Perec's I Remember is now available in English to UK readers for the first time, with an introduction by David Bellos. In 480 numbered statements, all beginning identically with 'I

Species of Spaces and Other Pieces (Perec Georges)(Paperback)

'One of the most significant literary personalities in the world.'--Italo Calvino Georges Perec, author of the highly acclaimed Life: A User's Manual, was only forty-six when he died in 1982. Despite a tragic childhood, during which his mother was deported to Auschwitz, Perec produced some of the

Void (Perec Georges)(Paperback / softback)

Ransacking his Paris flat, a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location and, insidiously, a ghost, from Vowl's past starts to cast its malignant

Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell George)(Pevná vazba)

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book. It is at once a very personal account, and a vivid expose of hard lives weighed down by poverty in France and England between the wars.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized

Essays on Individualism: Modern Ideology in Anthropological Perspective (Dumont Louis)(Paperback)

Louis Dumont's Essays on Individualism is an ambitious attempt to place the modern ideology of individualism in a broad anthropological perspective. The result of twenty years of scholarship and inquiry, the interrelated essays gathered here not only trace the genesis and growth of individualism as

My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography (Trotsky Leon)(Paperback)

The only Bolshevik leader to write his memoirs, Leon Trotsky published this remarkable book in 1930, the first year of a perilous, decade-long exile that ended with his assassination in Mexico. Expelled from the Communist party and deported from the Soviet Union, the former People's Commissar for

Through A Glass Starkly: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure (Ryan Richard T.)(Paperback)

After surviving an attempt on his life in Paris, Sherlock Holmes returns to London, where the Great Detective is almost immediately enlisted by his brother to secure the safety of the delegates at a top-secret peace conference. With Europe a veritable powder keg in the years before World War I,

Orkney Tapestry (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet and a celebration of Orkney's people, language and history. Unavailable for many years, this new edition has a specially commissioned Introduction written by

W or The Memory of Childhood (Perec Georges)(Paperback / softback)

Written in alternating chapters, W or the Memory of Childhood, tells two parallel tales, in two parts. The other story is about two people called Gaspard Winckler: one an eight-year-old deaf-mute lost in a shipwreck, the other a man despatched to search for him, who discovers W, an island state

Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell George)(Paperback / softback)

Translations (Friel Brian)(Paperback / softback)

The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local

Judgment of Paris: Judgment of Paris (Taber George M.)(Paperback)

The only reporter present at the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976--a blind tasting where a panel of esteemed French judges chose upstart California wines over France's best--for the first time introduces the eccentric American winemakers and records the tremendous aftershocks of this historic event

Portrait of the Alcoholic (Akbar Kaveh)(Paperback)

'Was it Jung who speculated that alcoholism might be an attempt at a material solution for a spiritual problem? Kaveh Akbar seems able to contain both--he's a demotic, as well as a spiritual, poet (the only type of either I trust). Each word in this little book might rise up from somewhere deep in

New Heinemann Maths Yr5, Extension Textbook(Paperback / softback)

NHM Year 5 Extension Textbook Uses language at an appropriate reading level. Places maths in a variety of contexts. Provides problem-solving activities. Reinforces and extends your pupils' fluency in number facts and mental calculation strategies

Paris Haussmann: A Model's Relevance (Jallon Benoit)(Pevná vazba)

First published in 2017 in conjunction with an exhibition at the Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris, this widely praised and still much sought-after book becomes available again in a new edition. It offers an analytical review from today's perspective of the French capital's profound transformation

Storms of Silence (Simpson Joe)(Paperback / softback)

In Storms of Silence Joe Simpson recalls the severe snowstorm which put an end to an attempt with four others on Gangchempo and the infection which forced him to abandon the climb on Cho Oyu in tibet. He becomes obsessed with stories of Chinese brutality in the old world Tibet they overran by force

The Age of Questions: Or, a First Attempt at an Aggregate History of the Eastern, Social, Woman, American, Jewish, Polish, Bullion, Tubercul (Case Holly)(Paperback)

Socialist Heritage: The Politics of Past and Place in Romania (Grama Emanuela)(Paperback)

Focusing on Romania from 1945 to 2016, Socialist Heritage explores the socialist state's attempt to create its own heritage, as well as the legacy of that project. Contrary to arguments that the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe aimed to erase the pre-war history of the socialist

Gilgamesh (Mitchell Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength and courage. Enkidu is trapped by a temple prostitute, civilised through sexual experience and brought to Gilgamesh. They become best friends and battle evil

Last Words (Carlin George)(Paperback)

Now in paperback, this posthumous work by an American classic was a fitting last book, an instant bestseller, and a huge success! One of the undisputed heavyweight champions of American comedy, with nineteen appearances on the Johnny Carson show, thirteen HBO specials, five Grammys, and a critical

1 Enoch: The Hermeneia Translation (Nickelsburg George W. E.)(Paperback)

1 Enoch was an important and popular text in ancient Judaism, well attested among the manuscripts at Qumran, and a key piece of the puzzle of the development of early Judaism and Christian origins. George W. E. Nickelsburg and James C. VanderKam have now revised their translation in conjunction

They Eat Puppies, Don't They? (Buckley Christopher)(Paperback)

In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist 'Bird' McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese. When Bird fails to uncover an authentic reason to slander the nation, he and Angel

Believing the Lie - An Inspector Lynley Novel: 17 (George Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth George's masterly novel sees Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley back centre stage in an intricate crime