Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt (Vanderbilt Arthur T.)(Paperback)

Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt (Vanderbilt Arthur T.)(Paperback)

Wall Street Journal BestsellerFor fans of Downton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley family--Fortune's Children is an enthralling true story that recreates the drama, splendor, and wealth of the legendary Vanderbilts.Vanderbilt: The very name is synonymous with the Gilded Age. The

The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Stiles T. J.)(Paperback)

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt, the combative man and American icon who, through his genius and force of will, did more than perhaps any other individual to create modern

The Fall of Arthur (Tolkien J. R. R.)(Paperback)

The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty (Cooper Anderson)(Paperback)

CNN anchor and New York Times bestselling author Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family, the Vanderbilts.Few names are as synonymous with wealth and glamour as

Fall of the House of Fifa (Conn David)(Paperback / softback)

The Fall of the House of Fifa is the definitive story of Fifa's rise - and the most spectacular fall sport has ever seen. 1904: 'No person should be allowed to arrange matches for personal profit' - Fifa congress A century later: 'Fifa is a Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organisation (RICO)

Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty (Cooper Anderson)(Pevná vazba)

CNN anchor and New York Times bestselling author Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family, the Vanderbilts.Few names are as synonymous with wealth and glamour as

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Doyle Arthur Conan)(Paperback)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases,

Daughter of Fortune (Allende Isabel)(Paperback / softback)

A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of 'The House of the

The Tree of Heaven (Sinclair May)(Paperback)

The Tree of Heaven follows the fortunes of the Harrison family as the children grow up in the shadow of the First World War and Dorothy's brothers go off, one by one, to the trenches, while she becomes involved with the suffrage movement, and later joins a version of the Women's Social and

Fall of the House of Byron - Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England (Brand Emily)(Paperback / softback)

A thrilling family story of aristocratic decadence and

Against the Fall of Night (Clarke Sir Arthur C.)(Paperback / softback)

In the year ten billion A.D., Diaspar is the last city on Earth. Agelss and unchanging, the inhabitants see no reason to be curious about the outside world. But one child, Alvin - only seventeen and the last person to be born in Diaspar - finds that he is increasingly drawn to what lies outside the

Fall of Arthur (Tolkien J. R. R.)(Paperback / softback)

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur

The House of Mirth (Wharton Edith)(Paperback)

The tragic fall of one of the most heartbreaking characters in American literature, a beautiful socialite who loses her footing in the savage social-climbing world of 19th century New York high society Lily Bart has no fortune, but she possesses everything else she needs to make an excellent

Fall of Moondust (Clarke Sir Arthur C.)(Paperback / softback)

Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the mercilessly unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment.A brilliantly imagined

Borgias - Power and Fortune (Strathern Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The

Florence and Giles (Harding John)(Paperback / softback)

A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of

Fall of the House of Wilde - Oscar Wilde and His Family (O'Sullivan Emer)(Paperback / softback)

Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle Sir Arthur Conan)(Paperback / softback)

One of the most iconic and memorable of all the Sherlock Holmes stories. A terrible beast, a house wreathed in fog, treacherous moorland and a cold-blooded murder - these are the things Sherlock and his faithful assistant Dr Watson are up against. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES gripped readers when

Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Holland Tom)(Paperback / softback)

A masterful history of Rome's first imperial dynasty by the award-winning author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and In the Shadow of the

Once and Future King (White T. H.)(Paperback / softback)

The classic novel of King Arthur.A beautiful paperback edition of The Once and Future King, White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend.T.H. White's masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. Here all five volumes that make up the story are published together in a

House of Wittgenstein - A Family At War (Waugh Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

The true story of a one-handed pianist and the fall of his aristocratic

On the Suffering of the World (Schopenhauer Arthur)(Paperback)

On the Suffering of the World is a collection of the later aphoristic writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, known for their incisive, aphoristic style and dark, pessimistic view of human existence. Edited and with an introduction by Eugene Thacker, On the Suffering of the World comprises a core

The Devil's Edge (Booth Stephen)(Paperback)

In the heart of summer, in the dead of night, something wakes you. The house is quiet. The children are sleeping. The kitchen is empty. Except for the body on the floor. A series of brutal home invasions is terrorizing the Peak District. Until now, the burglars haven't left a clue. This time,

The Fall of the House of Cabal (Howard Jonathan L.)(Paperback)

Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has come into possession of a vital clue that may lead him to his ultimate goal: a cure for death. The path is vague, however, and certainly treacherous as it takes him into strange territories that, quite literally, no one has ever seen before