Miracles of Life (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

Miracles of Life (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing

Hello America (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

A terrifying vision of the future from one of the twentieth century's most renowned writers - J. G. Ballard, author of 'Empire of the Sun' and

Atrocity Exhibition (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. This edition includes explanatory notes from the

Crash (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

Crystal World (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

From J. G. Ballard, author of 'Crash' and 'Cocaine Nights' comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to

User's Guide to the Millennium (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

J.G.Ballard is the author of the novels 'Crash', 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Rushing to Paradise'. Throughout his career he has also been a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers. This book collects together pieces of his journalism, grouped under themes including science and

High-Rise (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of 'Crash' and 'Cocaine Nights' comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding

Ghosts of Shanghai - Book 1 (Sedgwick Julian)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful teen thriller with echoes of J G Ballard's Empire of the Sun and Miracles of Life

High-Rise (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth

Extreme Metaphors (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback)

A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J. G. Ballard's greatest interviews.J.G. Ballard was a literary giant. Best known for his controversial bestseller 'Crash' and the memoir 'Empire of the Sun', he was a writer of unique talent - always surprising, frequently

Empire of the Sun (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

The classic, heartrending story of a British boy's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Newly reissued with an introduction by John

Millennium People (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

Violent rebellion comes to London's middle classes.As he searches for the truth behind the Heathrow bomb that killed his ex-wife, psychologist David Markham infiltrates a shadowy protest group based in the comfortable Chelsea Marina. Led by a charismatic doctor, it aims to rouse the docile middle

Last Englishman - The Life of J.L. Carr (Rogers Byron)(Paperback / softback)

J. L. Carr was the most English of Englishmen: headmaster of a Northamptonshire school, cricket enthusiast and campaigner for the conservation of country churches. But he was also the author of half a dozen utterly unique

Crash (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback)

The Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel--a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism Reissued with a New Introduction from Zadie SmithWhen J. G. Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity

Kingdom Come (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

With a new introduction by Deborah Levy and a striking new cover design by the artist Stanley Donwood, Ballard's final novel sees consumerism evolve into something even more

Concrete Island (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

A chilling novel that pays twisted homage to Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe'. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil

Hill Station (Farrell J.G.)(Paperback / softback)

A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author'One of the most outstanding novelists of his generation'

Drought (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

With a new introduction by M. John Harrison and a striking new cover design from the artist Stanley Donwood, this acclaimed cult novel sees human existence threatened by devastating climate

Empire of the Sun (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback)

The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China. Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him. Shanghai, 1941--a city

Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History (Evans Sir Richard J.)(Paperback / softback)

The first biography of one of the twentieth century's most respected and accomplished

Mailman (Lennon J.Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A blackly comic epic - a voyage through small-town America, and through the interior life of its most neurotic

Drowned World (Ballard J. G.)(Paperback / softback)

When London is lost beneath the rising tides, unconscious desires rush to the surface in this apocalyptic tale from the author of 'Crash' and 'Empire of the Sun', reissued here with a new introduction from Martin

Life of Christ (Sheen Fulton J.)(Paperback)

Widely proclaimed a classic work of Christian faith, Life of Christ has been hailed as the most eloquent of Fulton J. Sheen's many books. The fruit of many years of reflection, prayer, and research, it is a dramatic and moving recounting of the birth, life, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Christ,

Orwell - The Life (Taylor D J)(Paperback / softback)

Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Even the adjective 'Orwellian' is now a byword for a particular way of thinking about life, literature and language yet, despite this iconic status, the man who was born Eric Blair in 1903 remains an