Mountolive (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback)

Mountolive (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback)

Lose yourself in the thrilling political intrigue and tangled love affairs of wartime Egypt: Durrell's epic modern classic, introduced by William Boyd (bestselling author of Any Human Heart and Restless). 'A master at creating and handling tension

Alexandria Quartet - Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)

Darley attempts to reconcile himself to the end of his affair with the dark, passionate Justine Hosnani - setting alight a beguiling exploration of sexual and political intrigue that the author himself described as 'an investigation of modern

The Durrell-Miller Letters: 1935-1980 (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback)

In 1935 a young Englishman living on Corfu wrote enthusiastically to a middle-aged Brooklynite who had just published a succes de scandale in Paris: '...Tropic [of Cancer] turns the corner into a new life which has regained its bowels.' Henry Miller, realizing that in Lawrence Durrell he had hooked

Balthazar (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback)

During sessions with his psychiatrist, Balthazar, their intricate love affair is cast in a radical, sinister light, illuminating a mysterious plot connected to a recent murder - but Lawrence Durrell's dazzling, kaleidoscopic storytelling means that nothing is ever as it seems

Sicilian Carousel (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback)

Despite decades spent poetically evoking Mediterranean life in Rhodes, Cyprus, and Corfu, celebrated travel writer Lawrence Durrell had never set foot on the sea's largest island: mysterious, impenetrable Sicily. For years, his friend Martine begged him to visit her on this sun-kissed paradise, but

Clea (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback)

His affair with Clea, am agnetic, bisexual artist, not only changes the lovers, but transforms the dead, forever - and heralds a new beginning, just as Lawrence Durrell's intoxicating masterpiece

A Year in Marrakesh (Mayne Peter)(Paperback)

Peter Mayne (1908-1979) is to Morocco what Peter Mayle is to Provence or Lawrence Durrell to Greece. This 1953 classic in a new edition captures the very essence of the people and place. Having already learned to appreciate Muslim life when he was in Pakistan, Mayne bought a house in the

Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback)

Cyprus, 1953. As the island fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient conflicts between Turkish and Greek Cypriots trouble the glittering Mediterranean waters. Into the brewing political storm enters Lawrence Durrell, yearning for the idyllic island lifestyle of his youth in

Black Book (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)

'The most exhilarating surge of language, style and sordid English manners [in] literature.' DBC Pierre 'A wild, passionate, brilliantly gaudy and flamboyant extravaganza ... But as they satisfy violent appetites of the flesh - and mind - their descent into darkness accelerates

Colossus of Maroussi (Miller Henry)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the Grecian countryside with his friend Lawrence Durrell in 1939. In this book, the author describes drinking from sacred springs, nearly being trampled to death by sheep and encountering the flamboyant Greek poet Katsumbalis, who 'could galvanize the dead with his

White Eagles Over Serbia (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)

Lose yourself in this classic 1950s Cold War spy thriller tracking a British secret agent in Communist Serbia by the celebrated author of The Alexandria Quartet. 'A spell-binder

Revolt of Aphrodite - Tunc and Nunquam (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)

When a genius inventor is seduced by a mysterious firm to create a robot, technology may save him - or be his undoing

Avignon Quintet - Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian and Quinx (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)

Rich in invention, psychological truth and sheer entertainment, the five short novels that comprise The Avignon Quintet form one of the key works of an undisputed modern master. 'Another constellation of Mediterranean mysteries and

Birds, Beasts and Relatives (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback)

Gerald Durrell - The Authorised Biography (Botting Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he'd dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for

Corfu Trilogy (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

Suitable for adults and children alike, this title includes three classic tales of childhood on an island paradise - 'My Family and Other Animals', 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' and 'The Garden of the

Přetížená archa - Gerald Durrell

Světoznámý přírodovědec a spisovatel Gerald Durrell se vypravil do afrického Kamerunu, aby pro britské zoologické zahrady nachytal vzácné exotické živočichy. Byla to jeho první cesta za zvířaty vůbec a rozhodně nešlo o žádnou nudnou vědeckou výpravu. Chytit luskouna,

Tři jízdenky do Dobrodružství - Gerald Durrell

Světoznámý přírodovědec a spisovatel Gerald Durrell se vypravil do jihoamerické džungle, aby pro britské zoologické zahrady nachytal vzácné exotické živočichy. Jenže tahle cesta rozhodně není žádná nudná vědecká výprava. Chytit mravenečníka, elektrického úhoře,

Růženka je z příbuzenstva - Gerald Durrell

Jeden z nejoblíbenějších románů anglického humoristy a přírodovědce Geralda Durrella milují čtenáři na celém světě. Líčení trampot mladého úředníka, kterému připadá život příliš jednotvárný a neustále touží po dobrodružství. Jeho sny se naplní v okamžiku, kdy

My Family and Other Animals (Durrell Gerald)(Paperback / softback)

Ten-year-old Gerald doesn't know why his older brothers and sisterscomplain so much. With snakes in the bath and scorpions on thelunch table, the family home on the Greek island of Corfu is a bitlike a zoo so they should feel right at home... Gerald joyfullypursues his interest in natural history

Růženka je z příbuzenstva - Gerald Durrell - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Slavný a oblíbený humoristický román britského přírodovědce Geralda Durrella o nečekaném dědictví, které obrátí Hadriánovi život doslova na ruby. | Slavný britský humoristický román o neobvyklém dědictví, který milují čtenáři na celém světě. Hadrián

Man Who Loved Islands: Sixteen Stories by D H Lawrence (Lawrence D H)(Paperback / softback)

A beautifully produced assortment of Lawrence's intimate and exquisite