On Histories And Stories (Byatt A. S.)(Paperback / softback)

On Histories And Stories (Byatt A. S.)(Paperback / softback)

In her opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors', the author considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new 'Darwinian

Elementals - Stories of Fire and Ice (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

In the same delectable format as The Matisse Stories, this collection deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest

Children's Book (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

Women Writers' Handbook (Byatt A.S.)(Paperback / softback)

Matisse Stories (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

Each story is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling - about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. This book includes stories which are all about

Complete Stories (Amis Kingsley)(Paperback / softback)

Includes a collection spans many genres, offering ingenious alternative histories, mystery and horror, satirical reflections and a devilishly funny attacks. In this book, the stories reveal the scope of his imagination and the warmth beneath his acerbic humour, and they all share the unmistakable

Histories (Guglani Sam)(Paperback / softback)

Olive Kitteridge meets Do No Harm in this revealing and intimate interlinked collection of stories set in a hospital, written by a

Hopscotch: Histories: Hoorah for Mary Seacole (Cooke Trish)(Paperback / softback)

Exciting new stories about famous people and great events by top

Hopscotch: Histories: Toby and The Great Fire Of London (Nash Margaret)(Paperback / softback)

Exciting new stories about famous people and great events by top

Possession - A Romance (Byatt A. S.)(Paperback / softback)

Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time. WINNER OF THE BOOKER

Little Black Book of Stories (Byatt A. S.)(Paperback / softback)

Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two middle-aged women walk into a forest, as they did when they were girls, confronting their fears and memories and the strange thing they saw in their childhood - or thought they saw - so long

The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (Byatt A. S.)(Paperback)

From Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hardy, through Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf, right up to Graham Greene, J.G. Ballard, Angela Carter, Ian McEwan, and many others, The Oxford Book of English Short Stories encompasses comedy and tragedy, farce and

Still Life (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

Frederica Potter arrives at Cambridge University greedy for knowledge, sex and love. Back in Yorkshire, her sister Stephanie abandons academia and is confronted with the boredom and frustrations of motherhood. Each sibling is desperate to shape their own future, but a horrifying event will soon

Angels And Insects (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

In The Conjugal Angel, curious individuals - some fictional, others drawn from history - gather to connect with the spirit world. Throughout both, Byatt examines the eccentricities of the Victorian era, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance, science and faith into a sumptuous, magical

Whistling Woman (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

It is 1968 and Frederica Potter is surprised to find herself embarking on a new career in television. Soon her future, and that of the people closest to her, begins to look rather different. THE FOURTH FREDERICA POTTER

Unruly Times - Wordsworth and Coleridge in Their Time (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

Unruly Times is a superlative portrait of the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge, and a fascinating exploration of the Romantic Movement and the dramatic events that shaped

Drawn from the Archive - Hidden Histories of Illustration (Seven Stories Press Inc.)(Paperback / softback)

Game (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

They share a set of disturbing memories of a strange childhood game and of Simon, the handsome young neighbour who loved them both. Years later Simon re-enters their lives via a television programme on snakes and intrudes into their uneasy compromise of mutual antagonism and

Biographer's Tale (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

Along the way he meets others building wholes from bits and pieces - taxonomists, ecologists, even travel agents - and begins to puzzle out his

Medusa's Ankles - Selected Stories (Byatt A S)(Pevná vazba)

Byatt is a vivid colourist' Sunday Times'A cerebral extravaganza, bristling with ideas' Spectator 'These little stories by one of Britain's foremost grandes dames of the writing world are a delightful surprise, packing a much greater punch than many full-length

Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Kafka Franz)(Paperback / softback)

Possession - A Romance (Byatt A S)(Paperback / softback)

The perfect gift for Valentine's DayPossession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against

Guys and Dolls - and Other Stories (Runyon Damon)(Paperback / softback)

Dimanche and Other Stories (Nemirovsky Irene)(Paperback / softback)