One Enchanted Evening (Du Beke Anton)(Paperback)

One Enchanted Evening (Du Beke Anton)(Paperback)

Prepare to be swept off your feet by the romantic and irresistible debut novel from Anton Du Beke. London, 1936. Inside the spectacular Grand Ballroom of the exclusive Buckingham Hotel, the rich and powerful, politicians, film stars, even royalty, rub shoulders with Raymond de Guise and his troupe

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Moonlight Over Mayfair, 2 (Du Beke Anton)(Paperback)

'Welcome to the Grand Ballroom of the Buckingham Hotel, a place of music and magic, of magnificence and splendour. Strung high with decorations for the Christmas festivities, today it is banked in a dozen miniature Norwegian firs, all of them bedecked in crystals and lights - while, gathered around

Hotel Buckingham - Anton Du Beke

Londýn 1936. V exkluzivním hotelu Buckingham se setkávají mocní politici, úspěšní podnikatelé, hvězdní herci a smetánka včetně členů královských rodin. Úkolem Raymonda de Guise a jeho souboru tanečníků je jediné – získat pozornost vzácných diváků a odvést ji od

Dot and Anton (Kstner Erich)(Paperback)

'Matches, buy my matches, ladies and gents ' calls Luise Pogge, a.k.a. 'Dot', evening after evening, standing on Weidendammer Bridge in the middle of Berlin. Of course, her wealthy parents have no idea of her whereabouts, believing her to be in the safe care of her nanny, Miss Andacht. But Miss

Moonlight Over Mayfair - Shortlisted for the Historical Romantic Novel Award (Du Beke Anton)(Pevná vazba)

But a lot can happen on the dancefloor - whispered conversations, secret relationships, clandestine messages passed - and Raymond soon finds himself in a position of both power and danger. Raymond knows that keeping his budding relationship with chambermaid Nancy secret is now more important

Daphne Du Maurier (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive biography of Daphne Du Maurier, one of history's greatest psychological thriller novelistsRebecca, published in 1938, brought its author instant international acclaim, capturing the popular imagination with its haunting atmosphere of suspense and

Daphne Du Maurier Companion (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

Daphne du Maurier is one of Britain's best-loved authors, her writing capturing the imagination in a way that few have been able to equal. Rebecca, her most famous novel, was a huge success on first publication and brought du Maurier international fame. This enduring classic remains one of the

Scapegoat (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

A masterful exploration of doubling and identity, and of the dark side of the self. One of du Maurier's most accomplished

Antonin Artaud (Shafer David A.)(Paperback)

Poet, actor, playwright, surrealist, drug addict, asylum inmate--Antonin Artaud (1896-1949) is one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic personalities and idiosyncratic thinkers. In this biography, David A. Shafer takes readers on a voyage through Artaud's life, which he spent amid the company

Frenchman's Creek (Du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback / softback)

One of du Maurier's most popular novels, Frenchman's Creek is a tale of adventure, set during the reign of Charles II. It is the breathtaking story of a woman searching for love, who embraces the dangerous life of a fugitive on the

Du Bois: A Critical Introduction (Rabaka Reiland)(Paperback)

W.E.B Du Bois is widely considered one of the most accomplished and controversial African American intellectuals in U.S. history. A pioneering historian, sociologist, political economist, and civil rights activist, his masterpiece The Souls of Black Folk remains one of the most widely read books in

Hunting and Gathering (Gavalda Anna)(Paperback / softback)

One freezing evening Philibert overcomes his excruciating reitcence to rescue Camille, unconscious, from her garret and bring her into his home. As she recovers Camille learns more about

Borrowed Time (Goddard Robert)(Paperback / softback)

One fateful summer evening, businessman Robin Timariot meets a strikingly beautiful woman while out walking. A few days later, the newspapers are full of the rape and murder of Lady Louise Paxton - and to his horror, Timariot realises that this was the woman he met just hours before her

Astonishing the Gods (Okri Ben)(Paperback / softback)

A modern fable with an ancient origin, about one man's search for visibility on an enchanted

Bookshop Detective (Ellis Jan)(Paperback / softback)

When a ghost ship is spotted on the horizon one spring evening, bookseller Eleanor Mace decides to investigate the myths and legends of the Devon seaside town where she runs her bookshop. Her investigation leads her to the heart of a mystery with a difference, with romantic, witty twists along the

Young Chekhov: Platonov, Ivanov, the Seagull (Chekhov Anton)(Paperback)

Anton Chekhov is one of the undisputed masters of world drama. He is usually thought to hide himself behind his characters and stories, keeping his own personality well off-stage. But when he was young he wrote three plays -- Platonov, Ivanov and The Seagull -- which, with their thrilling sunbursts

Moonlight and the Mermaid (King Karen)(Paperback / softback)

One of four delightful tales of unicorns, flying horses and other enchanted creatures, written by Karen King and beautifully illustrated by Angela Hicks. For ages 5 and

The Enchanted Castle (Nesbit E.)(Paperback)

Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier (du Maurier Daphne)(Paperback)

Classic horror stories by one of masters of the form. Full of bone-chilling tales, this collection includes 'The Birds,' the basis for the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same title, and other creepy classics. Daphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth

Russian Roulette - 'A brilliant new life of Graham Greene' - Evening Standard (Greene Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive one-volume biography of a literary

Broken Wings (Pingwa Jia)(Paperback / softback)

Evening, I made my one hundred and seventy-eighth scratch on the cave wall.Despite her humble rural beginnings, Butterfly regards herself as a sophisticated young woman. So, when offered a lucrative job in the city, she jumps at the chance.But instead of being given work, she is trafficked and

Firewall - Kurt Wallander (Mankell Henning)(Paperback / softback)

Stopping to use a cash machine one evening, a man falls to the ground: dead. Inspector Kurt Wallander is sure that these events must be linked - somehow. Hampered by the discovery of betrayals in his own team, lonely and frustrated, Wallander begins to lose conviction in his role as a

Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony (Shadle Douglas W.)(Paperback)

Before Anton�n Dvor�k's New World Symphony became one of the most universally beloved pieces of classical music, it exposed the deep wounds of racism at the dawn of the Jim Crow era while serving as a flashpoint in broader debates about the American ideals of freedom and equality. Drawing from