Oscar and Lucinda - True History of the Kelly Gang (Carey Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Oscar and Lucinda - True History of the Kelly Gang (Carey Peter)(Pevná vazba)

OSCAR AND LUCINDA is a sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel set in nineteenth-century England and Australia where the two potential lovers lead parallel lives until chance brings them together on board

Oscar and Lucinda (Carey Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian

True History of the Kelly Gang (Carey Peter)(Paperback / softback)

THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TO BE RELEASED IN CINEMAS 28TH FEBRUARY 2020'Extraordinary . So mesmerising and moving.' Mail on Sunday'Vastly entertaining.' New York TimesTo the authorities in pursuit of him, Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and

A Little History of Poetry (Carey John)(Pevná vazba)

John Carey tells the stories behind the world's greatest poems, from those by Dante and Chaucer to more recent poets, such as Derek Walcott and Maya Angelou. This little history shines a light on the richness and variation of the world's poems--and the elusive quality which makes them all the more

The Little History of Coventry (Walters Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Little History Of Coventry packs into its pages the colour and incident of a thousand years, telling the story of a city that has perhaps been overlooked by mainstream historians but which has been at the heart of this country's great events many times. From testing ground of the saintly Godiva

Innovation - A History of England Volume VI (Ackroyd Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd's magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years

Timeline: A Visual History of Our World (Goes Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Take a journey through the history of our planet... A perfect introduction to history for young and old, Timeline travels the story of our world, through a lens that captures myths and legends, dinosaurs, the great civilizations, kings and knights, discoveries and inventions. Timeline shows the

A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues (Hughes Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A timely history of the world spanning every continent, religion and era, told through the creation and destruction of 21 Statues. The statues range from the iconic to the unknown, from Hatshepsut in Ancient Egypt to statues destroyed in 2020 including Cecil Rhodes (Cape Town), George Washington

Rosa: The Story of the Rose (Kukielski Peter E.)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully illustrated and unique history of the 'queen of flowers' in art, medicine, cuisine, and more 'Rich in fascinating cultural history, Rosa takes us on a joyous visual romp through the stories and symbolism of the most iconic of all garden flowers.'--Peter Crane, author of Ginkgo: The

Silk Roads - A New History of the World (Frankopan Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Complete Collection Including the Happy Prince and the Selfish Giant (Wilde Oscar)(Pevná vazba)

Meaning of Mariah Carey (Carey Mariah)(Pevná vazba)

It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams, that contributed to the person I am today. Though there have been countless stories about me throughout

The Triumphal Arch (Howell Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The entire history of triumphal arches from their Roman origins to the present day. Classicist and architectural historian Peter Howell explores triumphal arches through time, dissecting their cultural and historical significance. Alongside two hundred and fifty full-color illustrations, Howell

Gangs of the El Paso-Jurez Borderland: A History (Tapia Mike)(Pevná vazba)

This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso-Ju rez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning 130 miles from east to west. From the badlands--the

Missing Sister (Riley Lucinda)(Pevná vazba)

Taking in the vineyards of New Zealand and the majestic landscape of Ireland, The Story of the Missing Sister is the seventh instalment in Lucinda Riley's multimillion-selling epic series The Seven

Treasures of World History: The Story of Civilization in 50 Documents (Snow Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Quotable Oscar Wilde: A Collection of Wit and Wisdom (Running Press)(Pevná vazba)

Petra

Inspired by the life and death of Petra Kelly, the original Green Party leader and political activist who fought for the planet and human rights in 1980s Germany, Shaena Lambert brings us a timely and captivating new novel about a woman who changed history and transformed environmental

Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction (Barnes Lucinda)(Pevná vazba)

Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction offers a fresh and revealing assessment of the artist's prolific and innovative painterly career. The comprehensive exhibition and accompanying catalogue will feature approximately seventy paintings and works on paper by Hofmann from 1930 through the end of

Consciousness Unbound: Liberating Mind from the Tyranny of Materialism (Kelly Edward F.)(Pevná vazba)

Building on the groundbreaking research of Irreducible Mind and Beyond Physicalism, Edward Kelly and Paul Marshall gather a cohort of leading scholars to address the most recent advances in the psychology of

Spin: A Novel Based on a (Mostly) True Story (Zheutlin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Ride away on a 'round-the-world adventure of a lifetime--with only a change of clothes and a pearl-handled revolver--in this trascendent novel inspired by the life of Annie Londonderry. 'Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world.'--Susan B. Anthony Who was Annie

Mushrooms: The Natural and Human World of British Fungi (Marren Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Mushrooms, the first of a major new series of books on British natural history, provides a remarkable insight into the natural and human world of fungi. Peter Marren, in his inimitable, relaxed style, guides the reader through the extraordinary riches of this often overlooked group, from the

Love Poems (Washington Peter)(Pevná vazba)

It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America and represent, at its most piercing, a

Mystery of Love (Meehan Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

An original and witty reimagining of the relationship between Oscar and Constance