Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days (Clegg Bill)(Paperback / softback)

Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days (Clegg Bill)(Paperback / softback)

What makes one of the most gifted, charismatic and successful young literary agents in New York fall into full-blown crack-addiction: a collapse that would cost him his business, his home, many of his friends and - very nearly - his

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce James)(Paperback)

James Joyce's Portrait of an Artist is one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Its originality shocked contemporary readers on its publication in 1916 who found its treating of the minutiae of daily life as indecorous, and its central

Churchill (Jenkins Roy)(Paperback / softback)

An exhaustive biographical portrait of one of the most enigmatic and important figures of the twentieth

Orwell: A Man of Our Time (Bradford Richard)(Pevná vazba)

A vivid portrait of the man behind the writings. As one of the most enduringly popular and controversial novelists of the last century, the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's death in 2020 offers an opportunity to assess his relevance today. Despite the commonplace view that Animal Farm was aimed

Antarctica - An Intimate Portrait of the World's Most Mysterious Continent (Walker Gabrielle)(Paperback / softback)

Orwell: A Man of Our Time (Bradford Richard)(Paperback)

A vivid portrait of the man behind the writings. One of the most popular and controversial writers of the twentieth century, George Orwell's work is as relevant today as it was in his own lifetime. Possibly, in the age of Brexit, Trump, and populism, even more so. 'Doublethink' features in

Like (Smith Ali)(Paperback / softback)

From one of Britain's most impressive young fiction writers comes an extraordinary and haunting novel - A seductive story of what it means to be alive at the edge of the 20th century: here is a story of what it's

Return To Akenfield - Portrait Of An English Village In The 21st Century (Taylor Craig)(Paperback / softback)

'Gentle, subtle, absorbing ... the most complex and supple account of that much-discussed idea, 'modern rural life', that I have ever read' Robert Macfarlane, author of Mountains of the Mind and The Wild

Blossoms and Shadows (Hearn Lian)(Paperback / softback)

An historical novel about a young woman living through the most fascinating period of Japanese

Obama's Wars (Woodward Bob)(Paperback)

In Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward provides the most intimate and sweeping portrait yet of the young president as commander in chief. Drawing on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews with most of the key players, including the president, Woodward tells

Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor - The Woman Who Loved Reptiles (Valdez Patricia)(Paperback / softback)

Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups and crawled past the crumpets... There, just like when she was a little girl, Joan hosted children's tea parties - with her komodo

Death Of The Heart (Bowen Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

An immaculate portrait of adolescent love from one of our most beloved novelists. 'One of the last century's greatest woman writers' GuardianWhen sixteen-year-old Portia is orphaned, she is plunged into the sophisticated and politely treacherous world of her wealthy half-brother's

Death Comes for the Archbishop (Cather Willa)(Paperback / softback)

A portrait of an enduring friendship, from one of America's most celebrated novelists.'Quite simply a masterpiece' Daily Telegraph Two priests are despatched from Rome to New Mexico to reinvigorate Catholicism among the locals, knowing little of the challenges that await them. Over almost four

Temple House Vanishing (Donohue Rachel)(Paperback / softback)

A stunning mystery and a searing portrait of power, jealousy and desire from one of Ireland's most exciting new

Days of Distraction (Chang Alexandra)(Paperback)

'Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.' -- George SaundersA Recommended Book FromBuzzfeed * TIME * USA Today * NPR * Vanity Fair * The Washington Post * New York Magazine * O, the Oprah

John Henry Newman: A Portrait in Letters (Strange Roderick)(Paperback)

John Henry Newman was one of the most eminent of Victorians and an intellectual pioneer for an age of doubt and unsettlement. His teaching transformed the Victorian Church of England, yet many still want to know more of Newman's personal life. Newman's printed correspondence runs to 32 volumes, and

White Dragon - (Dragonriders of Pern: 5): the climactic Epic from one of the most influential fantasy and SF writers of her generation (McCaffrey Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the young Lord Jaxom and his extraordinary white dragon, Ruth. Nearly everyone else on Pern thought Ruth was a runt who would never amount to anything, but Jaxom knew his dragon was

Billy Connolly (Stephenson Pamela)(Paperback / softback)

The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years - Pamela

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story (Berendt John)(Paperback)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - An enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city: 'Elegant and wicked.... [This] might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.' --The New York Times Book ReviewShots

Conundrum (Morris Jan)(Paperback / softback)

As one of Britain's best and most-loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. On first publication in 1974, the book generated enormous interest around the world, and was chosen by The Times as one of the '100 Key Books of Our

Psychotherapy with Infants and Young Children: Repairing the Effects of Stress and Trauma on Early Attachment (Lieberman Alicia F.)(Paperback)

This eloquent book presents an empirically supported treatment that engages parents as the most powerful agents of their young children's healthy development. Child-parent psychotherapy promotes the child's emotional health and builds the parent's capacity to nurture and protect, particularly when

Catherine the Great - Portrait of a Woman (Massie Robert K.)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in

Most Dangerous Man in America - Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD (Davis Steven L.)(Paperback / softback)

From Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis, authors of the PEN Center USA award-winning Dallas 1963, comes a madcap narrative about Timothy Leary's daring prison escape and run from the

Intimate History of Humanity (Zeldin Theodore)(Paperback / softback)

a constant companion' Bill Bailey'Extraordinary and beautiful...the most exciting and ambitious work of non-fiction I have read in more than a decade' The Daily TelegraphThis extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at the dilemmas of life today and shows how they need not have