Sicilian Carousel (Durrell Lawrence)(Paperback)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sea and Sardinia (Lawrence D H)(Paperback / softback)

An intriguing account of Sicilian life that reveals as much about the writer as the place, people, and customs it describes Written after the First World War when he was living in Sicily, Sea and Sardinia records Lawrence's journey to Sardinia and back in January 1921. It reveals his delighted

Sicilian Kan (Emms John)(Paperback)

The Sicilian Kan is one of the most flexible and easy-to-play variations of the entire Sicilian complex. In contrast to opening monsters such as the infamous Dragon and Najdorf Variations, Black players are not forced to memorize massive chunks of opening theory. Success in the Sicilian Kan is more

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

Starting Out: Closed Sicilian (Palliser Richard)(Paperback)

International Master Richard Palliser studies the Closed Sicilian in a clear-cut way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them, something that is sometimes neglected or taken for

Sicilian Uncles (Sciascia Leonardo)(Paperback / softback)

Four novellas that offer a tantalising glimpse of Sicilian life, from the 1848 revolution to the death of

A Sicilian Romance (Radcliffe Ann Ward)(Paperback)

In A Sicilian Romance (1790) Ann Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description that would make her the great exemplar of the Gothic novel, and the idol of the Romantics. This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of

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

The Killer Sicilian (Rotella Tony)(Paperback)

Are you searching for a new weapon against 1 e4? Look no further - choose the Killer Sicilian! In this book, opening expert Tony Rotella presents a Sicilian repertoire for Black, the backbone of which consists of the Kalashnikov Variation. The Kalashnikov is an ideal choice for those looking to