The 100 Best Novels in English (McCrum Robert)(Paperback)

The 100 Best Novels in English (McCrum Robert)(Paperback)

Story of English (McCrum Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; More widely scattered, written and spoken than any other language in history,

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (Taylor Elizabeth)(Paperback)

'Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece' - Robert McCrum, Guardian, 'The Best 100 Novels''An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth' - SARAH WATERS 'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabath Bowen - soul-sisters all' ANNE TYLEROn a rainy Sunday in January, the

Moonstone (Collins Wilkie)(Paperback / softback)

'The first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels' T S EliotWhen Rachel Verinder receives a gift of an astonishing yellow diamond from her bitter old uncle for her eighteenth birthday, she has no idea that the stone brings great danger with

Ragtime (Doctorow E. L.)(Paperback)

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War. The story

Simply English: An A-Z of Avoidable Errors (Heffer Simon)(Paperback)

The author of the best-selling Strictly English wages war on bad English. In his best-selling Strictly English Simon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. In Simply English he offers an entertaining and supremely useful A-Z guide to frequent errors, common misunderstandings and

The 100 Best Novels in Translation (Tonkin Boyd)(Paperback)

Ian McEwan: 'This is a brilliant and extremely useful guide, approachable on every level. Boyd Tonkin opens up infinite worlds of the imagination.' (quote for front cover) Following the great success of the hardcover edition of Boyd Tonkin's 100 Best Novels in Translation, Galileo is very happy to

Best Intentions (Bergman Ingmar)(Paperback / softback)

The first novel in world renowned film-maker, Ingmar Bergman's trilogy of novels plotting the fractious marriage of his parentsIn 1909, Ingmar Bergman's mother and father first

Swirling Hijaab in Chinese and English (Robert Na'ima bint)(Paperback / softback)

Swirling Hijaab in Polish and English (Robert Na'ima bint)(Paperback / softback)

Suffragette Sally (Colmore Gertrude)(Paperback)

Published in 1911, Suffragette Sally is one of the best-known popular novels promoting the cause of women's suffrage in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. The novel details the militant campaign of the suffragist Women's Social and Political Union against the political establishment

Willa of the Wood (Beatty Robert)(Paperback)

From #1 New York Times best-selling author Robert Beatty comes a thrilling new series set in the magical world of Serafina. Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young night-spirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the homes of day-folk under

Winesburg, Ohio (Anderson Sherwood)(Paperback)

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Before Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and Richard Ford, there was Sherwood Anderson, who, with Winesburg, Ohio, charted a new direction in American fiction--evoking with lyrical simplicity quiet moments of epiphany in the lives

Shakespearean - On Life & Language in Times of Disruption (McCrum Robert)(Paperback / softback)

A deeply personal journey into Shakespeare's work that explores how it remains relevant and always has something to say about the times we are living

The Damnation Game (Barker Clive)(Paperback)

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'ONE OF THE BEST HORROR NOVELS IN A VERY LONG TIME...do not miss it '--USA Today There are things worse than death. There are games so seductively evil, so wondrously vile, no gambler can resist. Amid the shadow-scarred rubble of World War II, Joseph Whitehead dared to

Into the Mountain (Peacock Charlotte)(Paperback / softback)

In the 1930s Nan Shepherd was one of Scotland's best-known writers. Three novels, The Quarry Wood, The Weatherhouse and A Pass in the Grampians - as well as a volume of poetry, In the Cairngorms - were all published between 1928 and 1934 while she was in her 30s. These books established her

Analog Circuits: World Class Designs (Pease Robert)(Paperback)

Newnes has worked with Robert Pease, a leader in the field of analog design to select the very best design-specific material that we have to offer. The Newnes portfolio has always been know for its practical no nonsense approach and our design content is in keeping with that tradition. This

White Rose - Carlton Chronicles 2 (Webber Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The second in a series of novels taking its main characters through the Second World War. Set during the Finnish Winter War (1939-1940), events mostly unknown outside of

Last Evenings On Earth (Bolano Roberto)(Paperback / softback)

This is the first collection by the universally acclaimed Chilean author to be published in English and it is an outstanding introduction to Bolano's writing. Bolano's narrators are grappling with their own private quests while living in the margins, on the edges, in constant flight from

Sparrow (Russell Mary Doria)(Paperback / softback)

'The Sparrow is one of my favourite science fiction novels and it destroyed me in the best way when I read it. It is so beautifully written and the construction of the narrative is masterful'Emma Newman, author of Planetfall THE ACCLAIMED GENRE-DEFINING WINNER OF THE 1998 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD

Exiles (Amhlaigh Dnall Mac)(Paperback)

This well-crafted novel is one of the few novels in either Irish or English that explores this generation of Irish people, often termed the 'silent' or 'lost generation' when over a half-a-million people emigrated, primarily to Britain, to work in the post-war economy there - 'building England up

Girl in a Cage (Yolen Jane)(Paperback / softback)

When her father, Robert the Bruce, is crowned King, Princess Marjorie is captured by the English, imprisoned and put on permanent display in a wooden cage in a town

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy, Volume 3 (Pasnau Robert)(Paperback)

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field. The series covers all aspects of medieval philosophy, including the Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew traditions, and runs from the end of antiquity into the Renaissance. It publishes new work by leading

Answers to First Aid in Science (Sulley Robert)(Paperback)

Achieve the best possible standard with this essential companion to the bestselling book of traditional practice and