The Magician - Colm Tóibín

The Magician - Colm Tóibín

From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War,

Magician (Toibin Colm)(Paperback)

From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War,

Sign of the Cross - Travels in Catholic Europe (Toibin Colm)(Paperback / softback)

Part travelogue, part autobiography, part historical document, this is Colm Toibin at his finest and most

Bad Blood - A Walk Along the Irish Border (Toibin Colm)(Paperback / softback)

Follow Colm Toibin's lone religious pilgrimage along the Irish border during the tumultuous summer of

The Testament of Mary (Toibin Colm)(Paperback)

'Toibin is at his lyrical best in this beautiful and daring work' (The New York Times Book Review) that portrays Mary as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Testament and the foundation of Christianity--shortlisted for the 2013 Man

Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know - The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce (Toibin Colm)(Paperback / softback)

Brooklyn (Toibin Colm)(Paperback)

First published in hardcover to vigorous praise, Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel is about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 1950s. 'One of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary literature' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town

Brooklyn (Toibin Colm)(Paperback)

Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel--now an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture--is 'a moving, deeply satisfying read' (Entertainment Weekly) about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the early 1950s. 'One of

House of Names (Toibin Colm)(Paperback / softback)

THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'They cut her hair before they dragged her to the place of sacrifice. Her mouth was gagged to stop her cursing her father, her cowardly, two-tongued father. Nonetheless, they heard her muffled screams.' On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon orders her

Empty Family - Stories (Toibin Colm)(Paperback / softback)

From the young Pakistani immigrant who seeks some kind of permanence in a strange town to the Irish woman reluctantly returning to Dublin and discovering a city that refuses to acknowledge her long

Čaroděj - Colm Tóibín

Uznávaný autor slavného 'Brooklynu' přichází s rozsáhlým historickým románem a 'osobitě čarodějným literárním počinem' (podle Oprah Daily), v němž beletrizuje život nositele Nobelovy ceny Thomase Manna, otce šesti dětí, který před nacisty uprchl z Německa, v roce 1936

The Blackwater Lightship (Toibin Colm)(Paperback)

It is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other

Brooklyn (Toibin Colm)(Paperback)

It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time. Arriving in a crowded lodging house in

Nora Webster (Toibin Colm)(Paperback / softback)

It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, and waiting for

Homage to Barcelona (Toibin Colm)(Paperback / softback)

Written with deep knowledge and affection, Homage to Barcelona is a sensuous and beguiling portrait of a great Mediterranean

Stories of Motherhood (Various)(Pevná vazba)

Byatt, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Bowen, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton, Anita Desai, Colm Toibin, Lorrie Moore and many others reflect upon all aspects of motherhood in stories lyrical and satirical, realistic and fantastic, hilarious and

Book of Numbers (Cohen Joshua)(Paperback / softback)

'Dazzling and engrossing' Colm Toibin, GuardianA Granta Best Young American AuthorBook of Numbers is a novel about two men of the same age and with the same name: Joshua

Testament of Mary (Toibin Colm)(Paperback / softback)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013Colm Toibin's The Testament of Mary is the moving story of the Virgin Mary, told by a novelist famous for writing brilliantly about the family.From the author of Brooklyn, in a voice that is both tender and filled with rage, The Testament of Mary tells the

The True History of Merlin the Magician (Lawrence-Mathers Anne)(Paperback)

Who was the historical Merlin? Merlin the Magician has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century though the pages of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. But although the Merlin of literature and Arthurian myth is well known,

Novice - Book 2 of the Black Magician (Canavan Trudi)(Paperback / softback)

The second novel in the Black Magician Trilogy - from number 1 international bestselling phenomenon Trudi

William Armstrong: Magician of the North (Heald Henrietta)(Paperback)

Magician of the North is the first full-scale biography of this extraordinary man. William George Armstrong was a visionary inventor, engineer and businessman who bestrode the 19th-century world like a colossus, bringing global renown to his great Elswick works on the Tyne, while adding luster to

The Three Stages of Initiatic Spirituality: Craftsman, Warrior, Magician (Millar Angel)(Paperback)

A detailed guide to the three successive initiatic archetypes: Craftsman, Warrior, and Magician - Investigates the symbolism, rituals, and metaphysical aspects of each initiatic archetype, from the alchemy and shamanism of the craftsman, to the subtle energy work of the warrior, to the sex magic

The Last Magician, 1 (Maxwell Lisa)(Paperback)

High Lord - Book 3 of the Black Magician (Canavan Trudi)(Paperback / softback)

The third novel in the Black Magician Trilogy - from No. 1 international bestselling phenomenon Trudi