The Miseducation of Henry Cane - Charles Brooks

The Miseducation of Henry Cane - Charles Brooks

A stunning coming-of-age novel about one young man's eye-opening sexual awakening at the hands of an intriguing older woman. Henry Cane knows exactly what he's going to do with the rest of his life. That's the problem. Born into the rarefied world of Manhattan wealth and privilege, after graduating

Women (Bukowski Charles)(Paperback / softback)

YOU CAN TAKE THE MAN OUT OF THE GUTTER, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE GUTTER OUT OF THE MAN Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. Now, at the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova

Charles Laughton - A Difficult Actor (Callow Simon)(Paperback / softback)

The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. Along the way we meet a galaxy of Hollywood greats - from Korda, Hitchcock and Billy WIlder to Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Marilyn

The World Doesn't End (Simic Charles)(Paperback)

In this collection, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize, Charles Simic puns, pulls pranks. He can be jazzy and streetwise. Or cloak himself in antiquity. Simic has new eyes, and in these wonderful poems and poems-in-prose he lets the reader see through

The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens (Hartley Jenny)(Paperback)

What was it like to be Charles Dickens? His letters are the nearest we can get to a Dickens autobiography: vivid close-up snapshots of a life lived at maximum intensity. This is the first selection to be made from the magisterial twelve-volume British Academy Pilgrim Edition of his letters. From

The Miseducation of the Negro (Woodson Carter Godwin)(Paperback)

Originally released in 1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answer. The impact of slavery on the Black psyche is explored and questions are raised about our education system, such as what and who African Americans are

Miseducation of Evie Epworth - The Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick (Taylor Matson)(Paperback / softback)

The most joyful debut of the

Miseducation of Cameron Post (Danforth Emily M.)(Paperback / softback)

Sanity & Tallulah (Brooks Molly)(Paperback)

Best Friends. Mad Science.It can get pretty dull living on a small, out-of-the-way station like Wilnick SS. Best Friends Sanity Jones and Tallulah Vega do their best to relieve the monotony of every day space life by finding adventures, solving mysteries, and taking turns getting each other into

The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James - e-kniha

eBook:,Can an Independent Woman Escape Her Destiny? After the death of her father, Isabel Archer, a young American lady with many hopes and dreams decides to visit her aunt in England. Isabel wants to be independent and rejects the marriage proposals of two wealthy men. Her cousin wants to help her

Compl Operas of Richard Wagner PB (Osborne Charles)(Paperback)

Wagner's operas can be counted among the most important works of art of the nineteenth century. But Wagner was a composer around whom violent artistic, political, and literary controversies raged during his lifetime. Even today, Wagner's music seems to arouse either adulation or antipathy. In The

Power of Habit - Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change (Duhigg Charles)(Paperback / softback)

In 'The Power of Habit', award-winning 'New York Times' business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into

The Henri Meschonnic Reader: A Poetics of Society (Meschonnic Henri)(Paperback)

Henri Meschonnic was a linguist, poet, translator of the Bible and one of the most original French thinkers of his generation. He strove throughout his career to reform the understanding of language and all that depends on it. His work has had a shaping influence on a generation of scholars and

Where on Earth? Book of: Rainforests (Brooks Susie)(Paperback / softback)

Where on earth are there forests in the clouds? Where on earth can a planet strangle a tree trunk? Where on earth can you find an aye-aye? Find out in Where on Earth? -

Henry Helps with the Dog (Bracken Beth)(Board book)

Henry is a good helper! He can even help with his dog,

The Interiors of Chester Jones (Russell Henry)(Pevná vazba)

Regardless of style, age or size, a home should be a place of refuge, a private space in which we can feel truly comfortable, whether spending time on our own or entertaining friends. Above all, it should be a place of our own making, filled with the books, furniture and other cherished objects

The Life of Henry Brulard (Stendhal)(Paperback)

The Life of Henry Brulard is the autobiography of one of France's greatest writers, Stendhal, author of The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. Here, writing at white heat and with such ferocious honesty and indignation that his book was to remain unpublishable for more than a century

Autobiographies (Darwin Charles)(Paperback)

A glimpse into the mind of one of the world's intellectual giants The Autobiographies of Charles Darwin (1809-82) provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and experiences of one of the world's intellectual giants. They begin with engaging memories of his childhood and youth and of his burgeoning

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Danforth Emily M.)(Paperback)

The acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movieLGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival, proclaimed USA Today. The acerbic coming-of-age movie is adapted from Emily M. Danforth's novel, and stars Chlo Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (Slade Suzanne)(Pevná vazba)

A picture-book biography of celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win the Pulitzer Prize A 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book A 2021 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book A 2021 Association of Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book

Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 (Strickland Matthew)(Paperback)

This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father's lifetime. Crowned at fifteen to secure an undisputed

Factotum (Bukowski Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour

On the Origin of Species (Darwin Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today as when it was first published. Written for a general readership, On the Origin of Species sold out on the day of its publication and has remained in print ever since

The Art of More: how mathematics created civilisation - Michael Brooks

Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as he explains why maths is fundamental to our understanding of the world. | 1, 2, 3 … ? The untrained brain isn’t wired for maths; beyond the number 3, it just sees ‘more’. So why