The Mystery of Henri Pick (Foenkinos David)(Paperback)

The Mystery of Henri Pick (Foenkinos David)(Paperback)

The delightful first title in a new collaboration with Channel 4's Walter Presents: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting

Záhada Henriho Picka - David Foenkinos

Crozon je městečko na západě Bretaně - právě tam místní knihovník, samotář a podivín, inspirovaný Richardem Brautiganem, založí knihovnu odmítnutých rukopisů. A knihovna se zdárně plní… Po letech navštíví rodnou Bretaň mladá redaktorka věhlasného pařížského

Charlotte (Foenkinos David)(Paperback / softback)

The international bestseller: the tragic and triumphant story of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary but little-known artists. 'Sad, beautiful, indignant, wrenching, important' Sarah Perry, author of THE ESSEX

Walden and Civil Disobedience (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

Henry David Thoreau's account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts--part social experiment, part spiritual quest--is an enduringly influential American classic. In 1845, Thoreau began building a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The inspiring

Henry David Thoreau: A Life (Walls Laura Dassow)(Paperback)

'Walden. Yesterday I came here to live.' That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to 'live deliberately' in a small woods at the edge of his hometown of Concord has

Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

In honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau's birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben 'Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of the present moment, as a neccessary book because it is useful right

Walden, Or, Life in the Woods (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to 'live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and ... learn what it had to teach.' Toward that end Thoreau built a

Walden (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

In 1845, the American Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau went to live in the woods near his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. For over two years he resided there largely in solitary, in a small cabin built by his own hands. Walden is his personal account of this time, in which he

A Few Right Thinking Men (Gentill Sulari)(Paperback)

A fascinating historical mystery by Sulari Gentill, author of #1 LibraryReads pick The Woman in the LibraryShortlisted for Best First Book for the Commonwealth Writers' Price for 2011Her witty hero will delight traditional mystery buffs. --Library Journal STARRED reviewCan a house divided against

When We Were Vikings (MacDonald Andrew David)(Paperback)

Indie Next Pick for February 2020 Book of the Month January 2020 LibraryReads January 2020 Pick Bookreporter New Release Spotlight New York Post 'Best Books of the Week' Goodreads 'January's Most Anticipated New Books' The Saturday Evening Post '10 Books for the New Year' PopSugar 'Best Books in

Paris by the Book (Callanan Liam)(Paperback / softback)

HELLO!'s 'Pick of the Week' A whirlwind mystery and unravelling love story set in a little bookshop in the heart of

Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, 5: Inuit Testimony (Woodman David C.)(Paperback)

David Woodman's classic reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin expedition has taken on new importance in light of the recent discovery of the HMS Erebus wreck, the ship Sir John Franklin sailed on during his doomed 1845 quest to find the Northwest Passage to Asia

King Henry IV Part 1: Third Series (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues

Six Wives - The Queens of Henry VIII (Starkey Dr David)(Paperback / softback)

ANNE BOLEYN: the pretty, clever, French-educated Protestant whose marriage to Henry changed England forever... JANE SEYMOUR: the demure and submissive contrast to Anne Boleyn's radical and vampish

Love the World (Adam David)(Paperback)

Writing from lived experience as much as knowledge, David Adam conveys a delight in the mystery of being that is deeply attractive. Love the World opens by looking at the beginning of the universe, then moves on to the earth's atmosphere, the miracle of water and things that we often take for

To the Heart of the Mystery of Redemption (Von Speyr Adrienne)(Paperback)

Preface by Henri Cardinal de Lubac Postscript and foreword by Jacques Servais, S.J. In the 1960's, Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar gave two conferences in Paris on the subject of redemption. One considered the perspective of Christ the Redeemer. The other gave a view of the redemption from the

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Instrument of Death (Davies David Stuart)(Paperback)

A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the sinister Dr Caligari Sherlock Holmes has just uncovered the truth about the theft of a priceless ruby. The wealthy Lady Damury staged the theft and tried to frame her husband - but just as

Canoeing in the Wilderness (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback / softback)

Testing the Limit: Derrida, Henry, Levinas, and the Phenomenological Tradition (Sebbah Franois-David)(Paperback)

Through three different versions of phenomenological discourse (Derrida, Henry, and Levinas), this book explores the notions of excess and the excess of excess relative to conceptions of the

Testament (Gibbins David)(Paperback / softback)

Underwater archaologist Jack Howard uncovers the thrilling mystery surrounding one of the greatest hidden treasures of all time: the Ark of the

The Tudor Queens of England (Loades David)(Paperback)

From Elizabeth of York - wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch - through to Elizabeth I, her grand-daughter and the last in the line, this book explores some of the most colourful and dramatic women in British history. Queen consorts were central to the Royal Court but their role has rarely

The Castle of Inside Out (Wilson David Henry)(Paperback)

An unforgettable tale of adventure, wonderfully illustrated by Chris Riddell. Alice in Wonderland meets Animal FarmLorina, a young schoolgirl, is led by a black rabbit through a wood to a magical land. There she finds a a race of green people, who are all overworked, starving and subjected to the

WALDEN or Life in the Woods (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (Thoreau Henry David)(Paperback)

WALDEN or, Life in the Woods, by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in

Magic and Mystery in Tibet (David-Neel Alexandra)(Paperback / softback)

The classic account of a woman's extraordinary journey to Tibet in the