The Novel: An Alternative History, 1600-1800 (Moore Steven)(Paperback)

The Novel: An Alternative History, 1600-1800 (Moore Steven)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2014 Christian Gauss Award for excellence in literary scholarship from the Phi Beta Kappa Society Having excavated the world's earliest novels in his previous book, literary historian Steven Moore explores in this sequel the remarkable flowering of the novel between the years 1600 and

Terry Jones' Barbarians: An Alternative Roman History (Jones Terry)(Paperback)

An Alternative Roman History An entertaining rewriting of Roman history from the perspective of the Barbarians who weren t really barbaric at all In this completely fresh approach to Roman history, Terry Jones offers us not only the chance to see the Romans from a non-Roman perspective, he also

Art, Commerce and Colonialism 1600-1800 (Barker Emma)(Paperback)

The book re-examines the field of Renaissance art history by exploring the art of this era in the light of global connections. It considers the movement of objects, ideas and technologies and its significance for European art and material culture, analysing images through the lens of cultural

The Hindus: An Alternative History (Doniger Wendy)(Paperback)

An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions from one of the world's foremost scholars on

Wolfwalkers: The Graphic Novel (Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart)(Paperback)

An enchanting graphic novel about a feud, a friendship, and two girls forever changed. Based on the beautifully hand-crafted animated adventure, WolfWalkers, this graphic novel features an introduction and exclusive original art from film co-creator Tomm Moore and co-Art Director Maria Pareja

An Alternative History of Britain: The Tudors (Venning Timothy)(Paperback)

Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the Tudor period. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which history could easily have taken a different turn.Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history,

Man in the High Castle (Dick Philip K.)(Paperback / softback)

A dazzling speculative novel of 'counterfactual history' from one of America's most highly-regarded science fiction authors, Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle includes an introduction by Eric Brown in Penguin Modern Classics. Philip K. Dick's acclaimed cult novel gives us a horrifying

The Stars Beneath Our Feet (Moore David Barclay)(Paperback)

'The right story at the right time. . . . It's not just a narrative; it's an experience. It's the novel we've been waiting for.' --The New York Times A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother's death in this outstanding debut novel that celebrates

Esther Waters (Moore George)(Paperback)

Here is the only available paperback edition of George Moore's powerful novel, Esther Waters. Controversial and influential on its first appearance in 1894, the book opened up a new direction for the English realist tradition. Unflinching in its depiction of the dark and sordid side of Victorian

The Fanatic (Robertson James)(Paperback)

An impressive debut from an exciting new Scottish voice - a stunning novel about history, identity and redemption. A no. 2 best-seller in Scotland.It is Spring 1997 and Hugh Hardie needs a ghost for his Tours of Old Edinburgh. Andrew Carlin is the perfect candidate. So, with cape, stick and a

Armies of the Night - History as a Novel / The Novel as History (Mailer Norman)(Paperback / softback)

Brian Moore and the Meaning of the Past - An Irish Novelist Re-imagines History (Hicks Patrick)(Pevná vazba)

Dreadnought (Daniels April)(Paperback)

In the vein of Perry Moore's Hero, Dreadnought is an action-packed Young Adult debut novel of a trans superhero who must face off against a cyborg

Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire (Halberstam Jack)(Paperback)

In Wild Things Jack Halberstam offers an alternative history of sexuality by tracing the ways in which wildness has been associated with queerness and queer bodies throughout the twentieth century. Halberstam theorizes the wild as an unbounded and unpredictable space that offers sources of

Art of Renaissance Florence, 1400-1600 (Partridge Loren)(Paperback)

In this absorbing illustrated history, Loren Partridge takes the reader on an insightful tour of Renaissance Florence and sheds new light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's great architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts

The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse (Tunc Ayfer)(Paperback)

The Highly Unreliable Account of the Brief History of a Madhouse is an ever-expanding novel that moves at a dizzying pace. A literary panorama of Turkey that defies boundaries spatial or temporal: one end in the 19th century, and the other in the 21st. A book of 'human landscapes' that startles

A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present (Reid Richard J.)(Paperback)

Morrison Hotel: Graphic Novel (Moore Leah)(Paperback)

The Morrison Hotel anthology written by Leah Moore, in collaboration with the surviving members of the legendary rock band and drawn by artists from around the comic book world, will weave the band's influence into some of the lore that led to their status as the architects of counterculture,

Wolfwalkers: The Graphic Novel (Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart)(Pevná vazba)

An enchanting graphic novel about a feud, a friendship, and two girls forever changed. Based on the beautifully hand-crafted animated adventure, WolfWalkers, this graphic novel features an introduction and exclusive original art from film co-creator Tomm Moore and co-Art Director Maria Pareja

Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy (Gaarder Jostein)(Paperback)

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from

The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson (Bigsby Christopher)(Paperback)

One of America's most powerful and original dramatists, August Wilson offered an alternative history of the twentieth century, as seen from the perspective of black Americans. He celebrated the lives of those seemingly pushed to the margins of national life, but who were simultaneously protagonists

Hitler's Peace - gripping alternative history thriller from a global bestseller (Kerr Philip)(Paperback / softback)

Never before published in the UK: a gripping, masterful alternative history thriller from the author of the Bernie Gunther

Scottish Clearances - A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900 (Devine T. M.)(Paperback / softback)

My Life in Pieces: An Alternative Autobiography (Callow Simon)(Paperback)

Now in paperback Winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography. An alternative autobiography of the well-loved actor and man of the theater. In My Life in Pieces Simon Callow retraces his life through the multifarious performers, writers, productions, and events that have left their