They Hanged My Saintly Billy (Graves Robert)(Paperback)

They Hanged My Saintly Billy (Graves Robert)(Paperback)

A real historical figure, the British surgeon Dr. William Palmer was accused in 1856 of murdering fourteen people by means of poison. The Dr. Kevorkian trial of the 19th century, with a bit of O.J. Simpson mixed in for good measure, the scandal entranced nearly the entire population of the British

Robert Graves: War Poems (Graves Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Robert Graves was a major writer about the Great War in poetry and memoir. War Poems collects all his poems about the War in one volume for the first time, both those written at the time and looking back over a period of years. Uniquely it also includes a previously unpublished manuscript, The

Selected Poems (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Selected Poems by Robert Graves now in poetry front-list

Shallow Grave - A Bill Slider Mystery (7) (Harrod-Eagles Cynthia)(Paperback / softback)

The seventh book in Cynthia Harrod Eagles' bestselling Bill Slider crime

Complete Poems (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Graves created a rich mythology where love, fear, fantasy and the supernatural play an essential role. Intimate yet universal, passionate yet precise, their brilliant alchemy of realism and magic made Graves' poems some of the finest. This book presents the achievement of Graves' seventy productive

Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

'Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer see Icarus; but scattered feathers floated on the waves below...'These are the greatest stories ever

Complete Short Stories (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Hanged at Lincoln (Wade Stephen)(Paperback)

'Hanged at Lincoln' gathers together the stories of criminals hanged at both Lincoln Castle Prison and HMP Lincoln on Greetwell Road between 1716 and 1961. The condemned featured here range from coiners and forgers to thieves, highwaymen, and poisoners. Among the infamous murderers executed at

The Last Woman to Be Hanged: The Ruth Ellis Story (Hancock Robert)(Paperback)

On the eve of her hanging, Ruth Ellis wrote to a friend: 'I must close now but remember I am quite happy with the verdict, but not the way the story was told, there is so much that people don't know.' Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain. This is her story. In July 1955 Ruth Ellis

Count Belisarius (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they grew to respect and fear the name of Belisarius, the Emperor Justinian's greatest general. This book demonstrates the author's command of an historical subject, creating a picture of a

My Sister's Grave (Dugoni Robert)(Paperback)

The first book in the series that has garnered millions of readers across the globe, from New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.Tracy Crosswhite has spent twenty years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah's disappearance and the murder trial that followed. She doesn't

Red Harvest (Hammett Dashiell)(Paperback / softback)

'An acknowledged literary landmark' [Robert Graves] from 'The dean of the school of hard-boiled fiction' [New York

Goodbye to All That (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of the author's experiences as a young officer in the First World War. This title describes life in the trenches and how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him

I, Claudius (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Despised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman

Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses (Ellsberg Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Since the early centuries, Christians have held up the saints as models of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While the church officially recognizes a relatively small number of saints, the actual roster is infinitely wider. Blessed Among Us explores this eclectic cloud of witnesses lay and

White Goddess (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and

The Greek Myths: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Graves Robert)(Paperback)

The gold standard in Greek mythology, in a dazzling Graphic Deluxe Edition with a new introduction by the bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians seriesFrom the creation of the world out of Chaos and the birth of the Olympians to the Trojan War and Odysseus's return, Robert

Cowboy Graves - Three Novellas (Bolano Roberto)(Paperback / softback)

Found in the author's archive and published for the first time: a collection of three novellas - a joy for the many fans and followers of Roberto

Goodbye to All That (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

In 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First

The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth (Graves Robert)(Paperback)

The definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology,

Billy Wilder: Interviews (Horton Robert)(Paperback)

Always daring Hollywood censors' limits on content, Billy Wilder directed greats such as Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Ginger Rogers, Marlene Dietrich, Kirk Douglas, Audrey Hepburn, and Gary Cooper. Billy Wilder: Interviews follows the filmmaking career of one of Hollywood's most honored and

The Grave (Fraga Dan)(Paperback)

Medical Mathematics and Dosage Calculations for Veterinary Technicians (Bill Robert)(Paperback)

This user-friendly guide to medical mathematics helps veterinary technician students develop the math skills required before going into the practice setting. New workbook format allows readers to practice problems right inside the bookCovers math fundamentals, metric and non-metric conversions,

Cruel as the Grave (Harrod-Eagles Cynthia)(Pevná vazba)

The murder of a personal fitness trainer draws DCI Bill Slider and his team into a baffling investigation where nothing is as it first appears. Fitness trainer Erik Lingoss is found dead in his west London flat, his head smashed by one of his own dumbbells. His heartlessly-dumped girlfriend, blood