A ballooning accident that creates an obsession that will test to the limits of Joe Rose's organized life.McEwan, IanVintagemiércoles, 20 de noviembre de 2019
Lures and Snares of Old New YorkDetails the history of Manhattan's desperate neighborhoods in an urban study that compiles information on topography, entertainment, crime, law, and the budding of idealismLuc SanteVintagemartes, 19 de noviembre de 2019
SOON THE FIRST SNOW WILL COME. A young boy wakes to find his mother missing. Their house is empty but outside in the garden he sees his mother's favourite scarf - wrapped around th...Jo NesbøVintageviernes, 15 de noviembre de 2019
Ripley wanted out. He wanted money, success, the good life - and he was willing to kill for it. This is the first novel to feature Patricia Highsmith's anti-hero, Tom Ripley.Highsmith, PatriciaVintageviernes, 15 de noviembre de 2019
Essays on Language and CognitionHow we know that a cat is a cat is a nice philosophical poser, and has been since the time of Plato. Why we should all agree on calling the animal a cat is equally interesting, yet...Eco, UmbertoVintageviernes, 15 de noviembre de 2019
Or the Special RelationshipInto a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team. Though only a pawn in an international p...McEwan, IanVintagejueves, 14 de noviembre de 2019
Maugham's first published novel - a vividly realistic portrayal of slum life. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant an...W.Somerset Maugham,Vintagejueves, 14 de noviembre de 2019
When it comes to sisterly rivalry, the MacLeod family has a long history and with a family wedding looming, it???s not long before they slip into old habits and squabbles. But when...Ellie CampbellVintagejueves, 14 de noviembre de 2019
Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-century Physics"No scientist has done more to shape our understanding of the universe than Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel Prize-winner considered by many colleagues to be the most brilliant physicis...George JohnsonVintagejueves, 14 de noviembre de 2019
Set before and during the great war, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in...Sebastian FaulksVintagejueves, 14 de noviembre de 2019
Jake Barnes, Hemingway's narrator with a mysterious war wound that has left him sexually incapable, is the heart and soul of the book. Brett, the beautiful, doomed English woman he...Ernest Hemingway,Vintagejueves, 14 de noviembre de 2019
A furor erupts in sixteenth-century Istanbul when the Sultan commissions the European-style illumination of a great book, and the situation worsens when one of the miniaturists van...ORHAN PAMUKVintagejueves, 14 de noviembre de 2019
A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945An eyewitness account of the campaigns of the Eastern Front during World War II draws on the firsthand reporting of a special correspondent for The Red Star, the Red Army's newspap...Vasily Grossman,Vintagemiércoles, 13 de noviembre de 2019
Reflections on a New LifeIn NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE: Reflections on a New Life, Christopher Reeve, author of the bestselling autobiography STILL ME, challenges readers not to accept limitations - those set b...Christopher Reeve Matthew...Vintagemartes, 12 de noviembre de 2019
The CookbookThe Moro restaurant was born out of a desire to cook within the wonderful tradition of Mediterranean food, and to explore exotic flavours little known in the UK. It is one of the m...Samuel Clark Samantha Cla...Vintagemartes, 12 de noviembre de 2019
A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an AnswerHow to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Monta...Sarah BakewellVintagelunes, 11 de noviembre de 2019
A Journey Into the 3.5-billion-year History of the Human BodyA fascinating chronicle of the evolution of humankind traces the genetic history of the organs of the human body, offering a revealing correlation between the distant past and pres...Shubin, NeilVintagesábado, 9 de noviembre de 2019
Known for his expertise as a surfer, his belief in aliens, and his penchant for questioning scientific dogma, the winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Chemistry takes on a wide range...Kary B. MullisVintagesábado, 9 de noviembre de 2019
When their mother dies, four children living in an isolated house in London find themselves without guidance for the entire summer.McEwan, IanVintagesábado, 9 de noviembre de 2019
With an Introduction by John McGahernBy the author of Stoner, the surprise international bestseller After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly ...Williams, JohnVintageviernes, 8 de noviembre de 2019
THE ARTIST'S WIDOW opens in Mayfair gallery at the private view of the last paintings of John Crane, where we meet Lyris Crane, the artist's widow and a painter in her own right. A...Shena MackayVintageviernes, 8 de noviembre de 2019
With an introduction by Hermoine Lee This volume combines two books which are among this century's greatest contributions to feminist literature. Together they form a brilliant att...Woolf, VirginiaVintagemiércoles, 6 de noviembre de 2019
From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Virginia Woolf constructs a remarkable and moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of ...Woolf, VirginiaVintagemiércoles, 6 de noviembre de 2019
Set on the English coast against the vivid backdrop of the sea, The Waves introduces six characters who are grappling with the death of a beloved friend, Percival. The characters a...Woolf, VirginiaVintagemiércoles, 6 de noviembre de 2019
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