The Times Top Ten BestsellerA Granta Best of Young British Novelist'Trainspotting for a new generation' - Independent'An instant Scottish classic' - The Skinny2005.
Beautiful Joe was a dog from the town of Meaford, Ontario, whose story inspired the bestselling 1893 novel Beautiful Joe, which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty.
In Henty''s words, "The Great War between the Northern and Southern States of America possesses a peculiar interest for us, not only because it was a struggle between two sections of a people akin to us in race and language, but because of the heroic courage with which the weaker party, with ill-fed, ill-clad, ill-equipped regiments, for four years sustained the contest with the adversary.
François-Marie Arouet wrote under the nom de plume of Voltaire, and produced works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works.
If ever the story of any private man''s adventures in the world were worth making public, and were acceptable when published, the Editor of this account thinks this will be so.
Patrick Melrose Volume 2 contains the final two novels in Edward St Aubyn's BAFTA award-winning Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.
Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in Edward St Aubyn's BAFTA award-winning and Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.
Eoin O'Cellaigh: writer, poet, nationalist, playwright, civil servant, commentator (non-sport) - above all a defender of the traditional values of Ireland.
Filled with heartbreak, betrayal and triumph, The Right Time is an uplifting story about pursuing your passion - from the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.
Based on the incredible true story of one woman's journey to the exotic world of nineteenth-century Siam, the riveting novel that inspired The King and I.
Three civilians fight to survive China's communist revolution in the suspenseful debut novel from the acclaimed author of The Chinese BanditChina, 1948.
An erotic, comedic, and compulsively readable historical novel depicting the beguiling Giacomo Casanova as he looks back on a life of love and ribald adventureIn Count Waldstein's far-flung Bohemian castle, an aging Casanova spends his days as a librarian cataloging the count's extensive collection of books.
"point of no return", erzählt die Geschichte zweier Menschen, die in unterschiedlichen Welten leben und durch ein schicksalhaftes Zusammentreffen zueinanderfinden.
May Sarton's powerful and profound novel of an extraordinary life, and of one woman's efforts to preserve the force and vitality of her experiences on the pages of a bookFor the second time in my life and I am now seventy I am embarking on an effort which may well come to nothing but which has possessed my mind, haunts, and will not let me sleep.
Bestselling sportswriter Peter Golenbock knew Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, Jim Bouton, Joe Pepitone, and many of Mantle's friends, family, and teammates.
Based on a true story: A novel of an illicit love affair in nineteeth-century Ireland by the New York Times-bestselling author of The American Heiress.
Soon to be a film, written by Matthew Lopez (Olivier Award winner for The Inheritance), produced by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name)'Movie stars in Italy, a longtime affair, and a missing Tennessee Williams play - what more could you want?
'A landmark of the American literary century' Boston GlobeSixty years after the publication of his great modernist masterpiece, Call It Sleep, Henry Roth returned with Mercy of a Rude Stream - a sequence of four internationally-acclaimed epic novels of immigrant life in early-twentieth century New York.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2026Yor b Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting'Run, j y , run!
VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIESCelebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.
A powerful exploration of identity and belonging, Where You Come From is the major new novel from internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Sa a Stani icSa a Stani ic's Where You Come From is a novel about a village where only thirteen people remain, a country that no longer exists, a shattered family that is his own.
The evening the men came I fled through the garden gate The Netherlands, World War IIWhen the Nazis invade the Netherlands in May 1940 it's clear that life is changing for the girl and her family.
With all the wit, knowledge and wisdom of one of the UK's foremost cultural commentators, Stephen Bayley takes the reader on a satirical roller-coaster ride through the world of art and design in the late 20th century.
From the incomparable author of LIFE AFTER LIFE and DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK, a story of nightclub owners and socialites, gangsters and dancing girls set in 1920s Soho.
***NEW NOVEL ATMOSPHERE COMING JUNE 2025 PREORDER NOW***NOW A SMASH HIT AMAZON PRIME TV STARRING SAM CLAFLIN, RILEY KEOUGH AND CAMILA MORRONETHE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the author of THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO and the bestselling MALIBU RISING'I LOVE it .
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF PRIZE 2019****NOMINATED FOR THE M DICIS PRIZE 2018**'A tale of travel and adventure, the story of a body utterly surrendered to pain and joy.
