'So glittering is the overall parade - and so entertaining the surface - that the trilogy remains excitingly vivid' - Sunday Times'Wonderfully entertaining' - ObserverAthens, 1941.
*WINNER of the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award 2013*'Andrew Taylor wrote superb historical fiction long before Hilary Mantel was popular' Daily TelegraphFrom the No.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in high drama, daring adventure and political intrigue.
In this issue, you will find three fundamental texts that have shaped dystopian political fiction: "e;We"e; by Yevgeny Zamyatin, "e;Nineteen Eighty-Four"e; by George Orwell and "e;Anthem"e; by Ayn Rand.
Fans of Suzanne Brockmann, Maya Banks, Christy Reece, Julie Ann Walker and Cindy Gerard will adore Pamela Clare's expertly plotted romantic suspense series, which sets the pages alight with sizzling chemistry.
'A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer' Bryan Washington'A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it's a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory' Megan AbbottA historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man's life in the highly anticipated debut novel from one of The New Yorker's rising stars.
Fans of Suzanne Brockmann, Maya Banks, Christy Reece, Julie Ann Walker and Cindy Gerard will adore Pamela Clare's expertly plotted romantic suspense series, which sets the pages alight with sizzling chemistry.
In einem relativ kurzen Zeitraum seiner Entwicklungsgeschichte hat der moderne Mensch weltweit seine natürliche Umwelt nicht nur vorrangig nach seinen Bedürfnissen verändert, sondern die natürliche Umwelt auch in großem Umfang zerstört.
'The best novel I've encountered this year, brilliant and funny and profound, producing some of the most complex, fascinating characters I've ever known.
1720: political intrigue besets the kingdom as the Stuarts try to claim the throne occupied by the Hanoverians and the Morlands have to use all their wiles to keep their fortunes intact.
As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced.
Bienvenidos a la colección 3 libros para conocer, nuestra idea es ayudar a los lectores a aprender sobre temas fascinantes a través de tres libros imprescindibles y destacados.
A punto de abandonar su trabajo durante uno de sus frecuentes ataques de lo que él mismo denomina cinismo melancólico, Joshua, el asesor de un importante ministro, recibe un peculiar encargo.
Bound by loyalty and patriotism, the men and women of Stony Man don't think of themselves as heroes, just dedicated Americans willing to do whatever it takes to protect the inalienable rights of freedom and justice.
Gabriel Garc a M rquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, explores the loneliness of power in Autumn of the Patriarch.
Esta historia es una amable ensoñación del autor, en la que se imagina la aparición de una República de Catalunya consentida por el Estado Español, el cual, en consecuencia, retira la nacionalidad española a siete millones y medio de catalanes.
"This book comes from a Christian theology that depends on the reality of the ecumenical fellowship (which includes all churches) for transcendence on national barriers, and the opening of Christian ears in the United States to hear the wisdom of their brothers in religion in other countries and their point of view in the world.
"Der Untertan" von Heinrich Mann ist ein scharfsinniger Gesellschaftsroman, der die Untertanenmentalität des deutschen Bürgertums im Kaiserreich kritisch beleuchtet.
"Shafiq Gharbal" was able here to put in our hands a biography of one of the controversial men during the French occupation of Egypt; He dealt with the stories of "General Yaqoub", who collaborated with the French and led a military division fighting in their ranks, then he went out with them upon their departure from Egypt, forming with the soldiers of his band "The Egyptian delegation", which carried the "Egypt Independence Project" from the Ottoman Empire, lengthening at times "France And at the other hand, "England", using the French teacher, "The Knight of the Knight", who translated the speeches of the Egyptian delegation of the Englishman "General Edmonds".
Set in Alabama, society lawyer Adam Shaw is married to the beautiful Kris Ann who has bound him to a life he despises and her father, Roland Cade, his senior partner and rival.
