When the legendary Apache warrior Cuchillo Oro crosses the deadliest desert in the American West, he faces not only scorching heat and starvation, but ruthless bounty hunters, deadly outlaws, and the bitter hatred of the white world that refuses to forget his past.
A new translation by David Bellos of the last great novel by France s greatest novelist In the turmoil of the French Revolution, the year 1793 represented the peak of bloody revolutionary violence.
La memoire de ces sombres periodes illustrees par des morceaux de vie, concrets, irrefutables, inseres dans une contextualisation historique rigoureuse, extremement bien documentee et bien ecrite, est plus qu'un temoignage.
This book tells the story of the post-World War I military, political and ideological debate that threatened the early development of America's strategic bombardment capability.
Elmore Leonard s gritty western Hombre is accompanied here by his famous short story of rough justice and survival, Three-Ten to Yuma, both of which have been made into classic filmsJohn Russell, known simply as 'Hombre', is a mysterious loner raised by Apache Indians, on the last wagon out of Sweetmary, Arizona, along with a motley group of travellers including a doctor, a traumatised girl and a brutal stranger.
It is a sad fact, but the truth is that the female contribution to Western society has, for the most part, been ignored - this means that, in effect, females have been hidden from history because of the absence of records.
'Puts some of the balls back into serious English fiction' GILES COREN, THE TIMES'Whisky-soaked, guttural, stinking and funny' EVIE WYLD, OBSERVER'Thrilling, brutal, poetic, literary and irresistible, one of the 21st century's first great 20th-century American novels' LOUISA YOUNGBefore there was Jaws, there was.
When their summer settlement is flooded without warning, a family of S mi women must fight for their way of life in a changing world, in this powerful, haunting novel.
THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING, GOLDEN BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED CLASSIC, NOW WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ELIF SHAFAKClaudia Hampton - beautiful, famous, independent, dying.
In More Than a Slam: A Guide to Teaching Spoken Word Poetry in the Secondary Classroom, author Cait Miner Kay shares a comprehensive framework for integrating spoken word poetry into your teaching practice.
In More Than a Slam: A Guide to Teaching Spoken Word Poetry in the Secondary Classroom, author Cait Miner Kay shares a comprehensive framework for integrating spoken word poetry into your teaching practice.
The second in the highly praised Emily Grey seriesEmily Grey proves so engaging that I hope she'll keep going into the Cold War', JakeKerridge, Daily TelegraphAt the height of the First World War, Emily Grey finds herself far away from the action, collating Swiss rubber imports in a hut in the middle of St James Park.
'If you were thrilled by The House of the Spirits, you'll love this' Marie ClaireAs a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that erased the first five years of her life from her mind.
'I was mesmerised' LAURA SHEPPERSON, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Heroines'This gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the 16th century .
A BERNARD SAMSON NOVEL'The master of espionage writing at his brilliant best' Mail on SundayWith the Cold War drawing to a close in the East, Bernard Samson is still haunted by the events that have turned his life upside down over the last ten years.
A Glittering Tale of Sisterhood, Sacrifice, and Love Set in the Heart of 1920s Berlin From the author of That Green Eyed Girl - Perfect for fans of City of Girls and Sunday Times bestseller, The Whalebone Theatre!
A nostalgic tale of two lovers' journey through post-war France, from the author of SO LONG, SEE YOU TOMORROW It is 1948 and a young American couple arrive in war-torn France for a long holiday.
