Set in 1984, at a time when political and social change is sweeping through Britain and the last Labour battle is soon to usher in a new economic order, Zombie Park follows the story of Roland Cauldron, who considers himself lucky to be starting a new career as a student psychiatric nurse, living and training on an old asylum in the outskirts of London.
Bouvard and Pecuchet is Flaubert's vast comic anatomy of nineteenth-century knowledge, following two Parisian copy-clerks who inherit a fortune, retire to the countryside, and proceed to fail-brilliantly and repetitively-at agriculture, medicine, chemistry, archaeology, pedagogy, religion, and politics.
Kevin Crump is happy - he's just got his dream job as a lecturer at a British university and is looking forward to introducing his new students to a first class education.
Set between 1913 and 1963 in one of Montreal's well-known, upper-middle-class suburban neighbourhoods, Martine Desjardins's The Green Chamber is a fast-paced, highly atmospheric, riveting novel that chronicles the decline of a wealthy French-Canadian family over the course of three generations.
Reeling from the Night of Nights, an unexpected blockbuster art show, Floss, a transgender New York gallery owner, invites subversive installation artist Budsy and their best friend the Apostle John to cycle the Camino de Santiago.
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAREight months before he became a suicide bomber, Prin went to the zoo with his family.
A struggling writer journeys through the world of fan conventions, collectible merch and more in this satirical novel-a "e;searing critique of geek culture"e; (Washington Post).
Presionado por las exigencias de su padre para que busque esposa, el príncipe Inbu organiza un torneo como ningún otro para encontrar a la mujer de sus sueños.
El primer libro de la serie de las Crónicas Cordysianas El reino de Nueva Sylestia disfrutó de la paz durante mil años protegida por un poderoso hechizo de Reclusión.
This carefully crafted ebook: "Dodo Trilogy - Complete Collection: Dodo - A Detail of the Day, Dodo's Daughter & Dodo Wonders" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Er war ursprünglich ein professioneller Gamer, der versehentlich in die Spielwelt reiste und sich plötzlich als NPC (Nicht-Spieler-Charakter) wiederfand.
Dieses eBook: "Schelmuffskys warhafftige curiöse und sehr gefährliche Reisebeschreibung zu Wasser und Lande" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
A tale of political downfall from "e;an exceptional creative talent perfectly in tune with his own rapidly changing times"e; (Robert Coover, bestselling author of The Public Burning).
A quirky assortment of materialistic suburbanites trying to supersize and spend their way to happinessAn affectionate satire of the culture of self-indulgence, The Final Days of Great American Shopping exposes the American obsessions with money, mass marketing, and material objects.
Zu seiner großen Freude erhält der Patentanwalt Richard Welling die Möglichkeit, am einer Konferenz unter hochkarätigen Patentexperten teilzunehmen, die, etwas ungewöhnlich, in der Nähe von St.
