These letters throw light on a more complex figure. Whether addressing his literary friends, who included Barbara Pym, Kingsley Amis and John Betjeman, or those less prominently placed, Larkin...
Astha besitzt alles, was sich eine gebildete Frau der Mittelklasse wünschen kann: ein schönes Zuhause, Kinder und einen pflichtbewussten, liebevollen Ehemann. Warum fühlt sie sich trotzdem...
Central Africa, 1914; Rose Sayer, a 33-year-old English woman, is left alone when her missionary brother dies. Her only route out is aboard The African Queen, a steam-powered launch captained aby...
The Advanced Student Book revisits the Assessment Objectives for English Language and English Literature at a more sophisticated level, offering extra challenge to those students targeting Grades 6...
Step into the exquisite miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge in this beautiful new edition of the classic picture book. It was the middle of winter and very, very cold. The mice of Brambly...
We all dream, and 98 per cent of us can recall our dreams the next morning. Even in today's modern age, it is human nature to wonder what they mean. With incredible new discoveries and stunning...
Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War II! It's...
In Mars żeby 1980, David Stubbs charts the evolution of electronic music from the earliest mechanical experiments in the late nineteenth century, through to the ubiquitous, familiar sounds of...
Winner of the Whitbread First Novel AwardAgnes Day - sub-editor, suburbanite, failure extraordinaire - has discovered disconcerting gaps in her general understanding of the world. Terminally...
From the author of }High Tide In Tucson{ and }The Poisonwood Bible{. A collection of essays on "small wonders" of the world. An inspirational, affectionate look at the world around us,...
London. 1850. On a crowded street, the dollmaker Iris Whittle meets the artist Louis Frost. Louis is a Pre-Raphaelite painter who yearns to have his work displayed in the Royal Academy, and he is...
Stella Benson sets off for Hilltop, a tiny Sussex village housing a family that is somewhat larger than life. Why is she so reluctant to talk about her past?The Country Life, Rachel Cusk's...
'Point Omega is a treat: the most satisfying and least cryptic of DeLillo's late novels' Sunday Telegraph Reading the fiction of Don DeLillo is an utterly original experience: powerful,...
When eighteen-year-old Michael visits the Hanbury's remote family home he is captivated żeby their bohemian lifestyle. The chance to escape once more to his friend's country house comes as...
Animal Farm is George Orwell's brilliant political satire and allegorical fable about the corrupting effects of power. Published in 1945 it is, to this day, one of the most famous and...
Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making...
Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War I. It's...