The Baklava Club Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
05 Jun 2014
Publishing Status:
Out of print
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h204mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780571239986 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23998-6 ISBN10: 0571239986 EAN: 9780571239986 x Description: In nineteenth-century Istanbul, a Polish prince has been kidnapped. His assassination has been bungled and his captors have taken him to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realize that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who use the code name La Piuma (the Feather). Yashim is convinced that the prince is alive. But he has no idea where, or who La Piuma is - and has become dangerously distracted by falling in love. As he draws closer to the prince's whereabouts and to the true identity of La Piuma, Yashim finds himself in the most treacherous situation of his career: can he rescue the prince along with his romantic dreams[unk] Jason Goodwin's bestselling 'Yashim' series has been published across the globe and received huge critical acclaim. In The Baklava Club, Goodwin takes Yashim on an adventure like no other, through the stylish, sensual world of Ottoman Istanbul. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Game for All the Family Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 Dec 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 432pp h178mm x w115mm x s27mm 230g ISBN13: 9781444795554 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9555-4 ISBN10: 1444795554 EAN: 9781444795554 x Description: 'One of the great unmissables of this genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully Gothic imagination' - The Times Justine thought she knew who she was, until an anonymous caller seemed to know better...After escaping London and a career that nearly destroyed her, Justine plans to spend her days doing as little as possible in her beautiful home in Devon.But soon after the move, her daughter Ellen starts to withdraw when her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school. Justine begs the head teacher to reconsider, only to be told that nobody's been expelled there is, and was, no George. Then the anonymous calls start: a stranger, making threats that suggest she and Justine share a traumatic past and a guilty secret - yet Justine doesn't recognise her voice. When the caller starts to talk about three graves - two big and one small, to fit a child - Justine fears for her family's safety. If the police can't help, she'll have to eliminate the danger herself, but first she must work out who she's supposed to be... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Narrow Bed: Culver Valley Crime Book 10 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 416pp h178mm x w115mm x s26mm 224g ISBN13: 9781444795561 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9556-1 ISBN10: 1444795562 EAN: 9781444795561 x Description: What if having a best friend was the most dangerous thing you could do?A killer that the police are calling 'Billy Dead Mates' is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book... For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or work out what the white books mean. And then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward.Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one
of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy, and does he want to kill her? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how - and why - could she possibly be Billy Dead Mates' next target?This is the next chilling novel from the queen of psychological crime - a literary puzzle set to unlock the dark side of the mind . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Telling Error: Culver Valley Crime Book 9 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 384pp h177mm x w116mm x s25mm 200g None ISBN13: 9781444736762 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-3676-2 ISBN10: 1444736760 EAN: 9781444736762 x Description: All she wanted to do was take her son's forgotten sports kit to school.So why does Nicki Clements drive past the home of controversial newspaper columnist Damon Blundy eight times in one day? Blundy has been murdered, and the words 'HE IS NO LESS DEAD' daubed on his wall in red paint, not blood. And, though Blundy was killed with a knife, he was not stabbed. Why?Nicki, called in for questioning, doesn't have any of the answers police are looking for. Nor can she tell them the truth, because although she is not guilty of murder, she is far from innocent. And the words on the wall are disturbingly familiar to her, if only she could remember where she has heard them before . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Game for All the Family Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
31 Dec 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w139mm x s28mm 300g ISBN13: 9781444776058 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7605-8 ISBN10: 1444776053 EAN: 9781444776058 x Description: 'One of the great unmissables of this genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully Gothic imagination' - The Times He's not your son. It's not up to you to save him. But you have to try. After escaping London and a career that nearly destroyed her, Justine plans to spend her days doing as little as possible in her beautiful home in Devon.But soon after the move, her daughter Ellen starts to withdraw when her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school. Justine begs the head teacher to reconsider, only to be told that nobody's been expelled - there is, and was, no George. Then the anonymous calls start: a stranger, making threats that suggest she and Justine share a traumatic past and a guilty secret - yet Justine doesn't recognise her voice. When the caller starts to talk about three graves - two big and one small, to fit a child - Justine fears for her family's safety. If the police can't help, she'll have to eliminate the danger herself, but first she must work out who she's supposed to be... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Did You See Melody? Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781444776157 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7615-7 ISBN10: 1444776150 EAN: 9781444776157
x Description: Pushed to breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied - by a man and a teenage girl.A simple mistake on the part of the hotel receptionist - but Cara's fear intensifies when she works out that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder.Cara doesn't know what to trust: everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Did You See Melody? Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 464pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781444795578 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9557-8 ISBN10: 1444795570 EAN: 9781444795578 x Description: Pushed to breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied - by a man and a teenage girl.A simple mistake on the part of the hotel receptionist - but Cara's fear intensifies when she works out that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder.Cara doesn't know what to trust: everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Narrow Bed: Culver Valley Crime Book 10 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
20 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 416pp h199mm x w133mm x s26mm 288g ISBN13: 9781444776102 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7610-2 ISBN10: 144477610X EAN: 9781444776102 x Description: A must-read for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins.'Sophie Hannah is genuinely Christie's heir' The Scotsman'Hugely entertaining, full of uncomfortable truths' London Evening StandardWhat if having a best friend was the most dangerous thing you could do?A killer that the police are calling 'Billy Dead Mates' is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book... For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or work out what the white books mean. And then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward.Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy, and does he want to kill her? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how - and why - could she possibly be Billy Dead Mates' next target?This is the next chilling novel from the queen of psychological crime - a literary puzzle set to unlock the dark side of the mind . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Room Swept White: Culver Valley Crime Book 5 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
19 Aug 2010 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 480pp h197mm x w131mm x s31mm 327g ISBN13: 9780340980644 ISBN13: 978-0-340-98064-4 ISBN10: 0340980648 EAN: 9780340980644 x Description: Critically acclaimed queen of psychological crime Sophie Hannah's fifth suspense novel - a must-read for those who love Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins.'Beautifully written' Daily Express'Terrifying' Heat Murder begins at home . . . TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four - numbers that mean nothing to her.On the same day, Fliss finds out she's going to be working on a documentary about miscarriages of justice involving cot-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. The documentary will focus on three women: Helen Yardley, Sarah Jaggard and Rachel Hines. All three women are now free, and the doctor who did her best to send them to prison for life, child protection zealot Dr Judith Duffy, is under investigation for misconduct. For reasons she has shared with nobody, this is the last project Fliss wants to be working on. And then Helen Yardley is found dead at her home, and in her pocket is a card with sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hurting Distance: Book 2: Hurting Distance Culver Valley Crime Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2007 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 432pp h198mm x w137mm x s28mm 294g n/a ISBN13: 9780340840344 ISBN13: 978-0-340-84034-4 ISBN10: 034084034X EAN: 9780340840344 x Description: The second stunning thriller from queen of psychological crime, Sophie Hannah, perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins.'Superbly creepy' Guardian 'Rivetingly original' Sunday Times Sometimes love must kill before it can die. Three years ago, something terrible happened to Naomi Jenkins - so terrible that she never told anybody.Now Naomi has another secret - the man she has fallen passionately in love with, unhappily married Robert Haworth. When Robert vanishes without trace, Naomi knows he must have come to harm. But the police are less convinced, particularly when Robert's wife insists he is not missing.In desperation, Naomi has a crazy idea. If she can't persuade the police that Robert is in danger, perhaps she can convince them that he is a danger to others. Then they will have to look for him - urgently. Naomi knows how to describe in detail the actions of a psychopath. All she needs to do is dig up her own troubled past . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kind of Cruel: Book 6: Kind of Cruel Culver Valley Crime Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
02 Aug 2012 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 528pp h197mm x w136mm x s33mm 336g none ISBN13: 9780340980712 ISBN13: 978-0-340-98071-2 ISBN10: 0340980710 EAN: 9780340980712 x Description: The brilliantly chilling seventh crime thriller from the queen of psychological suspense - a must-read for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins.'Utterly chilling' Observer'Truly hair-raising' Independent on Sunday Some secrets are so dark you keep them even from yourself . . .When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn't expect that anything much will change.She doesn't expect it to help with her chronic insomnia . . .She doesn't expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her: 'Kind, cruel, kind of cruel' - words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where . . .She doesn't expect to be arrested two hours later, as a result of having spoken those words out loud, in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she's never heard of . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lasting Damage: Culver Valley Crime Book 6 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
18 Aug 2011 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h197mm x w131mm x s30mm 292g none ISBN13: 9780340980682 ISBN13: 978-0-340-98068-2 ISBN10: 0340980680 EAN: 9780340980682 x Description: The unnervingly good sixth psychological thriller from bestselling crime writer Sophie Hannah, not to be missed for readers of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins.'Jaw-droppingly assured' Daily Express'A first-class whodunnit' Scotsman Don't go into the other woman's house . . . It's 1.15 a.m. Connie Bowskill should be asleep. Instead, she's logging on to a property website in search of a particular house: 11 Bentley Grove, Cambridge. She knows it's for sale; she saw the estate agent's board in the front garden less than six hours ago.Soon Connie is clicking on the 'Virtual Tour' button, keen to see the inside of 11 Bentley Grove and put her mind at rest once and for all. She finds herself looking at a scene from a nightmare: in the living room, in the middle of the carpet, there's a woman lying face down in a huge pool of blood. In shock, Connie wakes her husband Kit. But when Kit sits down at the computer to take a look, he sees no dead body, only a pristine beige carpet in a perfectly ordinary room . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Little Face: Book 1: Little Face Culver Valley Crime Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Aug 2006 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w155mm x s25mm 254g n/a ISBN13: 9780340840320 ISBN13: 978-0-340-84032-0 ISBN10: 0340840323 EAN: 9780340840320
x Description: The first extraordinary psychological suspense thriller from internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah. Not to be missed for readers of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins'Terrifying' Scotsman'Ingenious' Sunday TimesIt's every mother's nightmare . . .She's only been gone two hours.Her husband David was meant to be looking after their two-week-old daughter. But when Alice Fancourt walks into the nursery, her terrifying ordeal begins, for Alice insists the baby in the cot is a stranger she's never seen before.With an increasingly hostile and menacing David swearing she must either be mad or lying, how can Alice make the police believe her before it's too late? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The The Point of Rescue: Book 3: The Point of Rescue Culver Valley Crime Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Aug 2008 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w163mm x s31mm 316g n/a ISBN13: 9780340933121 ISBN13: 978-0-340-93312-1 ISBN10: 0340933127 EAN: 9780340933121 x Description: Agatha Christie fans will love Queen of Crime Sophie Hannah's third stunning psychological suspense novel. Also perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins.'Addictive' Marie Claire'Irresistible' GuardianIt began with an affair. And ended in murder.Sally is watching the news with her husband when she hears a name she ought not to recognise: Mark Bretherick. Last year, a work trip Sally had planned was cancelled at the last minute. Desperate for a break from her busy life juggling work and a young family, Sally didn't tell her husband that the trip had fallen through. Instead, she booked a week off work and treated herself to a secret holiday. All she wanted was a bit of peace - some time to herself - but it didn't work out that way. Because Sally met a man. Mark Bretherick. All the details are the same: where he lives, his job, his wife Geraldine and daughter Lucy. Except that the man on the news is a man Sally has never seen before. And Geraldine and Lucy Bretherick are both dead . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The The Point of Rescue: Book 3: The Point of Rescue Culver Valley Crime Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
28 Apr 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 496pp h199mm x w130mm x s31mm 346g n/a ISBN13: 9781444725049 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-2504-9 ISBN10: 1444725041 EAN: 9781444725049 x Description: Sally is watching the news with her husband when she hears a name she ought not to recognise: Mark Bretherick. Last year, a business trip Sally had planned was cancelled at the last minute. Desperate for a break from her busy life juggling her career and a young family, Sally didn't tell her husband that the trip had fallen through. Instead, she booked a week off and treated herself to a secret holiday. All she wanted was a bit of peace some time to herself - but it didn't work out that way. Because Sally met a man - Mark Bretherick. All the details are the same: where he lives, his job, his wife Geraldine and daughter Lucy. Except that the man on the news is a man Sally has never seen before. And Geraldine and Lucy Bretherick are both dead . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Carrier: Culver Valley Crime Book 8 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
01 Aug 2013 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 448pp h196mm x w129mm x s29mm 303g none ISBN13: 9780340980743 ISBN13: 978-0-340-98074-3 ISBN10: 0340980745 EAN: 9780340980743 x Description: ***WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR CRIME THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2013***He swore he was a killer. The truth was worse.An overnight plane delay is bad.Having to share your hotel room with a stranger is worse.But that is only the beginning of Gaby Struthers' problems.Gaby has never met Lauren Cookson before. So how does Lauren know so much about her? How does she know that the love of Gaby's life has been accused of murder? Why is she telling her that he is innocent? And why is she so terrified of Gaby?If you loved Gone Girl, you'll find this chilling domestic thriller impossible to put down. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Other Half Lives: Culver Valley Crime Book 4 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
03 Sep 2009 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 576pp h197mm x w130mm x s36mm 362g none ISBN13: 9780340933152 ISBN13: 978-0-340-93315-2 ISBN10: 0340933151 EAN: 9780340933152 x Description: The fourth psychological suspense novel from the phenomenal word-of-mouth bestselling Sophie Hannah. A must-read for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins. 'Utterly gripping' The Times'Thrilling' Sunday TelegraphWhy would anyone confess to a murder that never happened?Ruth Bussey knows what it means to be in the wrong and to be wronged. She once did something she regrets, and her punishment nearly destroyed her. Now Ruth is rebuilding her life, and has found a love she doesn't believe she deserves: Aidan Seed. Aidan is also troubled by a past he hates to talk about, until one day he decides he must confide in Ruth. He tells her that years ago he killed someone: a woman called Mary Trelease.Ruth is confused. She's certain she's heard the name before, and when she realises why it sounds familiar, her fear and confusion deepen because the Mary Trelease that Ruth knows is very much alive . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Telling Error: Culver Valley Crime Book 9 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder Paperback
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2014 (22 Oct 2015)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h197mm x w139mm x s24mm 262g None ISBN13: 9780340980774 ISBN13: 978-0-340-98077-4 ISBN10: 034098077X EAN: 9780340980774 x
Description: Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's mysteries, as well as Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins, the ninth psychological thriller from Sophie Hannah is a literary mystery and a puzzle that's impossible to solve . . . 'Fiendishly clever' Sunday Express'Exceptional' Elle Knowing the secret will kill you.All she wanted to do was take her son's forgotten sports kit to school.So why does Nicki Clements drive past the home of controversial newspaper columnist Damon Blundy eight times in one day? Blundy has been murdered, and the words 'HE IS NO LESS DEAD' daubed on his wall in red paint, not blood. And, though Blundy was killed with a knife, he was not stabbed. Why?Nicki, called in for questioning, doesn't have any of the answers police are looking for. Nor can she tell them the truth, because although she is not guilty of murder, she is far from innocent. And the words on the wall are disturbingly familiar to her, if only she could remember where she has heard them before . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Did You See Melody? Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h237mm x w161mm x s31mm 578g ISBN13: 9781444776133 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7613-3 ISBN10: 1444776134 EAN: 9781444776133 x Description: 'Outstandingly brilliant' Clare MackintoshDid she really see Melody?The stunning new pageturner from the Queen of Psychological Suspense. Pushed to breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied - by a man and a teenage girl.A simple mistake on the part of the hotel receptionist - but Cara's fear intensifies when she works out that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder.Cara doesn't know what to trust: everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life?What people are saying about DID YOU SEE MELODY?'I was hooked!...there was a cracking ending!' GoodReads reviewer'Really good reading that moved at a fast pace and kept me engaged throughout. Highly recommended.' GoodReads reviewer'Oh superb. Excellent. All the other expletives. Ms Hannah still showing us how twisting a plot is done properly.' GoodReads reviewer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Did You See Melody? Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
24 Aug 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 336pp h235mm x w155mm x s25mm 440g ISBN13: 9781444776140 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7614-0 ISBN10: 1444776142 EAN: 9781444776140 x Description: Pushed to breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied - by a man and a teenage girl.A simple mistake on the part of the hotel receptionist - but Cara's fear intensifies when she works out that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder.Cara doesn't know what to trust: everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Narrow Bed: Culver Valley Crime Book 10 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Culver Valley Crime
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
09 Feb 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h232mm x w155mm x s32mm 542g ISBN13: 9781444776096 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-7609-6 ISBN10: 1444776096 EAN: 9781444776096 x Description: What if having a best friend was the most dangerous thing you could do?A killer that the police are calling 'Billy Dead Mates' is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book... For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or work out what the white books mean. And then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward.Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy, and does he want to kill her? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how - and why - could she possibly be Billy Dead Mates' next target?This is the next chilling novel from the queen of psychological crime - a literary puzzle set to unlock the dark side of the mind . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Telling Error: Culver Valley Crime Book 9 Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
25 Mar 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) h232mm x w155mm x s30mm 500g None ISBN13: 9780340980767 ISBN13: 978-0-340-98076-7 ISBN10: 0340980761 EAN: 9780340980767 x Description: Stuck in a traffic jam, Nicki Clements sees a face she hoped never to see again. It's definitely him, the same police officer, stopping each car on Elmhirst Road. Keen to avoid him, Nicki does a U-turn and makes a panicky escape.Or so she thinks. The next day, Nicki is pulled in for questioning in connection with the murder of Damon Blundy, controversial newspaper columnist and resident of Elmhirst Road. Nicki can't answer any of the questions detectives fire at her. She has no idea why the killer used a knife in such a peculiar way, or why 'HE IS NO LESS DEAD' was painted on Blundy's study wall. And she can't explain why she avoided Elmhirst Road that day without revealing the secret that could ruin her life.Because although Nicki is not guilty of murder, she is far from innocent . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Pub Date:
07 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h241mm x w158mm x s39mm 756g ISBN13: 9781444794885 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-9488-5 ISBN10: 1444794884 EAN: 9781444794885 x Description: 'Hugely enjoyable' - Spectator'A lucid, elegantly written and thought-provoking social and intellectual history' - Evening Standard'As a historian trying to put Darwin in the context of his time, there is surely no better biographer than Wilson' - The Times'A work of scholarship that is hard to put down' - Deborah CadburyCharles Darwin: the man who discovered evolution? The man who killed off God? Or a flawed man of his age, part genius, part ruthless careerist who would not acknowledge his debts to other thinkers?In this bold new life - the first single volume biography in twenty-
five years - A. N. Wilson, the acclaimed author of The Victorians and God's Funeral, goes in search of the celebrated but contradictory figure Charles Darwin.Darwin was described by his friend and champion, Thomas Huxley, as a 'symbol'. But what did he symbolize? In Wilson's portrait, both sympathetic and critical, Darwin was two men. On the one hand, he was a naturalist of genius, a patient and precise collector and curator who greatly expanded the possibilities of taxonomy and geology. On the other hand, Darwin, a seemingly diffident man who appeared gentle and even lazy, hid a burning ambition to be a universal genius. He longed to have a theory which explained everything.But was Darwin's 1859 master work, On the Origin of Species, really what it seemed, a work about natural history? Or was it in fact a consolation myth for the Victorian middle classes, reassuring them that the selfishness and indifference to the poor were part of nature's grand plan? Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker is a radical reappraisal of one of the great Victorians, a book which isn't afraid to challenge the Darwinian orthodoxy while bringing us closer to the man, his revolutionary idea and the wider Victorian age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ten Year Stretch: Celebrating a Decade of Crime Fiction at Crimefest Chief Scientist Martin Edwards (King's College London) (Edited by) Dr Adrian Muller (Fibl) (Edited by) Chief Scientist Martin Edwards (King's College London) (Introduction by) Peter James (Foreword by) Bill Beverly (Contributions by) Simon Brett, Winner of the Crime Writer's Association Diamond Dagger Award (Contributions by) Lee Child (Contributions by) Ann Cleeves (Contributions by) Jeffery Deaver (Contributions by) Kate Ellis (Contributions by) Peter Guttridge (Contributions by) Sophie Hannah, Internationally Bestselling Author of Crime Fiction (Contributions by) John Harvey, Winner of the Crime Writer's Association Diamond Dagger Award (University of California Davis USA) (Contributions by) Mick Herron (Contributions by) Donna Moore (Contributions by) Caro Ramsay (Contributions by) Ian Rankin, New York Times Best-Selling Author (Contributions by) James Sallis, Winner of the Achievement Award from Bouchercon and the Hammett Award (Contributions by) Zoe Sharp (Contributions by) Yrsa Siguroardottir (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Poisoned Pen Press
Publisher:
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub Date:
26 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h216mm x w140mm x s25mm 454g ISBN13: 9781464210549 ISBN13: 978-1-4642-1054-9 ISBN10: 1464210543 EAN: 9781464210549 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paul: The Mind of the Apostle A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
WW Norton & Co
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
Pub Date:
17 Apr 1998
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 273pp h248mm x w159mm 408g maps ISBN13: 9780393317602 ISBN13: 978-0-393-31760-2 ISBN10: 0393317609 x Description: This life of Saint Paul, illuminates Paul's motives in converting from Judaism and starting the Christian church and relating his life to the history of the Roman Empire. Focusing on the psychological motives behind Paul's life, the author shows how the apostle invented Christianity through his proselytizing, his teachings, and his negotiating the perilous political currents of the Roman Empire. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Maps Professor of Psychology John Freeman (University of Iowa) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Copper Canyon Press
Publisher:
Copper Canyon Press
Pub Date:
17 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h224mm x w150mm x s13mm 159g ISBN13: 9781556595233 ISBN13: 978-1-55659-523-3 ISBN10: 1556595239 EAN: 9781556595233 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All the Lonely People Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Harry Devlin 1
Edition:
Imprint:
AUK Authors
Publisher:
Andrews UK Limited
Pub Date:
10 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (US) Colour of page edge - White 292pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 288g black & white illustrations ISBN13: 9781782342434 ISBN13: 978-1-78234-243-4 ISBN10: 1782342435 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I Remember You Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Harry Devlin 3
Edition:
Imprint:
AUK Authors
Publisher:
Andrews UK Limited
Pub Date:
10 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (US) Colour of page edge - White 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s12mm 239g black & white illustrations ISBN13: 9781782342458 ISBN13: 978-1-78234-245-8 ISBN10: 1782342451 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Suspicious Minds Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Standard ed.
Imprint:
AUK Authors
Publisher:
Andrews UK Limited
Pub Date:
10 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (US) Colour of page edge - White 248pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 247g black & white illustrations ISBN13: 9781782342465 ISBN13: 978-1-78234-246-5 ISBN10: 178234246X x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Devil in Disguise Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
AUK Authors
Publisher:
Andrews UK Limited
Pub Date:
10 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (US) Colour of page edge - White 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 285g black & white illustrations ISBN13: 9781782342472 ISBN13: 978-1-78234-247-2 ISBN10: 1782342478 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yesterday's Papers Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
AUK Authors
Publisher:
Andrews UK Limited
Pub Date:
10 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (US) Colour of page edge - White 284pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 281g black & white illustrations ISBN13: 9781782342489 ISBN13: 978-1-78234-248-9 ISBN10: 1782342486 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
First Cut is the Deepest Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Harry Devlin 7
Edition:
Imprint:
AUK Authors
Publisher:
Andrews UK Limited
Pub Date:
10 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (US) Colour of page edge - White 386pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 378g black & white illustrations ISBN13: 9781782342441 ISBN13: 978-1-78234-244-1 ISBN10: 1782342443 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hero and the Girl Next Door Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub Date:
16 Feb 1995
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 64pp ISBN13: 9781857541137 ISBN13: 978-1-85754-113-7 ISBN10: 1857541138 EAN: 9781857541137 x Description: The virtuosity and high spirits of Sophie Hannah's poems are unusual at any time of day. She handles rhymed metrical forms with wily insouciance and passes the 'memorability test' with flying colors. What seems simple or simply achieved more often than not on closer inspection yields subtleties of feeling and form. A surrealising impulse unsettles even the most tidy of her stanzas with a shrewd imaginative wantonness. Her experiments with subject-matter produce something more satisfying than 'social verse'. An urban person who prefers shopping, eating and romance to
hopping over cowpats on a country walk, she writes with generous rather than reductive wit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leaving and Leaving You Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub Date:
27 May 1999
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 64pp ISBN13: 9781857544077 ISBN13: 978-1-85754-407-7 ISBN10: 1857544072 EAN: 9781857544077 x Description: Combining traditional forms and those associated with modernism, this collection focuses on love, loss, and the different ways in which people - for better or worse - can be significant to each other. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Pilgrim's Guide to Sacred London Jason Goodwin (Author) John Michell (Author) Series:
Pilgrim Guides
Edition:
Imprint:
Argonaut Books
Publisher:
Argonaut Books
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 196pp h120mm x w171mm x s10mm ISBN13: 9780957254039 ISBN13: 978-0-9572540-3-9 ISBN10: 0957254032 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Starlings and Other Stories Ann Cleeves (Edited by) Mary Sharratt (Contributions by) Ann Cleeves (Contributions by) Cath Staincliffe (Contributions by) Chris Simms (Contributions by) Toby Forward (Contributions by) Helena Edwards (Contributions by) Christine Poulson (Contributions by) Martin Edwards (Contributions by) Margaret Murphy (Contributions by) Kate Ellis (Contributions by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Graffeg Limited
Publisher:
Graffeg Limited
Pub Date:
07 Sep 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h200mm x w150mm 12 black and white photographs ISBN13: 9781909823747 ISBN13: 978-1-909823-74-7 ISBN10: 1909823740 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who Built Scotland: A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings Kathleen Jamie (Author) Alistair Moffat (Author) Alexander McCall Smith (Author) James Robertson (Author) James Crawford (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Historic Environment Scotland
Publisher:
Historic Environment Scotland
Pub Date:
14 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781849172240 ISBN13: 978-1-84917-224-0 ISBN10: 1849172242 x Description: Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford pick twenty-five buildings to tell the story of the nation.Travelling across the country, from abandoned islands and lonely glens to the heart of our modern cities, these five authors seek out the diverse narrative of the Scottish people. Follow Kathleen Jamie as she searches for the traces of our first family hearths in the Cairngorms and makes a midsummer journey to Shetland to meet the unlikely new inhabitants of an Iron Age broch. Tour the wondrous and macabre Surgeons' Hall with Alexander McCall Smith, or walk with him over sacred ground to Iona's ancient Abbey. Join Alistair Moffat as he discovers a lost whisky village in the wilds of Strathconon, and climbs up through the vertiginous layers of history in Edinburgh Castle. Accompany James Robertson as he goes from the standing stones of Callanish to the humble cottage of Hugh MacDiarmid - via the engineering colossus of the Forth Rail Bridge. And journey with James Crawford from a packed crowd in Hampden Park, to an off -the-grid eco-bothy on the Isle of Eigg.Who Built Scotland is a landmark exploration of Scotland's social, political and cultural histories. Moving from Neolithic families, exiled hermits and ambitious royal dynasties to highland sheiling girls, peasant poets, Enlightenment philosophers and iconoclastic artists, it places our people, our ideas and our passions at the heart of our architecture and archaeology. This is the remarkable story how we have shaped our buildings and how our buildings, in turn, have shaped us. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yashim Cooks Istanbul: Culinary Adventures in the Ottoman Kitchen: 2016 Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Argonaut Books
Publisher:
Argonaut Books
Pub Date:
27 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h245mm x w188mm x s26mm 1000g 200 colour illustrations No outer packaging ISBN13: 9780957254015 ISBN13: 978-0-9572540-1-5 ISBN10: 0957254016 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
First of the Last Chances Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub Date:
28 Mar 2003
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 64pp ISBN13: 9781857546262 ISBN13: 978-1-85754-626-2 ISBN10: 1857546261 EAN: 9781857546262 x Description: Poet Sophie Hannah returns with a collection of poems that explore and celebrate strong feelings: love, hate, anger, hope - and which strip away the veils of hypocrisy and pretence from all aspects of everyday life. From relationships to the world of work, motherhood and marriage, Sophie Hannah tells it how it is in her own inimitable style. Funny and moving, these poems combine traditional form and rhyme with a contemporary take on modern life that simultaneously raises a smile and provides thoughts to linger over. This collection also include "A Woman's Life and Loves", eight poems set to music by the composer Gabriel Jackson that form a song cycle originally concieved as a contemporary and feminist response to the
Schumann song cycle. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hotels Like Houses Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Sep 1996
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 64pp ISBN13: 9781857542523 ISBN13: 978-1-85754-252-3 ISBN10: 1857542525 EAN: 9781857542523 x Description: This collection provides a range of romantic ironies. Sophie Hannah's poems move beyond satire to the heart of modern matter: loves, lusts, losses, and the foibles of contemporary life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pessimism for Beginners Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Nov 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 67pp ISBN13: 9781857548785 ISBN13: 978-1-85754-878-5 ISBN10: 1857548787 EAN: 9781857548785 x Description: Sophie Hannah's sharp pen dissects modern life and relationships with insouciant honesty and ruthless wit, and her love poems evoke timeless feelings with a shrewd simplicity that deepens her range. An edge of desolation, tenderness - an occasional flash of cruelty - and an ebullient delight in language make this a book of bittersweet pleasures. "Pessimism for Beginners" includes an extract from the opening chapter of Sophie Hannah's second psychological thriller, "Hurting Distance", published by Hodder and Stoughton, described by "The Times" as 'a superbly creepy, twisty thriller about obsessive love, psychological torture and the darkest chambers of the human heart'. In poetry and prose, Sophie Hannah is compellingly readable. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Marrying the Ugly Millionaire: New and Collected Poems Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub Date:
28 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp ISBN13: 9781784100254 ISBN13: 978-1-78410-025-4 ISBN10: 1784100250 EAN: 9781784100254 x Description: Sophie Hannah is one of Britain's best-loved poets, a disarmingly witty, sharp-eyed chronicler of everyday life and its peculiarities. She is also an internationally successful author of psychological crime fiction, and has written the first new Hercule Poirot novel to be authorised by the Agatha Christie estate. This book collects all of her previous collections of verse and also includes new and uncollected poems. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Marrying the Ugly Millionaire: New and Collected Poems Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Pub Date:
28 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 272pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781784100261 ISBN13: 978-1-78410-026-1 ISBN10: 1784100269 x Description: Sophie Hannah is one of Britain's best-loved poets, a disarmingly witty, sharp-eyed chronicler of everyday life and its peculiarities. She is also an internationally successful author of psychological crime fiction, and has written the first new Hercule Poirot novel to be authorised by the Agatha Christie estate. This book collects all of her previous collections of verse and also includes new and uncollected poems. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dream Children: A Novel A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
WW Norton & Co
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2000
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 224pp h208mm x w140mm x s15mm 200g ISBN13: 9780393319934 ISBN13: 978-0-393-31993-4 ISBN10: 0393319938 EAN: 9780393319934 x Description: Oliver Gold, the brilliant, ascetic writer and philosopher, has lived quietly and happily for eight years on the outskirts of London as a lodger in 12 Wagner Rise. His sudden decision to marry and move to America precipitates a crisis in this household of women, all of whom owe fierce, idiosyncratic allegiance to Oliver and want to save him and their world from an unsuitable, inexplicable match. Yet in the end it is only Bobs, the twelveyear-old who is Oliver's constant companion, who knows his dangerous secret: it is from her that Oliver attempts to flee. In a series of dramatic tableaux, unfolding over the course of many years, A. N. Wilson threads the dark labyrinths of Wagner Rise and illuminates the tragic consequences of these attachments. With this provocative novel about forbidden love, Wilson has produced a stunning, haunting literary work-a Lolita for our times. "A respectable, genuine, intellectual portrait of a pedophile that also makes for a gripper indeed. . . . Sex-tormented Oliver . . . in spite of all (and 'all' includes plenty) remains believably human, thanks to the estimably gifted Wilson." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Wicked English wit . . . has the kind of sly humor where grimness itself becomes the joke." - The New Yorker "Well written and sensitively realized. . . . [Wilson] lets the characters' fates unfold over the years and shows, touchingly, how the pain and self-deception at 12 Wagner Rise taints all their lives." - Philadelphia Inquirer _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
C. S. Lewis: A Biography A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
WW Norton & Co
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
Pub Date:
17 Aug 2002
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 368pp h208mm x w140mm x s25mm 340g 8 pages of black and white illustrations ISBN13: 9780393323405 ISBN13: 978-0-393-32340-5 ISBN10: 0393323404 EAN: 9780393323405 x Description: Brilliant. Agnostic. Prejudiced. Gregarious. Bullying. Loyal friend. Heavy drinker. One of the most learned scholars of his generation. A controversial Christian apologist. Author of a children's fantasy that has sold millions upon millions of copies. And, after his death, almost a cult figure. C. S. Lewis was an incredibly complicated man, and, as revealed in this splendid biography, a mystery to those who knew him best. "I know of no modern biographer who equals Wilson's delicacy of touch and sensitivity to human quandaries. An astonishing book."-Leon Edel "The mixture presented in Wilson's biography of the life of learning...of domestic drama and bad temper, religion, and sex, is irresistible."-New York Review of Books
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Penfriends from Porlock A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
WW Norton & Co
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
Pub Date:
01 Dec 1988
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 288pp h203mm x w127mm ISBN13: 9780393332094 ISBN13: 978-0-393-33209-4 ISBN10: 0393332098 EAN: 9780393332094 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Vicar of Sorrows: A Novel A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
WW Norton & Co
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
Pub Date:
17 May 1995
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 400pp h213mm x w140mm x s25mm 400g ISBN13: 9780393312942 ISBN13: 978-0-393-31294-2 ISBN10: 0393312941 EAN: 9780393312942 x Description: When his mother dies, Francis is shocked to discover that she had a lover and that he must share his inheritance with this (awful) man. Then Francis falls in love-painfully, absolutely-with an irresistible but most unsuitable young woman. A. N. Wilson traces Francis's descent through various circles of the English establishment, a tragi-comic journey that takes the hapless hero to the outer edges of both absurdity and despair. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tolstoy: A Biography A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
WW Norton & Co
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
Pub Date:
03 May 2001
Publishing Status:
Inactive
Published in: United States Paperback 624pp h211mm x w142mm x s30mm 500g 24 pages of black and white illustrations ISBN13: 9780393321227 ISBN13: 978-0-393-32122-7 ISBN10: 0393321223 EAN: 9780393321227 x Description: In this landmark biography of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, A. N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his literary genius after aimless years of gambling and womanizing, and his increasingly disastrous marriage. Wilson sweeps away the long-held belief that Tolstoy's works were the exact mirror of his life, and instead traces the roots of Tolstoy's art to his relationship with God, with women, and with Russia. He also breaks new ground in recreating the world that shaped the great novelist's life and art-the turmoil of ideas and politics in nineteenth-century Russia and the incredible literary renaissance that made Tolstoy's work possible. "Admirable. . . . Absorbing. . . . Superb."-Anthony Burgess "Stands as a model of the biographer's art: intelligent and opinionated, yet judicious-and, what's more, deliciously readable."-Michiko Kakutani, New York Times _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dancing for the Hangman Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Flambard Press
Publisher:
Flambard Press
Pub Date:
29 Oct 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h216mm x w138mm ISBN13: 9781906601003 ISBN13: 978-1-906601-00-3 ISBN10: 1906601003 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
England A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Poetry of Place
Edition:
Imprint:
Eland Publishing Ltd
Publisher:
Eland Publishing Ltd
Pub Date:
23 Oct 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 160pp ISBN13: 9781906011215 ISBN13: 978-1-906011-21-5 ISBN10: 1906011214 x Description: This is the patriot's song book, which includes such rollicking word-smiths as Hilaire Belloc, G K Chesterton, Rudyard Kipling and the lyrics of Gilbert and Sullivan. England, as every fan of Flanders and Swan will know, hasn't really got a national song. This collection more than fills the gap. Despite the worldwide spread of the English language in the wake of the Empire, the poets of England were always more interested in personal freedom than political conformity. Those rallying cries from the pens of Blake, Byron and Brook are as relevant as ever. Armed with the clarion calls of Milton and Shakespeare, "England" still calls upon us to do our duty: to cleanse our land of a media monoculture linked by a spreading cancer of motorways, hypermarkets and a rootless, heartless international capitalism that rots the spirit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Waterloo Sunset Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK ed.
Imprint:
Allison & Busby
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 477pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780749079277 ISBN13: 978-0-7490-7927-7 ISBN10: 0749079274 x Description: No one expects to read their own obituary. Liverpool lawyer Harry Devlin never knew five short lines could be so menacing - someone wants him dead and he has only seven days to find out who. The terse notice of his death is out of place amid the hustle and bustle of Harry's posh office off the Strand, but soon mysterious threats lurk in every familiar corner of Liverpool for the wary lawyer. The city quickly becomes a capital of crime as well as culture, when a mutilated female corpse washes up on the Waterloo Beach and another soon after. A loose serial killer does no good for Harry's already morbidly preoccupied state, but between the elegant coroner Ceri Hussain and the endearing cleaner Gina he finds enough distraction. However, not all distractions in lovely packages are good. Juliet May, ex-wife of gangster Casper May and Harry's former lover, sweeps back into the lawyer's life with unforeseen consequences. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Arsenic Labyrinth Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Lake District Mysteries No. 3
Edition:
UK ed.
Imprint:
Allison & Busby
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
Pub Date:
25 Feb 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 427pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780749080044 ISBN13: 978-0-7490-8004-4 ISBN10: 0749080043 x Description: 'You'd never believe it to look at me now, but once upon a time I killed a man' Historian Daniel Kind is finding winter in the Lake District tough, especially as his relationship with Miranda seems to be on the rocks. Far from the bright lights of London, Miranda feels increasingly isolated, and Daniel fears that she will just up and leave. She wouldn't be the first. Years ago, Emma Bestwick left her cottage and never came back, her disappearance never resolved, much to the chagrin of DCI Hannah Scarlett, head of the local Cold Case Review Team. But recently there are been calls to the local newspaper dropping hints about Emma's death. With the case reopened, Hannah and Daniel are thrown together again, and soon discover that someone is desperate to preserve the secrets of the past, whatever the cost. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cipher Garden Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Lake District Mysteries No. 2
Edition:
New edition
Imprint:
Allison & Busby
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
Pub Date:
21 Aug 2006
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780749081355 ISBN13: 978-0-7490-8135-5 ISBN10: 074908135X x Description: 'I thought you were dead - ' In the peaceful village of Old Sawrey, in the idyllic Lake District, Warren Howe is brutally slaughtered with his own scythe by a mysterious hooded figure. The police have several suspects, but there is insufficient evidence to make an arrest. Years later an anonymous tip-off sparks the interest of DCI Hannah Scarlett, who heads the local Cold Case Review Team. With the help of historian Daniel Kind, Hannah digs deeper in the quest for truth and discovers that, in Old Sawrey, old sins cast long shadows. Following the killer's trail, Hannah arrives at a shocking conclusion, one that will change lives forever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Coffin Trail Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK ed.
Imprint:
Allison & Busby
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
Pub Date:
31 Oct 2005
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9780749082918 ISBN13: 978-0-7490-8291-8 ISBN10: 0749082917 x Description: Oxford historian, Daniel Kind, and his partner, Miranda, both want to escape to a new life. On impulse they buy a cottage in Brackdale, an idyllic valley in the Lake District. But though they hope to live the dream, the past soon catches up with them. Tarn Cottage was once home to Barrie Gilpin, suspected of a savage murder...Daniel and DCI Hannah Scarlett, in charge of the Cold Cases Review Team, find themselves risking their lives as they search for a ruthless murderer, who is prepared to kill again to hide a shocking secret. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dungeon House Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
The Lake District Cold Case Mysteries 7
Edition:
Imprint:
Allison & Busby
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
Pub Date:
21 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780749019907 ISBN13: 978-0-7490-1990-7 ISBN10: 0749019905 EAN: 9780749019907 x Description: Twenty years ago, Malcolm Whiteley discovers his attractive wife Lysette is having an affair. The Whiteleys are wealthy, and live with their 16-year-old daughter Amber in the magnificent Dungeon House, overlooking Cumbria's remote western coast. But Malcolm is under financial and emotional pressure, and he begins to disintegrate psychologically, suspecting the men in their circle of being Lysette's lover. When Lysette tells Malcolm their marriage is over, he snaps, and takes out the old Winchester rifle he has been hiding from Lysette...Back to the present day, and Hannah Scarlett's cold case team are looking into the three-year-old mystery of the disappearance of Lily Elstone, whose father was Malcolm Whiteley's accountant. Their investigation coincides with the disappearance of another teenage girl, Shona Whiteley, daughter of Malcolm's nephew Nigel. Nigel now lives in the Dungeon House, despite its tragic history. Twenty years earlier, Malcolm shot his wife and apparently killed his daughter before shooting himself. But as Hannah's team dig down into the past, doubts arise about what exactly happened at the Dungeon House twenty years ago... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Frozen Shroud Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Allison & Busby
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780749014650 ISBN13: 978-0-7490-1465-0 ISBN10: 0749014652 EAN: 9780749014650 x Description: Death has already come twice to Ravenbank, a remote Lake District community. Before the First World War a young woman's corpse was found, a makeshift shroud frozen to her battered face. Then five years ago, another woman was murdered in the same grisly manner.When a third death is visited on Ravenbank at Hallowe'en, Daniel Kind, a specialist in the history of murder, becomes fascinated by the old cases. Surely this new incident is linked to the earlier killings? In a race against time, Daniel and the Cold Case Review Team, lead by DCI Hannah Scarlett, join forces to solve the puzzling mystery. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hanging Wood Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Lake District Mysteries 5
Edition:
Imprint:
Allison & Busby
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
Pub Date:
28 May 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 350pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780749011529 ISBN13: 978-0-7490-1152-9 ISBN10: 0749011521 x Description: 'I must talk to Hannah Scarlett, it's a matter of life and death' Twenty years after her brother Callum mysteriously vanished, Orla Payne is still haunted by his disappearance. The case was closed after her uncle's suicide - the police believed he killed himself in the Hanging Wood out of guilt over murdering the boy, even though no body was ever found. Daniel Kind recommends Orla contact DCI Hannah Scarlett, head of the Lake District's Cold Case Review Team, to see if she can discover the truth about what really happened all those years ago. In spite of Hannah's doubt there is anything to be done on such a long-dead case, when Orla is found dead, she reconsiders, partly out of sense of duty and partly out of guilt, and discovers that investigating the past can throw up some very dangerous truths indeed.
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The Serpent Pool Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK ed.
Imprint:
Allison & Busby
Publisher:
Allison & Busby
Pub Date:
10 Jan 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780749008796 ISBN13: 978-0-7490-0879-6 ISBN10: 0749008792 x Description: They halted close to the water's edge. This was their destination. This was the Serpent Pool. And here, six years ago, Bethany Friend's body had been found. The Lake District's cold case specialist, DCI Hannah Scarlett, is determined to uncover the truth behind an apparent suicide in the Serpent Pool some years ago. Why would Bethany, so afraid of water, drown herself? Hannah fears that her partner, bookseller Marc Amos, is keeping dark secrets. Does he hold the key to Bethany's past - and why was his best customer burnt to death in an Ullswater boathouse? Hannah still carries a torch for Daniel Kind, who is researching Thomas De Quincey and the history of murder. Once Daniel and Hannah suspect connections between Bethany's drowning and a current sequence of killings, death comes dangerously close to home. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Under the Skin Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mariner Books
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Pub Date:
16 Jul 2001
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) Colour of cover - Multicolor 320pp h203mm x w135mm x s23mm 272g ISBN13: 9780156011600 ISBN13: 978-0-15-601160-0 ISBN10: 0156011603 EAN: 9780156011600 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Crimson Petal and the White Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Mariner Books
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2003
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h203mm x w135mm x s42mm 953g ISBN13: 9780156028776 ISBN13: 978-0-15-602877-6 ISBN10: 0156028778 EAN: 9780156028776 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Created by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
21 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 384pp h178mm x w111mm x s20mm 200g ISBN13: 9780008102388 ISBN13: 978-0-00-810238-8 ISBN10: 0008102384 EAN: 9780008102388 x Description: The new Hercule Poirot novel - another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'. Since the publication of her first book in 1920, Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories featuring Hercule Poirot. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation. Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at the fashionable Bloxham Hotel have been murdered, a cufflink placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim... In the hands of internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London - a diabolically clever puzzle that can only be solved by the talented Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hitler: A Short Biography A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperPress
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
29 Aug 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 208pp h197mm x w130mm ISBN13: 9780007413508 ISBN13: 978-0-00-741350-8 ISBN10: 0007413505 x Description: A short, sharp, gripping account of the twentieth century's most notorious figure by one of our finest biographers. In this brilliant short biography of Adolf Hitler, acclaimed historian A. N. Wilson offers a fresh interpretation of the life of the 'ultimate demon-tyrant of history'. Among the book's many insights, Wilson shows how Hitler had an intuitive sense which amounted to genius that the spoken word was going to be of more significance than the written word during the twentieth century. In this respect, the Fuhrer is presented as a man ahead of his time, who foreshadowed Hollywood and TV stars and post-war politicians. In a field dense with lengthy tomes, this brief, penetrating portrait provides a compelling introduction to a man whose evil continues to fascinate and appal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Created by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
09 Sep 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 384pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780008101244 ISBN13: 978-0-00-810124-4 ISBN10: 0008101248 EAN: 9780008101244 x Description: The new Hercule Poirot novel - another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'.
Since the publication of her first book in 1920, Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories featuring Hercule Poirot. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation.
Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done.
Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at the fashionable Bloxham Hotel have been murdered, a cufflink placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim...
In the hands of internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London - a diabolically clever puzzle that can only be solved by the talented Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman in the Window A. J. Finn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
25 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 448pp h198mm x w129mm 270g ISBN13: 9780008294373 ISBN13: 978-0-00-829437-3 ISBN10: 0008294372 EAN: 9780008294373 x Description: THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
GET READY FOR THE BIGGEST THRILLER OF 2018! `Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing' Gillian Flynn `One of those rare books that really is unputdownable' Stephen King 'Twisted to the power of max' Val McDermid `A dark, twisty confection' Ruth Ware What did she see? It's been ten long months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house like a ghost, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside.
Anna's lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits day after day, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family of three, they are an echo of the life that was once hers. But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something no one was supposed to see. Now she must do everything she can to uncover the truth about what really happened. But even if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hitler: A Short Biography A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperPress
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 208pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780007490684 ISBN13: 978-0-00-749068-4 ISBN10: 0007490682 EAN: 9780007490684 x Description: From acclaimed biographer A. N. Wilson, Hitler is a short, sharp, gripping account of one of the twentieth century's most notorious figuresIn this brilliant short biography of Adolf Hitler, acclaimed historian A N Wilson offers a fresh interpretation of the life of the `ultimate demon-tyrant of history'.In 1923, aged thirty -four, Hitler was languishing in prison after leading an unsuccessful putsch to overthrow the German Government. Within a decade he was German Chancellor, one of the most powerful men in Europe. How did he do it?Had Hitler been a regular politician, Wilson argues, he would have vanished without trace after his prison experience. But he was not a regular politician, but rather a conjurer, seeing politics not as the Art of the Possible but as the Art of the Impossible: `Whereas politicians watched the weather and waited for calm, Hitler wanted to ride storms.' Among the book's many insights, Wilson shows how Hitler had an intuitive sense which amounted to genius that the spoken word was going to be of more significance than the written word during the twentieth century. In this respect, the Fuhrer is presented as a man ahead of his time, who foreshadowed Hollywood and TV stars and post-war politicians.In a field dense with lengthy tomes, this brief, penetrating portrait provides a compelling introduction to a man whose evil continues to fascinate and appal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
C. S. Lewis: A Biography A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperPerennial
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2005
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 480pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 280g Index ISBN13: 9780007202713 ISBN13: 978-0-00-720271-3 ISBN10: 0007202717 EAN: 9780007202713 x Description: This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis. C. S. Lewis was a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the clever child from the `Little End Room' of his Ulster childhood and adult life, exploring Lewis's unwilling conversion to Christianity, the genesis of his writing, and the web of his relationships. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Created by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
23 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 400pp h178mm x w111mm x s25mm 220g ISBN13: 9780008134136 ISBN13: 978-0-00-813413-6 ISBN10: 0008134138 EAN: 9780008134136 x Description: Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'. `What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .' Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will - one she intends to announce at dinner that night. She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny and leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live . . . Among Lady Playford's guests are two men she has never met - the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited . . . until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike. But why does she seem so determined to provoke, in the presence of a possible killer? When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot's best efforts to stop it, and the victim is not who he expected it to be, will he be able to find the culprit and solve the mystery? Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders, which was published to critical acclaim following a co-ordinated international launch in September 2014, international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully-authorised Poirot novel. The new book marks the centenary of the creation of Christie's world-famous detective Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Created by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
23 Mar 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 280g ISBN13: 9780008134129 ISBN13: 978-0-00-813412-9 ISBN10: 000813412X EAN: 9780008134129 x Description: Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'. `What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .' Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will - one she intends to announce at dinner that night. She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny and leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live . . . Among Lady Playford's guests are two men she has never met - the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited . . . until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike. But why does she seem so determined to provoke, in the presence of a possible killer? When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot's best efforts to stop it, and the victim is not who he expected it to be, will he be able to find the culprit and solve the mystery? Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders, which was published to critical acclaim following a co-ordinated international launch in September 2014, international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully-authorised Poirot novel. The new book marks the centenary of the creation of Christie's world-famous detective Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
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Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Created by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 384pp h198mm x w129mm 270g ISBN13: 9780008171377 ISBN13: 978-0-00-817137-7 ISBN10: 0008171378 EAN: 9780008171377 x Description: Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'. `What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .' Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will - one she intends to announce at dinner that night. She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny and leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live . . . Among Lady Playford's guests are two men she has never met - the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard. Neither knows why he has been invited . . . until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike. But why does she seem so determined to provoke, in the presence of a possible killer? When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot's best efforts to stop it, and the victim is not who he expected it to be, will he be able to find the culprit and solve the mystery? Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders, which was published to critical acclaim following a co-ordinated international launch in September 2014, international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully-authorised Poirot novel. The new book marks the centenary of the creation of Christie's world-famous detective Hercule Poirot, introduced in her first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Created by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
21 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 270g ISBN13: 9780007547449 ISBN13: 978-0-00-754744-9 ISBN10: 0007547447 EAN: 9780007547449 x Description: The new Hercule Poirot novel - another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'. Since the publication of her first book in 1920, Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories featuring Hercule Poirot. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation. Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at the fashionable Bloxham Hotel have been murdered, a cufflink placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim... In the hands of internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London - a diabolically clever puzzle that can only be solved by the talented Belgian detective and his `little grey cells'. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fanatic James Robertson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Fourth Estate Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2001
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 230g ISBN13: 9781841151892 ISBN13: 978-1-84115-189-2 ISBN10: 1841151890 EAN: 9781841151892 x Description: An impressive debut from an exciting new Scottish voice - a stunning novel about history, identity and redemption. A no. 2 best-seller in Scotland. It is Spring 1997 and Hugh Hardie needs a ghost for his Tours of Old Edinburgh. Andrew Carlin is the perfect candidate. So, with cape, stick and a plastic rat, Carlin is paid to pretend to be the spirit of Colonel Weir and to scare the tourists. But who is Colonel Weir, executed for witchcraft in 1670. In his research, Carlin is drawn into the past, in particular to James Mitchel, the fanatic and co-congregationist of Weir's, who was tried in 1676 for the attempted assassination of the Archbishop of St Andrews, James Sharp. Through the story of two moments in history, `The Fanatic' is an extraordinary history of Scotland. It is also the story of betrayals, witch hunts, Puritan exiles, stolen meetings, lost memories, smuggled journeys and talking mirrors which will confirm James Robertson as a distinctive and original Scottish writer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman in the Window: The hottest new release thriller of 2018 and a No. 1 New York Times bestseller A. J. Finn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
23 Jul 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 400pp h198mm x w129mm 270g ISBN13: 9780008234188 ISBN13: 978-0-00-823418-8 ISBN10: 0008234183 EAN: 9780008234188 x Description: THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
GET READY FOR THE BIGGEST THRILLER OF 2018!
`Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing' Gillian Flynn
`One of those rare books that really is unputdownable' Stephen King
'Twisted to the power of max' Val McDermid
`A dark, twisty confection' Ruth Ware
What did she see?
It's been ten long months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house like a ghost, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside.
Anna's lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits day after day, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family of three, they are an echo of the life that was once hers.
But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something no one was supposed to see. Now she must do everything she can to uncover the truth about what really happened. But even if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Joseph Knight James Robertson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Fourth Estate Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2004
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 270g ISBN13: 9780007150250 ISBN13: 978-0-00-715025-0 ISBN10: 0007150253 EAN: 9780007150250 x Description: `A book of such quality as to persuade you that historical novels are the true business of the writer.'Daily TelegraphA gripping, shocking story of history, enlightement and slavery from the bestselling author of THE FANATIC. JOSPEH KNIGHT confirms James Robertson as one of our foremost novelists.Exiled to Jamaica after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, Sir John Wedderburn made a fortune, alongside his three brothers, as a faux surgeon and sugar planter. In the 1770s, he returned to Scotland to marry and re-establish the family name. He brought with him Joseph Knight, a black slave and a token of his years in the Caribbean.Now, in 1802, Sir John Wedderburn is settling his estate, and has hired a solicitor's agent, Archibald Jamieson, to search for his former slave. The past has haunted Wedderburn ever since Culloden, and ever since he last saw Knight, in court twenty-four years ago, in a case that went to the heart of Scottish society, pitting master against slave, white against black, and rich against poor.As long as Knight is missing, Wedderburn will never be able to escape the past. Yet what will he do if Jamieson's search is successful? And what effect will this re-opening of old wounds have on those around him? Meanwhile, as Jamieson tries to unravel the true story of Joseph Knight he begins to question his own motivation. How can he possibly find a man who does not want to be found?James Robertson's second novel is a tour de force, the gripping story of a search for a life that stretches over sixty years and moves from battlefields to the plantations of Jamaica, from Enlightenment Edinburgh to the back streets of Dundee. It is a moving narrative of history, identity and ideas, that dramatically retells a fascinating but forgotten episode of Scottish history. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Golden Age of Murder Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Collins Crime Club
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
09 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 528pp h198mm x w129mm x s32mm 300g ISBN13: 9780008105983 ISBN13: 978-0-00-810598-3 ISBN10: 0008105987 EAN: 9780008105983 x Description: Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction. Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Golden Age of Murder tells for the first time the extraordinary story of British detective fiction between the two World Wars. A gripping reallife detective story, it investigates how Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, Agatha Christie and their colleagues in the mysterious Detection Club transformed crime fiction. Their work cast new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets, and their complex and
sometimes bizarre private lives. Crime novelist and current Detection Club President Martin Edwards rewrites the history of crime fiction with unique authority, transforming our understanding of detective stories, and the brilliant but tormented men and women who wrote them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mystery of Three Quarters: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Created by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
23 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 400pp h234mm x w153mm 270g ISBN13: 9780008264468 ISBN13: 978-0-00-826446-8 ISBN10: 0008264465 EAN: 9780008264468 x Description: The world's most beloved detective, Hercule Poirot - the legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and most recently The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket-returns in a stylish, diabolically clever mystery set in 1930's London.
Returning home after lunch one day, Hercule Poirot finds an angry woman waiting outside his front door. She demands to know why Poirot has sent her a letter accusing her of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a man she has neither heard of nor ever met.
Poirot has also never heard of a Barnabas Pandy, and has accused nobody of murder. Shaken, he goes inside, only to find that he has a visitor waiting for him - a man who also claims also to have received a letter from Poirot that morning, accusing him of the murder of Barnabas Pandy...
Poirot wonders how many more letters of this sort have been sent in his name. Who sent them, and why? More importantly, who is Barnabas Pandy, is he dead, and, if so, was he murdered? And can Poirot find out the answers without putting more lives in danger? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman in the Window: The hottest new release thriller of 2018 and a No. 1 New York Times bestseller A. J. Finn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
22 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 448pp h240mm x w159mm x s39mm 720g ISBN13: 9780008234157 ISBN13: 978-0-00-823415-7 ISBN10: 0008234159 EAN: 9780008234157 x Description: THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
GET READY FOR THE BIGGEST THRILLER OF 2018! `Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing' Gillian Flynn `One of those rare books that really is unputdownable' Stephen King 'Twisted to the power of max' Val McDermid `A dark, twisty confection' Ruth Ware What did she see? It's been ten long months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house
like a ghost, lost in her memories, too terrified to step outside. Anna's lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits day after day, watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. A picture-perfect family of three, they are an echo of the life that was once hers. But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence, and Anna witnesses something no one was supposed to see. Now she must do everything she can to uncover the truth about what really happened. But even if she does, will anyone believe her? And can she even trust herself? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hitler: A Short Biography A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperPress
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
15 Mar 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 208pp h209mm x w141mm x s22mm 330g ISBN13: 9780007413492 ISBN13: 978-0-00-741349-2 ISBN10: 0007413491 EAN: 9780007413492 x Description: From acclaimed biographer A. N. Wilson, Hitler is a short, sharp, gripping account of one of the twentieth century's most notorious figures
In this brilliant short biography of Adolf Hitler, acclaimed historian A N Wilson offers a fresh interpretation of the life of the `ultimate demon-tyrant of history'.
In 1923, aged thirty -four, Hitler was languishing in prison after leading an unsuccessful putsch to overthrow the German Government. Within a decade he was German Chancellor, one of the most powerful men in Europe. How did he do it?
Had Hitler been a regular politician, Wilson argues, he would have vanished without trace after his prison experience. But he was not a regular politician, but rather a conjurer, seeing politics not as the Art of the Possible but as the Art of the Impossible: `Whereas politicians watched the weather and waited for calm, Hitler wanted to ride storms.' Among the book's many insights, Wilson shows how Hitler had an intuitive sense which amounted to genius that the spoken word was going to be of more significance than the written word during the twentieth century. In this respect, the Fuhrer is presented as a man ahead of his time, who foreshadowed Hollywood and TV stars and post-war politicians.
In a field dense with lengthy tomes, this brief, penetrating portrait provides a compelling introduction to a man whose evil continues to fascinate and appal. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Golden Age of Murder Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
27 Apr 2015
Publishing Status:
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Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 528pp h240mm x w159mm x s44mm 820g ISBN13: 9780008105969 ISBN13: 978-0-00-810596-9 ISBN10: 0008105960 EAN: 9780008105969 x Description: Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H.R.F.KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction.Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional. Nothing could be further from the truth.The Golden Age of Murder tells for the first time the extraordinary story of British detective fiction between the two World Wars. A gripping real-life detective story, it investigates how Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, Agatha Christie and their colleagues in the mysterious Detection Club transformed crime fiction. Their work cast new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets, and their complex and sometimes bizarre private lives.Crime novelist and current Detection Club President Martin Edwards rewrites the history of crime fiction with unique authority, transforming our understanding of detective stories, and the brilliant
but tormented men and women who wrote them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Victoria Letters: The official companion to the ITV Victoria series Helen Rappaport (Author) Daisy Goodwin (Foreword by) Series:
Edition:
TV tie-in edition
Imprint:
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub Date:
06 Oct 2016
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h236mm x w195mm x s30mm 1050g 150 col illus ISBN13: 9780008196837 ISBN13: 978-0-00-819683-7 ISBN10: 0008196834 EAN: 9780008196837 x Description: The official companion to ITV's hotly anticipated new drama, The Victoria Letters delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of one of England's greatest monarchs.From the producers of Poldark and Endeavour, ITV's Victoria follows the early years of the young Queen's reign, based closely on Victoria's own letters and journals. Now explore this extensive collection in greater depth, and discover who Victoria really was behind her upright public persona.At only 18 years old, Victoria ascended the throne as a rebellious teenager and gradually grew to become one of the most memorable, unshakeable and powerful women in history. The extensive writings she left behind document this personal journey and show how she triumphed over scandal and corruption. Written by internationally bestselling author, historian of 12 books and Victoria historical consultant, Helen Rappaport, and including a foreword by Daisy Goodwin - acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of the series - The Victoria Letters details the history behind the show. Revealing Victoria's own thoughts about the love interests, family dramas and court scandals during her early reign, it also delves into the running of the royal household, the upstairs-downstairs relationships, and what it was like to live in Victorian England.Full of beautiful photography from the series and genuine imagery from the era, come behind the palace doors and discover the girl behind the Queen. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Warning: A Short Story Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Witness Impulse
Publisher:
Witness Impulse
Pub Date:
04 Aug 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Mass market (rack) paperback h170mm x w107mm x s13mm 91g ISBN13: 9780062428851 ISBN13: 978-0-06-242885-1 ISBN10: 0062428853 EAN: 9780062428851 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Visitors Book Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Witness Impulse
Publisher:
Witness Impulse
Pub Date:
29 Nov 2016
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Paperback Mass market (rack) paperback h170mm x w109mm x s8mm 45g ISBN13: 9780062669292 ISBN13: 978-0-06-266929-2 ISBN10: 006266929X EAN: 9780062669292 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Witness Impulse
Publisher:
Witness Impulse
Pub Date:
29 Nov 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Mass market (rack) paperback h173mm x w112mm x s20mm 136g ISBN13: 9780062562111 ISBN13: 978-0-06-256211-1 ISBN10: 0062562118 EAN: 9780062562111 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Author) Series:
Edition:
International ed.
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
19 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Mass market (rack) paperback h170mm x w104mm x s25mm 159g ISBN13: 9780062394750 ISBN13: 978-0-06-239475-0 ISBN10: 0062394754 EAN: 9780062394750 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Closed Casket Sophie Hannah, Internationally Bestselling Author of Crime Fiction (Author) Series:
Hercule Poirot Mysteries
Edition:
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
06 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h201mm x w135mm x s18mm 227g ISBN13: 9780062458834 ISBN13: 978-0-06-245883-4 ISBN10: 0062458833 EAN: 9780062458834 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Monogram Murders: A New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Author) Series:
Hercule Poirot Mysteries 43
Edition:
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
09 Jun 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h203mm x w135mm x s18mm 227g ISBN13: 9780062297228 ISBN13: 978-0-06-229722-8 ISBN10: 0062297228 EAN: 9780062297228 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Woman with a Secret Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
12 Apr 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h198mm x w132mm x s28mm 295g ISBN13: 9780062388278 ISBN13: 978-0-06-238827-8 ISBN10: 0062388274 EAN: 9780062388278 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harper Perennial
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Pub Date:
17 Nov 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h203mm x w135mm x s34mm 426g ISBN13: 9781443436076 ISBN13: 978-1-4434-3607-6 ISBN10: 1443436070 EAN: 9781443436076 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Game for All the Family Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h201mm x w135mm x s28mm 318g ISBN13: 9780062388308 ISBN13: 978-0-06-238830-8 ISBN10: 0062388304 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Keep Her Safe Sophie Hannah, Internationally Bestselling Author of Crime Fiction (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
12 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h203mm x w135mm x s20mm 295g ISBN13: 9780062388339 ISBN13: 978-0-06-238833-9 ISBN10: 0062388339 EAN: 9780062388339 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible A N Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harper Perennial
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Pub Date:
13 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h201mm x w135mm x s18mm 159g ISBN13: 9780062433473 ISBN13: 978-0-06-243347-3 ISBN10: 0062433474 EAN: 9780062433473 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Game for All the Family Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
International ed.
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
24 May 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h229mm x w152mm x s33mm 522g ISBN13: 9780062480149 ISBN13: 978-0-06-248014-9 ISBN10: 0062480146 EAN: 9780062480149 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Keep Her Safe Sophie Hannah, Internationally Bestselling Author of Crime Fiction (Author) Series:
Edition:
International ed.
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
19 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
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Paperback Trade paperback (US) h226mm x w147mm x s25mm 363g ISBN13: 9780062688965 ISBN13: 978-0-06-268896-5 ISBN10: 0062688960 EAN: 9780062688965 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Mystery of Three Quarters: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah, Internationally Bestselling Author of Crime Fiction (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
28 Aug 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h229mm x w152mm x s20mm 305g ISBN13: 9780062863652 ISBN13: 978-0-06-286365-2 ISBN10: 0062863657 EAN: 9780062863652 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman in the Window A J Finn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
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Paperback Trade paperback (US) h226mm x w150mm x s36mm 499g ISBN13: 9780062799555 ISBN13: 978-0-06-279955-5 ISBN10: 006279955X EAN: 9780062799555 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Woman with a Secret Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
International ed.
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
04 Aug 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h229mm x w150mm x s28mm 431g ISBN13: 9780062414618 ISBN13: 978-0-06-241461-8 ISBN10: 0062414615 EAN: 9780062414618 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Monogram Murders: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Hercule Poirot Mysteries 43
Edition:
Large type / large print edition
Imprint:
HarperLuxe
Publisher:
HarperLuxe
Pub Date:
30 Sep 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h236mm x w152mm x s25mm 490g ISBN13: 9780062326089 ISBN13: 978-0-06-232608-9 ISBN10: 0062326082 EAN: 9780062326089 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Closed Casket: A New Hercule Poirot Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Agatha Christie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Large type / large print edition
Imprint:
Newbury House Publishers,U.S.
Publisher:
Newbury House Publishers,U.S.
Pub Date:
15 Oct 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h226mm x w150mm x s28mm 499g Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780062496669 ISBN13: 978-0-06-249666-9 ISBN10: 0062496662 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Keep Her Safe Sophie Hannah, Internationally Bestselling Author of Crime Fiction (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
19 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Hardback Sewn h234mm x w160mm x s30mm 499g ISBN13: 9780062388322 ISBN13: 978-0-06-238832-2 ISBN10: 0062388320 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Keep Her Safe Sophie Hannah, Internationally Bestselling Author of Crime Fiction (Author) Series:
Edition:
Large type / large print edition
Imprint:
HarperLuxe
Publisher:
HarperLuxe
Pub Date:
19 Sep 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h226mm x w150mm x s30mm 544g ISBN13: 9780062688057 ISBN13: 978-0-06-268805-7 ISBN10: 0062688057 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible A N Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harper
Publisher:
Harper
Pub Date:
21 Jun 2016
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Active
Hardback Sewn 224pp h234mm x w160mm x s20mm 363g ISBN13: 9780062433466 ISBN13: 978-0-06-243346-6 ISBN10: 0062433466 EAN: 9780062433466 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman in the Window A J Finn (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
William Morrow & Company
Publisher:
William Morrow & Company
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Hardback Sewn 448pp h231mm x w152mm x s41mm 590g ISBN13: 9780062678416 ISBN13: 978-0-06-267841-6 ISBN10: 0062678418 EAN: 9780062678416 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Woman in the Window A J Finn (Author) Series:
Edition:
Large type / large print edition
Imprint:
HarperLuxe
Publisher:
HarperLuxe
Pub Date:
02 Jan 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) 608pp h226mm x w150mm x s36mm 635g ISBN13: 9780062791450 ISBN13: 978-0-06-279145-0 ISBN10: 0062791451 EAN: 9780062791450 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victoria: The Heart and Mind of a Young Queen: Official Companion to the Masterpiece Presentation on PBS Helen Rappaport (Author) Daisy Goodwin (Foreword by) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harper Design
Publisher:
Harper Design
Pub Date:
31 Jan 2017
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Active
Hardback Sewn 304pp h236mm x w196mm x s25mm 1043g Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780062568892 ISBN13: 978-0-06-256889-2 ISBN10: 0062568892 EAN: 9780062568892 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker A N Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Harper
Publisher:
Harper
Pub Date:
12 Dec 2017
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Active
Hardback Sewn h231mm x w160mm x s38mm 635g Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780062433497 ISBN13: 978-0-06-243349-7 ISBN10: 0062433490
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A Watch in the Night: Being the Conclusion of the Lampitt Chronicles A N Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W. W. Norton & Company Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub Date:
17 Jan 1998
Active
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Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h218mm x w139mm x s14mm 286g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780393317251 ISBN13: 978-0-393-31725-1 ISBN10: 0393317250 EAN: 9780393317251 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hearing Voices A N Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
W. W. Norton & Company Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub Date:
17 Jun 1997
Active
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Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h217mm x w140mm x s14mm 290g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780393316339 ISBN13: 978-0-393-31633-9 ISBN10: 0393316335 EAN: 9780393316339 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
God's Funeral: A Biography of Faith and Doubt in Western Civilization A N Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
WW Norton & Co
Publisher:
WW Norton & Co
Pub Date:
17 Jun 1999
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h229mm x w152mm x s25mm 630g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780393342956 ISBN13: 978-0-393-34295-6 ISBN10: 0393342956 x Description: A magisterial, colorful narrative illuminating the central tragedy of the nineteenth century: that God (or man's faith in him) died, but the need to worship remained as a torment to those who thought they had buried Him. By the end of the nineteenth century, almost all the great writers, artists, and intellectuals had abandoned Christianity, and many abandoned belief in God altogether. This was partly the result of scientific discovery, particularly the work of Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species. (No reader here will soon forget the venomous Oxford debate between Thomas Huxley, brilliant defender of Darwin, and Bishop Wilberforce in 1860.) But as Wilson demonstrates in such fascinatingly diverse lives as those of Gibbon, Kant, Marx, Carlyle, George Eliot, and Sigmund Freud, the doubt about religion had many sources. By 1900, the Church of England, so vastly rich, so politically and socially powerful, could be pronounced spiritually empty, however full its pews might be on a Sunday. Echoes of the "Death of God" could be found practically everywhere: in the revolutionary politics of Garibaldi and Lenin; in the poetry of Tennyson and the novels of Hardy; in the work of Freud, connecting this "death" to our deepest wishes; and in the decline of hierarchical (male) authority and the first stirrings of feminism. Wilson's exquisitely detailed argument reveals the growth of a new imaginative order of unbelief that supplanted organized religion, and left in its wake a devastating sense of loss extending to our own times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Read a Novelist: Conversations with Writers John Freeman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Corsair
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 384pp h196mm x w133mm x s25mm 282g ISBN13: 9781472109378 ISBN13: 978-1-4721-0937-8 ISBN10: 1472109376 EAN: 9781472109378 x Description: For the last fifteen years, if a novel was published, John Freeman has been there to greet it. As a critic for more than two hundred newspapers worldwide, and current editor of Granta, he has reviewed thousands of books and interviewed scores of writers, and in How to Read a Novelist, he shares with us what he has learned.How to Read a Novelist collects his very best profiles (many of them new or completely rewritten for this volume) of the very best novelists of our time. What emerges is an illuminating, definitive, and idiosyncratic guide to a diverse and lively literary culture. From such international stars as Doris Lessing, Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, and Mo Yan; to American masters such as Don DeLillo, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, Philip Roth, John Updike, and David Foster Wallace; to the new guard of Jennifer Egan, Junot Diaz, Dave Eggers and Jonathan Franzen - Freeman has talked to everyone.How to Read a Novelist is essential reading for every aspiring writer and engaged reader; the perfect companion for anyone who's ever curled up with a novel and wanted to know a bit more about the person who made that
moment possible. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery Henry Marsh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
17 May 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781474603874 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0387-4 ISBN10: 1474603874 EAN: 9781474603874 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER Henry Marsh has spent four decades operating on the human brain. In this searing and provocative memoir following his retirement from the NHS, he reflects on the experiences that have shaped his career and life, gaining a deeper understanding of what matters to us all in the end. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery Henry Marsh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
09 Oct 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h131mm x w199mm x s22mm 290g ISBN13: 9781780225920 ISBN13: 978-1-78022-592-0 ISBN10: 178022592X EAN: 9781780225920 x Description: 'A SUPERB ACHIEVEMENT' IAN MCEWAN ***** What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut through the stuff that creates thought, feeling and reason? How do you live with the consequences when it all goes wrong? DO NO HARM offers an unforgettable insight into the highs and lows of a life dedicated to operating on the human brain, in all its exquisite complexity. With astonishing candour and compassion, Henry Marsh reveals the exhilarating drama of surgery, the chaos and confusion of a busy modern hospital, and above all the need for hope when faced with life's most agonising decisions. ***** Winner: PEN Ackerley Prize South Bank Sky Arts Award for Literature Shortlisted: Costa Biography Award Duff Cooper Prize Wellcome Book Prize Guardian First Book Award Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize Longlisted:
Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
London: A Short History A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
03 Feb 2005 (09 Jun 2011)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 176pp h130mm x w200mm x s14mm 148g 16 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780753820278 ISBN13: 978-0-7538-2027-8 ISBN10: 0753820277 EAN: 9780753820278 x Description: A short, entertaining and passionate history of London by the bestselling author of THE VICTORIANSThe structure of the book is chronological, with digressions. From Roman and then Norman London, we move on to Chaucer's London - the city of the Peasants Revolt, Dick Whittington and the great Livery Companies. In Tudor and Stuart London many believed the city was being wrecked by over-population, over-building and the greed of speculators. Eighteenth-century London witnessed the South Sea Bubble, gin, highwaymen and the Gordon riots; but also banking, hospitals, and the elegant design of everyday things. In the nineteenth century, expanding vigorously, the city resisted any overall make-over. With Queen Victoria came the Railway Age, which made and unmade the city. Chartism, anti-semitism, overcrowding and cholera. But engineering triumphs too. If the First World War was a nightmare happening elsewhere, the amazing six years of 1939-45 were the city's finest hour. Post-1945, property developers took over, with disastrous results. The author celebrates the cosmopolitan city that mobility and immigration have created, while deploring the 'moronization' of the city, exemplified by the Millennium. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery Henry Marsh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
04 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h231mm x w154mm x s21mm 370g ISBN13: 9781474605892 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0589-2 ISBN10: 1474605893 EAN: 9781474605892 x Description: Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the NHS, and through his continuing work in Nepal and Ukraine, Henry has been forced to reflect more deeply about what forty years spent handling the human brain has taught him. Moving between encounters with patients in his London hospital, to those he treats in the more extreme circumstances of his work abroad, Henry faces up to the overwhelming burden of responsibility that can come with trying to reduce human suffering. Unearthing memories of his early days as a medical student, and the experiences that shaped him as a young surgeon, he explores the difficulties of a profession that deals in probabilities rather than certainties, and where the consequences of your decisions alter not just the life of a patient but also of those around them. The overpowering human urge to prolong life can often come at a great cost to those who are living it, and to those who love them. In this searing, provocative and deeply personal memoir, the bestselling author of Do No Harm finds new purpose in his own life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery Henry Marsh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Pub Date:
04 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h215mm x w144mm x s28mm 424g ISBN13: 9781474603867 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0386-7 ISBN10: 1474603866 EAN: 9781474603867 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the NHS, and through his continuing work in Nepal and Ukraine, Henry has been forced to reflect more deeply about what forty years spent handling the human brain has taught him. Moving between encounters with patients in his London hospital, to those he treats in the more extreme circumstances of his work abroad, Henry faces up to the burden of responsibility that can come with trying to reduce human suffering. Unearthing memories of his early days as a medical student, and the experiences that shaped him as a young surgeon, he explores the difficulties of a profession that deals in probabilities rather than certainties, and where the overwhelming urge to prolong life can come at a tragic cost for both patients and for those who love them. In this searing, provocative and deeply personal memoir, the bestselling author of Do No Harm finds new purpose in his own life as he approaches the end of his professional career, and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Capturing the Light Roger Watson (Author) Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Macmillan
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
08 Feb 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781509892037 ISBN13: 978-1-5098-9203-7 ISBN10: 1509892036 EAN: 9781509892037 x Description: Capturing the Light starts with a tiny scrap of purple-tinged paper, 176 years old and about the size of a postage stamp. On it you can just make out a tiny, ghostly image of a gothic window, an image so small and perfect that it `might be supposed to be the work of some Lilliputian artist': the world's first photographic negative. This captivating book traces the lives of two very different men in the 1830s, both racing to be the first to solve one of the world's oldest problems: how to capture an image and keep it for ever. On the one hand there is Henry Fox Talbot: a quiet, solitary gentleman-amateur tinkering away on his farm in the English countryside. On the other Louis Daguerre, a flamboyant, charismatic French showman in search of fame and fortune. Only one question remains: who will get there first? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gallows Court Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
UK Airports ed
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 416pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788546096 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-609-6 ISBN10: 1788546091 EAN: 9781788546096
x Description: London, 1930. A headless corpse; an apparent suicide in a locked room; a man burned alive during an illusionist's show in front of thousands of people. Scotland Yard is baffled by the sequence of ghastly murders unfolding across the city and at the centre of it all is mysterious heiress Rachel Savernake. Daughter of a grand judge, Rachel is as glamorous as she is elusive. Jacob Flint, a tenacious young journalist eager to cover the gruesome crimes, is drawn into Rachel's glittering world of wealth and power. But as the body count continues to rise, Jacob is convinced Rachel is harbouring a dark secret and he soon becomes part of a dangerous game that could leave him dancing at the end of the hangman's rope if he pursues the truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Gallows Court Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 416pp h228mm x w145mm ISBN13: 9781788546072 ISBN13: 978-1-78854-607-2 ISBN10: 1788546075 EAN: 9781788546072 x Description: London, 1930. A headless corpse; an apparent suicide in a locked room; a man burned alive during an illusionist's show in front of thousands of people. Scotland Yard is baffled by the sequence of ghastly murders unfolding across the city and at the centre of it all is mysterious heiress Rachel Savernake. Daughter of a grand judge, Rachel is as glamorous as she is elusive. Jacob Flint, a tenacious young journalist eager to cover the gruesome crimes, is drawn into Rachel's glittering world of wealth and power. But as the body count continues to rise, Jacob is convinced Rachel is harbouring a dark secret and he soon becomes part of a dangerous game that could leave him dancing at the end of the hangman's rope if he pursues the truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women Sophie Hannah (Edited by) Series:
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Imprint:
Head of Zeus
Publisher:
Head of Zeus
Pub Date:
05 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 800pp h240mm x w170mm ISBN13: 9781784975463 ISBN13: 978-1-78497-546-3 ISBN10: 178497546X EAN: 9781784975463 x Description: 100 of the best crime stories written by women, selected and introduced by Sophie Hannah. From Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier, to Val McDermid and Margaret Atwood, women writers have long been drawn to criminal acts. Here, award-winning author Sophie Hannah brings together 100 of her favourite examples. Deadlier includes prize-winners, bestsellers and rising stars, so whether you take your crime cosy or hard-boiled, this big, beautiful anthology will keep you reading long into the night. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Unabridged edition
Imprint:
Pan Books
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
28 Jan 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h197mm x w131mm x s32mm 375g ISBN13: 9781447227175 ISBN13: 978-1-4472-2717-5 ISBN10: 1447227174 EAN: 9781447227175 x Description: On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down twenty-three steps into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twentytwo, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered. Their crime: to be the daughters of the last Tsar and Tsaritsa of All the Russias.In Four Sisters acclaimed biographer Helen Rappaport offers readers the most authoritative account yet of the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Drawing on their own letters and diaries, she paints a vivid picture of their lives in the dying days of the Romanov dynasty. We see, almost for the first time, their journey from a childhood of enormous privilege, throughout which they led a very sheltered and largely simple life, to young womanhood - their first romantic crushes, their hopes and dreams, the difficulty of coping with a mother who was a chronic invalid and a haeomophiliac brother, and, latterly, the trauma of the revolution and its terrible consequences. Compellingly readable, meticulously researched and deeply moving, Four Sisters gives these young women a voice, and allows their story to resonate for readers almost a century after their death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bonniest Companie Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Picador
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 64pp h197mm x w152mm x s8mm 133g ISBN13: 9781509801718 ISBN13: 978-1-5098-0171-8 ISBN10: 1509801715 EAN: 9781509801718 x Description: In her extraordinary collection, Kathleen Jamie examines her native Scotland - a country at once wild and contained, rural and urban and her place within it. In the author's own words: '2014 was a year of tremendous energy in my native Scotland, and knowing I wanted to embrace that energy and participate in my own way, I resolved to write a poem a week, and follow the cycle of the year.' The poems also venture into childhood and family memory - and look to ahead to the future. The Bonniest Companie is a visionary response to a year shaped and charged by both local and global forces, and will stand as a remarkable document of our times. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Overhaul Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Picador
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
26 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 64pp h197mm x w130mm x s5mm 83g ISBN13: 9781447202042 ISBN13: 978-1-4472-0204-2 ISBN10: 144720204X EAN: 9781447202042 x Description: The Overhaul is Kathleen Jamie's first collection since the award-winning The Tree House, and it broadens her poetic range considerably. The Overhaul continues Jamie's lyric enquiry into the aspects of the world our rushing lives elide, and even threaten. Whether she is addressing birds or rivers, or the need to accept loss, or sometimes, the desire to escape our own lives, her work is earthy and rigorous, her language
at once elemental and tender. As an essayist, she has frequently queried our human presence in the world with the question `How are we to live?' Here, this is answered more personally than ever. The Overhaul is a mid-life book of repair, restitution, and ultimately hope - of the wisest and most worldly kind. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Four Sisters:The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Macmillan
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
27 Mar 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 456pp h235mm x w153mm x s38mm 706g ISBN13: 9781447259350 ISBN13: 978-1-4472-5935-0 ISBN10: 1447259351 EAN: 9781447259350 x Description: On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down twenty-three steps into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twentytwo, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered. Their crime: to be the daughters of the last Tsar and Tsaritsa of All the Russias. Much has been written about Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra and their tragic fate, as it has about the Russian Revolutions of 1917, but little attention has been paid to the Romanov princesses, who - perhaps inevitably - have been seen as minor players in the drama. In Four Sisters, however, acclaimed biographer Helen Rappaport puts them centre stage and offers readers the most authoritative account yet of the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Drawing on their own letters and diaries and other hitherto unexamined primary sources, she paints a vivid picture of their lives in the dying days of the Romanov dynasty. We see, almost for the first time, their journey from a childhood of enormous privilege, throughout which they led a very sheltered and largely simple life, to young womanhood - their first romantic crushes, their hopes and dreams, the difficulty of coping with a mother who was a chronic invalid and a haeomophiliac brother, and, latterly, the trauma of the revolution and its terrible consequences. Compellingly readable, meticulously researched and deeply moving, Four Sisters gives these young women a voice, and allows their story to resonate for readers almost a century after their death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Selected Poems Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Picador
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub Date:
18 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 160pp h197mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781509882953 ISBN13: 978-1-5098-8295-3 ISBN10: 1509882952 EAN: 9781509882953 x Description: Kathleen Jamie's Selected Poems gathers together some of the finest work by one of the foremost poets currently writing in English. Although Jamie is perhaps best known for her writing on nature, landscape, and place, Selected Poems shows the full and remarkably diverse range of her work - and why many regard her work as crucially relevant to our troubled age. No poet currently writing has a keener eye or ear; no poet has paid more careful attention to the other consciousnesses with whom we share the planet - and no poet has Jamie's almost miraculous ability to show us just how the world might look when the human eye ceases to gaze on it. This exceptional collection of poetry, spanning several decades, allows readers to chart the development of one of our most important contemporary talents, and serves as perfect introduction to her work. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How to Read a Novelist John Freeman (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Fsg Originals
Publisher:
Fsg Originals
Pub Date:
08 Oct 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h191mm x w129mm x s26mm 277g Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780374173265 ISBN13: 978-0-374-17326-5 ISBN10: 0374173265 EAN: 9780374173265 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Baklava Club Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Investigator Yashim 5
Edition:
Imprint:
Picador USA
Publisher:
Picador USA
Pub Date:
09 Jun 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h208mm x w142mm x s18mm 227g ISBN13: 9781250069320 ISBN13: 978-1-250-06932-0 ISBN10: 1250069327 EAN: 9781250069320 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Snake Stone Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
St Martin's Press
Publisher:
St Martin's Press
Pub Date:
30 Sep 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h213mm x w140mm x s23mm 363g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780312428020 ISBN13: 978-0-312-42802-0 ISBN10: 0312428022 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Waterlight: Selected Poems Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Graywolf Press
Publisher:
Graywolf Press
Pub Date:
20 Mar 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (US) h227mm x w154mm x s9mm 191g ISBN13: 9781555974657 ISBN13: 978-1-55597-465-7 ISBN10: 1555974651 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Griffin
Publisher:
Griffin
Pub Date:
28 May 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h188mm x w209mm x s25mm 318g Figures; Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9781250031525 ISBN13: 978-1-250-03152-5 ISBN10: 1250031524 EAN: 9781250031525 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
St Martin's Press
Publisher:
St Martin's Press
Pub Date:
19 Jan 2010
Publishing Status:
Unknown
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) 254pp h231mm x w152mm x s20mm 318g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780312603472 ISBN13: 978-0-312-60347-2 ISBN10: 0312603479 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon Henry Marsh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Picador USA
Publisher:
Picador USA
Pub Date:
02 Oct 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Paperback Trade paperback (US) 304pp ISBN13: 9781250190024 ISBN13: 978-1-250-19002-4 ISBN10: 1250190029 EAN: 9781250190024 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Janissary Tree Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Investigator Yashim 1
Edition:
Imprint:
St Martin's Press
Publisher:
St Martin's Press
Pub Date:
15 May 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h210mm x w142mm x s23mm 308g ISBN13: 9780312426132 ISBN13: 978-0-312-42613-2 ISBN10: 0312426135 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Caught in the Revolution: Witnesses to the Fall of Imperial Russia Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St. Martin's Griffin
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub Date:
10 Apr 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) 560pp ISBN13: 9781250164414 ISBN13: 978-1-250-16441-4 ISBN10: 1250164419 EAN: 9781250164414 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Orphan Choir Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St. Martins Press-3pl
Publisher:
St. Martins Press-3pl
Pub Date:
27 Jan 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) 288pp h208mm x w137mm x s23mm 249g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9781250063755 ISBN13: 978-1-250-06375-5 ISBN10: 1250063752 EAN: 9781250063755 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St. Martin's Griffin
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub Date:
16 Jun 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h208mm x w137mm x s38mm 454g Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9781250067456 ISBN13: 978-1-250-06745-6 ISBN10: 1250067456 EAN: 9781250067456 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Evil Eye Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Inspector Yashim Mysteries
Edition:
Imprint:
Picador USA
Publisher:
Picador USA
Pub Date:
28 Feb 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h213mm x w137mm x s25mm 386g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9781250002433 ISBN13: 978-1-250-00243-3 ISBN10: 1250002435 EAN: 9781250002433 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St Martin's Press
Publisher:
St Martin's Press
Pub Date:
01 Jan 2003
Publishing Status:
Unspecified
Published in: United States Paperback 368pp h210mm x w146mm x s32mm 318g Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780312420666 ISBN13: 978-0-312-42066-6 ISBN10: 0312420668 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bellini Card Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Inspector Yashim Mysteries
Edition:
Imprint:
Picador USA
Publisher:
Picador USA
Pub Date:
02 Mar 2010
Publishing Status:
Active
Paperback Trade paperback (US) h208mm x w137mm x s23mm 272g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780312429355 ISBN13: 978-0-312-42935-5 ISBN10: 0312429355 EAN: 9780312429355 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dante in Love A N Wilson (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Picador USA
Publisher:
Picador USA
Pub Date:
27 Nov 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h229mm x w152mm x s28mm 544g Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9781250013965 ISBN13: 978-1-250-01396-5 ISBN10: 1250013968 EAN: 9781250013965 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon Henry Marsh (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St. Martin's Press
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Pub Date:
03 Oct 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Hardback Sewn 288pp h213mm x w147mm x s25mm 363g ISBN13: 9781250127266 ISBN13: 978-1-250-12726-6 ISBN10: 1250127262
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Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 - A World on the Edge Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St. Martin's Press
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Pub Date:
07 Feb 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Hardback Sewn 464pp h236mm x w160mm x s43mm 680g Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9781250056641 ISBN13: 978-1-250-05664-1 ISBN10: 1250056640 EAN: 9781250056641 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St. Martin's Press
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Pub Date:
03 Jun 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Hardback Unsewn / adhesive bound h236mm x w165mm x s43mm 748g Plates, black and white ISBN13: 9781250020208 ISBN13: 978-1-250-02020-8 ISBN10: 1250020204 EAN: 9781250020208 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St. Martin's Press
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Hardback Sewn 464pp h235mm x w155mm x s0mm ISBN13: 9781250151216 ISBN13: 978-1-250-15121-6 ISBN10: 125015121X EAN: 9781250151216 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World A N Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St Martin's Press
Publisher:
St Martin's Press
Pub Date:
19 Sep 2006
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h227mm x w154mm x s40mm 943g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780312425159 ISBN13: 978-0-312-42515-9 ISBN10: 0312425155 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Name Is Legion A N Wilson (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
St Martin's Press
Publisher:
St Martin's Press
Pub Date:
16 May 2006
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h216mm x w140mm x s28mm 658g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780312425142 ISBN13: 978-0-312-42514-2 ISBN10: 0312425147 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books Martin Edwards (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
The British Library Publishing Division
Publisher:
British Library Publishing
Pub Date:
28 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h229mm x w155mm 40 colour illustrations ISBN13: 9780712356961 ISBN13: 978-0-7123-5696-1 ISBN10: 0712356967 x Description: The main aim of detective stories is to entertain, but the best cast a light on human behaviour, and display both literary ambition and accomplishment. Even unpretentious detective stories, written for unashamedly commercial reasons, can give us clues to the past, and give us insight into a long-vanished world that, for all its imperfections, continues to fascinate. This book, written by award-winning crime writer and president of the Detection Club, Martin Edwards, serves as a companion to the British Library's internationally acclaimed series of Crime Classics. Long-forgotten stories republished in the series have won a devoted new readership, with several titles entering the bestseller charts and sales outstripping those of highly acclaimed contemporary thrillers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Penguin Modern Poets 4: Other Ways to Leave the Room Three Poets (Author) Don Paterson (Author) Nick Laird (Author) Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Poets
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
27 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 144pp h181mm x w111mm x s10mm 111g ISBN13: 9780141984032 ISBN13: 978-0-14-198403-2 ISBN10: 0141984031 EAN: 9780141984032 x Description: Other Ways to Leave the Room features the work of three of the most beloved and lauded poets currently at large. Between them, Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson and Nick Laird write lyrical, luminous and often darkly witty poems about the rugged wildness of the Scottish landscape; about fatherhood; about whisky-drinking, alcohol abuse and tenement life; about sex, love and the pursuit of the spiritual; about childhood in the Ireland of the Troubles, and about the strange possibilities of the technological future. What all three have in common is an ability to combine observations of gritty real life with a sense of the mythical proportions always lurking just under the surface of the everyday.The Penguin Modern Poets are succinct guides to the richness and diversity of contemporary poetry. Every volume brings together representative selections from the work of three poets now writing, allowing the curious reader and the seasoned lover of poetry to encounter the most exciting voices of our moment. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Professor of Truth James Robertson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 253g ISBN13: 9780241145340 ISBN13: 978-0-241-14534-0 ISBN10: 0241145341 EAN: 9780241145340 x Description: The Professor of Truth is James Robertson's acclaimed novel about grief, truth and justice.Twenty-one years after his wife and daughter were murdered in the bombing of a plane over Scotland, Alan Tealing, a university lecturer, still doubts the official version of events surrounding that terrible night. Obsessed by the details of what he has come to call The Case, he is sure that the man convicted of the atrocity was not responsible, and that he himself has thus been deprived not only of justice but also of any chance of escape from his enduring grief.When a terminally ill American intelligence officer arrives on his doorstep with information about a key witness in the trial, Alan decides to act. Will this lead to the truth for which he has waited so long?'Superb. A mystery thriller, a haunting evocation of grief' Daily Mail'A great storyteller. It is a tense and gripping read, beautifully imagined' The Times'Powered by action and mystery, and profoundly invested in the lives of its characters' ScotsmanJames Robertson is the author of four previous novels, The Fanatic, Joseph Knight, The Testament of Gideon Mack and And the Land Lay Still. The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, picked by Richard and Judy's Book Club, and shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award. And the Land Lay Still was the winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Testament of Gideon Mack James Robertson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
18 Jan 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 277g none ISBN13: 9780141023359 ISBN13: 978-0-14-102335-9 ISBN10: 014102335X EAN: 9780141023359 x Description: The Testament of Gideon Mack is James Robertson's acclaimed novel exploring faith and belief.For Gideon Mack, faithless minister, unfaithful husband and troubled soul, the existence of God, let alone the Devil, is no more credible than that of ghosts or fairies. Until the day he falls into a gorge and is rescued by someone who might just be Satan himself.Mack's testament - a compelling blend of memoir, legend, history, and, quite probably, madness - recounts one man's emotional crisis, disappearance, resurrection and death. It also transports you into an utterly mesmerising exploration of the very nature of belief.'Fascinating, extraordinary, strange, rich' Sunday Telegraph'Overwhelmingly compassionate and thoughtprovoking. Demands another read' Irvine Welsh, Guardian'Hugely enjoyable, very funny, deeply refreshing . . . its touch of devilry makes it even more of a joy' Herald'Fabulous . . . a work of the highest literary quality' Scotland on Sunday'Astonishingly accomplished, utterly compelling from start to finish . . . could well be the best novel published anywhere this year' Big Issue'James Robertson is a brilliant novelist. It's a long time since I read a novel in which the contemporary notions of faith and belief were so frankly tested' Ali SmithJames Robertson is the author of the novels The Fanatic, Joseph Knight, The Testament of Gideon Mack, And the Land Lay Still and The Professor of Truth. The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, picked by Richard and Judy's Book Club, and shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award, and And the Land Lay Still was the winner of the Saltire Book of the Year Award 2010. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To Be Continued James Robertson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
04 May 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 234g ISBN13: 9780241146859 ISBN13: 978-0-241-14685-9 ISBN10: 0241146852 EAN: 9780241146859 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WODEHOUSE COMIC FICTION PRIZE 2017 An utterly mad, entirely heart-warming Highland adventure from the Man Booker-longlisted author of And the Land lay Still Douglas is fifty years old - he's just lost his job, been kicked out by his girlfriend and moved back into his dad's house. Just when things are starting to look hopeless, he makes a very unexpected new friend: a talking toad. Mungo is a wise-cracking, straight-talking, no-nonsense kind of toad - and he is determined to get Douglas's life back on track. Together, man and beast undertake a madcap quest to the distant Highlands, hot on the trail of a hundred-year-old granny, a beautiful Greek nymph, a split-personality alcoholic/teetotaller, a reluctant whisky-smuggler, and the elusive glimmer of redemption . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
And the Land Lay Still James Robertson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 Jun 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 688pp h198mm x w129mm x s29mm 468g ISBN13: 9780141028545 ISBN13: 978-0-14-102854-5 ISBN10: 0141028548 EAN: 9780141028545 x Description: And the Land Lay Still is the sweeping Scottish epic by James RobertsonAnd the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of a nation. James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid change. It is a moving, sweeping story of family, friendship, struggle and hope - epic in every sense.The winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010, And the Land Lay Still is a masterful insight into Scotland's history in the twentieth century and a moving, beautifully written novel of intertwined stories.'Toweringly ambitious, virtually flawlessly realized, a masterpiece and, without a doubt, my book of the year' Daily Mail'A jam-packed, dizzying piece of fiction' Scotland on Sunday'Gripping, vivid, beautifully realized' The Times'Engrossing' Daily Telegraph'Powerful and moving. A brilliant and multifaceted saga of Scottish life in the second half of the twentieth century' Sunday Times'Brilliant and thoughtful. Eminently readable, subtle and profound' Independent on Sunday'Bold, discursive and deep, Robertson's sweeping history of life and politics in 20th-century Scotland should not be ignored' Ian Rankin, Observer Books of the YearJames Robertson is the author of three previous novels: The Fanatic, Joseph Knight and The Testament of Gideon Mack, which is available in Penguin. Joseph Knight was awarded the two major Scottish literary awards in 2003/4 - the Saltire Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year - and The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, picked by Richard and Judy's Book Club, and shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Selected Poems Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 May 2013
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 149g ISBN13: 9780241965702 ISBN13: 978-0-241-96570-2 ISBN10: 0241965705 EAN: 9780241965702 x Description: Selected Poems by Sophie Hannah - A revised and updated second edition of the T.S. Eliot shortlisted authorSince publishing her first book, Sophie Hannah has been recognized as one of the most important poets writing in Britain. Chosen in 1999 by The Times as the 'New Writer to Watch' and by the Daily Telegraph as one of the 'Stars of the New Millenium', she has published five bestselling collections, and this is the only selection covering the breadth of her work.This revised edition now includes work from Hannah's most recent volume, Pessimism for Beginners, which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, as well as several new poems.'Hannah is among the best at comprehending in rhyming verse the indignity of having a body and the nobility of having a heart' Guardian'Shall I put it in captials? SOPHIE HANNAH IS A GENIUS' Poetry Review'A wonderful Poet' Observer'Hannah's range is astonishn: most readers will come away having been changed or delighted' Daily Telegraph'A shrewd and accurate observer of the world around her, and her own life, she is often very funny' OldieA revised and updated second edition of Sophie Hannah's poems. As well as all the poems from the previous book, it includes a selection from Pessimism for Beginners, which was shortlisted for the 2007 T. S. Eliot Prize, and nine new poems, previously unpublished.Sophie Hannah was born in Manchester in 1971, and now lives in West Yorkshire. She has published four collections of poetry and is a regular performer of her own work. In 1995 she won an Eric Gregory Award for her first poetry book, The Hero and the Girl Next Door, and in 1996 she won an Arts Council Award for her second collection, Hotels Like Houses. In June 2004, her fourth poetry book, First of the Last Chances, was chosen for the Poetry Book Society's 'Next Generation' promotion.Sophie also writes fiction and won first prize in the 2004 Daphne Du Maurier Festival short story competition. In May 2007, Sort of Books will publish her first collection of short stories. Her latest novel, Little Face, is published by Hodder & Stoughton. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Poetry of Sex Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
05 Feb 2015
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 170g ISBN13: 9780241962633 ISBN13: 978-0-241-96263-3 ISBN10: 0241962633 EAN: 9780241962633 x Description: The Poetry of Sex - a raucous, highly enjoyable anthology by acclaimed poet Sophie Hannah We've been at it all summer, from the Canadian border to the edge of Mexico . . .Romance and poetry seem to go hand in hand but - implicit, explicit, nuanced or starkly frank - sex itself has long been a staple subject for poets. In fact a great deal of erotic poetry rejects the distinction. It's hard to imagine a more fruitful subject for poets than sex, in all its glorious manifestations: from desire and hope, through disappointment and confusion, to conclusion and consequence. And little has changed over the centuries, as Sophie Hannah's anthology vividly demonstrates, from Catullus pleading with Lesbos to Walt Whitman singing the body electric. Moods and attitudes may vary but the drive persists as does the desire to write about it.Sophie Hannah's selection ranges from ancient Rome to modern New York, from gay to straight, but her principle has been to go low on the sugar and high on the excitement. The result is a raucous, highly enjoyable anthology.From Shakespeare to Carol Ann Duffy, this book is essential reading for poetry lovers and romantics everywhere. It is a perfect counterpart to the The New Penguin Book of Love Poetry and a wonderful companion to Sophie Hannah's own Selected Poems.'Sophie Hannah is among the best at comprehending in rhyming verse the indignity of having a body and the nobility of having a heart' Guardian'A shrewd and accurate observer of the world around her, and of her own life, she is often very funny' The Oldie'The brightest young star in British poetry' IndependentSophie Hannah has published five collections of poetry. Her fifth Pessimism for Beginners was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Award in 2007. Her Selected Poems is published by Penguin (revised edition, 2013). She is also the writer of bestselling psychological crime fiction, most recently The Carrier. Her novels have been translated into 24 languages. Born in Manchester, she now lives in Cambridge with her husband and children, and is a Fellow Commoner of Lucy Cavendish College. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
365: Stories James Robertson (Author) Series:
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Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Nov 2014
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 416pp h216mm x w135mm x s29mm 438g ISBN13: 9780241146866 ISBN13: 978-0-241-14686-6 ISBN10: 0241146860 EAN: 9780241146866 x Description: 365 is James Robertson's innovative collection of 365 stories, each 365 words long.In 2013, James Robertson wrote a story every day. Each was exactly 365 words long. A year later, on a daily basis, the stories were published on the Five Dials website. Now the 365 stories are gathered together in one volume. Some draw on elements of ancient myth and legend, others are outtakes from Scottish history and folklore; there are squibs and satires, songs and ballads in disguise, fairytales, stories inspired by dreams or in the form of interviews, and personal memories and observations. Underpinning all of them are vital questions: Who are we? What are we doing here? What happens next? 'Wow. James Robertson wrote a 365-word short story each day in 2013. They'll be posted throughout 2014' Ian Rankin, via Twitter 'A great storyteller' The Times 'One of Britain's best contemporary novelists' Irvine Welsh, Guardian James Robertson is the author of five novels, The Professor of Truth, And the Land Lay Still, The Testament of Gideon Mack, Joseph Knight and The Fanatic. The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize and selected for Richard and Judy's Book Club the following year. Joseph Knight was the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year in 2003 and And the Land Lay Still was recipient of the same prize in 2010. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wrong Mother: A Zailer and Waterhouse Mystery Sophie Hannah, Internationally Bestselling Author of Crime Fiction (Author) Series:
Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery 3
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Imprint:
Penguin Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Pub Date:
04 Apr 2017
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Paperback Tall rack paperback (US) h191mm x w107mm x s25mm 204g ISBN13: 9780143131670 ISBN13: 978-0-14-313167-0 ISBN10: 0143131672 EAN: 9780143131670 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Cradle in the Grave Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery
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Imprint:
Penguin USA
Publisher:
Penguin Putnam Inc
Pub Date:
30 Aug 2011
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Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h202mm x w135mm x s26mm 390g ISBN13: 9780143119944 ISBN13: 978-0-14-311994-4 ISBN10: 014311994X x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Dead Lie Down Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
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Penguin Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2010
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback ISBN13: 9780143117490 ISBN13: 978-0-14-311749-0 ISBN10: 0143117491 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Other Woman's House Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Penguin Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Pub Date:
26 Jun 2012
Publishing Status:
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Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h201mm x w135mm x s25mm 340g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780143121510 ISBN13: 978-0-14-312151-0 ISBN10: 0143121510 EAN: 9780143121510 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Testament of Gideon Mack James Robertson (Professor of Neurosurgery University of Tennessee Memphis) (Author) Series:
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Penguin Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Pub Date:
01 Mar 2008
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Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h208mm x w127mm x s25mm 431g ISBN13: 9780143113195 ISBN13: 978-0-14-311319-5 ISBN10: 0143113194 EAN: 9780143113195 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Truth-Teller's Lie Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
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Penguin Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Pub Date:
28 Sep 2010
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Active
Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h201mm x w135mm x s20mm 304g ISBN13: 9780143115854 ISBN13: 978-0-14-311585-4 ISBN10: 0143115855 EAN: 9780143115854 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Wrong Mother Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery
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Imprint:
Penguin USA
Publisher:
Penguin Putnam Inc
Pub Date:
29 Sep 2009
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Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h203mm x w135mm x s23mm 354g ISBN13: 9780143116301 ISBN13: 978-0-14-311630-1 ISBN10: 0143116304 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Little Face Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
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Penguin Books
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Penguin Books
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2008
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Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h206mm x w137mm x s18mm 277g ISBN13: 9780143114086 ISBN13: 978-0-14-311408-6 ISBN10: 0143114085 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Carrier: A Zailer and Waterhouse Mystery Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery 8
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Imprint:
Penguin Books
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2015
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Paperback Trade paperback (US) h203mm x w132mm x s30mm 318g ISBN13: 9780143128335 ISBN13: 978-0-14-312833-5 ISBN10: 0143128337 EAN: 9780143128335 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation Professor of Psychology John Freeman (University of Iowa) (Edited by) Series:
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Penguin Books
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Penguin Books
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2017
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Victoria: A Life A N Wilson (Author) Series:
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Penguin Books
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Penguin Books
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24 Nov 2015
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Paperback Trade paperback (US) 656pp h241mm x w96mm x s38mm 526g ISBN13: 9780143127871 ISBN13: 978-0-14-312787-1 ISBN10: 014312787X EAN: 9780143127871 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How Can We Know? A N Wilson (Author) Series:
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Image Books
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Pub Date:
01 Aug 1991
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Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h216mm x w141mm x s9mm 181g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9780385419604 ISBN13: 978-0-385-41960-4 ISBN10: 0385419600 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tales Of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times in Today's New York John Freeman (Author) Series:
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Penguin USA
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Penguin Putnam Inc
Pub Date:
02 Oct 2015
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Published in: United States Paperback 272pp h210mm x w140mm 247g 1 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780143128304 ISBN13: 978-0-14-312830-4 ISBN10: 0143128302 EAN: 9780143128304 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber (Author) Series:
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Hogarth Press
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Hogarth Press
Pub Date:
30 Jun 2015
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Paperback Trade paperback (US) h203mm x w132mm x s37mm 481g ISBN13: 9780553418866 ISBN13: 978-0-553-41886-6 ISBN10: 0553418866 EAN: 9780553418866 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox John Freeman (Author) Series:
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Simon Spotlight Entertainment
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Simon & Schuster
Pub Date:
11 Jan 2011
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Published in: United States Paperback Trade paperback (US) h215mm x w141mm x s18mm 222g Illustrations, black and white ISBN13: 9781416576747 ISBN13: 978-1-4165-7674-7 ISBN10: 1416576746 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Tyranny Of Email John Freeman (Author) Series:
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Scribner
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Simon & Schuster
Pub Date:
20 Oct 2009
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Published in: United States Hardback 244pp h229mm x w152mm 365g ISBN13: 9781416576730 ISBN13: 978-1-4165-7673-0 ISBN10: 1416576738 EAN: 9781416576730 x Description: The award-winning editor of Granta magazine examines the astonishing growth of email - and how it is affecting people's lives, not always for the better. Drawing extensively on the research of linguists, behavioural scientists, cultural critics and philosophers, Freeman examines the way email is taking a mounting toll both on language and on social behaviour. He enters a plea for communication which is slower, more nuanced and above all - more sociable. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sound Shadow James Robertson (Author) Series:
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Black and White Publishing
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Black and White Publishing
Pub Date:
19 May 1999
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 72pp h220mm ISBN13: 9781873631492 ISBN13: 978-1-873631-49-2 ISBN10: 1873631499 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Republics of the Mind: New and Selected Stories James Robertson (Author) Series:
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Black and White Publishing
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Black and White Publishing
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2012
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781845024918 ISBN13: 978-1-84502-491-8 ISBN10: 1845024915
x Description: This brand new edition of short stories comprises the best of James Robertson's work, collected together here for the first time. They range in setting from a dysfunctional safari park to a dentist's surgery, from the poverty of hope of a reservation in South Dakota to the nightmare vision of a future Scotland riven by ethnic cleansing, from friendships strong in adversity to marriages heading for the rocks. Nothing is quite what it seems in these stories. Running through them is an undercurrent of optimism tinged with despair, as the personal meets the political and individual men and women make choices that will change their lives forever. Surreal, realistic, angry, philosophical, funny and humane, Robertson's shorter fiction explores the lives of his characters with the same deftness of touch that has brought critical acclaim for novels such as "And the Land Lay Still" and "The Testament of Gideon Mack". _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Gospel According to Matthew A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Pocket Canons
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
24 Mar 2011
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 96pp h143mm x w108mm x s7mm 47g Print PDF ISBN13: 9780862417956 ISBN13: 978-0-86241-795-6 ISBN10: 0862417953 EAN: 9780862417956 x Description: Recounting the birth, baptism, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, Matthew is regarded as the most ideological portayal of Jesus's life. Some view it as a deliberate parallel to the written teachings of Judaism while the Catholic Church sees the book as a marker for its own authority. With an introduction by A.N. Wilson. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Sort of Books
Publisher:
Sort of Books
Pub Date:
22 Feb 2008
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h197mm x w130mm x s21mm 318g B Format Paperback ISBN13: 9780954899547 ISBN13: 978-0-9548995-4-7 ISBN10: 0954899547 EAN: 9780954899547 x Description: Everybody has their secrets, and in Sophie Hannah's fantastic stories the curtains positively twitch with them. Who, for instance, is the hooded figure hiding in the bushes outside a young man's house? Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family's holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerised by two children in a school playground, children she's never met but whose names she knows well? And which secret results in a former literary festival director sorting soiled laundry in a shabby hotel? All will be revealed...but at a cost. As Sophie Hannah uncovers the dark obsessions and strange longings behind the most ordinary relationships, life will never seem quite the same again. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Among Muslims: Meetings at the frontiers of Pakistan Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
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Main
Imprint:
Sort of Books
Publisher:
Sort of Books
Pub Date:
01 May 2002
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 254g B Format Paperback ISBN13: 9780953522774 ISBN13: 978-0-9535227-7-4 ISBN10: 0953522776 EAN: 9780953522774
x Description: When ten Pakistani men walk into Kathleen Jamie's small Scottish town on a peace march, in November 2001, she is thrown back to her own travels in Northern Pakistan and a book she wrote a decade earlier. Among Muslims is the account of Jamie's time travelling alone and living among the Shia and Ismaili Muslims in the Northern Areas - the mountainous regions wedged between Afghanistan, India and China and one of the most volatile borderlands in the world. A bold, sympathetic and superbly written book, Among Muslims delves into Jamie's own Scottish upbringing to find links with the purdah-observing lifestyle of her Shia Muslim hosts. It is a privileged account from an acclaimed poet, who during her travels was often literally the only woman on the bus. Among Muslims was originally published as The Golden Peak. For this edition, Kathleen Jamie returned to Pakistan to write an Afterword and Preface. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Findings Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
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Sort of Books
Publisher:
Sort of Books
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2005
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 208pp h197mm x w130mm x s15mm 230g B Format Paperback ISBN13: 9780954221744 ISBN13: 978-0-9542217-4-4 ISBN10: 0954221745 EAN: 9780954221744 x Description: It's surprising what you can find by simply stepping out to look. Award-winning poet Kathleen Jamie has an eye and an ease with the nature and landscapes of Scotland as well as an incisive sense of our domestic realities. In Findings she draws together these themes to describe travels like no other contemporary writer. Whether she is following the call of a peregrine in the hills above her home in Fife, sailing into a dark winter solstice on the Orkney islands, or pacing around the carcass of a whale on a rain-swept Hebridean beach, she creates a subtle and modern narrative, peculiarly alive to her connections and surroundings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sightlines Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
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Main
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Sort of Books
Publisher:
Sort of Books
Pub Date:
05 Apr 2012
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 208pp h195mm x w128mm x s20mm 281g Trade Paperback ISBN13: 9780956308665 ISBN13: 978-0-9563086-6-5 ISBN10: 095630866X EAN: 9780956308665 x Description: The outer world flew open like a door, and I wondered - what is it that we're just not seeing? In this greatly anticipated sequel to Findings, prize-winning poet and renowned nature writer Kathleen Jamie takes a fresh look at her native Scottish landscapes, before sailing north into iceberg-strewn seas. Her gaze swoops vertiginously too; from a countryside of cells beneath a hospital microscope, to killer whales rounding a headland, to the constellations of satellites that belie our sense of the remote. Written with her hallmark precision and delicacy, and marked by moments in her own life, Sightlines offers a rare invitation to pause and to pay heed to our surroundings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Apr 2011
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s14mm 154g Print PDF ISBN13: 9780857860859 ISBN13: 978-0-85786-085-9 ISBN10: 0857860852 EAN: 9780857860859 x Description: The Crimson Petal and the White is one of the best-loved novels of recent years. Now a major BBC TV drama, it captured hearts and left readers desperate for more. In The Apple, Faber returns to Silver Street to find it still teeming with life, and conjures further tantalising glimpses of Sugar, Clara, Mr Bodley and many other favourites. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Aug 2015
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Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 592pp h198mm x w130mm x s37mm 400g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782114086 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-408-6 ISBN10: 1782114084 EAN: 9781782114086 x Description: OASIS, an Amazon Original Series, coming in 2017 'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, Peter sets out on a quest to take the word of God to the farthest corners of the galaxy. His mission will challenge everything - his faith, his endurance and the love that can hold two people together, even when they are worlds apart.
*This book has been printed with two different cover designs. We are unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The different covers will be assigned to orders at random.* _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Courage Consort Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
30 Jul 2004
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 160pp h200mm x w127mm x s16mm 170g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781841955346 ISBN13: 978-1-84195-534-6 ISBN10: 1841955345 EAN: 9781841955346 x Description: The Courage Consort, possibly the seventh best-known a cappella vocal ensemble in Britain, are given two weeks in a Belgian chateau to rehearse their latest commission, the monstrously complicated Partitum Mutante. But can the piece be performed? Does it matter that its composer is a maniac best known for attacking his wife with a stiletto shoe at the baggage reclaim of Milan airport? Can the five members of the Consort endure their own sexual tensions and wildly differing temperaments? And what is the
inhuman voice that calls out to them from the woods at night? The esoteric world of avant-garde classical music is the unlikely setting for a story of rare power perhaps the most moving Michel Faber has yet written. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fire Gospel Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Myths
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 224pp h198mm x w130mm x s14mm 150g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781847672797 ISBN13: 978-1-84767-279-7 ISBN10: 1847672795 EAN: 9781847672797 x Description: When Theo Griepenkerl happens upon the fifth Gospel in a war-torn Iraqi museum, he can't believe his luck. Driven by greed and a lust for fame, he capitalises on his find by publishing it. His book is a sensation. But he can hardly imagine the incendiary consequences his discovery will have for Christians, Arabs, homicidal maniacs and Amazon customers alike. The Fire Gospel is a brilliant piece of storytelling, dazzlingly outrageous and utterly gripping. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps: The Courage Consort Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Apr 2010
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 205g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781847678911 ISBN13: 978-1-84767-891-1 ISBN10: 1847678912 EAN: 9781847678911 x Description: Sian, troubled by dark dreams and seeking distraction, joins an archaeological dig at Whitby. The abbey's one hundred and ninety-nine steps link the twenty-first century with the ruins of the past and Sian is swept into a mystery involving a long-hidden murder, a fragile manuscript in a bottle and a cast of most peculiar characters. Equal parts historical thriller, romance and ghost story, this is an ingenious literary page-turner and is completely unforgettable. THIS EDITION ALSO FEATURES MICHEL FABER'S NOVELLA THE COURAGE CONSORT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Under The Skin Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Canons
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Canons
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Jul 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 224g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786890528 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-052-8 ISBN10: 1786890526 EAN: 9781786890528 This Product Replaces: 9781782112112 x Description: With an introduction by David Mitchell
Isserley spends most of her time driving. But why is she so interested in picking up hitchhikers? And why are they always male, well-built and alone? An utterly unpredictable and macabre mystery, Under the Skin is a genre-defying masterpiece. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Some Rain Must Fall And Other Stories Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Canons
Edition:
Main - Canons Edition
Imprint:
Canongate Canons
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
07 Jul 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 191g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782117162 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-716-2 ISBN10: 1782117164 EAN: 9781782117162 This Product Replaces: 9781841950716 x Description: The debut work, a short story collection from the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of Under the Skin, The Crimson Petal and the White and The Book of Strange New Things. Michel Faber's short stories reveal an extraordinarily vivid imagination, a deep love of language and an adventurous versatility. Playful, yet profoundly moving, wickedly satirical yet sincerely humane, these tales never fail to strike unexpected chords. 'Some Rain Must Fall' juxtaposes the tragic circumstances of traumatised schoolchildren with the interior monologue of a teacher/psychologist enlisted to aid their recovery. In the pseudo-sci-fi 'Fish' a mother tries to protect her child in a terrifying world where fish swim through the streets and lurk in alleyways. Faber's collection is rich and assured, with a dazzling reach. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Crimson Petal And The White Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Canons
Edition:
Main - Canons edition
Imprint:
Canongate Canons
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
10 Apr 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 864pp h198mm x w129mm x s36mm 585g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782114413 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-441-3 ISBN10: 1782114416 EAN: 9781782114413 This Product Replaces: 9780857860019 x Description: 'Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them . . .' So begins this irresistible voyage into the dark side of Victorian London. Amongst an unforgettable cast of low-lifes, physicians, businessmen and prostitutes, meet our heroine Sugar, a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gutter any way she can. Be prepared for a mesmerising tale of passion, intrigue, ambition and revenge. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Fahrenheit Twins and Other Stories Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
13 Jul 2006
Publishing Status:
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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Unsewn / adhesive bound 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 195g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781841957777 ISBN13: 978-1-84195-777-7 ISBN10: 1841957771 EAN: 9781841957777 x
Description: Deft and lyrical, this paperback edition of Michel Faber's collection of stories is his first since his auspicious debut, Some Rain Must Fall. It has sealed his reputation as one of Britain's most daring and original authors. Acclaimed for his pitch-perfect prose and brilliant characterisation, Faber is also celebrated for his mastery of contrasting styles. From achingly sad lost lives, through moments of exquisitely distilled happiness, to biblical innocence and savagery, Faber's characters are redeemed, abandoned, beloved and laid bare. From the achingly sad lost lives of 'The Safehouse' through moments of exquisitely distilled happiness in 'Vanilla-Bright Like Eminem' to the biblical innocence and savagery of 'The Fahrenheit Twins', we are redeemed, abandoned, beloved and laid bare but we are always recognisable. This is a writer at the height of his powers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Four Gospels: The Pocket Canons Edition A. N. Wilson (Introduction by) Nick Cave (Introduction by) Richard Holloway (Introduction by) Blake Morrison (Introduction by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
01 Apr 2010
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 328pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 245g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781847678355 ISBN13: 978-1-84767-835-5 ISBN10: 1847678351 EAN: 9781847678355 x Description: Encouraging the reading of the Bible as literature rather than doctrine, the four central gospels are presented here in the beauty of the Authorised King James Version, with four fresh, modern introductions. The revelatory essays, by A.N. Wilson, Nick Cave, Richard Holloway and Blake Morrison, were commissioned for the groundbreaking Pocket Canons series. They offer piercing, moving and highly personal responses to the most influential story of the last two thousand years: the life of Jesus Christ. Including: A.N. Wilson on The Gospel According to Matthew Nick Cave on The Gospel According to Mark Richard Holloway on The Gospel According to Luke Blake Morrison on The Gospel According to John and the Authorised King James Version of all four Gospels _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Undying: A Love Story Michel Faber (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Canongate Books Ltd
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd
Pub Date:
06 Apr 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 144pp h198mm x w129mm x s10mm 141g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782118565 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-856-5 ISBN10: 178211856X EAN: 9781782118565 x Description: How can you say goodbye to the love of your life?
In Undying Michel Faber honours the memory of his wife, who died after a six-year battle with cancer. Bright, tragic and candid, these poems are an exceptional chronicle of what it means to find the love of your life. And what it is like to have to say goodbye. All I can do, in what remains of my brief time, is mention, to whoever cares to listen, that a woman once existed, who was kind and beautiful and brave, and I will not forget how the world was altered, beyond recognition, when we met. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mr and Mrs Scotland are Dead Kathleen Jamie (Author) Series:
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Imprint:
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Publisher:
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Pub Date:
28 Mar 2002
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 160pp ISBN13: 9781852245863 ISBN13: 978-1-85224-586-3 ISBN10: 1852245867 x Description: Kathleen Jamie is one of Britain's leading poets. Her work is intelligent and subtle, her language inventive and refreshing. Mr and Mrs Scotland Are Dead is a selection from her early collections, from times of change and travel. It reveals the generous range of her concerns, from life in the wilder parts of Pakistan and Tibet to the 'difficult questions' of identity posed in her much celebrated collection, The Queen of Sheba, which was shortlisted for both the T.S. Eliot and Forward Prizes. Mr and Mrs Scotland Are Dead is a seminal volume in modern Scottish poetry. Shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize, it was a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation. It includes most of her poems from Black Spiders (1982), A Flame in Your Heart (1986), The Way We Live (1987), The Autonomous Region (1993) and The Queen of Sheba (1994). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Stray A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 208pp h198mm x w130mm x s14mm 150g ISBN13: 9780857890740 ISBN13: 978-0-85789-074-0 ISBN10: 0857890743 EAN: 9780857890740 x Description: Pufftail the tabby cat was a prince among strays. He was charming, adventurous, a gentleman of the road - not for him a life purring around the shins of a Two Footer. Now that he's old and grey-whiskered, he can laze in the sun, telling the story of his life to his admiring young grandkitten. Not all his memories are happy though. He's been thrown out of a moving car, been experimented on in a science lab and joined the violent Cat Brotherhood. Some Two Footers have been kind to him, but he'd rather be free. And he can't understand humans at all. Why do they live in giant cages? Why do they put smoking chimneys in their mouths? And why do they want their own animals? Clever, moving, imaginative and funny, this is both a wonderful adventure story, and a sly look at humans through the eyes of a cat. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Furball and the Mokes A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Corvus
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Oct 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h186mm x w136mm x s22mm 278g b&w integrated drawings ISBN13: 9781848879546 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-954-6 ISBN10: 1848879547 EAN: 9781848879546 x Description: It's a scary world out there, especially if you're a pet hamster who likes nothing better than snuggling into a cashmere sock with a pouch full of honey seeds. So when Furball escapes her cozy cage and goes gallivanting with a gang of cockney mice who call themselves the Mokes, it can only end in trouble. Suddenly this brave little hamster is dodging fearsome winged Fevvas in the garden, and smelly long-tailed Narks in the cellar. And she'll have to be very careful not to be caught out by poisonous Floor Food, lethal Sticky Traps, or the dreaded Ole Snapper.Meanwhile the Humans, (or 'Ooms', if you're a Moke) are on the hunt for their beloved pet. And while they're searching high and low for their beloved pet, they're also dealing with a serious mouse problem... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Resolution: a novel of Captain Cook's adventures of discovery to Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, through the eyes of George Forster, the botanist on board his ship A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 268g ISBN13: 9781782398301 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-830-1 ISBN10: 1782398309 EAN: 9781782398301 x Description: A. N. Wilson's powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britain's period of expansion and exploration. Wilson's protagonist, witness to Cook's brilliance and wisdom, is George Forster, who travelled with Cook as botanist on board the HMS Resolution, on Cook's second expedition to the southern hemisphere, and penned a famous account of the journey. Resolution moves back and forth across time, to depict Forster's time with Cook, and his extraordinary later life, which ended with his death in Paris, during the French Revolution. Wilson once again demonstrates his great powers as a master craftsman of the historical and the human in this richly evoked novel, which brings to life the real and the extraordinary, brilliantly drawing together a remarkable cast of characters in order to look at human endeavour, ingenuity and valour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Potter's Hand A. N. Wilson (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
15 Apr 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 512pp h198mm x w129mm x s32mm 406g 4 x 4 cover ISBN13: 9781848879539 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-953-9 ISBN10: 1848879539 EAN: 9781848879539 This Product Replaces: 9781848879522 x Description: In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood, master craftsman possessed with a burning scientific vision, embarks upon the thousand piece Frog Service for Catherine the Great. Josiah's nephew Tom journeys to America to buy clay from the Cherokee for this exquisite china. Tom is caught up in the American rebellion, and falls for a Cherokee woman who will come to play a crucial role in Josiah's late, great creation: the Portland Vase. As the
family fortune is made, and Josiah's entrepreneurial brilliance creates an empire that will endure for generations, it is his daughter Sukey, future mother of Charles Darwin, who bears clear-eyed witness. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dante in Love A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Aug 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s30mm 413g 6x4pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781848879508 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-950-8 ISBN10: 1848879504 EAN: 9781848879508 x Description: In Dante in Love, A. N. Wilson presents a glittering study of an artist and his world, arguing that without an understanding of medieval Florence, it is impossible to comprehend the meaning of Dante's great poem. He explains how the Italian States were at that time locked into violent feuds, mirrored in the ferocious competition between the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy. He explores Dante's preoccupations with classical mythology, numerology and the great Christian philosophers which inform every line of the Comedy. Dante in Love also lays bare the enigma of the man who never wrote about the mother of his children, yet immortalized the mysterious Beatrice, whom he barely knew. With a biographer's eye for detail and a novelist's comprehension of the creative process, A N Wilson paints a masterful portrait of Dante Alighieri and unlocks one of the seminal works of literature for a new generation of readers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
03 Mar 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 224pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 222g ISBN13: 9781848879614 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-961-4 ISBN10: 184887961X EAN: 9781848879614 x Description: From one of our leading social and cultural historians comes a dazzling and original exploration of how, and why, we should still be reading the Bible, even if we no longer believe. In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible over the centuries, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writing, this is a deeply personal look at the author's faith and how it has shaped his life. Wilson believes that the Bible remains relevant even in a largely secular society, as a philosophical work, a work of literature and a cultural touchstone. Erudite, witty and accessible, The Book of the People seeks to recast the Good Book as a vital work for our collective imagination. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Queen: a royal celebration of the life and family of Queen Elizabeth II, on her 90th birthday A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
25 May 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 192pp h204mm x w137mm x s18mm 285g ISBN13: 9781786490681 ISBN13: 978-1-78649-068-1 ISBN10: 1786490684 EAN: 9781786490681 x Description: Biographer and novelist A. N. Wilson, whose most recent work on the life of Queen Victoria was an enormous critical and commercial success, turns his clear eye to our own Queen, Elizabeth II, as she turns 90. In this unusual and vibrant examination of the life and times of Britain's most iconic living figure, Wilson considers the history of the monarchy, drawing a line that stretches from Queen Victoria to the bloody history of Europe in the twentieth century, examining how and why the Royal Family has survived. He paints a vivid portrait of 'Lilibet' the woman, and of her reign, throughout which she has remained stalwart, unmoving, a trait some regard as dullness, but which Wilson argues is the key to her survival. He outlines the case for a Republic, arguing that this will almost certainly happen at some point after her reign is at an end, at least in Australia. In part historical overview, but with a keen eye to the future, A. N. Wilson writes with his signature warmth, intelligence and humour, celebrating the life of the Queen and her role as figurehead of Britain and the Commonwealth, while asking candidly whether we can remain a constitutional monarchy. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Victoria: A Life A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
04 Jun 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 656pp h198mm x w129mm x s47mm 625g 2 x 8pp plates (tbc) ISBN13: 9781848879584 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-958-4 ISBN10: 184887958X EAN: 9781848879584 x Description: 'Writing about Queen Victoria has been one of the most joyous experiences of my life. I have read thousands (literally) of letters never before published, and grown used to her as to a friend. Maddening? Egomaniac? Hysterical? A bad mother? Some have said so. What emerged for me was a brave, original woman who was at the very epicentre of Britain's changing place in the world: a solitary woman in an all-male world who understood politics and foreign policy much better than some of her ministers; a person possessed by demons, but demons which she was brave enough to conquer. Above all, I became aware, when considering her eccentric friendships and deep passions, of what a loveable person she was.' A. N. Wilson _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Resolution: a novel of Captain Cook's adventures of discovery to Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, through the eyes of George Forster, the botanist on board his ship A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h234mm x w154mm x s22mm 444g ISBN13: 9781782398288 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-828-8 ISBN10: 1782398287 EAN: 9781782398288
x Description: A. N. Wilson's powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britain's period of expansion and exploration.Wilson's protagonist, witness to Cook's brilliance and wisdom, is George Forster, who travelled with Cook as botanist on board the HMS Resolution, on Cook's second expedition to the southern hemisphere, and penned a famous account of the journey. Resolution moves back and forth across time, to depict Forster's time with Cook, and his extraordinary later life, which ended with his death in Paris, during the French Revolution.Wilson once again demonstrates his great powers as a master craftsman of the historical and the human in this richly evoked novel, which brings to life the real and the extraordinary, brilliantly drawing together a remarkable cast of characters in order to look at human endeavour, ingenuity and valour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Export/Airside
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 256pp h234mm x w153mm x s17mm 338g ISBN13: 9781848879607 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-960-7 ISBN10: 1848879601 EAN: 9781848879607 x Description: A. N. Wilson has been thinking about the Bible, and reading it, since he read theology for a year at university. Martin Luther King was 'reading the Bible' when he started the Civil Rights movement. When Michelangelo painted the fresco cycles in the Sistine Chapel, he was 'reading the Bible'. In The Book of the People A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writing, Wilson argues that it remains relevant even in a largely secular society, as a philosophical work, a work of literature and a cultural touchstone that the western world has answered to for nearly two thousand years. He challenges the way fundamentalists - whether believers or non-believers - have misused the Bible, either by neglecting and failing to recognize its cultural significance, or by using it as a weapon against those with whom they disagree. Erudite, witty and accessible, The Book of the People seeks to reclaim the Good Book as our seminal work of literature, and a book for the imagination. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dante in Love A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h218mm x w157mm x s38mm 742g 6x4pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781848879492 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-949-2 ISBN10: 1848879490 EAN: 9781848879492 x Description: In Dante in Love, A. N. Wilson presents a glittering study of an artist and his world, arguing that without an understanding of medieval Florence, it is impossible to comprehend the meaning of Dante's great poem. He explains how the Italian States were at that time locked into violent feuds, mirrored in the ferocious competition between the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy. He explores Dante's preoccupations with classical mythology, numerology and the great Christian philosophers which inform every line of the Comedy. Dante in Love also lays bare the enigma of the man who never wrote about the mother of his children, yet immortalized the mysterious Beatrice, whom he barely knew. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Resolution: a novel of Captain Cook's adventures of discovery to Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii, through the eyes of George Forster, the botanist on board his ship A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s25mm 564g ISBN13: 9781782398271 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-827-1 ISBN10: 1782398279 EAN: 9781782398271 x Description: A. N. Wilson's powerful new novel explores the life and times of one of the greatest British explorers, Captain Cook, and the golden age of Britain's period of expansion and exploration. Wilson's protagonist, witness to Cook's brilliance and wisdom, is George Forster, who travelled with Cook as botanist on board the HMS Resolution, on Cook's second expedition to the southern hemisphere, and penned a famous account of the journey. Resolution moves back and forth across time, to depict Forster's time with Cook, and his extraordinary later life, which ended with his death in Paris, during the French Revolution. Wilson once again demonstrates his great powers as a master craftsman of the historical and the human in this richly evoked novel, which brings to life the real and the extraordinary, brilliantly drawing together a remarkable cast of characters in order to look at human endeavour, ingenuity and valour. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 May 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 224pp h240mm x w162mm x s25mm 484g ISBN13: 9781848879591 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-959-1 ISBN10: 1848879598 EAN: 9781848879591 x Description: A. N. Wilson has been thinking about the Bible, and reading it, since he read theology for a year at university. Martin Luther King was 'reading the Bible' when he started the Civil Rights movement. When Michelangelo painted the fresco cycles in the Sistine Chapel, he was 'reading the Bible'. In The Book of the People A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writing, Wilson argues that it remains relevant even in a largely secular society, as a philosophical work, a work of literature and a cultural touchstone that the western world has answered to for nearly two thousand years. He challenges the way fundamentalists - whether believers or non-believers - have misused the Bible, either by neglecting and failing to recognize its cultural significance, or by using it as a weapon against those with whom they disagree. Erudite, witty and accessible, The Book of the People seeks to reclaim the Good Book as our seminal work of literature, and a book for the imagination. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Potter's Hand A. N. Wilson (Author) (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 512pp h242mm x w165mm x s45mm 925g ISBN13: 9781848879515 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-951-5 ISBN10: 1848879512 EAN: 9781848879515 x
Description: In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood, master craftsman possessed with a burning scientific vision, embarks upon the thousand piece Frog Service for Catherine the Great. Josiah's nephew Tom journeys to America to buy clay from the Cherokee for this exquisite china. Tom is caught up in the American rebellion, and falls for a Cherokee woman who will come to play a crucial role in Josiah's late, great creation: the Portland Vase. As the family fortune is made, and Josiah's entrepreneurial brilliance creates an empire that will endure for generations, it is his daughter Sukey, future mother of Charles Darwin, who bears clear-eyed witness. A novel of epic scope, rich in warmth, intellect and humanity, The Potter's Hand explores the lives and loves of one of Britain's greatest families, whose travails are both ordinary - births, deaths, marriages, opium addiction, depression - and utterly extraordinary. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Tolstoy A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
07 Nov 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 592pp h234mm x w157mm x s44mm 928g frontispiece only ISBN13: 9781782390916 ISBN13: 978-1-78239-091-6 ISBN10: 178239091X EAN: 9781782390916 x Description: In this biography of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, A.N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his literary genius after aimless years of gambling and womanizing, and his increasingly disastrous marriage. Wilson sweeps away the long-held belief that Tolstoy's works were the exact mirror of his life, and instead traces the roots of Tolstoy's art to his relationship with God, with women, and with Russia. He also recreates the world that shaped the great novelist's life and art - the turmoil of ideas and politics in 19th-century Russia and the literary renaissance that made Tolstoy's work possible. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dante in Love A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Atlantic Books
Publisher:
Atlantic Books
Pub Date:
01 Jun 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h242mm x w179mm x s37mm 964g 6x4pp colour plates ISBN13: 9781848879485 ISBN13: 978-1-84887-948-5 ISBN10: 1848879482 EAN: 9781848879485 x Description: For Yeats, Dante Alighieri was 'the chief imagination of Christendom'; for Eliot he was of supreme importance, both as a poet and philosopher; Coleridge championed his introduction to an English readership. Tennyson based his poem 'Ulysses' on lines from the Inferno and Byron chastised an 'Ungrateful Florence' for exiling him. The Comedy resonates across five hundred years of our literary canon. In Dante in Love, A N Wilson presents a glittering study of an artist and his world, arguing that without an understanding of medieval Florence, it is impossible to comprehend the meaning of Dante's great poem. He explains how the Italian States were at that time locked into violent feuds, mirrored in the ferocious competition between the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy. He explores Dante's preoccupations with classical mythology, numerology and the great Christian philosophers which inform every line of the Comedy. Dante in Love also lays bare the enigma of the man who never wrote about the mother of his children, yet immortalized the mysterious Beatrice, whom he barely knew.With a biographer's eye for detail and a novelist's comprehension of the creative process, A N Wilson paints a masterful portrait of Dante Alighieri and unlocks one of the seminal works of literature for a new generation of readers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Evil Eye Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Open Market - Airside ed
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
02 Feb 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 304pp h178mm x w111mm x s19mm 167g ISBN13: 9780571239894 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23989-4 ISBN10: 0571239897 EAN: 9780571239894 x Description: When the body of a Russian agent is found down a monastery well, Yashim knows exactly who to blame. Fevzi Ahmet Pasha, commander of the Ottoman fleet. Years ago, when Yashim first entered the sultan's service, Fevzi Ahmet was his mentor. Ruthless, cruel, and - in Yashim's eyes - ultimately ineffective, he is the only man who makes him afraid. And now Yashim must confront the secret that Fevzi Pasha has been keeping all these years, a secret whose roots lie deep in the tortured atmosphere of the sultan's harem, where normal rules are suspended, and women can simply disappear. Once again, Yashim and his friends encounter treachery and politics, played out against the backdrop of 1840s Istanbul. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Baklava Club Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
02 Jul 2015
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 234g ISBN13: 9780571239955 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23995-5 ISBN10: 0571239951 EAN: 9780571239955 x Description: In nineteenth-century Istanbul, a Polish prince has been kidnapped. His assassination has been bungled and his captors have taken him to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realize that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who use the code name La Piuma (the Feather). Yashim is convinced that the prince is alive. But he has no idea where, or who La Piuma is - and has become dangerously distracted by falling in love. As he draws closer to the prince's whereabouts and to the true identity of La Piuma, Yashim finds himself in the most treacherous situation of his career: can he rescue the prince along with his romantic dreams? Jason Goodwin's bestselling 'Yashim' series has been published across the globe and received huge critical acclaim. In The Baklava Club, Goodwin takes Yashim on an adventure like no other, through the stylish, sensual world of Ottoman Istanbul. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bellini Card Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Open Market - Airside ed
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
05 Feb 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback A-format paperback 320pp h178mm x w111mm x s20mm 204g ISBN13: 9780571239917 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23991-7 ISBN10: 0571239919 EAN: 9780571239917 x Description: Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers but when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business, and it is up to Yashim to attempt to rescue his intrepid friend from forces bigger than they had ever imagined . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bellini Card Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
07 May 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h200mm x w125mm x s17mm 250g ISBN13: 9780571239948 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23994-8 ISBN10: 0571239943 EAN: 9780571239948 This Product Replaces: 9780571239931 x Description: Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers but when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business, and it is up to Yashim to attempt to rescue his intrepid friend from forces bigger than they had ever imagined . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Snake Stone Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
01 May 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h197mm x w126mm x s21mm 255g ISBN13: 9780571236473 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23647-3 ISBN10: 0571236472 EAN: 9780571236473 This Product Replaces: 9780571236404 x Description: It is Istanbul, 1838, and Lefevre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is hired to investigate him, but when the man turns up dead, there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Once again, the investigator finds himself in a race against time to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, caught in a deadly game deep beneath the city streets, a place where the stakes are high - and betrayal is death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Janissary Tree Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
07 Jun 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h200mm x w125mm x s25mm 275g ISBN13: 9780571229246 ISBN13: 978-0-571-22924-6 ISBN10: 0571229247 EAN: 9780571229246 x Description: A concubine is strangled in the Sultan's palace harem, and a young cadet is found butchered in the streets of Istanbul. Delving deep into the city's crooked alleyways, and deeper still into its tumultuous past, the eunuch Yashim discovers that some people will go to any lengths to preserve the traditions of the Ottoman Empire. Brilliantly evoking Istanbul in the 1830s, The Janissary Tree is a bloody, witty and fast-paced literary thriller with a spectacular cast. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Evil Eye Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
03 May 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w125mm x s17mm 235g ISBN13: 9780571239900 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23990-0 ISBN10: 0571239900 EAN: 9780571239900 x Description: When the body of a Russian agent is found down a monastery well, Yashim knows exactly who to blame. Fevzi Ahmet Pasha, commander of the Ottoman fleet. Years ago, when Yashim first entered the sultan's service, Fevzi Ahmet was his mentor. Ruthless, cruel, and - in Yashim's eyes - ultimately ineffective, he is the only man who makes him afraid. And now Yashim must confront the secret that Fevzi Pasha has been keeping all these years, a secret whose roots lie deep in the tortured atmosphere of the sultan's harem, where normal rules are suspended, and women can simply disappear. Once again, Yashim and his friends encounter treachery and politics, played out against the backdrop of 1840s Istanbul. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Faber Book of Church and Clergy A. N. Wilson (Edited by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
22 Nov 1993
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 400pp h218mm x w136mm x s32mm 480g ISBN13: 9780571169757 ISBN13: 978-0-571-16975-7 ISBN10: 0571169759 EAN: 9780571169757 x Description: What is a Mark of the Beast waistcoat? Why did John Milton hate bishops? How does a Monsignor tear his postage stamps? And what does a congregation do when the Vicar announces that he is God?These and a hundred similar questions are answered by this anthology, which ranges from fragments of church history to reflections on architecture, from scenes of parochial life to serious theology, from saints like George Herbert to eccentrics like the Vicar of Stiffkey.
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The Baklava Club Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
05 Jun 2014
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 288pp h210mm x w161mm x s25mm 402g ISBN13: 9780571239962 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23996-2 ISBN10: 057123996X EAN: 9780571239962 x Description: In nineteenth-century Istanbul, a Polish prince has been kidnapped. His assassination has been bungled and his captors have taken him to an unused farmhouse. Little do they realize that their revolutionary cell has been penetrated by their enemies, who use the code name La Piuma (the Feather). Yashim is convinced that the prince is alive. But he has no idea where, or who La Piuma is - and has become dangerously distracted by falling in love. As he draws closer to the prince's whereabouts and to the true identity of La Piuma, Yashim finds himself in the most treacherous situation of his career: can he rescue the prince along with his romantic dreams? Jason Goodwin's bestselling 'Yashim' series has been published across the globe and received huge critical acclaim. In The Baklava Club, Goodwin takes Yashim on an adventure like no other, through the stylish, sensual world of Ottoman Istanbul. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Bellini Card Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
01 Jul 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h211mm x w161mm x s27mm 487g ISBN13: 9780571239924 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23992-4 ISBN10: 0571239927 EAN: 9780571239924 x Description: The third book in Jason Goodwin's celebrated series takes Yashim from the winding alleyways of Istanbul to the decaying grandeur of Venice. Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, he enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - self-made men, faded aristocrats and the hedonistic Contessa. But when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business. And meanwhile, what has happened to Yashim? The Bellini Card is a thrilling adventure in which a quest for a lost painting turns into dangerous game of cat and mouse that threatens to destroy the Ottoman throne and overturn the balance of power in Europe. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Snake Stone Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
01 Jul 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 320pp h212mm x w161mm x s28mm 485g ISBN13: 9780571229253 ISBN13: 978-0-571-22925-3 ISBN10: 0571229255 EAN: 9780571229253 x Description: Lefevre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is commissioned to find out more about him. But when Lefevre's mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out that there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Once again, Yashim finds himself in a race against time to uncover the startling truth behind a shadowy secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, caught in a deadly game deep beneath the city streets, a place where the stakes are high - and betrayal is death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
An Evil Eye Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Yashim the Ottoman Detective
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
07 Jul 2011
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 304pp h210mm x w161mm x s27mm 470g ISBN13: 9780571239870 ISBN13: 978-0-571-23987-0 ISBN10: 0571239870 EAN: 9780571239870 x Description: When the body of a Russian agent is found down a monastery well, Yashim knows exactly who to blame. Fevzi Ahmet Pasha, commander of the Ottoman fleet. Years ago, when Yashim first entered the sultan's service, Fevzi Ahmet was his mentor. Ruthless, cruel, and - in Yashim's eyes - ultimately ineffective, he is the only man who makes him afraid. And now Yashim must confront the secret that Fevzi Pasha has been keeping all these years, a secret whose roots lie deep in the tortured atmosphere of the sultan's harem, where normal rules are suspended, and women can simply disappear. Once again, Yashim and his friends encounter treachery and politics, played out against the backdrop of 1840s Istanbul. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Faber Book of London A. N. Wilson (Edited by) Series:
Edition:
Main
Imprint:
Faber & Faber
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Pub Date:
10 Jan 1998
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback 512pp h217mm x w135mm x s37mm 540g ISBN13: 9780571171743 ISBN13: 978-0-571-17174-3 ISBN10: 0571171745 EAN: 9780571171743 x Description: From the Great Fire of 1666 to the Blitz of the Second World War, from the building of the Tower of London to the building of Canary Wharf, London has always been much more than just a capital city. This anthology, edited by A. N. Wilson, reflects not merely a sense of place but also the teeming eclecticism and vitality of a town which prompted Samuel Johnson to declare: 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.' 'A delight. A. N. Wilson understands that London is not loved by its inhabitants for what it is, but for its vivid existence in their imagination.' Jenny
Diski, Independent on Sunday 'A likeable, diverse, idiosyncratic and immensely enjoyable anthology.' Literary Review 'A perfectly splendid anthology. All London, even the bits not quite fit to be seen, are contained in this delightful collection. If you are tired of London, this book could easily help you change your mind.' Dirk Bogarde, Daily Telegraph _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Beautiful For Ever: Madame Rachel of Bond Street - Cosmetician, Con-Artist and Blackmailer Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
03 May 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 320pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 246g ISBN13: 9780099570134 ISBN13: 978-0-09-957013-4 ISBN10: 0099570130 EAN: 9780099570134 x Description: Madame Rachel had everything: a Mayfair address, the title of 'purveyor to Her Majesty the Queen', a shop full of exotic, expensive creams and potions. Her clientele were aristocratic, rich - and gullible. This is the true story of Madame Rachel who began life as a poor fish fryer in a disease-ridden, grubby corner of Victorian London. She ended up with a shop in New Bond Street, where her wealthy clients came in their droves, lured by the promise of eternal beauty. What they found there was a conwoman and fraudster who made a career out of lies, treachery and the desperate hopes of women wanting to be 'beautiful for ever'. Beautiful For Ever is a thrilling tale of love affairs, scandal, blackmail, high-profile court cases, suicide and fraud, with the extraordinary Madame Rachel right at the centre of it all. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 Apr 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 272pp h198mm x w129mm x s17mm 215g ISBN13: 9780099520092 ISBN13: 978-0-09-952009-2 ISBN10: 0099520095 EAN: 9780099520092 x Description: A vivid and compelling account of the final thirteen days of the Romanovs, counting down to the last, tense hours of their lives. On 4 July 1918, a new commandant took control of a closely guarded house in the Russian town of Ekaterinburg. His name was Yakov Yurovsky, and his prisoners were the Imperial family: the former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and their children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey. Thirteen days later, at Yurovsky's command, and on direct orders from Moscow, the family was gunned down in a blaze of bullets in a basement room. This is the story of those murders, which ended 300 years of Romanov rule and began an era of state-orchestrated terror and brutal repression. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Orphan Choir Sophie Hannah (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hammer
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
10 Oct 2013
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s21mm 238g ISBN13: 9780099580027 ISBN13: 978-0-09-958002-7 ISBN10: 0099580020 EAN: 9780099580027 x Description: Louise's seven year old son has been sent away to boarding school against her wishes, and she misses him desperately. And her neighbour from hell is keeping her awake at night by playing loud, intrusive music. So when the chance comes to move to the country, she jumps at it as a way of saving her sanity. Only it doesn't. Because the music has followed her. Except this time, it's choral music sung by a choir of children only she can see and hear ... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Jealous Ghost A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 Mar 2006
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s13mm 142g ISBN13: 9780099478669 ISBN13: 978-0-09-947866-9 ISBN10: 0099478668 EAN: 9780099478669 x Description: There is something rather disquieting about Sallie Declan, a young American in London, and it is not just her obsession with Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, the subject of her PhD thesis. There is her decision, almost casually taken, to leave her studies for a temporary job as a nanny in a large country house. She seems to display astonishing naivety as she build a fantasy about her emotional future there. Surely she can see it is all delusion? But a progressively darker reality unfolds as we are led inexorably towards a terrible and shocking climax. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, 1917 Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
30 Jan 2017
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 343g ISBN13: 9780099592426 ISBN13: 978-0-09-959242-6 ISBN10: 0099592428 EAN: 9780099592426 x Description: SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TELEGRAPH AND EVENING STANDARD '[The] centenary will prompt a raft of books on the Russian Revolution. They will be hard pushed to better this highly original, exhaustively researched and superbly constructed account.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph 'A gripping, vivid, deeply researched chronicle of the Russian Revolution told through the eyes of a surprising, flamboyant cast of foreigners in Petrograd, superbly narrated by Helen Rappaport.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs
Between the first revolution in February 1917 and Lenin's Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd (the former St Petersburg) was in turmoil. Foreign visitors who filled hotels, bars and embassies were acutely aware of the chaos breaking out on their doorsteps. Among them were journalists, diplomats, businessmen, governesses and volunteer nurses. Many kept diaries and wrote letters home: from an English nurse who had already survived the sinking of the Titanic; to the black valet of the US Ambassador, far from his native Deep South; to suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, who had come to Petrograd to inspect the indomitable Women's Death Battalion led by Maria Bochkareava. Drawing upon a rich trove of material and through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold, Helen Rappaport takes us right up to the action - to see, feel and hear the Revolution as it happened. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
My Name Is Legion A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
03 Feb 2005
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 512pp h198mm x w130mm x s30mm 363g ISBN13: 9780099457947 ISBN13: 978-0-09-945794-7 ISBN10: 0099457946 EAN: 9780099457947 x Description: The Daily Legion is a tabloid that peddles celebrity gossip and denounces asylum seekers. However, its financial survival depends on the support of a brutal African government. Recklessly defending this corrupt dictatorship, the newspaper faces off against Father Vivyan Chell, an Anglican monk and missionary who is working to overthrow the corrupt regime. My Name Is Legion is a savage satire on the morality of contemporary Britain - its Press, its politics, its Church, its rich, its underclass. Wilson's London is a bleak, if occasionally hilarious, place: murderous, lustful, money-obsessed and haunted by strange gods. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Winnie And Wolf A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
03 Jul 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 255g ISBN13: 9780099492474 ISBN13: 978-0-09-949247-4 ISBN10: 0099492474 EAN: 9780099492474 x Description: Winnie and Wolf is the story of the extraordinary relationship between Winifred Wagner and Adolf Hitler that took place during the years 1923-40, as seen through the eyes of the secretary at the Wagner house in Bayreuth. Winifred, an English girl, brought up in an orphanage in East Grinstead, married at the age of eighteen to the son of Germany's most controversial genius, is a passionate Germanophile, a Wagnerian dreamer, a Teutonic patriot. In the debacle of the post-Versailles world, the Wagner family hope for the coming, not of a warrior, a fearless Siegfried, but of a Parsifal, a mystic idealist, a redeemer-figure. In 1923, they meet their Parsifal - a wild-eyed Viennese opera-fanatic in a trilby hat, a mac and a badly fitting suit. Hitler has already made a name for himself in some sections of German society through rabble-rousing and street corner speeches. It is Winifred, though, who believes she can really see his poetry. Almost at once they drop formalities and call one another 'Du' rather than 'Sie'. She is Winnie and he is Wolf. Like Winnie, Hitler was an outsider. Like her, he was haunted by the impossibility of reconciling the pursuit of love and the pursuit of power; the ultimate inevitability, if you pursued power, of destruction. Both had known the humiliations of poverty. Both felt angry and excluded by society. Both found each other in an unusual kinship that expressed itself through a love of opera. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Betjeman A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 266g 64 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780099498377 ISBN13: 978-0-09-949837-7 ISBN10: 0099498375 EAN: 9780099498377 x Description: John Betjeman was by far the most popular poet of the twentieth century. His collected poems sold over two million copies. Television audiences loved his quirky evocations of landscape and architecture. As Poet Laureate, he became a national icon, but behind the public man were doubts and demons. For much of his fifty year marriage to Penelope Chetwode, the daughter of a Field Marshal, Betjeman had a relationship with Elizabeth Cavendish, the daughter of the Duke of Devonshire and Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret. Betjeman, a devout Anglican, was tormented by guilt about the storms this emotional triangle caused. This book is the first to use fully the vast archive of personal material relating to Betjeman's private life, including literally hundreds of letters written by his wife about their life together and apart. It is a celebration of a much-loved poet, a brave campaigner for architecture at risk, and a highly popular public performer. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conspirator: Lenin in Exile Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
01 Apr 2010
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s26mm 265g ISBN13: 9780099537236 ISBN13: 978-0-09-953723-6 ISBN10: 0099537230 EAN: 9780099537236 x Description: Conspirator is the compelling story of Lenin's exile: the years in which he and his political collaborators plotted a revolution that would change 20th century history. It tells the story of Lenin in the long and difficult years leading up to the Russian Revolution, years that were spent constantly on the move in and around Europe in the company of his loyal and longsuffering wife Nadezhda Krupskaya. Conspirator strips away the arid politics of Lenin's official life and reveals the real man, as well as describing his many conflicts, personal and political, with those who shared his exile. It also looks at the loyal circle of women who unquestioningly supported Lenin, at Russian emigre lives in the enclaves of the cities in they lived and the risks taken in support of Lenin's vision by the wider network of Russian revolutionaries in the underground movement, both at home and abroad. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Iris Murdoch As I Knew Her A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
02 Sep 2004
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 225g 8 ISBN13: 9780099723103 ISBN13: 978-0-09-972310-3 ISBN10: 0099723107 EAN: 9780099723103 x Description: A brilliant, controversial and insightful biography. Fifteen years ago, Iris Murdoch asked A. N. Wilson to be her biographer. This book is a tribute to the novelist he knew for thirty years. This is not Iris Murdoch the Alzheimer's patient, but Iris Murdoch the witty conversationalist, the emotional chaotic and, above all, the writer. Both sad and farcical, this completely personal attempt to set the record straight gives us back the fiercely intelligent novelist and professional philosopher, and will cause amusement as it ruffles feathers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lords Of The Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire Jason Goodwin (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Vintage
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
04 Mar 1999 (04 Dec 2008)
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 266g ISBN13: 9780099994008 ISBN13: 978-0-09-999400-8 ISBN10: 0099994003 EAN: 9780099994008 x Description: The Ottoman Empire has exerted a long, strong pull on Western minds and hearts. For over six hundred years the Empire swelled and declined; rising from a dusty fiefdom in the foothills of Anatolia to a power which ruled over the Danube and the Euphrates with the richest court in Europe. But its decline was prodigious, protracted, and total. Lords of the Horizons charts the Ottoman Empire's swirling history; dramatic, detailed and alive - a journey, and a world all in one. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
After The Victorians: The World Our Parents Knew A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
07 Sep 2006
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 672pp h198mm x w129mm x s41mm 468g 32 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780099451877 ISBN13: 978-0-09-945187-7 ISBN10: 0099451875 EAN: 9780099451877 x Description: When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. How did Britain's power and influence decline? This is one of the questions which A. N. Wilson seeks to answer in his masterly follow-up to The Victorians. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Windmill Books
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
03 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 352pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 271g ISBN13: 9780099537465 ISBN13: 978-0-09-953746-5 ISBN10: 009953746X EAN: 9780099537465 x Description: When Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, died in December 1861 the nation was paralysed with grief. His death was a catastrophe for Victoria, who not only adored her husband but had, through twenty-one years of marriage, utterly relied on him: as companion, father of their children, friend, confidant, and unofficial private secretary. Without Albert to guide and support her, the Queen retreated into a state of pathological grief which nobody could penetrate and few understood. Drawing widely on contemporary letters, diaries and memoirs, Rappaport brings new light to bear on the causes of Albert's death and tracks Victoria's mission to commemorate her husband in perpetuity. Richly compelling, this is the story of a magnificent obsession that even death could not sever. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our Times A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
03 Sep 2009
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 528pp h198mm x w129mm x s33mm 362g 32 ISBN13: 9780099492467 ISBN13: 978-0-09-949246-7 ISBN10: 0099492466 EAN: 9780099492467 x Description: When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953, many proclaimed the start of a new Elizabethan Age. Few had any inkling, however, of the stupendous changes that would take place over the next 50 years, in Britain and around the world. In Our Times, A.N. Wilson takes the reader on an exhilarating journey from that day to this. With his acute eye not just for the broad social and cultural sweep but also for the telling detail, he brilliantly distils half a century of unprecedented social and political change. Here are the defining events and characters of the modern age, from the Suez crisis to Vietnam, The Beatles to Princess Diana, the miners' strike to the Cold War. Here are the Angry Young Men, the satirists of Beyond the Fringe, Ruth Ellis and the abolition of hanging, the rise of pop culture and celebrity, industrial unrest and the Winter of Discontent, the Thatcher era and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. This book will propel you from post-war austerity - an age of deference in which men wore hats and women wore gloves - through the alterations in our social landscape to the multicultural Britain of today. Despite the appalling tyrannies that have taken place in the world, Wilson argues that in the last fifty years Britain has known a period of prosperity and peace without precedent in its history. With Our Times, A.N. Wilson triumphantly concludes the acclaimed trilogy which includes The Victorians and After the Victorians. It makes compelling reading for anyone interested in the forces that have shaped our world. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Elizabethans A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
06 Sep 2012
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 464pp h198mm x w129mm x s28mm 343g ISBN13: 9780099547143 ISBN13: 978-0-09-954714-3 ISBN10: 0099547147 EAN: 9780099547143 x Description: England under Elizabeth I. A time of war and plague, politics and rebellion, personal heroism and religious fanaticism. When if you were born poor you stayed poor, and the thumbscrews and the rack could be the grim prelude to the executioner's block. But it was also an age that encouraged literary genius, global exploration, and timeless beauty. When the lowly privateer Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe with no reliable navigational instruments and only a drunken, mutinous crew for company. When the Queen's favourite, the wealthy and handsome Robert Dudley, was widely suspected of having killed his wife. And when only the machinations of ruthless intriguers like William Cecil and Francis Walsingham prevented Elizabeth's kingdom from descending into anarchy and political chaos. The Elizabethans is a panoramic, exhilarating depiction of an intensely colourful period by master-historian, A N Wilson. This is what life under Elizabeth I was really like. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Victorians A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
04 Sep 2003
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback B-format paperback 752pp h198mm x w129mm x s49mm 558g 32 Illustrations, unspecified ISBN13: 9780099451860 ISBN13: 978-0-09-945186-0 ISBN10: 0099451867 EAN: 9780099451860 This Product Replaces: 9780091796228 x Description: People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our own day. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. What really animated their spirit, and how did they remake the world in their view? In an entertaining and often dramatic narrative, A. N. Wilson shows us remarkable people in the very act of creating the Victorian age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A Life Of John Milton A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Pimlico
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
07 Mar 2002
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s21mm 379g ISBN13: 9780712668187 ISBN13: 978-0-7126-6818-7 ISBN10: 0712668187 EAN: 9780712668187
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A Life Of Walter Scott: The Laird of Abbotsford A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Pimlico
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
05 Sep 2002
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 224pp h234mm x w153mm x s17mm 296g ISBN13: 9780712697545 ISBN13: 978-0-7126-9754-5 ISBN10: 0712697543 EAN: 9780712697545 x Description: 'I have read all W. Scott's novels at least fifty times,' wrote Byron. '...grand work. Scotch Fielding, as well as great English poet wonderful man! I long to get drunk with him.' A. N. Wilson's subtle, entertaining and frequently provocative critical biography looks back through the indifference which has surrounded Walter Scott in recent times, and the distortions of his Victorian idolaters, to recapture the freshness of Scott as he appeared to his contemporaries. Despite his staggering output as a novelist, poet, biographer, historian and anthologist - not to mention his copious letters, and the celebrated Journal Scott only embarked on his literary career in early middle age. In the face of constant ill-health, and financial and domestic troubles, he successfully combined the life of a bestselling, much-loved and enormously influential author with that of a lawyer, landowner, Border farmer, part-time soldier and paterfamilias. A. N. Wilson makes clear that Scott's genius, his humaneness, and his splendid qualities of stoicism and sympathy were as apparent in his life as in his work. By weaving together the life and the works, and discussing all Scott's best-known books as well as many which are less familiar, A. N. Wilson has produced a lively and contagiously enthusiastic reassessment of the writer who was, he believes, 'the greatest single imaginative genius of the nineteenth century'. Walter Scott's influence was felt not only in the field of literature, but also in the worlds of art, architecture, opera and domestic manners, and by figures as diverse as Byron and Queen Victoria, Dickens and Donizetti, Pugin and Victor Hugo. Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Jesus A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Pimlico
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Pub Date:
06 Mar 2003
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback Trade paperback (UK) 288pp h234mm x w153mm x s21mm 379g ISBN13: 9780712606974 ISBN13: 978-0-7126-0697-4 ISBN10: 0712606971 EAN: 9780712606974 x Description: The Jesus of Faith and the Jesus of History are two different beings, with two different stories. In this brilliant and bestselling biography, A. N. Wilson reappraises our readings of the Gospels and, with extraordinary insight and clarity, reinterprets the story of Jesus's birth, his life as a carpenter and the dramatic events surrounding his arrest and trial. Written with profound scepticism, A. N. Wilson's book triumphantly rescues Jesus from the tangles of Christian history, presenting us with a compelling portrait of the man behind the myth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, 1917 Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hutchinson
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
25 Aug 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 464pp h240mm x w162mm x s41mm 779g ISBN13: 9780091958954 ISBN13: 978-0-09-195895-4 ISBN10: 0091958954 EAN: 9780091958954 x Description: Selected as a Book of the Year in the Telegraph and Evening Standard 'A gripping, vivid, deeply researched chronicle of the Russian Revolution told through the eyes of a surprising, flamboyant cast of foreigners in Petrograd, superbly narrated by Helen Rappaport.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs 'Next year's centenary will prompt a raft of books on the Russian Revolution. They will be hard pushed to better this highly original, exhaustively researched and superbly constructed account.' Saul David, Daily Telegraph Caught in the Revolution is Helen Rappaport's masterful telling of the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold. Between the first revolution in February 1917 and Lenin's Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd (the former St Petersburg) was in turmoil - felt nowhere more keenly than on the fashionable Nevsky Prospekt where the foreign visitors and diplomats who filled hotels, clubs, bars and embassies were acutely aware of the chaos breaking out on their doorsteps and beneath their windows. Among this disparate group were journalists, businessmen, bankers, governesses, volunteer nurses and expatriate socialites. Many kept diaries and wrote letters home: from an English nurse who had already survived the sinking of the Titanic; to the black valet of the US Ambassador, far from his native Deep South; to suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, who had come to Petrograd to inspect the indomitable Women's Death Battalion led by Maria Bochkareva. Helen Rappaport draws upon this rich trove of material, much of it previously unpublished, to carry us right up to the action - to see, feel and hear the Revolution as it happened to a diverse group of individuals who suddenly felt themselves trapped in a `red madhouse.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue Russia's Imperial Family Helen Rappaport (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Hutchinson
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
28 Jun 2018
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback 400pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781786331045 ISBN13: 978-1-78633-104-5 ISBN10: 1786331047 EAN: 9781786331045 x Description: The Race to Save the Romanovs is major new work of investigative history that will completely change the way in which we see the Romanov story. Finally, here is the truth about the secret plans to rescue Russia's last imperial family. On 17 July 1918, the whole of the Russian Imperial Family was murdered. There were no miraculous escapes. The former Tsar Nicholas, his wife Alexandra, and their children - Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey - were all tragically gunned down in a blaze of bullets. On the 100-year-anniversary of these brutal murders, historian Helen Rappaport set out to uncover why the Romanovs' European royal relatives and the Allied governments failed to save them. It was not, ever, a simple case of one British King's loss of nerve. In this race against time, many other nations and individuals were facing political and personal challenges of the highest order. In this incredible detective story, Rappaport draws on an unprecedented range of unseen sources, tracking down missing documents, destroyed
papers and covert plots to liberate the family by land, sea and even sky. Through countless twists and turns, this revelatory work unpicks many false claims and conspiracies, revealing the fiercest loyalty, bitter rivalries and devastating betrayals as the Romanovs, imprisoned, awaited their fate. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Victorians A. N. Wilson (Author) Series:
Edition:
Illustrated edition
Imprint:
Hutchinson
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Pub Date:
04 Oct 2007
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Hardback Paper over boards 352pp h290mm x w230mm x s30mm 1654g ISBN13: 9780091796228 ISBN13: 978-0-09-179622-8 ISBN10: 0091796229 EAN: 9780091796228 x Description: "The Victorians" has been widely acclaimed as the classic single-volume history of the Victorian era. Now, in this illustrated edition, A.N. Wilson presents his magnificent portrait of the age alongside many enthralling images of the 19th-century lives that he pieced together - telling a story that is still unfinished in our own day. This beautifully produced large-format hardback contains over 150 illustrations, including photographs, paintings, drawings and cartoons from the age. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________