Succumb to a churchman's apocalyptic vision in this prophetic tale by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Benjamin Myers (narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch as an audiobook).
<i>The Yellow Wallpaper</i>, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's famous short story on mental health, is brought together with her feminist utopian novel <i>Herland</i> in this giftable hardback introduced by Lucy Mangan.
Translated into 36 languages, winner of the Norwegian Bookseller's Prize, and the most successful Norwegian author of her generation, Maja Lunde returns with a heart-wrenching tale, set in the distant past and the dystopian future, about extinction and survival, family and hope.
The land outside of the Old City was supposed to be green, lush, hopeful. But the verdant fields are nothing but ash-and hope is nowhere to be found. Still, Alice and Hatcher are on a mission to find his daughter: a quest they will not Forsake even as it takes them deep into the clutches of the mod White Queen or into the realm of the twisted and cruel Black King. The pieces are set and the game has begun, and each move brings Alice closer to her destiny.
A groundbreaking history of ceramics from 3000 BC to the present day, tracing the relationship between ceramics and civilisation, the culture of ceramics through history, and the social importance of ceramics.
A high-octane space opera from a master of the genre. We'll learn of a long-buried alien secret, which could hold the key to humanity's survival. But only one man knows the truth - and some want him dead.
This first book on Kim Jong-un's powerful sister, tipped to be his successor, is a readable, jaw-dropping insight into a secretive and dangerous dynasty.
Warlock Holmes is dealing with a jerk, who just so happens to be a stockbroker. There may be a link. He's also trying to hunt down some tokens to control something magical (it's all rather complicated), and Moriarty just won't stop taking over people's bodies. And of course Dr. John Watson is by his side (mostly), but not quite as useful as he once was...
In 1881 the cast and crew of a new production, Hannibal, are terrorized by the Phantom of the Opera, a mysterious, hideously disfigured man who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. Hopelessly in love and obsessed with one of the chorus singers, the Phantom will stop at nothing to make her the star of the show, even if that means murder.
Ein sachlich unterhaltsames Buch über die faszinierende Kulturgeschichte eines unserer wichtigsten Grundnahrungsmittel - der Kartoffel, verbunden mit der Vorstellung von über 100 regionalen und internationalen Küchenrezepten und einem Ratgeber für den Einsatz und die Verwendung vielfältiger Kartoffelsorten.
