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Sophie's Choice
In this extraordinary novel, Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Stingo is drawn into the hea...
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Hais the story of a boy who sees everything but understand...
Eat, Drink, Nap: Bringing the House Home
In the 17 years since the first Soho House opened its doors, we've learnt a bit about what works: how to make people feel at home, how to cook food they love, how to make a room stylish but welcoming, how to throw a party, get the lighting right, mix a cocktail, design a bedroom, build an art collection...
The House of Ulloa
Emilia Pardo Bazán, Paul O'Prey
A rich and unforgettable tragic-comic novel of sexual intrigue and political scheming, The House of Ulloa is one of the greatest works of nineteenth-century Spanish literature. The House of Ulloa follows pure and pious Father Julian Alvarez, who is sent to a remote country estate to put the affairs of t...
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics. In this landmark work he depicts the I...
Love, Charlie Mike
A moving story of young - and old - love.'He looks at me now, full face, and I can see how drawn, how much older that face is - dark pits under his eyes, lines of tiredness. He's not the warrior king I fell for eight months ago.'Christy is under siege. Her father is dangerously near losing it, her grand...
Lost Time: Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp
The first translation of painter and writer Józef Czapski's inspiring lectures on Proust, first delivered in a prison camp in the Soviet Union during World War II.During the Second World War, as a prisoner of war in a Soviet camp, and with nothing but memory to go on, the Polish artist and soldier Józef...
How Democracies Die - What History Reveals about Our Future
Steve Levitsky; Daniel Ziblatt
How does a democracy die? What lessons does history teach us? What can we do to save our own? In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Z...
Five True Things - A Little Guide to Embracing Life's Big Challenges
Bestselling author David Richo gets straight to the heart of how to find courage and contentment when life doesn't go according to plan. Rather than fighting against them, we all must accept these five true things: (1) everything changes and ends, (2) things do not always go according to plan, (3) life ...
How to Be You: Simone de Beauvoir and the Art of Authentic Living
'Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.' So said Simone de Beauvoir, the world's most famous female philosopher. In this galvanising tour of her rebellious philosophies for life by a leading Columbia professor,we learn how de Beauvoir can teach us to free ourselves ...
The Ink Dark Moon
Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu
Here is a collection of sexy, brief, fleeting poems about love, lust and longing. They originate from a time in Japanese history where aristocratic women of the Heian court were free to marry and conduct love affairs according to their desires. Education and refinement were so highly valued that the cou...
The Listening Party Volume 2: Artists, Bands and Fans Reflect on Over 90 Favourite Albums
The sequel to the bestselling The Listening Party, connecting artists and fans through the stories and memories created by over 90 essential recordsSit back, relax, and relive the memories of over 90 more classic albums selected by Tim Burgess from his legendary Listening PartiesIn less than 2 years, te...
Iron Flame: The Empyrean Bk 2
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get throug...
Happy Farter's Day!: A Mix of Dad AND Fart Jokes to Blow You Away
This funny picture book of dad and fart jokes from Zoe Foster Blake is the perfect gift for kids to give to Dad and share a giggle together on Father's Day. Why do Dad and Fart love Father's Day? Because it's the one day they can have a real 'blast' of a time! Share this whiffy book of dad and fart joke...
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