Whether recalling Philip Glass experiences working at Bethlehem Steel, traveling in India, driving a cab in 1970s New York, or his professional collaborations w ...
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Set before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. Zorba has had a family ...
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Swafford portrays a man who had his sorrows like everybody else, but who was a high-spirited, high-living bon vivant fond of games of skill, well-read and thoug ...
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On receiving an early copy, Evelyn Waugh remarked 'If these stories are in fact the work of a young lady, they are indeed remarkable. 'She's horrifyingly funn ...
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Venya is more interested in how much he and his colleagues can drink during the working day than in his job. Once he is fired, he spends the last of his money o ...
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OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD'Psychologically acute. Terrific.' Daily Mail'A page-turning read. Kept me reading well past bedtime!' VAL McD ...
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'A superbly written, riveting book.' Martin ReesSearching for the fundamental laws of the universe, physicists have found themselves developing ambitious mathem ...
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Many of the world's leading physicists are confident that they are on track to discover a new understanding of the universe which will entail a complete rethink ...
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But for those whose call deserts home, the 'hideous blanks' described by explorers are rich in resources and significance. Travelling to five continents over ...
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Hate skews reality even more than love. In the story of a Pakistani woman who has begun a new life in Paris, an essay about the writing of Kureishi's acclaimed ...
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Offering a collection of short fiction and essays, this book is centered around the vexed relationship between love and hate. ...
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By turns poignant, witty, and tender - these entertaining stories detail the lives of people who know where they are, but don't know what they're doing. This is ...
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Gordy LaSure's alwaystalking about films and how they'd be a shit ton better if only people would pull their asses out of their ears and listen to Gordy LaSure. ...
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In this book Richard Ayoade -- actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist -- reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself. Ov ...
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'This book contains all the hot Ayoade-on-Ayoade action any self-respecting adult could reasonably withstand.' Charlie Brooker 'This book changed my sex.' Noel ...
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Casting light on the most serious of problems and at the same time saying not one serious sentence; Strange sort of laughter, inspired by our time, which is ...
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In this representative selection from the work of one of the most innovative and enduring songwriters of the last century, the reader will find examples of all ...
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*Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*The Romans have long since departed, and Britain is steadily declining into ruin. The Buried Gian ...
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The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moust ...
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The political thriller of the year - UPDATED WITH A DEVASTATING NEW CHAPTER ON THE CHILCOT INQUIRY'Excellent' Sunday Times'Devastating' Daily MailWhen Tony Blai ...
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My name is Ruby. I live with Barbara and Mick. They're not my real parents, but they tell me what to do, and what to say. I'm supposed to say that the bruises o ...
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