Book of Strange New Things, Paperback - Michel Faber

From the author of Under the Skin and The Crimson Petal & The White, the first novel from Michel Faber in 14 years is a wildly original tale of adv...

From the award-winning author of The Book Of Strange New Things, comes a debut collection of poetry that candidly reveals new truths about love and...

When Theo finds the 5th gospel in wartorn Iraq, he is driven by greed and a lust for fame to smuggle the book out of the country and publish an acc...

The Courage Consort, possibly the seventh best-known a cappella vocal ensemble in Britain, are given two weeks in a Belgian chateau to rehearse the...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Now part of The Canons series of modern classics, this is a new edition of the short story collection from the author of Under The Skin and The Cri...

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 desp...

Publisher: TransworldAuthor(s): Michel FaberPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 27Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si a...

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 ar...

Michel Faber's bestselling blockbuster set in 19th-century London

Reducere. Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Scarlett Johansson"A wonderful book - painful, lyrical, frightening, brilliant . . . I couldn't put it down." -...

Reducere. "A strange delight." --The Washington Post It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from language. First, it vanishes from Dhikilo's pa...

Reducere. Things New and Strange chronicles a research quest undertaken by G. Wayne Clough, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution born in the So...

Full of charming illustrations and inspiring prompts, A Year of Weeks is an interactive, imagination-sparking road map for a year of trying new thi...

Reducere. I wrote this during the lockdown, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It is based on my hope for my grandchildren's futures and the futures of al...

Includes Faber's novella The Courage ConsortPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): Michel FaberNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2010Dimensio...

From one of the world's preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of unde...

A nature diary by award-winning novelist, nature writer and hit podcaster Melissa Harrison, following her journey from urban south London to the ru...

Reducere. Engaging in conversation with God is life changing. When we pursue Him and expect Him to answer back, we are never, not ever, the same. Do you desi...

James Fenton, a Whitbread-winning poet praised for his own love poetry, gathers together the best lyric poems originating in the English language. ...

Reducere. Peter Leigh, pastor crestin, este trimis intr-o calatorie extraordinara, o misiune umanitara neobisnuita in spatiul extraterestru, care il va purta...

Reducere. Most of the following Kwaidan, or Weird Tales, have been taken from old Japanese books, -such as the Yaso-Kidan, Bukkyo-Hyakkwa-Zensho, Kokon-Chomo...

'A writer of great gifts.' - Robert MacfarlaneI now live a richly connected year, marked by seasonal events: the first snowdrop in my garden, cut a...

Margaret Atwood's superb exploration of stories and storytelling, myths and their reinventions, fiction and fact, the weirdness of nature, and the ...

A creepy story set in 19th century Switzerland, inspired by the creation of Frankenstein, from the acclaimed author of }Frost Hollow Hall{ and }The...

The most powerful weapon on the planet is hidden right behind your eyes. This work includes some facts about the strange powers of the human mind s...

DescriptionWhen one defines "order" as a sorting of priorities, it becomes beautifully clear as to what Foucault is doing here. With virtuoso showm...

And this is where our story really begins. Set between England and the wintry land of Liminus, a world enslaved by the monstrous Gamp and populated...

She's been here once before - but while the room hasn't changed, she is a different person now. Forever caught between check-in and check-out, she ...

Nicholas Slopen has been dead for months. So when a man claiming to be Nicholas turns up to visit an old girlfriend, deception seems the only possi...

'That is how it works in the City. Like the City itself, however, it is a journey that is doomed, and so all that is left is Anna's unwritten accou...

Pop culture phenomenon Emily the Strange returns Emily is not your ordinary thirteen-year-old girl--she's got a razor-sharp wit as dark as her jet-...

Each begins to long for what the other has, luring them into a strange loop. In this play for two variables, Marcus du Sautoy and Victoria Gould us...

This collection of Seamus Heaney's work, especially in the series of 12-line poems entitled "Squarings", shows he is ready to re-imagine experience...

Reducere. "An excellent read." --St. Petersburg Times "An often hilarious, always candid and astutely observed memoir chronicling a life observed, largely, f...

'Eimear McBride is that old fashioned thing, a genius.' Anne EnrightA nameless woman enters a non-descript hotel room she's been in once before, ma...

Focuses on why some businesses fail, and how to avoid it. This book looks at a truth all too seldom acknowledged: most commercial and public policy...

The godfather of nineties urban rave reflects on a life that has encompassed abuse, guns, graffiti, revenge, yoga, breakdancing and reality TV as r...

German forces are closing in, and the village is torn between cooperating to save themselves or putting up resistance and entering unknown danger. ...

Parkinson's everyday exaltations - selected from her immensely successful Guardian column - will utterly delight. FEATURES BRAND NEW MATERIALPublis...

Reducere. STRANGE THINGS LURK JUST BEYOND THE WOODLINEThe woods and forests can be a true dichotomy of experiences. For many they offer a peaceful connection...

Fara descriere

Paul Muldoon's new book, his twelfth collection of poems, is wide-ranging in its subject matter yet is everywhere concerned with watchfulness.Publi...

Reducere. "Glorious. A story that will be found and enjoyed and dreamed about for years to come."--Neil Gaiman A stunning modern-day Dickensian fable and a c...