Long Way From Home, Paperback - Peter Carey

Together with Willie, their lanky navigator, they embark upon the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the continent, over roads no car will ever quit...

This is the true story of a little girl called Anna who, abandoned by her parents, is living in a rundown orphanage in Eastern Europe. Although fac...

Reducere. McKay's account of his long odyssey from Jamaica to Harlem and then on to France, Britain, North Africa, Russia, and finally back to America. As we...

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In this searing, authentic memoir, Elizabeth is hired to herd goats on a remote mountain farm in the South of France where she carves out a life fo...

Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable-their grandmother! Join Joey and h...

Two brothers set out on a journey from Douala to the far north of the Cameroon to find their brother who is on his way to Europe via traffickers in...

A 'violent experience' at the age of nine colours Jessica Vye's schooldays and her reaction to the world around her, for she has been told that she...

Reducere. ``The Long Way Home is a riveting remembrance of the Great War by a master writer.... Deeply compelling.`` -- Douglas Brinkley ``Moving, revealing,...

Reducere. Sometimes you have to go home to find out who you really are. Charlie West went to bed one night an ordinary high-school student. He woke up a hunt...

George has already made up his mind to run away, back to the children's home. None of the previous families have wanted him. Why should the Dyers b...

In his days as a young seaman Stuart MacDonald dreamt of sailing away on his own, but a career at sea and later in business got in the way. Finally...

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 ...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER They met over their dogs. Gail Caldwell and Caroline Knapp (author of Drinking: A Love Story) became best friends, talkin...

Publisher: Conundrum PressAuthor(s): Jon ClaytorIllustration(s): black and whiteNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 202 x 140 x 2...

Reducere. In riveresque prose, Ron Lands carries us with fearless grace over the eddies and jutting rocks of lives in small-town Tennessee. We are in our ver...

"We don't need a new mother, " declares a bereft, eight-year-old, after devastating loss. Into this postwar, Philadelphia family enters a German-bo...

'Great story... I would definitely recommend.' - NetGalley reviewer, Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Shann McPhersonNumber of pages: ...

Otto and Nanu are off on a climbing adventure - to the top of Lion Mountain! But Nanu is having a forgetting day and can't remember the way home. C...

*** now nominated for six oscars, including best picture, supporting actor and supporting actress *** Lion is the heartbreaking and inspiring origi...

Reducere. NOW NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS. Lion is the heartbreaking and inspiring original tru...

The start of a new crime series featuring a detective duo from the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit, from the publishers of Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo ...

Reducere. All across the world, people suddenly vanish in the blink of an eye. From their cars during the rush hour commute. From the shopping malls. Their h...

Reducere. When Matthew Riker returns to Iowa to attend the funeral of his high school wrestling coach, he finds a lot has changed since he last set foot in h...

The tenth atmospheric and ingenious crime novel in the Three Pines series, featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, from number one Ne...

Reducere. When Liz's eccentric Aunt Gertrude comes to visit, she warns Liz and her little brother Charlie not to touch any of her things. But Charlie picks u...

Reducere. Margie attends an American boarding school in Kodaikanal, South India, a thousand miles from her home in Parlakimedi, Orissa state, where her missi...

This stunning memoir-cum-travelogue from twice Booker winning author Peter Carey re-evaluates Japan through its attempts to understand the violent ...

Man Booker Prize FinalistNational Book Award FinalistTwo-time Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey's latest feat of imagination is an irrepressible, aud...

Reducere. Dublu laureat al Premiului Booker Viata lui Michael Butcher Bones, pictorul cazut in dizgratie, falit si proaspat divortat, si a fratelui sau, Hugh...

Reducere. Olivier, fiul unor nobili francezi care au scapat ca prin urechile acului de ghilotina Revolutiei Franceze, este trimis de catre familia sa in Stat...

When Georgiana Gregory and her maid, Kitty, make the long sea journey from their native Hull for New York, they hope to begin a new life in the fre...

A topical, thought-provoking novel from the multi-award-winning author of Smart and A Seven-Letter Word, Kim Slater.

Escape to the golden Somerset countryside with Sunday Times bestseller Veronica Henry for an absorbing family drama bursting with sunshine, cider a...

Peter Carey's astonishing debut novel is a fast-moving extravaganza, both funny and gripping, about a man who, recovering from death, is convinced ...

Publisher: Birlinn GeneralAuthor(s): Peter EvansIllustration(s): MapsNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 142 x 223 x 14Cover type...

Reducere. Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Surete du Quebec, has found a peace he'd...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lauraine SnellingWhen a disastrous decision by the trainmaster forces Jesselynn Highwood and her companions to separate fro...

A deeply emotional combination of grief memoir and soldier's story.Illustrations: 8pp b/w

A very personal mix of memoir and natural history from the author of Liquid Gold.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Roger Morgan-GrenvilleNumber of pa...

Reducere. Hiking From Home: A Long-Distance Hiking Guide for Family and Friends is an informative guide for those supporting a long-distance hiker. It explai...

Reducere. Dwight Yoakam has long been known to country music fans as a musiciam who is as much artist as he is superstar. Over the course of his fifteen-year...