Oscar and Lucinda. True History of the Kelly Gang, Hardback - Peter Carey

OSCAR AND LUCINDA is a sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel set in nineteenth-century England and Australia where the two potential lovers lead ...

Reducere. DescriptionPeter Carey's two Booker Prize-winning novels, in one handsome hardcover volume. Oscar and Lucinda is a sweeping, irrepressibly inventiv...

THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TO BE RELEASED IN CINEMAS 28TH FEBRUARY 2020'Extraordinary . So mesmerising and moving.' Mail on S...

Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love ...

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Through physical deformities which were almost impossible to describe, Joseph Merrick spent much of his life exhibited as a fairground freak until ...

„Un roman de o complexitate si o forta extraordinare… Ma umple de o invidie salbatica, brutala.“ Angela Carter„O eruptie de entuziasm, o comedie de...

Reducere. Romanul lui Peter Carey despre iubirea nemarturisita dintre preotul Oscar Hopkins si Lucinda Leplastrier, beneficiara unei mosteniri, este o emotio...

Publisher: Memory Lane Media LtdAuthor(s): Lucinda GoslingIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 180Publication date: 2022Di...

The rectilinear pavilions seem to float over the tropical landscape, offering an uninterrupted stream of views of the Big Sarasota Pass and/or Bayo...

Reducere. Soldier of fortune and 16th century Spanish conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo is best known today for his first-hand accounts of Spain's expedi...

Homer the Blind Wonder Cat, star of "Homer's Odyssey, " returns in a touching and humorous new memoir.Gwen Cooper-author of the blockbuster bestsel...

The gripping, shocking and true story of a Bosniak family's flight from their home at the outbreak of war in former Yugoslavia. Hasan Nuhanovic was...

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...

Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Kate VigursIllustration(s): 22 b-w illus. + 1 mapNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 1...

The full story of the thirty-nine female agents of SOE F section who went undercover in France, revealing for the first time how their fates contra...

Reducere. In 1443, Imperial China ruled the seas. The God-chief of Cahokia ruled the lands along the Father of Waters. And, the Piasa was about to be created...

Reducere. DescriptionFifteen feet high. Twenty-five hundred pounds. Grayish-white in color. This was the common description of Old Moxie, otherwise known as ...

A chilling true crime book that chronicles the wave of abductions that terrorized the U.S. during the Great Depression, including the most infamous...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Bernal Diaz del CastilloTranslator: Ted HumphreyNumber of pages: 498Publication date: 2012Dimension...

A classic of alternative biography and feminist writing, this empathetic and witty book gives due to a "lesser" figure of history, Mary Ellen Peaco...

La Merica (la mer'.e.ca) Ancient Portuguese name for America. Meaning: "The Western Star" This book is made possible by the re-discovery of an anci...

A jazz critic, an anarchist, a chemist, a cad... and the biggest drug bust in UK historyPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): James WyllieIllu...

Reducere. Straight from the streets of the mid-1960s Bronx comes a book about one of the borough's most feared gangs - The Ducky Boys. While their unusual na...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Alan C. CareyIllustration(s): 200 colour & b/w photosNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2014Dimensi...

A quirky collection of true stories from the stranger side of the legal system, including a dead parrot in a courtroom, a mummified murder victim a...

Reducere. Oscar Wilde had one of literary history's mostexplosive love affairs with Lord Alfred "Bosie"Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquessof Queen...

Description Theatre of the Ridiculous is a significant movement that highlighted the radical possibilities inherent in camp. Much of contemporary ...

Reducere. Thrilling submarine espionage and an inside look at the U.S. Navy's "silent service" Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes the ...

Publisher: Milo BooksAuthor(s): Peter WalshIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 198 ...

Cheryl Ann Araujo is The Accuser. In 1983, she was victimized by men, the judicial system, the Government, the media, and the Portuguese mob becaus...

Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor(s): Kim KellyNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 236 x 40Cover type: HardbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. DescriptionAmerica's first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. H. H. Holmes:...

Reducere. "A thrilling account that puts the 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping case, billed as "the crime of the century, " in the context of the thousands of o...

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DescriptionAt an auction in Edinburgh in 2010, the sale of an old walking stick belonging to a British officer, Captain Gill, shed new light on one...

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The Victorian age was an era that witnessed enormous changes around Britain and affected vast swathes of the globe. This book looks at the minutiae...

Publisher: National Gallery of IrelandAuthor(s): Peter Somerville-LargeNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 180 x 255 x 40Cover ty...

Reducere. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Unabridged Edition (Vol.1-2).The author of this original and charming production, to whic...

Through dreams, visions, telepathy, and a host of other means, psychics have also predicted and tried to prevent many serious crimes. Psychic Detec...

DescriptionOn the evening of August 21, 1983, Metropolitan Police detectives raced to the cells of London's Clapham Police Station to find a prison...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Clyde N. WilsonIn this hard-hitting collection of 4 essays, Dr Wilson cuts straight to the chase: YOU WERE LIED TOYou were ...