Prelude Books

Contributor(s): Author: William WordsworthEditor: Jonathan WordsworthFirst published in July 1850, shortly after Wordsworth's death, The Prelude wa...

A new edition of the book on love from the professor of education at the University of Southern California, who died in 1998. It's the result of th...

A modern and constructive attitude to the psychological and philosophical preparations for the wedding day and the early part of marriage that foll...

When Stockwell Park Orchestra goes on tour to Europe, it proves a challenge for even the most efficient German logistical planner.

When Fran is framed for the murder of three old ladies at the care home, retired SAS officer Tom resolves to prove her innocence. Proving you're on...

Magic is forbidden in Myrsina, along with other abominations such as girls doing maths. This is bad news for Gretel Mudd, who doesn't perform magic...

When Simon meets Kim, at last something is more important than ornithology. But as he's never been in a relationship, he relies on what he knows be...

On a night of wild storms, two troubled figures - a 15-year-old boy, Smiler, and a cheetah, Yarra - escape from captivity. Their lives become inext...

A new relationships guide from bestselling author, Leo Buscaglia, whose previous copies have sold over four million. With advice on how to build lo...

The town is gripped by a big freeze, leaving shops and businesses snowbound. Hettie Bagshot and her sidekick, Tilly Jenkins, are called to investig...

Twenty essays to consult on philosophical issues relating to travelling and typical experiences overseas, produced under the direction of series ed...

The final book in the acclaimed Darkwood trilogy - a modern fairy tale series to bewitch grown-up fans of Terry Pratchett and younger readers alike.

52 overlooked small pleasures, for a life, from 'flirtation' to 'cyprus trees'. Short, enjoyable meditations on small pleasures - one for each week...

The town's psychic cat, Irene Peggledrip, is being visited by a band of malevolent spirits who all claim to be murderers. The stage is set for Hett...

When players in Stockwell Park Orchestra fear they may be getting out of touch with their local community, they invite schoolchildren to join them ...

Smiler flees to the farm of the 'The Duchess' in North Devon, where he stays and tends to circus animals housed there for the winter. All is going ...

With a huge reward on the line, the Stockwell Park Orchestra will need to play on a whole new scale to win big.Publisher: Prelude BooksAuthor(s): I...

We spend vast amounts of time acquiring confidence in narrow technical fields: quadratic equations or bioengineering; economics or pole vaulting. B...

As the Easter weekend approaches, feline detectives Hettie Bagshot and Tilly Jenkins are called to investigate the murder of local radio DJ Hartley...

Arguably the most memorable speaker ever on the subject of love, Leo Buscaglia's talks to earlier generations connected with millions. Remarkably, ...

It's a year since the Battlestar Suburbia broke free from Earth and the human rebellion is hiding out in the asteroid belt. Their leader, Admiral J...

Reducere. William Wordsworth's epic autobiographical masterpiece 'The Prelude' is presented here alongside shorter poems such as 'I Wandered Lonely As A Clou...

Can Gretel persuade Gilde the Bear Witch to join forces with her friends, or at least stop fighting them? Can Hansel find a way to heal the land's ...

In a tale marrying the insight of Sue Townsend with the farcical humour of John O'Farrell, a priceless cello is abducted, a conductor is stranded o...

Problematic behaviour in the modern workplace is explained and prescribed to with the wisdom of philosophy in this guide to going easy on yourself,...

The }School Of Life{ series turns its attention to the much-misunderstood practice of psychotherapy, proposing such therapeutic intervention as a u...

A trusty companion for sleepless nights and reasoning through them mindfully and philosophically, offered as a concise publication from }The School...

Mr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, and sets out to explore the countryside and go house-hunting. While learn...

Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried solicitor's clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to Margate. But...

Publisher: Prelude BooksAuthor(s): Victor CanningCollection: Mr FinchleyPublication date: 2019Dimensions: 133 x 198 x 35Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Still on the run, Smiler hitches a train to Scotland where he finds work as an animal caretaker within the grounds of a castle occupied by 'the Lai...

The bickering but loving Rooks run a small family business - ghost hunting. They claim that there's no supernatural problem too small or too big fo...

Lucian Wing ends up drawing on his last ounces of patience, tact, and - especially - humour.

What if you could trade places with someone? Epiphanie swaps Madison Square Garden for gigs in pubs. Sally is catapulted from suburban semi-life to...

When a flood of faked banknotes hits the market, retired art teacher Miss Emily Seeton is chosen to investigate a respected Geneva bank. Bamboozlin...

Publisher: Prelude BooksAuthor(s): Colin WatsonCollection: A Flaxborough MysteryPublication date: 2018Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperba...

In a dystopian future, humans are an underclass of cleaners for sentient machines, in this combination of high concept and earthy humour in the vei...

More outrageous than Santa Claus in a Speedo, When Elves Attack serves up a Yuletide feast of the "pure gonzo humor" the New York Times Book Review...

The first in Marshall's classic series of police procedurals - suspenseful and hilarious in equal measure.

True to life, funny and uplifting, Mockstars is a coming-of-age story about friendship and chasing the rock 'n' roll dream. Inspired by the real-li...

"I am in great danger..."This letter is received by three eminent citizens of Flaxborough, including the Chief Constable. So when one of the town's...

When five murders disturb his sleepy Burgundian city on Bastille night, Chief Inspector Evariste Clovis Desire Pel has his work cut out for him. A ...

Pel's personal life is going far from smoothly, as he discovers himself to be the target of a letter-bomb sent by an old enemy - aside from the obv...

Chief Inspector Pel's honeymoon with his new wife Genevieve is disrupted when a local taxi driver is murdered on their first night. More puzzling i...

Pel's life as a contented newlywed is put on hold as he finds himself investigating the deaths of a series of young women, who have been strangled ...

At the roulette table an elderly woman in diamonds is making a killing. Who would guess the bejewelled high roller is retired art teacher Miss Emil...

The gentle Miss Seeton? A thief? A preposterous notion-until she's accused of helping a pickpocket . . . and stumbles into a nest of crime. Serene ...

A well-known fraudster is found dead in an alleyway - could gang rivalry be to blame? And who is behind a series of attacks targeting gay men in th...

In the third instalment of the Battlestar Suburbia series, robots and humans learn the answers to all their problems lie not in space but under the...

It is the year 12, 020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galact...

Reducere. This comprehensive addition to the }School Of Life{ range lays out the vocabulary required by the modern individual to achieve an emotionally intel...

In the Hong Bay district of Hong Kong, crimes of every shape and size are commonplace. But not letter bombs... When Detective Inspector Spencer nar...

A mystery lands - literally - at Tom Winscombe's feet, and another riotous mathematical adventure begins... Just who are the Fractal Monks, and wha...

A pair of runaways take refuge in Sheriff Wing's slice of the Vermont countryside.Publisher: Prelude BooksAuthor(s): Castle FreemanCollection: Luci...

In his beloved Burgundy, Chief Inspector Pel finds himself incensed by interference from Paris, but it isn't the descent of rival policemen that ma...

Reducere. It's 1937, and Heath Barrington is a na ve twenty-two-year-old about to set sail across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary. While on board, he meets th...

It's murder on the dance floor! When reality TV dancer Nadiya Slipchenko senses danger, local detective Cherry Hinton is hired as an on-set bodygua...

Reducere. The first of two prequel novels in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, theFoundation seriesIt is the year 12, 020 G.E. and Emperor ...

When Kenny Thorpe, a contestant on Expose TV's Big Blubber, the hot new celebrity weight-loss show, is murdered on live television in front of 3 mi...

A series of murders is haunting the Hong Bay district of Hong Kong - and a nightmarish investigation for Harry Feiffer and his staff at the Yellowt...

All aboard for the Summer of Fluff!In scorching temperatures, Hettie Bagshot and her sidekick Tilly set out on a road trip to catch a killer cat am...

Miss Seeton is most embarrassed. Her every attempt at a portrait of little Effie Goffer has become a chilling picture of a corpse. Is Miss Seeton a...

The maths world plays host to mystery and murder in this thriller with an enthusiasm for complex equations from the author of Scott Prize-winning s...

When the celebrated crime writer Agatha Crispy engages Hettie and Tilly in the search for a stolen manuscript, our feline detective duo is plunged ...

A comedy murder mystery set in France with an amateur sleuth out of his depth. When an older gentleman disappears from a B&B, Richard and his more ...

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From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy's fashion for wearing wigs ...

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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 ...

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 ...