The Double Tongue. With an introduction by Meg Rosoff, Main, Paperback - William Golding

William Golding's final novel, left in draft at his death, tells the story of a priestess of Apollo. Her ambiguous attitude to the god and her beli...

Oliver is eighteen and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country...

Meet the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece in this transporting tale of the classical world by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of th...

The three short novels in this collection, The Scorpion God, show Golding at his playful, ironic and mysterious best. And 'Envoy Extraordinary' is ...

Fame, success, fortune, a drink problem slipping over the edge into alcoholism, a dead marriage, the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. For Wilf...

The second volume of William Golding's Sea TrilogyIn a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Au...

From the prophetic Simon and virtuous Ralph to the lovable Piggy and brutish Jack, each of the boys attempts to establish control as the reality- a...

The third volume of William Golding's Sea TrilogyA decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage to Sydney Cove. It has been blown off c...

An bold and big-hearted memoir by Julia Cameron, the author of The Artist's Way - a book that has helped thousands of people uncover their creative...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William ShakespeareOther: Henry N. HudsonIntroduction by: Charles Harold HerfordConsidered by many as Shakespeare's masterp...

A tightly constructed drama which is regarded as one of the William Shakespeare's finest; "Othello" is the story of its titular character, a Mooris...

DescriptionThe second play in William Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays which also includes "Richard II, " "Henry IV, Part 2, " and "Henry V, " "Hen...

Hunt, trek, and feast among Neanderthals in this stunning vision of prehistory on the cusp of a new age, from the radical Nobel Laureate and author...

Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher Hadley Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears onl...

Lose yourself in an epic naval journey in the second novel in the Booker Prize-winning Sea Trilogy by the author of Lord of the Flies.Publisher: Fa...

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published serially from 1847 to 1848, "Vanity Fair" is William Makepeace Thackeray's most famous work in which the author reflects...

The epic imaginative enterprise [is] as formidable a feat as the year-long odyssey it charts.' Sunday Times'Golding writes the past as present [wit...

Introduced by Annie Proulx. lose yourself in an epic naval journey in this Booker Prize-winning novel: the first in the acclaimed Sea Trilogy by th...

DescriptionBelieved to have been written between 1610 and 1611, "The Tempest" is likely the last play written solely by Shakespeare. The story conc...

Weathering lightning strikes of memory, he must now reconstruct his fate - piece by terrible piece. 'Wizardry of the first order.' Observer'Terrify...

Golding seduces us, transfixes, bewitches and confounds us.' Nicola Barker'The most powerful, and strangest, of all Golding's novels, and one of th...

One man's vision of erecting a magnificent cathedral spire heralds apocalypse in this epic tale of obsession by the radical Nobel Laureate and auth...

Reducere. English poet John Milton's 17th century epic poem, "Paradise Lost, " is the work for which he is best known and which would solidify his reputation...

Reducere. Very little is known about the Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus. His birth and death dates are based off of cross-referencing works...

William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night, " is a classic comedy of mistaken identities, a device employed in a number of the bard's plays, which is bel...

A classic in the field of political economy, reissued here with a new, incisive introduction. The global financial crisis that Strange predicted in...

A classic in the field of political economy, reissued here with a new, incisive introduction. The global financial crisis that Strange predicted in...

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 ...

"Antigone, " the first Theban play written by Sophocles yet chronologically last in the cycle, is a masterpiece of classical antiquity which examin...

Reducere. DescriptionWritten in 1759 by Scottish philosopher and political economist Adam Smith, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" provides much of the founda...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODENLondon is under threat. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, wh...

Reducere. Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf" is the story of Humphrey van Weyden, an effete gentleman who finds himself shipwrecked when the San Francis...

A kind of Trigger Happy correspondence, his innocent requests, queries, complaints, demands and suggestions to hotels, airlines, multi-national cor...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Bryan TalbotNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 217 x 306 x 26Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

The beloved cult classic from the winner of the 2020 Goldsmiths Prize: a novel of life-changing moments, incredible descriptions of landscape and t...

'Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf' ALI SMITH Seven sh...

Reducere. Upon its original publication in 1857 Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" or "The Flowers of Evil" was embroiled in controversy. Within a mont...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marcus AureliusTranslator: George LongIntroduction by: Alice ZimmernMarcus Aurelius was born in Rome in 121 AD and would be...

DescriptionFirst published in 1902, Owen Wister's "The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains" is a genre-defining work, arguably the first western no...

It's a world you'll never tire of exploring' IAN RANKINBeware the Badger! The acclaimed steampunk series from graphic-novel pioneer Bryan Talbot ex...

The follow-up to Casino capitalism, this is another classic text, and the last book written by Susan Strange. It builds on the previous work, discu...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Julian AguonNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 143 x 224 x 19Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

'Readers who've not yet read Jane Bowles are almost to be envied, like people who've still to read Austen or Mansfield or Woolf' ALI SMITH A daring...

Contributor(s): Author: Mary ShelleyIntroduction by: Sir Walter ScottMary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young sci...

Reducere. One of the greatest novels ever written, "Anna Karenina" follows the self-destructive path of a beautiful, popular, and sensual Russian aristocrat....

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PEDRO ALMODOVAR The lives of trans Latinx come alive in this cocktail of bleakness and joy de vivre that depicts a communit...