The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History, Paperback - V. S. Naipaul

Reducere. The history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay El Dorado, the mythical kingdom...

A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times-bestselling author sets a new standard for histories of the American WestIllustrations: 24 Ha...

V. S. Naipaul's novel of fraudulent revolution, schizophrenia and murder.

A thoughtful and beautifully crafted epilogue to the history of slavery - essential reading for anyone interested in American history.

A profound novel from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

An astonishing novel about hope, despair, poverty and laughter.

A moving and beautiful novel told with great dignity, compassion and candour.

An astonishing piece of travel writing and a timely and insightful analysis of Islamic fundamentalism.

V.S. Naipaul's meditative novel about a stranger in a strange land.

An astonishing selection of letters from V. S. Naipaul's formative years, rich with compassion, literary beauty and a genuine literary intent.Publi...

Concentrating mainly on India, the Americas, Africa and the Diaspora, this wonderful collection of essays is a clear-eyed and magnificent introduct...

A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an ext...

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971, In a Free State is one of Sir V.S. Naipaul's best-loved works, a story of disenfranchisement and the search for...

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 and nominated for the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018.

A luminous and challenging work of autobiographical travel writing.

This is one of V. S. Naipaul's greatest novels, hard but full of pity. It won the Booker Prize, in its original edition, in 1971.Publisher: Pan Mac...

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From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, A House for Mr Biswas is V. S. Naipaul's best-loved novel.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): V. S...

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After a hiatus of seven years, V.S. Naipaul returned to fiction with A Way in the World: an exquisite meditation on rootlessness and belonging.

A luminous and challenging work of autobiographical travel writing.

India is the collection of three classic books by V. S. Naipaul, introduced by fellow traveller and writer Paul Theroux.

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 and nominated for the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018.

Reducere. The elusive Pimpernel returns for another swashbuckling adventure in El Dorado. The still-raging French Revolution continues to claim lives, and th...

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From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature comes a multicultural tale of finding your place in the world.

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, A House for Mr Biswas is V. S. Naipaul's best-loved novel. With an introduction by writer Teju Cole.

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Reducere. El Dorado Freddy's may be the first book of fast food poetry. In "Olive Garden, " "Culver's, " "Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen, " "Cracker Barrel, " "A...

Reducere. The book that turned the gentle satirist of the Caribbean into a major literary figure, in a hardcover edition with an introduction by Karl Miller....

Reducere. Roger Williams purchased the fertile Aquidneck Island from the Narragansett tribe in 1637. It was here that Anne Hutchinson, along with William Cod...

DescriptionWhat ever happened to the legend of El Dorado, the tale of the mythical city of gold lost in the Amazon jungle? Charlotte Rogers argues ...

More than a travelogue, Naipaul considers the effects of belief - indigenous, foreign, cult and mythical - upon the progress of African civilisatio...

This is what we all learned in school: Pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. They had a rough start, but ultimately made a go ...

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DescriptionUse the magic of a story to introduce young children to a foreign language in a natural and relaxed way. These 10 stories each introduce...

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Reducere. An extremely well-written, compassionate guide for the millions of people who come face to face with a death in their own families Losing a parent ...

Reducere. Cuando Trolero y Hardy llegan a Villa Trigo, no pueden creer lo que ven: la aldea está completamente devastada! No hay trigo, no hay Masa Madre y l...

Reducere. The death of any dog is hard. The death of a Heart Dog - a canine soul mate - is much, much worse ... Even if you've experienced pet loss before, l...

A practical, straightforward guide to help anyone struggling with the grief of losing a life partner.

Reducere. He was your love. She was your partner. Now your heart is broken.What do you do with all the pain, confusion, and anger? What will life be like? Wh...

Reducere. What Guns, Germs, and Steel did for colonial history, this book will do for modern anthropology, telling the explosive story of how ruthless journa...

Reducere. The unbelievable facts behind the loss of Flight 370 will shock the travelling public. The book by New Zealand pilot Ewan Wilson and journalist Geo...

Reducere. First published in 1912, just two short months after the sinking of the TITANIC, this hauntingly immediate account opens with Lawrence Beesley's st...

Reducere. A Dynamic Account of Religion's Central Role in American History

Reducere. Have you or someone you know experienced an infant or pregnancy loss? You are not alone. Always Within; Grieving the Loss of Your Infant is like ha...

Reducere. Description HEALING AFTER THE LOSS OF YOUR MOTHER is a heartfelt and practical guidebook for those mourning the loss of their mother & for supporte...

Reducere. Surviving the loss of a child is an unbearable pain. Yet it is a pain that so many grieving mothers bear every day. The aftermath of child loss can...

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