View of the Empire at Sunset, Paperback - Caryl Phillips

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Reducere. DescriptionAward-winning author Caryl Phillips presents a biographical novel of the life of Jean Rhys, the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, which she w...

Presents the stories of Francis Barber, 'given' to the great eighteenth-century writer Samuel Johnson; Randolph Turpin, Britain's first black world...

Three plays by playwright and novelist Caryl Phillips, written in the 1980s and collected here for the first time: Strange Fruit, Where There is Da...

The English village is a place where people come to lick their wounds. It's not immediately clear why her neighbour, Solomon, is living in the vill...

Discover this heartrending story of orphans, outcasts and the grip of the past from award-winning novelist Caryl Phillips - inspired by Wuthering H...

The Nature of Blood is an unforgettable novel about loss and persecution, about courage and betrayal, and about the terrible pain yet absoulte nece...

Social worker Keith, separated from his wife and their teenage son, is floundering in a world of fraught sexual politics, parental responsibilities...

'The funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest man I ever knew.' This is how W.C. Fields described Bert Williams, the highest-paid entertainer in Am...

Reducere. Description"Strong evidence that the Roman Empire is of Edomite origin ... left our minds in bewilderment ... is one to be studied." -Church of Eng...

Reissue of this Booker shortlisted novel.

Find out what different animals do when the sun sets. The fiction pair book for this title is A Picnic at Sunset. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with ...

Reducere. Phillips examines the transitions of a Caribbean nation from colonialism to a dubious state of independence through the experiences of Bertram Fran...

Mum wants to take a photo of the sunset. But where is the camera? The non-fiction pair book for this title is At Sunset. Oxford Reading Tree Explor...

Reducere. Description"Strong evidence that the Roman Empire is of Edomite origin ... left our minds in bewilderment ... is one to be studied." -Church of Eng...

The third book in the action-packed Tales of Rome series for middle-grade readers age 8-12Publisher: SPCK PublishingAuthor(s): Kathy LeeIllustratio...

Two new title reissues in this action-packed series. Featuring updated cover designs.

A decade of mounting tension in a polarized America, from Wall Street to the rural heartlandA decade ago, Ken Light (born 1951) traveled across the...

Reducere. Magic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan.Fierce warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave the empire of Tsuranuanni.While in the opulent I...

Reducere. The world on the other side of the rift: Kelewan, a land seething with political intrigue and deadly conspiracies. Following the opulent panoply of...

Reducere. Shadows of the Empire illuminates the shadowy outlines of a criminal conspiracy that exists in the background of the events in the movies, ruled by...

Simon Scarrow's }Eagles Of The Empire{ series returns to the city of Rome itself in this sixteenth instalment. With Emperor Claudius dead, it falls...

From the bestselling author of CENTURION and THE GLADIATOR comes the action-packed tenth novel in Simon Scarrow's Roman series. When the actions of...

An action-packed novel of the Roman army, bringing to life the dangerous streets of ancient Rome and the restless province of Espania in the first ...

Minutes before he is asked to investigate a murder involving renowned poetress and courtesan Xuanji, Judge Dee receives a cryptic note attached to ...

Mr X the Phantom Thief is back, with a new evil planHe wants to steal the shining light from the top of the Empire Maze Tower, New Maze City's grea...

A reissue of the 12th Roman adventure thriller from the bestselling author of }The Legion{.

Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro are taken to the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire in this twenty-seventh }Eagles Of The Empire{ novel.

Roman army officers Centurion Marco and Tribune Cato confront treachery in the ranks in the thrilling new adventure from the Sunday Times-bestselli...

AD 44, Britannia. A devastating defeat leaves the men of Rome's Second Legion with an impossible decision. The epic fifth novel in Simon Scarrow's ...

The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 - John Darwin

AD 45, the Adriatic Sea. Centurions Macro and Cato embark on a deadly mission to rescue an imperial agent from pirates. The gripping sixth novel in...

Many Allied POWs in the Pacific theater of World War II suffered terribly. But abuse wasn't a matter of Japanese policy, as is commonly assumed. Sa...

An ex-Spitfire pilot is dragged into a race against a shadowy government agency to unlock the secrets of the lost empire of Atlantis...

This book explores the legacy of colonial heritage on Nigerian political activities and journalistic practices.Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publis...

AD 46. The Roman Army force in the land that is now Syria marches deep into treacherous territory to defeat Rome's bitterest enemy. This No. 1 best...

AD 43. Time is running out for Emperor Claudius's invasion force in Britannia. The second novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire...

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a compre...

A lavishly illustrated celebration of each of the world's sixty-eight currently recognized eagle species in all their magnificence and beguiling di...

Britannia, AD 44. Centurions Macro and Cato (the latter newly promoted) face trouble on two fronts - from the rebellious tribes, and from a deadly ...

Written entirely in the first person and fully based on accurate historical accounts, Michael Farah imagines how this royal family would have descr...

To secure lasting peace for the Earth Kingdom, Korra must trust an unlikely ally On the eve of its first elections, the Earth Kingdom's future is e...

AD 44. Britannia. General Plautius's wife and children are being held hostage by Druids. Can Centurion Macro and Optio Cato save them? The third gr...

AD 46, Judaea. A beleaguered Roman cohort must quash tribal revolts threatening the empire's eastern province. The seventh novel in Simon Scarrow's...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...