From its bravura opening onwards, THE CROW ROAD is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel. 'It was the day my grandmother exploded.I sat in the crematorium, listening...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. All most people know of the Crimean War is the charge of the Light Brigade, but this war was both global and modern, insists noted historian a...
SUMMARY: The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods . All thre...
Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son, and mistress leave him; his ...
“One of the best historical series being written today.”—Washington Post“Todd once and for all establishes the shell-shocked Rutledge as the genre's most complex a...
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Product DescriptionDon't know much about history? Which societies are the most important? Which periods of time saw the most change? How have cultures...
Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the Discworld. Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant idiot.Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a...