WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDEWhen Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart & sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come & keep him company & Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions. ...

This title comes with an introduction by Ben Kane. Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman, is blessed with `youth, wealth, & good digestion`. He is betrayed by his half-brother & becomes a renegade & Barbary corsair winning the title of Sakr-el-Bahr
- hawk of the sea. This is the thrilling, full-blooded adventure of how a man wronged became the scourge of the Mediterranean & the terror of Christians...
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Published in 1904, & drawing on London`s own experience on board a sealing ship, The Sea-Wolf describes the struggle between the civilized & the pagan, between the values of the ruthless sea-captain, Wolf Larsen, & the moral, literary Humphrey Van Weyden. One of his most popular novels, it also reveals London`s preoccupation with the Nietzschean idea of the superman, & his interest in the brute underlying social behaviour. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World`s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford`s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, & much more. ...

WINNER OF THE 2018 WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZEThe full story of seabirds from one of the greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face & the passions they inspire
- beautifully illustrated by artist Kate Boxer. Seabirds are master navigators, thriving in the most demanding environment on earth. In this masterly book, drawing on all the most recent research, Adam Nicolson follows them to the coasts & islands of Scotl&, Irel&, Icel&, Norway, & the Americas. Beautifully illustrated by Kate Boxer, The Seabird`s Cry is a celebration of the wonders of the only creatures at home in the air, on land & on the sea. It also carries a warning: the number of seabirds has dropped by two-thirds since 1950. Extinction stalks the ocean & there is a danger that the grand cry of a seabird colony will this century become little but a memory.
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Seabreezes are the lifeblood of cruising & racing sailors
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A Zoe Ball ITV Book Club Pick` Sally Magnusson has taken an amazing true event & created a brilliant first novel. It`s an epic journey in every sense: although it`s historical, it`s incredibly relevant to our world today. We had to pick it` Zoe Ball Book Club`A remarkable feat of imagination.. . I enjoyed & admired it in equal measure` Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent `A powerful tale of Barbary pirates.. . richly imagined & energetically told.` Sunday Times
- 100 Best Books to Read This Summer` Engrossing` Sunday Express ` Fascinating.. . a really, really good read` BBC R2 Book Club` The best sort of historical novel` Scotsman `A lyrical tale` Stylist ` Compelling stuff` Good Housekeeping` An extraordinarily immersive read.. . examining themes of motherhood, identity, exile & freedom` Guardian 1627. In a notorious historical event, pirates raided the coast of Iceland & abducted 400 people into slavery in Algiers. Among them a pastor, his wife, & their children. In her acclaimed debut novel Sally Magnusson imagines what history does not record: the experience of Asta, the pastor`s wife, as she faces her losses with the one thing left to her
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- & forges an ambiguous bond with the man who bought her. Uplifting, moving, & witty, The Sealwoman`s Gift speaks across centuries & oceans about loss, love, resilience & redemption. Chosen for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club (a really really good book) & the ITV Zoe Ball Book Club (the quality of the writing is amazing).` Icelandic history has been brought to extraordinary life... An accomplished & intelligent novel` Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, author of Why Did You Lie?` Vivid & compelling` Adam Nichols, co-translator of The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson


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School`s out, & Bobby Parrish is spending the summer on his dad`s boat. Job number one is to deal with the seals infesting the peninsula. The money`s good
- but Bobby knows, deep down, that he hasn`t got it in him. Will Bobby’s dad let him be different?A story of the split-second choices that can change lives forever. Eoin Colfer`s trademark humour & lightness of touch & Victor Ambrus`s classic artwork evoke a strong sense of place, character & vitality.
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Maria Duenas`s million copy best-selling tale of adventure, tragedy, love & war, ” The Seamstress”, a Richard & Judy 2012 book club pick. Spain, 1936 & the brink of civil war. Young, poor Sira Quiroga is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her wily love Ramiro. Fleeing Madrid together for Morocco, her love blinds her to his real failings. Soon abandoned, left penniless & in debt to the authorities, she has to rely on the one skill she still possesses: sewing. Taken under the wing of the bullish but caring housekeeper Candelaria, Sira is able to sew for the glamorous foreign English & German women in Tetouan. Privy to their unbridled gossip, Sira becomes invaluable to the British secret service, a position that is filled with untold risk. A story of danger, espionage, romance & war, ” The Seamstress” is a WWII tale like no other. ...

It was Czechoslovakia, 1942. Jan's father has been summarily executed by the Nazis. His mother & his older sister Maria have disappeared, & his younger sister Lena has been removed to a remote farm in the German countryside. With Europe in the throes of war, the ten-year-old boy embarks on a personal journey to reunite the family he has been violently torn from. The experiences he goes through & the horror he faces during this desperate quest will change his life for ever. ...

In the late-19th & early-20th centuries, as China opened its doors to the rest of the world, Western archaeologists introduced new field methods that led to important discoveries & the establishment of scientific bodies of research. However, as China turned in on itself from 1949 to 1990, Chinese archaeology entered a dark age. Today, in an era of cooperation, the splendours & achievements of ancient China are revealed to modern eyes. This work is an examination of the latest discoveries in the archaeology of Ancient China, including: the early Neolithic painted pottery; the Shang bronzes; the bronze bells of the Marquis Yi of Zeng; the terracotta army of Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor; & the lavish tomb of the Marquis of Dai & his family from the Han dynasty. ...