First ever critical study of Tolkien’s little-known essay, which reveals how language invention shaped the creation of Middle-earth and beyond, to George R R Martin’s Game of Thrones.J.R.R. Tolkien’s linguistic invention was a fundamental part of his artistic output, to the extent that later on in life he attributed the existence of his mythology to the desire to give his languages a home and peoples to speak them. As Tolkien puts it in ‘A Secre ...
George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois have put together a towering anthology of specially-commissioned stories from the most stellar names in the genre, set in a number of readers' favourite fantasy worlds.George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones.The collection will also feature a new and unpublished 100pp novella by George R.R. Martin set in the world of A ...
Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria.On the Front Line is an Orwell Special Prize winning journalism collection from veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin, who is the subject of the movie A Private War, starring Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan.Marie Colvin held a profound belief in the pursuit of truth, and the courage and humanity of her work was deeply admired. On ...
The definitive companion to the POIROT novels, films and TV appearances.‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.'The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own 'little grey cells' has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century. Yet despite being familiar to millions, Poirot himself has remained an eni ...
WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018 An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed, in which award-winning crime writer Mike Ripley reveals that, though Britain may have lost an empire, her thrillers helped save the world. With a foreword by Lee Child.When Ian Fleming dismissed his books in a 1956 letter to Raymond Chandler as ‘straight pillow fantasies of the bang-bang, k ...
A paragon of virtue, Miss Lillian Davenport has an unrivaled reputation. So why has she offered to pay dangerous American, Lucas Clairmont, for a single kiss?Lucas refuses to be molded by society and often walks on the wrong side of right, but Lillian's pure goodness and pale, correct life fascinate him. He senses that beneath the manners there's a woman of rare sensuality.For Lillian, buying a kiss from Lucas has released a wildness w ...
Детективные романы норвежского писателя и музыканта Ю Несбё – Снеговик и Сын. Повести Татьяны Толстой. Романы-игрушки испанского писателя Феликса Пальмы Карта времени и Карта неба. ...
А. Сванидзе «Викинги – люди саги: жизнь и нравы». А. Казанцева «Кто бы мог подумать! Как мозг заставляет нас делать глупости». М. Шторх «Дочь философа Шпета». А. Юрчак «Это было навсегда, пока не кончилось». ...
Об открывающейся 26 ноября в ЦДХ на Крымском валу Международной книжной ярмарке Non/fictio№, и некоторых книгах, которые будут на ней представлены. Среди них: «Щегол» /Донна Тартт/, «Выбирая свою историю» /И.Карацуба, И.Курукин, Н.Соколов/, «Носкоеды» /П.Шрут, Г.Миклинова/, сборник «Уроки русской любви», «Короткая фантастическая жизнь Оскара Вау» /Джуно Диас/, «Маленький домик в Больших Лесах» /Л.Уайлдер/, «Ройзман: Уральский Робин Гуд» /В.Панюш ...
