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France 15 (Lonely Planet) by Nicola Williams, Alexis Averbuck, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Fabienne Fong Yan, Michael Frankel, Rooksana Hossenally, Cyrena Lee, Daphne Leprince-Ringuet, Sixtine Lerouge, Christina Mackenzie, Chrissie McClatchie, Ashley Parsons, Helen Ranger, Anna Richards, Madeleine Rothery, Paul Stafford, Nicola Leigh Stewart, Samantha Wood McGarry
Category: Travel | Series: Travel Guide Ser.
Lonely Planet's France is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Sample French cuisine, explore Bordeaux's wineries or reach new heights in the French Alps; all with your trusted travel companion ...Show more
García Márquez - 100 Years of Solitude by Michael Wood
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Landmarks of World Literature Ser.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps the most important landmark of the so-called 'Boom' in contemporary Latin American fiction.
In Search of the Dark Ages by Michael Wood
Category: History
The bestselling classic In Search of the Dark Ages expanded and revised for the book's 40th anniversary. From Boudica to William the Conqueror, this is the definitive story of the Early Middle Ages and the hidden history of it's people.In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origi ...Show more
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great - A Journey from Greece to Asia by Michael Wood
Category: Education
Between 334 and 324 B.C. the Macedonian army, led by Alexander the Great, marched relentlessly across Asia. An event of bravery and cruelty, endurance and greed, Alexander's expedition was a turning point in human history. His conquest opened up contacts between Europe and Asia, unleashing astonishing h ...Show more
In the Footsteps of Du Fu by Michael Wood
Category: Travel
A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of China’s greatest poets. His career coincided with periods of famine, war and huge upheaval, yet his secular philosophical vision, combined with his empathy for the common folk ...Show more
Machado de Assis - 26 Stories by Joaquim Machado de Assis; Margaret Jull Costa (Translator); Robin Patterson (Translator); Michael Brenna Wood (Foreword by)
Category: Classics
Widely acclaimed as "the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America" (Susan Sontag), as well as "another Kafka" (Allen Ginsberg), Machado de Assis (1839-1908) was famous in his time for his psychologically probing tales of fin-de-siecle Rio de Janeiro--a world populated with dissolute plutocrats, gr ...Show more
The Collected Stories of Machado de Assis by Joaquim Machado de Assis, Michael Wood
Category: Classics
Widely acclaimed as the progenitor of twentieth-century Latin American fiction, Machado de Assis (1839-1908)--the son of a mulatto father and a washerwoman, and the grandson of freed slaves--was hailed in his lifetime as Brazil's greatest writer. His prodigious output of novels, plays, and stories rival ...Show more
The Crocodile and Other Stories (riverrun Editions) - Dostoevsky's Finest Short Stories in the Timeless Translations of Constance Garnett by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Michael Wood (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: riverrun editions
'I have always been ridiculous, and I have known it, perhaps from the hour I was born' A man goes mad because he is happy. A civil servant behaves like a monster at a wedding-party. A man is swallowed by a crocodile, but not eaten nor seriously damaged. Dostoevsky's stories inhabit similarly volcanic ...Show more
The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood Volume 2 by Wallace Wood; Paul Krassner; Paul Levitz; Bill Pearson; Trina Robbins; Marie Severin (Artist); Dave Sim (Artist); Flo Steinberg; Tom Sutton; J. Michael Catron (Editor); Bhob Stewart (Editor); Daniel Clowes (Artist); Robert Crumb (Artist); Al Feldstein (Artist); Drew Friedman (Artist); Michael T. Gilbert (Artist); Larry Hama
Category: Accessories
Who was Wallace Wood? The maddest artist of Mad magazine? The man behind Marvel's Daredevil? His World is an incisive look back at the life and career of one of the greatest and most mythic figures of cartooning. Edited over the course of thirty years by former Wood assistant Bhob Stewart, His World is ...Show more
The Mind of a Murderer (Dr Olivia Winter #1) by Michael Wood
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Dr Olivia Winter Ser.
The best person to understand a serial killer is one of his victims. Meet Dr Olivia Winter. 'I was hooked from the first page... mind-blowing and gripping. I am eagerly awaiting the next instalment' Angela Marsons 'Chilling, unnerving [and] pacey' John Marrs 'A searingly intense, utterly captiva ...Show more
The Seventh Victim by Michael Wood
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: DCI Matilda Darke Ser.
From the bestselling author of the DCI Matilda Darke series comes a standalone thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page... 'Dark, twisting and captivating. The very essence of the just-one-more-page thriller' Will Carver 'Wood gets better with every book. I could ...Show more