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MYTHOMANIA – Some playful essays

9. 9. 2016 @ 06:30

In this collection of 27 playful essays about modern culture, some of which began life as radio programmes, Conrad illuminates in his own remarkable way...

Behind Closed Doors

1. 9. 2016 @ 16:08

JACK and Grace seem to be the perfect couple. They live in a beautiful house, he’s a handsome, well-mannered attorney who has never lost a...

Molly Chatsworth and the Skull of Belegnoth

25. 8. 2016 @ 16:11

Twelve-year-old Molly Chatsworth wants to be an ordinary girl. There is only one problem, the dead keep appearing in her bedroom at night. One afternoon,...

Purity

19. 8. 2016 @ 08:30

THE US novelist’s superbly satirical fifth novel is a grand old yarn which tells the story of ‘Pip’ Tyler, a young woman with a ridiculous...

Breach

11. 8. 2016 @ 10:39

THE eight short stories in this collection explore the refugee crisis through fiction, and they give voice to the hopes and fears of both sides....

A Quiet Life

14. 7. 2016 @ 11:49

A DOUBLE life is no life at all. Laura Leverett - wife, mother and a spy - finds herself living in limbo in Geneva with...

Even Dogs in the Wild: The New John Rebus

4. 7. 2016 @ 07:54

RETIREMENT doesn’t suit former Inspector John Rebus. He wasn’t made for hobbies, holidays or home improvements. So when DI Siobhan Clarke asks for his help...

Things Fall Apart

23. 6. 2016 @ 16:30

A TRAGIC story that follows Okonkwo, a ‘strong man’ of an Ibo village in Nigeria, and his rise to, and subsequent fall from, his position...

Herland

17. 6. 2016 @ 15:20

A trio of men join a scientific expedition to one of the few remaining uncharted areas of the world and discover a lost civilisation populated...

Golden Hill

10. 6. 2016 @ 16:05

RICHARD SMITH, a handsome young man of uncertain background straight off the boat from England in 1746, sprints from the dock to a counting house...

Following On: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket

26. 5. 2016 @ 10:45

IN 1993, while everyone else was learning Oasis lyrics or crushing on Kate Moss and Keanu, 14-year-old Emma John was obsessing over the England cricket...

Hitman Anders and the Meaning of it All

19. 5. 2016 @ 16:15

FIVE THOUSAND kronor belonging to a hitman staying in room seven goes missing at a grotty Stockholm hotel, but Per Persson, the hotel receptionist, just...

A Monster Calls

21. 4. 2016 @ 13:00

A Monster CALLS by Patrick Ness is a deeply moving story of a 13-year-old boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected visitor.  Conor wakes...

The Widow

15. 3. 2016 @ 15:25

For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, this mystery/psychological thriller will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a...