World Literature

*THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*'Nerve-wracking dark suspense with a masterly resolution. Anders Roslund is a marvellously talented author' Erik Axl Sund, bestselling author of THE CROW GIRL'A perfect example of Scandi noir' The Times***Two little girls go...

'This is an impressive book. In writing it the author demonstrates great talent, as well as great courage.' -Mario Vargas LlosaIf I succeed in understanding who he was before I was born, perhaps I will be able to understand who I am now that he is dead....

We all want joy for ourselves and for those we love - naturally. But often it eludes us. Joy in the Bible if far greater, more robust, than happiness. It persists through the hard times. We're even encouraged to rejoice in God 'always'. Joni...

In Georgian England, few men were more fashionable or more eligible than George, Prince of Wales. Wild, glamorous, and with a penchant for beautiful women, the heir to George III's throne was a very good catch -or so it seemed. The two women who married...

From the author of The Picture Bride, two women's lives and identities are intertwined - through World War II and the Korean War - revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century. Can't I Go Instead follows the...

On 13 December 1776, the Rev. William Turner preached the first avowedly anti-slavery sermon in the North of England. Copies of his sermon were distributed far and wide -in so doing, he had fired the first shot in the battle to end slavery had begun...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566568074Author Adania ShibliFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Clockroot BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398811966Author Dr Gareth MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

The Tale of Princess Fatima - the only Arabic epic named for a woman - recounts the thrilling adventures of a legendary warrior known throughout the Middle East. After being abandoned at birth, Princess Fatima, otherwise known as Dhat al-Himma, must rely...

'A kind of magical realism for science fiction ... Quite, quite brilliant' TorPart pulp adventure, part otherworldly meditation, this is the story of Trafalgar Medrano: intergalactic trader and lover of bitter coffee and black cigarettes. In the bars and...

A man jumps, the platform empties, then the stories begin. Filled with tales of tragedy, love, hope and frustration, Malachi McIntosh's debut collection of short stories offers surreal and satirical accounts of the many perils of contemporary life...

**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**Read this timeless tale of medieval romance and adventure.It is the dark days of King Richard the Lion Heart''s reign, when the beloved king is fighting in far-off lands, leaving his corrupt brother...

Winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation'Both a great anti-war novel and a love story, full of tenderness - as around it the world shatters.' - Der Spiegel, 'Novel of the Year'The year is 1944 and Veit Kolbe, a young German soldier,...

Professor Eda Sagarra, born in 1933, has been significant and influential figure in Irish and European academic policy-making, contributing to the early development of the Erasmus scheme. Now, aged nearly 88, this memoir gives striking evidence of her...

This is Jakob Streit's third collection of stories from the Bible, retold for children. It includes stories from the Old and New Testaments, and some from the Apocrypha.A master storyteller, he brings the stories vividly to life, telling them in a way...

Cold-blooded bargirls, naive tourists and sordid scams - it was all in a night's work for Pattaya bar manager Simon Los.Book InformationISBN 9781912049769Author Simon LosFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Monsoon BooksPublisher Monsoon Books

In this moving, emotional narrative of love and resilience, a young couple confronts the start of Argentina's Dirty War in the 1970s, and a daughter searches for truth twenty years later.New York, 1998. Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is...

The first, shortest, and most approachable of James Joyce's novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man portrays the Dublin upbringing of Stephen Dedalus, from his youthful days at Clongowes Wood College to his radical questioning of all convention...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849676304Author DK and Julia SealFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Rily Publications LtdPublisher Rily Publications LtdDimensions(mm) 241mm * 241mm *...

The Librarian of Auschwitz is ideal for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Choice, this graphic novel is the story of the smallest library in the world - and the most dangerous. Based on a true story, it is an extraordinary novel of courage...

A young girl, Liv, lives with her mother on a remote island in the Arctic Circle. Her only friend is an old man who beguiles her with tales of trolls, mermaids, and the huldra, a wild spirit who appears as an irresistably beautiful girl, to tempt young...

PREORDER SWORD OF THE WAR GOD, THE EXCITING NEW HISTORICAL EPIC FROM TIM HODKINSON, NOW! The second in an adventure-filled historical series featuring Irish Knight Templar, Richard Savage, whose nemesis has abducted his daughter... 1316 AD...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598537147Author James Scott West IIIFormat HardbackPage Count 756Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603095174Author Alvaro OrtizFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Top Shelf ProductionsPublisher Top Shelf ProductionsWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm)...

A brilliant new translation of the short improvisational fiction and memoirs of Lu Xun, the father of modern Chinese literature.This captivating translation assembles two volumes by Lu Xun, the founder of modern Chinese literature and one of East Asia's...

Included in The New Yorker's Best Books of 2023Stories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth, and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology, and destiny.From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in...

Unique visual exploration of this glorious corner of England. Let this new collection of 500 stunning, full colour photographs of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight guide you around this beautiful southern region of England. Discover the maritime past of...

"A heartbreaking exploration of a family fractured by civil war. This beautiful, nuanced novel follows a young doctor caught within conflicting ideologies as she tries to save lives. I couldn't put this book down" BRIT BENNETT, bestselling author of THE...

From Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, New York Times bestselling author and Russia's greatest living absurdist, comes an elaborate family drama, social satire, and burlesque of twists, coincidences, and hijinks. Kidnapped is a madcap crime spree that caroms...

Will you tame the world - or shatter it? Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent is a campaign setting for 5E by Chris Metzen and Warchief Gaming. The first release in this universe, Worldbook: Lawbrand features the realm of Lawbrand, which is based on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936315485Author Alastair NivenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint StarhavenPublisher StarhavenWeight(grams) 14g

Principles of Metal Refining and Recycling provides a self-contained introduction to the field of purification and recycling of metals. The scientific principles in the treatment of the various metals are the same. The importance of using a clean and...

A "near-masterpiece" about faith and doubt by the award-winning, international bestselling author (The New York Times). In Rome, surrendering to secular pressures, the Fourth Vatican Council is stirring a revolution with their official denial of the...

An ordinary housewife finds herself haunted by visions of a mushroom cloud. She abruptly leaves her husband and son to travel alone to the city of Nagasaki, where she soon begins an affair with a young half-Russian, half-Japanese man. Inspired by...

From Pinocchio to The Chronicles of Narnia to Charlotte's Web, classic children's tales have shaped generations of young people. In recent years, homeschoolers and new classical schools have put these masterpieces of children's literature at the center...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735374744Author Galison MudpuppyImprint GalisonPublisher GalisonWeight(grams) 111g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312275433Author Pat BarkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515459996Author Thornton WilderFormat HardbackPage Count 70Imprint Spire BooksPublisher Spire BooksWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

'Extraordinary . . . Every page pulses with mud and magic' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace'Alive to the beauty and mystery of the natural world as well as the human heart'Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers'What a...

A poignant story of the inability to capture lost youth, by the Nobel Prize-winning author of A Farewell to Arms.'Luck is a feast which doesn't stay in one place'Richard Cantrell is an American colonel living in Venice just after the Second World War...