Bodies from the library

Bodies from the Library 6

Bodies from the Library brings into the daylight the forgotten, the lost and the unknown, and the 2023 volume is another indispensable collection for

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Bodies from the Library 4

This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book

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Bodies from the Library 4

This annual anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book

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Bodies from the Library 3

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 18 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form

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Bodies from the Library 2

This anthology of rare stories of crime and suspense brings together 15 tales from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction for the first time in book form

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Bodies from the Library 5

Classic crime fiction's 'Indiana Jones' Tony Medawar unearths more unpublished and uncollected stories from the Golden Age of suspense, including John

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Foreign Bodies

Martin Edwards has selected gems of classic crime from Denmark to Japan and many points in between. Fascinating stories give an insight into the cosmo

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Bodies

A selection of short stories by Akvile Kavaliauskaite published in pamphlet form as part of the KUNAI (meaning: 'bodies') series and translated from L

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Bodies In The Library

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Library

Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google.

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Library

Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google.

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Bodies in the Library Short Stories

Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy deluxe short story compilations, this latest in the series is packed with amateur detectives solving

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Library

From the author of Meet Me at Pebble Beach comes a story of unlikely friendship and the power of community. In order to save their local library a six

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Wisdom from the Ancients

A beautifully packaged collection of 400 sayings, riddles and aphorisms from the ancient and medieval world.

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Postcards from the Trenches

The First World War was unique in being fought largely in trenches. Men ate, slept, fought, sang, prayed, and died there. This book brings together a

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Bodies of Others

Explores the politics of gender in motion. From drag ballerinas to faux queens, and from butoh divas to the club mothers of modern dance, this book de

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Treasures from the Map Room

This book explores the stories behind seventy-five extraordinary maps. Drawing on the unique collection in the Bodleian Library, these stunning maps r

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26 Postcards from the Collections

Structured around the alphabet, this book contains twenty-six detachable postcards, each featuring a rare or beautiful masterpiece. Presented in a han

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Ghosts from the Library

A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age – thrills, spills

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Boys' Bodies

This is a book about boysÂ’ bodies, masculinities, and the ways in which boys navigate their lives from early childhood through to the beginning of ad

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Foreign Bodies

A striking, shapeshifting volume from "one of the most fascinating female poets of our time" (BOMB)

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Foreign Bodies

An epic story of humanityÂ’s struggle against pandemics from the renowned historian and broadcaster

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Talking Bodies

This monograph brings together the presentations from the nineteenth John Bowlby Memorial Conference in 2012, organised by The Bowlby Centre. It explo

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Immaterial Bodies

A timely and multidisciplinary addition to the Theory, Culture a Society book series (given the recent turn to affect in the social sciences) from one

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Medieval Bodies

A major new talent unveils a glittering and gruesome history of the body in the Middle Ages, from saints' relics to lovesick troubadours.

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Walking Bodies

A curated collection of papers, provocations and actions from the 'Walking's New Movements' conference held at the University of Plymouth in November

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Revolting Remedies from the Middle Ages

In late medieval England, ordinary people, apothecaries and physicians gathered up practical medical tips for everyday use. While some were sensible h

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From the Depths

The supernatural is set alongside the grim affairs of sailors scorned in the salt-soaked tales of this anthology, recovered from obscurity for the 21s

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Someone from the Past

As the real killer uses the situation to their advantage, Bennett crafts a tense and nuanced story through flashbacks to Sarah's life and loves in thi

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From the Garden

Pea pods, cucumbers and strawberries provide plenty of opportunities for counting in the garden! Follow Dad, Grandma and other family members as they

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Enemies from the Deep

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Warm Bodies (The Warm Bodies Series)

'R' is a zombie. He has no name, no memories, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He is a little different from his fellow Dead. Amongst the ruins of an

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Though the Bodies Fall

From an exciting new voice in Irish fiction, a powerful novel set on an Irish clifftop - a story about duty, despair and the chance encounters upon wh

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Bring Up the Bodies

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012, the 2012 Costa Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction. With this historic win for 'Bring Up the Bodies', Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes (her first was for 'Wolf Hall' in 2009). By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII...

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American Women's Suffrage: Voices From The Long Struggle For The Vote

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Jim Crow: Voices From A Century Of Struggle Part One (loa #376)

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Straight from the Horse's Mouth

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Blessings from the Other Side

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Signs from the Other Side

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From Bordeaux to the Stars

BordeauxÂ’s transformation from provincial backwater to the worldÂ’s most treasured wine region, seen through the eyes of Jean-Michel Cazes, doyen of

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Lion and the Mouse and the Invaders from Zurg

Can a tiny mouse save a mighty lion... Thunder the Lion is leading a resistance group to fight the fierce Zurg who occupy Earth. Daisy the Mouse rushe

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Bring Up the Bodies (125003986X)

Kniha - autor Hilary Mantel, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The Man Booker-winning sequel to the Man Booker-winning Wolf Hall. 'My boy Thomas, give him a dirty look and he'll gouge your eye out. Trip him, and he'll cut off your leg,' says Walter Cromwell in the year 1500. 'But if you don't cut across him he's a very gentleman. And he'll stand anyone a drink.' By ...

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Wrath of the Lost

Having secured Baal, the Flesh Tearers receive timely reinforcements from the Indomitus Crusade. In that moment of hope, however, they realise they've

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Cypher: Lord of the Fallen

Cypher is one of the most mysterious figures in the galaxy, and this novel sheds light on his motivations and thoughts. Although, told from CypherÂ’s

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Making of The Wind in the Willows

Generously illustrated with original drawings, fan letters (including one from President Roosevelt) and archival material, this book explores the myst

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Warhawk

Book 6 in the global best-selling series from Black Library, The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra.

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Assassinorum: Kingmaker

Explore the fascinating relationships between the different Assassinorum Temples in this fantastic novel from Robert Rath.

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Bodies Left Behind

An isolated house in the woods, dead bodies on the floor, a chase through the woods: a tense standalone thriller from the master of the twist.

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12.30 from Croydon

The body of a wealthy retired manufacturer, is found dead in his seat on the 12.30 flight from Croydon to Paris. Rather less orthodox is the ensuing

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Roarings from Further Out

"It is my firm opinion that...The Willows is the greatest weird tale ever written." - H.P. LovecraftFrom one of the greatest and most prolific authors

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War without Bodies

Traces the intertwining of new communications technologies and war from the Crimean War, when Roger Fenton took the first photographs of the British a

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All These Bodies

All These Bodies is the blood-chilling supernatural thriller for older readers from the New York Times-bestselling author Kendare Blake.

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Additions to Clay Bodies

This book is an introduction to the use of additions in clay bodies, from hard materials like stones and glass to combustible matter, fibre, metals an

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Policing Black Bodies

Policing Black Bodies walks readers through critical issues facing African Americans in the criminal justice system—from police brutality to exonerat

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William Faulkner Novels 1930-1935 (LOA #25): As I Lay Dying / Sanctuary / Light in August / Pylon - William Faulkner

<p>Between 1930 and 1935, William Faulkner came into full possession of the genius and creativity that made him one of America’s finest writers of the twentieth century. The four novels in this Library of America collection display an astonishing range of characters and treatments in his Depression-era fiction. As I Lay Dying (1930) is a combination of comedy, horr...

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Bridges and Bodies

In this haunting sequel to Murder and Misconception, Ben Time finds himself in the daunting position of exonerating co-workers from the murders of two

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Bodies of Light

A beautiful and nuanced historical novel about maternal failures, sibling affection and the everyday savagery of family, from the author of Ghost Wall

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Bog Bodies Uncovered

Lindow Man, the famous Pete Marsh discovered in Cheshire in the 1980s, has been joined by new finds from Ireland and elsewhere. Who were these unfortu

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Robert Frost: Sixteen Poems to Learn by Heart - Robert Frost

<p>During a public reading Robert Frost was once asked why he so frequently recited his poems from memory. With typical wit, he replied: “If they won’t stick to me, I won’t stick to them.” Remarkably among the modern poets, his poems “stick” to the reader: "Mending Wall," with its famous invocation of the rural maxim "Good fences make good neighbors&...

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Small Bodies of Water

A lyrical, poetic essay collection that blends memoir with powerful writing on the natural world, taking us from London to New Zealand, Shanghai to Ma

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