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A collection of nine stories, Colm Tóibín's Mothers and Sons is a sensitive and beautifully written meditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental of relationships.Psychologically intricate...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel...

A Guest at the Feast is Colm Tóibín's touching memoir. A Guest at the Feast moves from the small town of Enniscorthy to Dublin, from memories of a mother who always had a book on the go to the author's...

From Colm Tóibín comes New Ways to Kill Your Mother, a fabulously entertaining book about writers and their families.In this wonderfully entertaining and enlightening collection, Colm Tóibín not only...

'I imagined lamplight, shadows, soft voices, clothes put away, the low sound of late news on the radio. And I thought as I crossed the bridge at Baggot Street to face the last stretch of my own journey...

THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'They cut her hair before they dragged her to the place of sacrifice. Her mouth was gagged to stop her cursing her father, her cowardly, two-tongued father. Nonetheless,...

Long Island is Colm Tóibín’s masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever.A Book of the...

'It is impossible to read Tóibín without being moved, touched and finally changed' – Independent on SundayColm Tóibín’s The Heather Blazing details the life of Eamon Redmond, a judge in Ireland’s high...

An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices, Colm Tóibín__________________In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Tóibín takes three of Ireland's...

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'Beautiful . . . a thriller, a love story and much more' Roddy Doyle'A remarkable achievement . . . [a] sheer pleasure to read' The Sunday TimesRichard Garay lives alone with his mother in Buenos Aires,...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize'A triumph' – The Observer'A masterly achievement' – The IndependentIn January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London....

With an introduction by Roy FosterA classic work of Irish literature, this award-winning novel is an exploration of love, art and identity.This was the night train to Barcelona, some hours before the...

Colm Tóibín's Homage to Barcelona celebrates one of Europe’s greatest cities – a cosmopolitan hub of vibrant architecture, art, culture and nightlife. It moves from the story of the city’s founding and...

Between 1990 and 1994, Colm Tóibín made a series of trips through Catholic Europe. His journey led him into close contact with people from all walks of life, from priests to politicians, from the intellectually...

Enniscorthy, Irlande, années 1950. Comme de nombreuses jeunes femmes de son âge, Eilis Lacey ne parvient pas à trouver du travail. Par l'entremise d'un prêtre, on lui propose un emploi en Amérique, à...

Une existence hors du commun adossée à une histoire familiale extraordinaire, une œuvre littéraire majeure couronnée par le Prix Nobel, et la traversée de toutes les tragédies politiques de la première...

Enniscorthy, Irlande, années 1950. Comme de nombreuses jeunes femmes de son âge, Eilis Lacey ne parvient pas à trouver du travail. Par l’entremise d’un prêtre, on lui propose un emploi en Amérique, à...

En 1895, à Londres, Henry James présente sa pièce Guy Domville. C’est un échec retentissant. Blessé, il se réfugie en Irlande. L’histoire racontée ici commence le jour de ce fiasco et explore les cinq...

Prix spécial du jury Femina pour l'ensemble de son œuvre.Une inoubliable passion amoureuse, après le chef-d’œuvre du Magicien, par un des maîtres de la fiction contemporaine.Tout bascule lorsqu’un inconnu...

Mon fils s'était laissé capturer. Au cours des heures que j'ai passées dans cette maison avec ses disciples, j'ai bien vu que, pour eux, c'était dans l'ordre des choses. Son arrestation faisait partie...

Irlande, fin des années 1960. Nora, qui élève seule ses quatre enfants depuis la mort de son mari, tente de refaire sa vie sous l'oeil critique des habitants de la petite ville où elle vit depuis toujours....

Après le sacrifice de sa fille, une mère fomente la mise à mort de l'assassin. Enragée, elle crie sa joie de venger son enfant. Puis son fils est enlevé et passe des années en exil où, dans un douloureux...

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Une œuvre couronnée par le prix Nobel de littérature, une vie familiale mouvementée et souvent dramatique, et la traversée de toutes les tragédies politiques de la première moitié du siècle – voilà comment...

Au début des années 1900, au coeur de l'été londonien, le destin d'Amerigo, prince italien désargenté, vient d'être scellé. Il a épousé Maggie Verver, la fille d'un riche collectionneur et homme d'affaires...

A devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. Discover Brooklyn before reading its eagerly anticipated follow-up, Long Island.It is Ireland in the...

Follow Colm Tóibín's lone religious pilgrimage along the Irish border during the tumultuous summer of 1987.In the summer after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, when tension was high in Northern Ireland, Colm...

A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it.From the melancholy and amusement within...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2013From the author of Brooklyn comes a short, powerful novel about one of the most famous mothers in history.In a voice that is both tender and filled with rage,...

The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds...

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The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

An enchanting collection containing the first three novels in New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s beloved Bridgerton series set in Regency England—The Duke and I, The Viscount Who Loved Me,...

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This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

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For the readers who are moody, feisty, and in another world may also be stabby. She's her Captain's protector, and he's a rival Captain who just couldn't mind his own business.A Grim Pirates Fantasy With...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

From the author of TikTok sensations and global bestsellers The Love Hypothesis and Love on the BrainRival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

"The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" will open a world of success, happiness, prosperity, and peace for you. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time which can...

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In exploring everyday life and its intersections with death, this enduring collection of stories offers a naturalistic depiction of the working class in early twentieth-century Dublin. Joyce masterfully...

Wilde’s only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life and consequence....

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there’s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

This book contains several HTML tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those...

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialization in The American Magazine (November 1910 – August 1911).  When Mary Lennox, the unloved,...

The lives and losses of slaves in the American south are portrayed in Harriet Beecher Stowe's unflinching indictment of slavery. When a benevolent landowner decides to sell two slaves—Uncle Tom and Eliza—in...

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This volume collects the complete writings of Virginia Woolf: 8 novels, 3 'biographies,' 46 short stories, 606 essays, 1 play, her diary and some letters. Contents: THE NOVELS The Voyage Out Night...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and...

The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible is God’s providentially appointed Word for the whole world which reveals the name of the Father as “Jehovah”, and the name of His Son, “Jesus”, in whom...