Heinrich Schliemann created his own myth
- the poor uneducated boy who became a millionaire & spent his fortune on excavating the
...

The Golden Treasury is one of the most loved anthologies of English poetry ever published. The book was meticulously compiled by poet & scholar Francis Turner Palgrave, in collaboration with Alfred Tennyson, who was then poet laureate. It is arranged chronologically in four books which each celebrate a different era in the evolution of English poetry, from Elizabethan to the 19th century. All the greats are here, including Shakespeare & Milton, Marvell & Pope, Wordsworth & Keats. First published in 1861, it became the standard anthology for over 100 years. This Macmillan Collector`s Library edition

Includes:: a foreword by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, & is published to mark Macmillan`s 175th anniversary.

...

Controversial & provocative, revised & updated, this edition of Lawrence James` acclaimed biography penetrates & overturns the mythology which surrounds T. E. Lawrence, yet remains dispassionate & generous in spirit throughout. It presents a fascinating study of one of the twentieth century`s most remarkable figures. ` The best study of Lawrence of Arabia` SUNDAY TIMES ...

Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother & a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone & rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, & down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich & the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated & in love
- & his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America & a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters & thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph
- a sweeping story of loss & obsession, of survival & self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity & fate.

...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014. Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother & a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone & rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, & down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich & the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated & in love
- & his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America & a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters & thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph
- a sweeping story of loss & obsession, of survival & self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity & fate.

...

One snowy night in New York City, a successful but solitary goldsmith reflects on his life, & his unreliable memories intertwine & collide. Returning to the village where he grew up, he hopes with some trepidation that he will encounter Celia, 'the Black Widow', a beautiful & mysterious friend of his mother with whom he had a short & passionate affair when he was a teenager, before she rejected him. But instead he meets a young woman who opens doors onto a strange world, & takes him back in time. The Goldsmith's Secret is a remarkable story with a magical twist, of a love trapped between two parallel times, set Spain in the fifties, seventies, & in the last year of the twentieth century. In beautifully economical language, & with a structure as intricate & refined as a bevelled jewel, The Goldsmith's Secret is filled with intense nostalgia, memories & desires. Elia Barcelo has come to be known across Europe as a truly original voice, & her books as poetic works of great subtlety. ...

If you were bewitched by The Night Circus... If you were mesmerised by A Discovery of Witches... If you were enthralled by Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell... You will be enchanted by THE GOLEM & THE DJINNI Chava is a golem, a creature made from clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master, the husband who commissioned her, dies at sea on the voyage from Pol&, she is unmoored & adrift as the ship arrives in New York in 1899. Ahmad is a djinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. Though he is no longer imprisoned, Ahmad is not entirely free
- an unbreakable band of iron binds him to the physical world. The Golem & The Djinni is their magical, unforgettable story; unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures
- until the night a terrifying incident drives them back into their separate worlds. But a powerful threat will soon bring Chava & Ahmad together again, challenging their existence & forcing them to make a fateful choice.

...

If you were bewitched by The Night Circus... If you were mesmerised by A Discovery of Witches... If you were enthralled by Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell... You will be enchanted by THE GOLEM & THE DJINNI Chava is a golem, a creature made from clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master, the husband who commissioned her, dies at sea on the voyage from Pol&, she is unmoored & adrift as the ship arrives in New York in 1899. Ahmad is a djinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. Though he is no longer imprisoned, Ahmad is not entirely free
- an unbreakable band of iron binds him to the physical world. The Golem & The Djinni is their magical, unforgettable story; unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures
- until the night a terrifying incident drives them back into their separate worlds. But a powerful threat will soon bring Chava & Ahmad together again, challenging their existence & forcing them to make a fateful choice.

...

Anna Petrovna rules the ancestral estate of the Golovlev family with an iron h&. Around her swarm her family; her alcoholic sons, dissipated grandchildren & degenerate husb&. But, in his darkened study, her son Porfiry
- ` Judas the Bloodsucker`
- schemes for an overthrow of power. In this powerful novel, the great Russian satirist presents a stark portrait of the Russian gentry sapped by generations of idleness & social irrelevance.

...

Stay with indigenous tribes in the Amazon. Dog-sled with the Inuit in the Arctic. Walk the Songlines of central Australia with Aboriginal guides. Learn African drumming in Ghana or how to dance salsa in Cuba Bored with the same old package tours & identikit resorts. Then this book is your key to a whole new world of inspirational holidays. Throughout Asia, Africa, the Americas & the Pacific, tribal people & rural villagers are setting up their own tours
- & they want you to visit. These holidays are a better alternative. Better for you, with real insights into local life & culture in some of the most beautiful places on earth; better for the people you visit, leaving them with more money & supporting local development projects; &, better for the environment, offering sustainable alternative incomes for communities living in threatened ecosystems. Compiled by Mark Mann for Tourism Concern, Europe`s leading ethical tourism organization, this updated version of ” The Community Tourism Guide” is still the only guide to this type of holiday. It not only explains the principles of `community-based tourism`, but also lists hundreds of guesthouses & tours, with full contact details to help you arrange your next holiday.
...