“ The Time of the Hero” has been acclaimed by critics around the world as one of the outstanding Spanish novels of recent decades. In the author`s native Peru, this powerful social satire so outraged the authorities that a thousand copies were publicly burned. & that’s before you appreciate that it’s been written by an author as lyrically impressive as Mario Vargas Llosa. The novel is set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging, military discipline, confinement & boredom. But their pranks set off a cycle of betrayal, murder & revenge which jeopardizes the entire military hierarchy._`A work of undeniable power & skill.`_ * Sunday Telegraph* ...

One of the greatest & most overlooked novels of the twentieth century, by an author championed by Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, The Time Regulation Institute appears here in English for the first time-more than fifty years after its original publication in Turkish. This is the story of the misadventures of Hayri Irdals, an unforgettable antihero who, along with an eccentric cast of characters (a television mystic, a pharmacist who dabbles in alchemy, a dignitary from the lost Ottoman empire, the ”life-artist” Halit), founds The Time Regulation Institute. The institute`s quixotic quest: to make sure all the clocks in Turkey are set to Western time. Thus begins a brilliant satire about the calamitous arrival of Western & corporate values in tradition-bound Turkey. An uproarious tragicomedy that is still startlingly relevant, The Time Regulation Institute illuminates the collision of East & West, tradition & modernity, that has been playing out in Turkey since the early twentieth century. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar (1901-1962) was a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, literary historian, & professor. He is considered one of the most significant Turkish novelists of the 20th century. Deeply influenced by Valery & Bergson, he created a unique cultural universe in his work, bringing together a European literary voice & the sensibilities of the East. Maureen Freely (translator) is the principal translator of Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist. She lives in Engl&. Alexander Dawe (translator) is an American translator of French & Turkish. He lives in Istanbul. Pankaj Mishra (introducer) is an award-winning novelist & essayist whose writing appears frequently in the New York Review of Books, The Guardian, & the London Review of Books. He lives in London & India. ...

We all know that the Battle of Hastings was fought in 1066, London`s `one big burning blaze` tore through the capital in 1666 & that Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939, but many of us remember the most important moments in our history by the folk stories which are attached to them. So we remember Henry VIII for his wives rather than the Reformation & Charles II for climbing a tree rather than the Civil War. But if we set aside these stories, do we really know what happened when, & why it`s so important? Which came first, the Bronze Age or the Stone Age? Why did the Romans play such a significant role in our past? & how did a nation as small as Britain come to command such a vast empire? Here, Tim Taylor & the team of expert historians behind Channel 4`s Time Team, answer these questions & many more, cataloguing British history in a way that is accessible to all. This book will give you & your family a clear & concise view of what happened when, & why. ...

Not many of us can claim to have dipped our handkerchiefs in Charles I`s blood after his execution, or to have watched Vesuvius erupt, but that`s about to change. Wyllie, Acton & Goldblatt`s Time Travel Handbook offers eighteen exceptional trips to the past, transporting you back to the greatest spectacles in history. We offer the chance to join Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, & to march on Versailles with the revolutionary women of Paris. You can sail with Captain Cook to Tahiti & Australia, & spend time at Xanadu with Marco Polo & Kubla Khan. Or, closer to the present, you might accompany Charlie Parker at the birth of bebop or The Beatles in Hamburg, & take part in the VE Day celebrations in London or the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The notable authors & time travel agents, Wyllie, Acton & Goldblatt are your guied to these & other unmissable events, charting the action as it will unfold, & advising on local customs, & what to wear, eat & drink, for the most authentic of experiences. Forget museums, forget history books
- the only way to do history is to live it.
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The Time Traveler’s Wife became an international best seller for author Audrey Niffenegger. The themes of love, loss & identity are centred on Clare & Henry, a couple who, quite literally never know who or where they are. Periodically & suddenly Henry’s genetic clock resets itself & he is pulled into his past or future; he is one of the first people to be diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder which means that, whilst they have known each other since Clare was six & Henry thirty six, the couple get married when Clare is twenty two & Henry thirty. The Time Traveler’s Wife depicts the “real” personal difficulties of time travel, looking at both the amusing & the harrowing effects it has on a couple’s passionate love for each other. ...

The past is a foreign country
- this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I`s reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. But what
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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there... Imagine you could travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see, & hear, & smell? Where would you stay? What are you going to eat? & how are you going to test to see if you are going down with the plague? In The Time Traveller`s Guide... Ian Mortimer`s radical new approach turns our entire understanding of history upside down. History is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived, whether that`s the life of a peasant or a lord. The result is perhaps the most astonishing history book you are ever likely to read; as revolutionary as it is informative, as entertaining as it is startling. ...

The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook. If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of Samuel Pepys & the Great Fire of London; bawdy comedy & the libertine court of Charles II; Christopher Wren in architecture, Henry Purcell in music & Isaac Newton in science
- the civil wars are over & a magnificent new era has begun. But what would it really be like to live in Restoration Britain? Where would you stay & what would you eat? What would you wear & where would you do your shopping? The third volume in the series of Ian Mortimer`s bestselling Time Traveller`s Guides answers the crucial questions that a prospective traveller to seventeenth-century Britain would ask. How much should you pay for one of those elaborate wigs? Should you trust a physician who advises you to drink fresh cow`s urine to cure your gout? Why are boys made to smoke in school? & why are you unlikely to get a fair trial in court? People`s lives are changing rapidly
- from a world of superstition & religious explanation to rationalism & scientific calculation. In many respects the period sees the tipping point between the old world & the new as fear & uncertainty, hardship & eating with your fingers give way to curiosity & professionalism, fine wines & knives & forks. Travelling to Restoration Britain encourages us to reflect on the customs & practices of daily life
- & this unique guide not only teaches us about the seventeenth century but makes us look with fresh eyes at the modern world.


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The past is a foreign country: this is your guidebook. If you could travel back in time, the period from 1660 to 1700 would make one of the most exciting destinations in history. It is the age of Samuel Pepys & the Great Fire of London; bawdy comedy & the libertine court of Charles II ? the civil wars are over & a magnificent new era has begun. But what would it really be like to live in Restoration Britain? Where would you stay & what would you eat? How much should you pay for one of those elaborate wigs? Should you trust a physician who advises you to drink fresh cow’s urine to cure your gout? Why are boys made to smoke in school? & why are you unlikely to get a fair trial in court? The third volume in the series of Ian Mortimer’s bestselling Time Traveller’s Guides answers these crucial questions & encourages us to reflect on the customs & practices of daily life. This unique guide not only teaches us about the seventeenth century but makes us look with fresh eyes at the modern world. ...

Dr Matthew Green explores the sights & sounds of London through history. This is a fascinating & unique guide to the capital that takes the reader off the beaten track & into unexplored territory. This book allows the reader to travel through time to six key periods in the history of London. From Shakespeare to the plague, medieval London to the swinging 60s, readers can totally immerse themselves in the sights, sounds & smells of our capital at each particular moment. It`s vividly written, & after reading this book you`ll never rush through the streets of Covent Garden or St Paul`s again without pausing for at least a moment to think of all the mad characters & epic lives that ran through the same streets centuries before. Whether you are a tourist looking for an alternative way to see the city, or a Londoner that wants to learn more about the world around you, this is a must-have guide. ...