Still Life with a Bridle: Essays and Apocryphas

Author

Jerzy Kosiński

Originally published in 1965, The Painted Bird established Jerzy Kosinski as a major literary figure. Called by the Los Angeles Times "one of the most imposing novels of the decade," it was eventually translated into more than thirty languages.

A harrowing story that follows the wanderings...

Author

Paul Theroux

Oh Paul Theroux, why must you be so grouchy? I mean, you're traveling around England, one of the best countries on earth! Where's the joy? Where's the love? Where's the gratitude?

OK, so I now realize that I had unrealistic expectations for this book. I liked Theroux's memoir of his travels around...

Author	Alexei Sayle
ISBN	0340919582

Alexei knew he was doomed to be different the day he was taken to see Sergei Eisentein's Alexander Nevsky instead of Walt Disney's Bambi. Born on the day that egg rationing came to an end, Alexei grew up with his parents and the Soviet Weekly. Each year they holidayed in Eastern Europe, where they were shown...

Author	Elena Gorokhova
ISBN	1439125678

Elena Gorokhova grows up in 1960's Leningrad where she discovers that beauty and passion can be found in unexpected places in Soviet Russia.

A Mountain of Crumbs is the moving story of a young Soviet girl's discovery of the hidden truths of adulthood and her country's profound political deception....

Author	Asia Mackay
ISBN	1785764535

For trail-blazing women everywhere!

Every working mum has had to face it.

The guilt-fuelled, anxiety-filled first day back in the office after maternity leave.

But this working mum is one of a kind.

Meet Alexis Tyler.

An elite covert agent within Her Majesty's...

Author	Małgorzata Rejmer
ISBN	8380497457

Błoto słodsze niż miód to opowieść o kraju udręczonym terrorem Envera Hoxhy, dyktatora, który po zerwaniu sojuszy z Jugosławią, Związkiem Radzieckim i Chinami uwierzył, że Albania może stać się samowystarczalną twierdzą komunizmu. O ludziach z dnia na dzień skazywanych...