John Murray Press: 675 books
Generation
A John Murray Original
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
'A remarkable first novel' Sunday Times
'She takes a step closer to the mineshaft and it's as if she steps back in time. Her grandfather is standing where she is standing now, a young man not much older than she is, who knows nothing about the future, nothing about her.'
Generation is...
Short Stories in Italian for Beginners
Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Italian the fun way!
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners.
"I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers
Short Stories in Italian for Beginners has been written...
Jott
A John Murray Original
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
In February of 1935, two young Irishmen walk in the grounds of a London mental hospital. Arthur Bourne, a junior psychiatrist, is about to jeopardise his future for his closest friend, an aspiring writer called Louis Molyneux.
Arthur has been overshadowed since childhood by his brilliant, troubled...
Why We Run
A Story of Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Everyone can run.
It is the simplest of sports, requiring only a pair of trainers and the open road. Its simplicity is part of its beauty. But why do we do it? Obsessive amateur runner Robin Harvie wants to understand what makes him run mile after mile, venturing far from home into remote places,...
by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2010
Patrick Leigh Fermor was only 18 when he set off to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, described many years later in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water.
It was during these early wanderings that he started to pick up languages, and where he developed his extraordinary...
by Neil Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
In this brilliant novel, a man searches for the truth about his parentage. His grandmother was a flamboyantly bad actress at the Abbey Theatre, married to a Free State hero. Slowly he uncovers more of his history. The pieces of the past begin to fit together, and the truth of his family is revealed...
Marlow's Landing
A John Murray Original
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Goldhaven is after the biggest pink stone in the world. Zog Shikzahl is after Goldhaven. And Boss Macquarie is after his cut. But what on earth is an accountant from Hull after, heading upriver into the biggest white patch on the map?
Nothing is what it seems in Marlow's Landing, a tale of...
by Neil Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
'The time you pass reading Shade is only the start of an experience; this novel will continue to haunt and fascinate well beyond the final page' Sunday Independent
Ireland, 1950. Nina Hardy wakes in the big house where she grew up. Now aged fifty, she has returned to the fading beauty of her...
Danger Close
The True Story of Helmand from the Leader of 3 PARA
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2009
Colonel Stuart Tootal is the first senior commander to provide an account of the fighting in Afghanistan. A gritty portrayal of unforgiving conflict, Danger Close captures the essence of combat, the risks involved and the aftermath.
3 PARA was the first unit into Helmand in 2006. Sent on a...
How to Ruin a Queen
Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
'A hell of a tale and Jonathan Beckman gives it all the verve and swagger it deserves . . . I read it with fascination, delight and frequent snorts of incredulity' The Spectator
On 5 September 1785, a trial began in Paris that would divide the country, captivate Europe and send the French monarchy...
by Compton Mackenzie
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Jenny Pearl, a dancer, falls in love with Maurice Avery, a young dilettante who leaves her when she refuses to become his mistress. Despairingly, she falls into a loveless marriage with Trewhella, a Cornish farmer who becomes insanely jealous when Avery reappears on the scene . . .
Vivid, moving...
The Impact of God
Soundings from St John of the Cross
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
St John of the Cross testifies to a God who longs to meet us in our deepest need. Whilst rejection and imprisonment played their part in the life of this sixteenth-century Spanish friar, John's poetry and prose reveal the beauty and power of a wondrous God. It gives us courage to believe in the possibility...
by John Purkis
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
This remarkable and original introduction to Greek civilization starts with a tour of Greece, and uses real sights which you can visit today as a starting point for discussions of all aspects of Greek life. From art and architecture, to politics and propaganda, this is a unique and accessible guide...
by The Salvation Army
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
The theme of WORDS OF LIFE for 2012 is faith. This edition looks at our 'Faith Journey'. Beginning with a series on prayer, we then have the Israelites moving into the Promised Land. Observing the rise of a united kingdom under King David, we see how human weakness can break even those close to God....