Quercus: 997 books
by Guillermo Orsi
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
A passenger liner runs aground on the muddy banks of the Río de la Plata. One by one, its passengers are abducted by Buenos Aires' criminal classes.
As the kidnapping of three foreign businessmen sends stock markets into freefall, the job of solving the chaos falls onto the weary shoulders...
by Louise O'Neill
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
'A soul-shattering novel that will leave your emotions raw. This story will haunt me forever. Everyone should read it' Guardian
In a small town where everyone knows everyone, Emma O'Donovan is different. She is the special one - beautiful, popular, powerful. And she works hard to keep it that...
How Numbers Work
Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself!
Think of a number between one and ten...
No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw...
Vietnam Today
A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
"Pulsating with energy and steeped in dreams."
Vietnam stands at a crossroads. Located in the geographical center of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is a complex mixture of the ancient and the modern. A Soviet-style legacy contrasts with an emerging Western-style market economy. Vietnam is...
50 Spiritual Classics Second Edition
Your shortcut to the most important ideas on self-discovery, enlightenment, and purpose
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
"If you only ever read one spiritual book, let it be this one." - Susan Jeffers, author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
50 Spiritual Classics captures the diversity of life journeys that span centuries, continents, spiritual traditions and secular beliefs: from the historical The...
Islam & Muslims
A Guide to Diverse Experience in a Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2006
Appreciate a rich and diverse culture. Understand real people in their everyday lives.
The need to understand Islam and Muslims has never been greater, both because of conflicts that dominate the news and because of the increasing presence of Muslims in Western societies. There are hundreds...
Leaving on Top
Graceful Exits for Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Leaving on Top: Graceful Exits for Leaders explores what it means to move on from a career with a class and a view for what?s next. While most graceful exiters pursue a variety of interests throughout their professional lifetime, others are content to reach the top and then cling to it. Through this...
River of Shadows
A Commissario Soneri Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Introducing Commissario Soneri - Italy's answer to Inspector Maigret - and shortlisted for the C.W.A. International Dagger, River of Shadows is a brooding, visceral crime novel packed with atmosphere and tension.
"A master storyteller" Barry Forshaw, Independent
A relentless...
by Guillermo Orsi
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
It is December 2001 and Argentina is in political and economic meltdown. Pablo Martelli, once in an elite branch of the police force known to all as the 'National Shame', is a shadow of his former self, scraping by as a bathroom salesman. He cannot forget the enigmatic woman he met in a dance hall....
Oh Mexico!
Love and Adventure in Mexico City
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
"Anybody who has ever been a 20-something traveler should enjoy this engaging read." - Bookseller and Publisher
Set against the vibrant background of one of the world's most dangerous cities, Oh Mexico! is not only a classic travel memoir, but also contains great narrative and stuffed...
Raoul Wallenberg
The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the height of the Holocaust saved countless lives, and ultimately cost him his own.
A series of unlikely coincidences led to the appointment of Wallenberg,...
The Ropewalker
Between Three Plagues Volume I
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
The first part in an epic historical trilogy - The Estonian answer to Wolf Hall - by the nation's greatest modern writer
Jaan Kross's trilogy dramatises the life of the renowned Livonian Chronicler Balthasar Russow, whose greatest work described the effects of the Livonian War on the peasantry...
by Felice Benuzzi
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
A rediscovered mountaineering classic and t****he extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war.
When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium...
by Duncan Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the first ever biography of Harold Larwood. Larwood, one of the most talented, accurate and intimidating fast bowlers of all time is mainly remembered for his role in the infamous Bodyline series of 1932-3 which brought Anglo-Australian diplomatic...