Charles Forker's critical edition fills the need for a fully annotated, historically contextualized and modernized text of the most important Elizabethan chronicle play apart from Shakespeare and Marlowe's Edward II. Now attributed definitely to George Peele, this drama helped to establish a major [...]
This is the complete collection of acclaimed BBC Radio dramas based on John le Carre's bestselling novels, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley. George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged and deceptively or[...]
Born and bred on the estates of east London, the author's early life was marked by neglect and abuse, and his childhood gift for drawing was stamped out by the tough realities outside his front door. This title tells the true story of how one man turned his life around through the companionship of h[...]
An introductory guide to the life, work and legacy of George Orwell - one of the most influential literary twentieth-century figures.[...]
Posthumously published in 1879, this is the autobiography of prolific Gothic Revival architect Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-78).[...]
For years, the author had been living rough, trying his best to get by. Born and bred on the estates of east London, his early life was marked by neglect and abuse. This title tells the story of how one man turned his life around through the companionship of his best friend.[...]
An authoritative chronicle of Pope John Paul II's life draws from comprehensive research and unusual access to the Pope and his associates to offer previously unknown information about his connections to historical events.[...]
The Gotti family is the stuff of mob legend, known for their flamboyant style and brutal ways. John Alite, a mob hit man, associate, and close friend of the Gottis, has a very different story to tell. Although he reaped the benefits of working under the family, Alite discovered firsthand that the Am[...]
George H. W. Bush is much too modest to brag about what he accomplished as the forty-first president of the United States. As a result, the conventional wisdom about his presidency misses many of his greatest achievements. Now this unique insider account by former chief of staff John H. Sununu final[...]
Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in BiographyWidely and enthusiastically acclaimed, this is the authorized, definitive biography of one of the most fascinating but troubled figures of the twentieth century by the nation's leading Cold War historian. In the late 1940s, George F. Kennan--then a brigh[...]
""Go back to Whitehall and look for more spies on your drawing boards.""
George Smiley is no one's idea of a spy--which is perhaps why he's such a natural. But Smiley apparently made a mistake. After a routine security interview, he concluded that the affable Samuel Fennan had nothing to hide. W[...]
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "A Delicate Truth" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
""You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous.""
It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from Helsinki to London. In the past the Circus handled all thing[...]
Traces the life story of the rocket scientist whose work was dismissed after his accidental death revealed his occult beliefs, discussing his contributions to rocketry and his participation in the occult community of 1930s Los Angeles.[...]
"James Wyatt (1746-1813) is widely recognized as the most celebrated and prolific English architect of the 18th century. At the start of his lengthy career, Wyatt worked on designs for the Oxford Street Pantheon's neo-Classical interior as well as Dodington, the Graeco-Roman house that served as the[...]
On November 22nd, 1963 the assassination of President John F. Kennedy set into motion a series of events that irrevocably changed American politics and culture. The media frenzy spawned by the controversy surrounding the death of JFK has since given way to a powerful public memory that continues to [...]
George Orwell is regarded as the greatest political writer in English of the twentieth century. The massive critical literature on Orwell has not only become extremely specialized, and therefore somewhat inaccessible to the nonscholar, but it has also attributed to and even created misconceptions ab[...]
"Der Lang Verborgene Freund", or "The Long-Lost Friend", is perhaps the most influential and well-known of all the grimoires to originate in the New World. Originally published in Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1820, it has become an international bestseller. Llewellyn is pleased to present the most c[...]
The story of King George V and his six children. The eldest, who was Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, reigned as King Edward VII for less than a year, his infamous romance with Mrs Simpson plunging the country into the abdication crisis.[...]
Tomson Highway is one of Canada's foremost playwrights and novelists. In Comparing Mythologies he addresses a theme that is central to much of his work: the ways that Canadian culture today is shaped by the mixture of Aboriginal and Western mythologies. What interests him is not merely the differenc[...]
A scholarly and comprehensive exposition of Revelation written in the language of the layperson. The verse-by-verse commentary is preceded by a brief discussion of authorship, date, setting, structure, and various methods of interpretation as well as by an analytical outline of the book.[...]