三名好友過著平凡的生活，在一次鳥類來襲的大年裡，他們相繼辭去工作，準備參加這年度的賞鳥盛會。該北美賞鳥競賽內容，參賽者必須記錄自己一年內觀察到的鳥類品種，能打破紀錄者便是最後贏家。於是三個好友之間展開一場持久的競賽，他們的生活也因此發生重大改變。The strange but true tale of the extremes to which Man will go to pursue his
An ancient object is discovered in a Cairo souk. Hours later, the market trader who sold it is tortured to death. As the bodies begin to pile up, a request for help is sent to British Museum historian
A psychological drama of cat and mouse, A Ladder to the Sky shows how easy it is to achieve the world if you are prepared to sacrifice your soul. If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty m
From the cheese peninsulas of West Cork and the cheddar caves of Somerset to the hills of Reggia Emilia, This book introduces us to some of the best cheesemakers in the world, revealing how their favo
Liz O'Brien doesn't want to fall in love. All she has ever wanted is to be a professional show-jumper and now it's within her grasp. She'll do anything to succeed ...even if that means keeping secrets
When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A n
For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendous accidents, phantom limbs, Siamese twins - and see h
SynopsisThe next moment he was upon him, his eyes blazing, his mouth open to reveal his fangs. Osokin began to pray, not that he would live but that he would truly die . . .Turkmenistan 1881: the fort
Huntly Gordon was a typical product of his generation; capable of detached, trenchant and reasoned judgement. As the summer of 1914 drew to a close, it was difficult for the 16 year-old Gordon to real
This is the essential picture book collection to share with every child. Full of much-loved favourites to be returned to time and again from some of the best loved picture book creators of all time.
The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring th
Ten years in the making the epic new novel from the acclaimed, prize-winning, bestselling author of THE BOOK THIEF Here is a story told inside out and back to front: The five Dunbar brothers are livin
As player, manager, and pundit, Donal Lenihan has seen it all in the world of rugby - and done much of it too. A victorious captain of Munster Junior and Senior Schools, he went on to skipper the Irel
As player, manager, and pundit, Donal Lenihan has seen it all in the world of rugby - and done much of it too. A victorious captain of Munster Junior and Senior Schools, he went on to skipper the Irel
'When I came into the Ulster team,' Stephen Ferris says with typical candour, 'we were crap'. It was, however, preferable to his day job of paving driveways, and that day in 2005 saw the start of an i
'When I came into the Ulster team,' Stephen Ferris says with typical candour, 'we were crap'. It was, however, preferable to his day job of paving driveways, and that day in 2005 saw the start of an
Raphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his own life as the old millennium ends and the new one begins. But before he ends it all,
What lights the spark that ignites a revolution? What was it that, in 1775, provoked a group of merchants, farmers, artisans and sailors in the American colonies to unite and take up arms against the
To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, an invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire
What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of guilt? How can reading Heidegger, or conducting experiments on rats, help us to cope with anxiety in the
