A story of Venice today and Venice in its illustrious past, this novel gives the reader a portrait of the modern-day film world and a clue to the passions behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic work. Jessica Pruitt, a Hollywood actress in her forties has come to Venice to judge the film festival.

Bella is young, beautifl and talented. Her reputation as an actress is all she could hope for - and her reputation for cool reserve and high principles all she expects. For Bella is not like her fellow actors and prefers to avoid the rapacious gossip and promiscuity of the theatrical world. That is, until she joins Donald Ballader's New Company - and embarks on a passionate affair that turns her world upside down.

When Anna and Sadie discover the diaries of their mother, Rebecca, in the days following her death, they learn that her life was far more complex than either of them knew: a garment worker in early-1900s New York; the reluctant wife in an arranged marriage to an ailing and abusive husband; the improbable friend of a pregnant prostitute.But the diaries reveal more than just surprising details about Rebecca's life: they also point to a family secret - and questions about Sadie's true parentage.The Featherbed is a gripping family saga that moves between the tenements of New York's Lower East Side and the stately homes of Toronto's Annex. Strong in plot, character, setting, and style, it is a fully-realised debut from an assured writer.

A series of violent, life-threatening events disturbs the equilibrium of at least five lives in the port town of Providence

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Shadows in the Moonlight is the first book in the sensational new series from Number One bestselling author Santa Montefiore.[Bokinfo]

Roman philosophique et humoristique, tant sérieux que parodique, Bayamus narre les aventures d'un mutant à trois jambes, dont l'une équipée d'un patin à roulettes, qui désire créer et propager une nouvelle espèce. Cheminant vers le Théâtre de la Poésie Sémantique dans un Londres fantastique, notre héros croise la route de prostituées sémanticiennes, de monstres fervents de poésie en vers, une étrange femme à sept doigts ou encore des policiers rubiconds adeptes de la traduction instantanée. Car si l'humour est au centre de cet ouvrage, il fraie une voie royale à une réflexion sur les rouages et les absurdités du langage. L'auteur se joue des mots, de ses personnages mais aussi des lecteurs, les malmène et les distord. Car c'est la force des génies d'être sérieux sans en avoir l'air !

Ma Polinski's Pockets

An intimate portrait of a wealthy family and the domineering man who controls it An intimate portrait of a wealthy family and the domineering man who controls it

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David Leavitt's reputation has rested upon stories and novels that explicate a sedate, upper-middle class world of reserved emotions and sexuality. In his new collection of three novellas Arkansas, he explores new territory. Droll, surprising, and very sexy, these works often shock and startle the reader. In "The Term Paper Artist," a writer named David Leavitt writes school papers for cute undergraduates in exchange for sexual favors, and in "Saturn Street." a gay man who delivers lunches to homebound people with AIDS falls in love with one of his clients. Beautifully written and alarmingly funny, Arkansas is one of the best works of gay fiction in years.

Erast Fandorin faces two very different adversaries: one, a deft, comedic swindler and master of disguise, whose machinations send ripples spreading through the carefully maintained calm of Moscow in 1886, and the other a brutal serial killer, driven by an insane, maniacal obsession, who strikes terror into the heart of the Moscow slums in 1889 - and who may have more in common with London's own Jack the Ripper than simply a taste for women of easy virtue.

A conventional Italian honeymoon becomes a psychic journey in this haunting novel. A new and inspired translation by Peter Hargitai.