Jim - Libros y biografía

One night when there are guests and all the wine has gone, they put the can into the candlelight amongst the debris of their meal and play the guessing game. An aphrodisiac. perhaps; “Let’s try . .” ’...

'With his gallows humour and observational wit, Jim Powell gives us a vivid portrait of a man in meltdown.' Daily MailWhen I was small, my mother showed me how to grow a carrot from a carrot. She filled...

Victor, an eighty-year-old multimillionaire, surveys his empire from the remoteness of his cloud-capped penthouse. Expensively insulated from the outside world, he nonetheless finds that memories of his...

‘No one is better . . . Eden sees Crace at the top of his game’ - TelegraphTrouble has come to the garden. Its inhabitants live an eternal and unblemished life, tending to the bountiful fields, orchards...

‘Hard and actual in observation, clearly and richly imagined, remarkably original’ Guardian A novel in seven stories, Continent is an exploration of the cultures, communities and natural life of an entirely...

‘The intense story of the pre-historical moment when stone yielded to bronze . . . Crace is a virtuoso’ Frank Kermode, New York Times A coastal community live prosperously crafting fine stone tools....

The best book by far about the Iraq war' Guardian Iraq, 2005. A platoon of young soldiers from a U.S. regiment known as ‘the Black Heart Brigade’ is deployed to a lawless and hyperviolent area south of...

November 1836, and Aylmer Smith is making the voyage from his London home to coastal Wherrytown to deliver bad news. Once there he becomes embroiled with the American crew of the Belle, torn from their...

‘A tender, erotic comedy set in a fictitious European city so intricately imagined that you itch to book a weekend break there’ Independent Felix Dern is a celebrated actor, revered for his talent and...

From the Man Booker shortlisted author of Harvest.Alfred Busi, famed in his town for his music and songs, is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days in the large villa he...

With an introduction by Stuart EversSo this is happiness, she thought. Or this, at least, is what adds up to happiness. The prospect of never running after men and camels any more, of being Miri without...

With an introduction by Alan Titchmarsh, The People's Gardener is an inspiring memoir by top gardening judge Jim Buttress, that will amuse and enthral gardeners everywhere.As a judge at the RHS, Jim Buttress...

It's Sapiens for teenagers.' The TimesLIFE IS WEIRD.Nothing gives you a sense of perspective like finding out just how weird.I'm an extremely curious chap and with this book I wanted to share the content...

This is the story of Jim Harrison's captivating heroine, Dalva, and her peculiar and remarkable family. It encompasses the voices of Dalva's grandfather, John Northridge, the austere half-Sioux patriarch;...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD. A couple lie naked in the dunes at Baritone Bay, at the spot where, almost thirty years before, they had first had sex as students. Nostalgia has sent...

INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER An elite secret society of killers has controlled the world’s treasures for hundreds of years…until one member tears himself free to salvage his soul and protect his...

All of us yearn for a hero... someone to spark a flame in our souls, someone to inspire us to live beyond ourselves, someone to help us live up to the potential our Creator has placed within us. Jesus...

Cliff est à un tournant de sa vie. Plaqué par sa femme à soixante-deux ans, il décide de tout quitter et de prendre la route, à la recherche d’un nouveau souffle. Bientôt rejoint par Marybelle, une ancienne...

  In 1970, the Soviet Union embarked on a top-secret project to drill a Borehole deep into the Earth's mantle, seeking scientific prestige during the Cold War. Petr Simonenko, a brilliant engineer, joined...

La Fille sauvage est le deuxième roman de Jim Fergus. Le premier, Mille femmes blanches (le cherche midi), s'est vendu en France à plus de 400 000 exemplaires, toutes éditions confondues. Après Mille...

Le chat le plus paresseux de l'histoire de la BD voit le jour en 78 dans la presse quotidienne et dominicale américaine. Garfield, adulé par son maître, peut savourer tout à loisir le plaisir de ne rien...

Rentrée littéraire - Enfin la suite de Mille Femmes Blanches ! 1875. Dans le but de favoriser l'intégration, un chef cheyenne, Little Wolf, propose au président Grant d'échanger mille chevaux contre...

From the time he began recording with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s until his death in 2013, Lou Reed released nearly 50 original albums. In Sweet, Wild and Vicious, Jim Higgins delves into each...

La magie, c'est la vie ! Le roman culte de Jim Dodge à nouveau disponible. Depuis sa naissance, Daniel Pearse jouit de la protection et des services de l'AMO (Association des magiciens et outlaws),...

Visionary. Iconoclast. Political Survivor. "A powerful and entertaining look" (Governor Gavin Newsom) at the extraordinary life and political career of Governor Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown is no ordinary...

HARRY DRESDEN IS BACK AND READY FOR ACTION, in the new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files.When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities,...

Le monde de la chasse vu par Jim Fergus. La balade sauvage de Jim Fergus Comment être en même temps un amoureux de la nature sauvage, un citoyen soucieux de l'environnement et un chasseur dans...

Tout à fait lyrique, émouvant et rabelaisien, le héros de ce livre fait partie des paumés de génie. Entrer dans l'univers de Sorcier, partager ses émotions, son combat conjugal, ses mésaventures d'apprenti...

Dans la famille Johannssen, le grand-père dessine les voiliers, le père les construit, la mère, admiratrice d’Einstein, étudie leur trajectoire. Par tous les temps, le dimanche est synonyme de sortie...

L'Art de vivre selon Jim Fergus Après Espaces Sauvages, Jim Fergus nous raconte ici six années de "pérégrinations par monts et par vaux' à travers les États-Unis. De la beauté grandiose et désolée...