Sam - Libros y biografía

Samuel Lock's first novel, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, was acclaimed by the critics as one of the most strikingly original first novels for years and went on to win the Sagittarius Award. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,...

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES.____________Why did the Spanish launch their Armada on England?How did Francis Drake counter the Spanish threat?And why were so many ships lost at sea?In 1585...

When Edwin Carpenter runs away from a brutal father and a rural life, he plans to begin a new life in 1950s Chelsea. But he has a terrible secret, a gripping compulsion: he steals, obsessively, without...

The Ryder Cup has defined Sam Torrance's life as a professional golfer. He has played with and against some of the greatest golfers the game has ever known, in the biggest and most high-pressure team...

His first major book of fiction: lyrical, personal, mythical, hilarious and mesmeric stories that shed new light on both the US and the writer through whose eyes we access this compelling and resonant...

When father-of-two Sam loses his job, he reluctantly agrees to stay at home while his wife returns to work. Secretly thinking this whole parenthood thing a breeze of leisurely jaunts to the park, reading...

In early 2014, after many years living abroad, Sam Miller returned to his childhood home in London. His father was dying.In the months after his death, Sam began to write about his father. He had been...

· How many minutes can you survive after cardiac arrest? · What do new medical techniques teach us about consciousness? · How will these change our views of who we are? In 2012, two football stars collapsed...

The first book in a hilarious new series for fans of Roald Dahl and David Walliams!Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize!Longlisted for the Brandford Boase Award!Longlisted for the Blue...

In a society divided along Zodiac lines, status is cast at birth - and binding for life. When seemingly random murders plague the city, is it a rebellion against the system or the work of a twisted serial...

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES'Packs plenty of heft into its slender page count' HISTORY REVEALED- Why was the Battle of Trafalgar such an important British victory in the Napoleonic Wars?...

Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people - from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving...

In theory, life for Sam as a stay-at-home dad is idyllic and stress-free. Months of honing his childcare programme have enabled him to run a ship-shape home with productive days spent creating finger-print...

The poems in this remarkable first collection have been hard won: 'Fruits of much grief they are,' as Donne said, 'emblems of more.' Having lost ten years to heroin addiction and recovery, Sam Willetts...

'Wondering and wonderful. The nature book of the year.' JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL'This lovely book is almost as thrilling as the bird's immortal song - balm for a troubled soul and a glimpse of paradise.' JOANNA...

** GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 **‘Popular science at its best’Mail on Sunday‘Eminently accessible and enjoyable’ObserverWith every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world. On...

The secret to winning is not what you think it is. It’s not the coach. It’s not the star. It’s not money. It’s not a strategy. It’s something else entirely. The founding editor of The Wall Street Journal’s...

TIM is Tyrannosaurus Improved Model. He's a genetically modified dinosaur that the government have been growing in a secret bunker under Trafalgar Square. And he's on the loose, after the Prime Minister...

Jack doesn't know what he's got himself into. One minute he and his best friend Charlie were up in Chinatown having crispy duck with Charlie's dad (and Jack was having to listen to Charlie shouting at...

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES- Why was the Battle of the Nile so decisive in the French Revolutionary Wars?- Why did the French believe they were unassailable?- And why did Nelson and the...

You Don't Need a Recipe. Really, You Don't.Sam Sifton, founding editor of New York Times Cooking, makes cooking easy with this handy book of delicious dishes.Find inspiration with more than one hundred...

Relive the magic of ITV’s best loved drama series starring Martin ClunesDoc Martin arrives in the picture postcard fishing village of Portwenn, Cornwall. Once a high-flying London surgeon, his suddenly...

Karl Kane, l'irréductible privé de Belfast, est confronté à Walter Arnold, l'homme qui a brutalement assassiné sa mère sous ses yeux, quand il était enfant, avant de le laisser pour mort à côté du cadavre....

Rien ne va plus pour Lenk et ses camarades.Les aventuriers se sont échoués sur une île étrange, peuplée de créatures qui ne le sont pas moins. Impossible de repartir vers la civilisation. Plus grave encore,...

Le monstrueux Daga-Mer s'est libéré de sa prison millénaire. Pour empêcher la fin du monde et accessoirement recevoir la récompense qui leur a été promise, Lenk et ses amis doivent à tout prix rejoindre...

Cassie commence sa dernière année de psychologie lorsqu’elle rencontre le mystérieux William, et tombe rapidement sous son charme.Pourtant les démons de ce séduisant jeune homme vont ressurgir et il va...

"A gospel-infused framework for the kind of loving correction that will help all of us train up a child in the way he or she should go." Bob Lepine, Cohost, FamilyLife TodayParenting can be a challenge....

Jonathan Edwards's treatise Religious Affections is widely considered the most important and accurate analysis of religious experience ever written.Unfortunately, many well-intentioned readers sit down...

Un chat, équipé d'un collier-caméra, est le témoin d'un meurtre. Son jeune maître, Bruno, 11 ans, mène l'enquête. Bruno, 11 ans, rêve de devenir détective privé, comme son père. Des sujets d'investigation,...

It happens in marriages, parent-child relationships, friendships, workplaces, and churches: Communication falters, friendships wane, teenagers withdraw, marriages fail, and bitter rifts sever once-strong...