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Author: Simon Beckett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A MISSING CHILD Ten years ago, the disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's young son almost destroyed him. A GRUESOME...

Author: Simon Beckett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 You fall asleep in the playground. Your son is gone. 10 years later, will you finally get the truth? 'A terrific...

This new collection brings together First Love, The Calamative, The End and The Expelled; these four novellas are among the first major works of Beckett's decision to use French as...

His first published work of fiction (1934), More Pricks Than Kicks is a set of ten interlocked stories, set in Dublin and involving their adrift hero Belacqua in a series...

Samuel Beckett, the recipient of the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the greatest writers of our century, first published these ten short stories in 1934; they originally...

Beckett criticism is well known for its use of impenetrable jargon in describing the themes in his famous novels, poems and especially his seminal plays Waiting for Godot and Endgame....

Happy Days was written in 1960 and first produced in London at the Royal Court Theatre in November 1962. WINNIE: [ . . .] Well anyway - this man Shower...

Originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett, Endgame was given its first London performance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957.

'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterise the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre...

Author: Samuel BeckettBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, London , 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA seminal work of absurdist theater, Endgame presents a stark, darkly humorous...

Subtitled 'A tragicomedy in two Acts', and famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice', En attendant Godot was first performed at...

Author: Samuel BeckettBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, London , 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerHappy Days by Samuel Beckett is a seminal work of absurdist theater,...

The present volume gathers all of Beckett's texts for theatre, from 1955 to 1984. It includes both the major dramatic works and the short and more compressed texts for the...

'Extraordinary. A fabulous read' SIMON SCHAMA 'Wonderful. He writes with eloquence and wit' NICHOLAS HYTNER Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors. He has played...

Author: Dov Alfon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 From a former Israeli spy, comes the most realistic and authentic thriller of the year. The Times Number One Bestseller Winner...

From a former Israeli spy, comes the most realistic and authentic thriller of the year. The Times Number One Bestseller Winner of the CWA International Dagger. A Times , Telegraph...

'Extraordinary. A fabulous read' SIMON SCHAMA 'Wonderful. He writes with eloquence and wit' NICHOLAS HYTNER 'Fascinating' EIMEAR McBRIDE Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors....

Author: Samuel BeckettBinding: HardbackPublished: Grove Press, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsEnds and Odds is a collection of eight short plays by Samuel Beckett, showcasing his signature...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most incisive works of literary criticism to emerge from the twentieth century, Vivian Mercier...

Things appear to be going well for Charles Paris. His marriage is reviving and he is to play the part of Sir Toby Belch in "Twelfth Night". But then the...

A selectively comprehensive bibliography of the vast literature about Samuel Beckett's dramatic works, arranged for the efficient and convenient use of scholars on all levels.

An entertaining biography of Charles Dickens by one of our finest actors Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores...

The book titled A Box of Tricks by the author Simon Brett. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled What Bloody Man is That? by the author Simon Brett. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Prof. Barlow's fine biography, based on the original sources and informed by the most recent scholarship, provides a compeling interpretation of the life of Becket- worldly courtier, zealous prelate and...

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The best-selling historian of medieval manuscripts discovers the most intimate surviving relic of Thomas Becket. The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of...

Edited by Paul Auster, this four-volume set of Beckett's canon has been designed by award winner Laura Lindgren. Available individually, as well as in a boxed set, the four hardcover...

Author: Anne DugganBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the textual history of Thomas Becket's letters, offering a detailed examination of...

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A brilliantly funny book about what happens when you say yes, from award-winning author Simon Philip and exciting illustrator Annabel Tempest Sometimes saying yes is a brilliant thing. You can...

'A mesmeric, enrapturing read' Eimear McBride 'Beautiful and original' Colm Toibin 'In startling language filled with the flavor of Yiddish's combination words, [ Before All the World ] moves forward...

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Despite his consistency, his achievements and more-so, his visibility, he has never written an autobiography and a biography has never been written about him. He remains an enigmatic figure. We...

It's the summer holidays and Horrid Henry would like to be spending his holidays eating unlimited ice cream and going on all the scariest roller coasters he can find -...