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The Cutting Room
Автор: Welsh Louise Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2003 Страниц: 294 Дата загрузки: 20 октрября 20092005-07-23
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Set in contemporary Glasgow, The Cutting Room is narrated by Rilke, one of the most engaging, flawed and hedonistic fictional creation of recent years. When this dissolute and promiscuous auctioneer comes upon a hidden collection of violent, and highly disturbing, erotic photographs, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who coveted them. What follows is a compulsive journey of discovery, decadence and deviousness.
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Jamrach's Menagerie
Автор: Birch Carol Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2005 Страниц: 348 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20092010-08-11
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Young Jaffy Brown never expects to escape the slums of Victorian London. Then, aged eight, a chance encounter with Mr Jamrach changes Jaffy's stars. And before he knows it, he finds himself at the docks waving goodbye to his beloved Ishbel and boarding a ship bound for the Indian Ocean. With his friend Tim at his side, Jaffy's journey will push faith, love and friendship to their utmost limits.
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Apricot Jam and Other Stories
Автор: Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2012 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 мая 20152014-05-18
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This is a brilliant new collection of stories from the Nobel Prize-winning author, available for the first time in English. Written in the years between Solzhenitsyn's return from exile to Russia in 1994, and his death in 2008, they confirm the author's position as not only a visionary political commentator but also as a true literary giant. APRICOT JAM AND OTHER STORIES presents a series of astonishing portraits of a Soviet and Russian life across the twentieth century. In 'The New Generation', a professor promotes a student purely out of good will. Years later, the same professor finds himself arrested and, in a striking twist of fate, his student becomes his interrogator. In 'Nastenka', two young women with the same name lead routine, ordered lives — until the Revolution exacts radical change on them both. Through their unforgettable cast of military commanders, imprisoned activists and displaced families, these stories play out the moral dilemmas and ideological conflicts that defined the century. The most eloquent and acclaimed opponent of government oppression, Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, and his work continues to receive international acclaim.
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Simon's Cat: Feed Me!
Автор: Tofield Simon Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2012 Страниц: 80 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20142017-08-17
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Simon's Cat is now bite-sized! A pocket-sized collection of food-themed Simon's Cat cartoons, these adorable snapshots of life with a very demanding cat are selected from the first two Simon's Cat books, with 10 brand new cartoons. In full color for the very first time, the YouTube sensation is back on the page—only smaller and cuter. This cat will do anything to be fed.
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An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington
Автор: Pilkington Karl Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2010 Страниц: 296 Дата загрузки: 24 сентября 20152013-04-07
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The companion guide to the hysterical television show of the same name, in which Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant force their arrestingly simple pal Karl Pilkington on a global journey «He'd have been happier in medieval times in a village where you didn't travel beyond the local community.» —Stephen Merchant A cult celebrity due to his role in The Ricky Gervais Show, the most-downloaded podcast ever, Karl Pilkington has been accused of being a comic creation, so unburdened is he by complex thought—but that is truly just him. The trio's newest project mines Karl massive provinciality: put simply, Karl is not big on traveling. Given the choice, he'll go on vacation to Devon or Wales or, if pushed, eat English food on a package tour of the Mediterranean. So what happened when he was convinced by Gervais and Merchant to go on an epic adventure to see the Seven Wonders of the World? Does travel truly broaden the mind? Find out in Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries.
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The Mighty Book of Boosh
Автор: Barratt Julian Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2008 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20112011-02-29
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This autumn Canongate invites you to join Howard Moon, Vince Noir, Naboo, Bollo, Bob Fossil, Old Gregg, the Moon, and all your other favourite characters on a unique journey in to the world of The Mighty Boosh. Incredibly funny, visually dynamic, surreal, musical, wildly creative... The Mighty Boosh is unlike anything else on British television, and this beautifully illustrated Christmas humour book promises to be the same.
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Anthropology
Автор: Rhodes Dan Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2010 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20122012-07-23
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I loved an anthropologist. She went to Mongolia to study the gays. At first she kept their culture at arm's length, but eventually she decided that her fieldwork would benefit from assimilation. She worked hard to become as much like them as possible, and gradually she was accepted. After a while she ended our romance by letter. It breaks my heart to think of her herding those yaks in the freezing hills, the peak of her leather cap shielding her eyes from the driving wind, her wrist dangling away, and nothing but a handlebar moustache to keep her top lip warm.
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The Book of Lists: London
Автор: Rennison Nick Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2007 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 февраля 20092008-12-13
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Why did London Underground once employed a one-legged man to ride up and down the escalators at Earl's Court tube station? What did Hitler plan to do with Nelson's Column? Why is London's only medieval mummy a prostitute named Clarice la Claterballock? How did a beer flood in Tottenham Court Road drown nine people? Where can you see a pair of Queen Victoria's knickers? Containing chapters covering London past and present; buildings and streets; famous and unexpected Londoners; arts, literature and crime; plus much much more, the 180 lists will amaze, amuse and inform. More than simply a keepsake for tourists — every self-respecting Londoner needs this book. «If you do not want to live among wicked people, do not live in London».
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The Complete Brigadier Gerard Stories
Автор: Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2010 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20132013-04-22
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard stories surely constitute the finest series of historical short stories in literature, mingling the comedy and the tragedy, the pathos and the irony, or, in Napoleon's phrase, the sublime and the ridiculous. It is Napoleon and his Europe, his dedicated followers and the awakened nationalisms of the peoples they enraged, possessing our minds in savage realism and enrapturing romance. And in Brigadier Etienne Gerard, Arthur Conan Doyle created a hero worthy to take his place in the great line stretching from Homer's Odysseus to George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman, nearest of all perhaps to Stevenson's Allan Breck and Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster.
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The Crimson Petal and the White
Автор: Faber Michel Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2011 Страниц: 824 Дата загрузки: 28 июня 20132013-10-13
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Step into Victorian London and meet our heroine, Sugar — a young woman trying to drag herself up from the gutter any way she can — and the host of unforgettable characters that make up her world.
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The Death of Bunny Munro
Автор: Cave Nick Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2010 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20122013-09-24
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The Death of Bunny Munro recounts the last journey of a salesman in search of a soul. Following the suicide of his wife, Bunny, a door-to-door salesman and lothario, takes his son on a trip along the south coast of England. He is about to discover that his days are numbered. With a daring hellride of a plot, The Death of Bunny Munro is also a modern morality tale of sorts, a stylish, furious, funny, truthful and tender account of one man's descent and judgement. The novel is full of the linguistic verve that has made Cave one of the world's most respected lyricists. It is his first novel since the publication of his critically acclaimed debut And the Ass Saw the Angel twenty years ago.
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The End of Mr: Y
Автор: Thomas Scarlett Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2008 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 17 сентября 20132011-02-19
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If you knew a book was cursed would you read it? When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y is a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed. With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love, sex, death and time-travel.
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
Автор: Pullman Philip Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2011 Страниц: 280 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20122014-04-12
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This is a story. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to resonate long after the final page is turned. For, above all, this book is about how stories become stories.
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Ham on Rye
Автор: Bukowski Charles Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2001 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 11 октрября 20092004-04-25
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Legendary barfly Charles Bukowski's fourth novel, first published in 1982, is probably the most autobiographical and moving of all his books, dealing in particular with his difficult relationship with his father and his early childhood in LA. Ham on Rye follows the path of Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alcoholism. The novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by the Depression and takes the Chinaski legend up to the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Arguably Bukowski's finest novel.
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An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington
Автор: Pilkington Karl Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2011 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20132012-12-20
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Presenting the Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington: Adventurer. Philosopher. Idiot. Karl Pilkington isn't keen on travelling. Given the choice, he'll go on holiday to Devon or Wales or, at a push, eat English food on a package holiday in Majorca. Which isn't exactly Michael Palin, is it? So what happened when he was convinced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to go on an epic adventure to see the Seven Wonders of the World? Travel broadens the mind, right? You'd think so... Find out in Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries. He is a moron. A completely round, empty-headed, part-chimp Manc. He'd have been happier in medieval times in a village where you didn't travel beyond the local community.
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The Lieutenant
Автор: Grenville Kate Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2010 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20132015-08-13
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In 1788 Daniel Rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of his life. As a lieutenant in the First Fleet, he lands on the wild and unknown shores of New South Wales. There he sets up an observatory to chart the stars. But this country will prove far more revelatory than the stars above. Based on real events, The Lieutenant tells the unforgettable story of Rooke's connection with an Aboriginal child — a remarkable friendship that resonates across the oceans and the centuries.
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Pop Co
Автор: Thomas Scarlett Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2009 Страниц: 467 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20112011-10-20
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Alice Butler has been receiving some odd messages — all anonymous, all written in code. Are they from someone at PopCo, the profit-hungry corporation she works for? Or from Alice's long lost father? Or has someone else been on her trail? The solution, she is sure, will involve the code-breaking skills she learned from her grandparents and the key she's been wearing round her neck since she was ten. «PopCo» is a grown-up adventure of family secrets, puzzles, big business and the power of numbers.
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Siberian Education
Автор: Lilin Nicolai Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2012 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 сентября 20172016-03-24
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By the age of six, Nicolai Lilin had been given his first 'pike knife' by an uncle, and by the age of twelve, he had been convicted of attempted murder... Nicolai Lilin gained his 'education' as a member of the Siberian Urkas — a small and tight-knit community of 'honest criminals' in a forgotten corner of Eastern Europe. It was a remarkable upbringing, defined by an elaborate set of rituals and strict codes of honour, and by a deep distrust of outsiders — especially the police and state authorities. Even the youngest children were taught to understand violence and when it was appropriate to use it. An huge international bestseller, Siberian Education is a tale of an extreme childhood — exotic, violent and completely unique.
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Folk Tales from Africa: The Baboons Who Went This Way and That
Автор: McCall Smith Alexander Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2006 Страниц: 140 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20092009-04-17
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A man with a tree growing out of his head? A woman with children made of wax? A bird that can be milked? With more stories from his original celebration of African folktales, The Girl Who Married A Lion , let Alexander McCall Smith once again take you to a land where the bizarre is everyday and magic is real.
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The Girl Who Married A Lion: Folktales from Africa
Автор: McCall Smith Alexander Жанр: Canongate Издательство: Canongate Год: 2004 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 августа 20092005-06-15
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Fans of The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency can now share Alexander McCall Smith with their children An enchanting collection of simple, accessible tales introduced by the author, with integrated hand drawn illustrations High profile marketing campaign promoting both the illustrated children and the adult editions, including national advertising How can a girl possibly have married a lion? How can a man have a tress growing out of his head? And how can a woman have children made of wax? The stories in this collection make these questions seem simple, everyday ones — then supplies simple, everyday answers. Illustrated throughout, these delightful tales will enthrall and captivate children of all ages.
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