In My Brother’s Shadow
In my Brother’s Shadow is an absorbing and skilful story, exploring the attitudes of a younger brother who has grown up overawed by the image of his elder brother who went missing in Yugoslavia ten years earlier. In his attempt to break away from a monotonous mild-class lifestyle the main hero goes on pilgrimage to Bosnia and Serbia to explore the land that took his brother’s life. The story takes him to the cold and imperial beauty of St. Petersburg, Russia, where events force him to re-examine the basis of his morality, the nature of war and peace, love and hate, and violence and submission. It explores the motivations behind these and how ordinary people can be pushed to do the unthinkable. In my Brother’s Shadow explores the relationship of two brothers and how actions can be defined by their environment.
Language Learning Secrets Revealed: How Anyone can Learn a Language
Discover the secrets the professionals use!
This is a practical book for all those who would like to learn a language. It includes techniques for learning, key information about the structure of language and how to learn it, motivational techniques, principles for accelerated learning, and skills used by memory athletes and linguists. Regardless of your language skills and past experience with learning foreign languages, I will show you the best techniques for learning languages and improving your current knowledge of a foreign language. Whether you are a complete beginner or a competent speaker this book will reveal techniques that will enable you to master material better and enhance your skills.
This book will teach you to go from beginner to fluent in six months.
Purrfect Tales: The Secret Story of How Cats Changed the World
This remarkable book explores what you have always known but never quite understood – how it is that your favourite puss went from being your cat to your master.
A delightful and witty account, Purrfect Tales retells key events in mythology, legend and history to reveal the subtle influence of the velvet paw in every area of human endeavour.
The Prostitute and the Beggar
Enigmatic private eye John Marlot looks into the sudden disappearance of a Picasso painting from one of the world’s largest art galleries and dives into the depths Russia’s criminal underworld.
The Prodigal Son
Private eye John Marlot investigates the disappearance of an oil tycoon’s son in St. Petersburg and soon finds himself looking at the darker side of romance in Russia’s northern capital.
The Blizzard by Alexander Pushkin
In a delightful tale by Russia’s greatest writer, mystery surrounds a lovely and delightful young woman who refuses despite everything to marry the man of her dreams. Peter D Campbell has retranslated Pushkin’s timeless classic making a compelling and accessible text.
The Shot by Alexander Pushkin
A chilling story of romance and vengeance by Russia’s greatest writer, Alexander Pushkin. This modern translation by Peter D Campbell brings out the full mastery of Pushkin’s tale which will grip readers young and old alike.