Author: Brian Nelson

‘It was the time when the rush for spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hounds, the cracking of whips, the flaring of torches. The appetites let loose were satisfied at last, sham …

‘Respectable people… What bastards!’Unjustly deported to Devil’s Island following Louis-Napoleon’s coup-d’etat in December 1851, Florent Quenu escapes and returns to Paris. He finds the city change …

‘It was the time when the rush for spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hounds, the cracking of whips, the flaring of torches. The appetites let loose were satisfied at last, sham …

‘Respectable people… What bastards!’Unjustly deported to Devil’s Island following Louis-Napoleon’s coup-d’etat in December 1851, Florent Quenu escapes and returns to Paris. He finds the city change …

‘He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.’Set in the fictitious Provencal town of Pl …

‘He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.’Set in the fictitious Provencal town of Pl …

The Ladies’ Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern ci …

The Ladies’ Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern ci …

‘Only the earth is immortal…the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.’Zola’s novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest …

‘Only the earth is immortal…the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.’Zola’s novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest …

This new translation of Zola’s most acerbic social satire captures the directness and robustness of Zola’s language and restores the omissions of earlier abridged versions. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over …

This new translation of Zola’s most acerbic social satire captures the directness and robustness of Zola’s language and restores the omissions of earlier abridged versions. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over …

This book provides comprehensive and, above all, business focused guidance on the fundamentals of business law and how they should be integrated into ethical and effective business decisions. It conc …

This book provides comprehensive and, above all, business focused guidance on the fundamentals of business law and how they should be integrated into ethical and effective business decisions. It conc …

This volume explores the relationship between literature and translation from three perspectives: the creative dimensions of the translation process; the way texts circulate between languages; and th …

This volume explores the relationship between literature and translation from three perspectives: the creative dimensions of the translation process; the way texts circulate between languages; and th …

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A taut, fast-paced thriller about the coming high-tech arms race between the United States and China In the high mountains of Tibet, rumors are spreading. People whisper of an outbreak, of thousands …

‘She was the golden beast, an unconscious force, the very scent of her could bring the world to ruin.’ Nana, daughter of a drunk and a laundress, is the Helen of Troy of Paris. A sexually magnetic hi …

‘She was the golden beast, an unconscious force, the very scent of her could bring the world to ruin.’ Nana, daughter of a drunk and a laundress, is the Helen of Troy of Paris. A sexually magnetic hi …

Emile Zola was the leader of the literary movement known as ‘naturalism’ and is one of the great figures of the novel. In his monumental Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93), he explored the social and cult …

Emile Zola was the leader of the literary movement known as ‘naturalism’ and is one of the great figures of the novel. In his monumental Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93), he explored the social and cult …

‘There’s something of everything there, the best and the worst, the vulgar and the sublime, flowers, muck, tears, laughter, the river of life itself’ Pascal Rougon has served as a doctor in the rural …

‘There’s something of everything there, the best and the worst, the vulgar and the sublime, flowers, muck, tears, laughter, the river of life itself’ Pascal Rougon has served as a doctor in the rural …

Countdown to Doomsday The year is 2026. The US military has a new weapon in its arsenal: an intelligent life-form so versatile that it can not only create a new generation of weapons but can become a …

‘in this life, even if you don’t ask for much you still end up with bugger all!’ In a run-down quarter of Paris, Gervaise Macquart struggles to earn a living and support her family. She earns a pitta …

‘in this life, even if you don’t ask for much you still end up with bugger all!’ In a run-down quarter of Paris, Gervaise Macquart struggles to earn a living and support her family. She earns a pitta …

‘Everything revolved around their love. They were constantly bathed in a passion that they carried with them, around them, as though it were the only air they could breathe.’Hlne Grandjean, an attrac …

‘Everything revolved around their love. They were constantly bathed in a passion that they carried with them, around them, as though it were the only air they could breathe.’Hlne Grandjean, an attrac …

‘Swann’s love . . . could not have been torn out of him without destroying him almost entirely’Swann in Love is a brilliant, devastating novella that tells of infatuation, love, and jealousy. Set aga …

‘Swann’s love . . . could not have been torn out of him without destroying him almost entirely’Swann in Love is a brilliant, devastating novella that tells of infatuation, love, and jealousy. Set aga …

‘He loved power for power’s sake . . . He was without question the greatest of the Rougons.’ His Excellency Eugene Rougon (1876) is the sixth novel in Zola’s twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle. A po …

‘He loved power for power’s sake . . . He was without question the greatest of the Rougons.’ His Excellency Eugene Rougon (1876) is the sixth novel in Zola’s twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle. A po …

An interfaith collection of prayers, blessings, and poems offering comfort and hope to the healthcare workers that give so much. The COVID-19 pandemic has left few of us unaffected, but our healthcar …

A propulsive, mind-expanding thriller-and the world-shaking conclusion to the Course of Empire trilogy-about bold scientific dreams turning into nightmares … or perhaps new beginnings …After usur …

‘The memory of a particular image is only regret for a particular moment…’The Swann Way is the first volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of …

‘The memory of a particular image is only regret for a particular moment…’The Swann Way is the first volume of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of …