Books from Secker & Warburg
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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
By George OrwellSatire on dictatorship.
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Blue Note Records: The Biography
By Richard CookThe first book to chronicle the life of the famous and influential jazz label. Blue Note stands for more than just extraordinary music; its photography and jacket designs became an...
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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
By Malcolm BradburyThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
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Outrageous Fortune: The Tragedy of Leopold III of the Belgians, 1901-1941
By Roger Keyes"Leopold III (born as Léopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (French) or Leopold Filips Karel Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel (Dutch) or Leopold Philipp Karl Albert Meinrad Hubertus...
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The Lady and the Unicorn
By Arthur Boyd, Peter PorterThe Lady and the Unicorn
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Forces of Nature
By Nicholas SalamanForces of Nature
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Who was Oswald Fish?
By A. N. WilsonWhen Fanny Williams, a successful boutique owner, tries to buy an abandoned church to use as a warehouse, she learns that its architect was Oswald Fish, who has played an...
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The Painted Witch: Female Body: Male Art : how Western Artists Have Viewed the Sexuality of Women
By Edwin MullinsThe Painted Witch: Female Body: Male Art : how Western Artists Have Viewed the Sexuality of Women
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The New French Revolution: A Social & Economic Survey of France 1945-1967
By John ArdaghBeginning with rev. ed. (1970) published under title: The new France.
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The Naked President: A Political Life of Lech Walesa
By Roger BoyesThe Naked President: A Political Life of Lech Walesa
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Donkey's Years: Memories of a Life as Story Told
By Aidan HigginsIn this racy memoir, Irish author Aidan Higgins dissects the folie de grandeur of a Catholic family in County Kildare. He examines the mystery of growing up, his rearing on...
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
By Bill BrysonBill Bryson's unsparing and hilarious account of his travels across America in search of the perfect small town. At the end of his journey, Bryson finds not the idyllic town...
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On Beauty
By Umberto Eco'On Beauty' is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics but Umberto Eco draws on the histories of both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty...
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Athena
By John BanvilleAlthough he has served his time and changed his name, there are people in Dublin who haven't forgotten that Morrow is a murderer. Pursued by a collection of strange characters,...
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History of the Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Korean War, 1917-1950, translated by D. D. Paige
By André FontaineHistory of the Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Korean War, 1917-1950, translated by D. D. Paige
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Home Truths: A Novella
By David LodgeAdrian Ludlow, a novelist with a distinguished reputation and a book on the 'A' level syllabus, is now seeking obscurity in a cottage beneath the Gatwick flight path. His university...
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The Complete Works of George Orwell: A clergyman's daughter
By George OrwellThe Complete Works of George Orwell: A clergyman's daughter
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The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait
By Frederic MortonThe Rothschild family between 1744 and 1961, chiefly in Germany, Austria, France and Great Britain (with some account of those in Denmark and in the United States). "For the last...
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Stoned
This text will give an insider's account of the life as the sixth member of one of the world's greatest rock bands, The Rolling Stones, as well as a story...
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The Economic War Against the Jews
By Walter Henry Nelson, Terence PrittieThe Economic War Against the Jews