Irvine: 294 books

One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome,...

A haunted thief-girl. A vengeful sorcerer. If she fails, she dies. Karan, a sensitive whose family is cursed by madness, is compelled by honour to steal an ancient magical device and take it to the Magister. But it’s the treacherous Mirror of Aachan, and hidden within it is a deadly secret. Llian,...

For 3,000 years the Forbidding protected Santhenar from the savagery of the Void. Now Rulke has broken it open. And the ultimate clash of an aeons-long war erupts. As alien lords battle Rulke to gain control of the Way Between the Worlds, and abominations from the Void ravage the land, can...

Rulke the Great Betrayer has escaped from the Nightland, his prison for the last thousand years. And he has a weapon no one has ever seen before – a massive, magic-powered iron construct. As he amasses a conquering army the other age-old wizards scatter in urgent quests, for the only way...

After ten years of servitude, Nish is still held in the blackest dungeon of the maimed God-Emperor, his corrupt father. With the sorcerous quicksilver tears, Gatherer and Reaper, the God-Emperor controls all magic and is remaking the world in his depraved image. Now he wants Nish to be his...

An embittered eco-terrorist. A deadly secret. The fate of the world rests on a most unlikely hero. Jemma Hardey dreams of a quiet life, and starting a family with her partner, Ryn. Poor fool! Because Ryn’s embittered friend Hercus is planning the ultimate crime: the destruction of...

«Irvine Welsh è la cosa più bella che sia capitata alla nostra narrativa negli ultimi dieci anni.» The Sunday Times «C’è uno scrittore più distruttivo, nichilista, spietato e al contempo più innamorato della vita di Irvine Welsh? Difficile... quasi impossibile.» Corriere della Sera «Lo...

Originally published in 1997 and now available as an ebook. This edition does not include illustrations. Eddie Irvine is a breath of fresh air in the serious world of Formula 1. Selected to drive for Ferrari alongside double world champion Michael Schumacher, the 1996 season proved to be a frustrating...

Irvine Welsh's scintillating, disturbing, and altogether outrageous collection of stories—the basis for the 1998 cult movie directed by Paul McGuigan. He is called "the Scottish Celine of the 1990s" (Guardian) and "a mad, postmodern Roald Dahl" (Weekend Scotsman). Using...

Thurkad has fallen and Karan, driven into madness by a forbidden spell, is left for dead. Her dearest friend, Llian the Tale-spinner, is abducted by the renegade Aachim leader, Tensor, who plans to use the Twisted Mirror for an act of millennial vengeance. And he knows how to take advantage...

A haunted thief-girl. A vengeful sorcerer. If she fails, she dies. Karan, a sensitive whose family is cursed by madness, is compelled by honour to steal an ancient magical device and take it to the Magister. But it’s the treacherous Mirror of Aachan, and hidden within it is a deadly secret. Llian,...

Trespass is the story of one woman's struggle to gain footing in inhospitable territory. A wilderness activist and apostate Mormon, Amy Irvine sought respite in the desert outback of southern Utah's red-rock country after her father's suicide, only to find out just how much of an interloper she was...

«Il lercio dimostra ancora una volta che Irvine Welsh è uno scrittore dotato come nessun altro.»Financial Times su Il lercio«Irvine Welsh è la cosa più bella che sia capitata alla nostra narrativa negli ultimi dieci anni.»The Sunday Times«C’è uno scrittore più distruttivo, nichilista, spietato...

«Irvine Welsh è la cosa più bella che sia capitata alla nostra narrativa negli ultimi dieci anni.» The Sunday Times «C’è uno scrittore più distruttivo, nichilista, spietato e al contempo più innamorato della vita di Irvine Welsh? Difficile... quasi impossibile.» Corriere della Sera «Lo...