Matador imprint: 1188 books
The Second World War in the Air
The story of air combat in every theatre of World War Two
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This book is a complete narrative history of the Second World War in the air which starts by describing the early days of flight in order to put military air power in context when World War Two began. It then moves on to a step-by-step coverage of the air combat in each theatre of war. Offering a...
by Pierre Benoit
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
This is a highly unusual adventure story describing a hunting expedition in search of a legendary snow tiger in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and north-east China in 1926. Originally published in French in 1941, it has now been translated into English for the first time. The story is full of local colour...
by Emily Barroso
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
After the Rains is an adventurous, dramatic coming of age novel set in post-colonial Rhodesia that parallels the coming of age of fictional Jayne Cameron with that of post-colonial Rhodesia as it morphs into the free Zimbabwe. This is an intimate novel, told in the first person, of a young, spirited...
The Voice of Animals
10 Life-Healing Lessons from Animals
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Margrit Coates is the world’s leading animal healer and communicator. In her new book, she draws upon her incredible experiences to share 10 profound life-healing lessons learnt from animals. All animals have teachings to offer that could not only help humans save the planet, but show us individually...
Rasmus
A Television Tale
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Rasmus – a television tale is a pitch-dark satire and a gloriously cynical swipe at a television industry that perhaps well deserves it.
by Ray Menezes
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Free of belief, consciousness shines pure, and anything done or believed with the intention of realising this can only obscure it. This cannot be improved and there are no stages to attaining it; the consciousness of all beings is already pure and complete. Meditation, yoga, fasting or any other spiritual...
Passionate Travellers
Around the World on 21 Incredible Journeys in History
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Accompanying these 21 passionate travellers on their personal quests, we discover what drove them, and share their incredible journeys through deserts, mountains, jungles and seas to every continent, spanning 2,000 years of history from 480 BCE to the 1930s. These are true stories of daring adventure,...
The Road East to India
Diary of a Journey of a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
The Road East To India is the memoir of Devika A. Rosamund, written at the time of her travels to India alone in 1976, aged just 22. In her diary she records her adventures and reflects on her personal experiences, emotions and the relationships she formed with fellow travellers and indigenous people....
by Arese Ugwu
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
The Smart Money Woman—An African girl’s journey to financial freedom Meet Zuri. She’s living a fabulous life. Great car, gorgeous apartment, well paid job. Meet Zuri. Broken down car, an apartment she cant afford, a job she’s about to lose. What’s a broke girl to do? With her best friends...
Return to Zanzibar
Travels through Africa
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Starting from his early days spent in this exotic island when it was an independent Sultanate, Roger Webber goes on to describe his travels throughout Africa, covering a period of 66 years and nearly every country in that vast continent. It includes the great journey from Cairo to Cape, travelling...
Straight From the Donkey’s Mouth
A Tail of a Greek Island, its People, their Politics - and their Donkeys!
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
What is life like on a Greek island? Indigo and turquoise seas, white sands, wine, salads and cheese? Yes, and handsome dark-eyed waiters too! But why not delve deeper and discover the passions, feuds and exuberance of the islanders. Be ready to be charmed, captivated and maybe shocked! Join Peter...
by Angus McAllister
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
His life was like a soap opera, but that was only the start of his troubles…
Scott Maxwell was worried. Not about his wife Fiona’s unfaithfulness, or about his brother-in-law Wilson Laird’s devious scheming, or about his other brother-in-law Roddy’s alcoholic excesses. As a member...
by Robert Mills
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
This captivating combination of science fiction and political satire draws the reader into an alternative present, where the threat of alien life destroying our beloved planet is all too real. It’s raining salt-water in the Sahara desert. In Thailand it’s snowing. All over the world, strange phenomena...
Mazzeri
Love and Death in Light and Shadow. A novel of Corsica
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
*‘He had heard the spirits calling his name from the maquis and he had heard their footfalls as they passed by his window in the night. The spirits had summoned him. He could not deny them.’ *
It is the last summer of the twentieth century in Calvi, northern Corsica, and an old man sits...