We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world - from protocells to brains, from zygotes to pandemic viruses - the harder they find it to define exactly what it is and what it isn't... Zobraziť viac
The body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power. At a moment in which basic rights are once again imperilled, Olivia Laing conducts an ambitious investigation into the body and its discontents... Zobraziť viac
The much-anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed and resoundingly fascinating Daily Rituals. Filled with the innovative, inspiring and wonderfully prolific accounts of some of the world's best female creators, ... Zobraziť viac
For more than twenty-five years, David Nott has taken unpaid leave from his job as a general and vascular surgeon with the NHS to volunteer in some of the world’s most dangerous war zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993, ... Zobraziť viac
The stories collected in What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours are linked by more than the exquisitely winding prose of their creator: Helen Oyeyemi's ensemble cast of characters slip from the pages of their own stories only to surface in another. The reader... Zobraziť viac
The gripping and shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium and Oxycontin, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing... Zobraziť viac
From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami, comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying... Zobraziť viac
A thrilling tale of love, violence, loyalty and betrayal, fast moving, set in a far-away country long ago... Zobraziť viac
As a boy, Charlie St Cloud narrowly survived a car crash that killed Sam, his little brother. Years later, still unable to recover from his loss, Charlie has taken a job tending to the lawns and monuments in the New England cemetery where Sam is buried... Zobraziť viac
I know what my husband would say: that I have too much time on my hands; that I need to keep myself busy. Zobraziť viac
In the sixth arrondissement everything is perfect and everyone is lonely. This is the Paris of thirteen-year-old Paul. Shy... Zobraziť viac
Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to... Zobraziť viac
Kiss Me First is a gripping mystery from debut novelist, Lottie Moggach. On the internet, we can be anyone we choose. No one knows who we really are. Sheltered and obsessive, ... Zobraziť viac
A murderous madmen leads a shipload of innocents to hell and back "I, Jeronimus, am a man of phials, a measurer of powders... Zobraziť viac
This book is from the bestselling author of The Lovely Bones.´When all is said and done, killing my mother came... Zobraziť viac
'A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for... Zobraziť viac
This is the story of two men from radically different backgrounds, but with one thing in common. For Rob, it’s a question of talent and duty. For Paul, it’s one of fear... Zobraziť viac
When the body of a murdered woman is found in the extraordinary, decaying city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe,... Zobraziť viac
With his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly ... Zobraziť viac
Anthony Trollope wrote three thousand words every morning before heading off to his job at the Post Office. Toulouse-Lautrec... Zobraziť viac
