Can we ever be wholly free? In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world... Zobraziť viac
<i> 'I want to give a really bad party. I mean it. I want to give a party where there's a brawl and seductions and people going home with their feelings hurt and women passed out in the cabinet de toilette. You wait and see.'</i> Zobraziť viac
Can we ever be wholly free? In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands,... Zobraziť viac
Is there anything quite so exhilarating as swimming in wild water? This is a joyful swimming tour of Britain, a frog’s-eye view of the country’s best bathing holes... Zobraziť viac
<i> 'To myself alone could I look'</i> Zobraziť viac
<i>'Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must' </i>What is the true meaning of power? Are some simply born to it or can it be acquired like a skill? Does it always breed corruption and greed or... Zobraziť viac
<i> 'The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility.'</i> Zobraziť viac
How do you remember the summers of your childhood? For Laurie Lee they were flower-crested, heady, endless days... Zobraziť viac
<i> 'The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility.'</i> Zobraziť viac
<i> 'Well, Watson, we seem to have fallen upon evil days'</i> Sherlock Holmes: the quintessential British hero and the world's most popular detective. Through his powers of deduction, and with the help of his faithful companion... Zobraziť viac
How do you remember the summers of your childhood? For Laurie Lee they were flower-crested, heady, endless days... Zobraziť viac
<i> 'The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility.'</i> Zobraziť viac
<i> 'Wealth and beggary, virtue and vice, repletion and the direst hunger, all treading on each other and crowding together'</i>... Zobraziť viac
Why do we set so much store by marriage? Jane Austen was fascinated by this question, subjecting it to her forensic eye and... Zobraziť viac
Selected from the books Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariHow did money come to be invented? Why does it now have such significance in our lives? Does it make us happier or unhappier? And what does the future hold for it? With brilliant clari... Zobraziť viac
