Every culture rests on a bedrock of folk wisdom handed down through generations. The pronouncements of philosophers are homespun by our grandmothers, and find their way into our common sense: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger... Zobraziť viac
Do you struggle with getting your child to fall asleep? In The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep you will follow Roger The Rabbit when he gets help from Uncle Yawn and other friends to fall asleep in the evening... Zobraziť viac
This is an epic guide to the most intrepid mountaineers in history. Written in association with the Royal Geographical Society and The Alpine Club, Mountaineers tells the story of the pioneers who first conquered the giddy heights of our planet... Zobraziť viac
Li Kunwu's story is a personal one that is inextricably linked to his three decades as a propaganda artist for the Communist Party. We're taken on a journey from 1949, through the Cultural Revolution, to the present day. Zobraziť viac
India explores the lives of everyday people in extraordinary settings through the camera lens of Steve McCurry, one of the most admired ... Zobraziť viac
An accessible introduction to the whole of art history, from prehistoric times to the present day – now revised and expanded. This updated edition includes over 25 new entries that expand the scope of the ... Zobraziť viac
An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name. Whether you re deciding which smartphone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose ... Zobraziť viac
Bestselling author, former White House speechwriter, and Atlantic columnist and media commentator David Frum explains why... Zobraziť viac
Amy Chozick's assignments, covering Clinton's imploding 2008 campaign and then her front-row seat to the 2016 election on... Zobraziť viac
The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe. What is archaeology? ... Zobraziť viac
Transworld Publishers Ltd: Amazon.co.uk Journalist Mark Bowden delivers a strikingly detailed account of the 1993... Zobraziť viac
The fourth edition of Cost-Benefit Analysis is an authoritative, market-leading textbook that provides a practical introduction to cost-benefit analysis through problem solving. The text uses a consistent application of a nine-step framework ... Zobraziť viac
The Idiot traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum and care in today's society. Using evidence from civil and criminal court-rooms, joke books... Zobraziť viac
This book discusses Tyrš's body of work on art theory, aesthetics, and criticism in a comprehensive way, placing his ideas in the context of contemporary thought and analysing the main terms he uses. In certain respects, Tyrš's views remain in... Zobraziť viac
Michael Bazzell has helped hundreds of celebrities, billionaires, and everyday citizens completely disappear from public view. He is now known in Hollywood as the guy that “fixes” things... Zobraziť viac
Recent years have seen rapid advances in 'artificial' intelligence, which increasingly appears to be something stranger than we ever imagined... Zobraziť viac
When you know that you are enough everyone around you will know that you are enough too. Your life will be so different and so much better when you can resonate your enoughness at a level that positively impacts your career, your relationships and your... Zobraziť viac
The Chaos Machine is the story of how the world was driven mad by social media. The election of populists like Trump and Bolsonaro; strife and genocide in countries like Myanmar; the rampant spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories as deadly... Zobraziť viac
In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their German captors... Zobraziť viac
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past. In prose that is, at once, both clear-eyed and full of acerbic wit, Sanghera shows how... Zobraziť viac
