What does it mean to be a lesbian now? Has the quest for lesbian liberation stalled, and if so, why? Part-memoir, part frontline reportage and part cultural commentary, Julie Bindel examines what defines lesbian culture, love, friendship and happiness... Zobraziť viac
AI is changing what it means to be human. This is the unrivalled investigation into the impact of AI on how we live now. Through the voices of ordinary people in places far removed from Silicon Valley, Code Dependent explores the impact of a set of... Zobraziť viac
Lit Hub's Most Anticipated of 2021A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of any school in the nation“A wondrous tapestry of stories, of young people looking for a home. With deep, immersive... Zobraziť viac
After the fall of France in June 1940, only Britain stood between Hitler and total victory. Desperate for allies, Winston Churchill did everything he could to bring the United States into the conflict, drive the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany apart and... Zobraziť viac
Why do we have different accents and where do they come from? Why do you say ‘tomayto’ and I say ‘tomahto’? And is one way of speaking better than another? In You’re All Talk, linguist Rob Drummond explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language... Zobraziť viac
An important and compelling new way to understand human behaviour revealing how our identities - and not just incentives - influence our economic decisions. New in paperback. Zobraziť viac
Mesopotamia produced one of the best-known ancient civilizations, with a literate, urban culture and highly-developed political institutions. Harriet Crawford reviews the extraordinary social and technological developments in the region over a period... Zobraziť viac
The field of international relations has stagnated with only realist, liberal, Marxist and constructivist paradigms to work with. Groundbreaking and guaranteed to sir debate, Evolutionary Interpretations of World Politics will move the field of... Zobraziť viac
A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong - 'One of our best living writers on religion' FINANCIAL TIMES Zobraziť viac
**With a Foreword by Steve McQueen**‘Rigorously researched, yet reads like a novel you can’t put down’ LUCY WORSLEY‘Joshua Levine is a fantastic and passionate individual. I highly recommend him for the breadth of knowledge he has’&... Zobraziť viac
Epistemology, or ¿the theory of knowledge,¿ is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience. This... Zobraziť viac
The greatest conflict of antiquity, the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Carthage. The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved and the... Zobraziť viac
In this book the authors present the texts in their own new translations, and these are accompanied by a philosophical and historical commentary designed for use by all readers, including those with no background in the classical world. With its... Zobraziť viac
Is Marx relevant any more? Why should we care what he wrote? What difference could it make to our reading of literature? Terry Eagleton, one of the foremost critics of our generation, has some answers in this wonderfully clear and readable analysis.... Zobraziť viac
Essays Bringing Neuroaesthetics into Focus... Zobraziť viac
A bestselling author draws on interviews with dismissed IBM executives bakers, a bartender turned-ad executive, and many others to call into question the terms of a new economy. Zobraziť viac
'The most esteemed philosopher to have produced a general introduction to his discipline since Bertrand Russell' IndependentIn these essays, one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century writes about communism and socialism, the problem... Zobraziť viac
This illuminating book explains how and why Russia's relations with the west have deteriorated to the point of initiating a new era of 'great power competition'. An updated version of the bestselling 2016 edition, it explores the decline in relations... Zobraziť viac
By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence is an instance of impenetrable madness, the book demonstrates that there is logic to it and... Zobraziť viac
Analysing Discourse is an accessible introductory textbook for all students and researchers working with real language data. Drawing on a range of social theorists from Bourdieu to Habermas, as well as his own research, Norman Fairclough's book... Zobraziť viac
