Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. In the summer of 1952 Emil Zatopek became the king of the running world with an unprecedented distance treble at the Olympic Games in Helsinki. Together with his wife Dana, who won another... Zobraziť viac
Tells the story of one of the longest and most controversial conflicts in US history. More than 50 years after the outbreak of the world's first televised war, the conduct and strategies employed against the inferior technology of... Zobraziť viac
Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, ... Zobraziť viac
The first of the defeated kites whirled out of control. They fell from the sky like shooting stars with brilliant, rippling... Zobraziť viac
Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, ... Zobraziť viac
House of Trump, House of Putin offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House... Zobraziť viac
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known ... Zobraziť viac
Tips from the unschooling movement: an inspiration tool for creative education... Zobraziť viac
This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. It is told through the eyes of people who greeted this change not with the confidence and grasping ambition ... Zobraziť viac
In The War on the West, international bestselling author Douglas Murray asks: if the history of humankind is one of slavery, conquest, prejudice, genocide and exploitation, why are only Western nations taking the blame for it... Zobraziť viac
The author demonstrates that there exist many human "intelligences", common to all cultures - each with its own pattern of development and brain activity... Zobraziť viac
Mango (who was born in Istanbul and has written extensively on modern Turkey) expertly traces Ataturk's rise to power after World War I, when this complex leader created the modern Turkish state and redefined the relationship between Europe... Zobraziť viac
The bestselling author of The Organized Mind explains and debunks statistics in the information age. We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, ... Zobraziť viac
In this scientific 'Credo', Peter Atkins considers the universal questions of origins, endings, birth, and death to which religions have claimed answers. With his usual economy, wit, and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, ... Zobraziť viac
What does everyone in the modern world need to know? A renowned psychologist answers hard questions with a unique... Zobraziť viac
Black Swan: HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has... Zobraziť viac
This is not the usual self-help book. Make your life one you actually want to live. This is blunt force trauma to the way you think life has to be for you. Most importantly, it is designed to give you an authentic leg up - one that feels genuine... Zobraziť viac
Ukraine is Europe's second state and this lavishly illustrated volume provides a concise and easy to read historical survey of the country from earliest times to the present. Each of the book's forty-six chapters is ... Zobraziť viac
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, ... Zobraziť viac
