Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star ri... Zobraziť viac
From the bestselling author Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning is a historical epic that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins... Zobraziť viac
'Lively. . . This is one of those rare books about a pressing subject that reads less like a forced march than an inviting stroll . . . A book that encourages thinking, observation and discernment' New York TimesOne of our most essential political... Zobraziť viac
Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels.Think you know ... Zobraziť viac
First published in 1988, The Yellow Wind is Israeli novelist David Grossman s impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987: not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their ... Zobraziť viac
The haunting history of the Soviet-Afghan War from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015- A new translation based on the updated text - From 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan ... Zobraziť viac
Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by The Times and Telegraph'Astonishing. . . Like the great Russian novels, these testimonials ring with emotional truth' - Caroline Moorehead, GuardianExtraordinary stories about what ... Zobraziť viac
Read & Co. Classics presents this brand new edition of the seminal anti-slavery novel "e;Uncle Tom's Cabin"e;, written by noted American abolitionist, Harriet Beecher Stowe, in 1852. Stowe's novel revolves around ... Zobraziť viac
It's early 1945 and a group of people trek across Germany, bound together by their desperation to reach the ship that can take them away from the war-ravaged land. Four young people, each haunted by their own dark secret, narrate ... Zobraziť viac
In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the inspiring story of this international style icon... Zobraziť viac
Human evolution in East Africa was driven by geological forces. Ancient Greece developed democracy because of its mountainous terrain... Zobraziť viac
The way we think. The way we learn. The entertainment we seek. The way we are governed. It all began on the mountains and islands of Europe's southeastern edge, more than 3,000 years ago. ... Zobraziť viac
In the exhausted, repressive years that followed Napoleon's defeat in 1815, there was one cause that came to galvanize countless individuals across Europe and the United States: freedom for Greece... Zobraziť viac
Soldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers, about men and women who have borne arms, reflecting bestselling historian Max Hastings's lifetime of studying war. It rings the changes through ... Zobraziť viac
Darkness has shaped the lives of humans for millennia, and in Dark Skies, Tiffany Francis travels around Britain and Europe to learn more about nocturnal landscapes and humanity's connection to the night sky... Zobraziť viac
A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.... Zobraziť viac
In Regency England an advantageous match could set up a lady for life. Julia knows Matthew Blake, copper mine owner and very eligible bachelor, is the gentleman she should set her eyes upon. But why can't she steal her gaze away ... Zobraziť viac
The entire Regency romance series by beloved author Sarah Ladd in one volume!';Ladd is at the top of her game and should be an auto-buy for every reader."e; RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 stars, TOP PICK! review of The ... Zobraziť viac
We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy ... Zobraziť viac
Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden phenomenon... Zobraziť viac
