A young woman is put on trail. She has accused her painting teacher of the darkest betrayal - he accuses her of being a immoral liar. What really happened, and why will this trial scandalise seventeenth-century Rome? ... Zobraziť viac
There was more than one way to be lost, more than one way to be saved. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat... Zobraziť viac
Throughout the Second World War, the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile broadcast over the BBC from London, hoping to reach out to their former compatriots living in a divided and occupied Europe. As the only way of projecting their authority... Zobraziť viac
How many people does the ideal team contain? How do groups bond, earn trust and forge shared identities? How can leaders build environments adaptable enough to respond to shocks and still enable people to thrive together? ... Zobraziť viac
What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong?... Zobraziť viac
V publikaci, která vychází k životnímu jubileu Jiřího Šubrta, vybrala a uspořádala editorka Lucy Císař Brown příspěvky tohoto autora zaměřené na čtyři tematické okruhy: a) historická sociologie, její vývoj, obsah a odborné.. Zobraziť viac
When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls they were more than just cousins: they were an inseparable duo, prepared to do anything to protect one another... Zobraziť viac
Visionary Oxford professor Ian Goldin and The Economist's Tom Lee-Devlin show why the city is where the battles of inequality, social division, pandemics and climate change must be faced... Zobraziť viac
Feel empowered with your finances and discover the route to economic equality in this astonishing dissection of the gender wealth gap... Zobraziť viac
As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' After eleven years of writing bestsellers about women and dismissing this question... Zobraziť viac
The definitive book in English about the 'Ndrangheta - the most powerful Mafia in the world... Zobraziť viac
Seventy-six per cent of British adults feel that we've become more distanced from our neighbours in the last 20 years. We are less likely than our grandparents, or even our parents, to know the names of our neighbours... Zobraziť viac
A revealing, page-turning story of the most iconic Cold War spy killing of all time, for fans of Ben Macintyre, Henry Hemming and the novels of John Le Carre and Mick Herron... Zobraziť viac
Social medicine, starting two centuries ago, has shown that social conditions affect health and illness more than biology does, and social change affects the outcomes of health and illness more than health services do... Zobraziť viac
When you think of ‘gambling’ you might think of Vegas casinos, betting shops and football flutters but the risk of gambling is embedded in numerous corners of popular culture that many of us consume... Zobraziť viac
African families face serious crises today. They are under economic, demographic and political pressures of all kinds; yet, families are not mere hapless victims of global change... Zobraziť viac
We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been my experience... Zobraziť viac
**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S WOMEN'S HOUR**Rough is a revolutionary non-fiction work exploring the narratives of sexual violence that we don't talk about. A bad sexual experience. A grey area. Not rape but... A violation . These are the terms we... Zobraziť viac
What if family were not the only place you might hope to feel safe, loved, cared for and accepted? Zobraziť viac
‘More twists and turns than Alton Towers theme park. Five stars’ Angela Marsons‘An electrifying, breathless read’ Woman’s OwnTwenty-five years ago a little girl went missing. Now, it’s happening all over again…When five-year-old Elsie Button was... Zobraziť viac
