A bold and eye-opening exposé on how power and propaganda distort the news, now more relevant than ever... Zobraziť viac
Social media, gaming and dating apps have usurped in-person interaction; handwriting is no longer prioritised in schools; and emotion is sooner expressed through likes and emojis than face-to-face conversations. With headphones in and eyes trained on... Zobraziť viac
A blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic. 'An immense achievement.' JUDE KELLY CBE, founder of the Women of the World Foundation... Zobraziť viac
Since its first publication in 1949, Orwell's devastating expose of the totalitarian mind has established itself as the most influential political satire of the modern age. Winston Smith's doomed rebellion against the all-seeing eye... Zobraziť viac
In the mid-1930s, George Orwell was given an assignment from his publisher – to write a book about unemployment and social conditions in the economically depressed north of England. Revolutionary for its time, The Road to Wigan Pier documents... Zobraziť viac
The animals at Manor Farm have had enough of Farmer Jones – he’s drunk, reckless and cares little for their welfare. When the boar, Old Major, shares his revolutionary plans, the animals are convinced they can thrive on their own once... Zobraziť viac
From What Is to What If is the most inspiring, courageous and necessary book you will read this year; a call to action to reclaim and unleash the power of our imaginations... Zobraziť viac
In a field that, for millennia, has been dominated by men. The vast majority of medicines and treatments that we use today were designed for, and by, men and the myth that medicine is gender-neutral has had terrible repercussions for women... Zobraziť viac
We tend to think of revolutions as loud: frustrations and demands shouted in the streets. But the ideas fuelling them have traditionally been conceived in much quieter spaces, in the small, secluded corners... Zobraziť viac
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter... Zobraziť viac
"Supernatural: of or relating to things that cannot be explained according to natural laws." Less than 50,000 years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic and electrifying... Zobraziť viac
From the Boy Scouts and the U.S. military to marriage and adoption, the gay civil rights movement has exploded on the national stage. Eric Marcus takes us back in time to the earliest days of that struggle in a newly revised and thoroughly updated... Zobraziť viac
Economic growth isn't working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modernity... Zobraziť viac
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike... Zobraziť viac
Immerse yourself in a celebration of Black womanhood and an epic tale of the stories that span generations. Ailey Pearl Garfield grows up between the City in the north and summers spent in her mother's small hometown of Chicasetta, Georgia... Zobraziť viac
Válka, Islámský stát, únos, mučení, vraždění, oranžový hábit, znásilnění, bombardování, uprchlíci... a strach. To jsou slova, která vytanou na mysli asi každému ve... Zobraziť viac
Kniha je široce koncipovaná monografie o reáliích a souvislostech vztahu dvou kategorií společenských věd – moci a práva a konkrétních způsobech jejich politologického, historického a sociologického zpracování... Zobraziť viac
What drives our political and moral beliefs? What shapes our bitterest conflicts and wildest dreams... Zobraziť viac
Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, these groups all belonged on the fringes of the political spectrum. Today, accelerated by a pandemic, global conflict and rapid technological change,... Zobraziť viac
How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies at war with our babies? ... Zobraziť viac
