"My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been inspired. It's a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from - truthfully and entirely - we cannot know who we are... Zobraziť viac
Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains’ toddler one night... Zobraziť viac
For Joyce, literature is 'the eternal affirmation of the spirit of man'. Written between 1914 and 1921, Ulysses has survived bowdlerization, legal action and bitter controversy. An undisputed modernist classic, its ceaseless verbal inventiveness and... Zobraziť viac
Growing up, Rachel Rear knew the story of Stephanie Kupchynsky's disappearance. The beautiful violinist and teacher had fled an abusive relationship on Martha's Vineyard and made a new start for herself near ... Zobraziť viac
If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world and the advancement of science, what would you do? It's an unimaginably large sum, yet it's only around one per cent of world GDP, and about the valuation of Google, ... Zobraziť viac
An epic, deeply moving novel about the power of love and loving with courage - from the Man Booker International Prize-winning author of A Horse Walks into a Bar... Zobraziť viac
For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an alternative vision of the good life: aesthetically austere, socially aristocratic, and imbued with ... Zobraziť viac
Donald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we’d be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying ... Zobraziť viac
The idea that medicine is gender-neutral is a myth. This isn't inflammatory rhetoric; it's simply true. From the way pain is felt, to how heart attacks are diagnosed, to the very role society plays in the health ... Zobraziť viac
THE PILL.Changes your brain. Alters your stress response. Can increase your risk of depression. Affects your choice of mate selection. Hormonal birth control is taken by millions of women around the world every day... Zobraziť viac
This landmark book tackles a deceptively simple idea: the more we spend time with people unlike ourselves, doing things together, the more understanding, tolerant, and even friendly we become... Zobraziť viac
For over a century, anthropologists have immersed themselves in unfamiliar cultures, uncovering the hidden rituals that govern how people act. Now, a new generation of anthropologists are using these methods in a different context... Zobraziť viac
An essential exploration of why and how women's sexuality worksbased on groundbreaking research and brain sciencethat will radically transform your sex life into one filled with confidence and joy.Researchers have spent ... Zobraziť viac
The Sunday Times BestsellerNational Book Awards Winner 2018!This is the must-read book that every woman needs. "e;Brilliant, hysterical, truthful and real. These essays illuminate the path for our future female leaders."e; - Reese Witherspoon... Zobraziť viac
Dating back to the 5th century B.C.,The Art of War is an ancient Chinese text on military strategy whose teachings have become very influential and popular in the west. Its thirteen chapters cover such topics as Planning, Weaknesses and Strengths, Te... Zobraziť viac
'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil' Bill Gates'Smil's title says it all: to understand the world, you need to follow the trendlines, not the headlines. This is a compelling, fascinating, and most important, re... Zobraziť viac
WINNER OF THE PEN/JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION 2021SHORTLISTED FOR A JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE 2020WINNER OF A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDBY THE RECIPIENT OF A MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT'Ambitious, original... a beautiful experiment i... Zobraziť viac
Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things tha... Zobraziť viac
WINNER OF THE POLARI BOOK PRIZE 2020SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2019'Fleabag-level dirty jokes, Eleanor Oliphant-levels of empathy' Grazia'Fresh and funny' Guardian'Every woman should own a copy of this book' Erin Kel... Zobraziť viac
