Disorientation is an uproarious and big-hearted satire – alive with sharp edges, immense warmth, and a cast of unforgettable characters – that asks: who gets to tell our stories? ... Zobraziť viac
WikiLeaks came to prominence in 2010 with the release of 251,287 top-secret State Department cables, which revealed to the world what the US government really thinks about national leaders, friendly dictators, and supposed allies. It brought to the... Zobraziť viac
A collection of the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories... Zobraziť viac
What kind of creature is a human? If we don't know what we are, how can we know how to act? In Being a Human Charles Foster sets out to understand what a human is, inhabiting the sensory worlds of humans at three pivotal moments in our history... Zobraziť viac
The kind of book that comes around only once a decade... Zobraziť viac
The UK's top-selling true crime writer and author of the #1 bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher takes on the notorious murders at 10 Rillington Place Zobraziť viac
Antiutopický román 1984, jedno z nejvýznamnějších literárních děl 20. století, dokončil George Orwell (vlastním jménem Eric Arthur Blair) krátce před svou smrtí v roce 1950. Zobraziť viac
Rozhodnutí prezidenta Václava Havla z 1. ledna 1990 dát amnestii více než 21 000 odsouzeným bylo velkým revolučním předělem: symbolickým rozchodem s praktikami komunistického soudnictví... Zobraziť viac
Schovali tělo a doufali, že tím to končí. Události ale začaly nabírat rychlý spád. A za všechno mohla ta první lež. Zobraziť viac
Strhujúci životopisný príbeh o statočnosti a obetiach mladej ženy, ktorá utiekla od tyranskej rodiny aj pred utláčateľskou kultúrou v Saudskej Arábii, čím uchvátila celý svet... Zobraziť viac
Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America's descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming injustices, paralyses, and divides... Zobraziť viac
Lonely Planet Cuba is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take a drive along Havana's Malecon, soak up the live music scene, make yourself at home in a casa particular ... Zobraziť viac
Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. In 1994, she and her fifteen-year-old sister, ... Zobraziť viac
From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his ... Zobraziť viac
Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists. She treats serial killers, arsonists, stalkers, gang members and other individuals who are usually labelled 'monsters'... Zobraziť viac
Bright and carefree, Zitkála-Sá grows up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota with her mother until Quaker missionaries arrive, offering the reservation's children a free education... Zobraziť viac
You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business. When he was a struggling writer in his twenties, George Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society... Zobraziť viac
Over the last 20 years, New York City has been convulsed by enormous challenges: terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, pandemic. New Yorkers is a grand portrait of the irrepressible city and a hymn to the vitality and resilience... Zobraziť viac
A riveting, fast-paced, inside look at one of the most incredible private sector achievements in history... Zobraziť viac
Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish father and an enigmatic Puerto Rican mother, Quiara Alegria Hudes had a love-and-trouble-filled upbringing, haunted by the unspoken, untold family secrets of the barrio. In the face of real-world wounds, the powerful... Zobraziť viac
