From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era-a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric... Zobraziť viac
The New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg-"a comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly wry mind, revealing the fascinating life of... Zobraziť viac
What makes a young radical? Reissued to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of 1968, Street Fighting Years captures the mood and energy of an era of hope and passion as Tariq Ali tracks the growing significance of the 1960s protest movement, as well... Zobraziť viac
Britain invented the factory - Manchester was the world's first factory city. Where are they now? The anser, mainly, is China. An issue devoted to how and where we made and make things, from strawberries in the fields of Herefordshire to the car plants... Zobraziť viac
A year of reading from home, by one of Britain's most distinguished authors... Zobraziť viac
Having left behind sauna where she was top girl, the author moves to London to start work as a stripper. But after one of other dancers burns her in back with a cigarette, she decides to try her hand at something new. This title offers true stories of... Zobraziť viac
Trevor Rees-Jones was a young man who liked his job. He served on the security team of Mohamed Al Fayed. As bodyguard for Fayad's son, Dodi, Rees-Jones was with him and his companion, Princess Diana, for their summer romance - a romance played out to... Zobraziť viac
Robert Dallek presents a sharply drawn, richly detailed portrait of Ronald Reagan and his politics--from his childhood years through the California governorship to the first years of the presidency. It is an essential guide for all observers of the... Zobraziť viac
Should you finish every book you start?How has your family influenced the way you read?What is literary style?How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup?Why do you hate the book your friend likes?Is writing really just like any other job?What happens to... Zobraziť viac
Subtitled, "The Great & Infamous Whore". Paperback edition of Weir's full-scale biography of Anne Boleyn's sister, who was mistress to both her brother-in-law Henry VIII and Francois I of France. Weir contends that Mary was entirely undeserving of her... Zobraziť viac
Now in paperback, this is a memoir from the author and critic David Lodge which charts his life from his birth in 1935 to the publication of his breakthrough book, "Changing Places", in 1975. Charts his childhood and youth, his time doing National... Zobraziť viac
When a film is not a document, it is a dream. . . . At the editing... Zobraziť viac
'There has been a lot of fighting hereabouts. The trenches have made themselves rather than been made, and run inconsequently in and out of the big thirty-foot high stacks of bricks; it is most confusing. The parapet of a trench which we don't occupy... Zobraziť viac
The Victorians excelled at telling ghost stories. In an age of rapid scientific progress the idea of a vindictive past able to reach out and violate the present held a special potential for terror. Throughout the nineteenth century fictional ghost... Zobraziť viac
The Pancatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. No other Indian work has had a greater influence on world literature, and no other collection of stories... Zobraziť viac
Grace Abounding is a classic of spiritual autobiography, here set alongside four other contemporary autobiographies to provide a greater historical context.Contains: Grace Abounding by John Bunyan; A Relation of the Imprisonment of Mr John Bunyan;... Zobraziť viac
When she disappeared in 1937 over a shark-infested sea, Amelia Earhart had lived up to her wish - internationally famous, a daring and pioneering aviator, and ambassador extraordinary for the United States. Married to a man with a genius for publicity... Zobraziť viac
This volume offers 22 of the central pageants which make up York`s famous Corpus Christi cycle. The York cycle is the oldest and best-known of the English mystery cycles, and its depth and scope are reflected in the selection printed here. The shape of... Zobraziť viac
This is the first major biography of V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize winner and one of the most compelling literary figures of the last fifty years. With great feeling for his formidable body of work, and exclusive access to his private papers and personal... Zobraziť viac
David Crane has given us a magisterial portrait of one of Britain’s greatest heroes and explorers, acclaimed as the ‘masterpiece’ on the subject. Reissued for the 100th anniversary of Scott’s doomed expedition. Zobraziť viac
