As seen in the new movie The Post, directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep, here is the captivating, inside story of the woman who piloted the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media.In... Zobraziť viac
'Better than Pele' - Diego Maradona'One of the greatest footballers ever.' - Sir Alex FergusonPele, Best and Maradona everyone has heard of, but to the true football cognoscenti Alfredo Di Stefano, the magician behind Real Madrid’s five European... Zobraziť viac
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the #1 bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods the ?definitive...fantastic? (Sports Illustrated) biography of basketball superstar LeBron James, based on three years of exhaustive research and more than 250... Zobraziť viac
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Ronald McCail`he sat down and wept, to think that even the rams knew more about the deeds of love than he did`Daphnis is fifteen years old, Chloe thirteen. They are drawn to each other and long to make love... Zobraziť viac
Cascio, a close friend of Michael Jackson for more than 25 years, tells the inside, behind-the-scenes story of the Michael that he knew and grew up with, offering the most candid, moving, and provocative portrait to date of the pop icon. 336 pp. Zobraziť viac
When Calouste Gulbenkian died in 1955 at the age of 86, he was the richest man in the world, known as 'Mr Five Per Cent' for his personal share of Middle East oil. The son of a wealthy Armenian merchant in Istanbul, for half a century he brokered top-... Zobraziť viac
From the former Treasury Secretary comes the definitive account of the unprecedented effort to save the U.S. economy from collapse in the wake of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression. STRESS TEST reveals a side of Timothy... Zobraziť viac
Six-time world surfing champion, actor, and American heartthrob Kelly Slater tells his inspiring story of triumph over adversity. 16-page color insert and b&w photos throughout. Zobraziť viac
Paperback edition of the biography of Heida Asgeirsdottir, Icelandic sheep farmer, former model and feminist heroine. Won both the Icelandic Booksellers' Prize and the Women's Literature Prize. Zobraziť viac
Fifteen Teams, Four Countries, One NBA Championship, and How to Find a Way to Win -- Damn Near Anywhere... Zobraziť viac
Peter Godwin, an award-winning writer, is on assignment in Zululand when he is summoned by his mother to Zimbabwe, his birthplace. His father is seriously ill; she fears he is dying. Godwin finds his country, once a post-colonial success story,... Zobraziť viac
Augustus, Rome's first emperor, is one of the great figures of world history and one of the most fascinating. In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. A transformative leader, Augustus... Zobraziť viac
A famous account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter. Told through a series of match reports, FEVER PITCH has enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success since it was first published in 1992. It has helped to create a new kind... Zobraziť viac
From the first centuries of Islam to well into the Middle Ages, Jews and Christians produced hundreds of manuscripts containing portions of the Bible in Arabic. Until recently, however, these translations remained largely neglected by Biblical scholars... Zobraziť viac
Britain's most inspiring young woman helps give others the courage to cope with life's challenges, through personal anecdotes and expert advice. To look and listen to the extraordinary Katie Piper, it is difficult to comprehend the severe trauma she... Zobraziť viac
A life of the prophet Muhammad by bestselling religious writer Karen Armstrong - 'One of our best living writers on religion' FINANCIAL TIMES Zobraziť viac
A gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelled survivor Roberto Canessa to become one of the world's leading paediatric cardiologists. Zobraziť viac
This anthology traces the history of modern Irish literature from the revolutionary era of the late eighteenth century to the early years of political independence. It covers 150 years, from the writings of Charlotte Brooke and Edmund Burke to those of... Zobraziť viac
This excellent and accessible work includes many major texts in translation: Aristotle`s Poetics, Longinus` On Sublimity, Horace`s Art of Poetry, Tacitus` Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch. Based on the highly praised Ancient Literary... Zobraziť viac
Virtually every day in the fall of 1907, Rainer Maria Rilke returned to a... Zobraziť viac
