The Life and Wines of the World's Favourite Sommelier... Zobraziť viac
Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber's most important essays and interviews."The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make... Zobraziť viac
Sarah Bradford is a historian and biographer. Previous books include biographies of Disraeli, George VI, Elizabeth II and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (America's Queen), as well as two previous accounts of the Borgia family. She lives in London. Zobraziť viac
A political and personal history of the aclaimed writer, academic and critic, which reveals the influences which have informed ground-breaking works such as "Orientalism" and "Culture & Imperialism". "A work of art, one of the noblest biographies of... Zobraziť viac
The first full biography of Clementine Churchill since the international bestseller by her daughter Mary Soames in 1981. Sheds new light on the pivotal relationship between the Churchills and the Roosevelts, in particular. Zobraziť viac
Liz Truss's journey from schoolgirl revolutionary to Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister The Sunday Times Politics Book of the Year 'An insightful and at times riotously entertaining account of the lengthy rise and abrupt fall of Britain's 56th... Zobraziť viac
A luminous memoir from a rock icon. Revisit sacred early years and vibrant twenties on MacDougal Street. Truths vivid as dreams, joy as pure as song. Zobraziť viac
'The greatest rock 'n' roll biography ever written' Rolling Stone'You're lookin' at a livin' legend.' He said, and then fell silent for a moment. 'Y'know, that really worries me. I always thought a legend was somethin' dead.'The tormented life of Jerry... Zobraziť viac
For fans of powerful untold histories like The Boys in the Boat (Pan, 2014), Seabiscuit (Fourth Estate, 2002), Tunney (Ranodom House, 2007), and Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler''s Olympics (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007). ''A... Zobraziť viac
Kei, driven by the love for his childhood friend Minamo, just got into the prestigious Kougaoka Academy, and together they serve on the school’s public morals committee. Kei wants to let Minamo know about his true feelings but is crushed to hear that... Zobraziť viac
An Independent Book of the Month"A superb biography" William Boyd"(A) bold and enlightening exploration of Bowie's later career. Sensitive, witty and often very affecting" The Times"A genuine must buy, as rich in critical appraisal as it is in personal... Zobraziť viac
Fifteen essays illustrate Emerson''s ideas of the relation of nature to the self, the uniquely American perception of co-existence with, rather than brute domination of, nature. Zobraziť viac
In 1942, with a black-market chicken under his arm, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went to war. He was twenty-two and a cryptopgraher of genius. In Between Silk and Cyanide, his critically acclaimed account of... Zobraziť viac
Offers a detailed account of the lives of more than four hundred saints, each with a biographical overview, a record of religious journeys, a discussion of personal philosophies and theological influences... Zobraziť viac
An intimate insider's account of New York's most radical cultural revolution. Zobraziť viac
Albert Derolez has developed new terminology for describing the different scripts in this detailed study of handwriting in manuscript books produced in western and central Europe from c.1100 to c.1530. This makes Derolez's survey unique and an ideal... Zobraziť viac
A Jerusalem Memoir... Zobraziť viac
One of the greatest 19th-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations... Zobraziť viac
