ABOUT A PROMISED LAND A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy... In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama t Zobraziť viac
Alexander Dubček one of those key figures modern Slovak history that historians and the general public alike keep returning to, both because of his role the tumultuous events 1968 and because, to some extent, he has become symbol the struggle for democra Zobraziť viac
His works have prompted a New York Times bestseller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the Mauritshuis... Zobraziť viac
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow... Zobraziť viac
'The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our life-time.' The words of Sir Edward Grey, looking out from the windows of the Foreign Office in early August 1914, are amongst the most famous in European history, and... Zobraziť viac
One of the outstanding classics to emerge from the Holocaust, Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's story of his struggle for survival in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps... Zobraziť viac
As a special edition to mark TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary, this volume presents the life and work of David Hockneyyear by year as a dialogue between his works and voices from the time period. From the London of the Swinging Sixties, via Californian swimmi Zobraziť viac
This hand-drawn comic book tells the story of Milan Rastislav Štefánik – from his birth until his tragic death. The story reflects historical facts in a way that is attractive for all age groups, especially for children and young people... Zobraziť viac
Extraordinary stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich... Zobraziť viac
The first full-length biography of the Nobel laureate to appear in a quarter century, Mad at the World illuminates what has made the work of John Steinbeck an enduring part of the literary canon: his capacity for empathy... Zobraziť viac
In 1965 the Rolling Stones were big and about to be huge, when Bent Rej was given unprecedented access to a year in the eye of the rock 'n' roll storm, accompanying the band on its first full European outing: the Satisfaction tour... Zobraziť viac
Across decades and generations, the Kennedys have been a family of charismatic adventurers, raised to take risks and excel. Their name is synonymous with American royalty. Their commitment to public service is legendary... Zobraziť viac
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce programme in Texas, American employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older adults... Zobraziť viac
In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest... Zobraziť viac
All of Orwell's brilliant writing on England and Englishness collected in a single volume. Much of George Orwell's best writing, brought together in this comprehensive collection, is concerned with England... Zobraziť viac
The true story of one woman's struggle to save her sons from radicalization by Chechen partisans, as told by a seasoned war reporter... Zobraziť viac
The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the 1986 disaster to life through the eyes of the men and... Zobraziť viac
From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself... Zobraziť viac
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest - fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses that he has suffered... Zobraziť viac
Can trauma be inherited? It is this question that sets Alex Halberstadt off on a quest to name and acknowledge a legacy of family trauma, and to end a cycle of estrangement that had endured for nearly a century... Zobraziť viac
