<i>Knife</i> is a gripping, intimate, and ultimately life-affirming meditation on life, loss, love, art - and finding the strength to stand up again. Zobraziť viac
When Susan Barry first wrote to Oliver Sacks, she never expected a response, let alone the deep friendship that blossomed over ten years of letters. Sue, herself a neuroscientist, wrote to share an extraordinary development in her own medical history... Zobraziť viac
We say that life is priceless. Yet the cost of saving a life, creating a life or compensating for a life taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. In a world in love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on... Zobraziť viac
Arranged in a handy A-Z format, A Dictionary of Tolkien explores and explains the creatures, plants, events and places that make up these strange and wonderful lands... Zobraziť viac
The speeches of Queen Elizabeth II hold a special place in many people's hearts across the world. During her 70-year reign she delivered many poignant, touching, and inspirational speeche... Zobraziť viac
A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith... Zobraziť viac
An anthology of essays on video games by some of today's best literary writers... Zobraziť viac
A critical look at how Bill Gates uses his wealth and power through the Gates Foundation to advance his own agenda and erode democratic institutions in the process... Zobraziť viac
The music of ‘Motown’ needs no introduction. Berry Gordy’s record label became a style unto itself, producing hit after suave, sassy and sophisticated hit, and shaped the careers of so many of the greatest musicians of all time... Zobraziť viac
An essential new translation of the author’s complete, uncensored diaries—a revelation of the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers... Zobraziť viac
Munch's pictorial worlds - the initial impetus for modernism... Zobraziť viac
Drawing on years of original research conducted in Italy and abroad, this book lays bare the hidden aspects of Ferrari's career. From his earliest failed business ventures, to his political dealings with Italy's fascist government... Zobraziť viac
A gripping set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self and our society... Zobraziť viac
An intimate account of the 20th century's most inventive color photographer, with letters, poems and photographs... Zobraziť viac
Brings together brief biographies of 100 women and men whose activities in the 19th century laid the foundations of modern China and the country’s transition from dynastic empire to republic... Zobraziť viac
From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of brothers Daniel and Alexander Macmillan who built a publishing empire... Zobraziť viac
What do you want, when no one is watching? What do you want, when the lights are off? What do you want, when you are anonymous? Zobraziť viac
Before there was Instagram, there was Warhol... Zobraziť viac
A pioneer of humanitarianism and founder of the International Red Cross, Henry Dunant was many things over his lifetime. A devout Christian and social activist, an ambitious but failed businessman, a humanitarian genius, and a bankrupt recluse... Zobraziť viac
In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... a Zobraziť viac
