Authoritative biography of cult writer and author of NAKED LUNCH, William Burroughs (1914-1997). It has been 50 years since Norman Mailer asserted, 'I think that William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today ... Zobraziť viac
Set in the wild and remote landscape of Eday, part of the Orkney archipelago, Close to Where the Heart Gives Out is the unflinchingly honest and moving tale of rural life, from the only doctor on the island... In his forties, Malcolm gave up his job in... Zobraziť viac
Reissue of this immortal, hilarious, and heartwarming classic about working a chicken farm in the Northwest... Zobraziť viac
Søren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of the heart... Zobraziť viac
After Egon Schiele (1890-1918) freed himself from the shadow of his mentor and role model Gustav Klimt, he had just ten years to inscribe his signature style into the annals of modernity before the Spanish flu claimed his life. Being a child prodigy... Zobraziť viac
Discover the unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. This collection spans the breadth of Ando's entire career... Zobraziť viac
"We move too little or in the wrong ways; movement is vanishing from our lives and from medicine,” says Professor Pavel Kolář, a physiotherapist at the forefront of rehabilitative and sports medicine, who works with the sophisticated machinery of the... Zobraziť viac
Film for Her is a story book of people, places, and memories captured on film. Through photographs, poetry, prose, and a short story, Orion Carloto invites readers to remember the forgotten and reach into the past... Zobraziť viac
This is without question the best book ever written on O'Keeffe' New YorkerBorn on a wheat farm in Wisconsin in 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia O'Keeffe had her eyes wide open to the beauty of nature from the very beginning... Zobraziť viac
Join comedian Helen Thorn from The Scummy Mummies as she haphazardly takes the plunge into single life for the first time in twenty-two years... Zobraziť viac
A first-of-its-kind chronicle of David Bowie's career, spanning 50 years and 27 studio albums, David Bowie All the Songs tells the story of one of rock's all-time greatest artists — album by album, and track by track... Zobraziť viac
A critical but fair political biography of Churchill that zooms in on crucial moments in his life and career that help us understand the man in his many contradictions... Zobraziť viac
Not long after the death of his father, whose heart gave out suddenly in November 1967, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter his father had written when his four sons were small... Zobraziť viac
Whether titans of industry, influential business leaders, or creators of history's most recognizable brands, these entrepreneurs had the vision, innovation, and ruthless determination to make their marks on our society in indelible ways... Zobraziť viac
He wanted a war. And, for his sins, he got one. James Brabazon was an ambitious young war reporter when he entered the chaos of the Liberian Civil War in 2002. Running with the infamous LURD rebels, he survived numerous deadly ambushes... Zobraziť viac
From the award-winning author of Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four.John Updike compared them to 'the sun coming out on an Easter morning'... Zobraziť viac
I was bored, angry, tired and sad. I felt all alone yet I had nothing to complain about. I had a good job, a husband who as far as I could tell wasn't shagging his assistant, three children who apart from being the occasional assholes were pretty... Zobraziť viac
The extraordinary story of how a singular group of women in a pivotal time and place - Paris - Between the Wars - fostered the birth of the Modernist movement. Sylvia Beach, Bryher, Natalie Barney, and Gertrude Stein... Zobraziť viac
Milan Rastislav Štefánik gehört zweifellos zu den bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der slowakischen Geschichte. Dieses Buch gewährt Ihnen Einblick in mehrere – darunter auch bisher unbeachtete – Seiten seines Lebens. Dank der einzigartigen... Zobraziť viac
Rapper, chef, and television star Action Bronson is a marijuana superhero, both its champion and devoted consumer, and Stoned Beyond Belief is the ultimate love letter to the world's most magical plant: weed... Zobraziť viac
