In this endlessly stimulating investigation into 'things coming to an end, artists' last works, time running out', Geoff Dyer sets his own encounter with late middle age against the last days and last achievements of writers... Zobraziť viac
This book is about two unlikely friends. One born in 1970s Britain to Indian immigrant parents, the other arrived from Nazi Germany in 1939, fleeing persecution... Zobraziť viac
Inspired by Orwell, a brilliant portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris through the eyes of a young waiter scraping a living in the city... Zobraziť viac
Mark Hodkinson grew up among the terrace houses of Rochdale in a house with just one book. Today, Mark is an author, journalist and publisher. He still lives in Rochdale but is now surrounded by 3,500 titles - at the last count... Zobraziť viac
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it... Zobraziť viac
In 2018 Captain Louis Rudd MBE walked into the history books when he finished a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica, pulling a 130 kg sledge laden with his supplies for more than 900 miles. Louis’ skills had been honed in the SAS... Zobraziť viac
The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerThis is the age of addiction, a condition so epidemic, so all encompassing and... Zobraziť viac
Penguin: 70th Anniversary Edition In the summer of 1942, fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation, Anne Frank and her... Zobraziť viac
Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writer Kafka first made the acquaintance... Zobraziť viac
Virgin Books: Inspired by D.H. Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate, extreme and has attracted... Zobraziť viac
Steve Jobs, the pivotal figure behind the success stories of both Apple and Pixar, turned his personality into a business philosophy. This New York Times bestseller reveals how he did it. Steve Jobs was an American visionary who immeasurably... Zobraziť viac
Bruce Springsteen fans know that the band makes the man, which is why millions of people have jammed stadiums and arenas to see The Boss play countless shows with his incredible E Street Band. In this revelatory and unapologetic biography, ... Zobraziť viac
According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people, and on top of that, her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway.... Zobraziť viac
Prahou Wolfganga A. Mozarta GB - ALBATROS Plus - Jazyk: EN - Vazba: Pevná bez přebalu matná - 72 str. - ISBN: 978-80-259-0011-6 Zobraziť viac
It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two... Zobraziť viac
Taschen - "This man will either go insane or leave us all far behind," prophesied the great Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The Zobraziť viac
Taschen - Elizabeth Taylor was a "diva" when that word still had meaning, before it was applied to every female celebrity with s Zobraziť viac
He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from... Zobraziť viac
Taschen; Revised edition (26 May 2000): Designated as "degenerate" by the Nazis, Paul Klee (1879-1940) is today considered... Zobraziť viac
From Oliver Twist and Great Expectations to A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities, the novels of Charles Dickens are... Zobraziť viac
