A gem of a book about the aggravations and joys of cats from a literary master In the autumn of 1965, flush with the unexpected success of his first published books, the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal bought a weekend cottage... Zobraziť viac
Filled with incident, discovery, and revelation, Dutch Light is a vivid account of Christiaan Huygens's remarkable life and career, but it is also nothing less than the story of the birth of modern science as we know it... Zobraziť viac
In No Cure for Being Human, Kate searches for a way forward as she mines the wisdom (and absurdity) of our modern 'best life now' advice industry, which offers us exhausting positivity, trying to convince us that we can out-eat... Zobraziť viac
We now know just how much we should treasure the times when we feel happy, content and at peace. When we feel this way we seek out life’s experiences with a sense of optimism and hope. But how do we move forward with life... Zobraziť viac
Published to accompany a headline exhibition at the V&A, this book is the definitive celebration of the extraordinary photographic career of Horst P. Horst (1906 - 99). One of Vogue's most prolific and creative contributors, Horst worked in Paris and... Zobraziť viac
Achille Castiglioni (1918 - 2002) was one of the most important and prolific designers of the twentieth century. This comprehensive monograph is the only detailed study of his remarkable career... Zobraziť viac
1969: the height of counterculture and the year universities would seek to curb the unruly spectacle of student protest; the winter that Harvard University would begin the tumultuous process of merging with Radcliffe... Zobraziť viac
The definitive biography of John F. Kennedy, from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall. This is the untold story of how the rise of President Kennedy and the rise of the United States mirror one another... Zobraziť viac
2020 marks 250 years since Beethoven's birth. Ludwig van Beethoven: to some, simply the greatest ever composer of Western classical music. Yet his life remains shrouded in myths, and the image persists of him as an eccentric genius... Zobraziť viac
Sounes' book pushes the standard Reed narrative - The New York Times Lou Reed, who died in 2013, was best known to the general public as the grumpy New Yorker in black who sang... Zobraziť viac
The Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation, Shaun Ryder is a 1990s rock 'n' roll legend. Now, for the first time, comes his hilarious first-hand account of just what it takes to be a rock star... Zobraziť viac
Pre-order the thrilling account of the Typhoon Fgr4s in the war against Isis, from the Raf Wing Commander who led them into combat. The Eurofighter Typhoon Fgr4 is the most advanced multi-role combat aircraft in the world... Zobraziť viac
Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller "Reading Lolita in Tehran", now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country's poli Zobraziť viac
Many millions of words have already been written about Guns N' Roses, the old line-up, the new line-up. But none of them have ever really gotten to the truth. Which is this: Guns N' Roses has always been a band out of time, the Last of the Giants... Zobraziť viac
Best known for the wild, phantasmagoric satire of works like Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs reveals another, gentler side in The Cat Inside. Originally published as a limited-edition volume, this moving and witty discourse... Zobraziť viac
Widely acknowledged in his time as a premier painter of still life and genre scenes, Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) created unsentimentalized works that appeal to viewers today for their richness of feeling and simplicity of composition... Zobraziť viac
This is the story of a family led to confront a crisis they had never foreseen. Aged eleven, their eldest daughter has stopped eating and speaking. Alongside diagnoses of autism and selective mutism, her parents slowly become aware of... Zobraziť viac
Un gir polític imprevisible va portar Carles Puigdemont, alcalde de Girona, a la presidència de la Generalitat. Els trets biogràfics que hem anat descobrint durant aquest període fan referència a la seva vocació de periodista, militant ... Zobraziť viac
<p>„Franz Kafka byl Praha a Praha byla Franz Kafka“, napsal kdysi Johannes Urzidil. A skutečně, kdo se vydá po stopách života Franze Kafky, toho cesta zavede přímo do srdce starého císařského města nad Vltavou. Zobraziť viac
On November 17, 2004, the people of the Czech Republic celebrated 15 years of independence from communist rule. For the millions of Czechs who are old enough to remember what life was like behind the Iron Curtain... Zobraziť viac
