'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business' As a struggling writer in his twenties, Orwell lived as a down-and-out among the poorest members of society. In this, his early memoir... Zobraziť viac
Inside the corrupt and secret business of global shipping, the explosive true story of a notorious international fraud and murder... Zobraziť viac
The Goths are truly a 'lost civilization'. Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman Empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain Zobraziť viac
Revised and updated with a new preface on the Crimean crisis. While most of the world was lauding the stability and economic growth that Vladimir Putin's ex-KGB regime had brought to Russia, Edward Lucas was ringing alarm bells... Zobraziť viac
A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes... Zobraziť viac
The seventh edition will confirm the status of The World Atlas of Wine as the most essential and authoritative wine reference work. Zobraziť viac
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time... Zobraziť viac
Simone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman'. In this groundbreaking work of feminism... 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
A surgical-stocking-filler from the author of record-breaking million copy bestseller This Is Going To Hurt Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat... but 1.4 million NHS staff are heading off to work. In this perfect present for anyone who... Zobraziť viac
Fifa was founded in 1904 to unite the football-playing world, its first congress stating that 'no person should be allowed to arrange matches for personal profit'. A little over a century later, a judge in a Brooklyn courtroom called Fifa a ... Zobraziť viac
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later... Zobraziť viac
For several decades Chinese ascendancy has been supported by an astonishingly broad and deep portfolio of soft power. The stories are their reach are breath-taking - Chinese-sponsored reporting in the Daily Telegraph... 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
Little, Brown: The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: 'Brilliant!this powerfully-written book is filled with accounts of horror, pain and injustice. His... Zobraziť viac
The Communist Manifesto was first published in London in 1848, by two young men in their late twenties. Its impact... Zobraziť viac
Když se řekne Chicago, jako první se zřejmě vybaví gangsteři, zločin, případně stejnojmenný muzikál o vražedkyních (s Catherine Zeta-Jonesovou, Renée Zellwegerovou a Richardem Gerem)... Zobraziť viac
Přesná terminologie ve spojení s fotograficky dokonalými ilustracemi dělají z tohoto slovníku knihu nejen krásnou, ale i užitečnou a vpravdě světovou. Zobraziť viac
