The astounding, never-before-told story of how an ingenious Ghanaian con artist ran one of the 20th century's longest and most audacious frauds... Zobraziť viac
I seek justice, I finally said. I seek justice for my sister... Sometimes it takes twenty-nine years to say it out loud, to say it out loud on a phone call with a lawyer at the General Attorney’s office: I seek justice. Zobraziť viac
This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn from vivid personal experience. There are occasions where it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all... Zobraziť viac
This is a book of narrative reportage six years in the making... Zobraziť viac
Bill Gates is one of the most powerful figures of the past four decades. But the world-famous public image he has so carefully crafted is not the whole truth... Zobraziť viac
From the award-winning author of Sandworm comes the propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, exposing once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence... Zobraziť viac
The man who used to pull the strings of the global media is now pulling back the curtain: a bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative who exposes the secrets of the $129-billion industry that controls so much of what we see and hear... Zobraziť viac
From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes... Zobraziť viac
This an essential tool kit for understanding the world around us. It's about our obsession with collecting, the quest for authenticity and the creation of national identities. It's about Hitchcock's film sets and why we value imperfection... Zobraziť viac
In May of 2012, Janine di Giovanni travelled to Syria, marking the beginning of a long relationship with the country, as she began reporting from both sides of the conflict, witnessing its descent into one of the most brutal, internecine ... Zobraziť viac
Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians ... Zobraziť viac
A compelling, at times devastating, ultimately inspiring account of how much can go wrong on the ocean and how, miraculously, one woman conquered her own fears. Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fianc Richard Sharp set sail Zobraziť viac
Facebook had a problem. Along with its sister platforms Instagram and WhatsApp, it was a daily destination for billions of users around the world, extolling its products for connecting people. But as a succession of scandals rocked Facebook from 2016... Zobraziť viac
Randall Munroe, der geniale Erfinder von xkcd.com, legt nach. In der Fortsetzung seines internationalen Bestsellers »What if?« beantwortet er viele neue verrückte Fragen wissenschaftlich fundiert und umwerfend kreativ... Zobraziť viac
From clay tablets to the printing press. From the pencil to the internet.From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. This is the true story of literature — of how great texts and technologies have shaped cultures and civilizations and altered human histo Zobraziť viac
A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity. Every time I fail to become more like my mother, I become more like me... Zobraziť viac
Oliver’s mother dies when he is born and he is brought up in a workhouse. His first years are cold and lonely – and then he runs away to London. But he falls into the hands of Fagin and the terrifying Bill Sykes... Zobraziť viac
Ryszard Kapuscinski has been writing about the people of Africa throughout his career. In astudy that avoids the official routes, palaces and big politics, he sets out to create an account of post-colonial Africa seen... Zobraziť viac
A beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love, and understanding from a survivor of 'ex-gay' therapy, soon to be a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton, ... Zobraziť viac
The past two centuries, nineteenth and twentieth, were marked by heightened intensity of Slovak political life, especially by significant efforts of the Slovaks to achieve national and political unification... Zobraziť viac
