There is only one Wright Thompson. He is, as they say, famous if you know who he is: his work includes the most read articles in the history of ESPN (and it's not even close) and has been anthologized in the Best American Sports Writing... Zobraziť viac
No sleep for twenty hours. No food for ten. And a ward full of soon-to-be mothers... Welcome to the life of a midwife. Life on the NHS front line, working within a system at breaking point, is more extreme than you could ever imagine. From the bloody... Zobraziť viac
What is autism: a devastating developmental disorder, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more - and the future of... Zobraziť viac
A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile - originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead - and blasts into the skies. His name is Yuri Gagarin and he is about to make history Zobraziť viac
Překlad raných próz Bohumila Hrabala vychází z prvního svazku Hrabalových spisů, nazvaného Křehký dluh. V těchto existenciálně laděných experimentujících textech se poprvé setkáváme se zásadními postavami jeho tvorby, například... Zobraziť viac
Tato kniha se zabývá sporem o plány na výstavbu hlubinného úložiště pro vysoce radioaktivní odpad v České republice. Od 90. let státní orgány vytipovaly několik míst, která by pro výstavbu úložiště mohla být vhodná. Zobraziť viac
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans.... Zobraziť viac
An innovative and beautifully designed history of the nascent Japanese videogame industry, as told by those who were there, Japansoft takes readers inside the games, companies, and human experiences which forged a whole new culture... Zobraziť viac
The second book from Sunday Times best-selling authors Russell Tovey and Robert Diament, Talk Art: The Interviews offers a beautifully packaged collection of interview highlights from the popular Talk Art podcast... Zobraziť viac
On 5 October 2017, the New York Times published an article by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that helped change the world... Zobraziť viac
The typograhic grid is a child of constructive art. This book offers a collection of about two dozen typographic works of the author including books, brochures and art catalogues... Zobraziť viac
2015 is the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, when, at 8.15am, an atomic bomb was dropped over the Japanese city, killing one hundred thousand men, women and children in its white fury. John Hersey's spare, devastating report on the attack was first... Zobraziť viac
Himari Momochi inherits Momochi House, an estate that exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms. Aoi is the human Omamori-sama, or guardian of the house, who can transform into a powerful spiritual being. But once Momochi ... Zobraziť viac
Learn about variation, competition and the struggle for existence with the help of this beautifully illustrated and accessible activity book for children. Packed full with detailed colouring pages and mind-grabbing activities, this is a book to inspire... Zobraziť viac
bell hooks was a prolific, trailblazing author, feminist, social activist, cultural critic, and professor. Born Gloria Jean Watkins, bell used her pen name to center attention on her ideas and to honor her courageous great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks... Zobraziť viac
A groundbreaking view into the lives of six ordinary citizens in the world's most secretive country, by an award-winning foreign correspondent... Zobraziť viac
Patrick Radden Keefe's work has garnered prizes ranging from the National Magazine Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US to the Orwell Prize in the UK for his meticulously reported, hypnotically engaging work... Zobraziť viac
Kurt Cobain burst into American consciousness with a vengeance with the release of Nevermind, an instant classic that defined a sound and a generation. Three years later, he was dead of suicide, leaving a meteoric... Zobraziť viac
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave's inner life... Zobraziť viac
I'm the one who's left behind. I'm the one to tell the tale. I knew them both... knew how they lived and how they died. Claire is Ella Grey's best friend... Zobraziť viac
