well, hopefully, at the very least you'll get to have a good old laugh at my expense. So lean back, pour yourself a glass, and try not to fall through the bar flap . Offers wisdom in difficult times . like being invited into his living room' BBC... Zobraziť viac
'A frank, funny and long overdue ode to teachers and teaching' ADAM KAYThe malodorous horrors of Sports Day. Bracing yourself for Parents' Evening. Refereeing teenage relationship dramas... From the age of eight, Ryan Wilson dreamed of being a... Zobraziť viac
AM I OVERTHINKING THIS? meets Mari Andrew's AM I THERE YET, with humorous charts on serious topics, fun distractions from the big issues, and personal essays on the author's struggles with chronic pain, grief, and anxiety. Zobraziť viac
'Enters the ED discourse like a blaze of light' - Vogue'Sharply intelligent . . .consoling and enraging' - Sarah Moss, author of The FellIn Dead Weight, Emmeline Clein brings together her own experience of disordered eating with the stories of other... Zobraziť viac
'I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole' Clive JamesHorace Rumpole, the irrepressible barrister fuelled by cigars, Tennyson, steak-and-kidney pud and the cooking claret from Pommeroy's wine bar, is back for further... Zobraziť viac
Beloved author Lucy Mangan's uproariously funny debut novel. Zobraziť viac
Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure, challenge, adventure, meaning? Here, in seventy new pieces, some of the most original writers and thinkers of our time give their answers. From Hilton Als on reading as... Zobraziť viac
A ''gentle and enormously enjoyable'' (Metro) memoir detailing conductor Lev Parikian''s attempt to spot 200 birds in a year Zobraziť viac
Sborník příspěvků ze stejnojmenné konference představuje zajímavý vhled do uměleckohistorického výzkumu vybraných témat, jejichž společným jmenovatelem je střední Evropa raného novověku. Publikace vedle dílčích studií... Zobraziť viac
'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a writer whose intellectual lucidity was a product of the wealth - the sensual immediacy and clarity - that had been heaped... Zobraziť viac
On October 7, Israeli territory around the Erez border of Gaza Strip was invaded in a surprise attack by Hamas's Al Qassam Brigades. In response to this, the people of Gaza have been subjected to nearly three months of wholesale genocide. Over 20,000... Zobraziť viac
Discover all the foul facts about the Rotten Romans with history's most horrible headlines. All the foul facts about the Rotten Romans are ready to uncover, including: what Roman soldiers wore under their kilts and how ancient Britons got their hair... Zobraziť viac
A Room of One's Own is Virginia Woolf's most powerful feminist essay, justifying the need for women to possess intellectual freedom and financial independence. Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, the essay is one of... Zobraziť viac
In We Learn Nothing, satirical cartoonist Tim Kreider turns his funny, brutally honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition, asking big questions about human-sized problems: What if you survive a brush with death and it doesn't change you? ... Zobraziť viac
A charming, heart-warming and rave-reviewed story of long lost love, courage and hope by journalist and LGBTQ+ activist Matt Cain. Think Mike Gayle meets Marian Keyes, by way of Milly Johnson - but this is a love story the likes of which you've never... Zobraziť viac
Susan Sontag's On Photography is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject. Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest... Zobraziť viac
A guy walks into a bar ...From here the story could take many turns. A guy walks into a bar and meets the love of his life. A guy walks into a bar and finds no one else is there. When this guy is David Sedaris, the possibilities are endless.... Zobraziť viac
'Guevara was a figure of epic proportions. These diaries, stark and moving, will be his most enduring monument' ObserverThe final diaries of Che Guevara begin in 1966, when he travelled to Bolivia to foment a revolution, and end just two days before... Zobraziť viac
