Inspiring, brilliantly written, cantankerous and funny - Walden is both a very specific story about one man's attempt to live the simple life in the wilderness, and the great, founding text both for the environmental movement and the entire ... Zobraziť viac
This astonishing novella from 1908, newly translated for Little Black Classics by War and Peace translator Anthony Briggs, probes the emotions and experiences of seven people condemned to death in Tsarist Russia... Zobraziť viac
An exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world... Zobraziť viac
This joyful poetic satire describes wig thieves, chamberpots, prostitutes and other hazards to be avoided on the teeming streets of eighteenth-century London. Zobraziť viac
A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, ... Zobraziť viac
From The Catskill Mountains to a medieval chapel, the pioneer of American short stories conjures magical vignettes of nineteenth-century life. Zobraziť viac
In this compelling story of greed, chicanery and tarnished idealism, two Wall Street Journal reporters investigate a man who Bill Gates and Western governments entrusted with hundreds of millions of dollars to make profits and end poverty but now... Zobraziť viac
A follow up from the bestselling Self-Compassion, this book shows why it is more urgent than ever that women acknowledge their areas of suffering, celebrate their inner voice and challenge the male-orientated status quo... Zobraziť viac
Today is the day that things are going to change for Rachel Bidewell. She will walk through the doors of Clifton Avenue Care Home and start a new life. Rachel is returning to work. And as she discovers, juggling a new job, ... Zobraziť viac
Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as the Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented - all at once, ... Zobraziť viac
Following her bestselling, critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths.'Taut, masterly, wholly absorbing. Still one of the greatest stories ever written. A book that will be Zobraziť viac
The first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm Animal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master, and how their revolution goes horribly wrong... Zobraziť viac
Go anywhere in the world today and you'll see or hear English in some form. It may not be the Queen's English that you're hearing, but it is a form of universally recognised English... Zobraziť viac
Jonathan Harker, incarcerated in a Transylvanian castle, has an alluring but terrifying dream of three women, eager to prey... Zobraziť viac
Just before she died, Patty Bigelow confessed to having killed a man. Now her niece Tanya is obsessed with finding out the... Zobraziť viac
On the airwaves, all the talk is of the new blue planet - pristine and habitable, like our own 65 million years ago, before... Zobraziť viac
Look out for the original Netflix series starring 13 Reason Why star Katherine Langford streaming everywhere in Spring 2020! The Lady of the Lake is the true hero in this cinematic twist on the tale of King Arthur created by Thomas Wheeler... Zobraziť viac
In the wake of the terrible shock of 9/11, the C.I.A. scrambled to work out how to destroy Bin Laden and his associates. Superficially the invasion was quick and efficient, but Bin Laden's successful escape... Zobraziť viac
The extraordinary German bestseller on the final days of the Third Reich... Zobraziť viac
Marina Abramovic has been making groundbreaking art for 50 years, and now turns her gaze inward, to reveal her past with utter candor in a narrative guaranteed to shock and delight. After withstanding a difficult childhood, she met Ulay, a performance ... Zobraziť viac
