It’s the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? Our narrator has many of the advantages of life: Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on ... Zobraziť viac
Explosive, subversive, wild and funny, 50 years on the novel's strength is undiminished. Reading Joseph Heller's classic satire is nothing less than a rite of passage. Set in the closing months of World War II, this is the story of a ... Zobraziť viac
The author of Slaughterhouse 5 and Hocus Pocus satirizes the horrors of plastic, disposable America with a mixture of... Zobraziť viac
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict.Famine is disappearing. You are at more risk of obesity than starvation.... Zobraziť viac
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? ... Zobraziť viac
CCV - Stuart Jeffries, Guardian 'I've never read a novel that I found so compelling because of its narrative inventiveness an Zobraziť viac
CCV - He has a magnificent narrative gift...brilliant Independent A brilliant, unusual theme... Short and spare and direct, an i Zobraziť viac
The night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only... Zobraziť viac
Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways,... Zobraziť viac
Inspired by the life of E.M. Forster and his relationship with his long-time companion Bob Buckingham and his wife, this is an exquisitely told, tragic tale of thwarted love... Zobraziť viac
You’ve just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you’re destined for – what do you do? In Murakami’s world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued ... Zobraziť viac
What do we do when we find ourselves trapped by our own thoughts or behaviour? Drawing on his twenty-five years’ experience as a psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz ushers the reader through the door of his consulting room and into the minds of his patients... Zobraziť viac
From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, and the media. Invisible Women reveals how in a world built for and by men we are systematically ignoring half of the population, often with disastrous consequences... Zobraziť viac
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd... Zobraziť viac
On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane.... Zobraziť viac
This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents... Zobraziť viac
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form. This book comes with an introduction by Natalie Haynes. When this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female ... Zobraziť viac
The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky... Zobraziť viac
Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another. Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father... Zobraziť viac
