An Economist Best Book of 2024'A high-spirited, richly informed, and original portrait, a cross between biography, literary analysis and a study in modern canonisation: Karolina Watroba is an inspired guide and her book a pleasure to read.' Marina ... Zobraziť viac
An extraordinary social history of Britain's rail networks and its people, that will appeal to railway enthusiasts and commuters. Zobraziť viac
The French philosopher Badiou turns his attention to love in this new book. He develops a new take on love that sees it as an adventure, and an opportunity for reinvention. 'One of the most important philosophers writing today.' Joan Copjec Zobraziť viac
'What makes Art is Magic so rewarding is that Deller can write. Strikingly, he finds the literary process "mortifying . .. as though I am slowly dying". Perhaps it is that painful intensity that electrifies his prose, which comes across as... Zobraziť viac
It Was The Last Thing He Told me: Protect Her... Zobraziť viac
Whether setting out on your career or already ensconced in the boardroom, you will not succeed on your own. You need others to choose to listen, buy into and come with you... Zobraziť viac
What does it take to make a living from the land in modern Britain? Zobraziť viac
A breathtakingly original history of the Berbice Slave Rebellion, the event that almost changed the face of the Americas. Zobraziť viac
There are things he does alone, and things that he alone does. Jacques Anquetil was a cyclist with an aristocratic demeanor and a relaxed attitude to rules and morals. His womanising and frank admissions of doping appalled 1960s French society, ... Zobraziť viac
our voice is a powerful instrument, as individual as a fingerprint. You use it every single day, but do you know how to look after it? Or to get the best out of it? This is a Voice is a practical toolkit of step-by-step vocal exercises .. Zobraziť viac
This entertaining and endlessly surprising book takes us on an exploration into every aspect of Japanese society from the... Zobraziť viac
The idea of 'civilisation' has always been debated, even fought over. At the heart of those debates lies the big question of how people - from prehistory to the present day - have depicted themselves and others, both human and divine... Zobraziť viac
Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea... Zobraziť viac
Rosemary doesn't talk much, and about certain things she's silent. She had a sister, Fern, her whirlwind other half, who vanished from her life in circumstances she wishes she could forget... Zobraziť viac
On his deathbed in 19 BCE, Vergil asked that his epic, the Aeneid, be burned and not published. If his wishes had been obeyed, western literature - and maybe even western civilization - might have taken a different course... Zobraziť viac
How does the mind connect to the body? Why does it feel like something to be us? For one of the boldest thinkers in neuroscience, solving this puzzle has been a lifetime's quest. Now at last, the man who discovered the brain mechanism for dreaming... Zobraziť viac
Set out like a good lunchtime conversation, Free Lunch will escort you through the mysteries of the economy. Your guides will be some of the greatest names in the field, including Smith, Marx and Keynes... Zobraziť viac
In this magisterial work, Professor Paul Stephenson charts the centuries surrounding this epic shift of power. He traces the cultural, social and political forces that led to the empire being ruled from a city straddling Europe and Asia... Zobraziť viac
Some animal societies hold a mirror up to the human world: elephants hold funerals for departed family members. Pinyon jays run collective creches. Rats will go out of their way to help a cold, wet stranger... Zobraziť viac
Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before trekking into rural Asia (or Turkey as we know it), past the already ancient Luxor monuments in Roman Egypt, and by the Great Library of Alexandria... Zobraziť viac
