Laozi's Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ideology over experience. By speaking out against the cleverness of... Zobraziť viac
Focusing on the unsolved murder of teenage girl, this literary novel offers insights into gender, class and privilege in Seoul, and marks the English-language debut for award-winning Korean author, Kwon Yeo-sun. Zobraziť viac
The fascinating history of poetry anthologies and their influence on British society and culture over the last four centuries... Zobraziť viac
A compelling investigation into the phenomenon of dirty work - labour that society considers essential, but morally compromised... Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated natural history of insects. Insects are the most successful group of animals ever to have lived. They comprise a million species and perhaps 10 quintillion individuals... Zobraziť viac
A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood - the material that shaped human history... Zobraziť viac
From one of Ireland's most grindingly authentic and radically original talents, Room Little Darker explores the clandestine... Zobraziť viac
A captivating journey along the iconic River Po and through Italian history, society and culture... Zobraziť viac
We may no longer think that the world was hatched from an egg, as the ancient Chinese did, or that our fate is ruled by a capricious Zeus and a resentful Hera. We now use genes to explain desire, and physics to explain the mechanics of the universe and ea Zobraziť viac
In Cello, Kate Kennedy weaves together the lives of four remarkable cellists who suffered various forms of persecution, injury and misfortune. The Hungarian Jewish cellist and composer Pál Hermann managed to keep one step ahead of the Gestapo for much... Zobraziť viac
A popular telling of the story of the revival of European intellectual life after the collapse of civilisation that followed the fall of the Roman empire in the West. Zobraziť viac
Fire, Storm and Flood is an unflinching photographic record of the epic effects of a violent climate, from the earliest extinction events to the present, in which we witness climate chaos forced by unnatural global warming... Zobraziť viac
Professor Kalitin is a ruthless, narcissistic chemist who has developed an untraceable, extremely lethal poison called Neophyte while working in a secret city on an island in the Russian far east. When the Soviet Union collapses... Zobraziť viac
The remarkable story of how Greek-speaking writers and thinkers sustained and developed the intellectual legacy of Classical Greece under the rule of Rome... Zobraziť viac
Following the drum in Spain, rebellious aristocrat Cressida Nightingale has put her tumultuous past far behind her, and with it her short-lived marriage to Lord Greville... Zobraziť viac
Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science writer Lawrence Krauss explores cosmology's greatest unanswered questions... Zobraziť viac
The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women – and then won back again... Zobraziť viac
The definitive biography of Israel's founder by one of Israel's most celebrated historians. As the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion long ago secured his reputation as a leading figure of the twentieth century. Determined from an early age to... Zobraziť viac
Six lives, connected through blood and history, each rooted in the dirt of their inheritance, look to the future, and what it might hold... Zobraziť viac
Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide and swoop through the sky like a bird? Do you let your mind soar to unknown, magical spaces? Richard Dawkins explores the wonder of flight: from the mythical Icarus, to... Zobraziť viac
