From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and give them a proper burial... Zobraziť viac
In Ancient Rome all the best stories have one thing in common – murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city, Caesar was assassinated to save the Republic, Caligula was butchered in the theatre, Claudius was poisoned at dinner... Zobraziť viac
Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating. It stands as the best explanation of the fundamental nature of our world... Zobraziť viac
An award-winning debut that vividly reimagines Uganda’s troubled history through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan... Zobraziť viac
From the number of cells in our bodies to the size of the universe, big numbers have more to do with the 'real world' than you might suspect... Zobraziť viac
Tess is the 22-year-old narrator of this stunning first novel. Moving to New York, a place at the centre of the universe, from a place that feels like ‘nowhere to live’, she lands a job at a renowned Union Square restaurant and begins ... Zobraziť viac
The three biggest challenges facing the world today, in A. C. Grayling's view, are climate change, technology and justice... Zobraziť viac
It was the universe's most elusive particle, the linchpin for everything scientists dreamed up to explain how physics works. It had to be found. But projects as big as CERN's Large Hadron Collider don't happen without conniving, incredible risks, ... Zobraziť viac
AI is changing the world at frightening speed. A bestselling author decides to find out more… Zobraziť viac
You're already playing the game, whether you like it or not. You can try to ignore what others say about you or you can... Zobraziť viac
Welcome to real life 2.0. Are you ready to play? There are no screens. There are no controls. You don’t just see and hear it – you taste, smell, and touch it too... Zobraziť viac
London. A city apart. Inimitable. Or so it once seemed. Spiralling from the outer limits of the Overground to the pinnacle... Zobraziť viac
A beautifully tragic and thought-provoking tale, The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman perfectly reflects the elegance and... Zobraziť viac
Michele seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business, but when she is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, her life changes forever... Zobraziť viac
In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the ‘loyal and most assured servant’ of Anne Boleyn to... Zobraziť viac
In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled and, with the founding of the UN, a new era of international co-operation seemed to have begun. But seventy-five years later, its influence has already diminished... Zobraziť viac
A moving story of friendship and the power of imagination, from the award-winning author of The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman Set on the rugged north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea tells the touching... Zobraziť viac
Drunk Tank Pink is a particular shade of pink. In 1979 psychologists discovered that it has an extraordinary effect: if you stare at it for two minutes, you dramatically weaken in strength... Zobraziť viac
The search for the means to control the bodies and minds of our fellow humans has been underway for millennia, from the sleep-inducing honeycombs that felled Pompey’s army to the famous ... Zobraziť viac
The Philip K. Dick android looked eerily like the iconic science fiction writer and counter culture guru. The android would "watch" people as they approached, "hear" their voices, answer their questions in Dick's own words... Zobraziť viac
