The Bible observes that God made humanity ‘for a while a little lower than the angels’. If humans are that close to angels, does the difference lie in human sexuality and what we do with it? Much of the political contention and division in societies ... Zobraziť viac
An urgent and insightful investigation into the collapse in youth mental health, from the influential social psychologist and international bestselling author... Zobraziť viac
What are the most valuable things that everyone should know? Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced... Zobraziť viac
A trail-blazing guide to feline mental health from a leading veterinary psychiatrist. Is your cat happy? What can you do to help? And what can cats teach us? The relationship between humans and cats has never been simple... Zobraziť viac
In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has reshaped the planet, and the planet has shaped human history, Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of the expansion of human freedom and... Zobraziť viac
The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global ... Zobraziť viac
There is no real evidence that humans ever 'domesticated' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans. John Gray's wonderful new book is an attempt to get to grips... Zobraziť viac
In July 2015, a young black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over for a minor traffic violation in rural Texas. Minutes later she was arrested and jailed. Three days later, she committed suicide in her cell. What went wrong? ... Zobraziť viac
Of all species that have ever existed on earth, only one has reached human levels of intelligence and social organisation: us. Why? In Genesis, celebrated biologist Edward O. Wilson traces the great transitions of evolution, ... Zobraziť viac
Adam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most influential economist who ever lived. But what he really thought, and what the implications of his ideas... Zobraziť viac
Allen Lane: The definitive visual biography of the Obama presidency, captured in intimate and unprecedented detail by the... Zobraziť viac
The extraordinary story of the Kremlin, from prize-winning author and historian Catherine Merridale Both beautiful and profoundly menacing, the Kremlin has dominated Moscow for many centuries... Zobraziť viac
Since humans left Africa less than a hundred thousand years ago there has been a staggering explosion of cultures. What caused this blooming of diversity? Why are there so many mutually incomprehensible languages, even within small territories? Zobraziť viac
How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating, mind-expanding exploration of our moral universe. We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in or the machines we are... Zobraziť viac
In March 1946, scientists began to track thousands of children born in one cold week. No one imagined that this would become the longest-running study of human development in the world, growing to encompass five generations of children... Zobraziť viac
John Darwin won the Wolfson History Prize for his book "After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires". In "Unfinished Empire" he examines the enormous influence of the British Empire... Zobraziť viac
In 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem "Howl," and Jack Kerouac's seminal book On the Road, Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation... Zobraziť viac
