An exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalkers... Zobraziť viac
Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated its opponents, captured Napoleon III and wrecked all assumptions about Europe's pecking order... Zobraziť viac
Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema.Billions of people worldwide have some form of allergy; millions have one severe enough to seriously endanger their health. And over the past decade, the number of people diagnosed with allergy has been steadily... Zobraziť viac
The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world.For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many... Zobraziť viac
A sweeping intellectual history of games and their importance to human progress... Zobraziť viac
A Palestinian prisoner’s memoir of thirty years’ captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts him... Zobraziť viac
In The Soul of the Marionette, John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces ... Zobraziť viac
The Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human history when ideals such as freedom, progress, natural rights and constitutional government prevailed... Zobraziť viac
How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? ... Zobraziť viac
The most remarkable thing that happened to the world economy after 9/11 was ...nothing. What would have once meant a crippling shock to the system was absorbed astonishingly quickly, partly due to the efforts of the then Chairman of the Federal Reserve... Zobraziť viac
For all of India's myths, its sea of stories and moral epics, Indian history remains a curiously unpeopled place. Sunil Khilnani's Incarnations fills that space: recapturing the human dimension of how the world's largest democracy came to be. In this... Zobraziť viac
In The Road to Character David Brooks, best-selling author of The Social Animal and New York Times columnist, explains why selflessness leads to greater success.. Zobraziť viac
They know something you don't know. They work inside investment banks, betting companies and social media giants. What are the secrets held by mathematicians and what can everyone else learn from them? ... Zobraziť viac
A major new biography of one of the most extraordinary of all rulers, and the father of present-day Europe. Charles, king of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule a European super-state.... Zobraziť viac
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an eye-opening look at five ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important ideas in cosmology... Zobraziť viac
Allen Lane: A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm... Zobraziť viac
Why does a bad impression last longer than a good one? Why does losing money affect us more than gaining it? What makes phobias so hard to shake? The answer is the negativity bias - or in other words, the power of bad.... Zobraziť viac
A man named Saul is sent to search for some lost donkeys and on the way is named king of his people. The queen of a remote African realm travels for three years with her multitudinous retinue to meet the king of Jerusalem and pose him a few riddles... Zobraziť viac
Everyone knows that democracy is in trouble, but do we know what democracy actually is? Political philosopher Jan-Werner Müller, author of the widely acclaimed What Is Populism?, takes us back to basics... Zobraziť viac
A bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship between robots and humans based on our history with animals, from a renowned MIT researcher... Zobraziť viac
