A remarkable collection of stories from a young American writer of huge potential. 'A show-stopping debut, as close to faultless as any writer could wish for.' Los Angeles Times 'His fingers dug the shell up, he felt the sleek egg of its body, ... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: About the Author Fritjof Capra received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of... Zobraziť viac
This study of the history of reading goes from the earliest examples of the clay tablets and cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt via the invention of printing in the 15th century to the birth of a mass reading public and today's digital... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: Tells the story of passion between a man and two women, one of whom is his wife. From the author... Zobraziť viac
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000. Part travel diary, part philosophy, part love story, 'Soul Mountain' is an elegant, unforgettable novel that journeys deep into the heart of modern-day China. In 1982 Chinese playwright, novelist and... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: 'Like the voyage of the Kon-Tiki, it deserves to take its place among the few great travel stories... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins Publishers: A 'retired career anorexic' examines herself and her, and our, culture in a masterpiece of... Zobraziť viac
Beginning with her childhood in Africa, taking us through her marriages, the birth of her children, involvement in communist politics, and ending on her arrival in London in 1949 with the typescript of her first novel, The Grass is Singing, in her... Zobraziť viac
Every single night and every single day Amelia goes upstairs to look at her treasure: a miniature plastic sheep, a Black Queen chess piece, a penny prayer for serenity, a tube of glitter and thirty-seven black rubber bullets she s collected ever since... Zobraziť viac
