After her grandmother died, Hadley Freeman travelled to her apartment to try and make sense of a woman she’d never really known. Sala Glass was a European expat in America – defiantly clinging to her French influence... Zobraziť viac
Now, a new collection of Franzen’s non-fiction brings fresh demonstrations of his vivid, moral intelligence, confirming his status not only as a great American novelist but also as a master noticer, social critic, and self-investigator... Zobraziť viac
Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America’s most acclaimed writers... Zobraziť viac
A powerful, sensual novel of the forbidden love between a young woman and the headmaster’s wife, unfolding across a single a heatwave summer... Zobraziť viac
A haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes from the talented bestseller and award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie... Zobraziť viac
In Rabo Karabekian's fictional autobiography, Vonnegut creates an impeccably funny satirical piece, through the reflections of a seventy-one-year-old man... Zobraziť viac
We are not born knowing what to eat; we each have to figure it out for ourselves. From childhood onwards, we learn how big a portion is and how sweet is too sweet... Zobraziť viac
On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence street cricket, barbecues, painting windows... Zobraziť viac
New York has always been one of the world's most filmed cities, with its apartments housing tenants like Rosemary's baby and the Royal Tenenbaums, its skyscrapers scaled by the likes of King Kong and graffiti artists and its rubble-strewn ... Zobraziť viac
Sugar is toxic, addictive and everywhere. So what chance do you have of living sugar-free? ... Zobraziť viac
The autobiography — the dangerous life and wild times — of Sonny Barger, the legendary leader of the Hell's Angels. Sonny Barger is the Hell's Angel of all Hell's Angels, the motorcycle club that has been the scourge of America for... Zobraziť viac
The Southern Reach trilogy draws to a close and it is winter in Area X. One last, desperate team embarks across the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. As they press deeper into the unknown, ... Zobraziť viac
Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era... Zobraziť viac
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home ... Zobraziť viac
There was more than one way to be lost, more than one way to be saved. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat... Zobraziť viac
A novella and collection of short stories from the acclaimed Egyptian author of <u>The Yacoubian Building</u> and <u>Chicago</u>. Translated by Humphrey Davies. The novella included was banned in Egypt for over a decade... Zobraziť viac
Under the watchful eye of The Company, three characters ― Grayson, Morse and Chen ― shapeshifters, amorphous, part human, part extensions of the landscape, make their way through forces that would consume them... Zobraziť viac
An essential addition to every cook’s bookshelf, The Modern Cook’s Year will show you how to make the most of seasonal produce, using simple, hugely inventive flavours and ingredients. Divided into six seasons, Anna Jones’s long-awaited ne Zobraziť viac
From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks–writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer... Zobraziť viac
I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974... Zobraziť viac
