At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance... Zobraziť viac
From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed... Zobraziť viac
The essential guide to Chomsky and his brilliant ideas on the global state of affairs... Zobraziť viac
The Sunday Times bestseller Paul Theroux collects a rich feast of his writing and essays - from travel to personal memoir -... Zobraziť viac
All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world -... Zobraziť viac
A new book on the state of the world today - from one of the most respected and revered political commentators alive Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question ... Zobraziť viac
In The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy invites the reader into the interiors of her world, sharing her most intimate thoughts and experiences, as she traces and measures her life against the backdrop of the literary and artistic muses that have shaped... Zobraziť viac
The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of Life.A Therapeutic Journey follows the arc from mental crisis and collapse to convalescence and recovery. Written with kindness, knowledge and sympathy, it is both... Zobraziť viac
From award-winning writer and theorist Tao Leigh Goffe, an urgent investigation into the intertwined history of colonialism and the climate crisis – and the lessons we can learn to fight for a better world. Our planet is on the precipice of dramatic... Zobraziť viac
In 1951, still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit succumbed to a mass poisoning. Some historians believe the mysterious illness was caused by spoiled bread... Zobraziť viac
A sparkling memoir and portrait of trailblazing artist Liliane Lijn as a young woman In 1958, talented and fearless and eighteen years old, Liliane Lijn left her family home and moved to Paris alone to become an artist. Once there, she found an art ... Zobraziť viac
First published this Spring in the New Yorker, The Embassy of Cambodia is a rare and brilliant story that takes us deep into the life of a young woman, Fatou, domestic servant to the Derawals and escapee from one set of hardships to another. Zobraziť viac
Making the Future is the latest collection of essays from Noam Chomsky, one of our most vital and provocative voices of political dissent. Taking up the thread from 2007's Interventions, ... Zobraziť viac
The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls. After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle... Zobraziť viac
O brave new world, that has such people in't. Once upon a time not very far from now, two children come home to find a line of wet red paint encircling the outside of their house. What does it mean?It’s a truism of our time that it’ll be the next.. Zobraziť viac
Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true Prepare to meet the most terrifying raiders the world has ever known, as historian Dominic Sandbrook plunges us back into... Zobraziť viac
Discover the hidden worlds beneath our feet... In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, ... Zobraziť viac
More than three decades have passed since the events described in The Witches of Eastwick and the three divorcees -... Zobraziť viac
David Kolski is in charge of the construction of a huge Paris tower block, and the pressure is crushing him. But then he meets Victoria - a high-powered and ruthless executive by day and insatiable sensualist by night. David\'s hard-headed new lover... Zobraziť viac
He is a renowned Swedish filmmaker and has a plan for everything. She is his daughter, by the actress he directed and once loved. Each summer of her childhood, the daughter visits the father at his remote Faro island home on the edge of the Baltic Sea... Zobraziť viac
