'An astonishing true story of courage, love and betrayal, told with the verve of a thriller. Freedland is a master'MICK HERRON'This remarkable book reads like a novel . . . The narrative style is gripping; the morality searing. This is how the best... Zobraziť viac
A brilliant detective, a past shrouded in secrets. This award-winning debut introduces a remarkable woman navigating London's underbelly in 1929. Zobraziť viac
How the CIA became an instrument of a new covert empire both in America and overseas. In 1947,the United States created the CIA to analyse foreign intelligence, but within a few years the Agency was engaged in other operations - bolstering pro-American... Zobraziť viac
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners of Brazilian Portuguese."Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and... Zobraziť viac
Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format... Zobraziť viac
Miles Krzelewski is a devoted husband, a doting father beloved for his outlandish bedtime stories, and the proud owner of a truffle-hunting dog in a land with no truffles. He is also a bit lost, twelve years late with his PhD on Russian folktales and... Zobraziť viac
Richard Stephens became the focus of international media attention in 2009 for his research on the psychological benefits of swearing as a response to pain. Now, fresh from winning the 2014 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, ... Zobraziť viac
Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular moment of fame or notoriety. These notable and fascinating accounts are as relevant today to understanding the intricacies of corporate life as they were when ... Zobraziť viac
When a young British man asks his German grandfather what it was like to fight on the wrong side of the war, the question is initially met with irritation and silence. But after the old man's death, a long letter to his... Zobraziť viac
Before she was the legendary Persian queen who spun a thousand tales, Shaherazade was a girl who saw something she shouldn't have... Zobraziť viac
Short Stories in Icelandic for Beginners has been written especially for students from high-beginner to low-intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! ... Zobraziť viac
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners of Swedish. Short Stories in Swedish for Beginners has been written especially for students from... Zobraziť viac
Dr Mary Aiken is the world's leading expert in forensic cyberpsychology - a discipline that combines psychology, criminology and technology to investigate the intersection between technology and human behaviour. In this, her first book, Aiken has created Zobraziť viac
Blood and Oil the explosive untold story of how Mohammed bin Salman and his entourage grabbed power in the Middle East and acquired a network of Western allies - including well-known US bankers, Hollywood figures, and... Zobraziť viac
The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, ... Zobraziť viac
Shortlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Since Aristotle, we have fought to understand the causes behind everything. But this ideology is fading. In the age of big data, we can crunch ... Zobraziť viac
These are the stories that made Europe.Journeying from Turkey to Iceland, award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber takes us on a fascinating adventure through our continent's most enduring epic poems to learn how they were shaped by their times, ... Zobraziť viac
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once the height of sanctity and perversity, transcended a genre, speaking to millions of listeners... Zobraziť viac
In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology: machine intelligence had arrived ... Zobraziť viac
Maths does not have to be difficult. This book, complete with exercises and answers, forms a course which will take you from beginner or intermediate level to being a confident mathematician... Zobraziť viac
