Drunk Tank Pink is a particular shade of pink. In 1979 psychologists discovered that it has an extraordinary effect: if you stare at it for two minutes, you dramatically weaken in strength... Zobraziť viac
The Philip K. Dick android looked eerily like the iconic science fiction writer and counter culture guru. The android would "watch" people as they approached, "hear" their voices, answer their questions in Dick's own words... Zobraziť viac
The search for the means to control the bodies and minds of our fellow humans has been underway for millennia, from the sleep-inducing honeycombs that felled Pompey’s army to the famous ... Zobraziť viac
Russian historian Abraham Ascher offers a skillful blend of engaging narrative and fresh analysis in this concise... Zobraziť viac
In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled and, with the founding of the UN, a new era of international co-operation seemed to have begun. But seventy-five years later, its influence has already diminished... Zobraziť viac
Ha Noi, 1972. As war breaks out in Viet Nam, twelve-year-old Hương clings to her grandmother in an improvised shelter as American bombs fall around them. For her grandmother, the experience is horribly familiar... Zobraziť viac
A breathtaking tale of family secrets, from the international bestselling author of An American Marriage... Zobraziť viac
Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating. It stands as the best explanation of the fundamental nature of our world... Zobraziť viac
From the rubble-strewn streets of US-occupied Baghdad, the scavenger Hadi collects human body parts and stitches them together to create a corpse. His goal, he claims, is for the government to recognize the parts as people and give them a proper burial... Zobraziť viac
A moving story of friendship and the power of imagination, from the award-winning author of The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman Set on the rugged north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea tells the touching... Zobraziť viac
A Spellbinding Collection of Stories from a Major International Literary Star. The crunch of a bird's wing. A cloud of butterflies, so beautiful it smothers. A crimson flash of blood across an artist's canvas.Spine-tingling and unexpected, unearthly ... Zobraziť viac
Why do we give a damn about strangers? Altruism is unique to the human species. It is also one of the great evolutionary puzzles, and we may be on the brink of solving it... Zobraziť viac
It's 1961 and the white heat of the Space Race is making the Cold War even colder.The age of global surveillance dawns. Secret agent Richard Knox has been hung out to dry by someone in MI5 and he needs to find the traitor in their midst... Zobraziť viac
11.5 million documents sent through encrypted channels. The secret records of 214,000 offshore companies. The largest data leak in history. In early 2015, an anonymous whistle-blower led investigative journalists Bastian Obermayer ... Zobraziť viac
In a remarkable career, Edward O. Thorp rose up from nothing to become a professor at MIT, invented card counting and the... Zobraziť viac
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Until one day they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is... Zobraziť viac
In the twentieth century, wealth and power was dictated by access to oil. This century will have different kingmakers, perhaps different wars... Zobraziť viac
Throughout Proust's life, nine of his short stories remained unseen - the writer never spoke of them. Why did he choose not to publish them along with the others? ... Zobraziť viac
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic... Zobraziť viac
Izzy feels invisible. Trapped under the weight of expectation and censored by shame. Her mum Steph and best friend Grace have always been there to save her... Zobraziť viac
