A lyrical and moving Polish family saga set against the turbulent backdrop of twentieth-century Europe. Lala has lived a dazzling life. Born in Poland just after the First World War and brought up to be a perfect example of her ... Zobraziť viac
‘The writer is the engineer of the human soul,’ claimed Stalin. Although one wonders how many found nourishment in Turkmenbashi’s Book of the Soul (once required reading for driving tests in Turkmenistan), not to mention Stalin’s own poetry... Zobraziť viac
A father walks the streets of Santiago with his two daughters in tow. Jobless, ashamed, and blind to his older child's adoration, he unwittingly leads them to the scene of the greatest humiliation of his life. A woman catches the eye of a young man... Zobraziť viac
Since Qaddafi's ousting in 2011, Libya has been beset by instability and conflict. To understand the tumultuous state of the... Zobraziť viac
They used to be inseparable. They used to be young, brave and brilliant – amazingly beautiful and terrifyingly alone.... Zobraziť viac
A bestselling author brings readers close to three non-human cultures: what they do, why they do it, and how life is for them. How do animals raise families, communicate and solve conflicts?It's easy to think culture is strictly a human phenomenon... Zobraziť viac
Anaïs Echeverría is returning to Lima to sell her ancestral home, the notorious 'yellow house' that looms over the sprawling capital below, its history woven into the fabric of the city. But concealed within its walls are spectres from the past that. Zobraziť viac
British redcoats torch the White House and six thousand American sailors languish in the world’s largest prisoner-of-war camp, Dartmoor. A myriad of races and backgrounds, with some prisoners as young as thirteen... Zobraziť viac
They're not pets. Not ghosts or robots. These are kentukis, and they are in your home. They're everywhere. They're watching you… Zobraziť viac
What do we really know about immigration? Immigration is one of the most controversial issues these days. Keeping them out. Taking back control.Building that wall. Whether the debate centres on economics or identity... Zobraziť viac
Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a few dozen men and women changed the way we see the world... Zobraziť viac
Dr Jaq Silver. Skier, scientist, international jet-setter, explosives expert. She blows things up to keep people safe. Working on avalanche control in Slovenia... Zobraziť viac
Victoria Woodhull, Mary Wollstonecraft, Aimee Semple McPherson, Edwina Mountbatten, Margaret Argyll and Chanel were all women who dared. They had no time for what society said they could and couldn't do... Zobraziť viac
The stunning second novel from the award-winning author of Kintu is a soulful, fiercely original novel rooted in Ugandan mythology... Zobraziť viac
To imagine – to see that which is not there – is the startling ability that has fuelled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world... Zobraziť viac
Most things you ‘know’ about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today... Zobraziť viac
In 1813, high in the Lebanese mountains, a thirteen-year-old boy watches a solar eclipse. Will it foretell a war, a plague, the death of a prince? Mikha’il Mishaqa’s lifelong search for truth starts here. Soon he’s reading Newtonian science... Zobraziť viac
Unsettling, exhilarating and fiercely original, these prizewinning stories expose raw and uncomfortable truths about the people and places we think will keep us safe, and ask what happens when that promise proves empty... Zobraziť viac
What do the Greek myths mean to us today? It's now a golden age for these tales - they crop up in novels, films and popular culture... Zobraziť viac
The history of humanity's relationship with other species is baffling... Zobraziť viac
