An electrifying story about the explosive power of secrets, from a celebrated Chinese novelistInfamous local thug Hongyang is found dead by his lover after a night of debauched drinking... Zobraziť viac
Literacy, long upheld as a standard bearer for progress, is not always a force for good. Had Stalin's mother never sent him to the seminary he never would have learned to read and so never discovered the works of Marx or Lenin... Zobraziť viac
An unforgettable story of friendship and feuds in a remote Armenian mountain village. In an isolated village high in the Armenian mountains, a close-knit community bickers, gossips and laughs... Zobraziť viac
Chaurisse and Dana have a lot in common. They both grew up in Atlanta, they shop at the same stores, visit the same restaurants. But unlike Chaurisse, Dana knows the truth: that the girls share the same father. A father with two families... Zobraziť viac
Brian Hare, dog researcher, evolutionary anthropologist, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and Vanessa Woods offer revolutionary new insights into dog intelligence and the interior lives of our smartest pets. In the past decade... Zobraziť viac
A joyful celebration of books – the perfect gift for bibliophiles, word lovers and anyone who’s ever wondered, should you judge a book by its cover? ... Zobraziť viac
From prehistoric cave paintings to the prints and etchings of Picasso, owls have captivated and inspired us for millennia. Whether they appear as ancient Athenian symbols of wisdom, ghostly harbingers of death, or the cuddly sidekicks... Zobraziť viac
How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history’s greatest ‘what ifs’... Zobraziť viac
Shakespeare: increasingly irrelevant or lone literary genius of the Western canon? ... Zobraziť viac
Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn’t exist. Who was this titan of world culture? ... Zobraziť viac
1986: The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father, and is forever changed by the experience... Zobraziť viac
After falling from grace last summer, Agatha Christie-obsessed Alice Ogilvie needs to stay out of trouble. While smart and reclusive Iris Adams just wants to get the hell out of Castle Cove... Zobraziť viac
The story of an awful, universe-gone-mad-mistake, and one girl’s emotional battle for clarity and forgiveness. Tiger’s mother has always been her whole world, but now she’s sixteen her mother’s control over everything in her life is suffocating... Zobraziť viac
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic... Zobraziť viac
In 1506 a comet appears above Augsburg. As the astronomer Johann Virdung explains, it heralds conflict, the destruction of crops and the death of kings. He concludes his theories with a poem... Zobraziť viac
Chaurisse and Dana have a lot in common. They both grew up in Atlanta, they shop at the same stores, visit the same restaurants. But unlike Chaurisse, Dana knows the truth: that the girls share the same father. A father with two families... Zobraziť viac
Where are we? Who are we? Do our beliefs, hopes and dreams hold any significance out there in the void? Can human purpose and meaning ever fit into a scientific worldview? ... Zobraziť viac
Famously characterized as the story of two Dashwood sisters who embody the conflict between the oppressive nature of "civilized" society and the human desire for romantic passion, there is far more to this story of two daughters made homeless by the... 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
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic... Zobraziť viac
