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In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create egg or sperm from any person''s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targete Zobraziť viac
All across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back in to their old bedrooms and showing their gratitude by berating their parents for their out-of-date politics... Zobraziť viac
Revolution Racing are enjoying their best season yet. But Lucie Carolan can’t help but feel there’s still something missing... Zobraziť viac
One of the most original comic novels of the past half century’ The New Yorker‘Will leave you so giddy you’ll go and kick sand in somebody’s face’ Houston PostPerfect for fans of A Confederacy of Dunces, this is Robert Plunket’s comic masterpiece: a ... Zobraziť viac
Jordan B. Peterson, clinical psychologist and 'the world's most influential public intellectual' (New York Times), has improved the lives of millions of people around the world... Zobraziť viac
Are we alone in the universe? For half a century, Mars has seemed our likeliest nearby answer. Yet since the Viking landers touched down in 1976, no mission has returned to the Martian surface to search directly for life living there now. In Meet the... Zobraziť viac
Sailor, former henchman and trouble-accruing gangster, travels from Chicago to Santa Fe, New Mexico, looking for revenge and for money. But it's hard to make a dishonest buck when everything seems to be against him. It is Fiesta, it is hot, thousands... Zobraziť viac
Sleek, comfortable, accessible, and sustainable, high-speed rail is the future. Since Japan’s Bullet Train first sped down the track in the sixties, it has become a global icon, as famous for its punctuality as for its speed. The French TGV, or... Zobraziť viac
A contender for the G.O.A.T. – the greatest of all time – Jeff Beck left an indelible mark on rock history. His sudden loss in 2023 prompted an outpouring of grief and respect from his peers that only underlined his place in the pantheon of legendary... Zobraziť viac
Lydia Davis returns with a timeless collection of essays on literature and language. 'Precise, concentrated, lyrical. No one writes like Lydia Davis, and everyone should read her' Hanif Kureishi'A writer as mighty as Kafka, as subtle as Flaubert, and... Zobraziť viac
‘A moving, essential book . . . Nobody writes about Nature with more beauty and grace than Jay Griffiths’ Brian EnoFrom celebrated author Jay Griffiths comes a unique and heartfelt insight into the healing nature of our relationship with animalsAll... Zobraziť viac
Every flicker of light has its shadow. In this masterful reassessment of the whole arc of movie history, David Thomson, film’s wisest and most penetrating critic, shows us how cinema has entranced and transported us, but also profoundly changed us... Zobraziť viac
#1 bestselling author John Green makes his much-anticipated return to fiction with a behind-the-scenes Hollywood love story that brilliantly confronts the private cost of a public life... Zobraziť viac
'A beautiful, flavour-packed introduction to Filipino food, Rex's cooking is fresh, vibrant and very delicious’ Jamie OliverPreorder the first cookbook from Rex de Guzman, chef, restauranteur and finalist on The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie... Zobraziť viac
'I need a man good-looking enough to pick up a dame who has a sense of class, but he's got to be tough enough to swap punches with a power shovel.'In the first of the four cases in Trouble is My Business, Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job... Zobraziť viac
'In Japan we have an expression, 'Float like Cloud, Flow like Water'. Its meaning is: to live free and unconstrained'In this short introduction to Zen Buddhism, a practising Japanese monk shares the many lessons he has learned from life inside a temple... Zobraziť viac
The poems published in Joyce's own lifetime collected in a new edition, with an introduction and notes by scholar Clare Hutton'His writing is not about something; it is that something itself' Samuel BeckettJames Joyce's towering genius as a novelist... Zobraziť viac
When Kit and Adam's marriage ended, Kit felt completely lost. But now, a year on, her life is back on track. She has a new home, the perfect job - working for a famous novelist - two wonderful children and is on good terms with her ex-husband... Zobraziť viac
Mit gerade einmal 36 Jahren wird bei Paul Kalanithi Lungenkrebs im fortgeschrittenen Stadium diagnostiziert. Die Karriere als Neurochirurg, die gemeinsame Zukunft mit seiner Frau Lucy, alles löst sich in Luft auf... Zobraziť viac
