A debut linked story collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny fiction from Mexico. Life’s a bitch. That’s why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she’s foaming at the mouth. In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women.. Zobraziť viac
Rok vydání: 2004 SKLADBY: - - - - - - - - - - - 1.Polka mix - Darmo sa na mňa - Naša pani šenkárečka 2.Stratená... Zobraziť viac
A celebrated international bestseller that exposes the ticking time-bomb underneath our new technological order. The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals... Zobraziť viac
Scribe Publications: We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic, but despite being inundated with diet advice we are only... Zobraziť viac
We were all taught the fundamentals of writing well in school. But how do we write effectively in today’s hyper-interactive world? When The Elements of Style and On Writing Well were published in 1959 and 1976, the internet hadn’t been invented... Zobraziť viac
We take it for granted that the streets outside out homes are designed for movement from A to B, nothing more... Zobraziť viac
Berlin. The once-divided city still holds its share of secrets. One afternoon, near the site of the Berlin Wall, backpacker Clare meets charismatic local Andi. The attraction is instant and they spend the night together... Zobraziť viac
Berlin. The once-divided city still holds its share of secrets. One afternoon, near the site of the Berlin Wall, backpacker Clare meets charismatic local Andi. The attraction is instant and they spend the night together... Zobraziť viac
Are we really to blame for the climate crisis? Over 70 per cent of global emissions come from the same 100 organisations, but fossil-fuel companies have taken no responsibility themselves... Zobraziť viac
An insightful exploration of the nature of inequality by the internationally bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century. In his newest work, Thomas Piketty explores how social inequality manifests itself very differently depending on... Zobraziť viac
History has portrayed Australia’s First Peoples, the Aboriginals, as hunter-gatherers who lived on an empty, uncultivated land. History is wrong. In this seminal book, Bruce Pascoe uncovers evidence that long before the arrival of white men,... Zobraziť viac
What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without them? ... Zobraziť viac
The epic story of how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest financial heists in history... Zobraziť viac
Muhammad Yunus is the economist who invented microcredit, founded Grameen Bank, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards alleviating poverty... Zobraziť viac
Millions of us suffer from addiction, including psychiatrist and recovering alcoholic Carl Erik Fisher. But where does this centuries-old behaviour come from and how should we treat it?As a young doctor, Carl Erik Fisher came face to face with his own... Zobraziť viac
Why do we have different accents and where do they come from? Why do you say ‘tomayto’ and I say ‘tomahto’? And is one way of speaking better than another? In You’re All Talk, linguist Rob Drummond explores the enormous diversity in our spoken language... Zobraziť viac
David Vogel has long been regarded as a leading figure on Hebrew literature, and his work has been compared to that of Joseph Roth, Thomas Mann, and Franz Kafka. Married Life, which was first published in 1929, is Vogel\'s magnum opus - a sweeping... Zobraziť viac
The body frequently escapes her, but is always very much present in these compellingly vivid, clear-eyed essays on an embodied self in flight through the world, from the brilliant young writer Ellena Savage... Zobraziť viac
Often, parenting is treated like some form of manipulation or behavioural coercion that must be kept secret from children.... Zobraziť viac
A groundbreaking and authoritative examination of Israel by one of the most influential columnists writing about the Middle East today. Facing unprecedented internal and external pressures, Israel today is at a moment of existential crisis... Zobraziť viac
