When the Croatian War of Independence breaks out in her hometown of Vukovar in the summer of 1991 she is nine years old,... Zobraziť viac
The Young Man is Annie Ernaux’s account of her passionate love affair with A., a man some 30 years younger, when she was in her fifties. The relationship pulls her back to memories of her own youth and at the same time leaves her feeling ageless... Zobraziť viac
The intersection of motherhood and creative life is explored in these writings on mothering that turn the spotlight from the child to the mother herself. Here, in memoirs, testimonials, diaries, essays, and fiction... Zobraziť viac
Paul Auster’s A Life in Words a wide-ranging dialogue between Auster and the Danish professor I. B. Siegumfeldt is a... Zobraziť viac
A small book with great weight and urgency to it, this is both a history of democracy and a clarion call for change.... Zobraziť viac
With Peter Glanting''s powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor and graphic essayist, uses the unique historical moment of the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to explore the existing inequalities and student struggles that... Zobraziť viac
Rodrigo Blanco Calderón has established himself as one of the great voices of Latin American literature with his debut novel The Night, and his short story collection Sacrifices... Zobraziť viac
The true story of one woman's struggle to save her sons from radicalization by Chechen partisans, as told by a seasoned war reporter... Zobraziť viac
After the success of The Mental Load, Emma continues in her new book to tangle with issues pertinent to women's experiences, from consent to the "power of love," from the care and attentiveness that women place on others' wellbeing... Zobraziť viac
The most complete Gilgamesh in translation—including the new discoveries from tablet V. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the Urepic—the hero's journey, quest, and education—inscribed onto damp clay tablets several millennia before Odysseus or the priest ... Zobraziť viac
A rediscovery of largely unknown early Chekhov stories... Award-winning translator and scholar Peter Constantine brings us a collection of little-known work from Chekhov's early days as a magazine writer... Zobraziť viac
From the author of Death and the Maiden and other works that explore relations of power in the postcolonial world comes the... Zobraziť viac
A highly-acclaimed shoujo manga about love and time travel! Everyone has regrets in life... Zobraziť viac
After the publication of his novel 'Slaughterhouse Five' brought him worldwide acclaim in 1969, Kurt Vonnegut became one of America's most popular graduation speakers. There were years when public speaking was his main source of income and he put a... Zobraziť viac
In this compelling big-picture assessment of the U.S. war on Iraq, Mahajan combines his experience as an anti-Iraq sanctions activist with a keen analysis of U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War era to provide the analysis that has been overlooked... Zobraziť viac
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the economic facts of life. What are the ten principles of... Zobraziť viac
In Girl Boy Girl, Knoop tells her side of the story, revealing how she came to portray the young trans hustler turned literary wunderkind - a persona created by her sister-in-law, Laura Albert, to help sell her books.... Zobraziť viac
