Our answer to these inescapable questions - known as the social contract - shapes our politics, economic systems and every stage of life, from raising children and going to school to finding work and growing old... Zobraziť viac
Cross Damon is disenchanted. At odds with society, and with himself, his idealism and sense of alienation have driven him to drink and incessant reflection. But when Cross is mistakenly reported to have died... Zobraziť viac
Natural disasters, cold-blooded murders, political agitation - all haunt these dark, dramatic novellas set in an American Deep South still corrupted by its slave-owning past... Zobraziť viac
The beloved author Peter Mayle, champion of all things Provence, here in a final volume of all new writing, offers vivid recollections from his twenty-five years in the South of France-lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed... Zobraziť viac
A Dutch artist offers his concept of seeing and drawing as a discipline by which the world may be rediscovered, a way of experiencing Zen. Zobraziť viac
The long strange trip of Doug reaches its mind-bending, heartbreaking end, but not before he is forced to deal with the lie he\'s been telling himself since the beginning. The fragments of the past collide with the reality of the present, nightmarish... Zobraziť viac
The prequel to the best-selling Suite Francaise. Paris 1918, Bernard Jacquelain returns from the trenches a changed man. The city is a whirl of decadence and corruption and he embarks on a life of parties and shady business dealings, as well as an... Zobraziť viac
This is a love story and, like all Winterson's novels, a philosophical meditation, this time on the body: as the repository for our emotions and souls. The object is a married woman, Louise, and the narrator is her lover, gender undeclared. The... Zobraziť viac
Flip Lochner is a weary and disillusioned newspaper crime reporter... Zobraziť viac
Mathematical genius Villani takes the reader on an imaginative journey through the discovery of a new mathematical theorem. Combines passion and imagination to make maths magical and exciting. 'This man could plainly do for mathematics what Brian Cox... Zobraziť viac
Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company... Zobraziť viac
How do we love? With romance. With work. Through heartbreak. Throughout a lifetime. As a means, but not an end. Love in all its forms has been an abiding theme of Jeanette Winterson's writing. Here are selections from her books about that impossible, esse Zobraziť viac
Vintage Classics: With an introduction by Richard Hughes Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in... Zobraziť viac
Sherlock Holmes scourge of criminals everywhere whether they be lurking in Londons foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion and his faithful colleague Dr Watson solve twelve breathtaking and perplexing... Zobraziť viac
Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle ... Zobraziť viac
Richard Wright's memoir of his childhood as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 30s is a stark depiction of African American life and powerful exploration of racial tension... Zobraziť viac
In this pioneering work of life-writing and reportage, Anthony DePalma reconstructs the interwoven stories of five ordinary citizens and their families to bring the true story of the Cuban people to the world... Zobraziť viac
Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species. It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia. It freed our hands and freed our minds... Zobraziť viac
Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best-loved writing along with new pieces covering a thrilling range of subjects. There are essays here on headaches, on catching swans, on hunting mushrooms, on twentieth-century spies... Zobraziť viac
Soap Saves Lives. But did you know that excessive use of soap and skin-care products are harming our health and the environment? Apart from in hand-washing, there is no need to use soap on our bodies at all... Zobraziť viac
