Written in Paris in the early 1950s, this book created instant controversy in its analysis of modern society that had…

One of Socrates' Athenian disciples in his youth, Xenophon (c. 498-354 bc) fought as a mercenary commander in Cyrus the…

Hardy's two versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed both…

This collection brings together some of psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott's most important work contributing to our understanding…

The Classic Account of Passchendaele - Reissued for the First World War Centenary. The third battle of Ypres, culminating in…

Tessa Quayle, a brilliant and beautiful young social activist, has been found brutally murdered by Lake Turkana in Nairobi.…

This volume brings together Swinburne's major poetic works, "Atalanta in Calydon" (1865) and "Poems and Ballads" (1866).…

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A major new account of the emergence of Italian democracy after the Second World WarThe rebirth of Italy after the Second…

The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same…

Includes such dramas as "The Rose Tattoo", "Camino Real", and "Orpheus Descending".…

In 922 AD, an Arab envoy from Baghdad named Ibn Fadlan encountered a party of Viking traders on the upper reaches of the…

'A novelist of immense power ... uncompromising and original’ Colm Toibin’I can feel the passage of time, as though it were…

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A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world,…

Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic…

Jeremy Clarkson puts the pedal to the floor in Don't Stop Me Now, a collection of his Sunday Times motoring journalism.…

The second of Trollope's Palliser novels tells of the career of a hot-blooded middle-class politician whose sexual energies…

JulyOctober 1940. The story of the early days of World War Two - when the future of Britain depended on the Spitfires and…

The teachings of Epicurus - about life and death, religion and science, physical sensation, happiness, morality, and…

In September 2005, Alex Kapranos began writing about what he ate while touring the world with the rock band Franz Ferdinand.…

Neil Shubin shows, the one place where the universe, solar system and planet merge is inside your body. Exploring the…

Start something new, develop your career and diversify your skills - without giving up your day jobYou want to launch a…

Genius Gut is a revolutionary guide on what and how to eat to boost your life from the inside out. Written by Dr Emily…

Challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. This title examines the…

French Country Cooking - first published in 1951 - is filled with Elizabeth David's authentic recipes drawn from across the…

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In 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Russia. His impressions turned into what is perhaps the…

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In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. The four…

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The Tower was W. B. Yeats's first major collection of poetry as Nobel Laureate after the receiving the Nobel Prize in 1923.…

Shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the…

Takes the story from its origins with Defoe, Swift and Fielding to the 'golden age' of the fin de siecle and Edwardian…

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and…

Philosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood.…

A fascinating and unique guide to the capital that takes the reader off the beaten track and into unexplored territory…

Brought together for the first time, here are 100 pieces of 'Oulipo' writing, celebrating the literary group who revelled in…

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Do you want to be better at pursuing goals, grasping opportunities and facing set-backs? Do you want to FLOURISH? The author…

Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into…

'A fabulous journey through thirty years of political and intellectual ferment ... will reorient our reading of Foucault's…

A consummate storyteller, the author made fantastic creatures and machines entirely believable; and, by placing ordinary men…

'Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas. Philip Hensher's timely, but timeless, selection of…

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A collection of rare texts from Ancient Egypt, newly translated for this essential edition§§The fascination that Ancient…

In his own inimitable way, Clarkson tells the thrilling stories of the planes, trains and automobiles that inspire us; and…

Best remembered as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the fabled Jazz Age literay coterie, Dorothy Parker built a…

Roberto Calasso is one of the most original and acclaimed of writers on literature, art, culture and mythology. In…

An historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944.…

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Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 272, Nakladatelství: Penguin Books, Autor: Tamara Driessen, ISBN-13:…

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John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist, and one of the most influential thinkers, of the twentieth century.…

Presents nine biographies that illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest…

Human beings, says Lee Smolin, author of The Trouble With Physics, have always had a problem with the boundary between…

Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare,…