Collects writings from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Bringing together her powerful speeches, letters and…

Shows the range and depth of Ruskin's work, and reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that…

The trial and condemnation of Socrates for heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of…

Tells about writers and their families. This book explores the often tense relationship between writers and their families.…

Contains twelve Shakespeare plays in narrative form. This book presents an introduction to Shakespeare for the young.…

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I still think about Peter, the man I loved most in the world, all the time. We were friends, soul mates and lovers. I was…

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• Rok vydání 2006

Thomas Friedman´s international bestseller is the most up-to-date and exciting view yet of today´s new era of globalization.…

Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind…

A collection of essays, that casts a reflective eye on the author's experiences of early life in Russia and exile in…

Produkt Labyrinth of Solitude - Paz, Octavio zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Penguin Books Ltd.…

Presents a comprehensive treatment of political economy. This title includes the author's assessment of the mercantile…

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\nHumans are a planet-altering force. Gaia Vince argues that our unique ability - compared with other species - to determine…

Includes research on non-verbal communication, social skills and happiness.…

Reverses received wisdom, showing that the aeroplane is a central and revealing aspect of an unfamiliar English nation: a…

Two of America's leading psychologists, Jeffrey E. Young, Ph.D. , and Janet S. Klosko, Ph.D. , show readers how to free…

Aims to catch the imagination of a public besieged by hack journalism. This title includes writings that are a blend of…

Attempts to reframe our understanding of Napoleon. This book creates a different context for Napoleon's career. It sees the…

It's the twenty-first century, and everything and everyone is connected. Meet Arjun Mehta, an Indian cybergeek catapulted…

Exposes the strange truth and sheer brilliance behind the classical music recording industry. This book charts its rise…

Explores the immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima…

• Rok vydání 2020

What happens once democracy has been used up? When it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning? This title provides an…

A collection of some of Freud's most famous essays, including "On The Introduction of Narcissism", "Remembering, Repeating…

Lets us re-examine many cherished ideas about knowledge, imagination, consciousness and the intellect. This book features a…

• Rok vydání 2020

Presents an analysis based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a range of political issues in order to…

Explores how the physical sensations we experience can be as strong as feelings of love or hate, with their power to bring…

Are we too obsessed with excess? What can childhood teach us about bad behaviour? And should we be happy, or is there…

Takes readers month-by-month, day-by-day, through the festivities of English life. This book explains how the festivities…

An annotated parallel-text edition of Wordsworth's autobiographical poem in blank verse.…

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An exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the changes…

Shows how food - and its lack - was central to the war's causes and continuation. This title explores how starvation was…

With exceptional clarity and power of argument, Noam Chomsky lays bare as no one else can the realities of contemporary…

Before rising to fame on the BBC's "Dragons' Den", the author spent thirty years setting up and running recruitment…

Presents the author's vision of a New Deal for a fairer society. This book argues that the time is ripe for another era of…