• Rok vydání 1991

This is an exploration of the ideas, groupings and the social tensions that shaped the transformation of life caused by the…

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…

A collection of short stories that twist and inspire the imagination.…

Meet Furious - sixteen, handsome and completely out of control. Nothing frightens him and no one can get through to him. Now…

• Rok vydání 2025

From philosopher Agnes Callard, one of today’s leading public intellectuals, comes a new and vibrant understanding of…

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

• Rok vydání 2022

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith shares all the skills you need to…

The Romanticism that emerged after the American and French revolutions of 1776 and 1789 represented a new flowering of the…

• Počet stran 896
• Rok vydání 2005

The period 1820-1950 is particularly rich for students and lovers of poetry. While this anthology contains, of course,…

Marx's major work was the product of 30 years' close study of the most advanced industrial society of his day. Capital:…

Contains over 700 definitions on the ideas, theories, concepts, organisations and events in international relations today.…

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

• Rok vydání 2024

• Počet stran 235

'Plötzlich war ich wahnsinnig froh, wie die Sterne da am Himmel hingen. So wie immer nämlich, da hatte sich nix geändert.…

Explores how the intrepid seafarers of eighth-century Greece sailed around the Mediterranean, encountering strange new…

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

All-powerful, brilliant, decisive, ruthlessly effective... this is the image of the CIA as portrayed in countless films and…

Examines human life on Earth from the viewpoint of beings belonging to a distant world, led by the 'all-wise Beelzebub'.…

Everyone deserves to enjoy intimacy. Yes, even you. But maybe your pleasure has taken a back seat? Does sex feel like…

Now in its fifth edition, it remains the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind, and is invaluable for students,…

• Počet stran 720
• Rok vydání 2007

Spans seventy years of theory from Max Weber's seminal writings on bureaucratic organization to the management thinking…

• Rok vydání 2011

Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? And what explains the huge rise in incomes…

• Rok vydání 2025

'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of what’s under the hood of often inscrutable machines'…

• Počet stran 432
• Rok vydání 2026

What does free speech really mean? How does our understanding of it differ around the world? Why does it divide us – and how…

The training levels have concluded, and the games are about to begin for Carl and Princess Donut in the second book of Matt…

Based on new CEB research from thousands of B2B marketers, sellers and buyers around the world, this book shows you how to…

This is a revised selection of Lady Montagu's letters. Besides presenting a vivid picture of manners in a picturesque age,…

A easy-to-use thesaurus, arranged in an A - Z format, offering a large selection of synonyms for a variety of words ranging…

No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who…

• Rok vydání 2024

\'Almost Reckless isn\'t just a book, it\'s a permission slip. It\'s about the courage it takes to step off the algorithm\'s…

Today, Facebook is nearly unrecognizable from the simple website Zuckerberg's first built from his dorm room in his…

This volume brings together more than 100 selections of works from the 18th century, including examples from Kant, Diderot,…

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

• Rok vydání 2020

SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 BY THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, LONDON EVENING STANDARD, DAILY MAIL AND BBC HISTORY…

''A fast-moving, entertaining and finely written story'' Simon Schama''Masterly ... a remarkable portrait of a brilliant…

Every new government promises to represent a new dawn, but for New Labour it was the Covenant that Tony Blair made with…

From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, the author wrote over 4,500…

• Rok vydání 2020

Explores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of…

• Rok vydání 2021

Explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on…