Tells a story of sexual and spiritual awakening. This book includes a mixture of fiction and autobiography.…

Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the…

Surviving extreme conditions can teach us to lead a fulfilled life. No one knows this better than Erling Kagge, who was the…

For five years, Sapphire has been the King of Sari's most treasured concubine. Independent at last, she refuses to put…

• Rok vydání 1990

After twenty-seven years in prison, Nelson Mandela finally walked free in February 1990. This book offers a collection of…

Explains how the far-reaching discoveries of physics are revolutionizing our world and, in particular, throwing light on…

Drawing on sources ranging from ancient philosophy to the latest technology, this book proposes a radical system that truly…

At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. This title raises questions about the 'truths' science…

As more and more secular funerals are taking place, there is a need for appropriate texts. This collection offers 70 poems…

We are, to use a technical economic term, screwed. The cowboy capitalists had a party with everyone's money and now we're…

Argues against the inequality the author believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. This title features the first…

• Počet stran 160
• Rok vydání 2017

From Donald Trump to Recep Erdogan, populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should…

Why does social class matter more than ever in Britain today? How has the meaning of class changed? What does this mean for…

• Rok vydání 2022

In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable…

Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination,…

As our minds develop we create a personalized inner world based on our experiences. But during periods of intense emotion,…

Sets out a new vision for how education can be transformed to enable all young people to flourish. Filled with practical…

Tells you what you need to know about how the great and the good screw us over. This title reveals - among other things -…

A chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, Charlemagne. It describes his personal life,…

Offers an account of the role of knowledge in society aimed to stimulate both discussion and investigations. This book…

Set in the Depression era, this novel is written by a key literary figure in the pubs of post-war Fitzrovia.…

• Rok vydání 1993

Although best remembered for his novels, Thomas Hardy thought of himself as a poet forced by circumstance to write fiction…

• Počet stran 320
• Rok vydání 2022

The far right is on the rise across the world. From Modi's India to Bolsonaro's Brazil and Erdogan's Turkey, fascism is not…

• Rok vydání 2021

From the Author of WOMEN, RACE AND CLASS, this is a timely provocation that examines the concept of attaining freedom in…

• Počet stran 336
• Rok vydání 2024

'Your country needs you. Your world needs you. Your time is now.' Our politics is a mess. Leaders who can't or shouldn't be…

• Rok vydání 2021

• Rok vydání 2010

For a generation adjusting painfully to the demands of a modern industrial and commercial society, Asia came to represent an…

Argues that our utopian, internet-centric thinking holds devastating consequences for the future of democracy. In this book,…

• Rok vydání 2014

A zestful comedy of personal and social upheaval, this book captures a fateful moment in British politics - the collapse of…

Includes treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry.…

A selection of Burns's poems and songs, arranged in the order of composition and using the original texts where possible.…

Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he…

Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's…

Opus Dei is one of the most talked about, but least known religious organizations. This work separates the myths from the…

• Rok vydání 1992

Offers both the rationale for the new regime and insights into Leninist politics.…

• Rok vydání 2020

The essential guide to how to live wisely and well in the twenty-first century - from Alain de Botton, the bestselling…

A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived in accordance with nature, Stoicism called for…

• Rok vydání 2025