• Rok vydání 2021

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Previously published as 'The Beggar Maid' Born into the back streets of a small…

• Rok vydání 2017

How does a writer compose a suicide note? This account gives us a description of the author's descent into mental anguish,…

• Rok vydání 2004

Impressionistic in style, experimental in approach, this narrative is as inspired now as it was when it first appeared.…

• Rok vydání 2026

A revelatory account of the racist conspiracy theory that now pervades global politics from the prize-winning author of the…

• Rok vydání 2022

Drawing on her years of thinking and reading about Artificial Intelligence in its bewildering manifestations, Jeanette…

• Rok vydání 2014

Written on the Body is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulation of a lifetime gather there. In places…

'It's a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn't it?' My dislikes: Being an…

A character based on Wittgenstein is driven to the conclusion that the only logical course of action is the negation of his…

• Rok vydání 2022

'Consistently illuminating... considered, compassionate and appreciative... This book is a wonderful tribute to a family and…

• Rok vydání 2010

The devil makes a personal appearance in Moscow accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat.…

a successful combination of social comedy and private tragedy, it has incidental documentary value in its brilliant…

• Rok vydání 2010

This title is translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler and Olga Meerson. Platonov's dystopian novel describes the lives…

From a writer hailed as an American original -- and the author of the national bestsellers All the Pretty Horses and The…

Studies man in view of what he may become. Describes how a man must work simultaneously on his knowledge and his being to…

This brief and illuminating account of the ideas of world order prevalent in the Elizabethan age and later is an…

This clear and concise textbook provides an accessible and up-to-date examination of international humanitarian law. With…

• Rok vydání 2024

Maugham’s 1915 masterpiece—hailed by Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time—is the coming-of-age story of…

• Rok vydání 2022

“We can finally read the work as Camus meant it to be read. Laura Marris’s new translation of The Plague is, quite simply,…

• Rok vydání 2010

Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and staggeringly expensive actions now being considered to meet the…

This is one of the greatest collections of love poetry ever published. Inspired by Pablo Neruda's youthful relationships and…

• Rok vydání 2013

This title is translated and with an introduction by Robert And Elizabeth Chandler. 'For the mind, everthing is in the…

• Rok vydání 2014

This is shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2014. It is longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Reno mounts her…

\nA spellbinding travel book, exploring the psychology of walking, pilgrimage, solitude and escape. At the age of…

• Rok vydání 2018

We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win…

Das Leben der Menschen in diesem Buch wird vom Meer bestimmt.§Männer folgen dem Ruf von Abenteuer und Freiheit und die…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nThe moving, expansive, and dazzling second collection from award-winning poet Kayo ChingonyiA Blood Condition tells a…

An international phenomenon, "The Elementary Particles" is a furiously important novel that tells the story of two deeply…

• Rok vydání 1999

Growing up is a process of disillusionment, during which we shed the vitality of childhood - or so conventional wisdom has…

In a stunningly original mix of poetry, drama, and narrative, Anne Carson brings the red-winged Geryon from "Autobiography…

• Rok vydání 2009

From learning about the art of mosaic in Italy to joining survivors of the Rwandan genocide, Williams presents an…

• Rok vydání 2007

Using cutting-edge research, Harvard psychologist Gilbert shakes, cajoles, persuades, and tricks readers into accepting the…

• Rok vydání 2013

An indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer…

Unraveling the crucial roles of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith, and Chief Powhatan, Price offers a gripping narrative of one…

Published to international critical and popular acclaim, this intensely romantic yet stunningly realistic novel spans three…

• Rok vydání 1997

Subtitled }How The Media And The Experts Determine How We See The Rest Of The World{. Said argues the media have produced a…

\nEavesdrop on the affair that inspired Virginia to write her most fantastical novel, Orlando, and discover a relationship…

Acknowledged as a masterpiece of materialist criticism in the English language, this collection cover topics from British…

• Rok vydání 2017

Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in The TimesTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERON THE SATURDAY MORNING OF JANUARY 9, 1993, WHILE…

• Rok vydání 2014

In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the…

The meeting of Voltaire, successful financier, famous poet and troublemaker, and the enchanting amateur physicist and…

• Rok vydání 2025

What if a lie is told to reveal some underlying truth? Are feelings that seem inappropriate, such as hysteria following the…

Essays, poems and short stories. Kniha 9780099530367 Fires | Raymond Carver Brožovaná…

• Rok vydání 2003

This book introduces us to female perspectives on nature. Over 90 selections, from Emily Dickinson to Alice Walker, span a…

• Rok vydání 1994

A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections…

The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to Otoko, a young woman…

• Rok vydání 1997

Drawing on firsthand experience as a prison psychiatrist, his own family history, and literature, Gilligan unveils the…

• Rok vydání 2012

Two classic collections of Nora Ephron's uproarious essays--tackling everything from feminism to the media, from politics to…