The last major collection of Nabokov's published material, Think, Write, Speak brings together a treasure trove of previously uncollected texts from across the author's extraordinary career.<...
Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it?Shortlisted ...
he sensational second volume of Charles Moore's bestselling authorized biography of the Iron LadyIn June 1983 Margaret Thatcher won the biggest increase in a government's Parliamentary ...
'I love this book . . . reading it will actually change not just how you see strangers, but how you look at yourself, the news - the world. Reading this book changed me' Oprah WinfreyTh...
In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world - changing it almost beyond recognition. In this extraordinary new book, renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek tur...
'The first comprehensive history of every aspect of reggae (and) it could be the last that talked to those who were there at stage one...Bradley leaves no stone unturned in a coruscating rollercoas...
'Thank god for Richard Sennett ... essential reading for all students of the city' Anna Minton, Prospect'Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking' Jonathan Meades, Guardi...
From the acclaimed author of Britain's War Machine and The Shock of the Old, a bold reassessment of Britain's twentieth century.It is usual to see the United Kingdom as an island of con...
Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the value of what they do? At the heart of today's financial and economic crisis is a problem hiding in plain sight.In moder...
Soren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of th...
In Halik Kochanski's extraordinary book, the untold story of Poland and the Poles in the Second World War is finally heardBy almost every measure the fate of the inhabitants of Poland w...
Why is the incidence of mental illness in the UK twice that in Germany? Why are Americans three times more likely than the Dutch to develop gambling problems? Why is child well-being so much worse ...
In six weeks in the early summer of 1940, France was over-run by German troops and quickly surrendered. The French government of Marshal Pétain sued for peace and signed an armistice. One li...
From the acclaimed author of Britain's War Machine and The Shock of the Old, a bold reassessment of Britain's twentieth century.It is usual to see the United Kingdom as an island of con...
The global economy has made what seems like an incredible comeback after the financial crisis of 2008. Yet this comeback is artificial. Central banks have propped up markets by keeping interest rat...
Nie wszyscy wiedzą, że słynny reżyser studiował w Akademii Sztuk Pięknych i całe życie rysował, choć jedynie dla własnej przyjemności. Znajdziemy tu – często zabawnie podpisane – portre...
Pierwsza od wielu lat biografia Mickiewicza napisana przez amerykańskiego autora.Amerykański historyk literatury zmierzył się nie tylko z dziełem i życiem poety, ale również z poświęco...
Zofia Nałkowska, jedna z najwybitniejszych polskich pisarek, a przy tym dumna, mądra i odważna kobieta, została sportretowana w sposób mistrzowski. Hanna Kirchner poświęciła kilkadziesiąt la...
Zofia Nałkowska, jedna z najwybitniejszych polskich pisarek, a przy tym dumna, mądra i odważna kobieta, została sportretowana w sposób mistrzowski. Hanna Kirchner poświęciła kilkadziesiąt la...
Jedyny zachowany z czasów starożytnych podręcznik historii filozofii, napisany przez Greka żyjącego w 1. poł. III w. n.e. Zawiera bogaty przegląd źródeł z zakresu historii filozofii s...