Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the world's most celebrated poet, novelist, critic and thinker and this is the best way of knowing him. Today his name is echoed as that of a 'great man' alongside Pl...
Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen'How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control? These words of consolation...
What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally have in common?' Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. From Moz...
The definitive history of the modern climate change era, from an award-winning writer who has been at the centre of the fight for more than thirty yearsIn 1979, President Jimmy Carter w...
Why are all my clothes made in Asia?How do I get a pay-rise?And what even is money?Join Britain's most venerable financial institution for a rip-roaring crash-course on econ...
‘Steeped in glory, loved by players for his light touch, he is probably the most coveted coach in the world.’ - Financial Times ‘a treasury of anecdote and insight’ - The Gu...
We have left dry land and put out to sea! We have burned the bridge behind us - what is more, we have burned the land behind us!'Nietzsche's devastating demolition of religion would hav...
A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrifi...
The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature of desire explores how sexuality was perceived in classical Greek culture.From the stranger byways of G...
'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my ...
‘A riveting account of the multiple outrages of the criminal justice system of Alabama. A harrowing masterpiece’ Guardian‘Hinton somehow navigates through his rage and...
Sam Selvon is now widely considered to be one of the greatest chroniclers of the West Indian emigrant experience. His evocation of voice, of place, of longing, defined for many the experience of a ...
'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining ...
Wonder Boy is a riveting investigation into the turbulent life of Zappos visionary Tony Hsieh, whose radical business strategies revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture, based on r...
Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was 15-years-old and growing up in a quiet Tibetan village, he ran in fields with yaks and mastiffs. The passing of time was simply marked by the changing seaso...
Zbiór esejów prof. Eugeniusza Cezarego Króla, znawcy dziejów niemieckiego narodowego socjalizmu z Instytutu Studiów Politycznych PAN, poświęconych pierwocinom ruc...
Piotr Jaroszewicz (1909–1992) zrobił błyskotliwą karierę w ludowym Wojsku Polskim a następnie w PRL. Pełnił wiele ważnych funkcji w rządzącej partii i strukturach państwa. Odegrał też znaczną...
Perypetie miłosne Henryka VIII, podobnie jak losy jego burzliwych sześciu małżeństw, cieszą się niesłabnącym zainteresowaniem, a niemal każda próba przeniesienia ich na ekran to murowany prz...
Autobiografia sławnego wiedeńskiego psychiatry, który wprowadził do psychologii metodę psychoanalizy. To osobiste wyznanie wybitnego myśliciela, twórcy kierunku, który zrewoluc...
Pamiętniki Juliusza Cezara, jednej z najwiekszych postaci w dziejach starożytnego Rzymu, wybitnego wodza i polityka, poświęcone wojnom galijskim z lat 58-50 p.n.e..Cezar napisał siedem ksiąg, &oacu...