At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl’s fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands and crippled the Soviet Union. The event... Zobraziť viac
A new roundup of personal essays from the No. 1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favourite Humorist. From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers ... Zobraziť viac
The bestselling author of Find Me and Call Me by Your Name returns to the essay form with this collection of thoughts on time, the creative mind, and great lives and works... Zobraziť viac
The book that more than 12 million YouTube subscribers have been waiting for! Shane Dawson's memoir features twenty original essays-uncensored yet surprisingly sweet... Zobraziť viac
Learning to Drive Now a major motion picture starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley. Celebrated for her award-winning political columns, criticism, and poetry, Katha Pollitt now shows us another side of her talent... Zobraziť viac
Some of the most rewarding pages in Henry Miller's books concern his self-education as a writer. He tells, as few great writers ever have, how he set his goals, how he discovered the excitement of using words, how the books he read influenced him, ... Zobraziť viac
From the author of the internationally acclaimed Putin's Russia and A Russian Diary. Until her murder in October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta... Zobraziť viac
Modern life is full of choices. We're told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want to be. But with endless possibility comes a feeling of restlessness; like we're somehow failing to live our best life... Zobraziť viac
A brilliant collection of acerbic, wisecracking and hilarious essays from New York icon Fran Lebowitz, star of Martin Scorsese's hit Netflix series, Pretend It's a... Zobraziť viac
Whether you want a quick overview of Romeo and Juliet to set the scene before a night at the theatre or an in depth reference guide for that challenging essay, this is the handbook for you! ... Zobraziť viac
Of all the great novelists writing today, none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction - his essays, literary criticism and journalism are justly acclaimed. As Rachel Cusk wrote in the The Times, reviewing a previous collection, ... Zobraziť viac
This is a moving true account of European society on the brink of war. A witty yet moving narrative worked up from sketched documentary traces and biographical fragments, 1913 is an intimate cultural portrait of a world that is about to change forever... Zobraziť viac
The new book of essays from Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom. Zobraziť viac
Durante dos años Tim Ferriss realizó entrevistas en profundidad a más de doscientos destacados personajes para su podcast The Tim Ferriss Show. Este libro recoge las rutinas, trucos, consejos, ejercicios y tácticas que estos triunfadores... Zobraziť viac
Canongate Books: You can tell a lot about someone in a minute. If you choose the right minute. Join Neil Strauss as he: -... Zobraziť viac
He was the Western convert who would plunge deep inside al-Qaeda. He named his first son Osama after 9/11 and became a... Zobraziť viac
The visionary, fearless Lydia Davis presents a dazzling collection of essays on reading and writing, exploring the full scope of possibility within existing forms of literature and considering how we might challenge and reinvent these forms... Zobraziť viac
Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, Didion writes about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to William Randolph Hearst's castle at San Simeon, a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas... Zobraziť viac
Hailed as an “original and fascinating book”, A History of Future Cities is Daniel Brook’s captivating investigation of four “instant cities”... Zobraziť viac
