When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions—a history of the soul.” Alexievich’s distinctive documentary style, ... Zobraziť viac
Nem akármilyen könyvet tart kezében a Kedves Olvasó! Számos ajánlás kezdődik ezzel a mondattal, de ez a könyv nem az, amit így kellene kínálni. Csak annyit kellene mondani, tárja ki a szívét, lelkét és elméjét, aki az olvasásába fog,... Zobraziť viac
Featuring original interviews with booksellers and librarians, James Patterson presents a new non-fiction title that highlights the magic of books... Zobraziť viac
When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened. Written only a year after the disaster, John Hersey brought the event vividly alive with this heartrending acco Zobraziť viac
Penguin: In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences is considered by many to be the first work... Zobraziť viac
Little, Brown Book Group: 'A remarkable portrait, with deftly woven accounts of weddings and journeys, books and... Zobraziť viac
The classic work on 'the banality of evil', and a journalistic masterpiece. Hannah Arendt's stunning and unnverving report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in the New Yorker in 1963... Zobraziť viac
When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, Lucy Easthope's phone starts to ring... Zobraziť viac
From the beetroot fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older adults... Zobraziť viac
Europa Editions Two: A vibrant and intimate portrait of a writer at work.Frantumaglia invites readers into Elena Ferrante's... Zobraziť viac
The Dalai Lama has for decades travelled the world, meeting people from all backgrounds and sharing with them his wisdom and compassion... Zobraziť viac
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce programme in Texas, American employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older adults... Zobraziť viac
Well-behaved women don't make history: difficult women do. Helen Lewis argues that feminism's success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights... Zobraziť viac
This remarkable book brings you face-to-face with an incredible selection of pioneering women who have reshaped the creative industries... Zobraziť viac
Based on extensive research, including in-house at Google HQ, this title includes over 150 interviews at Google with the company's founders and executives and also those in the media who are struggling to keep their heads above water. It reveals how... Zobraziť viac
Though it remains by far the world's most famous mountain, in recent years Everest's reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses and piles of high altitude trash... Zobraziť viac
The haunting history of the Soviet-Afghan War from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 - A new translation based on the updated and expanded text - From 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in ... Zobraziť viac
The chilling true crime 'non-fiction novel' that made Truman Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative published in Penguin Modern Classics... Zobraziť viac
Práce analyzuje politické, ekonomické a kulturní vztahy mezi Československem a třemi nejjižněji položenými latinskoamerickými zeměmi, Argentinou, Chile a Uruguayí, v letech 1945 až 1989. Autor se opírá o dlouhodobou a systematickou práci s rozsáhlým... Zobraziť viac
From a place of considered reflection, Faith, Hope and Carnage offers ladders of hope and inspiration from a true creative visionary... Zobraziť viac
