War-torn, unstable and virtually bankrupt, revolutionary Russia tried to light its way to the future with the fitful glow of science. It succeeded through terror, folly and crime - but also through ... Zobraziť viac
The second volume of this landmark edition of Sylvia Plath's correspondence. Zobraziť viac
A fan from the moment the Doors' first album arrived, Greil Marcus saw the band many times at the legendary Filmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. Five years later it was all over. Forty years after the singer Jim Morrison was found dead in P Zobraziť viac
Since leaving his job to look after Alexa, his eight year old daughter, Thomas Bradshaw has found the structure of his daily... Zobraziť viac
Seven years in the making, <i>Sacred Games</i> is an epic of exceptional richness and power. Vikram Chandra’s novel draws the reader deep into the life of detective Sartaj Singh... Zobraziť viac
This collection begins in the early 1980s with The Rainbow Sign, which was written as the Introduction to the screenplay of My Beautiful Laundrette. It allowed Kureishi to expand upon the issues raised by the film: race, class, sexuality - issues that... Zobraziť viac
Anil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges our understanding of perception and reality, doing for brain science what Dawkins did for evolutionary biology... Zobraziť viac
Paul is a mid-ranking tennis professional on the ATP tour. His girlfriend Dana is an ex-model and photographer, and together with their two-year-old son they form a tableau of the contented upper-middle-class New York family... Zobraziť viac
Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent... Zobraziť viac
Rising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York... Zobraziť viac
Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical... Zobraziť viac
As he stood up, he suddenly felt aroused by Mrs Shaw's large breasts, boy's haircut, and little-girl sneakers. Even her nostrils suggested a frank sexuality. Gopal wanted to put his hands on her waist and pull her toward him... Zobraziť viac
In perhaps the most magnificent of what he called his 'strange stories', Robert Aickman blurs the lines between memory, premonition and the hallucinated life. Lene, a woman now recovering from the losses of the Second World War, ... Zobraziť viac
In New York City, Isabel Reed, one of the most respected and powerful literary agents in the city, frantically turns the pages of a manuscript into the early dawn hours. This manuscript - printed out, hand-delivered, totally anonymous -... Zobraziť viac
<i>The Book of Laughter and Forgetting</i> is the most secret of Kundera's novels. This new translation is the first to be fully authorized by Milan Kundera... Zobraziť viac
The essential book on the New Russia, and how it has travelled from communist collapse to a new form of dictatorship. A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, ... Zobraziť viac
What is the secret of happy relationships? How do companies build collaborative cultures? What lies behind some of the greatest scientific and creative breakthroughs... Zobraziť viac
In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the 1980s Zobraziť viac
Faber & Faber: The story you have asked me to tell begins not with the ignominious ugliness of Lloyd's death but on a... Zobraziť viac
