In this provocative book based on cutting-edge research, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need. Busy people fail to manage their time ... Zobraziť viac
A thriller of a war that never was - of survival in an impossible city - of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Mieville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction... Zobraziť viac
In 1922, Paul Beckermann arrives at the Bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow students. Eccentric and alluring, the more time Paul spends with his new friends the closer they become... Zobraziť viac
Nine-year-old Ira-Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of UNDERWHELEM. Next to the farm is Gore Woods, Ira's sanctuary, overseen by Orlam, the all-seeing lamb's eyeball who is Ira-Abel's guardian and protector... Zobraziť viac
Featuring several mass-murdering authors, two fraternal writers at the head of a football-hooligan ring and a poet who crafts his lines in the air with sky writing, Nazi Literature in the Americas details the lives of a rich cast of characters from... Zobraziť viac
Vydavatel: Pan Macmillan Počet strán: 200 Rozmery: 19.3 x 13 x 1 cm Dátum vydania: 21/04/2006 ISBN: 0330483293 Formát: mäkká väz Zobraziť viac
France is a country famous for its intellectuals, its philosophers and writers, its fashion, food and wine. And yet the notion of 'the French' as one nation is relatively recent and - historically speaking - quite misleading.... Zobraziť viac
Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne finds little comfort in the local girls... Zobraziť viac
The eternally fascinating story of Ernest Hemingway and his love for two women, told by his great friend and final confidante. In June of 1961, A.E. Hotchner visited an old friend in the psychiatric ward of St. Mary's Hospital... Zobraziť viac
Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt... Zobraziť viac
How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day? Why does remote Alaska have such a large airport? ... Zobraziť viac
Long Island is Colm Tóibín’s masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating novel that asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever... Zobraziť viac
A medical crisis brings one man close to death – and to love, art, and beauty – in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell. A poet’s life is turned inside out by a sudden, wrenching pain. Zobraziť viac
From the prizewinning author of the acclaimed The Blood Telegram, a landmark, magisterial history of the postwar trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals – and their impact on the modern history of Asia and the world... Zobraziť viac
In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for - except what she most wants, which is to be back with the people she loved on earth. In the wake of her murder, Susie watches as her happy suburban family is torn apart by grief; ... Zobraziť viac
Inspired by true events, The Lamplighters is the story of three men who vanish from a remote lighthouse. Twenty years later, the mystery of their disappearance still haunts the heartbroken women left behind. Rich with the salty air of the Cornish coast... Zobraziť viac
A novel of extraordinary intelligence and heart, a masterful depiction of heartbreak, and a dark and haunting examination of the tyranny of experience and memory. Zobraziť viac
The story of a marriage, a city and a society over two decades, &i>Wellness&/i> is a major novel of our times, in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Elizabeth Strout. Zobraziť viac
An astonishing new collection of short stories set in and around Rome from Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies. Zobraziť viac
One long, languid midsummer’s day, the Godleys gather at the family home of Arden to attend their father’s bedside. Adam,... Zobraziť viac
