Four years old when World War II began, the author grew to maturity through decades of great social and cultural change - giving him plenty to write about. This title illuminates a period of...
A new collection of stories from A. S. Byatt is always a winner, and this one takes an unexpected turn, bringing shivers as well as delights. Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two middle-aged...
We will spend up to 120,000 hours at work in our lifetimes. But how do we best use those hours? And how do we adapt to today's working world?'Life has questions. They have answers' New...
Inspired by The Tempest, INDIGO traces the scars of colonialism across continents, family blood-lines and three centuries. Rich, sensual and magical in its use of myths and fairytales INDIGO...
Essential for historians, yet written for the general reader, this elemental narrative is a magnificent account of the Mediterranean, from its geologic beginnings through the ancient civilizations...
Depuis la première édition TASCHEN de Manga Design, le phénomène de la bande dessinée japonaise a engendré des personnages encore plus captivants et des nouveaux talents en cascade. Cette édition...
"Mein Name ist Paula Spencer. Ich bin 39 Jahre alt. Letzte Woche hatte ich Geburtstag. Ich bin Witwe. Ich war 18 Jahre lang verheiratet... Mein Mann starb letztes Jahr, vor genau einem Jahr. Er...
For the child who says, "I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up!" And for any child who wants a gentle behind-the-scenes look at being a veterinarian.Veterinarians help sick and hurt...
Der Mann aus Stahl§§Die strahlende Hoffnung im DC-Universum§§Seit er im April 1938 zum ersten Mal in Action Comics-Heft Nr. 1 auftauchte, steht Superman wie keine andere Figur für Wahrheit und...
Charles Sobhraj remains one of the world's great con men, and as a serial killer, the story of his life and capture endures as legend. Born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and Indian father,...
Desde el siglo XVII hasta la llegada de la era digital, las teorías del color se han ilustrado con deliciosas ruedas, gráficos policromados y meticulosos diagramas. Esta reveladora edición, que...
Both eclipsed and influenced by television, American print ads of the 1970s departed from the bold, graphic forms and subtle messages that were typical of their sixties counterparts. More literal,...
WITH AN INTRODUCTION by SEBASTIAN FAULKS Henry Green, whom W. H. Auden called 'the finest living English novelist', is the most neglected writer of the last century and the one most...
His works have prompted a New York Times bestseller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth: record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington; and special...
This title is presented with an afterword by Yoko Ono and original illustrations by the author. John Lennon wrote the material collected in "Skywriting by Word of Mouth" during Yoko...
A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life. In each of these people the woman finds a common need: the urge to talk about themselves and...
Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle series broke new ground in fiction. In the Land of the Cyclops is his first collection of full-length essays to be published in English, and these brilliant...
Street-food entrepreneurs Van and Anh bring you contemporary Vietnamese cooking for modern kitchens. With the freshest of ingredients, exquisite flavours, bright colours, sociable plates for...
Book at Bedtime on Radio 4. "Written with such narrative elegance that you're led irrestistibly on, as with some exquisite dish, from one perfect melting mouthful to the next." (Michael...
From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today-and the...
In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical physicist, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé, Lia, are caught up in the...
Steve McCurry ist einer der bekanntesten Fotografen unserer Zeit. Seinen internationalen Durchbruch schaffte er mit den Aufnahmen, die ihm 1979 im Rahmen des Afghanistankonfliktes gelangen. Seit...