The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than everFew could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through...
'Splendid... Le Carre shows how endowed he is with the gift of storytelling' - The Times Aldo Cassidy is a cautious man. He has a pleasant family, drives a safe, expensive car and wears...
Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to...
In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. Emphasizing joy in the world, human cooperation and the value of all living things, this selection of Arne...
Marian Keyes' The Brightest Star in the Sky will draw you deep into the lives, loves and hopes of the residents of Star Street... And who or what exactly is the mysterious visitor waiting to...
Der Engländer weiß einen guten Mord in seiner Zeitungslektüre zu schätzen... Geistreich und zeitlos sinniert George Orwell in dieser Essay-Sammlung über verschiedenste Themen und legt mit beißendem...
Drawing upon his own experiences of political office in the turbulent Florentine republic, Machiavelli wrote what would become his celebrated treatise on statecraft. Includes a chronology and map.
Nothing Ever Just Disappears retraces the footsteps of some of the twentieth century's most remarkable queer writers and artists. Moving through their homes and haunts, it explores the deep...
This is the most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit żeby wave after wave of revolutions. Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the...
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed aby the award-winning Coralie...
Big Little LiesOdkryj trzymający w napięciu bestseller, na podstawie którego powstał nagradzany serial HBO, w którym występują Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman i Meryl Streep.Opis w języku...
Queen Victoria inherited the throne at 18 and went on to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history, in a time of intense industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change...