A compelling narrative exploring the culture and civilization of the most famous "warrior people": the Spartans of ancient Greece, told aby the world's leading expert. The narrative...
This vastly readable and richly illustrated volume examines film as art form, technological innovation, big business, and cultural bellwether. It takes in stars from Douglas Fairbanks to Sly...
Das Heft wird 148 Seiten haben, darin wird es insgesamt 14 bildstarke Reisegeschichten vom Allgäu über die Alpen und Südfrankreich, über Skandinavien im Sommer wie im Winter sowie über Schottland...
Is there "anything" that Martin Amis can't write about? In this virtuosic, career-spanning collection he takes on James Joyce and Elvis Presley, Nabokov and English football, Jane...
Nach einem in jeder Hinsicht außergewöhnlichen Jahr 2022 ist der Gebrauchtmarkt auch in diesem Jahr noch weit entfernt von gewohnter Normalität. Die Preise sind hoch, das Angebot im Vergleich zu...
London, 1840: Wagner's latest opera plays to packed houses while disgruntled workers gather in crowded pubs to eat ice cream and plan the downfall of the bourgeoisie. Meanwhile, the Pirate...
The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided aby textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared...
Lansdale's classic Hap and Leonard characters return in this incredible, mad-dash, Edgar Award-winning mystery, loaded with crack addicts, a serial killer, and a body count.
The enormously engaging account of life and death in secluded and hauntingly beautiful Savannah, Georgia, continues to take America żeby storm. "Mr. Berendt's writing is elegant and...
Summer is the fourth volume of the Seasons quartet, a collection of short prose and diaries written żeby a father for his youngest daughter, with stunning artwork żeby Anselm Kiefer.'Knausgaard...
In the third volume of the Millennium series, Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition in a Swedish hospital, a bullet in her head. But she's fighting for her life in more ways than one: if...
This electrifying book exposes the inner logic of eating disorders, demolishes the myths surrounding them, and outlines a radical new approach to their successful, permanent treatment.
On the occasion of what would have been his 80th birthday, the Modern Library presents the first collection that includes all of Truman Capote's short fiction--a volume that confirms his status...
In her singular voice--both humble and brave, touching and humorous--Maxine Hong Kingston gives us a poignant and beautiful memoir-in-verse that captures the wisdom that comes with age. As she...
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and...
Charlotte Bront famously lived her entire life in an isolated parsonage on a remote English moor with a demanding father and with siblings whose astonishing creativity was a closely held secret....
Die japanische Motorradindustrie fing ganz klein und bescheiden an das galt für die Hubräume wie für die verwendete Technik. Während sich die westeuropäische Motorradindustrie in den größeren...
Wars come and go across the headlines and television screens, but for those who survive them, scarred and scattered, they never end. This is a book about post-conflict irresolution, about the lives...
For the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental Europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How much do we really understand this new Germany, and...
The electrifying follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" features Lisbeth Salander, the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker, as the focus and...
Der erste Band von Jetzt helfe ich mir selbst startete vor rund 40 Jahren mit dem Käfer. Ebenso wie das legendäre Krabbeltier entwickelte sich die Reihe zum Bestseller. Heute stehen alle wichtigen...
Piet Barol has an instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. When his mother dies, Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe's leading hotelier--a...
Ilheus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendonca discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and...
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...