"An acclaimed historian's definitive biography of the most important African-American figure of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass, who was to his century what Martin Luther King, Jr. Was...
"For an engineer determined to refine and secure Internet operation or to explore alternative solutions to persistent problems, the insights provided by this book will be invaluable." -Vint...
Thirty of the world's leading architects, including Norman Foster, Thom Mayne, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, talk about the houses they designed for themselves over the past decade. What...
In time for the centenary of Iceland's Nobel laureate and author of Independent People -- his delightful novel of a poor Icelandic farmer's journey to Mormon Utah and back in search of...
An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain... (James Wood, The New Yorker).
In the classic French novel The Passionate Epicure, Marcel Rouff introduces Dodin-Bouffant, a character based loosely on Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, an infamous bachelor and epicure dedicated to the...
'Facing Mount Kenya' is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of African society and the nature of the African...
AN EYE-OPENING EXPLORATION OF MODERN MOTHERHOOD PACKED WITH PRACTICAL ADVICE ON NAVIGATING DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE'It's the book that proves working mothers are shamefully...
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Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of his legal job in Peckham and eating pies with his next door neighbour, Grace and her dog Lassoo,...
The Evolution of Type takes the reader on a journey through the development of type design and typographic style from the mid-15th century to the present day, by way of 100 typefaces. Chosen to...
Last year, Bronte left Sydney for a wedding in England, where she met newly single Alex. After a night of passion they parted ways, and Bronte returned to Australia. Now working on a picture desk...
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The Afterlife is Real is the latest book from much-loved paranormal expert, Theresa Cheung, and is a captivating collection of true stories from people who have glimpsed the next life. Using as...
The Beginner's Guide to Programming Robots helps students build their skills through four simple projects created with today's leading robot microcontrollers (ARM9 and ARM7) on leading...
«No hay sino un problema filosófico realmente serio: el suicidio.» El mito de Sísifo es el ensayo fundacional de la filosofía del absurdo, una obra mayúscula que dio a conocer el gran talento de...
It was once the job of Madame Agathe-Sidonie Laborde to read books aloud to Marie-Antoinette. Now exiled in Vienna, she looks back twenty-one years to the legendary opulence of Versailles and...
Esta edición condensa el universo literario de Levrero, y está integrada por la totalidad de cuentos publicados entre 1970 y 2003. En este volumen al cuidado de su hijo Nicolás Varlotta se reúnen...
Christopher Dickey takes us inside the best and most ambitious anti-terror operation in the country, the seat-of-the-pants intelligence operation of the NYPD--with undercover resources all over the...
Con un lenguaje puro y poético, Paolo Cognetti traza un viaje vital,íntimo y universal, en una novela magnética y poderosa que explora lorobusto y lo granítico de las relaciones entre amigos,...
A small-town enemies to lovers romance and the debut novel from the bestselling author of Flawless and Wild Love. Keeping things professional with my employees has never been an issue... Until...