Non-fiction, Strana 9

Fumio Sasaki is a writer in his thirties who lives in a tiny studio in Tokyo with three shirts, four pairs of trousers, four pairs of socks and not much else. A few years ago,...

Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? Join Michael Pollan on a journey to the frontiers of the human mind.Diving deep into an extraordinary world - from shamans and...

A Rough Trade and Clash Book of the Year'Excellent, detailed [. . .] Hip-hop writer SH Fernando Jr benefits from an insider's understanding of the milieu and provides...

The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred...

Here is the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, who takes us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a...

Spanning six decades that included war, totalitarianism, censorship, and the fight for democracy, My Crazy Century reflects on Ivan Klíma's remarkable life while also...

Learn to harness the strength of mindfulness and positivity to change your life with Eckhart TolleAre you ready to change your life?In Eckhart Tolle's ground-breaking book, he...

 The book and three accompanying DVDs contain new front pages through May 2009. The nearly 55,000 pages in the book and DVDs date back to 1851 and provide the reader an...

Once, argues the acclaimed travel writer Anthony Sattin, we were all nomads. The first part of his epic history tells how the adoption of agriculture in the Neolithic led people...

The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the...

The definitive history of Rome's golden age - antiquity's ultimate superpower at the pinnacle of its greatnessThe Pax Romana has long been revered as a golden age. At its peak,...