Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery behind the BBC TV SeriesThe year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of...
On Palestine is Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe's indispensable update on a suffering region.What is the future of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement directed at...
On the Origin of Species is one of the most influential books in the history of science and literature. With clarity and depth, Charles Darwin introduced the groundbreaking...
Prague Collection je sérií fotografií, které Prahu ukazují v citově hlubokém a uměleckém světle a zobrazují její vznešenou krásu v podobě architektonických pozoruhodností,...
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most profound and influential works of philosophy ever written. In this poetic and enigmatic masterpiece, Nietzsche...
The serene and maternal Mrs Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr Ramsay, together with their children and assorted guests, are holidaying on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly...
An oppressive, forensic, psychological thriller: J.K. Rowling meets Antony Beevor, Stephen King and Marina Warner ... Schiff's writing is to die for' THE TIMESIt began in 1692,...
How did Einstein’s mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how Einstein’s scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His...
The story begins in an Augustinian abbey in 1856, and takes the reader from Darwin’s groundbreaking theory of evolution, to the horrors of Nazi eugenics, to present day and...
The stoics lived a long time ago, but they had some startling insights into the human condition - insights which endure to this day. The philosophical tradition, founded in...
The first major account of the history of reggae, black music journalist Lloyd Bradley describes its origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and then...
The Essentials of Psycho-analysis is the definitive collection of Sigmund Freud's writing. It covers the themes that Freud explored in his work from the meaning of dreams and...