– A groundbreaking collection from a diverse mix of historians, both bestselling names and emerging voices, addressing the burning issue of what history means today. Featuring Peter Frankopan, Simon Schama, Bettany Hughes and more. – This ...
– An urgently needed exploration and expose of the shoe industry, and the damage it is doing to workers, consumers and the planet – DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SHOES COME FROM?DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GO WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THEM?In 2018, ...
– A shattering account of the destabilising power of price, and a forceful critique of the free market philosophy that leaves the most vulnerable at the mercy of the commodities markets – For Rupert Russell, the shock of the Trump-Brexit ...
The inspiring life stories of leading scientists as heard on BBC Radio 4 – BBC Radio 4's celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world's most renowned experts in the field of deadly viruses. The interviews make ...
A short, highly directed guide to an area of science that is little understood but increasingly part of public discourse by the Sunday Times bestselling author of HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST – * FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ...
– 'A feminist Western about a world in which women's worth and right to live are determined by the vagaries of fertility. Set in an alternate past, one all too similar to our today, OUTLAWED is a masterpiece' R.O. Kwon – In the ...
– MAKING HISTORY is an epic exploration of who writes about the past and how the biases of certain storytellers - whether Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare or Simon Schama - continue to influence our ideas about history (and about who we ...
– Ethel Rosenberg was a supportive wife, loving mother to two small children and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer.On 19 June 1953 she became the first woman in the US to be ...
Příběh mladé korejské ženy San vypráví o jejích touhách, o násilí, které potkává během své zoufalé cesty za vlastní autonomií, i o vztazích v nelítostné společnosti.
– NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An eye-opening, entertaining and thought-provoking account of a mortician's journey around the world to discover how other cultures care for their dead – As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long ...
– An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller. – For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far ...