Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2022 On 7 April 1986, Annie Ernaux’s mother, after years of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, died in a retirement home in the suburbs of Paris. Shocked by this loss which, despite her mother’s condition, she had refused to fathom, Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time in an effort to recover the different facets of a woman whose...

The first novel from one of Italy’s most innovative writers of the 20th century 'The seething cauldron of life, the infinite stratification of reality, the inextricable tangle of knowledge are what Gadda wants to depict.' Italo Calvino At the height of Fascist rule in Italy and following the death of his mother, Carlo Emilio Gadda began work on his first novel, The Experience of Pain. This...

In Measuring and Reasoning, Fred L. Bookstein examines the way ordinary arithmetic and numerical patterns are translated into scientific understanding, showing how the process relies on two carefully managed forms of argument: • Abduction: the generation of new hypotheses to accord with findings that were surprising on previous hypotheses, and • Consilience: the confirmation of numerical...

In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general will. Some have seen in this the promise of a free and equal...

‘Koa Beck writes with passion and insight about the knotted history of racism within women’s movements and feminist culture, past and present. Curious, rigorous, and ultimately generous, White Feminism is a pleasure and an education.’ Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad 'Intellectually smart and emotionally intelligent, Beck brilliantly articulates how feminism...

Accompanying the survey exhibition at Tate Modern of the same name, this Music of the Mind paperback exhibition book explores the world of Yoko Ono and reveals the profound impact of her art on the collective consciousness of our time. The exhibition catalogue features previously unpublished photographs from her involvement at Indica Gallery, London, Sogetsu Art Centre, Tokyo and her loft on...

These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia and Elisabeth Mapp for social and cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye). Their constant skirmishes ensure that every game of bridge, tea or dinner-party, church service, council meeting or art–exhibition are thrilling encounters that ensure Tilling is always on ‘a very agreeable rack of suspense’....

Monumentalne dzieło z 400 wysokiej jakości fotografiami znakomitego artysty Adama Bujaka. Ukazuje światowej klasy polskie zabytki i unikatowe relikty pierwotnej przyrody. Prezentuje polskie obiekty umieszczone na prestiżowej liście Światowego Dziedzictwa Kulturalnego i Naturalnego UNESCO. Na zdjęciach zobaczymy m.in. wiekowe mury Krakowa, grę świateł w kryształach wielickiej soli, brodzące w...

Waging Heavy Peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon Neil YoungNeil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Reflective, insightful and disarmingly honest, Waging Heavy Peace is his long-awaited memoir. From his youth in Canada to his crazy journey out to California, through...

Jedenasta i ostatnia część sagi o młodzieńczych przygodach Thorgala, przybysza z gwiazd żyjącego wśród wikingów Północy, oraz jego ukochanej Aaricii. Śmiertelnie raniony przez Swena Widłobrodego Thorgal dzięki magicznym staraniom towarzysza broni Secka utrzymywany jest na granicy życia i śmierci. Podczas gdy jego bezwładne ciało zmierza w drakkarze ku Grønthåren, gdzie czeka na...

„Blacksad” to mistrzowski czarny kryminał osadzony w realiach Ameryki I połowy XX wieku. Tom siódmy jest zakończeniem dwutomowej opowieści. Blacksad kontynuuje śledztwo w sprawie Solomona, architekta, który zaprojektował ogromny most, mający być dziełem jego życia. Detektyw odkrywa, że imperium sokoła zbudowano na stosie trupów, a Iris Allen, dyrektorka teatru, nie była pierwszą...

Brutalna seria morderstw użytkowników magii nie jest już zagadką dla Elsie Camden. Dziewczyna dobrze wie, kto za tym stoi. Jak jednak ma złapać zabójcę bez ujawnienia swojego sekretu? Elsie stara się pokrzyżować szyki najbardziej przebiegłemu przestępcy w Anglii, który ma do dyspozycji setki skradzionych zaklęć. Jego plan jest prosty – przeciągnąć Elsie na ciemną stronę. Gdy dziewczyna jest...

W świecie zakazanej magii ich dar jest najbardziej pożądanym skarbem. Simta to miasto sekretów. A najpilniej strzeżonym są Nocne Ptaki – trzy dziewczyny posiadające magiczną moc, którą mogą przekazać za pomocą pocałunku. Jedni zabiliby, żeby je posiąść, inni chcą je unicestwić, są też tacy, którzy chcą je wykorzystać do własnych celów. Nocne Ptaki muszą podjąć decyzję: czy...

The Murders at Fleat House is a suspenseful and utterly compelling crime novel from the author of the multimillion-selling The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen's - a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk - is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident. But the local police cannot rule out...

Gaskell’s last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its core are family relationships – father, daughter and step-mother, father and sons, father and step-daughter – all tested and strained by the romantic entanglements that ensue. Despite its underlying seriousness, the prevailing tone is one of comedy....

Blonde is a mesmerising novel about the most enduring and evocative cultural icon of the 20th century: the woman who became Marilyn Monroe. A fragile and gifted young woman, Norma Jeane Baker makes and remakes her identity: she is the orphan whose mother is declared mad; the woman who changes her name to be an actress; the fated celebrity, lover and muse. Told in her voice, Blonde shows a...

Audrey and Ivy, determined to bring their fellow student Lola Radcliffe's killer to justice, find themselves in the middle of another mystery when a friend disappears in suspicious circumstances. Their only clue is a mysterious card left by the enigmatic Magpie Society. With time running out and the police baffled, Audrey and Ivy must delve deeper than ever into the dark secrets that their...

Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Forced to resign, she reluctantly signs on as the host of a cooking...

Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the first woman to write,...