She waited on tables as usual that day, her twentieth birthday. She always worked Fridays, but if things had gone according to plan on that particular Friday, she would have had the night off.
One rainy Tokyo night... Čítať ďalej
Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth... Čítať ďalej
Drawing for the first time on Polish, German and Soviet sources, First to Fight is the definitive history of the German invasion of Poland, which opened the war in September 1939. Roger Moorhouse provides a dramatic... Čítať ďalej
MOST LOVED. MOST RED. Ten must-read modern classics.
'Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything.'
Science. Technology. Want for nothing. Maximum pleasure. Welcome to a world... Čítať ďalej
Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our perfect society achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Now everyone belongs.You can be happy... Čítať ďalej
Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
When Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia was published in 1977 it heralded the arrival of a startling new talent in British literature... Čítať ďalej
Hemingway's memories of his life as an unknown writer living in Paris in the twenties are deeply personal, warmly affectionate and full of wit. Looking back not only at his own much younger self, but also at the other writers... Čítať ďalej
The best-known modern Chinese fairy tale is the story of three sisters from Shanghai, who for most of the twentieth century were at the centre of power in China. It was sometimes said that 'One loved money, one loved power... Čítať ďalej
In 2004, Momofuku Noodle Bar opened in a tiny, stark space in Manhattan's East Village. Its young chef-owner, David Chang, worked the line, serving ramen and pork buns to a mix of fellow restaurant cooks and confused... Čítať ďalej
Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what... Čítať ďalej
TRANSLATED BY RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY
Consumed by the idea of his own special destiny, immured in poverty and deprivation, Rashkolnikov is drawn to commit a terrible crime. In the aftermath, Rashkolnikov... Čítať ďalej
PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKS
When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the HMS Beagle in 1836, he brought with him the notes and evidence... Čítať ďalej
`Family, that slippery word, a star to every wandering bark and everyone sailing under a different sky'
Where do you go if you can't feel at home in your own family? When the people who made you can't fathom who you become?... Čítať ďalej
Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.
First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn't know anything about... Čítať ďalej
MOST LOVED. MOST RED. Ten must-read modern classics.
'Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don't let the bastards grind you down.'
Imagine a world where women's bodies are controlled by men. Where society has descended... Čítať ďalej
Enderby is a poet, social critic and Catholic. He may be found hiding in the lavatory where much of his best work is composed, or perhaps in Rome, brainwashed into respectability by a glamorous wife, aftershave and the... Čítať ďalej
'One of the most productive, imaginative and risk-taking of writers... It is a clever, sexually explicit, fast-moving, full blooded yarn'
Irish Times
A Dead Man in Deptford re-imagines the riotous life and suspicious... Čítať ďalej
Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize
Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir... Čítať ďalej
Human evolution in East Africa was driven by geological forces.
Ancient Greece developed democracy because of its mountainous terrain.
Voting behaviour in the United States today follows the bed of an ancient... Čítať ďalej
