'Brilliant, clear, and humane' Elizabeth Gilbert'Miraculous and hopeful' Emma StraubRiverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America's riverbank towns.
In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that he is famous for.
Los procesos de transformación tecnológica y social en que hoy está inmersa la sociedad y, por ende, sus instituciones han generado una nueva forma de ver y entender la acción de las organizaciones gubernamentales.
Verner Khertsog — znamenityi nemetskii rezhisser, snimavshii kino na vsekh shesti kontinentakh, puteshestvennik, avtor dnevnikov, poeht i iarkii nezavisimyi myslitel.
"Un pueblo antiguo, el primero y legítimo dueño del continente americano, se deshace día a día como la nieve bajo los rayos del sol y, a la vista de todos, desaparece de la faz de la tierra.
Verner Khertsog — znamenityi nemetskii rezhisser, snimavshii kino na vsekh shesti kontinentakh, puteshestvennik, avtor dnevnikov, poeht i iarkii nezavisimyi myslitel.
An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, 'Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, and a near-impossible rescue mission.
'The thinking man's action hero' - The Times MagazineTrained Royal Marines Sniper, world record breaker and extreme TV adventurer, Aldo Kane is known for his ability to navigate and lead through challenging and pressured environments, whether it be abseiling into an erupting volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rowing the Atlantic, getting locked in a bunker for 10 days with zero daylight, leading Steve Backshall into the jungle or being held at gunpoint.
The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship - and quarrel - between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism.
A full-blooded, pacy biography of one of the most charismatic writers of the century, whose life and work were to inspire Hemingway, Steinbeck, Kerouac and Mailer.
The dramatic story of Lady Hester Stanhope - a wilful beauty turned bohemian adventurer - who left England as a young woman, unashamedly enjoyed a string of lovers and established her own exotic fiefdom in the Lebanese mountains where she died in 1839.
Philip Marsden returns to the remote, fiercely beautiful landscape that has exercised a powerful mythic appeal over him since his first encounter with it over twenty years ago.
One of the most remarkable men of the 18th century, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was known to many as 'The Omnipotent Magician' who could transform unpromising countryside into beautiful parks that seemed to be only the work of nature.
A ';splendid' (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history's most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire.
This reissue of Bob Woodwords classic book about John Belushione of the most interesting performers and personalities in show business historyis told with the same narrative style that Woodward employed so effectively in All the Presidents Men and The Final Days (Chicago Tribune).
»Ein seltenes Juwel der Sachbuchliteratur« Walter IsaacsonIm August 1897 bricht der belgische Kommandant Adrien de Gerlache auf, um die Antarktis zu erobern.
