Skandalromane sind literarische Werke, die bei ihrem Erscheinen fur groes Aufsehen, Kritik und oft auch Verbote sorgen, da sie gesellschaftliche Tabus brechen, kontroverse Themen wie Sexualitat oder Gewalt aufgreifen oder politische sowie religiose Autoritaten angreifen.
One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617.
When you read this, there will be machines that can answer almost anything you ask them — faster than I can, faster than your teachers can, faster than you ever will.
A whimsical masterpiece of acute observations a gem Literary ReviewAn immersive journey through trees in Japan by celebrated writer Aya Koda now available in English for the first time Trees are not just living things, but feeling beings, like us.
Este libro reanima, para los tiempos actuales, la biografia y la obra de personajes que dieron forma a la tradicion intelectual de nuestro subcontinente y al tiempo supieron interpretar las realidades y las decisivas transformaciones de los siglos XIX y XX tanto en estos territorios como en otras latitudes.
'Sparkling, sharply observing, insights delivered with a light touch that puts us in a good mood, however dark the comedy' SpectatorHere are nineteen glittery new tales about the way we live now, as lovers, partners, children, parents.
'Expertly crafted' AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG'A beautiful siren song to anyone who has ever felt ashamed of their own taste' SCARLETT CURTIS'An ode to both fearless critique and visceral fandom' BILLIE JD PORTERA deep dive into the joy and power of personal pleasures, quirks, obsessions and bad taste, from zine royalty, Ione Gamble.
A startling new book, his most personal to date, from Philip Hoare, co-curator of 'Moby Dick: Big Read and winner of the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for 'Leviathan'.
Fragments for Those Who Kept Living is an intimate collection of literary reflections about emotional exhaustion, loneliness, family wounds, fear, friendship, and the quiet act of continuing when life has not been fully resolved.
What I Never Told My Children is a quiet, reflective exploration of life as it is lived—without performance, without instruction, and without the need for answers.
A delightful compendium of musings from the master of life writing, the much-loved Blake Morrison, for those who practise the art of memoir, and those who read it.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe renowned author returns with a timely book about his journeys to three sites of conflict - Dakar, South Carolina, and Palestine - exploring how the stories we tell, and the ones we don t, shape our realities.
An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith Zadie Smith is a wonderful essayist.
Something between a tale and a polemic, these "e;fables of reason"e; are feats of narrative compression and contain much of Voltaire's best and funniest writing.
'Over a hundred years ago, the German poet Heine warned the French not to underestimate the power of ideas: philosophical concepts nurtured in the stillness of a professor's study could destroy a civilisation' - Isaiah Berlin, Two Concepts of Liberty, 1958.
Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession (1879) is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty.
Determination, grit and humour shine through Lindsey Hilsum, ObserverNineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection.
Warm, wise and full of practical tips, this book is the ideal guide to every writing life'Amazingly freeing' Guardian'For anyone who wants to write a novel, or for anyone who loves reading novels A Long Game is a joy Sunday TimesWrite every dayShow, don t tellWrite what you knowKill Your DarlingsThese are some of the most popular nuggets of advice given to writers, universally agreed to be true.
'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' - Guardian Hailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays and various TV documentaries, Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is the extraordinary account of a group of twenty patients.
