'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote.
Since the Stone Age, drugs have been sniffed to induce sleep, mixed to cure ills, swallowed to stimulate creativity, snorted to increase sexuality, popped for the hell of it and smoked to see God.
Top Gear presenter and columnist for the Daily Telegraph James May brings together another brilliant collection of his most controversial and humorous writing.
The bestselling true story and inspiration behind the hit Netflix show, looking at how one underfunded FBI team became the first to explore the dark world of serial killers.
Composed in the early thirteenth century, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival is the re-creation and completion of the story left unfinished by its initiator Chr tien de Troyes.
Novelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters, beginning with the diary she started at fifteen and continuing until the end of her eventful life.
In these timeless and witty essays George Orwell explores the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and laments the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning), as well as unfolding his trenchant views on everything from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards.
In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire everyday, mathematical, natural scientific, religious and ethical knowledge.
Written between the mid-fourth and late sixth centuries to commemorate and glorify the achievements of early Christian saints, these six biographies depict men who devoted themselves to solitude, poverty and prayer.
Ratgeber für Lehrer und Lehrerinnen an Grundschulen und weiterführenden Schulen, Klasse 1–13 +++Was müssen Sie als Lehrkraft über ein Trauma und seine Auswirkungen wissen?
A través de crónicas personales, el autor explora el Oriente Medio y, especialmente, la compleja realidad de un Líbano marcado por la guerra, la crisis económica y una estructura política basada en el confesionalismo.
Menschlichkeit, Tiefe und Hoffnung"Gesichter der Welt" gibt persönliche Einblicke in Länder und Lebensgeschichten, die im Alltäglichen oft nur als Schlagzeile vorkommen.
Being an Account: The Memoirs of Ernest Lycette, 1911–1921 is the first-hand memoir of Ernest Lycette, a Staffordshire scoutmaster and St John Ambulance volunteer who enlisted in the British Army in August 1914 and served through the First World War and its aftermath.
He Smiled Like a Perfect Husband… and Hid a Nightmare No One Could SeeBehind the quiet streets and carefully captured family photographs lived a story that shattered the illusion of safety itself.
In "e;From Matter to Light"e;, Waqas Hameed Bajwa—a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience in the social and development sectors—embarks on a transformative journey to bridge the gap between modern physics and Sufi mysticism.
Desde la llegada del conde Buono a la Cali de finales del siglo XIX, Los secretos de La Floresta y el pandebono revela el origen del legendario «pan de buono» y la historia de una familia atravesada por secretos, pasiones y disputas de herencia.
In his memoir "e;Burragorang Tales"e;, George Gordon James takes readers on a nostalgic journey through his childhood in the 1920s, growing up in the rugged wilderness of the Burragorang Valley, west of Sydney.
Embárcate en un viaje íntimo a través de las emociones humanas más profundas, donde el amor se revela en todas sus facetas, desde la pasión y el éxtasis hasta el dolor más desgarrador.
The Italy Move: One Person's Journey to Living the Italian Dream — and How You Can TooHave you ever looked around at your life and thought… there has to be more than this?
A Life of Perfection… A Fall Into Unthinkable DarknessHe seemed to have it all, charm, confidence, a picture perfect marriage, and a future glowing with promise.
Die bewährte Einführung in die Literaturtheorie auf den neusten Stand der Forschung gebrachtDer Klassiker der Einführung in die Literaturtheorie auf den neusten Stand gebracht: Der Band veranschaulicht die verschiedenen Theorien, geht auf ihre Methoden ein und zeigt ihre Anwendung an einem beispielhaften Text (der mit abgedruckt ist): Hermeneutik, Strukturalismus, Rezeptionsästhetik, Sozialgeschichte der Literatur, Psychoanalyse, Gender bzw.
