'Incisive'PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'A brilliant, funny, omnivorous excavation of how technology and entertainment have warped humanity'SOPHIE GILBERT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST AND AUTHOR OF GIRL ON GIRL_______From an award-winning staff writer for the Atlantic, Screen People is an eye-opening look at how the current media landscape conditions us to see everyone as characters in ongoing entertainment - and how we can fight backWhether it's our expertly curated Instagram feeds or the reality-television-star US President, the line between what's real and what's fabricated for entertainment has never been more blurred.
AS FEATURED IN STYLIST MAGAZINEThe ground-breaking memoir of one woman coming to terms with her ADHD diagnosis, shedding new light on her past, her family history and reframing the condition __________For Carla Ciccone, the feeling of not quite knowing how to perform adult life was all too familiar.
WINNER OF THE 2025 SALTIRE SCOTTISH FICTION OF THE YEAR from the bestselling author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley'A triumph - vivid, exquisite, enthralling' Kate Griffin, author of Fyneshade'Lusk conjures prose of a spell-binding elegance and charm' Essie Fox, author of The Fascination Witty, insightful and moving Sunday Times---'I shall be a thousand different Marys and, in such manner, shall find the one I wish to be.
From the Author of WOMEN, RACE AND CLASS, this is a timely provocation that examines the concept of attaining freedom in light of our current world conflictsIn these newly collected essays, interviews and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y.
The PERFECT GIFT for anyone who has ever broken up with someone or ever been broken up with, or is about to take a trip to Break-up City, population you.
Blunt, irreverent, and at times delightfully subversive, Opera Wars spotlights operas colorful and sometimes warring personalities, increasingly fierce controversies over content, and the battles being waged for its economic futurea colorful, witty look behind the velvet curtain (Rene Fleming).
The quirky offspring of 'QI' and 'Freakonomics', 'Geekspeak' melds ingenious statistical analysis with edifying trivia to explain away some curious facts of life.
A COMPELLING RECONSTRUCTION OF A FORGOTTEN FREEDOM FIGHTER'S LIFEShe marched with Mahatma Gandhi, mobilized Dalit communities in Thanjavur, endured imprisonment during the 1949 ban on the Communist Party of India, and died largely forgotten.
*Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize* A fascinating exploration of the linkages between ancestral inheritance, diasporic belonging, and our climate future.
For almost three thousand years, the Odyssey has captured imaginations with seafaring adventure, romance, friendships, as well as feats of heroism and of bloody revenge.
'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.
Katarina Witt ist mit zwei Olympiasiegen, vier Weltmeisterschafts- und sechs Europameisterschaftstiteln die erfolgreichste Sportlerin in der Geschichte des Eiskunstlaufs.
A profoundly original, ambitious and globally minded writer Rebecca Tam s, Guardian'A writer of serious intellectual depth' Jay BernardFor over half a century, Jay Wright s poetry has been celebrated for its alertness to the multiplicity of human experience and identity.
The French drink, smoke and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than the English and the Americans.
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.
SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2025 - Change & SustainabilitySustainable Advertising is a manifesto for the world's advertising industry, a case for change globally: 'to change the way we work and to change the work we make'.
SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2025 - Change & SustainabilitySustainable Advertising is a manifesto for the world's advertising industry, a case for change globally: 'to change the way we work and to change the work we make'.
The Road From Coorain is the beautifully written narrative of Jill Ker Conway's journey from girlhood on an isolated sheep-farm in the grasslands of Australia to her departure for America (and eventually the presidency of Smith College).
'The most entertaining book of the year' Sunday Times _____________________________________________________Diana touched your elbow, your arm, covered your hand with hers.
*Winner of the 2022 Cherasco International Prize*'Thoroughly engrossing' Michael Pollan, The Atlantic'Wonderful, energising' Kathryn Hughes, The GuardianCoffee is one of the most valuable commodities in the history of the global economy and the world's most popular drug.
Witty, savage and poignant NIGELLA LAWSON'Humane and deeply, darkly humorous' MARINA KEMP, author of UNWILDING'Gorgeous, mesmerising' CLAIRE POWELL, author of ALL INThis summer, sink your teeth into a slice of family drama with this deliciously funny novel about sisterhood, secrets and the things you can't stomach.
Why literary studies must confront digital mediationWe live and research in a technologically mediated landscape in which old models of reading and researchingmethods that presume an autonomous, single scholar gathering resources and making claimsno longer hold.
Why literary studies must confront digital mediationWe live and research in a technologically mediated landscape in which old models of reading and researchingmethods that presume an autonomous, single scholar gathering resources and making claimsno longer hold.
