Society and culture: general

At the tender age of 10 I kept hearing my mama cry over backed up bills.

What if the greatest secret of North American prehistory lies not in Egypt or Mesoamerica, but in the ancient hills of the Ozarks?

Die spannende Rivalität zweier MetropolenBerlin und Wien – zwei Städte und eine lange Geschichte leidenschaftlicher Rivalität.

Alles Wichtige über die LGBTQIA*-Bewegung und ihren Kampf für Gleichberechtigung»Queerness lädt zu einem offenen Denken ein, das uns nicht einteilt in ›normal‹ und ›unnormal‹, in ›passend‹ oder ›unpassend‹.

Some families inherit land.

Stories do more than entertain.

The old contract between men and women is gone.

We move through systems every day, often without noticing them.

Artificial intelligence did not merely accelerate information.

None of it Mattered For decades, Americans were told that character mattered, truth mattered, institutions mattered, and democratic norms mattered.

Folklore has never been complex, nor has it been scum blown away by the wind.

Navigating the loss of a petitioner during the immigration process is devastating.

One of the most influential books ever written on strategy and human behavior.

Seit fast vier Jahrhunderten prägt das Passionsspiel die bayerische Gemeinde Oberammergau.

Katarina Witt ist mit zwei Olympiasiegen, vier Weltmeisterschafts- und sechs Europameisterschaftstiteln die erfolgreichste Sportlerin in der Geschichte des Eiskunstlaufs.

La critica, como aspecto fundamental de los estudios sociales, constituye el elemento que permite identificar, describir, comprender y ficcionalizar los aspectos problematicos de la vida cotidiana.

What if the truest religion was never written in scripture, but written into life itself?

The Screaming Skull of Bettiscombe: A 300-Year Mystery of Myth, Murder, and Empire By Simon C.

The acclaimed Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller on our search for love'Uncommonly wise and honest.

The perfect book for anyone who wants to know the secrets to always looking stylish with minimal effort.

A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive usJust as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients, some argue today that death brings meaning to life.

WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024ONE OF THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW SCIENTIST BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF THE YEARGUARDIAN BEST SCIENCE AND NATURE BOOK 2024A HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST RELATED WORK 2024THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERTHE #2 MOST GIFTED BOOK IN THE SOLAR SYSTEMFrom the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlementEarth is not well.

This book is a mystical and revealing guide that explores the link between soul mates and the hidden power of the date of birth.

THE PATTERN OF WHOLENESS: The Civilizational Truth of Human Continuity is a comprehensive civilizational inquiry into the structural realities that sustain human continuity, relational balance, family stability, and social cohesion across generations.

Liam O'Callaghan's revelatory Blood and Thunder shows that the rise of Irish rugby is inextricable from the tensions, debates and divisions of politics, religion and class that have defined modern Irish history.

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.

Frederick Fife has borrowed someone else's life - but it might just save his own.

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Michail Antonio wants you to know what it actually feels like to earn a living from playing professional football.

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.

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of London's Underground, or as it is affectionately referred to, the Tube.

Lion Heart is the bold and uplifting memoir of Cam Whitnall, a man whose life has been defined by extraordinary bonds with wildlife and a dramatic warzone rescue that brought five lions to safety in the UK.

This is the story of a hidden Britain.

DISCOVER THE THRILLER EVERYONE CAN T PUT DOWN This is a book that sticks in your head long after the last page LISA JEWELL'An extraordinary double-whammy of a novel' LINWOOD BARCLAY'An attention-commanding thriller.

I ve always been told that if I was good, I d attract good things.

DIVE INTO THE WORLD-BURNING HORROMANTASY, BRINGING TOGETHER LITERATURE'S MOST FAMOUS LADY VILLAINS, LADY MACBETH AND KLYTEMNESTRA .

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 intimate, definitive exploration of Funk, the sound of a generation, that tells its stories, its triumphs and excesses.

For people-watchers everywhere, this is the definitive guide to one of the strangest peoples in existence: the British.

Unlock the secrets of destiny, career peaks, and educational milestones using the power of Vedic Astrology's most critical divisional charts.

La revolución sexual de los años sesenta apeló a un cambio radical de las relaciones entre los sexos en pos de la equidad, la abolición de la heterosexualidad obligatoria, la separación del sexo y la reproducción.

The triumphant New York Times bestseller!

Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises?

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.

'Searingly honest .

Winner of the Western Heritage Award for "e;Outstanding Western Novel"e; 2005As the Cheyenne fought that June day in 1876, warrior Comes in Sight faced grave danger.

'I was mesmerised' LAURA SHEPPERSON, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Heroines'This gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the 16th century .

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'.

What is it like to live in a world built by humans?