Against the Death Penalty: Writings from the First Abolitionists--Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria (Garnsey Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Against the Death Penalty: Writings from the First Abolitionists--Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria (Garnsey Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty--here for the first time in EnglishIn 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments. At its centre is a rejection of the death penalty as excessive, unnecessary, and

Reckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment (Hirshman Linda)(Pevná vazba)

The first history--incisive, witty, fascinating--of the fight against sexual harassment, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Sisters in Law Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social movements, delivers the sweeping story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond: from the

A Silent Death (May Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The scorching new thriller from worldwide bestselling author of The Blackhouse, Coffin Road and I'll Keep You Safe. Spain, 2020A SILENT VOWWhen ex-pat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his

Edward Kane and the Parlour Maid Murderer (MacFarlane Ross)(Pevná vazba)

Scotland, 1850. The penalty for murder is death by hanging. Why then employ a young defense lawyer with no trial experience who is surely destined to fail? And why does his client refuse to tell him what happened on the night the crime took place? Edward Kane and the Parlour Maid Murderer follows

The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty: Restoring Law and Order on Wall Street (Ramirez Mary Kreiner)(Pevná vazba)

A critical examination of the wrongdoing underlying the 2008 financial crisis An unprecedented breakdown in the rule of law occurred in the United States after the 2008 financial collapse. Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and other large banks settled securities fraud claims

Hitler's Death: The Case Against Conspiracy (Daly-Groves Luke)(Pevná vazba)

In Hitler's Death, author and expert Luke Daly-Groves rigorously looks at the question: Did Hitler shoot himself in the F hrerbunker or did he slip past the Soviets and escape to South America? Countless documentaries, newspaper articles, and internet pages written by conspiracy theorists have lead

Democracy, Race, and Justice: The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T. M. Alexander (Alexander Sadie T. M.)(Pevná vazba)

The first book to bring together the key writings and speeches of civil rights activist Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander--the first Black American economist In 1921, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander became the first Black American to gain a Ph.D. in economics. Unable to find employment as an economist

Peter Lindbergh. Untold Stories (Kramer Felix)(Pevná vazba)

The first-ever exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself, shortly before his untimely death, Untold Stories at the Dusseldorf Kunstpalast served as a blank canvas for the photographer's unrestrained vision and creativity. Given total artistic freedom, Lindbergh curated an uncomprimising

Food in Art: From Prehistory to the Renaissance (Riley Gillian)(Pevná vazba)

From Giuseppe Arcimboldo's painting of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II as a heap of fruits and vegetables to artists depicting lavish banquets for wealthy patrons, food and art are remarkably intertwined. In this richly illustrated book, Gillian Riley provides fresh insight into how the

So It Goes: Travels in the Aran Isles, Xian and Places in Between (Bouvier Nicolas)(Pevná vazba)

Translated here for the first time into English, this collection of shorter travel writings from the golden pen of Nicolas Bouvier covers journeys undertaken in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. In the Aran Isles in mid-winter, he glories in the extremities of the wind outside while inside, feverish, he is

Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth (Campbell Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

The first collection of Joseph Campbell's writings and lectures on the Arthurian romances of the Middle Ages, a central focus of his celebrated scholarship, edited and introduced by Arthurian scholar Evans Lansing Smith, PhD, the chair of Mythological Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute

To Preach Deliverance to the Captives: Freedom and Slavery in the Protestant Mind of George Bourne, 1780-1845 (McIlhenny Ryan)(Pevná vazba)

George Bourne was one of the early American republic's first immediate abolitionists, an influential figure who paved the way for the campaign against slavery in the antebellum period. His approach to reform was shaped by a conservative Protestant outlook that became increasingly hostile to

Lucky Peach Presents 101 Easy Asian Recipes - The First Cookbook from the Cult Food Magazine (Meehan Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Living as a Christian: Teachings from First Peter (Tozer A. W.)(Paperback)

Many modern Christians are familiar with the name, and perhaps even some of the writings of, A.W. Tozer, but few living today were blessed to sit under his weekly teaching from the pulpit. In this never-before-published collection of teachings on 1 Peter, adapted from sermons given to his

Coincidence of Novembers - Writings from a life of public service by Sir Patrick Nairne(Pevná vazba)

From the first EU Referendum in 1975 to the handover of Hong Kong, one of the great British civil servants recounts his first-hand experience of some of the most significant events in recent

Cursed Place - A page-turning thriller of the dark world of cyber surveillance (Hanington Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Reporter William Carver comes up against Big Tech's manipulation and suppression of truth from the mines of Chile to the turbulent streets of Hong Kong. A political thriller set against the global forces that shape our

Death and the Afterlife: A Chronological Journey, from Cremation to Quantum Resurrection (Pickover Clifford A.)(Pevná vazba)

Throughout history, the nature and mystery of death has captivated artists, scientists, philosophers, physicians, and theologians. This eerie chronology ventures right to the borderlines of science and sheds light into the darkness. Here, topics as wide ranging as the Maya death gods, golems, and

The Jean-Michel Basquiat Reader: Writings, Interviews, and Critical Responses (Saggese Jordana Moore)(Pevná vazba)

The first comprehensive collection of the words and works of a movement-defining artist. Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) burst onto the art scene in the summer of 1980 as one of approximately one hundred artists exhibiting at the 1980 Times Square Show in New York City. By 1982, at the age of

Beloved (Morrison Toni)(Pevná vazba)

The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from one of love to one of violence and death - the death of Sethe's baby daughter Beloved, whose name is the single word on the tombstone, who died at her mother's hands, and who will return to claim

Things I Learned from Falling: A Memoir (Nelson Claire)(Pevná vazba)

The gripping first-person account of one woman's survival in Joshua Tree National Park against the odds.'A vibrantly physical book'--The Guardian - 'Uplifting and brave'--Stylist - 'A riveting account of loneliness, anxiety and survival'--CosmopolitanIn 2018, writer Claire Nelson made international

Seeing Through Closed Eyelids: Giuseppe Penone and the Nature of Sculpture (Mangini Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Can a work of art help us know our world differently? In this first scholarly study of Giuseppe Penone, art historian Elizabeth Mangini argues that the Italian artist's engagement of the body's multiple senses constitutes a new theory of sculpture as a means to connect with and know the phenomenal

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters (Nichols Tom)(Pevná vazba)

Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone

The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language (Martin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival

Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World (Aldridge Mark)(Pevná vazba)

From the very first book publication in 1920 to the upcoming film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world's favourite fictional detective.This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his appearances