All That Is Solid Melts Into Air - The Experience of Modernity (Berman Marshall)(Paperback / softback)

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air - The Experience of Modernity (Berman Marshall)(Paperback / softback)

Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and

C (McCarthy Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Follows the life of Serge Carrefax, a man who surges into the electric modernity of the early twentieth century, transfixed by the technologies that obliterate him. Born to the sound of one of the experimental wireless stations, Serge finds himself steeped in a weird world of

Prisoners of Geography - Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics (Marshall Tim)(Paperback / softback)

THE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER; All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to understand world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements...but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the

Menopause - The Change for the Better(Paperback / softback)

Why is talking about the menopause so taboo? When it's something that all women experience, and all in their own unique way. Written by a range of expert contributors from clinical professionals to natural practitioners, this comprehensive and thoroughly researched guide equips you with everything

Medium is the Massage - An Inventory of Effects (McLuhan Marshall)(Paperback / softback)

Like A Thief In Broad Daylight - Power in the Era of Post-Humanity (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback / softback)

In our brave new world of Big Tech, work is automated and money melts into air. What comes next as the global capitalist edifice crumbles? Slavoj Zizek shows how the answer is already stealing into sight, like a thief in broad daylight. What we must do is wake up and see it.'In a world determined

Get Into Science: The Five Senses (Lacey Jane)(Paperback / softback)

A series that provides a solid foundation for scientific

Walkabout (Marshall James Vance)(Paperback / softback)

Walkabout is a survival story for children written by James Vance Marshall.Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian outback. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and guides

Infinite Mobilization (Sloterdijk Peter)(Paperback)

The core of what we refer to as 'the project of modernity' is the idea that human beings have the power to bring the world under their control, and hence it is based on a 'kinetic utopia' the movement of the world as a whole reflects the implementation of our plans for it. But as soon as the

All in the Mind?: Does Neuroscience Challenge Faith? (Clarke Peter)(Paperback)

Does neuroscience prove that all religious experience is just in the mind? Peter Clarke, a member of the advisory board of the Faraday Institute and a neuroscientist, examines what it means to be 'human.' Many believe that the findings of neuroscience refute religious belief, and that religious

Goodbye to All That (Graves Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of the author's experiences as a young officer in the First World War. This title describes life in the trenches and how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him

Lord of All the Dead (Cercas Javier)(Pevná vazba)

Lord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas' family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal

Art, Faith and Modernity(Paperback / softback)

No account of 20th Century British art can overlook the numerous works of the period that were essentially 'religious' in their content. Art, Faith & Modernity examines this

In Search of Lost Time - The Way by Swann's (Proust Marcel)(Paperback / softback)

A work of Proust that is translated from French original into

A Story of Jewish Experience in Mississippi (Waldoff Leon)(Paperback)

In this memoir, Waldoff searches into his Russian-Jewish parents' experience and that of the Jewish community in Hattiesburg from the 1920s through the 1960s, revealing times of acceptance and prosperity, but also of fears of anti-Semitism when a Jew is convicted of murder and fears of Klan

Languages Are Good For Us (Hardach Sophie)(Paperback / softback)

A celebration of the huge linguistic diversity that is open to all of us at birth, and that has inspired and fascinated humans since the invention of speech This book opens with the first sounds a child hears in their mother's womb and their capacity for quickly learning more than one language

Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Map of Stories (James Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Third in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series that celebrates all that is best in life: books, adventure, friendship - and

The Children of Now (Losey Meg Blackburn)(Paperback)

The Children of Now is a groundbreaking work that shows that a large number of kids come into the world bearing inherent gifts that are beyond strange--they are telepathic, understand subtle energies, and/or have amazing psychic abilities. Many of them remember where they were before they came to

Accidental Billionaire (McLaughlin Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Jasper Spam is mad about science, the problem is that all of his experiments tend to end in a BANG, until one day quite accidentally Jasper manages to invent something that will change the world forever

Mr Kazarian, Alien Librarian (Foxe Steve)(Paperback / softback)

All of the children love Mr Kazarian the librarian. What they don't know is that Mr K is actually an alien, sent to Earth to study the habits of these bizarre creatures called humans. When four of his pupils discover his human hologram disguise, Mr K's research is in jeopardy ... A science-fiction

Last Book Before Bedtime (O'Byrne Nicola)(Paperback / softback)

Everyone knows that the very last story before bed is the best story of all. But the problem is, everyone wants to be in that very last story! A familiar fairy tale is turned topsy-turvy when all the wrong characters barge in. What will they do? The characters make up their own story, of

Cleopatra: One Cool Queen (Simpson Margaret)(Paperback / softback)

Everybody knows that Cleopatra is the most famous of all of Egypt's queens and that she had a nasty accident with a snake. But did you also know that Cleopatra:- married both her brothers?- had her younger sister killed? Even though she's dead, Cleo's still full of

Kensho: The Heart of Zen (Cleary Thomas)(Paperback)

Kensho is the transformative glimpse of the true nature of all things. It is an experience so crucial in Zen practice that it is sometimes compared to finding an inexhaustible treasure because it reveals the potential that exists in each moment for pure awareness free from the projections of the

Penguin Book of Baby Names (Pickering David)(Paperback / softback)

Of all the decisions a new parent makes, choosing that special name is the most significant and the most rewarding. Suitable for prospective parents, this easy-to-use A-Z guide gives you suggestions for picking the perfect name for your new