An Apartment on Uranus: Chronicles of the Crossing (Preciado Paul B.)(Paperback)

An Apartment on Uranus: Chronicles of the Crossing (Preciado Paul B.)(Paperback)

A 'dissident of the gender-sex binary system' reflects on gender transitioning and political and cultural transitions in technoscientific capitalism.Uranus, the frozen giant, is the coldest planet in the solar system as well as a deity in Greek mythology. It is also the inspiration for uranism, a

Apartment on Uranus (Preciado Paul B.)(Paperback / softback)

In this bold and transgressive book, Preciado recounts his transformation from Beatriz into Paul B., and examines other processes of political, cultural and sexual

Countersexual Manifesto (Preciado Paul B.)(Paperback)

Countersexual Manifesto is an outrageous yet rigorous work of trans theory, a performative literary text, and an insistent call to action. Seeking to overthrow all constraints on what can be done with and to the body, Paul B. Preciado offers a provocative challenge to even the most radical claims

Pornotopia: An Essay on Playboy's Architecture and Biopolitics (Preciado Paul)(Paperback)

Published for the first time in 1953, Playboy was not only the first pornographic popular magazine in America; it also came to embody an entirely new lifestyle through the construction of a series of utopian multimedia spaces -- from the Playboy Mansion and fictional Playboy's Penthouse of 1959 to

Microbe Hunters (de Kruif Paul)(Paperback)

This science classic by Paul de Kruif chronicles the pioneering bacteriological work of the first scientists to see and learn from the microscopic world. Paul de Kruif's Microbe Hunters is a timeless dramatization of the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who discovered

Edge Chronicles 13: The Descenders - Third Book of Cade (Stewart Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Celebrate twenty years of The Edge Chronicles with this thrilling conclusion to Stewart and Riddell's multi-bestselling epic fantasy series!Cade Quarter has spent the last few years of his life running from an enemy he's never even met - the ruthless and power-hungry High Professor of Flight, Quove

The Death of an Owl (Torday Paul)(Paperback)

Rise of Magicks (Roberts Nora)(Paperback / softback)

The brilliant conclusion to the Chronicles of the One trilogy - an epic story of love, war, family and magic.Fallon Swift has spent all her life preparing for this moment. No longer can she stand by whilst her fellow Magicks are hunted by the fanatical Purity Warriors or rounded up and experimented

Edge Chronicles 10: The Immortals - The Book of Nate (Stewart Paul)(Paperback / softback)

But is also a great way to begin reading The Edge Chronicles - the internationally best-selling fantasy series - and discover the Quint, Twig and Rook trilogies for the first time. Then new and old readers can join a whole new adventure with the Cade saga - the fourth and latest trilogy in The

The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution (Slezkine Yuri)(Paperback)

The epic story of an enormous Soviet apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destructionThe House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman's Life and

Crossing The Lines (Bragg Melvyn)(Paperback / softback)

The much-praised third part of 'a monumental series' (Sunday Times) by an 'aristocrat of English fiction' (Sunday

An Autobiography (Stravinsky Igor)(Paperback)

An Autobiography chronicles the first half-century of Stravinsky's life, all the while offering his opinions and 'abhorrences.' A Parsifal performance at Bayreuth? 'At the end of a quarter of an hour I could bear no more.' Nijinsky? 'The poor boy knew nothing of music.' Spanish folk music? 'Endless

Across the Caspian: An Adventure Through the Caucasus to Mount Elbrus (Handy Norman)(Paperback)

An exciting adventure starting in the bizarre capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, then crossing the Caspian Sea to Baku in Azerbaijan. This is the lowest point in Europe. Then the journey heads inland up the Kura River to stay in a caravanserai before crossing into Georgia, famous for its wines and

Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era (Preciado Paul B.)(Paperback)

This visionary book on gender and sexuality weaves together high theory and intimate memoir, with spectacular results--and the gendered body will never be the same again (Jack Halberstam). What constitutes a real man or woman in the twenty-first century? Since birth control pills, erectile

Fox Crossing (Metz Melinda)(Paperback)

The charming village of Fox Crossing, Maine (founded 1805) is the last bit of civilization before the 100-mile wilderness, the wildest and arguably most beautiful stretch of the Appalachian Trail. The little town has something else to offer as well... something rare, something that a few even call

The Best of Intentions (Mason Susan Anne)(Paperback)

In the aftermath of WWI, Grace Abernathy is determined to reunite with her family, crossing an ocean to convince her widowed sister to return home to England. Yet Toronto holds more tragedy and her nephew Christian is now in the custody of his paternal relatives, the formidable Easton family, who

Blood Canticle - The Vampire Chronicles 10 (Rice Anne)(Paperback / softback)

The 10th novel in Anne Rice's internationally bestselling Vampire Chronicles is an erotic tale of immortal loveThe dazzling vampire Lestat was once the epitome of

Dawnthief: Chronicles of the Raven 1 (Barclay James)(Paperback)

An action-packed fantasy following a crew of mercenaries on an epic quest. Full of mystery, battles and magic, this is perfect for fans of David Gemmell Chronicles of the Raven: One ELITE, UNSTOPPABLE ... AND HIRED TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE The Raven are an elite. Formed of six men and an elf, they're

Rise of Magicks (Roberts Nora)(Paperback / softback)

The brilliant conclusion to the Chronicles of the One trilogy - an epic story of love, war, family and

Crossing the Tiber (Ray Stephen K.)(Paperback)

An exhilarating conversion story of a devout Baptist who relates how he overcame his hostility to the Catholic Church by a combination of serious Bible study and vast research of the writings of the early Church Fathers. In addition to a moving account of their conversion that caused Ray and his

Tales from Firozsha Baag (Mistry Rohinton)(Paperback / softback)

Here is a wonderful introduction to the residents of Firozsha Baag, an apartment complex in Bombay. We enter the daily routine and rhythm of their lives, and by the time we reach the final story we are as familiar with the people of Firozsha Baag as we are with our own

Laura (Caspary Vera)(Paperback / softback)

In the doorway of an elegant New York apartment, blood seeps over silk negligee, over polished wood floors and plush carpet: a beautiful young woman lies dead, her face disfigured by a single gun shot. But who was

Cries of an Irish Caveman (Durcan Paul)(Paperback)

WINNER OF THE 2014 IRISH BOOK LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Cries of an Irish Caveman is Paul Durcan's most inspired and surprising collection of poems. Through four distinct sections, he brings his tender lyricism to bear on the themes of love and loss, life and death. The first section describes an

The Zom-B Chronicles (Shan Darren)(Paperback)

From Master of Horror Darren Shan, an infectiously gory bind-up to sink your teeth into...B Smith doesn't fully buy into Dad's racism, but figures it's easier to go along with it than risk the fights and abuse that will surely follow sticking up for Muslims, black, or immigrants. That is, until