This is Europe: The Way We Live Now - Ben Judah

This is Europe: The Way We Live Now - Ben Judah

What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population of 750 million, sprawled from Ireland to Ukraine, from Sweden to Turkey? Who has always called it home, and who has newly arrived from elsewhere? Who are the people who drive our long-distance lorries, steward our

The Way We Live Now (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

Inspired by the financial scandals of its era, The Way We Live Now is a portrait of a society corrupted by greed that continues to resonate with modern readers. Taking place in 1870s Victorian London, the characters are comprised of a motley cast of financiers, investors, and determined

The Way We Live Now - Trollope Anthony - e-kniha

eBook:,Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of nineteenth-century London and a bold indictment of the new power of speculative finance in English life. The story concerns Augustus Melmotte, a French swindler and

12 Bytes - Jeanette Wintersonová

How is artificial intelligence changing the way we live and love? Now with a new chapter, this is the eye-opening new book from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson.Drawing on her years of thinking and reading about AI, Jeanette Winterson looks to history, religion, myth, literature,

The Great American House: Tradition for the Way We Live Now (Schafer III Gil)(Pevná vazba)

How We Live Now: Making Your Space Work Hard for You (Winward Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

How We Live Now is an inspiring guide to making the most of every square inch of your space. This practical, problem-solving book will help you take a long hard look at your home and work out how to make the most of every room--even every corner. Perhaps you're trying to carve out more space to

This Is London: Life and Death in the World City (Judah Ben)(Paperback)

This is the new London: an immigrant city. Over one-third of Londoners were born abroad, with half arriving since the millennium. This has utterly transformed the capital, for better and for worse. Ben Judah is an acclaimed foreign correspondent, but here he turns his reporter's gaze on home,

Life to Come (Kretser Michelle de)(Paperback / softback)

Michelle de Kretser's fifth novel is both a delicious satire on the way we live now and a deeply moving examination of the true nature of

The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live - Daniel M. Davis

Welcome to a revolution in the science of you - this is the landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis.Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of developing specific cancers, or following a diet and health regime

The Way We Live Now (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

'Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.' It is impossible to be sure who Melmotte is, let alone what exactly he has done. He is, seemingly, a gentleman, and a great financier, who penetrates to the heart of the state, reaching even inside the Houses of

What's Mine Is Yours - How Collaborative Consumption is Changing the Way We Live (Botsman Rachel)(Paperback / softback)

In the 20th century humanity consumed products faster than ever, but this way of living is no longer sustainable. This new and important book shows how technological advances are driving forms of 'collaborative consumption' which will change forever the ways in which we interact both with

The Way We Live Now (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback)

Trollope's magnificent and prescient satire about a dishonest financier who buys his way into a corrupt society, and throws it into turmoil When the Melmottes arrive in London everyone agrees their manners are wanting, their taste is execrable, and their lineage and background decidedly shadowy

Oil (Bridge Gavin)(Paperback)

Oil pulses through our daily lives. It is the plastic we touch, the food we eat, and the way we move. Oil politics in the twentieth century was about the management of abundance, state power, and market growth. The legacy of this age of plenty includes declining conventional oil reserves, volatile

Live by Night (Lehane Dennis)(Paperback / softback)

Dennis Lehane's stunning novel Live By Night is now a major film, produced, directed and starring Ben Affleck - due for release in January 2017 Joe Coughlin is nineteen when he meets Emma Gould. A smalltime thief in 1920s Boston, he is told to cuff her while his accomplices raid the casino she

The Electric Century: How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World (Williams J. B.)(Paperback)

This book is about how electricity has profoundly changed the way we live, work, and play. Some twenty topics are covered, with an abundance of graphs and images to build a comprehensive picture. Each looks at the developments, and the people who initiated them, together with how one led to the

Secret Body - How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live (Davis Daniel M)(Pevná vazba)

Consider the Fork - A History of How We Cook and Eat (Wilson Bee)(Paperback / softback)

Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding

I Forget Where We Were(Paperback / softback)

This artist-approved songbook to Ben Howard's chart-topping album, I Forget Where We Were, is the first time Ben's music is available in sheet music form and includes all songs that appear on the album arranged for piano, voice and

Way We Live Now (Trollope Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

'Trollope did not write for posterity,' observed Henry James. 'He wrote for the day, the moment; but these are just the writers whom posterity is apt to put into its pocket.' Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world

This is the End of the Story (Fortune Jan)(Paperback / softback)

A Quixotic coming of age novel exploring the ways we enter the fantasy lives of those we love, This is the End of the Story is the first in a trilogy of new novels from Cinnamon Press founding editor, Jan Fortune. -- Cyngor Llyfrau

Jesus Is _______.: Find a New Way to Be Human (Smith Judah)(Paperback)

A New York Times Bestseller!This is a book for new believers, lifelong followers, andthe merely curious.Jesus is ____. How would you finish that sentence?The subject is there, and so is the verb, but what comes next? Your answer could shed light on the path to becoming who you were made to be. In

Us & Our Planet: This is How We Live - Maisie Skidmore

In collaboration with IKEA, this inspirational study explores how to live more sustainably and well based on the experience of both ordinary and extraordinary lives, showing how small changes at home will work positively towards sustainability for our planetEver since the 1950s, IKEA retailers have

The Things We Thought We Knew (Snaith Mahsuda)(Paperback)

Ten years ago, two girls' lives changed forever.Now one of them is ready to tell their story. *** 'A quirky lovable mystery and a brilliant, heartbreaking debut' Stylist'A new face of fiction [and] an original coming of age novel' Observer *** The first memory I have of you is all knickers and

Civilization: The Way We Live Now - William A Ewing, Holly Roussell

We hurtle together into the future at ever-increasing speed – or so it seems to the collective psyche. Every day and every hour, human civilization expands, evolves and mutates. While we frequently lapse into celebrating the individual at the expense of the group, in science and art, at work and