When the gates of the last Magdalene Laundry closed in 1996, Ireland moved on. Or so it seemed. Enraging ... superb JOHN BANVILLE, GuardianCompelling, measured and deeply felt ANNE ENRIGHTA terrific unearthing of Irelands shadowland. A landmark...Loe edasi...
Invites us to learn from those more courageous than ourselves TIMOTHY SNYDERProfound ... feels essential in these times SARAH BAKEWELLThis book reminded me how to be brave RENI EDDO-LODGEAn invigorating guide to fighting back - part philosophy,...Loe edasi...
"e;Empathetic and quietly profound."e; The New York TimesFrom celebrated investigative journalist Jordan Ritter Conn (The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, ESPN) comes a fascinating and challenging portrait of modern manhood as seen throu...Loe edasi...
In June 1969, police raided New York gay bar the Stonewall Inn. Pride charts the events of that night, the days and nights of rioting that followed, the ensuing organization of local members of the community and the 50 years since in which activist...Loe edasi...
Delve into the glitz and glamour of Hollywood with this collection of obituaries from The Times.From the silent film era to Hollywoods golden age and beyond, this book captures the essence of cinemas most captivating actors. Dive into the untold st...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Jun-2025, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789819817887)
The Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, was founded in 1929 and celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2024. Over the decades, many successful and illustrious dental surgeons have emerged from its halls. These alumni exemplify the qua...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Jun-2025, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, ISBN-13: 9789819817887)
The Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, was founded in 1929 and celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2024. Over the decades, many successful and illustrious dental surgeons have emerged from its halls. These alumni exemplify the qua...Loe edasi...
A collection of ten witty, tightly written and upbeat short stories about people making new beginnings after significant losses (the death of their partners, home invasions, etc) set in the upmarket northern suburbs of Johannesburg, like Parkview. Fi...Loe edasi...
A masterful new translation of Suetonius renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detailThe ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, t...Loe edasi...
Guilty: the conclusion of many trials. But this verdict was unusual, delivered by a jury of the greatest minds of the twentieth century, among them Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, James Baldwin and Stokely Carmichael; and in the chair, legen...Loe edasi...
The "e;Technology Meets Testimony"e; network, funded by the DFG, merges history, education, computer science, and media studies. Running from June 2020 to August 2024, this international collaboration spans Germany, the USA, and the UK. The p...Loe edasi...
The "e;Technology Meets Testimony"e; network, funded by the DFG, merges history, education, computer science, and media studies. Running from June 2020 to August 2024, this international collaboration spans Germany, the USA, and the UK. The p...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Nov-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487557362)
Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Emigre Autobiography is a collective biography of four German-Jewish converts to Christianity, recounting their spiritual and confessional journeys against the backdrop of the Holocaust and its aftermath. F...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Nov-2024, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487557355)
Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Emigre Autobiography is a collective biography of four German-Jewish converts to Christianity, recounting their spiritual and confessional journeys against the backdrop of the Holocaust and its aftermath. F...Loe edasi...
A fascinating book about four women - it tells us so much about their world, and about our own What jumps off the page is the liveliness of the women, their passion, their courage and their own way of being... PHILIPPA GREGORY, author of The Other...Loe edasi...
A fascinating book about four women - it tells us so much about their world, and about our own What jumps off the page is the liveliness of the women, their passion, their courage and their own way of being... PHILIPPA GREGORY, author of The Other...Loe edasi...
The ideal Christmas gift for all music fansDelve into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection of obituaries from The Times.From the rocknroll pioneers of the 1950s to the pop superstars of the 21st century - as well as lesser-kno...Loe edasi...
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2025A Book of the Year 2024 in the Guardian, Times Literary Supplement and ObserverRichly imaginative and powerfully empathetic, an intimate portrait of five remarkable Black me...Loe edasi...
An entertaining guide to historys most influential and inspiring poets from Homer and Sappho to Shakespeare and Frank OHara and how they can teach us to better understand the world around us.How did the greatest poets in history make the world...Loe edasi...
An entertaining guide to historys most influential and inspiring poets from Homer and Sappho to Shakespeare and Frank OHara and how they can teach us to better understand the world around us.How did the greatest poets in history make the world...Loe edasi...
A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2024 Pick - from the bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE DAY and THINKING IN NUMBERSA Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure loneliness while drawing on her own experience of autism. A quirky...Loe edasi...
Early in the 2020 pandemic, author Steven Mason, seeking inspiration to help cope during the Covid-19 crisis, began to examine the lives of some of the great personalities from history. After considerable research, he discovered that many of these in...Loe edasi...
Early in the 2020 pandemic, author Steven Mason, seeking inspiration to help cope during the Covid-19 crisis, began to examine the lives of some of the great personalities from history. After considerable research, he discovered that many of these in...Loe edasi...
Capturing the essence of historys most influential economists in enjoyable and illuminating biographical sketches, this book shows how the great economic thinkers are still relevant today.We live in the economy and we are part of it. Living throug...Loe edasi...
Capturing the essence of historys most influential economists in enjoyable and illuminating biographical sketches, this book shows how the great economic thinkers are still relevant today.We live in the economy and we are part of it. Living throug...Loe edasi...
This visual celebration of the worlds most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas.Writers Who Changed History places well-known writers in their historical and cultural context, showing you how they cam...Loe edasi...
A collection of ten witty, tightly written and upbeat short stories about people making new beginnings after significant losses (the death of their partners, home invasions, etc) set in the upmarket northern suburbs of Johannesburg, like Parkview. Fi...Loe edasi...
A collection of ten witty, tightly written and upbeat short stories about people making new beginnings after significant losses (the death of their partners, home invasions, etc) set in the upmarket northern suburbs of Johannesburg, like Parkview. Fi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Mar-2024, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003858218)
This book introduces the history of cultural exchanges between East Asia and the West through comparative biographical sketches of sixty personalities from China and Japan. These sketches illustrate how both countries, starting from a shared cultural...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Mar-2024, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781003858164)
This book introduces the history of cultural exchanges between East Asia and the West through comparative biographical sketches of sixty personalities from China and Japan. These sketches illustrate how both countries, starting from a shared cultural...Loe edasi...
A mighty, panoramic history Firnhaber-Baker does a real service for those with an interest in France and England alike by providing a dexterous and engrossing account, a treasury for anyone with an interest in the royal, political and religious wor...Loe edasi...
An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild.Surviving in the wilderness has long been associated with men, and conservation and envi...Loe edasi...
An engaging blend of conservation stories and humorous, personal anecdotes from Philippa Forrester about women who, like her, choose to live and work in the wild.Surviving in the wilderness has long been associated with men, and conservation and envi...Loe edasi...
This intricate visual celebration of the worlds most celebrated composers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and works.Whether you have an interest in classical music and opera or you are a music student or musician, this book would be gre...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Dec-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9781476650326)
History paints war out to be a mans business, but there is an army of women warriors who stand between the lines of history books, waiting to be seen. This biographical dictionary tells the story of the females who armed themselves against threat...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Dec-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9781476650326)
History paints war out to be a mans business, but there is an army of women warriors who stand between the lines of history books, waiting to be seen. This biographical dictionary tells the story of the females who armed themselves against threat...Loe edasi...
Ive fallen in love with this fabulous foursome ... They are a phenomenon! Drew BarrymoreFrom theoldgays, the internets most beloved foursome, a book of inspirational stories and aspirational advice for living life at the fullest.The Old Gays hav...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Nov-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9781684176397)
Law is a moving system of rules that changes according to a nations political and socioeconomic development. To understand the law of the Peoples Republic of China today, it is imperative to learn the history and philosophy of the law when it was f...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Oct-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Y Lolfa, ISBN-13: 9781800995253)
A collection of in-depth interviews from one of Wales best rugby journalists, looking back on the careers of 26 of Welsh rugbys finest players....Loe edasi...
Winner of the Moore Prize 2021A beautiful, moving and important book Simon ReeveThe gripping true-life story of three young people in the worlds youngest country, South Sudan, whose lives are ripped apart by a brutal war. Veronica is a teenage...Loe edasi...
THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell a funny man and skilled historian...Loe edasi...
He makes us see a subject we thought we knew so well from a completely different angle; in writing that is deeply researched, but inviting, warm, and full of personality Katy HesselCharlie Porter is a magician Olivia Laing Why do we wear what we...Loe edasi...
With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a kind of magic Colm ToibinHester is a fizzingly brilliant writer Robert MacfarlaneHaunted and haunt...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 12-Aug-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Haus Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781913368586)
A fascinating and entertaining account of the lives of the most important economists of the past. Until the late nineteenth century, economics couldnt be studied at the university level; the field was the domain of well-educated figures whose radica...Loe edasi...
Sari: Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Aug-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781496846440)
Winner of the 2023 Eudora Welty PrizeThe civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than...Loe edasi...
Sari: Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Aug-2023, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781496846426)
Winner of the 2023 Eudora Welty PrizeThe civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Many forget that the movement was bigger than...Loe edasi...
The history of New Texas, the Texas we know todayoil-rich, insufferably loud, and unbearably proud of itselfbegins in the late 1920s, when a horned frog wakes from its thirty-one-year nap in a courthouse cornerstone and flabbergasts the nation. In sl...Loe edasi...
The history of New Texas, the Texas we know todayoil-rich, insufferably loud, and unbearably proud of itselfbegins in the late 1920s, when a horned frog wakes from its thirty-one-year nap in a courthouse cornerstone and flabbergasts the nation. In sl...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Jul-2023, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Temple University Press,U.S., ISBN-13: 9781439923696)
During his four-decade career at NFL Films, writing and directing segments for weekly highlight shows and national telecasts, Bob Angelo saw and heard things that never made their way into his productions. Now, in The NFL Off-Camera, Angelo mines the...Loe edasi...
WINNER of the 2024 LAMBDA Literary award for Best Lesbian Memoir/Biography!A rare treat ... utterly fascinating Julia Armfield | Compelling, loving stories of lesbians New York Times | Full of warmth and hope - readable, inventive and scholarly...Loe edasi...
