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  • - A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
    av Serhii Plokhy
    189,-

    'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with startling revelations about the deception and mutual suspicion that brought the US and Soviet Union to the brink of Armageddon in October 1962' Martin Chilton, IndependentThe definitive new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, winner of the Baillie Gifford PrizeFor more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine and fallout; nuclear war between the two most-powerful nations on Earth.In Nuclear Folly, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy tells the riveting story of those weeks, tracing the tortuous decision-making and calculated brinkmanship of John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, and of their advisors and commanders on the ground. More often than not, Plokhy argues, the Americans and Soviets simply misread each other, operating under mutual distrust, second-guesses and false information. Despite all of this, nuclear disaster was avoided thanks to one very human reason: fear.Drawing on an impressive array of primary sources, including recently declassified KGB files, Plokhy masterfully illustrates the drama of those tense days. Authoritative, fast-paced and unforgettable, this is the definitive new account of the Cold War's most perilous moment.

  • - From Prehistory to Climate Emergency
    av Barnabas Calder
    169

    A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energyThe story of architecture is the story of humanity. The buildings we live in, from the humblest pre-historic huts to today's skyscrapers, reveal our priorities and ambitions, our family structures and power structures. And to an extent never explored until now, architecture has been shaped in every era by our access to energy, from fire to farming to fossil fuels.In this ground-breaking history of world architecture, Barnabas Calder takes us on a dazzling tour of some of the most astonishing buildings of the past fifteen thousand years, from Uruk, via Ancient Rome and Victorian Liverpool, to China's booming megacities. He reveals how every building - from the Parthenon to the Great Mosque of Damascus to a typical Georgian house - was influenced by the energy available to its architects, and why this matters.Today architecture consumes so much energy that 40% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from the construction and running of buildings. If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change then now, more than ever, we need beautiful but also intelligent architecture, and to retrofit - not demolish - the buildings we already have.

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    85,-

    For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained.The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles.

  • av Kostas Stasinopoulos & Hans Ulrich Obrist
    155,-

  • av Gregory Zuckerman
    189 - 275,-

  • av Mrs Hinch
    169

    Help Mum to feel organised with the latest Mrs Hinch bestseller, filled with lists for every occasionFilled with brand new lists to get you organised well beyond your cleaning cupboard, as well as all your favourite Hinch lists!__________Hi guys and welcome to my brand-new notebook of actual dreams: Life in Lists!I am so overwhelmed by the amount of love I receive about The Little Book of Lists. I get messages every day about how useful you find it! So now, I want to give you even more . . .In Life in Lists, you'll find brand new self-care lists to provide the ultimate you-time, including. . .- Gratitude Lists- Make Your Dreams Come True pages- Me Time ListsNot only that, Life in Lists also has all of your favourite Hinch Lists, Tadaas and Fresh'n Up Fridays, along with new Monthly and Seasonal Hinch Lists, making it the ultimate notebook for a more mindful, organised life!There is also a whole section of blank lists to help you organise your days your own way - whether that's shopping lists, meal planning, birthdays or important dates to remember, these pages are for you to use however you like. Whether you're in need of some relaxation or simply planning for the week ahead, these lists will allow to you to do a little bit of self-care, reflect back on all the amazing things in life and focus on your goals for the future.I really hope you guys enjoy Life in Lists as much as I've loved putting it together for you!Lots of Love Always, Soph xx__________'The sensation' Sun'We're mad about Mrs Hinch' Vogue'My new cleaning goddess' Daily Telegraph

  • - From Patriarchy to Gender Justice
    av Ivan Jablonka
    169

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    av Henry Eliot
    365

    The essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the worldFor six decades the Penguin Modern Classics series has been an era-defining, ever-evolving series of books, encompassing works by modernist pioneers, avant-garde iconoclasts, radical visionaries and timeless storytellers.This reader's companion showcases every title published in the series so far, with more than 1,800 books and 600 authors, from Achebe and Adonis to Zamyatin and Zweig.It is the essential guide to twentieth-century literature around the world, and the companion volume to The Penguin Classics Book.Bursting with lively descriptions, surprising reading lists, key literary movements and over two thousand cover images, The Penguin Modern Classics Book is an invitation to dive in and explore the greatest literature of the last hundred years.

  • av Hope Edelman
    155,-

  • - A Global History of Science
    av James Poskett
    169

  • av Adam Phillips
    135

    To talk about getting better - about wanting to change in ways that we might choose and prefer - is to talk about pursuing the life we want; in the full knowledge that our pictures of the life we want, of our version of a good life, come from or come out of what we have already experienced. (We write the sentences we write because of the sentences we have read.)How can we talk differently about how we might want to change, knowing that all change precipitates us into an uncertain future?In this companion book to On Wanting to Change, Adam Phillips explores how we might get better at talking about what it is to get better.

  • av Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
    135 - 255,-

  • av Claire Fuller
    135 - 209

  • - Nature's Lessons in Happiness
    av Charlie Corbett
    155,-

  • - How We Make Memories and Memories Make Us
    av Veronica O'Keane
    155,-

  • - A Forensic Pathologist's Journey Through Life
    av Dr Richard Shepherd
    155 - 295

  • - A History of the First World War
    av Nick Lloyd
    189,-

  • av Caterina Kostoula
    155,-

  • - Stories
    av Kjell Askildsen
    139

  • av Paul Theroux
    145,-

  • - Ireland Divided, 1885-1925
    av Charles Townshend
    155,-

  • av Mary Gaitskill
    135

  • av Hannah Dawson
    185

  • av Paris Lees
    155,-

  • - How Tropical Forests Shaped the World - and Us
    av Patrick Roberts
    265 - 379

  • av Maryse Conde
    135

  • av J.M.G. Le Clezio
    189

    For Chancelade, the world is teeming with beauty, wonder and possibilities. From a small boy playing on the beach, through his adolescence and his first love, to the death of his father and on to the end of his own life, he relishes the most minute details of his physical surroundings - whether a grain of sand, an insect or a blade of grass - as he journeys on a sensory adventure from cradle to grave. Filled with cosmic ruminations, lyrical description and virtuoso games of language and the imagination, Terra Amata brilliantly explores humankind's place in the universe, the relationship between us and the Earth we inhabit and, ultimately, how to live.

  • av Cesare Pavese
    125

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