Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. As they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Pride and Prejudice, gradually they come to share their own stories, dreams and hopes with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir is a moving, passionate testament to the transformative power of books, the magic of wor...

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope and self-respect. This autobiography (written with Alex Haley) reveals his quick-witted integrity, usually obscured by batteries...

Bataille’s first novel, published under the pseudonym ‘Lord Auch’, is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking and sacreligious, Story of the Eye is the fullest expression of Bataille’s obsession with the closeness of sex, violence and death. Yet it is a...

Dani Dorfman needs an escape, so when she is offered a job in Amsterdam after getting dumped and fired, she's determined to make it work.Unfortunately, her first week is disaster - especially when she crashes her bike into Wouter van Leeuwen, her family's Dutch exchange student from ten years ago. Her first love, until he ghosted her . . .Wouter is also at a crossroads - to inherit his canal family home, he needs to get married. And when Dani's job falls apart, she needs a vi...

Delightful. This is a book to be read slowly for its savor.'  The AtlanticIn 1960, John Steinbeck set out in his pick-up truck with his dog Charley to rediscover and chronicle his native USA, from Maine to California. He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of the American people. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, Steinbeck observed - with remarkable honesty, insight ...

Have fun learning first words with your favourite Dahl characters in this big, bold board book!Chiddlers will have splendiferous fun learning their first words with the help of this sturdy, colourful board book. Look under the flaps to find your favourite characters and some extra gobblefunking words invented by Roald Dahl himself!Look out for more marvellous board books for titchy toddlers:Roald Dahl: WordsRoald Dahl: ShapesRoald Dahl: ColoursRoald Dahl: ABCRoald Dahl: 123Ro...

The generative AI revolution has come to education. Salman Khan, the visionary behind Khan Academy with more than 150 million users, explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology is already beginning to transform learning, offering a future roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting (and sometimes intimidating) new world.The leading pioneer in the world of education technology, Khan explains the ins and outs of these cutting-edge tools and...

A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the European witch-hunts, the rise of scientific rationalism and the colonisation of the Americas, it gives a panoramic account of the often horrific violence with which the unruly human material of pre-capitalist societies was transformed into a ...

Tytuł "Czasowniki nieregularne" zawiera 50 trwałych kart, a na nich 50 najważniejszych czasowników nieregularnych wraz z licznymi przykładami. Zdobądź solidne podstawy!

Słownik jest skierowany przede wszystkim do osób posługujących się na co dzień angielską terminologią techniczną i budowlaną. Zawiera około 22000 haseł, które obejmują podstawowe słownictwo ze wszystkich dziedzin związanych z techniką i budownictwem.Opracowanie będzie pomocne osobom, którym jest potrzebna znajomość angielskiego słownictwa technicznego i budowlanego. Słownik jest też przydatny dla fachowców pracujących za granicą w zawodach technicznych i budowlanych. Część po...

Angielski od podstaw Logistyka i transport to czwarta publikacja Wydawnictwa LED z serii Angielski od Podstaw, kierowanej do szerokiego kręgu odbiorców pragnących przyswoić sobie podstawowe słownictwo i wyrażenia stosowane na co dzień w określonym obszarze zawodowym i jednocześnie omawiającej podstawowe konstrukcje gramatyczne używane w języku angielskim. Celem niniejszej książki jest przedstawienie niezbędnych wyrażeń wykorzys-tywanych w różnych obszarach logistyki i transp...

The Book of Miracles first surfaced several ago and is one of the most spectacular discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The near-complete illustrated manuscript, created in Augsburg around 1550, is composed of 169 pages of large-format illustrations in gouache and watercolor, depicting wondrous and often eerie phenomena.The mesmerizing images deal with both biblical and folkloric tales, depicting stories from the Old Testament and Book of Revelation as well as events ...

We need to talk about money. Women have been overlooked and underestimated when it comes to finance; we typically earn less, are encouraged to spend more, and have fewer opportunities to build funds. But if we talk about money and share our knowledge, we will grow in confidence and wealth. This is the secret to securing your future and paying for all the things that matter.Whether you want to have children, get married, pay for a mortgage, start your own business or pay for n...

Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone. For too long, Africa’s history has been dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, or simply ignored. Now, award-winning journalist and broadcaster Zeinab Badawi sets the record straight. In this fascinating book, Badawi guides us through Africa’s spectacular history – from the origins of humanity, through ancient civilisations and medieval empires, to the miseries of conquest and th...

A book of the year for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Vulture, Esquire, Goodreads, Elle, NPR, Vox, New York Post, Lit Hub, Cosmo, People, Paste, Vanity Fair, Polygon, BookBub, BookRiot and more!'If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you’ll love The Bright Sword . . . the creator of The Magicians has woven another spell.'GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, author of A Game of Thrones‘Made me love fantasy again . . . For pretty much everyone, The Bright Sword is a must-read...

A likeable young girl burns her family home to the groundA man has no memory of the night he killed his wifeA teenager’s visions have murderous effectOne question binds the cases of Dr Duncan Harding, Britain’s top forensic psychiatrist: Why?Growing up in a violent home, Harding became a doctor to be good and kind. His journey brought him to psychopaths, to the limits of his compassion and to the darkest corners of his own troubled past.But he’s never turned away nor given up...

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discove...

When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner.But Eitan just won't let it drop, and his friends and colleagues become increasingly concerned about his mental health as his chaotic investigation and equally chaotic life spiral out of control. Is he making a career-ending mistake, or could there genuinely be a killer stalking the wa...

'Certain to become the definitive work' DOUGLAS SMITH'Elegantly written and magisterially researched' ROBERT SERVICE'Masterful...a chilling lesson' VLADISLAV ZUBOKThe definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world's foremost expert. When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest. Though Nicholas's life is often described as tragic, it was not fate that...

She wasn't supposed to meet someone like him.He wasn't supposed to be her undoing.It's 1995, Joah Harrigan is the brash, enigmatic frontman of the biggest band in the world, and Ysolde is the iconic face of a generation. She's who people write their songs about-the kind of girl who could ruin a man.He doesn't fall, and she doesn't chase. But from the moment they meet, it's headfirst, reckless, and inevitable.Too much, too fast, too consuming.Loving Ysolde makes Joah feel aliv...

Książki z serii ANGIELSKI DLA DZIECI łączą zabawę z nauką. Zawierają różnorodne ćwiczenia ułatwiające przyswajanie języka angielskiego oraz słowniczek. Opierają się na wykorzystaniu pamięci wzrokowej, rozwijają umiejętności manualne i wspomagają rozwój intelektualny. Zostały opracowane przez doświadczonego anglistę specjalizującego się w nauczaniu najmłodszych.

Książka ma charakter zeszytu ćwiczeń adresowanego do uczniów szkół podstawowych oraz gimnazjów. Stanowi bogatą bazę ćwiczeniową dla wszystkich, którzy rozpoczynają przygodę z językiem angielskim lub kontynuują naukę. Zawartość książki stanowi 25 popularnych grup tematycznych. Każdy rozdział składa się z kilku lub kilkunastu praktycznych zadań opartych na ilustracjach. Nauka leksykonu poprzez kojarzenie słowa z jego wizualnym odpowiednikiem przynosi szybkie i trwałe efekty. Za...

Słownik zawiera około 22000 haseł, które obejmują podstawowe słownictwo ze wszystkich dziedzin nauki, techniki i budownictwa. Jest on przeznaczony przede wszystkim dla osób posługujących się na co dzień terminologią techniczną i budowlaną. Opracowanie będzie szczególnie przydatne dla fachowców pracujących za granicą w zawodach technicznych i budowlanych. Część polsko-angielska może również stanowić pomoc przy formułowaniu wypowiedzi. Jest ona bardziej szczegółowa niż część an...

Smok Memo zaprasza do przeżycia kolejnej fascynującej przygody! Tym razem Twoje dziecko nauczy się nowych 100 słów angielskich, poszerzając tym samym zakres słownictwa i pogłębiając znajomość podstaw języka angielskiego.Angielski ze Smokiem Memo 2 zapewni Twojemu dziecku najlepsze wsparcie dla skutecznej nauki połączonej z dobrą zabawą. Mały adept języka obcego nie tylko pozna podstawowe słownictwo i zapamięta je na zawsze dzięki metodzie inteligentnych powtórek SuperMemo, al...