Cuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokémon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and Jeff Koons, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum and E.T.--all reflect its gathering power. But what does "cute" mean,...

A powerfully moving family memoir of loss, exile and self-concealment in Nazi Germany. von May, Simon

'A lyrical, fascinating, important book. More than just a family story, it is an essay on belonging, denying, pretending, self-deception and, at least for the main characters, survival.' Literary Review'Simon May's remarkable How to Be a...

Nietzsche famously attacked traditional morality, and propounded a controversial ethics of "life-enhancement." Simon May presents a radically new view of Nietzsche's thought, which is shown to be both revolutionary and conservative, and...

"Love: A History" von Simon May ist eine umfassende Untersuchung der Entwicklung und Bedeutung der Liebe im westlichen Denken. May verfolgt die Geschichte der Liebe von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart und untersucht, wie verschiedene...