"Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan" ist eine Sammlung von Werken des bedeutenden deutschsprachigen Dichters Paul Celan. Die Anthologie umfasst eine Auswahl seiner einflussreichsten Gedichte sowie einige seiner Prosatexte, die seine...

"The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy" von Michael Lewis beleuchtet die oft übersehenen, aber entscheidend wichtigen Aufgaben der US-Bundesbehörden und wie deren Missmanagement erhebliche Risiken für die Gesellschaft darstellen kann. Lewis...

"The Annotated Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol in Prose" ist eine besondere Ausgabe des klassischen Weihnachtsromans von Charles Dickens. Diese Version enthält nicht nur den Originaltext, sondern auch umfangreiche Anmerkungen und...

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé" von Bob Stanley bietet eine umfassende und lebendige Darstellung der Entwicklung der Popmusik von ihren Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Der Autor, selbst ein Musiker und...

"These Truths: A History of the United States" von Jill Lepore ist eine umfassende Darstellung der amerikanischen Geschichte, die sich auf die zentralen Prinzipien der Demokratie konzentriert: politische Gleichheit, natürliche Rechte und...

This second edition also includes: revised and expanded explanatory footnotes, a new preface and a note on the text by Leland S. Person; key passages from Hawthorne's notebooks and letters that suggest the close relationship between his...

From the Great Depression to the Second World War, and from post-war recovery to the present day, distinguished journalist Nicholas Wapshott examines the spirited debates between two giants of the twentieth century - John Maynard Keynes...

Ferdowsi’s epic poem Shahnameh is part myth, part history—it begins with the legend of the birth of the Persian nation and its tumultuous history. It contains magical birds, and superhuman heroes, and centuries-long battles. Written over...

In this revised edition, Paul Ekman, a renowned expert in emotions research and nonverbal communication, adds a new chapter to present his latest research on his groundbreaking inquiry into lying and the methods for uncovering lies....

Hailed as one of the best books of 2009 by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, this vibrant portrait of 1930s culture masterfully explores the anxiety and hope, the despair and surprising optimism of distressed Americans during...

How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the...

The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures...