Penguin Books (2781 kníh )
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Will McCallum How to Give Up PlasticThis accessible guide, written by the campaigner at the forefront of the anti-plastic movement, will help you make the small changes that make a big difference, from buying a reusable coffee cup to...
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Michael Barber How To Run a GovernmentBillions of citizens around the world are frustrated with their governments. Why is this? And what can we do about it? In this groundbreaking book Michael Barber draws on his wealth of international experience advising political leaders, to show how...
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Nicholas Mirzoeff How to see the World ENIn recent decades, we have witnessed an explosion in the number of visual images we encounter, as our lives have become increasingly saturated with screens. From Google Images to Instagram, video games to installation art, this transformation is confusing, liberating and worrying all at once, since observing the new visuality of culture is not the same as understanding it. Nicholas Mirzoeff is a leading figure in…
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Christopher J. Moore How to Speak Brit ENThe quintessential A to Z guide to British English — perfect for every egghead and bluestocking looking to conquer the language barrier.
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Billy Gallagher How to Turn Down a Billion DollarsAt twenty-one years old, product design student Evan Speigel developed the social network Snapchat. Just two years later, he shocked the world by turning down a three-billion-dollar offer from Facebook. This is the inside story on how Snapchat grew...
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Ruud Gullit How To Watch Football ENEvery armchair pundit's new favourite book. How can one striker be better than three? Why do the best defenders never need to make a tackle? What's the secret of Tiki-taka? Welcome to Ruud Gullit's masterclass on how to 'read' a match. From his unrivalled perspective as player, manager and pundit, the Dutch football legend shows us everything to look for in a 90-minute match. From formations and tactical decisions…
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Steven Johnson How We Got To NowInnovation starts with a problem whose solution sets in motion all kinds of unexpected discoveries. That's why you can draw a line from pendulums to punching the clock at a factory, from ice blocks to summer movie blockbusters, ...
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E.M. Forster Howards End ENThe poor cannot always reach those whom they want to love, and they can hardly ever escape from those whom they love no longer. We rich can. A chance acquaintance brings together the prosperous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard…
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Robin Dunbar Human Evolution ENWhat makes us human? How did we develop language, thought and culture? Why did we survive, and other human species fail? Robin Dunbar is an evolutionary psychologist and former director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University. His acclaimed books include How Many Friends Does One Person Need? and Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, described by Malcolm Gladwell as…
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James Salter Hunters ENCaptain Cleve Connell arrives in Korea with a single goal: to become an ace, one of that elite fraternity of jet pilots who have downed five MIGs. But as his fellow airmen rack up kill after kill - sometimes under dubious circumstances - Cleve’s luck runs bad. Other pilots question his guts. Cleve comes to question himself. And then in one icy instant 40,000 feet above the Yalu River, his luck changes forever.…
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Marie Soderbergová Tourell Hygge: The Danish Art of HappinessMichael Joseph: Others books will tell you how to do hygge. This is the only book that will show you.Though we all know the feeling of hygge instinctively few of us ever manage to capture it for more than a moment. Now Danish actress and hygge aficionado Marie Tourell Søderberg has travelled the length and breadth of her home country to create the perfect guide to cooking, decorating, entertaining and being inspired…
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Tim Weaver I Am Missing ENWhen a young man wakes up bruised and beaten, with no memory of who he is or where he came from, the press immediately dub him 'The Lost Man'. Naming himself Richard Kite, he spends the next ten months desperately trying to find out who he is. But despite media appeals and the efforts of the police, no one knows him. Richard's last hope may be private investigator David Raker - a seasoned locator of missing people.…
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Pittacus Lore I Am Number Four ENJohn Smith is not your average teenager. He regularly moves from small town to small town. He changes his name and identity. He does not put down roots. He cannot tell anyone who or what he really is. If he stops moving those who hunt him will find and kill him. But you can't run forever. So when he stops in Paradise, Ohio, John decides to try and settle down. To fit in. And for the first time he makes some real…
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Edward de Bono I Am Right, You Are Wrong ENI Am Right, You Are Wrong is The classic work about choice in business and in life from world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de Bono. Most of our everyday decision-making tends to be confrontational. Whether in large meetings, one-to-one or even in our own heads, opposite view points are pitted against each other. Ultimately, there must be a winner and a loser. In I Am Right,You Are Wrong, lateral-thinking…
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Jerold J. Kreisman I Hate You, don't Leave Me ENA revised and updated edition of the bestselling guide to understanding borderline personality disorder. After more than two decades as the essential guide to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), this new edition now reflects the most up- to-date research that has opened doors to the neurobiological, genetic, and developmental roots of the disorder as well as connections between BPD and substance abuse, sexual…
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Laura Vanderkam I Know How She Does It ENIn I Know How She Does It, time management expert Laura Vanderkam offers powerful insights from the diaries of successful women. Everyone has an opinion, anecdote, or horror story about women and work. Most believe that a woman who wants a challenging career will have to make huge sacrifices - in family, social life, hobbies or even a decent night's sleep. But what if balancing work and family is actually not as…
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Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ENToday Maya Angelou is one of the world’s most respected writers and poets. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a poor Black girl growing up in the segregated American South. She suffered prejudice and cruelty from people she trusted as well as at the hands of an unjust society. Above all, Maya learned about the power of love and hope. This is Maya’s true story.
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Becky Murphy I'd Rather Be Short EN5'1 is the new 6'2, and Becky's book proves it. -Kristen Bell Leggy supermodels and pro basketball players be warned: being tall doesn't mean you're always a step up in life Graphic designer Becky Murphy is five-foot-nothing and proud to be petite. Sure, sometimes being diminutive gets you the short end of the stick, but there are also plenty of unique advantages to being under 5'4—and Murphy has compiled the 100…
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i-D ENi-D is one of the coolest fashion magazines around. Since it launched in 1980, it continues to pioneer the hybrid style of documentary and fashion photography. Its design and typography have always been intimately connected to street fashion and youth culture. i-D has launched the careers of many models, stylists and photographers, and competed with the more directly commercial fashion magazines. i-D's distinctive …
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Kevin Brooks iBoy ENBefore the attack, sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was just an ordinary boy. But now fragments of a shattered iPhone are embedded in his brain and it’s having an extraordinary effect... Because now Tom has powers. The ability to know and see more than he could ever imagine. And with incredible power comes knowledge – and a choice. Seek revenge on the violent gangs that rule his estate and assaulted his friend Lucy, or…
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John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin Ice Age ENDid a series of ice ages speed up human evolution? Humans, chimps and gorillas are all descended from one common ancestor – an east African proto-ape – who lived four million years ago. But what caused this evolutionary split into three different species? Startling new research suggests the answer comes from the succession of dramatic climate changes that drove some members of the species out of the trees and onto…
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P.J. Tracy Ice Cold HeartOn a bitterly cold winter night, Kelly Ramage leaves her suburban home, telling her husband she's going to meet a friend. She never comes back. When her body is discovered, murdered in what seems to be a sex game gone horribly wrong, ...
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Michael Moore Idiot Nation ENMultimillion-selling author, award-winning filmmaker, performer, activist and scourge of political hypocrites everywhere, Michael Moore is nothing less than a global phenomenon. Stupid White Men was published by Penguin in the UK in 2002 and has since sold well over 1.5 million copies. These hilarious and scorching extracts show exactly why Moore is the man that everyone has an opinion on.
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James Baldwin If Beale Street Could TalkHarlem in the 1970s: the black soul of New York City. Tish is nineteen and the man she loves - her lifelong friend and the father of her unborn child - has been jailed for a crime he did not commit. As their families come together to ...