In April 1992 Chris McCandles, a young man from a well-to-do family, hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness. He had given all his savings to charity, abandoned his car and posessio
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months l
Miami, Summer 1968. The Vietnam War is raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy have just been assassinated. The Republican Party meets in Miami and picks Richard Nixon as its candidate, to
In April 1992, Chris McCandless set off alone into the Alaskan wild. He had given his savings to charity, abandoned his car and his possessions, and burnt the money in his wallet, determined to live
True crime in the American heartland. Under the Banner of Heaven is a riveting account of Mormon fundamentalism and renegade prophets, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air.
'This is a funny, pointed love letter to Texas, at once elegiac and clear-eyed' Ben Macintyre, The Times
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, God Save Texas is a journey th
The extraordinary untold story of how technological change has shaped our history and determined who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity.
Throughout history, technological change - wh
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presid
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Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by he
‘A riveting account of the multiple outrages of the criminal justice system of Alabama. A harrowing masterpiece’ Guardian
‘Hinton somehow navigates through his rage and despair to a state of forgi
Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't just rich. Before he turned thirty he'd become the world's youngest billionaire, making a record fortune in the crypto frenzy. CEOs, celebrities and world leaders vied for hi
Historia Indian pełna jest dramatycznych wydarzeń i bohaterów o poetyckich imionach. Jednak wielcy wodzowie pykający fajkę pokoju należą już do przeszłości (a może raczej do naszych fantazji o przesz
Kilka lat temu wybitnie uzdolniony informatyk Semyon Dukach wraz z grupą przyjaciół ze słynnego Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) rzucił wyzwanie domom hazardu w Las Vegas. Opracował on sku
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—here is award-winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing look a
An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and
Autor, dziennikarz wojenny, zajmujący się sportami ekstremalnymi, w wieku 40 lat zaczyna biegać. Niestety trapią go kontuzje. Wysłany do Meksyku, dowiaduje się przypadkiem o plemieniu Tarahumara, zwa
Meet the forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd.
He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death.
He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including some of the most high-profile cases
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Kiedy prawie 75 lat temu u Donalda Trippleta z Forest w stanie Missouri po raz pierwszy w historii rozpoznano autyzm, nikt nie przypuszczał, że bę
Arcydzieło reportażu wojennego napisane przez współtwórcę filmu Czas Apokalipsy. Nikt nie pokazał wojny w Wietnamie (i wojny w ogóle) tak jak on. Michael Herr przez dwa lata (1967–1969) pracował jako
„Nic tak nie łączy ludzi jak rozpacz. Nic tak nie zbliża nas do siebie jak smutek”. Powracający w książce cytat z Rączych koni Cormaca McCarthy’ego doskonale oddaje chicagowską codzienność. I choć „W
Hidden Valley Road contains everything: scientific intrigue, meticulous reporting, startling revelations, and, most of all, a profound sense of humanity. It is that rare book that can be read again a
A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's grand mast
When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different, harmful views, was getting chronically mistaken for her, it seemed too ridiculous to take seriously. T
"This masterly investigation, spanning 30 years, into the assassination of a cold war dissident, Georgi Markov, in London in 1978 exposes an assassin worthy of James Bond' -Observer, Book of the Week