Out in the Open - Jesús Carrasco
''A...humane and very beautiful book''Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You A young boy has fled his home. Crouched in his hiding place he hears the shouts of the men hunting him. When the…
This bittersweet but lighthearted book from one of the funniest duos in webcomics roasts our human folly while also creating moments of wonder and appreciation for our beautiful, fragile, messed-up planet.The webcomics duo War and Peas presents a hilariously irreverent book of comics paying tribute to a subject near and dear to all of us: Planet Earth. Utilizing underrepresented points of view including those of animals, icebergs, anthropomorphized recyclables, the ghosts of trees, aliens, a horny flower, and a teenage praying mantis named Timmy who is understandably terrified of his species’ mating process, Hi, Earth packs a Noah’s Ark-size cast into just over 100 delightful pages. These sweet and apocalyptic comics celebrate the wonders and weirdness of Earth even as we hurtle toward an uncertain future.
''A...humane and very beautiful book''Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You A young boy has fled his home. Crouched in his hiding place he hears the shouts of the men hunting him. When the…
In his first novel, Werner Herzog tells a hypnotic tale inspired by the true story of a Japanese soldier who defended a small island for twenty-nine years after the end of WWII1944: Lubang Island, the…
A Barack Obama Summer Reading Pick 2025From the New York Times bestselling author and television and podcast host, a powerful, wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts…
''Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers'' Daily Mail''Brody''s writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive'' Ann Cleeves1929, London. In the darkness before…
A messianic tale about a group of professional mourners—a darkly funny novel of grief, mystery and redemption from the author of The Delivery.Ed is a weeper. A professional weeper. He''s a card-carrying member of an…
Deník, sestavený z útržkovitých záznamů snů, názorů, vzpomínek, morálních úvah, dává možnost čtenáři lépe pochopit a zažít celé Ionescovo dílo. Kromě jiného obsahují i různé dílčí zajímavosti z dětství, poznámky z četby ad.
Soubor esejů o možné podobě posmrtného života od jednoho z nejvýznamnějších soudobých neurovědců Davida Eaglemana, autora několika světových bestselerů. Na základě různých mýtů, náboženských konceptů a současných vědeckých poznatků nabízí vzájemně zcela odlišné, až protichůdné…
Příhody Míny a jejího Zvířete, které bývá občas mrzuté nebo růžové, někdy veršuje a někdy je zlomyslné, jindy se tulí nebo má drápy. Bývají s ním starosti, ale pokaždé je to ale nejlepší kamarád. A…