Motherhood - Sheila Heti
''A response - finally - to the new norms of femininity'' Rachel CuskHaving reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti''s narrator considers, with the same…
Spud Milton (practically a man in most areas) is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns to boarding school as a senior. But instead he finds his vindictive arch-enemy is back to taunt him and a garrulous new boy has taken residence in his dorm, along with the regular inmates and misfits he calls friends. Spud''s world has never felt more uncertain as he attempts to master Shakespeare, girls, religion and the meaning of life. Once again, armed only with his wits and his diary, Spud invites us on a hilarious journey deep into the sublime and ridiculous world of being a teenager.
''A response - finally - to the new norms of femininity'' Rachel CuskHaving reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti''s narrator considers, with the same…
''Dunmore is my new find in historical romance. Her A League of Extraordinary Women series is extraordinary'' JULIA QUINN, No.1 New York Times bestselling authorBookish suffragist Catriona Campbell is busy: an ailing estate, academic writer''s…
Připojte se k neohroženým superhrdinům od Marvelu a pomozte jim zachránit svět! Se Spider-Manem se zhoupnete přímo do akce, s Kapitánem Amerikou zachráníte tajnou základnu S.H.I.E.L.D., vyzkoušíte si boj s legendárním Thorovým kladivem nebo vyrazíte…
An empowering re-education to fix our broken sexual culture.Dispelling the myth that everyone else is having "perfect sex", or even that there is such a thing, this book explores taboos, debunks myths, and brings together…
A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing.Miwa and Saeko have discovered that they are definitely physically compatible. But a gathering of the band clubs for a weekend training retreat…
Koloniální říše ve všech svých podobách byly součástí politických map světa více než pět staletí, od renesance až do dnešních dnů. Kniha editora Roberta Aldricha, profesora evropských dějin na univerzitě v Sydney, nabízí přehled historie…
‘A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father . . .’So begins Ann Quin’s madcap frolic with sinister undertones, a debut ‘so staggeringly…
Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth, J.M.W. Turner’s ‘The Battle of Trafalgar’: Commemoration and Controversy explores the history of the artist’s largest painting and his only royal commission.