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An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture!'Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful' – Delia Owens, bestselling author of Wher

Examines the decade from Dien Bien Phu to the mid-1960s, when France shifted from an agrarian, insular society to a decolonized, Americanized and indu

'A dense, challenging and important book.' Philip French Observer 'At the very least, this blockbuster is probably the best single volume history

Acclaimed for its breakthrough approach and its combination of theoretical analysis and empirical evidence, this is the standard work on the classical

In this best-selling introductory textbook, Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson examine the role of language in a variety of social contexts, considering b

'Een zeer aangrijpende en indrukwekkende roman!' ***** Dylana'Een boek dat onder jouw huid kruipt en als het uit is, je beseft dat het een hele uitdag

A guide to manufacturing processes that explores production techniques that have an important impact on the design industry. Including over 1,200 phot

Film History: An Introduction

Written by two of the leading scholars in film studies, Film History: An Introduction 4e is a comprehensive, global survey of the medium that covers t

This new edition of Film History has been revised to include recent films, new examples, and updated comprehensive overviews of the rise of streaming

Over a long, hot Christmas in Australia, Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh considers her future as a songwr

Using the concept of the everyday as a lever for social transformation

»Ein zärtlich-böser Roman über das Jungsein, über die Faszination des Alten und unsere Hilflosigkeit, wenn die Geschichte uns tatsächlich einholt.« An

From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, worldwide bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, The Women is the story of a generation, of

'How had the pair of elderly Jewish lesbians survived the Nazis?' The author asks at the beginning of this work of literary biography and investigativ

Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history

Johannes Esser (1877-1946) hoort thuis in het rijtje Albert Einstein, Hugo de Vries en Wilhelm Röntgen. Hij was Nederlands schaakkampioen, Mondriaan-o

For decades, Janet Malcolm's books and dispatches for the New Yorker have poked and prodded at biographical convention, gesturing towards the artifice