Mary Elizabeth Salzmann

What did the disintegration of the Soviet Union feel like for the people who lived through it? Award-winning writer Sasha Salzmann tells this story in

In ihrem gefeierten Roman erzählt Sasha Marianna Salzmann von Umbruchzeiten, von der »Fleischwolf-Zeit« der Perestroika bis ins Deutschland der Gegenw

‘De momenten dat ik het hardst heb gefaald in mijn leven, waren de grootste lessen.’ Milou Deelen 'onmisbare gids voor elke jongere!' - Matthew Sye

It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagin

Features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. This title shows how, forced to move from t

Anders dan de anderen laat zien hoe er in West-Europa vanaf de negentiende eeuw een beeld ontstond van homoseksualiteit als een bijzondere identiteit:

"Laughter in Ancient Rome is a masterwork, simultaneously a sophisticated work of historical and literary scholarship and an unputdownable read. Beard

Briljant boek.’ – Neue Zürcher Zeitung Hoe kan men ‘glorieus’ zijn in een land waar corruptie en onderdrukking heersen, waar alleen diegenen over

Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wi

A year on from the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the beginnings of #metoo movement Mary Beard revisits the gender agenda with new material

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER & BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BLOOMBERG BES

The most celebrated horror story ever written. The dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discover

In 1945, Indonesia's declaration of independence promised: 'the details of the transfer of power etc. will be worked out as soon as possible.' Still w

A Book of the Year in the New Yorker, Time, NPR, Washington Post, People Magazine and Oprah DailyA taut, groundbreaking new novel about a writer's rel

From the New York Times bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes comes a tale of two sisters - one as beautiful as the other is monstrous - who must f

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitor

In onze maatschappij zien we romantische liefde als het hoogst haalbare. Maar zijn vriendschappen niet minstens zo belangrijk, of zelfs belangrijker?