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Richard Hanania has emerged as one of the most talked-about writers in the nation, and in this book, he puts forward a stunning new theory about the culture war that could turn our debates upside down.
Richard Hanania has come out of nowhere to become one of the best-known writers in the nation in the last few years.…
’A punchy and very funny campus novel which manages to satirise the culture wars without ever making too clear which side of the cancel-culture v anti-woke divide the author stands on’ – Nicola Sturgeon
’Taranto’s hilarious, provocative debut novel, is at once bracingly contemporary and…
’A stunning new talent, announcing itself fully formed’ – Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn
Julius Taranto’s wickedly satirical and refreshingly irreverent debut novel, a young physicist finds herself exiled to an island research institute that gives safe harbour to…
An incisive, refreshingly irreverent novel about a young physicist who finds herself exiled to an island research institute that gives safe harbour to ’cancelled’ artists and academics, throwing her into crises of work, marriage and conscience.
Helen, a graduate student on a path to solve high-temperature…
The lady of the night – was dead before morning.
Michael Kells is a British secret agent waiting for his next assignment in France when he comes across a beautiful woman – almost too beautiful to be true – who seems extraordinarily interested in him. This launch Kells on an intoxicating trail of intrigue, murder, and…
In a true and terrifying story, one woman shares her hair-raising tale of a lifetime stalked by menacing, otherworldly presences and ghostly visions in her grandmother’s home in New Waterford, Ohio.
Unseen hands shake her awake at night, leaving bruises, or throw things at her head with deadly aim. She hears eerie…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
I över tio års tid har musikjournalisten Jeff Chang intervjuat människorna som skapade hiphopen: graffitimålare, DJ:s, rappare, b-boys, gängmedlemmar, aktivister och journalister. Han kombinerar smart gatureportage med musikhistoria och resultatet blir en detaljrik och vindlande skildring av hiphopen och det moderna…
The top-ranked female poker player in the world reveals an insider’s view of the World Series of Poker, a glimpse of her fascinating journey to the top, and keen analysis of winning hands.
From the Introduction
I never set out to become a professional poker player.
I was schooled at St. Paul’s School, where my father…
Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that’s a big ’if’), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they…
A euphoric, provocative novel about friendship, sex, art, clubbing, and ambition set in 1980s and 90s New York City, from the author of I Hate the Internet When Adeline, a wealthy art student, chances upon a young man from the Midwest known only as Baby in a shady East Village squat, the two begin a fiery friendship…
It’s the tail-end of 1986 and Baby is the freshest-faced, starriest-eyed young homo in all of New York City, straight off the bus from closeted backwoods Wisconsin. Adeline is his rich-art-school-kid saviour with a bizarre transatlantic drawl and a spare bed. The Future Won’t Be Long follows Baby and…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
The world’s strongest girl, Pippi Longstocking, is back with a fresh set of funny problems and even funnier solutions. In Pippi Won’t Grow Up, she takes on school quizzes, refuses to be evicted from her home, and brings Tommy and Annika to visit the island her father lives on. Lindgren’s expert…
In 1972, at the age of twenty-one, John Callahan was involved in a car crash that made him a quadriplegic. A heavy drinker since the age of twelve (alcohol had played a role in his crash), the accident could have been the beginning of a downward spiral. Instead, it sparked a personal transformation. By 1978, Callahan…
When Freakonomics was first published, the authors started a blogand theyve kept it up. The writing is more casual, more personal, even more outlandish than in their books. In When to Rob a Bank, they ask a host of typically off-center questions: Why dont flight attendants get tipped? If you were a terrorist, how would…
In this lost classic, the pioneering motivational coach teaches how to make the crucial leap from faith to action in bringing your dreams to life.
Believe in yourself…Have faith. We often hear these expressions. But faith is not enough. We need Applied Faith. In three hard-hitting chapters, motivational…