Reflections on Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam & West
`We need books like this` - Literary Review. Western Europe became a multiethnic society in a fit of absence of mind. Taking us from English suburbs to Parisian housing estates, this provocative, unflinching and...
Reluctant Fundamentalist (Booker07 Shortlist)
At a cafe table in Lahore, a Pakistani man converses with a stranger. As dusk deepens to dark, he begins the tale that has brought him to this fateful the brightest and best of his graduating class at Princeton,...
Sakhalin and Kurils. Modern Guide
Sakhalin Region - the only island region in Russia - has a lot of interesting things to offer tourists. Thanks to its favourable geographical location and good transport accessibility, Sakhalin grew and developed...
Scotland: The Autobiography. 2, 000 Years of Scottish History by Those Who Saw it Happen
A vivid, wide-ranging and engrossing account of Scotland`s history, composed of eye-witness accounts by those who experienced it first-hand. Contributors range from Tacitus, Mary Queen of Scots and Oliver Cromwell to...
Shoot the Puppy: Curious Jargon
Are you a `bobo` or a `wombat`? Are you tempted by `infobia` or to `kick dead whales up the beach`? If your answer to any of these questions is `What are you talking about?`, then you definitely need a copy of Shoot...
Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Краткая история тракторов на Украине. На английском языке.
1896: Four Englishmen flee for their lives across the merciless Kalahari Desert carrying a stolen fortune in raw diamonds and hunted by a fierce African tribe. The thieves manage to reach the waiting HMS Rove – only...
Elizabeth has wanted two things her entire life to keep her happy and fulfilled - an Italian husband and lots of rosy-cheeked bambini. The first is ticked off now she`s bagged dark and sexy Roberto, the second is...
`I`ve always been a girls` girl. And I know from experience that making the very best of yourself is something any woman can do. I was never the six-foot-tall pin-up ...I`ve always been the girl-next-door who got...
Eugene Rogan has written an authoritative new history of the Arabs in the modern world. Starting with the Ottoman conquests in the sixteenth century, this landmark book follows the story of the Arabs through the era...
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
This is not a book of reviews. This is not a book that sneers at other books. This is a book about reading - about enjoying books wherever and however you find them. Nick Hornby is first and foremost a reader and he...
The Drunkard`s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Leonard Mlodinow reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting, winning the lottery to road safety, and reveals the truth about the success of sporting...
The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5
To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history,...
