A leading German philosopher and metaphysician of the 19th century, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) exerted an influence far beyond the hermetic world of philosophy, with adherents ranging from Richar…
A taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning author and “one of the great American prose stylists of our time" (New York Times)
Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe a…
Neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our physical and me…
Augdama Jehovos liudytojų šeimoje, Deimantė tikėjo, kad pasaulio pabaiga jau laukia ant slenksčio. Todėl kartu su mama Šiaulių gatvėse ir daugiabučių laiptinėse skleidė „gerąją žinią": atėjus Armagedo…
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer
In A Philosophy of Walking, leading thinker Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B - the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble - and reveals what the…
Au milieu des années 1980, élevée par une mère divorcée, V. comble par la lecture le vide laissé par un père aux abonnés absents. À treize ans, dans un dîner, elle rencontre G., un écrivain dont elle …
It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan?
