Age of Iron

Książka Marii Reimann jest próbą opisu zmagań z fizycznymi ograniczeniami i zrozumienia różnych znaczeń odmienności nie w pełni sprawnego ciała. Punktem wyjścia są dla autorki jej rozmowy z kobietami urodzonymi z zespołem Turnera, szczególną „kondycją genetyczną” wywołującą różne niejednoznaczne zmiany w budowie i funkcjonowaniu organizmu. Głosy rozmówczyń łączy zaś z własnym doświadczeniem życia z niepełnosprawnością. Skupienie, empatia i subtelne poczucie humoru towarzyszą głęboko humanistycznemu namysłowi nad cierpieniem i strategiami przekraczania ograniczeń. W efekcie otrzymujemy misternie skonstruowaną, złożoną z żywych, nasyconych uczuciami obrazów, poruszającą refleksję nad naszym człowieczeństwem.

Natura i kultura, instynkt czy powściągliwość – dwa żywioły nieustannie walczą o rząd dusz. David Lurie, europejski intelektualista, nie zamierza trzymać na wodzy swoich namiętności, gdy na jego drodze staje kolejna atrakcyjna kobieta. Tym razem za romans ze studentką przyjdzie mu jednak słono zapłacić. Wykluczony z dystyngowanego uniwersyteckiego świata szuka schronienia na afrykańskiej prowincji, gdzie mieszka jego córka. Erupcja brutalnego biologizmu, której ofiarami staną się David i Lucy, zweryfikuje ich pogląd na świat i wyobrażenie o samych sobie. Oboje zhańbieni, na różny sposób spróbują poradzić sobie z traumą. Laureat Nagrody Nobla w swojej najsłynniejszej powieści bada kondycję współczesnego człowieka, a hańba – rozumiana bardzo szeroko...

A human being, an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board, and does it without going mad! A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd – a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of genius.

It is the French Riviera in the 1920s Nicole and Dick Diver are a wealthy, elegant, magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them, none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt. When Rosemary falls for Dick, the Diver's calculated perfection begins to crack. As dark truths emerge, Fitzgerald shows both the disintegration of a marriage and the failure of idealism. Tender is the Night is as sad as it is beautiful.

A revolutionary system to get 1 per cent better every day People think when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions – doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call. He calls them atomic habits. In this ground-breaking book, Clears reveals exactly how these minuscule changes can grow into such life-altering outcomes. He uncovers a handful of simple life hacks (the forgotten art of Habit Stacking, the unexpected power of the Two Minute Rule, or the trick to entering the Goldilocks Zone), and delves into cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience to explain why they matter. A...

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born ? a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam ? and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is...

The year is 1984 and war and revolution have left the world unrecognisable. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history, but he dreams of freedom and of rebellion. It is here that he meets and falls in love with Julia. They start a secret, forbidden affair - but nothing can be kept secret, and they are forced to face consequences more terrifying than either of them could have ever imagined.

'A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience' Washinton Post When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Self-destructive, bad and brilliant, he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat, music and sex, where desperate and dangerous characters betray, love and test each other to the limit. 'In Another Country, Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century' Colm Tóibín

The Death of Jesus

The Childhood of Jesus

A masterful new novel completes an incomparable trilogy from J. M. Coetzee, Nobel laureate and two-times winner of the Booker Prize In The Childhood of Jesus, Simpn found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Ines. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive. In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends in the street. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to go and live with Julio and the children in his care, Simon and Ines are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness. With almost unbearable poignancy J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning o...