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  • NEXUS : A BRIEF HISTORY OF INFORMATION NETWORKS FROM THE STONE AGE TO AI
    HARARI, YUVAL NOAH
    The story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of SapiensStories brought us together.Books spread our ideas - and our mythologies.The internet promised infinite knowledge.The algorithm learned our secrets - and then turned us against each other.What will AI do?NEXUS is the thrilling account of how we arrived at...
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    25,95 €

  • TWELVE CAESARS: IMAGES OF POWER FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD TO THE MODERN
    BEARD, MARY
    From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 yearsWhat does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book-against a background of to...
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    26,15 €

  • EMPEROR OF ROME
    BEARD, MARY
    THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'[Mary Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote' Sunday Times'Britain's most famous classicist ... at the peak of her powers' The Times'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestr...
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    40,45 €

  • WHAT ABOUT MEN?
    MORAN, CAITLIN
    'A must-read eye-opener that makes you laugh, cry, get angry and get happy on every page. It's magnificent' Bob Mortimer'Our greatest modern writer on women turns her eyes on men - and it's all good' David BaddielAs any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' After eleven years of wri...
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    23,45 €

  • CATALONIA IN A NUTSHELL
    SMEDLEY, CLAIRE / SANTANA BIGAS, EVA
    Just why are the Catalans so obsessed with poop? And have you seen how carried away they get with pyrotechnics? As Catalans, they probably haven't given these things a second thought. It's not until someone begins to question them that they realize that placing a man pooping next to the baby Jesus in the nativity scene is perhaps not that common, nor is having a donkey as a nat...
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    19,90 €

  • HOW TO CHANGE EVERYTHING
    NAOMI KLEIN / REBECCA STEFOFF
    'Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations' - GRETA THUNBERGThe first book for younger readers by internationally bestselling social activist Naomi Klein: the most authoritative and inspiring book on climate change for young people yet.Warming seas. Superstorms. Fires in the Amazon....
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    12,95 €

  • A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING
    BRYSON, BILL
    Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. Bill Bryson's challeng...
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    17,95 €

  • SAPIENS A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND
    HARARI , YUVAL NOAH
    **THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? Yuval Noah Harari challenges everything we know about being human in the perfect read for these unprecedented times.Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it: us.In this bold and provocative book, Yuval N...
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    17,95 €

  • DEAR IJEAWELE, OR A FEMINIST MANIFESTO IN FIFTEEN SUGGESTIONS
    CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
    From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today - written as a letter to a friend.A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response.Here are fifteen invaluabl...
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    11,20 €

  • WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS
    CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
    A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'I would like to ask that we begin to dream about and plan for a different world. A fairer world. A world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves. And this is how to start: we must raise our daughters differently. We must also raise ou...
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    11,20 €

  • HOMO DEUS : A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOMORROW
    HARARI, YUVAL NOAH
    **From the author of the phenomenal million copy bestseller Sapiens** **The Sunday Times #1 bestseller** WAR IS OBSOLETE You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict FAMINE IS DISAPPEARING You are at more risk of obesity than starvation DEATH IS JUST A TECHNICAL PROBLEM Equality is out, but immortality is in WHAT DOES OUR FUTURE HOLD?**THE MILLION COPY BESTS...
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    17,95 €

  • SPQR A HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME
    BEARD, MARY
    The Sunday Times Top 10 BestsellerShortlisted for a British Book Industry Book of the Year Award 2016Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us.And its debates about citizenship, security and th...
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    15,99 €

  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF BARCELONA
    AGUSTÍ BELART, DAVID
    Barcelona is a city steeped in history and conflict. It has been a garrison city of the Roman Empire, the leading power of the Mediterranean, the battleground of international wars, an industrial power, and the largest holdout against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. The Catalan capital has been bombed and besieged, and has raised itself from the rubble time and time again. It...
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    20,00 €

  • YEAR OF THE MONKEY
    SMITH, PATTI
    Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered by logic or time, she draws us into her private wonderland, with no design yet heeding signs, including a talking sign that looms above her, prodding and sparring like the Cheshire C...
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    17,95 €

  • GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR 3. REBEL GIRLS: 100 IMMIGRANT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
    FAVILLI, ELENA
    The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 immigrant women who have shaped, and will continue to shape, our world. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is the third book in the New York Times bestselling series for children. Packed with 100 all-new bedtime stories abo...
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    31,25 €

  • THE PERFECT NINE
    THIONG'O, NGUGI WA
    Gikuyu and Mumbi settled on the peaceful and bounteous foot of Mount Kenya after fleeing war and hunger. When ninety-nine suitors arrive on their land, seeking to marry their famously beautiful daughters, called The Perfect Nine, the parents ask their daughters to choose for themselves, but to choose wisely.First the young women must embark on a treacherous quest with the suito...
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    14,25 €

  • THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM : WHY SCIENCE IS STILL A BOYS' CLUB
    POLLACK, EILEEN
    ONE OF WASHINGTON POST'S NOTABLE NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR"Beautifully written and full of important insights, " this is a bracingly honest exploration of why there are still so few women in the hard sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computer science (Washington Post)In 2005, when Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard, asked why so few women, even today, achieve ...
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    20,00 €

  • CHRONOLOGICA : THE INCREDIBLE YEARS THAT DEFINED HISTORY
    BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
    Compiled by the team behind Whitaker's Almanack, Chronologica is a fascinating journey through time, from the foundation of Rome to the creation of the internet. Along the way are tales of kings and queens, hot air balloons, comets... and monkeys in space.Travel through 100 of the most incredible years in world history and learn why being a Roman Emperor wasn't always as good a...
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    15,00 €

  • THE OCEAN HZERO HANDBOOK : SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE OUT SEAS
    WARDLEY, TESSA
    Focusing on so much more than plastic pollution, this ahead-of-the curve book exposes the extensive damage being done to the oceans that most of us don't know about, and what simple, everyday changes we can make to help protect our seas. When we think about climate change, our first thoughts are often of burning rainforests, cities filled with smog, and mammals teetering on the...
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    14,95 €

  • THE T GUIDE : OUR TRANS EXPERIENCES AND A CELEBRATION OF GENDER EXPRESSION-MAN, WOMAN, NONBINARY, AND BEYOND
    GORGEOUS, GIGI
    Real talk about transgender experiences from Gigi Gorgeous and GottmikIn this fabulous, fashion-forward guide, transgender icons Gigi Gorgeous and Gottmik discuss the ins and outs of being transgender with their honest, hilarious, and GORGEOUS tales of what it means to be true to oneself-and they've picked up a few friends along the way. Whether you're embarking on your own tra...
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    21,25 €

  • DEAR REBEL : 145 WOMEN SHARE THEIR BEST ADVICE FOR THE GIRLS OF TODAY
    REBEL GIRLS
    More than 125 extraordinary teens and women share their advice, experiences, and the secrets of their success-in their own words. Through letters, poems, essays, self-portraits, and more, the authors tackle topics like overcoming obstacles, discovering your passion, and dreaming big. Learn how Ms.Marvel actor Iman Vellani connected with her roots through her character. Read abo...
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    33,70 €

  • WARRIORS, WITCHES, WOMEN : MYTHOLOGY'S FIERCEST FEMALES
    HODGES, KATE
    An inspiring new analysis of females from perennially popular myth and legend, as well as uncovering previously overlooked characters. This contemporary feminist approach speaks directly to the empowering rhetoric of recent women-focused publishing.Warriors, Witches, Women is a guide to awe-inspiring mythic female creatures worldwide; from feminist fairies to bloodsucking, sedu...
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    23,75 €

  • POCKET COCO CHANEL WISDOM: WITTY QUOTES AND WISE WORDS FROM A FASHION ICON
    HARDIE GRANT BOOKS
    Known for her strong beliefs and fearless attitude, this revised format edition ofPocket Coco Chanelshowcases some of the icon's best quotes. 'A woman should be two things: who and what she wants' 'You live but once; you might as well be amusing.' 'Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way w...
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    14,30 €

  • RISE UP WOMEN! : THE REMARKABLE LIVES OF THE SUFFRAGETTES
    ATKINSON , DR DIANE
    A Telegraph Book of 2018An Observer Pick of 2018A New Statesman Book of 2018A definitive history and anarchic celebration of the fight for women's right to vote; 'A huge achievement' Rachel Cooke, Observer 'Glorious' Sunday Times 'A definitive history of the suffragettes' The Times 'Magisterial' Telegraph Between the death of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of the First World W...
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    23,75 €

  • BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
    BAXTER, CHARLES
    Graywolf reissues one of its most successful essay collections with two new essays and a new foreword by Charles BaxterAs much a rumination on the state of literature as a technical manual for aspiring writers, Burning Down the House has been enjoyed by readers and taught in classrooms for more than a decade. Readers are rewarded with thoughtful analysis, humorous one-liners, a...
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    19,90 €

  • A SPECIAL DAY
    ANNE-DAUPHINE JULLIAND
    February 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years. It is also the birthday of Thais author Anne-Dauphine Julliand's darling daughter who died of a genetic disease. Thais lived just shy of her fourth birthday. She had a short life but good one.As this special day is about to reappear on her calendar for the first time since her daughter passed away, An...
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    25,00 €

  • RAINBOW DUST
    MARREN, PETER
    Much more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies Rainbow Dust explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. Beginning with the author's own experience of hunting and rearing butterflies as a boy, Peter Marren considers the special place of the butterfly in art, literature, advertising and sci...
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    21,40 €

  • WORD PLAY
    BRANDRETH, GILES
    'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.'Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun.Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room ...
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    21,40 €

  • I AM A REBEL GIRL BY A JOURNAL YO START REVOLUTIONS
    From the creators of the sensational book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, comes an exciting new title: I Am a Rebel Girl: A Journal to Start Revolutions.Designed for girls of all ages looking to explore and train their rebel spirit, I Am a Rebel Girl is filled with activities that challenge perspective, induce thought, and prompt action. Write love notes to your favo...
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    10,00 €

  • WOMEN & POWER: A MANIFESTO
    BEARD, MARY
    An updated edition of the Sunday Times BestsellerBritain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton.Beard explores the cultural und...
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    12,99 €


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