Great Pretender. The Undercover Mission that Changed our Understanding of Madness, Hardback - Susannah Cahalan

From 'one of America's most courageous young journalists' (NPR) comes a propulsive narrative history investigating the fifty-year-old mystery behin...

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A gripping, personal account of a young woman's descent into a madness for which there seemed to be no cure. Beginning with a headache, Cahalan soo...

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In the bestselling tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, The Great Quake is a riveting narrative abo...

The incredible story of the radar wars: Britain's most secret battle.

In 1932, two years after the first Antarctic expedition, a second expedition sets off. Before the expedition leaves, a stranger gives a notebook to...

Reducere. Explore the most important moments of the 20th century in this history book for teens Help teens learn how the United States grew into one of the w...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Suzie SheehyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 241 x 33Cover type: Hardback...

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Taking stock of the most impressive achievements, terrific disasters and marvellous innovations that have changed our world, 2020 brings together f...

The definitive visual history of the world under Covid-19, documented by the photographers of Agence France Presse.Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAu...

Reducere. Erik Larson, author of #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts, intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who ...

Advances our understanding of diversity in organisations. This volume features renowned scholars who are unabashedly pushing the field by raising t...

Advances our understanding of diversity in organisations. This volume features renowned scholars who are unabashedly pushing the field by raising t...

In the first official book from BBC Radio 4's hit series The Food Programme, Alex Renton tells the stories of 13 key ingredients such as spices, oi...

A volume of 40 speeches, contextualized, explained and then given, in their fundamental passages, to enable the reader to immerse in those years.

The incredible story of the radar wars - Britain's most secret battle

BRAIN ON FIRE meets HIGH ACHIEVER in this visceral, propulsive memoir detailing Melissa Bond's accidental descent into prescription benzodiazepine ...

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Reducere. 1. Breaking Free2. Big Hits And Ballet Shoes3. A Night At The Opera4. The Greatest Pretender5. I Had This Perfect Dream6. How Can I Go On?7. Borrow...

Reducere. 1. Great Pretender 2. It's Howdy Doody Time 3. When the Doom (Moon) Comes Over the Mountain 4. Rios Negroes 5. Rose Drop 6. Oh How the Ghost Sings

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Martin HowardNumber of pages: 128Collection: World Full of...Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

The Second Continental Congress was an assembly of America's brightest minds. It was formed because of the collective desire to be independent of B...

A collection of essays that examine key cases (both UK and international) that have changed or created the rules and procedures which govern our li...

A collection of essays that examines key cases (both UK and international) that have changed or created the rules and procedures which govern our l...

The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved... and is still evolving.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Joseph JebelliNumber of page...

Reducere. In this authoritative and immensely readable insider's account, celebrated cookbook author and former chef Joyce Goldstein traces the development o...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)Author(s): Sheehy Suzie SheehyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 232 x 28Cover type: ...

Reducere. There have been countless badass women who have changed the world for the better, yet most people have never even heard of them. Women throughout h...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. "Capacious and rigorous . . . Blue Dreams, like all good histories of medicine, reveals healing to be art as much as science." --Parul Sehgal, New ...

An Old Testament background to our understanding of Christ. A demonstration of how the leading themes of the Old Testament are fulfilled, and clima...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rod PhillipsWine is a drink with a long history. It is produced in every continent apart from Antarctica, and there are ver...

Reducere. Plato. Aquinas. Descartes. Kant. Freud. These great thinkers are still impacting the culture today--from public-policy decisions to world events, t...

Contributor(s): Author: Peter WardEpigenetics upends natural selection and genetic mutation as the sole engines of evolution, and offers startling ...

Reducere. The world is full of many great black men and women who changed the course of history. Because of their contributions, they are rightfully consider...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Linda Trinkaus ZagzebskiIllustration(s): 11 b/w illus.Number of pages: 280Collection: Soochow Unive...

In this fascinating book, Chris Abbott, a leading political analyst, takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today.

Reducere. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions a...

Our Civilizing Mission is both an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the foundations of the 'humanities'. ...

A history of psychiatry and the many drugs which have been offered and taken over the years to aid mental health. Covers Thorazine, Lithium, Prozac...

100 of the most heroic, inspirational (and sometimes hilarious) animals from history, brought to life by national treasure, Clare Balding

Reducere. The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view.

Charting the relationship between humans and animals and how certain species have been instrumental in the development of our understanding of the ...

Reducere. The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the paper that launched Einstein's career, made E=mc2 famous, and ushered in a revo...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Grace LindsayIllustration(s): black and white illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 400Publicatio...