An Orchestra of Minorities

The New York Times bestseller  ‘This selection of 43 stories should by all rights see Lucia Berlin as lauded as Jean Rhys or Raymond Carver’ Independent The stories in A Manual for Cleaning Women make for one of the most remarkable unsung collections in twentieth-century American fiction. With extraordinary honesty and magnetism, Lucia Berlin invites us into her rich, itinerant […]

For decades people from around the world have found inspiration, guidance, humour and recognition in Gloria Steinem’s words. Since her early days as a journalist and feminist activist, Steinem’s philosophies have helped define generations of women. Now, she brings together her most memorable one-liners in an anthology that will inspire and entertain. Covering topics including […]

Äntligen bor Jack med sin mamma och pappa igen! Han har befriat dem och de har flyttat in i brödrostverkstan hos Jack och moster Betty. Det känns ovant att ha vuxna omkring sig som tjatar och bestämmer, tycker Jack, fast också ganska härligt. Men varför sitter plötsligt tretton korpar på takåsen utanför fönstret? Vad är […]

Explore the heart of Japanese daily life through its iconic convenience stores! For any visitor to Japan, it becomes immediately clear how central the convenience store (or ‘konbini’) is to everyday life. Different to our understanding of the convenience store in the US, Japan’s three huge chains – 7 Eleven, Family Mart, Lawson – are […]

What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why don’t we have a lunar colony yet? In this witty and entertaining book, Zach and Kelly Weinersmith give us a snapshot of the transformative technologies that are coming next – from robot swarms to nuclear fusion powered-toasters – and explain how […]

R. Crumb’s obsessions-from sex to the Bible, music, politics, and the vicissitudes and obscenities of daily life-are chronicled in this comprehensive book of work by the illustrious American comic artist. Instrumental in the formation of the underground comics scene in San Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s, Crumb has ruptured and expanded the boundaries of […]

An original graphic novel about the messiness of modern relationships by one of the most exciting voices in contemporary literature. Eliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet; Sasha, a twentysomething living with her parents, dabbling in sex work, and yearning for direction in life. The two strike up an unlikely friendship that, as […]

Levande och döda börjar med ett stort antal mänskliga kroppar uppradade längs väggen i en gympasal. Det stinker i värmen, uppsvällda tår sticker ut under lakanen »som tjocka stumpar ingefära«. Det är 1980, platsen är Kwangju i Sydkorea. Hundratals studenter som protesterat mot regimen har just mördats av militären i en massaker. I massan av […]