Frida Kahlo: En biografi

A rich, magical novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World – now a top ten Sunday Times bestsellerIt is 1974 on the island of Cyprus

National history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writer’s point of view. Histories of Nations is different: it presents 28 essays written by a leading historian as a ‘self-portrait’ of his or her native country, […]

The Anatomy of Colour is the definitive book on the use of colour and paint in interior decoration over a 300-year period. Drawing on his huge specialist archive, historian and paint expert Patrick Baty traces the evolution of pigments and paint colours together with colour systems and standards, and examines their impact on the colour […]

The restaurant is where we go to celebrate, to experience pleasure, to show off – or, sometimes, just because we’re hungry. But these temples of gastronomy hide countless stories.

Did you know that: • A giraffe can lick its own ears clean? • You can weigh your head by putting it in a bucket of water? • Astronauts urinate into a vacuum cleaner? What the encyclopaedia was to the 20th century, this book is to the 21st. Twelve elegantly designed chapters brim with 321 […]

There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal wasn’t so mysterious and was actually achievable for anyone who wants to experience more magic and creativity in their life? That’s something that anyone will be inspired to do after reading Jeff Tweedy’s How to Write One […]

Ett vibrerande Los Angeles, hösten 1981. Sjuttonåriga Bret är mest intresserad av sex, film och böcker. Han är student på det prestigefulla Buckley School och vill gärna ligga bra till vad gäller status i den sociala hierarkin. Han är tredje hjulet till klassens hetaste par, men håller sig helst i bakgrunden, uppslukad av sina författardrömmar. […]

Tillsammans med åtta andra unga kvinnor anländer Rafa till den lilla bergsorten Strega för att arbeta på det majestätiska hotell Olympic. Av den strikta personalen får de lära sig att servera och stryka, laga mat och bädda rent, men hotellet förblir öde. På lediga stunder blickar de ut över trakten, de dova bergen, nunneklostret. Men […]