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Musician, novelist, poet, actor: Nick Cave (b. 1957) is a Renaissance man. His wide-ranging artistic output—always uncompromising, hypnotic, and intense—is defined by an extraordinary gift for storytelling. In Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, Reinhard Kleist employs a cast of characters drawn from Cave’s music and writing to tell the story of a formidable artist and […]

The open road has long been a symbol of freedom and adventure, allowing travelers to explore new landscapes, cultures, and experiences. For those who dream of discovery, the journey is as enriching as the destinations. Life on the Road follows a family on a seven year circumnavigation of our globe, overland in a converted truck […]

Alla barn blir vuxna. Utom ett – Peter Pan. Han är en busig och äventyrlig pojke som kan flyga och håller till i det magiska Aldriglandet där han umgås med sjöjungfrur, pirater och älvor.

One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari’s Design as Art is an illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design translated by Patrick Creagh published as part of the ‘Penguin on Design’ series in Penguin Modern Classics. ‘The designer of today re-establishes the long-lost contact between art and the […]

Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian’s evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, […]

The official history of British Vogue, telling the magazine’s story and how it has reflected the changing face of Britain from the first issue in 1916 right up to the present day. British Vogue has always been far more than just a fashion magazine. For more than a century it has defined the tastes and style of […]

Har vi lagt en massa tid, energi och pengar på mediciner, självhjälpsböcker, psykologer och andra terapier i onödan – när en enkel fekaltransplantation (bajsöverföring) egentligen var lösningen? Forskning visar nämligen att tarmbakterierna inte bara spelar en avgörande roll när det gäller vårt immunsystem. De verkar även spela en viktig roll i alzheimer, parkinson, autism, adhd, […]

Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to […]