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The late 1960s were a period of great turbulence and rapid social and political change. You Say You Want a Revolution? examines that moment when youth culture drove an optimistic idealism, motivating people to come together and question established power structures across every area of society. It shows how many of the issues that dominate […]

Argentinaren Ernesto Sabato publicerade endast tre romaner, vilka tillsammans bildar ett säreget litterärt universum.
I debuten Tunneln från 1948, som influerats av surrealismen

A new generation of female artists is emerging who have grown up in a culture saturated with social media and selfies. This book looks at how young women are using photography and the internet to explore issues of self-image and female identity, and the impact this is having on contemporary art. Forty artists are featured, […]

The book gives intercultural insights when discussing the basic principles of design, typography and colour theory. It incorporates contrasting ideas on design and various design teaching methods. Creative voices of well-known and not yet discovered designers from Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia will help expand your horizons. Through examples of intercultural design workshops, it […]

London 1980-tal. Charlie och Miranda är grannar, men också ett par. Han hoppar mellan jobb, utan någon egentlig inriktning i livet. Hon är en målmedveten student. Men Miranda visar sig bära på en mörk hemlighet

Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle is an irreverent and highly entertaining fantasy about the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. ‘All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies.’ Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left […]

Snön ligger i drivor mot det varma huset i skärgården, spaghettivattnet kokar i en kastrull bakom oss och jag anar ingenting. Plötsligt får Alexander meddelandet att han inte får träffa sina barn mer. Anmälningar om våld och övergrepp avlöser varandra. Alexander vet att samtliga anklagelser är ogrundade, han vill göra allt för att det ska […]

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, […]