An English language ‘tourist guide’ to life in the ‘caliphate’.
The online book reads like a travel brochure, focussing on life “under the just shade of Islamic law in the Caliphate”. Al Britani describes the street food available...
An author (a version of Vila-Matas himself) presents a short history of a secret society, the Shandies, who are obsessed with the concept of portable literature. The society is entirely imagined, but in this rollicking, intellectually playful book,...
This brief history offers a concise overview of “the Great Game” to uncover the true world of espionage beyond such fictional agents, with a clear focus on 1945 onwards, from the height of the Cold War to the War on...
This shattering memoir by a journalist about his father’s attempt to survive the aftermath of Auschwitz in a small industrial town in Sweden won the prestigious August Prize.
On August 2, 1947 a young man gets off a train in a small Swedish...
Jordan Belfort fez uma fortuna no mercado de ações americano nos anos 1990 e viveu uma vida de luxo, drogas, sexo e pura loucura. O problema foi que, para enriquecer dessa maneira, ele não seguiu apenas o bom caminho, e o FBI não deixou...
“I share the country’s admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. His courage is a model for all Americans.”
—President Barack Obama
It was just another day on the job for...
Derek Tangye (1912–1996) was the author of the much-loved books that collectively became known as The Minack Chronicles. They told the story of how he and his wife Jean left behind their cosmopolitan lifestyle in London to relocate to a clifftop...