An openly lesbian, feminist writer, Vernon Lee—a pseudonym of Violet Paget—is the most important female aesthetician to come out of nineteenth century England. Though she was widely known for her supernatural fictions, Lee hasn’t gained the recognition she so clearly deserves for her contributions in the fields of aesthetics, philosophy of empathy, and art criticism.

A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedomsAfter the devastation of World War Two, the international community came together to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards, for privacy, fair trials and free speech, and outlawing torture, slavery and discrimination. Their goal was greater global justice, equality, and peace.

This handsome gift edition presents Friedrich Nietzsche\'s extraordinary work, Ecce Homo, featuring a luxurious, gold-embossed cover design, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers.Ecce Homo is Nietzsche\'s last great work, a fascinating and bizarre text which traces the development of his own philosophy and the thinkers who influenced him along the way. Both shocking and revealing, Ecce Homo is

In the bestselling tradition of The World Is Flat and The Next 100 Years comes a contrarian and eye-opening assessment of American power. In THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERPOWER, international strategist Peter Zeihan examines how the hard rules of geography are eroding the American commitment to free trade; how much of the planet is aging into a mass retirement that will enervate capital supplies; and how it

You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of a lifetime.

*A GUARDIAN BEST FORTHCOMING BOOK OF 2023*The #1 bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world.No one noticed when capitalism was ... replaced.Perhaps we were too distracted by the pandemic, or the endless financial crises, or all those cute cats on TikTok. But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold: technofeudalism.Drawing

A fascinating journey through Europe\'s old towns, exploring why we treasure them-but also what they hide about a continent\'s fraught history Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War-some, like those of Warsaw and Frankfurt, had to be rebuilt almost completely. They are now centers of peace and civility that attract millions of tourists,

100+ fresh, plant-based, umami-packed recipes that show the range of traditional and modern Chinese vegan cuisine from the creator of The Plant-Based Wok. ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Saveur

Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience.

\'A statistical national treasure\' Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 \'Required reading for all politicians, journalists, medics and anyone who tries to influence people (or is influenced) by statistics. A tour de force\' Popular Science Do busier hospitals have higher survival rates?

Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013. Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse.

Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert, Dr Bruce Perry, discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking \'What happened to you?\' rather than \'What\'s wrong with you?\'. Through wide-ranging and often deeply personal conversation, Oprah Winfrey and Dr Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood - both good and

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck. It had no answers to a host of problems, including disease, inequality, the digital divide and, perhaps most blatantly, the environmental crisis.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind\'s greatest invention: the city. \'Brilliant...enchanting\' Evening Standard \'Exhilarating\' New York Times The story of the city is the story of civilisation.

By the end of this century, living beyond 100 will be the rule rather than the exception. What medical breakthroughs and new technologies will make this possible?

Humanity has often found itself on the precipice. We\'ve survived and thrived because we\'ve never stopped moving... In this eye-opening book, Johannes Krause, Chair of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Humanity, offers a new way of understanding our past, present and future.

\'A deeply humane, learned and personal reflection on Jewish identity\' Rowan Williams \'This inspiring book has made me a better Jew, one who understands more, who knows more\' Daniel Finkelstein \'This remarkable book takes us on a journey: geographic, historical, cultural, philosophical, political, autobiographical and, yes, religious\' Michael Marmot Being Jewish Today gives an account of both

\'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?\' Montaigne There is no real evidence that humans ever \'domesticated\' cats. Rather, it seems that at some point cats saw the potential value to themselves of humans.

\"Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for.\" --Nature \"A superb account of the deadly struggle between humanity and what may prove the only life-bearing planet within ten light years, written in a brilliantly sardonic and conversational style.\" --E. O. Wilson \"Hope Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet? The Story of More is thoughtful,

Have you ever dreamt you were naked on stage, or woken having failed an exam? In these fascinating, pioneering essays, Sigmund Freud plunges into the recesses of our minds, and awakens the hidden meanings behind our most typical and surprising night-time fantasies.