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'Art is not a luxury. Art is a basic social need to which everyone has a right' • This extraordinary collection of 100 artists' manifestos from across the globe over the last 100 years brings together activists, post-colonialists, surrealists, socialists, nihilists and a host of other voices. From the Negritude movement in Africa and Martinique to Brazil's Mud/Meat Sewer Manifesto, from Iraqi modernism to Australia's Cyberfeminist Manifesto, they are by turns personal, political, utopian, angry, sublime and revolutionary. Some have not been published in English before; some were written in climates of censorship and brutality; some contain visions of a future still on the horizon. What unites them is the belief that art can change the world

The widely acclaimed author of The New Black returns with this brilliant exploration of madness • What separates the sane from the mad? How can we tell them apart? And what if the difference is really between being mad and going mad? • In this landmark work Darian Leader undermines common conceptions of madness. Through case studies like the apparently 'normal' Harold Shipman, he shows that madness rarely conforms to standard models. And by exploring the idea of quiet madness - that at times many of us live interior lives that are far from sane but allow us to function normally and unthreateningly - he argues that we must seek a new way to assess, treat and deal with those suffering mental health problems

'Lightning makes no sound until it strikes' • This is the momentous story of the Civil Rights movement, told by one of its most powerful and eloquent voices. Here Martin Luther King, Jr. recounts the pivotal events in the city of Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 that propelled his non-violent campaign for racial justice from a movement of lunch counter sit-ins and prayer meetings to a phenomenon that 'rocked the richest, most powerful nation to its foundations' • As inspiring and resonant as it was upon publication, Why We Can't Wait is both a unique historical document, and an enduring testament to one man's wise, courageous and endlessly hopeful vision

Lake Como, Italy, New Year's Eve. The perfect place to fall in love? Or the perfect place for everything to fall apart? • Lucy may have suffered her fair share of bad men, but now she has Pete. Finally, a man worth sharing her favourite place with, Lake Como. That's if she can put mysterious phone calls and glamorous ex-girlfriends out of her mind • Taggie is rushed off her feet, but distraction is exactly what she needs to forget why she fled England and the sadness she left behind. She certainly doesn't have time for infuriating stranger Marco. A man is the last thing she needs right now • Lucy and Taggie might not know it, but their lives are about to collide • The New Year might begin with fireworks - but how will it end?

Has something gone wrong with your parents? • There are hundreds of books for parents about how to deal with their teenagers. For the first time, neuroscientist and international bestselling author, Dean Burnett has written a book for YOU to understand just what on earth is going on. From why parents are obsessed with tidiness, to why they won't let you get enough sleep and generally why they don't seem to get anything, this guide covers all the major parental dramas • imagine what you'd be capable of if you weren't wasting all that time and energy arguing about tidying your room

A wife who must keep her affair secret • A husband who has the power to bring her lover down • A marriage that could end in murder • Beth was still reeling from the end of her affair the night she met Albie - a man who knows her ex better than anyone, but has no idea of their history • He's perfectly placed to give Beth the revenge she craves - if only she can keep her secret safe • But how far is she willing to go?

Settle down with the stunning wartime story of a family trying to survive, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The New Mrs Clifton • When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror - her husband of twenty-five years - collaborates with the enemy to save his family home • Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance, her life in the hands of London's code breakers, Kay's betrayal of her husband is complete as she risks her home and children to protect an SOE agent who won't even tell her his name • As her family - especially her headstrong daughter - is drawn further into danger, Kay is faced with a wrenching moral dilemma • Who will be sacrificed next for the cause? • Can she and Bror ever find their way back to one another? • I Can't Begin to Tell You is a beautiful story of bravery, broken loyalties, lies and how the power of love can bring redemption even to the darkest of places

A vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fearmongering demagogue runs for President of the United States - and wins. Sinclair Lewis's chilling 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, 'Professional Common Man', who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes the country down a far darker path. As the new regime slides into authoritarianism, newspaper editor Doremus Jessup can't believe it will last - but is he right? This cautionary tale of liberal complacency in the face of populist tyranny shows it really can happen here

Over the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about how to raise children, care for the elderly, or simply live well? In this epic journey into our past, Jared Diamond reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms. Drawing on decades of his own fieldwork, Diamond explores how tribal people approach essential human problems, from health and diet to conflict resolution and language, and discovers they have much to teach us. Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of TIME's best non-fiction books of all time, and Collapse, a #1 international bestseller

В своих пронзительных и бескомпромиссных эссе, вошедших в сборник «Почему я пишу» Джордж Оруэлл, автор романа «1984» и повести «Скотный двор» разоблачает ложь политиков, с фирменным остроумием препарирует английский национальный характер и делится горькой правдой о природе войны. Они по праву считаются нестареющей классикой и нисколько не утратили актуальность за прошедшие десятилетия. Более того, они могут многому научить читателей, живущих в эру медийных манипуляций • Книга на английском языке • Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin

"Когда мы встречались в последний раз" - молодежный роман Эмили Хоутон • Одно обещание • В возрасте тринадцати лет лучшие друья Элеонора и Фин неразлучны. Убежденные, что так будет всегда, они заключают соглашение - вместе поступить в университет, всегда жить рядом друг с другом, и если в 35 лет они оба останутся одинокими, то поженятся • Два десятилетия • Элеонора и Фин не разговаривали пятнадцать лет. Жизнь ускользнула от них, и они оба далеки от того места, где мечтали оказаться все эти годы назад • Смогут ли они все еще сдержать свое слово? • Нужны трагические обстоятельства, чтобы Фин вернулся в жизнь Элеоноры, но все изменилось с тех пор, как они виделись в последний раз. Уже слишком поздно налаживать их дружбу? Или есть шанс, что они смогут сдержать некоторые из данных обещаний? • Книга на английском языке

'They are memorials to times and countries whose best is probably past and gone . . . I was lucky to have known them when I did, before darkness began to fall from the air.' • When Laurie Lee first left his country village aged nineteen, he discovered a delight in the outside world that remained undiminished throughout his writing life. This enchanting collection of his 'first loves and obsessions' brings together pieces including recollections of his Gloucestershire childhood celebrated in Cider With Rosie; reflections on life, love and death, such as a moving report from the tragic Welsh village of Aberfan; and evocative travel writings on Tuscany, Mexico and the West Indies, amongst others, before they were transformed by mass tourism. Together they capture a world that is lost forever