Vintage books Three Tigers, One Mountain. A Journey through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts Booth Michael

28 June 1389, the Field of the Blackbirds. A Christian army made up of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians and Romanians confront an Ottoman army. In ten hours the battle is over, and the Muslims possess the field; an outcome that has haunted the vanquished ever since • 28 June 1989, the Serb Leader Slobodan Milosevic launches his campaign for a fresh massacre of the Albanians, the majority population of Kosovo • In three short narratives Kadare shows how legends of betrayal and defeat simmered in European civilisation for six hundred years, culminating in the agony of one tiny population at the end of the twentieth century

In his day, W. Somerset Maugham was most celebrated as a playwright, and the breadth of his ability is manifested in this collection of his most popular plays. Included here are the noirish mystery The Sacred Flame, the hilarious satires The Circle, The Constant Wife, and Our Betters, and the sharp-witted drama Sheppey. Whether suspenseful or acerbically witty, these plays take a sly look at the idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies of their time

In 2010, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian, set himself an almost impossible task: to learn, in the space of a year, Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 – a piece that inspires dread in many professional pianists • His timing could have been better • The next twelve months were to witness the Arab Spring, the Japanese tsunami, the English riots, and the Guardian’s breaking of both WikiLeaks and the News of the World hacking scandal • In the midst of this he carved out twenty minutes’ practice a day – even if that meant practising in a Libyan hotel in the middle of a revolution as well as gaining insights and advice from an array of legendary pianists, theorists, historians and neuroscientists, and even occasionally from secretaries of state • But was he able to play the piece in time?

How have feelings come to shape the world around us? Why has politics become so fractious and warlike? What might the future hold? • In this bold and compelling exploration of our new political reality, William Davies reveals how feelings have come to reshape our world. Drawing on history, philosophy, psychology and economics, Nervous States is an essential guide to the turbulent times we are living through

Suzuki is just an ordinary maths teacher...until his wife is murdered • Seeking justice, he leaves his old life behind to infiltrate the criminal gang responsible. What he doesn't realise is that he's about to get drawn into a web of the most unusual professional assassins, each with their own agenda • The Whale convinces his victims to take their own lives using just his words • The Cicada is a talkative and deadly knife expert • The Pusher dispatches his targets in deadly traffic 'accidents' • Suzuki must take on the three assassins to avenge his wife - but can he keep his innocence in a world of seasoned killers? • Their mission is murder. His is revenge

Что может быть более расслабляющим, чем освежающий отдых на реке с двумя вашими лучшими друзьями и верной собакой-компаньоном Монморанси? Однако, как обнаруживает Джей, жизнь на волнах - это нечто большее, чем кажется на первый взгляд, включая проблемы с навигацией, кулинарные катастрофы и героические сражения с лебедями, чайниками и банками ананасов. Джером К. Восхитительный роман Джерома долгие годы заставлял читателей улыбаться, а его проза нашла идеального партнера в великолепных и остроумных иллюстрациях Вика Ривза • Книга на английском языке • What could be more relaxing than a refreshing holiday on the river with your two best friends and faithful canine companion, Montmorency? However, as J. discovers, there is more to life on the waves than meets the eye - including navigational challenges, culinary disasters, and heroic battles with swans, kettles and tins of pineapple

Did Neil Armstrong really set foot on the moon? • Was the United States government responsible for the 11 September attacks? • Should we doubt the accidental nature of Diana's death? • Voodoo Histories entertainingly demolishes the absurd and sinister conspiracy theories of the last 100 years. Aaronovitch reveals not only why people are so ready to believe in these stories but also the dangers of this credulity • Includes a new chapter investigating the conspiracy theories that question Obama's legitimacy as president

Readers as well as listeners can now embark on a journey through the cycling year with The Cycling Podcast, which has been entertaining and informing fans since 2013 • Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe share their diaries from three incident-filled Grand Tours, the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana. These take readers behind the scenes and explore the culture and landscape as well as the racing, while the ‘Lionel of Flanders’, complete with beer recommendations, does the same for the Classics in Belgium • There are appearances, too, by leading journalists and podcast favourites Francois Thomazeau, who takes responsiblity for the French Tour de France jinx, Ciro Scognamiglio, with a heartfelt love letter to cult favourite Filippo Pozzato, Fran Reyes, who pens a farewell to El Pistolero, Alberto Contador, and Orla Chennaoui, who hits the road to cover La Course in a one-woman karaoke-booth-on-wheels

Две небольшие повести Льюиса Кэрролла "Алиса в Стране чудес" и "Алиса в Зазеркалье" давно стали классикой английской и мировой литературы. В XX веке герои Льюиса Кэрролла заговорили едва ли не на всех языках мира, ожили в спектаклях, мюзиклах, мультфильмах вплоть до знаменитой экранизации Тима Бёртона. Множество исследований посвящено изучению отсылок и аллюзий, зашифрованных автором на страницах сказок, однако волшебство этих текстов продолжает жить и очаровывать новые поколения читателей, оставаясь всё таким же загадочным и необъяснимым • Книга на английском языке • The Complete Alice, including both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, is the ultimate edition of Lewis Carroll's much-loved classic, from the original publisher, Macmillan

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by dreams of newly opened markets. But no one could have foreseen that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the worldwide rise of organized crime. Today, it is estimated that illegal trade accounts for one-fifth of the global GDP.In this fearless and wholly authoritative investigation of the seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares, veteran reporter Misha Glenny travels across five continents to speak with participants from every level of the global underworld--police, victims, politicians, and even the criminals themselves. What follows is a groundbreaking, propulsive look at an unprecedented phenomenon from a savvy, street-wise guide

In this compelling journey through twenty-six countries, Simon Mundy traces how the struggle to respond to the climate crisis is rapidly reshaping the modern world - shattering communities, shaking global business and propelling waves of cutting-edge innovation • Telling unforgettable human stories, meeting scientists and business tycoons, activists and political leaders, this is an account of disaster and survival, of frantic adaptation and groundbreaking innovation, of hope, and of the forces that will define our future

Wonderfully clear, fluent and eye-opening' THE TIMES • 'A stirring scientific journey, a celebration of human diversity and a call to rethink the "unthinkable"' NATURE • 'An utterly fascinating romp around the nether regions of the human mind' BIG ISSUE • IMAGINE . . . getting lost in a one-room flat; seeing auras; never forgetting a moment; a permanent orchestra in your head; turning into a tiger; life as an out-of-body experience; feeling other people's pain; being convinced you are dead; becoming a different person overnight • Our brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathise and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced - or disappeared overnight? • Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson has spent years travelling the world tracking down incredibly rare brain disorders