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Stories Old Towns Tell
A Journey through Cities at the Heart of Europe
Av Marek Kohn
Häftad, 2025
154 kr
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“An original take on 20th-century European history" —Alastair Bailey, Financial Times“[A] fascinating chronicle.”—Benjamin Balint, Wall Street JournalA 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 …
Four Words for Friend
The Rewards of Using More than One Language in a Divided World
Av Marek Kohn
Häftad, 2020
195 kr
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A compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today’s worldIn a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to use more than one language will diminish—but Marek Kohn argues that plural …
Reason for Everything
Darwinism and the English Imagination
Av Marek Kohn
Häftad, 2005
175 kr
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'A marvellous book.' New Scientist. 'A real triumph.' GuardianMarek Kohn's A Reason for Everything is a brilliant and surprising fusion of science and biography. It is a very human book about the Englishness of evolutionary theory and the lives and personalities - often eccentric and controversial …
Turned Out Nice
How the British Isles Will Change as the World Heats Up
Av Marek Kohn
E-bok, 2010
112 kr
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Marek Kohn - 'one of the best science writers we have' (AC Grayling) - paints an important and eye-opening portrait of Britain and Ireland after a century of global warming.Author of A Reason for Everything and Four Words for Friend Marek Kohn projects one hundred years into the future when, based …
Dope Girls
The Birth Of The British Drug Underground
Av Marek Kohn
Häftad, 2024
127 kr
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THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE HIT TV SERIES STARRING ELIZA SCANLEN AND JULIANNE NICHOLSON27 November 1918, London. Just days after the end of the Great War, rising star Billie Carleton took to the stage for the last time. She was found dead the next day; the cause of death ruled to be a cocaine …
Dope Girls
The Birth Of The British Drug Underground
Av Marek Kohn
Häftad, 2003
135 kr
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This is a discussion of the transformation of drug use (especially morphine and cocaine, which was once commonly available in any chemist's shop) into a national menace. It revolves around the death of Billie Carleton, a West End musical actress, in 1918. Its cast of characters includes Brilliant …
Turned Out Nice
How the British Isles will Change as the World Heats Up
Av Marek Kohn
Häftad, 2011
147 kr
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Marek Kohn's Turned Out Nice is nothing less than a portrait of Britain (and Ireland) a hundred years in the future, based on scientific evidence surrounding climate change that is available to us now. Beautifully written, and imbued with a love of these islands' unique landscapes, it will change …
