Each of them at a different stage of life, each of them away from home, and each of them striving – in the suburbs of Prague, beside a Belgian motorway, in a cheap Cypriot hotel – to understand just what it means to be alive, here and now.

A pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities

America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, environmentally unfriendly . . . or are they? In this revelatory book, Edward Glaeser, a leading urban economist, declares that cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in both cultural and economic terms) places to live. He travels through history and around the globe to revea...

À Carmel, un quartier de Bimbo en République centrafricaine, six membres d’une même famille affrontent les bouleversements du XXIe siècle. Entre traditions, espoirs modernes, luttes sociales et transmission silencieuse, la famille de Jean-Paul et Marie-Thérèse tente de préserver ses racines alors que leurs enfants, Prudence et Junior, cherchent leur propre voie dans un monde qui change vite. Lorsque leur terrain familial est menacé par un projet urbain, l’équilibre fragile éclat...

One of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War - much filmed, much studied and much loved. This classic memoir is now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington.

This riveting book explains why the Norman Conquest was the single most important event in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror's attack.