Illuminations - Walter Benjamin Pages:272 pages

Illuminations - Walter Benjamin Pages:272 pagesIlluminations contains the most celebrated work of Walter Benjamin, one of the most original and influential thinkers of the 20th Century: 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', `The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, Proust and an anatomy of his own obsession, book collecting. This now legendary volume offers the best

Stewart Brand declared: 'We are as gods - and we might as well get good at it

Mira also longs to escape her family's expectations

And by placing Philip Burton's story centre stage

easy ramble or a thigh-burning workout on the high plateaus

How did they bring our spirits and the world together

Ballard possessed one of the most astonishing imaginations of our age

who has designs on Jacob's farm and in particular on a field near the cliffs housing a derelict mineshaft

identity and agency' Nicola Gill

with the in-depth interviews and level of detail providing great insights into who Carlos Alcaraz is

a Ming dynasty spy agency

award-winning New York Times columnist and Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Carl Zimmer leads us on an odyssey through the living atmosphere and through the history of its discovery

he feels something like a soul mate