Marek Kohn: 3 books
Turned Out Nice
How the British Isles will Change as the World Heats Up
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
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...
Four Words for Friend
Why Using More Than One Language Matters Now More Than Ever
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
A compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today’s world
In 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...
Dope Girls
The Birth Of The British Drug Underground
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
A drug panic. Murder. Terrifying and mysterious black and Chinese immigrants. Dope Kings. Jazz. War. An actress dead of an overdose. Dope Girls is about the transformation of drug use into a national menace. It revolves around the death in 1918, in the last furious stages of the First World War, of...