The Bettencourt Affair - The World's Richest Woman and ...
Liliane Bettencourt is the worlds richest woman, and the t...
Demigods and Magicians - Three Stories from the World o...
Join Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Carter and Sadie Kane...
The Memory Code - Unlocking the Secrets of the Lives of...
In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal e...
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night -...
Modern fairy tales of magic, outsiders and lost soulsWHAT ...
The Americanization of the World: Or the Trend of the T...
The Americanization of the World: Or the Trend of the Twenti...
Inferior - The True Power of Women and the Science That...
From intelligence to emotion, for centuries science has told...
The Devil in the Kitchen - Sex, Pain, Madness and the M...
The firstand youngestBritish chef to win three Michelin ...
The Hollow Crown - The Wars of the Roses and the Rise o...
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest ...
The Remaking of the Courts: Less-Adversarial Practice a...
The Remaking of the Courts: Less-Adversarial Practice and th...
Koh-I-Noor - The History of the World's Most Infamous D...
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh...
The Bettencourt Affair - The World's Richest Woman And The Scanda
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night - an enchanting collection of modern fairy tales
Modern fairy tales of magic, outsiders and lost soulsWHAT A BOOK. ITS SO STRANGE AND MAGICAL AND THE WRITING IS JUST BEAUTIFUL. I LOVED IT. Louise ONeill ENCHANTING AND ILLUMINATING Carys Bray, author of A Song For Issy Bradley LIKE WALKING THROUGH A MIRROR. Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry THIS BOOK IS FULL OF CHARACTER AND MAGIC, AND I FOUND MYSELF...
The Canterbury Tales - Fifteen Tales and the General Prologue
Each is presented in the original language, with normalized spelling and substantial annotations for modern readers. Among the new added to the Second Edition are the much-requested Merchants Tale and the Tale of Sir Thopas. Sources and Backgrounds are included for the General Prologue and for most of the tales, enabling students to understand The Canterbury Tales in light of relevan...
The Ronde - Inside the World's Toughest Bike Race
It wasnt a race but a war game Bernard Hinault Without question, the hardest one-day bike race ever created George Hincapie Every April, up to a million fans line the streets of Flanders to watch one of cyclings most exciting and dangerous one-day races: the Ronde. Flanders is cyclings heartland, and the sports followers there are among cyclings most knowledgeable. The race is...
The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King
In their third zombie-tastic adventure, Jack Sullivan and his friends June, Quint and Dirk discover that they might not be the last kids on Earth after all
And everyone is thrilled except Jack. Living in a tree house with his best friends, battling monsters and escaping certain death hes been having the most awesome time of his life. Some how hes got to persuade his friends that life i...
It's Not the End of the World
Karens parents have always argued, and lately theyve been getting worse. But when her father announces that theyre going to get divorced, it seems as if Karens whole world will fall apart. Her brother, Jeff, blames their mum. Her kid sister, Amy, asks impossible questions and is scared that everyone she loves is going to leave. Karen just wants her parents to get back together. Gradually, ...
The Hidden Reality - Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
Brian Greenes The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos explores our most current scientific understanding of the universe, the string theory that might hold the key to unifying natures laws, and our continuing quest to know more. There was a time when universe meant all there is. Everything. Yet, as physicist Brian Greenes extraordinary book shows, ou...
When You Find Out the World Is Against You - And Other Funny Memories About Awful Moments
Things That Can Make You Feel Really Crappy (an abbreviated list):, â When your mother tells you youre going to camp, but then abandons you at a sketchy daycare, in the path of an oncoming tornado., â When you finally get to go to real camp one summer and hope it will make you a twelve-year-old kissing bandit but instead your eyebrows get pulled off in an unfortunate plaster mask accid...
The Girl on the Dancing Horse - Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro
Refreshingly honest (
) a highly enjoyable, fascinating read. Horse and Hound To ride into that arena, next to a sea of British flags and hear the roar of clapping and cheering, was so exciting. Its a sound I will never, ever forget. Charlotte Dujardin and her charismatic horse Valegro burst onto the international sports scene with their record-breaking performance at the London, 2012...
Children's Book of Philosophy - An Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and their Big Ideas
This book explains philosophy to kids in an easy-to-understand way, using simple text and fun illustrations. It is the perfect introduction to the great thinkers who, from ancient times to the modern day, have tried to make sense of the world by asking questions such as: Who am I?, Is the world real?, Is it ever right to tell a lie?. Meet Socrates and Confucius, Kant and Sartre, and ...
Primal Health - Understanding the Critical Period Between Conception and the First Birthday
Michel Odent, the leading pioneer for natural childbirth, indicates that the period between conception and a childs first birthday is critical to life-long health. In this prophetic book first published in 1986 and reproduced here in its original form he argues that different parts of the primal adaptive system develop, regulate and adjust themselves during foetal life and the time aro...
A Brief History of the End of the World
Most peoples concept of the end of the world comes from the book of Revelation. Alternative apocalypses can be found in the Zoroastrianism of ancient Persia, in ancient Hindu scriptures and Norse myths. Today, there are an estimated 25 million Christian fundamentalists in the US who believe it will come with the Rapture; others point to an ecological catastrophe, the AIDS pandemic or nuc...
Between the World and Me - Notes on the First 150 Years in America
For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, hes sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, Coates takes readers along on his journey through Americas history of race and its conte...
The Eye Of The World - Book 1 of the Wheel of Time
Epic in every sense Sunday Times The first novel in the Wheel of Time series one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. But one truth remains, and what mortal men forget, the...
Out of the Saltshaker & Into the World - Evangelism as a Way of Life
In 2006, Christianity Today voted this title to be one of the top 50 books that have shaped evangelicals! A year 2000 Finalist in the ECPA book competition! Christians and non-Christians have something in common, writes Rebecca Pippert. Were all uptight about evangelism. So begins the bestselling book on evangelism as a lifestyle. Through stories, biblical insight and plain common sense,...
Race to the End of the World - The Mapmaker Chronicles Book 1 - a bestselling adventure for fans of Emily Rodda and Rick...
A map of the world? Why did the King need one of those? Besides, everyone knew that if you went too far in either direction youd fall off the edge, and if that didnt kill you Genesi the dragon of death would be waiting. The King is determined to discover what lies beyond the known world, and has promised a handsome prize to the ships captain who can bring him a map of the whole globe. To do ...
The Duchess - The Untold Story - the Explosive Biography, as Seen in the Daily Mail
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER `The last untold account of the biggest crisis to hit the royals since the abdication
Explosive biography by Britains top royal author
A gripping story of human frailty, love, loss, sadness, and tragedy Daily Mail In her relationship with Charles that has survived for more than forty years, Camillas story has seen a great many myths. This book is the d...
The Daily Stoic - 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
From the team that brought you The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, a beautiful daily devotional of Stoic meditationsan instant Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. Why have historys greatest mindsfrom George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with todays top performers from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebritiesembraced...
Anne Frank Remembered - The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here is Miep Giess own astonishing story. For more than two years, Miep and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives every day to bring food, news, and emotional support to its victims. From her remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the...
Jumping Ship - From the World of Corporate Australia to the Heart of Social Investment
As an ambitious, competitive kid from a public school, who grew up in a country town in Victoria, Michael Traill converted privileged education opportunities in the hallowed halls of Melbourne Universitys Trinity College and the Harvard Business School into a highly paid and successful career at Macquarie Bank, often called the millionaires factory. But a career devoted to money-making f...
The Undiscovered Self - With Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams
These two essays, written late in Jungs life, reflect his responses to the shattering experience of World War II and the dawn of mass society. Among his most influential works, The Undiscovered Self is a plea for his generation and those to come to continue the individual work of self-discovery and not abandon needed psychological reflection for the easy ephemera of mass culture. Only ...
The Daily Stoic - 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca,...
No role is so well suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now. Marcus Aurelius The Stoics unique blend of practicality and wisdom has been inspiring the most successful among us for centuries, from Roman Emperors to Barack Obama, and most recently via Ryan Holidays bestselling The Obstacle is the Way. If that book introduced readers to the idea that what is in the wa...