A Degree in a Book aims to cover all the main principles of a subject that would typically be found in a degree course. Here, the principles of electrical and mechanical engineering are followed by the elements of engineering applications, along
"With A Delicate Truth, le Carre has, in a sense, come home. And it's a splendid homecoming...Satisfying, subtle and compelling". (The Times). A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain's most precious colony, Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, and a private defence contractor who is also his close friend. So delicate is the operation that even the Minister's Private Secretary, Toby Bell, is not cleared for it. Three years later, when the horrifying truth behind Operation Wildlife is uncovered, Toby will be forced to choose between his conscience and his duty to the Service. If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing, how can he keep silent? "A brilliant climax, with sinister deaths, casual torture, wrecked lives and shameful compromises". (Observer). "This is writing of such quality that - as Robert Harris put it - it will be read in one hundred years". (Daily Mail). "Perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the twentieth century in Britain". (Ian McEwan).
" An] all around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."--Ann Leckie, on A Memory Called EmpireA Desolation Called Peace is the spectacular space opera sequel to Arkady Martine's genre-reinventing and Nebula finalist de
Tootekood: 35119943GTIN: 9787561935071Educational: modern (non-native) languages
Premier d'une collection de 3 volumes, ce dictionnaire chinois-anglais présente de façon très claire et détaillée les 600 mots au programme des 3 niveaux de HSK. Pour la première fois, on retrouve dans un même ouvrage destiné aux apprenants, l'ordre des traits, la clé, le nombre de traits, plusieurs exemples d'emploi en chinois, pinyin et anglais, le tout dans une police très lisible.Chacune des trois parties du dictionnaire correspond à un niveau du HSK. Plusieurs index permettent de rechercher soit dans la liste des 600 mots, soit dans chacune des listes des 3 niveaux de HSK. Enfin, un CD MP3 fournit l'enregistrement des 600 mots au programme.本词典分级详解新HSK词汇，可帮助学习者顺利通过新HSK考试。（1）收词规范：词典依据《新汉语水平考试大纲》（一～三级），共收录词语600条。（2）用词浅显：词典例句用词都基本限制在《新汉语水平考试大纲》规定的词语之内。（3）例句典型：词典例句简单、实用、丰富，照顾了常用搭配和常见语法格式。（4）检索便捷：词典的词条提供分级索引和音序索引两种方式，便于学习者根据实际情况灵活检索。（5）功能多样：词典的词条和例句配有中文录音，长达10小时，便于学习者练习听力和口语。《新HSK5000词分级词典》专为准备参加新汉语水平考试的学习者编写，包括一～三级、四～五级和六级3个分册。本册为第一分册，共收录《新汉语水平考试大纲》（1-3级）词语600条。每个条目标注汉语拼音，单字条目补充有汉字笔画、笔顺、部首等知识。条目按义项分类介绍，义项标注词性和英文释义，每个义项列举3-8个典型例句，例句配汉语拼音和英文释义。词典条目和例句配有中文录音，便于学习者练习听力和口语。
Arranged in a handy A-Z format, Tolkien: A Dictionary explores and explains the creatures, plants, events and places that make up these strange and wonderful lands. It is essential reading for anyone who loves Tolkien's works and wants to learn more about them.
Tootekood: 46292693GTIN: 9783764533342Fantasy romance, dark romance
Eine Hexe wider Willen und ein jahrhundertealter Vampir - eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf, und doch so stark ist, dass sie alles überwindet.Diana Bishop ist Historikerin mit Leib und Seele. Dass in ihr zudem das Blut eines uralten Hexengeschlechts fließt, versucht sie im Alltag möglichst zu ignorieren. Doch dann fällt Diana in einer Bibliothek in Oxford ein magisches Manuskript in die Hände, und plötzlich wird sie von Hexen, Dämonen und Vampiren verfolgt, die ihr das geheime Wissen über das Schriftstück entlocken wollen. Hilfe erfährt Diana ausgerechnet von Matthew Clairmont, Naturwissenschaftler, 1500 Jahre alter Vampir - und der Mann, der Diana bald schon mehr bedeuten wird als ihr Leben ...***Der gestaltete Buchschnitt ist auf eine limitierte Auflage begrenzt.*** Band 1 der opulenten Saga um die epische verbotene Liebe zwischen einer Hexe und einem Vampir. Alle Bände der Reihe:A Discovery of Witches - Die Seelen der Nacht Shadow of Night - Wo die Nacht beginntThe Book of Life - Das Buch der NachtTime's Convert - Bis ans Ende der Ewigkeit
Tootekood: 12050787GTIN: 9781400034505Fiction: general & literary
Dorothy is a retired schoolteacher who has recently moved to a housing estate in a small village. Solomon is a night-watchman, an immigrant from an unnamed country in Africa. Each is desperate for love. And yet each harbors secrets that may make attaining it impossible.With breathtaking assurance and compassion, Caryl Phillips retraces the paths that lead Dorothy and Solomon to their meeting point: her failed marriage and ruinous obsession with a younger man, the horrors he witnessed as a soldier in his disintegrating native land, and the cruelty he encounters as a stranger in his new one. Intimate and panoramic, measured and shattering, A Distant Shore charts the oceanic expanses that separate people from their homes, their hearts, and their selves.
In A Divine Revelation of Heaven, after thirty nights in which God gave her visions of the depths of hell and the punishments of the lost, Mary K. Baxter was shown for ten nights the glories of heaven--the home of redeemed souls. Included in this bo
Make these easy DIY therapeutic skin care beauty recipes using essential oils for body lotion, skin cream, whipped butters, and herbal balms and salves. Practice the Art of the Bath Perhaps, after relaxing in the bath and taking in all the benefits
Tootekood: 37615313GTIN: 9781774641392Science: general issues
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 242, Publishers: Must Have Books, Author: Pierre Barbet, ISBN-13: 9781774641392, Date of issue: 2021
What would happen if a doctor implanted the pituitary gland and testicles of a man into the body of a stray dog? In Mikhail Bulgakov's topsy-turvy world, the dog starts to walk on two legs, drink, smoke, thieve, chase women and recite every swear word in Russian. The perfect candidate for a government official, in other words. This rude, riotous send-up of the Soviet Union, banned immediately on publication, is satire red in tooth and claw.
Tootekood: 10966026GTIN: 9780061986727Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Set in the Appalachian mountains, "A Dog's Way Home" is the heartwarming contemporary story of a spirited 11-year-old, her faithful Sheltie, and their determination to find one another after an accident separates them.
"You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me." --- Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2
Four of Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series. With her assertion that she is 'first and foremost a human being', Nora Helmer sent shockwaves throughout Europe when she appeared in Ibsen's greatest and most famous play, A Doll's House. Depicting one woman's struggle to be treated as a rational human being, and not merely a wife, mother or fragile doll, the play changed the course of theatrical history and sparked debates worldwide about the roles of men and women in society. Ibsen's follow-up Ghosts was no less radical, with its unrelenting investigation into religious hypocrisy, family secrets and sexual double-dealing. These two masterpieces are accompanied here by The Pillars of Society and An Enemy of the People, both set in Norwegian coastal towns and exploring the tensions and dark compromises at the heart of society. The new Penguin series of Ibsen's major plays offer the best available editions in English, under the general editorship of Tore Rem. All the plays have been freshly translated by the best modern translators and are based on the recently published, definitive Norwegian edition of Ibsen's works.They all include new introductions by leading scholars and additional editorial apparatus by Tore Rem Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) is often called 'the Father of Modern Drama'. He was born in the small Norwegian town of Skien and started writing plays from an early age. In 1864 he left Norway for a 21-year long voluntary exile in Italy and Germany. After successes with the verse dramas Brand and Peer Gynt, he turned to prose, writing his great 12-play cycle of society dramas between 1877 and 1899. This included The Pillars of Society, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Lady from the Sea, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, and, finally, When We Dead Awaken. Ibsen returned to Norway in 1891 and died there at the age of seventy-eight. Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik are freelance literary translators. Tore Rem is Professor of British literature at the University of Oslo and author of Henry Gibson/Henrik Ibsen (2006).
Necesitamos estar cerca de las personas que queremos casi tanto comoel aire que respiramos. A Stella Grant le gusta tener el control, apesar de no poder dominar sus propios pulmones, que la han tenido enel hospital la mayor parte de su vida. Por encima de todo, Stellanecesita controlar su espacio para mantenerse alejada de cualquierpersona o cosa que pueda transmitirle una infección y poner en peligro su trasplante de pulmón. Dos metros de distancia. Sin excepciones. En cuanto a Will Newman, lo único que quiere controlar es cómo salir deeste hospital. No le importan sus tratamientos, o si hay una nuevamedicación en ensayo clínico. Pronto cumplirá dieciocho años y podrádesconectar todas estas máquinas. Desea ir a ver el mundo, no solo sus hospitales. Will y Stella no pueden acercarse. Solo con que respirencerca, Will podría provocar que Stella perdiera su puesto en la listade trasplantes. La única forma de mantenerse con vida es mantenersealejados. ¿Puedes amar a alguien a quien no puedes tocar?
Tootekood: 13577532GTIN: 9781495061165Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music
(Willis). The iconic A Dozen a Day books have been in piano studios around the world since 1950. Written and illustrated by Edna Mae Burnam, a second-generation piano teacher, the books are universally recognized as one of the most practical technique seri
Tootekood: 16362937GTIN: 9780877180319Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music
(Willis). The Dozen a Day books are universally recognized as one of the most remarkable technique series on the market for all ages Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of each practice session, providin
Tootekood: 16364024GTIN: 9781458419750Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music
(Willis). Each book in the A Dozen A Day series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of the student's practice session. Performing these technical exercises will help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. Includes audio files
Tootekood: 16364028GTIN: 9781458421913Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music
(Willis). Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of the student's practice session. Performing these technical exercises will help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. This version includes audio files
Tootekood: 11562993GTIN: 9780877180265Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music
(Willis). The Dozen a Day books are universally recognized as one of the most remarkable technique series on the market for all ages Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of each practice session, providin
(Willis). Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of the student's practice session. Performing these technical exercises will help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. This book includes access to onli
(Willis). Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of the student's practice session. Performing these technical exercises will help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. Audio recordings of the book's ex
Tootekood: 16385319GTIN: 9781458426895Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music
(Willis). Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of the student's practice session. Performing these technical exercises will help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. This book includes access to audi
Tootekood: 11562994GTIN: 9780877180289Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music
(Willis). The Dozen a Day books are universally recognized as one of the most remarkable technique series on the market for all ages Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of each practice session, providin
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 24, Publishers: Random House Children's Books, Author: Disney Storybook Art Team, ISBN-13: 9780736445139, Date of issue: 2025
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Robert DeNiro, Marilyn Monroe, and Joanne Woodward-these are only a few of the many actors trained in "Method" acting by the great and legendary Lee Strasberg. This revolutionary theory of acting-developed by Stanislavsky and continued by Strasberg-has been a major influence on the art of acting in our time. During his last decade, Strasberg devoted himself to a work that would explain once and for all what The Method was and how it worked, as well as telling the story of its development and of the people involved with it. The result is a masterpiece of wisdom and guidance for anyone involved with the theater in any way. .
Tootekood: 38332668GTIN: 9781774641613Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 222, Publishers: Must Have Books, Author: Lorna Hill, ISBN-13: 9781774641613, Date of issue: 2021
A vicious rivalry. A forbidden desire. A curse only her enemy can break. After twenty years stuck in a fae convent with no word from whoever abandoned her there, Briony Rose is all out of hope. But when her parents suddenly claim her and reveal she’s a lost fae princess, she’s burdened with the weight of a kingdom on the brink of collapse. To secure her family’s precarious position, she must marry a wealthy human stranger. She would have done her duty with pride…if it weren’t for Thorne Blackwood. Thorne Blackwood harbors three things: a secret name, a love for baked goods, and a long-standing plan for revenge on the family that destroyed his own. Briony Rose—a woman born to be his nemesis—provides the solution. With a single touch, he controls her. And through that control, he tricks her into triggering a curse that sends her family into one hundred years of enchanted sleep. But Briony isn’t the soft princess he expected her to be. She’s just as sharp and cunning as he is, and when she traps him in a bargain to reverse her family’s curse, he has no choice but to join a tense alliance. He too stands to gain from her plans, for if they break the sleeping spell, his own family will return from their forced slumber. To accomplish their goal, they must cooperate on one task: pair Briony with a husband who will make her parents proud. It should be easy. Thorne has connections while Briony has wit and beauty. What neither of them expects is the forbidden desire that burns in their darkest hearts… ACOTAR meets Kingdom of the Wicked in this standalone fairytale retelling of Sleeping Beauty. If you like enemies-to-lovers romance where the villain gets the girl, you’ll love this swoon-worthy story in the Entangled with Fae series. *NOTE this book is new adult featuring mature situations and some adult language. The romance is slow burn but leads to moderate steam. A Dream So Wicked is a complete stand-alone novel set in the same world as The Fair Isle Trilogy. Journey back to Faerwyvae or begin your adventure for the first time with this enchanting tale. Each book in the Entangled with Fae series can be read on its own and in any order. Happily ever after guaranteed!
"Toldees, Mondath, Arizim, these are the Inner Lands, the lands whose sentinels upon their borders do not behold the sea. Beyond them to the east there lies a desert, for ever untroubled by man: all yellow it is, and spotted with shadows of stones, and Dea
The co-founder of the Irish band The Pogues presents his autobiography as a series of interviews between him and his wife, Clarke, where he recounts growing up on an Irish farm, living in London in the mid 1970s, and reflects on the success of The Pogues and why he left the band. Photos.
A feisty orphan is taken in by a band of phony spiritualists in this intriguing, engaging novel. Maud Flynn is known at the orphanage for her impertinence, so when the charming Miss Hyacinth and her sister choose Maud to take home with them, the girl is as baffled as anyone. It seems the sisters need Maud to help stage elaborate seances for bereaved, wealthy patrons. As Maud is drawn deeper into the deception, playing her role as a "secret child," she is torn between her need to please and her growing conscience -- until a shocking betrayal makes clear just how heartless her so-called guardians are. Filled with tantalizing details of turn-of-the-century spiritualism and page-turning suspense, this lively historical novel features a winning heroine whom readers will not soon forget.
A highly charged literary masterpiece that shows one man coming to grips with the death of a friend and the radical injustice of the society around him.
For romantic epic fantasy fans who loved King of Battle of Blood, The Bridge Kingdom, and Crave. Step into a world of hunters, vampires, and curses that run deeper than blood. This standalone is a must for fantasy vampire lovers.On the night of the blood moon, the Vampire Lord must die. Floriane's position as the forge maiden of Hunter's Hamlet is one of reverence, for it is her skill that arms and protects the vampire hunters. She knows her place and is a faithful servant to the Master Hunter and her community...until the night of the blood moon. Until her brother is dying at the hands of the Vampire Lord Ruvan. Wanting to defend her home at all costs, Floriane fights the vampire lord, ready to give her life if it means taking his.But Ruvan doesn't want to take her life... he wants her. Kidnapped and brought to the vampire castle, Floriane is now blood sworn to the vampire lord.She is bound in mind and body to her worst enemy. But Ruvan isn't the fiend she thought he was. She learns the truth of the vampires: They are not mindless monsters, but a proud people, twisted and tortured by an ancient curse.Ruvan believes that Floriane might be the key to ending his people's suffering. All Floriane wants is to defend her home. Loyalties are tested and the lines between truth and lie, hate and passion, are blurred.When her dagger is at his chest, will she be able to take the heart of the man who has claimed hers?A darkly reimagined Snow White meets Beauty and the Beast with vampires, in an epic fantasy world of enemies to lovers, found family, and deep lore. This standalone is complete with a happily ever after ending. It's perfect for fantasy romance fans looking for just the right amount of steam and their next slow-burn and swoon-worthy, enemies-to-lovers story.
On the night of the blood moon, the Vampire Lord must die. Floriane's position as the forge maiden of Hunter's Hamlet is one of reverence, for it is her skill that arms and protects the vampire hunters. She knows her place and is a faithful servant to the Master Hunter and her community... until the night of the blood moon. Until her brother is dying at the hands of the Vampire Lord Ruvan. Wanting to defend her home at all costs, Floriane fights the vampire lord, ready to give her life if it means taking his. But Ruvan doesn't want to take her life... he wants her. Kidnapped and brought to the vampire castle, Floriane is now blood sworn to the vampire lord. She is bound in mind and body to her worst enemy. But Ruvan isn't the fiend she thought he was. She learns the truth of the vampires: They are not mindless monsters, but a proud people, twisted and tortured by an ancient curse. Ruvan believes that Floriane might be the key to ending his people's suffering. All Floriane wants is to defend her home. Loyalties are tested and the lines between truth and lie, hate and passion, are blurred. When her dagger is at his chest, will she be able to take the heart of the man who has claimed hers? A darkly-reimagined Snow White meets inspiration from Beauty and the Beast in an epic fantasy world of hunters, vampires, and curses that run deeper than blood. This stand alone is complete with a "happily ever after" ending. It's perfect for fantasy romance fans looking for just the right amount of steam and their next slow-burn and swoon worthy, enemies to lovers story. While it is set in the Married to Magic universe, readers can start with this book.
