Paul Davis forgets things. Why he walked into a room. Who he spoke to, and what they said. What he promised his wife he'd do. Sometimes it's too much, and the panic takes hold. But he wasn't always like this. Eight months ago, Paul was attacked - left for dead after seeing something he shouldn't have - and has been piecing his life back together ever since. During the days, therapy helps. But at night, he hears noises that no one else can. That nobody believes. Sometimes he thinks someone is in the house. Other times, the sounds are far stranger. Either he's losing his mind - or someone wants him to think he is. Or maybe something even darker is waiting downstairs . . .
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 424, Publishers: HOOPOE, Author: Hanan Al-Shaykh,Jonathan Smolin, ISBN-13: 9781649033598, Date of issue: 2024
Tootekood: 18429591GTIN: 9781467982191Fiction: general & literary
Antipholus and Dromio keep getting mistaken for somebody else...And recognized by people they don't know...Why are people asking them for money and chains and to dinner? If none of this sounds familiar to you, you're probably not well acquainted with Shake
Luke Chandler ist sieben Jahre alt und lebt mit seiner Familie auf einer Baumwollplantage in Arkansas. Sechs Wochen lang ist im Sommer Erntezeit und während dieser Zeit sieht und hört Luke Dinge, die ein Junge seines Alters eigentlich noch nicht hören sollte. Außerdem entdeckt er Geheimnisse, die das Leben seiner Familie unwiderruflich verändern werden.
Tootekood: 16105743GTIN: 9780997637311Psychology: sexual behaviour
Homosexuality. Is it learned, biological...or both? The answer to this question deeply concerns parents. They want to know how they can best raise their children. Many would have us believe that nothing can be done to foster the
Tootekood: 34320813GTIN: 9782361933470Children’s / Teenage: general interest
Joëlle Jolivet nous entraîne dans une promenade à travers Paris, son Paris, le Paris éternel, le Paris de tous les jours.Vous ferez bien sûr la visite des hauts lieux touristiques - Notre-Dame, l'Opéra Garnier... mais aussi celle de la vie des Parisiens, les cinémas de Saint-Michel, le canal Saint-Martin, Barbès ou le quartier chinois du 13ᵉ. Un dépliant de 4 pages présente la fabuleuse perspective de la "voie royale" qui va du Louvre à la Grande Arche, et la tour Eiffel, la plus belle, se déploie en pop-up lorsqu'on ouvre la page. Au verso de la jaquette, une carte de la ville situant tous les monuments et lieux représentés dans le livre. Le Paris de Joëlle Jolivet est vivant, palpitant, peuplé par une foule animée, bigarrée, haute en couleur, sous le trait noir de ses gravures : Paris, comme on l'aime ! Une vision de la capitale personnelle et universelle à la fois, accompagnée par des textes de Ramona Bǎdescu.
It-girl au demi-million de followers, Jeanne Damas est considérée comme l’incarnation de La Parisienne. De Vogueà Marie-Claire en passant par Elle, et de New York à Paris en passant par l’Asie, les journalistes n’ont de cesse de l’interroger sur ce qui fait d’elle la nouvelle figure de la mythique Française. Ce à quoi elle répond qu’il y a autant de Parisiennes que de femmes vivant à Paris. C’est le point de départ de ce livre. Non pas essayer de décrypter pour la énième fois « La Parisienne », souvent aussi peu réelle qu’une légende peut l’être, mais faire le portrait de vingt d’entre elles, dont chacune incarne à sa manière l’élégance, la désinvolture, le charme et l’esprit de la légendaire femme de Paris.Ecrit par la journaliste et féministe Lauren Bastide (suivie par 30 000 personnes) et illustré de photos prises par Jeanne Damas, à Paris offre à lire vingt portraits de Parisiennes d’origines, d’âges, de parcours et de quartiers différents, dont les destins sont une ode à la ville qu’elles habitent et la vie qu’elles y mènent. Elles ont de 14 à 70 ans, sont réalisatrice, auteur, libraire, militante ou antiquaire, vivent dans des chambres de bonne, des appartements ou sur une péniche, et elles nous ouvrent les portes de chez elles pour nous faire sillonner Paris et découvrir leurs vies. Croqué avec grâce et talent, chaque portrait est accompagné de 4 à 6 photos en couleurs et d’annexes drôles et légères sur l’art de vivre des Parisiennes et les quartiers de la capitale, également illustrées. Les lecteurs y retrouveront de nombreuses photos de Jeanne (réunies pour la première fois dans un livre), des listes de restaurants, de boulangeries, de boutiques ou de vins, et le portrait, en pointillés, des auteurs qui y confient leur style de vie et leur amour des femmes de cette ville.
When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner.But Eitan just won't let it drop, and his friends and colleagues become increasingly concerned about his mental health as his chaotic investigation and equally chaotic life spiral out of control. Is he making a career-ending mistake, or could there genuinely be a killer stalking the wards?A deathly funny mix of mystery, murder and medicine, A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE is the brilliantly original debut novel from Adam Kay, BAFTA-winning author of multi-million global bestseller THIS IS GOING TO HURT.PRAISE FOR A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE'Brilliant.It will make you laugh and weep' Reverend Richard Coles'Amazing. I was gripped right up to the last minute' Joanna Lumley'A work of fiendishly plotted genius' Lucy Foley'Wild and funny and filthy and hilarious' Russell T Davies'Viciously funny - I'm still laughing' Ian Rankin'Very funny, very rude and very moving' Kate Mosse
Tootekood: 25242701GTIN: 9781984899460Fiction: general & literary
Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, and the basis for director David Lean's Academy Award-nominated film, A Passage to India turns on a tragic clash of cultures in British India after the turn of the century, at the height of the
You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction.After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope replace existing ideas and practices entirely." The three books are The Timeless Way of Building, The Oregon Experiment, and this book, A Pattern Language.At the core of these books is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies a radical transformation of the architectural profession) but it comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but by the people.At the core of the books, too, is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain "languages," which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate an infinite variety of designs within a forma system which gives them coherence. This book provides a language of this kind. It will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environment."Patterns," the units of this language, are answers to design problems (How high should a window sill be? How many stories should a building have? How much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees?). More than 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution. As the authors say in their introduction, many of the patterns are archetypal, so deeply rooted in the nature of things that it seemly likely that they will be a part of human nature, and human action, as much in five hundred years as they are today.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 276, Publishers: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, ISBN-13: 9781964877013, Date of issue: 2024
Tootekood: 02940702GTIN: 9780062397348United States of America, USA
With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book's thirty-five year history and demonstrates once again why it is a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools-with its emphasis on great men in high places-to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace.Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of-and in the words of-America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles-the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality-were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance.Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.
Tootekood: 15953153GTIN: 9780062693013United States of America, USA
With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book's thirty-five year history and demonstrates once again why it is a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understand
This multi-award book is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, "A People's Tragedy" offers a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. "Certain to become one of the seminal studies".--"The Philadelphia Inquirer". Photos. of maps.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 160, Publishers: Penguin Random House LLC, Author: Jesse Kirkwood, ISBN-13: 9781635425390, Date of issue: 2025
Tootekood: 19701302GTIN: 9781617137273Popular music
Actor performer musician entrepreneur winemaker athlete writer curious adventurer a Maynard James Keenan is the embodiment of the archetypal artist. Best known as the vocalist in award-winning groups Tool A Perfect Circle and Puscifer he has trusted the path he's followed and heeded his inner voice ever open to synchronicities and unexpected turnings along the way.Until now fans of Maynard James Keenan a or MJK as he is often called a have had access to only an abridged version of his story. In "A Perfect Union of Contrary Things" Keenan partners with his friend of 30 years Sarah Jensen to present a full account of his life and career. From his Midwest childhood to his years in the army to his time in art school a and from his stint at a Boston pet shop to his place in the international spotlight and his influence on contemporary music and regional winemaking a the book chronicles the events that led MJK to take one step after the next to change direction to explore sometimes surprising opportunities.Included are sidebars in his own words often humorous anecdotes that illuminate the narrative as well as commentary by his family members friends instructors and industry colleagues. It also features a foreword by Alex Grey an American visionary artist and longtime friend of Keenan along with a bounty photos of Keenan from childhood to the present.A comprehensive portrayal of a versatile and dedicated artist "A Perfect Union of Contrary Things" pays homage to the people and places that shaped the man and his art. A "New York Times" Bestseller in hardcover it is presented here for the first time in paperback.
This is a collection of perfect yet imaginary reviews of nonexistent books. With insidious wit, the author beguiles us with a parade of delightful, disarmingly familiar inventions. "Lem is Harpo Marx and Franz Kafka and Isaac Asimov rolled up into one and down the white rabbit's hole" (Detroit News). A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Oe's most important novel, A Personal Matter, has been called by The New York Times "close to a perfect novel." In A Personal Matter, Oe has chosen a difficult, complex though universal subject: how does one face and react to the birth of an abnormal child? Bird, the protagonist, is a young man of 27 with antisocial tendencies who more than once in his life, when confronted with a critical problem, has "cast himself adrift on a sea of whisky like a besotted Robinson Crusoe." But he has never faced a crisis as personal or grave as the prospect of life imprisonment in the cage of his newborn infant-monster. Should he keep it? Dare he kill it? Before he makes his final decision, Bird's entire past seems to rise up before him, revealing itself to be a nightmare of self-deceit. The relentless honesty with which Oe portrays his hero -- or antihero -- makes Bird one of the most unforgettable characters in recent fiction.
Una maravillosa novela de la autora de Romper el círculo (It Ends with Us), un auténtico éxito internacional con millones de lectores en todo el mundo.
Colleen Hoover. Un fenómeno mundial imparable. Una novela sobre segundas oportunidades.A Morgan y su hija de dieciséis años, Clara, nada les gustaría más que no parecerse. Morgan está decidida a evitar que su hija cometa los mismos errores que ella, pues al quedarse embarazada y casarse demasiado joven, tuvo que dejar en el aire sus propios sueños. Con personalidades muy distintas les resulta cada vez más difícil coexistir. La única persona que puede traer paz al hogar es Chris, marido, padre y el ancla de la familia. Pero esa paz se rompe cuando se ve envuelto en un trágico y extraño accidente con desgarradoras consecuencias para ellas.Mientras lucha por reconstruir todo lo que se derrumbó, Morgan encuentra consuelo en la última persona que esperaba y Clara se vuelve hacia el único chico que le han prohibido ver. Con cada nuevo secreto y malentendido madre e hija se separan cada vez más, así que lo último que imaginan es que para volver a enamorarse se necesitan la una a la otra.
A small-town second chance romance from the bestselling author of Flawless and Wild Love. I've seen every square inch of Violet Eaton's delectable body and she has no idea who I am. Until now. What happened between us online, in our chats, was meant to stay anonymous and in the past. Until it didn't. It's a small world, but Ruby Creek is even smaller. When I move to the tiny town, the grumpy facade I've created slips when we're forced to live under the same roof. Every time her eyes flare with heat, every time she begs me not to stop, the ice I've encased myself in melts. She has me wanting things I can't want - things I don't deserve.But my invisible wounds have the power to ruin us both. As a former soldier, I should have the discipline to walk away, but the more I open up to Violet, the more I want to keep her. I came back from the war a different man, but my scars are older and deeper than anyone knows - and I planned to keep it that way. I planned to keep my secrets hidden. Until her.
More than 2000 years about the history of prostitution, explained and richly illustrated. An incredible collection of belletristic and more scientific texts combined with the presentation and photos from ancient times until today. Unique, entertaining, and photographically overwhelmingly intensive!
Tootekood: 18551592GTIN: 9781539393344Biography: business & industry
Lord Timothy Dexter was, by most accounts, a living embodiment of irony. Time and time again he beat insurmountable odds (often, it seems, without realizing they existed) and came out on top (and flush with cash). A farm laborer, with little schooling to s
From the gifted creators of the outrageously popular "The New Kid on the Block" and "Something Big Has Been Here" comes yet another wondrously rich, varied, clever--and always funny--collection of poems destined to become favorites. A host of Prelutsky-Stevenson oddballs and characters people the pages of this zany book, which also includes a backwards poem and a poem that never ends. Full color.
Tootekood: 39373070GTIN: 9791028115364Fiction: general & literary
Ce roman inédit constitue une aventure à part entière dans l'univers de A Plague Tale.Situé chronologiquement entre les événements de A Plague Tale: Innocence et A Plague Tale: Requiem, le roman A Plague Tale:Tenebris narre les mésaventures d'Amicia et Hugo, ainsi que de leur mère Béatrice et de leur ami Lucas, confrontés à de nouveaux antagonistes. 1348. Quelques jours après le combat qui les a opposés au Grand Inquisiteur Vitalis, Amicia et Hugo apprennent qu'ils sont recherchés et prennent la direction de l'Est, loin des troupes anglaises affaiblies et d'une Inquisition revancharde. Secrètement à leurs trousses, des Flagellants menés par un zélote bien décidé à faire de Hugo le martyre christique qui accompagnera leurs processions en « éclaboussant du sang sacré de ses plaies l'Humanité pécheresse ». Très vite, la routine itinérante du groupe est troublée par le réveil de la Macula qui afflige Hugo de céphalées et de cauchemars terribles. Après quelques manifestations étranges qui leur permettent néanmoins d'échapper à l'implacable exorciste, Béatrice et Lucas sont catégoriques : les cauchemars d'Hugo, exaltés par la Macula, commencent à altérer le réel autour de lui (émotions contagieuses, confusion des sens, hallucinations, rats paniqués qui échappent à l'appel du garçonnet). Les jours passent, et les symptômes d'Hugo s'intensifient, mettant en péril à la fois sa santé mentale et la vie de ses compagnons.Un roman haletant, développé en étroite collaboration avec le studio Asobo, où vous aurez plaisir à retrouver les personnages avant de les incarner à nouveau dans A Plague Tale: Requiem.
In his famous lectures at Oxford University in 1908 and 1909, William James made a sustained and eloquent case against absolute idealism and intellectualism in philosophy. Ever since Socrates and Plato, the philosophy of the absolute had held sway-the emph
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 288, Publishers: Pan Macmillan, Author: Allie Esiri, ISBN-13: 9781529045222, Date of issue: 2020
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 320, Publishers: Pan Macmillan, Author: Allie Esiri, ISBN-13: 9781529045246, Date of issue: 2021
"All art," Oscar Wilde once announced, "is quite useless." Selected here are some of his finest prose works on the subject of art - useless, illuminating, artificial, uplifting, radical, gorgeous, boring, sublime - and his most brilliant aphorisms on the creative life. Whether lamenting the crass urge to hold art to realist or natural standards or arguing against morality as a guiding principle, Wilde defends the artist while delighting the audience.
