Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Christie's wildly unconventional investigator, Parker Pyne, all make appearances in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories--a riveting collection of short stories featuring a host of murderous crimes of p
Ideal for fans of Lord of the Flies and Battle RoyaleA gripping thriller in which an amusement park becomes the scene of a real-life nightmareWritten as an investigation with first-person interviews Wh
"Since I've gone this far, I'll go a bit further and make the paradoxical admission that even us Deathlanders don't really understand our urge to murder. Oh, we have our rationalizations of it, just like everyone has of his ruling passion-we call ourselves junkmen, scavengers, gangrene surgeons; we sometimes believe we're doing the person we kill the ultimate kindness, yes and get slobbery tearful about it afterwards; we sometimes tell ourselves we've finally found and are rubbing out the one man or woman who was responsible for everything; we talk, mostly to ourselves, about the aesthetics of homicide; we occasionally admit, but only each to himself alone, that we're just plain nuts."Two hardened loners, survivors of a violent cataclysm that has wiped out America as we know it, meet in a desolate wasteland. One random, brutal act of violence throws them into an unexpected encounter with the remnants of advanced civilization, a wandering murderous philosopher and with the ghosts of their own pasts, as this post apocalyptic western veers into an exploration of the human impulses for violence and redemption. This science fiction classic feels timeless, as important and thought-provoking today as it was when it first appeared in print over 50 years ago. A Third Place Press Rediscovery Edition
Opposites attract in this hopeful, globe-trotting romance from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kendall Ryan.Alessia Moore, a thirty-seven-year-old powerhouse at the helm of a nonprofit in Nairobi, is tirelessly working to build a school for girls. Professionally, shes thriving, attracting investors to support her mission. But her love life is nonexistent, and shes starting to wonder if the one even exists for her.When she meets Hart Winthrop, the twenty-five-year-old son of a billionaire investor poised to support her foundation, shes unprepared for the pull she feels. Hart is confident, intelligent, and charming. But there are issueshes too young for her, and getting involved with him could jeopardize everything shes worked for.As fate takes them across the globefrom glamorous cities to hidden corners of the worldwhat begins as a forbidden fling grows into something neither of them expected, leaving Alessia to wonder Should she break her own rules for a chance at something real?
In the vein of Maggie OFarrell and John Boyne, Tracey Langes critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shame - and the redemptive power of love in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets. Some secrets you keep from your family. And some secrets you keep for your family. When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk-driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But its not easy. She deserted them all and her high school sweetheart five years before, with little explanation, and theyve got questions. Sunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the East Coast, even if it does mean tiptoeing around resentful brothers and an ex-fiancé. The longer she stays, however, the more she realizes they need her just as much as she needs them. When a dangerous man from her past brings her familys pub business to the brink of financial ruin, Sunday knows that the only way to protect her family is to reveal deeply buried secrets secrets that will threaten everything they know about their lives. In the aftermath, the Brennan family is forced to confront painful mistakes - and find a way forward, together. 'An astonishingly accomplished debut - the Brennans leap fully formed onto the page in this brilliantly judged novel of the intricacies of family life . . . Wholly engrossing.' - Cathy Kelly, author of The Year That Changed Everything Autorid: Tracey Lange
Greek Mythology is an accessible and nuanced overview of creation myths from the ancient Greek and Near Eastern worlds, informed by the understanding of the cultural and social context of the stories. Each chapter includes sections on how the myths connected with aspects of real life, whether religious and ritual, or political and social. This volume provides an introduction to ancient Greek mythology through the theme of cosmogonies and theogonies myths of origins that told the creation of the world and the birth and succession of the gods. Greek Mythology additionally features important foundational myths related to the early stages of humankind, such as the sequence of the Five Races, the first sacrifice, the creation of woman, and the Flood, all part of the core Greek myths about the beginnings of the world. The centerpiece of the volume is Hesiod's Theogony as well as parts of Works and Days which are, along with the Iliad and Odyssey, the earliest Greek literary texts preserved. The volume includes freshly translated excerpts from these canonical sources along with discussions of alternative cosmogonies and theogonies in the Greek tradition, in a rare feature for myth overviews. Beyond providing an overview of the central stories, Greek Mythology reveals myriad aspects of the myths, such as their literary form and performative contexts, their relationship to Near Eastern myths, their religious relevance and ritual function, and their reception, both in later antiquity and in modern times. Autorid: Carolina López-Ruiz
This illustrated behind the scenes look at Marvel Studios first animated series that reimagines famous events from the Marvel Cinematic Universe includes interviews with animators, designers, producers and writers of the series. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations. The official behind-the-scenes art book for Marvel Studios Emmy Awardnominated Disney+ animated series What If ? The Art of Marvel Studios What If ? takes fans behind the scenes of Marvel Studios first animated series. Reimagining famous events from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in unexpected ways, and featuring a voice cast that includes Hayley Atwell, Tom Hiddleston, Chadwick Boseman, and many other stars reprising their roles from the films, the Emmy Awardnominated What If ? creates alternate worlds from the ones you know and opens up a plethora of vast new realities. With each story, The Watcher (Jeffrey Wright) acts as a guide through these various timelines and raises such questions as: What if Ultron successfully defeated the Avengers and acquired the Infinity Stones? What if Peggy Carter was injected with Super Soldier Serum instead of Steve Rogers? What if TChalla became Star-Lord? Filled with striking imagery and a bold color palette, these timelines are brought to life in an animation style that is complementary to the look and feel of the MCU and features designs by the guiding hand of Ryan Meinerding, giving the series a cohesive look and feel with the films. Through interviews with the animators, designers, producers, and writers of the series, readers will discover everything that goes into translating their favorite heroes and villains from live action to animation and how exciting new possibilities for storytelling can open up if you only ask, What if ? Autorid: Paul Davies, Brad Winderbaum, Bryan Andrews
From Flow stationery, a stunning sketchbook that recalls the beauty of the natural world. Featuring both blank pages and graph paper for drawing and note keeping, it's a gift of pure pleasure for artists and journalers A mindfulness-inspiring sketchbook designed with simple practicality and a large 8 ½ x 11 trim size. With blank paper and graph paper, it's an invitation to draw, mark down observations, and journal. The full All Good Things Are Wild and Free stationery line includes: 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, sticker book, stationery set, daily tracker, wrapping paper and gift tags, sticky notes, sketchbook, and notebook set. Autorid: Astrid van der Hulst, Editors of Flow magazine, Irene Smit, Valesca van Waveren
This open access book focuses on Albanian internal and international female migration and places gender at the heart of postsocialist transformation. It explores the vulnerabilities that arise for female citizens from the contradictory policies produced by the Albanian state. By illuminating the intersection of gender and migration, it shows how Albanian women are likely to embed themselves in complex social relations and migration trajectories. By focusing on various cases internal, international, return, economic and student female migrants the book underlines that migration does not follow any kind of evolutionary development, according to which women go from 'traditional to modern' gender relations. By providing a compelling account on the complex negotiations and tactics women employ to deal with gender inequalities, this book leads to a better understanding of gender and migration entanglements. It is a useful read to students, academics in migration and gender studies as well as social scientists and policy-makers in European countries. Autorid: Ermira Danaj
A collection of previously untranslated stories from a master of twentieth-century Austrian literature, Thomas Bernhard. The cold increases with the clarity, said Thomas Bernhard while accepting a major literary prize in 1965. That clarity was the postwar realization that the Wests last remaining cultural reference points were being swept away by the ever-greater commodification of humankind. Collecting five stylistically transitional tales by Bernhard, all of which take place in sites of extreme cold, this volume extends that bleak vision of the master Austrian storyteller. In Ungenach, the reluctant heir of an enormous estate chooses to give away his legacy to an assortment of oddballs as he discovers the past of his older brother, who was murdered during a career in futile colonialist philanthropy. In The Weatherproof Cape, a lawyer tries to maintain a sense of familial solidarity with a now-dead client with the help of an unremarkable piece of clothing. Midland in Stilfs casts a jaundiced eye on the laughable efforts of a cosmopolitan foreigner to attain local authenticity on a moribund Alpine farmstead. In At the Ortler, two middle-aged brothersone a scientist, the other an acrobatmeditate on their unusual career paths while they climb a mountain to reclaim a long-abandoned family property. And in At the Timberline, the unexpected arrival of a young couple in a mountain village leads to the discovery of a scandalous crime that casts a shadow on the personal life of the policeman investigating it. Autorid: Thomas Bernhard, Douglas Robertson
A collection of poems exploring questions of religious and linguistic authority, from medieval England to contemporary AppalachiaA National Poetry Series winner, selected and with a foreword by Tracy K. SmithThe poems in Scriptorium are primarily concerned with questions of religious authority. The medieval scriptorium, the central image of the collection, stands for that authority but also for its subversion; it is both a place where religious ideas are codified in writing and a place where an individual scribe might, with a sly movement of the pen, express unorthodox religious thoughts and experiences. In addition to exploring the ways language is used, or abused, to claim religious authority, Scriptorium also addresses the authority of the vernacular in various time periods and places, particularly in the Appalachian slang of the authors East Tennessee upbringing. Throughout Scriptorium, the historical mingles with the personal: poems about medieval art, theology, and verse share space with poems that chronicle personal struggles with faith and doubt. Autorid: Melissa Range, Tracy K. Smith
If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser 'Heyer was the master' India Knight 'If you haven't read Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store' Harriet Evans 'Brims with elegance, wit and historical accuracy' Daily Mail __________ Even as a fourteen-year-old orphan, Simon Beauvallet knows his own mind. Later, friend and foe alike will know better than to cross the flaxen-haired mountain of a man whose exploits in battle have earned him knighthood, lands and gilded armour. However, his close circle of friends know him by another name: Simon the Coldheart. He seems to be a man incapable of love - until in Normandy he meets Lady Margaret, the so-called spitfire of Belremy. Can she melt Simon's icy demeanour and quench his fiery rage? __________ Readers love Simon the Coldheart ... ***** 'A masterpiece of genre.' ***** 'I really love this book.' ***** 'Georgette Heyer always writes a great tale, well researched and always enjoyable.' ***** 'For all my friends that like high adventure, chivalry, history, romance, and good writing, you have found what you are looking for.' ***** 'The characters are living and breathing, and each of them stands out.' Autorid: Georgette Heyer
The memoir of a successful rock and roll drummer who abandoned his music career to become a writer and embark on a journey that led him to teaching literature and creative writing to college students across the country. Original. "A rock and roll drummer abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for another"-- A rock and roll drummer abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for anotherIn the mid-1990s, fresh out of high school, Nic Brown was living his childhood dream as a rock and roll drummer. Signing a major label record deal, playing big shows, hitting the charts, giving interviews in Rolling Stone, appearing on The Tonight Showwhat could be better for a young artist? But contrary to expectations, getting a shot at his artistic dream early in life was a destabilizing shock. The more he achieved, the more accolades that came his way, the less sure Brown became about his path.Only a few years into a promising musical career, he discovered the crux of his discontent: he was never meant to remain behind the drums. In fact, his true artistic path lay in a radically different direction entirely: he decided to become a writer, embarking on a journey leading him to attend the Iowa Writers Workshop, publish novels and short stories, and teach literature to college students across the country.Bang Bang Crash tells the story of Nic Browns unusual journey to gain new strength, presence of mind, and sense of perspective, enabling him to discover an even greater life of artistic fulfillment. Autorid: Nic Brown
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Each book presented here has been chosen for its scientific and artistic merit, and each one is accompanied by an essay from a museum expert, explaining its role in the development of natural history. The books featured include the oldest book in the Library, the 1469 edition of Pliny the Elder’s Historia Naturalis; Albertus Seba’s striking Locupletissimi Rerum published from 1734; Mark Catesby’s The History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of this area; and the stunning line drawings from Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt in 1798. The Library of the Natural History Museum contains one of the most exciting and comprehensive collections of natural history literature and artworks to be found anywhere in the world. Autorid: Judith Magee
A sumptuous coffee table book featuring images from the Idler magazine's thirty year history. Features excerpts from interviews with Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Hayley Atwell, John Cooper Clarke, Emma Thompson and Howard Marks plus loads of Louis Theroux stories. Autorid: Tom Hodgkinson
Buy either the books separately or all four together in a box set. Perfect gift for the little ones New, nontraditional way of learning the numbers, shapes, colors and opposites, inspired by Edvard Munch's art and world Lets children learn the basics through art Hand colored and written spreadsMy first books collection box with four exciting and educational books for children, covering numbers, shapes, colors and opposites, all inspired by Edvard Munch. Circle? Or Oval? And a diamond shape on the bedspread! My first book of shapes. Yellow hats, purple forest - and what is the color of the moon? My first book of colors. Day and night, light and ...? My first book of opposites. I, 2, 7, 9! How many people do you see on the bridge? My first book of numbers. Ages 0-3. Also available: Boxed-set, ISBN 9788293560906; Opposites, ISBN 9788293560982; Shapes, ISBN 9788284620008; Numbers, ISBN 9788293560869. Autorid: Ingela P Arrhenius
Buy either the books separately or all four together in a box set. Perfect gift for the little ones New, nontraditional way of learning the numbers, shapes, colors and opposites, inspired by Edvard Munch's art and world Lets children learn the basics through art Hand colored and written spreadsMy first books collection box with four exciting and educational books for children, covering numbers, shapes, colors and opposites, all inspired by Edvard Munch. Circle? Or Oval? And a diamond shape on the bedspread! My first book of shapes. Yellow hats, purple forest - and what is the colour of the moon? My first book of colors. Day and night, light and ...? My first book of opposites. I, 2, 7, 9! How many people do you see on the bridge? My first book of numbers. Ages 0-3. Also available: Boxed-set, ISBN 9788293560906; Colours, ISBN 9788293560944; Opposites, ISBN 9788293560982; Shapes, ISBN 9788284620008. Autorid: Ingela P Arrhenius
Color yourself calm and carefree with this charming collection of original designs celebrating the natural world around us! Special features: - Artist Created: No AI or stock images! Every one of the 54 coloring designs was hand-drawn by artist and popular Instagrammer (@JaneMaday) Jane Maday especially for this book. - Positive and Uplifting: Janes signature style is guaranteed to bring a smile and brighten a day. - A Quality Coloring Experience: Printed on heavyweight paper so no bleed-throughs with alcohol markers; special sewn binding lets you press down on the page without cracking the spine. - Frame Worthy: Images are printed on one side of the page only for ease of removal for framing or coloring. Natures Joyful Moments is a creative exercise in self-care, transporting you to hidden glades of peace and happiness. There is a wealth of delightful and heartwarming scenes to choose from: playful otters, songbirds amidst flowers and berries, shy woodland creatures, cheery chipmunks and field mice, ducklings and bunnies, smiling upside-down sloths and possums, and so much more. What all of these original coloring designs share is artist Jane Madays signature positivity and love of the outdoors. Her drawings also land in the sweet spot of having plenty of lovely details to color without being too fiddly for young hands or for those that have perhaps become a bit unsteady but still love to color or engage in an activity that leaves them feeling positive and relaxed. Coloring isnt just an enjoyable activity, it provides tangible mental health benefits. Coloring can induce a calming meditative state as well as relax the brain and improve its ability to function. It can also relieve stress and anxiety and improve focus. So immerse yourself in the happiness and innocent joy of the natural world with the sweet and charming original designs of Jane Maday! Autorid: Jane Maday
Looge oma nahale sära ja niiskus DR. ALTHEA Natural Radiance Essence abil. See toode sisaldab hüaluroonhapet, mis parandab elastsust, ning niatsiinamiidi, mis ühtlustab nahatooni ja vähendab põletikku. Looduslikud ekstraktid ja antioksüdandid kaitsevad nahka, muutes selle nooremaks ja tervemaks.
(Music Sales America). 19 arrangements of Phil Coulter's best-loved songs, including "The Last Rose Of Summer," "Maggie," "The Flight of the Earls," and "The Town I Loved So Well." These specially transcribed versions make Coulter's works accessible for most pianists, letting you bring Tranquility home. Autorid: Phil Coulter
While the First, or 'Great', English Civil War of 1642-6 was largely contested at regional and county level, in often hard-fought and long-lasting local campaigns, historians often still continue to dwell on the well-known major battles such as Edgehill and Naseby. This book redresses this imbalance. While the First, or 'Great', English Civil War of 1642-46 was largely contested at regional and county level, in often hard-fought and long-lasting local campaigns, historians often still continue to dwell on the well-known major battles, such as Edgehill and Naseby, and the prominent national leaders. To help redress this imbalance, To Settle The Crown: Waging Civil War in Shropshire, 1642-1648 provides the most detailed bipartisan study published to date of how the war was actually organized and conducted at county level. This book examines the practicalities, the 'nuts and bolts', of contemporary warfare by reconstructing the war effort of Royalists and Parliamentarians in Shropshire, an English county on the borderland of Wales - a region that witnessed widespread fighting. Shropshire was contested during the First Civil War - when it became one of the most heavily garrisoned counties in England and Wales - and experienced renewed conflict during the Second Civil War of 1648. Based on a doctoral thesis, and therefore drawing primarily on contemporary sources revealing much new information, this book examines key aspects of the military history of the English Civil Wars: allegiance and motivation; leadership and administration; recruitment and the form of armed forces; military finance; logistics; and the nature and conduct of the fighting. Furthermore, while previous studies have tended to concentrate on the Parliamentarians, the comparatively plentiful evidence from Shropshire has allowed the Royalist war effort there to be reconstructed in rare detail. This book reveals for the first time the extent of military activity in Shropshire, describing the sieges, skirmishes and larger engagements, while reflecting on the nature of warfare elsewhere across Civil War England and Wales. In also providing a social context to the military history of the period, it explains how Royalist and Parliamentarian activists set local government on a wartime footing, and how the populace generally became involved in the administrative and material tasks of war effort. Extensively illustrated, fully referenced to an extensive bibliography, and including a useful review of Civil War historiography, To Settle The Crown: Waging Civil War in Shropshire, 1642-1648 is a significant fresh approach to the military history of the English Civil Wars. Autorid: Jonathan Worton
The Thinker's Guide to Analytic Thinking explores the practice of analyzing problems and opportunities and provides a framework for finding common denominators, inconsistencies, biases, and underlying causes. It helps readers learn to think within the logi
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 342, Publishers: MJP Publisher, Author: F. Humphreys, ISBN-13: 9788180944482, Date of issue: 2022
Dalits in the New Millennium interrogates the major aspects of Dalit experience in multiple spheres and traces how Dalit politics is no longer merely content with desire for social justice but has become more assertive and aspirational in its demands. The volume represents the individual voices of the editors and contributors, who are eminent academics and activists, and situates Dalit life amidst all the major changes that have occurred over the last three decades. It aims to provide a more holistic approach to studying the community's socio-economic and political life in the new millennium and adds to the existing literature on Dalit politics, focusing especially on the changes that are taking place in the realm of electoral politics, popular culture, political economy, ideological worldview, and representation, among others. The book premises that despite the long history of violence and discrimination against Dalits, their lives have transformed with the political and economic shifts in the country over the last three decades. It addresses these changes and interrogates the major aspects of Dalit experience associated with them. Autorid: Sudha Pai, D. Shyam Babu, Rahul Verma
There he was, below the bridge, half-naked, eyes blazing. He had a pair of burning torches. He ran them back and forth across his skin. He sipped from a bottle, breathed across a torch, and fire and fumes leapt from his lips. The air was filled with the scent of paraffin. He breathed again, a great high spreading flag of fire. He glared. He roared like an animal. That summer, life had seemed perfect for Bobby Burns. But now it's autumn and the winds of change are blowing hard. Bobby's dad is mysteriously ill. His new school is a cold and cruel place. And worse: nuclear war may be about to start. But Bobby has a wonder-working friend called Ailsa Spink. And he's found the fire-eater, a devil called McNulty. What can they do together on Bobby's beach? Is it possible to work miracles? Will they be able to transform the world? A stunning novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award. Autorid: David Almond
Al dar a conocer el Diario de Santa Faustina Kowalska, nos sentimos felices de haber podido satisfacer el enhelo de muchas almas que deseaban conocer este testimonio espiritual y mistico sobre la Divina Misericordia. 700 paginas mas 24 paginas con fotograf
Mis à jour en 2026, le livre J'améliore mon français - FLE A2-B1 - Culture, santé & bien-être, vie quotidienne contient 110 pages A4 riches en couleurs.Il est conçu pour les apprenants FLE qui souhaitent perfectionner leur français, tout en découvrant des informations utiles au quotidien.- Un apprentissage dynamique et enrichissant Ce livre propose des sujets concrets accompagnés d'exercices variés :VocabulaireGrammaire & conjugaisonCompréhension écrite (QCM, réponses développées et reformulation/interprétation)Expression écrite et orale.- Des thèmes du quotidien pour du savoir utileLe livre est divisé en trois sections :1) Culture : Traditions françaises, savoir-vivre en France, fêtes culturelles. Idéal pour en apprendre plus sur le pays, et réussir l'examen civique.2) Santé & bien-être : Nutrition, sommeil, sport et activité physique, dangers de certains produits du quotidien (bisphénol, paracétamol...). Découvrez des informations utiles pour bien vivre.3) Vie quotidienne : Dialogues pratiques, expressions de tous les jours, mises en situation et sujets d'actualité (visite chez le dentiste, conseils de pompiers, les dessous des vêtements pas chers...), choix des temps verbaux (passé composé, imparfait)... Apprentissage du français utile du quotidien !Ce livre est donc idéal pour les apprenants A2-B1, qui souhaitent passer le DELF A2 ou le DELF B1.Plus globalement, grâce à des textes accessibles et des exercices progressifs, ce livre s'adresse aux apprenants FLE intermédiaires, ainsi qu'à toute personne souhaitant enrichir son français, tout en acquérant des connaissances essentielles pour la vie de tous les jours.Corrigés inclus, avec de nombreuses explications pour améliorer votre niveau de français.Un outil efficace pour apprendre, progresser et se cultiver !
