Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don t ask). It s snowing. It s freezing. And there are monsters on his trail . . ."
To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire and water. This being Ankh-Morpork, it's soon drawing astonished crowds, some of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear. Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work - as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, vital . . . but largely dependent on words, which are fortunately not very heavy and don't always need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse . . . Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man wi' t'flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting arrangement with the sine and cosine. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he's going to stop it all going off the rails . . .
Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that nobody looks behind their pretty faces. Until Robin sets his sights on Sir John Hartlebury's heiress niece. The notoriously graceless baronet isn't impressed by good looks or fooled by false charm. He's sure Robin is a liar, a fortune hunter, and a heartless, greedy fraud - and he'll protect his niece, whatever it takes. Then, just when Hart thinks he has Robin at his mercy, things take a sharp left turn. And as the grumpy baronet and the glib fortune hunter start to understand each other, they also find themselves starting to care - more than either of them thought possible. But Robin's cheated and lied and let people down for money. Can a professional rogue earn an honest happy ever after?
'It's still magic, even if you know how it's done' SIR TERRY PRATCHETTDesigning Terry Pratchett's Discworld takes readers behind the scenes of the amazing partnership between Sir Terry Pratchett and artist Paul Kidby.It shows how the Discworld was brought to visual life - from the earliest sketches to the final magnificent masterpieces - and how Terry and Paul absorbed influences from art and pop culture, fusing them into the Discworld landscape.Whilst Terry was the undisputed creative fountainhead, for three decades Paul has been the artistic force taking the people, places and piece of man-eating luggage from Terry's ever-fertile imagination right into our world.Designing Terry Pratchett's Discworld also outlines the images that we never got to see - the early covers of the great unwritten novels, taken from the world before their time.This is a unique insight into one of the great literary partnerships, packed full of hitherto unseen art and the real stories behind it.
Bestselling author Claire Shaeffer teaches you everything you need to know to design and sew the perfect jacket. Based on couture techniques learnt from master tailors, this book begins with the equipment, materials, design elements, and sewing and constru
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 384, Publishers: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK, Author: Sophie Haydock, ISBN-13: 9780857527592, Date of issue: 2024
Restorative yoga poses for healing your mind and body! In partnership with Yoga Journal, instructor Gail Boorstein Grossman, E-RYT 500, CYKT, teaches you how to practice restorative yoga--a form of yoga that focuses on physical and mental relaxation through poses aided by props. It's a gentle yet empowering style that helps you de-stress and re-energize. While restorative yoga is beneficial for your entire body, Gail also shows you how to treat more than twenty ailments, such as headaches, digestive issues, and anxiety, through specific yoga poses and sequences. Guided by step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs, you will gently ease your way into inner calm and better health with powerful yoga sequences. Whether you're having trouble sleeping, suffering from backaches, or just want to unwind after a busy day, you will find balance throughout your body, soul, and mind with Restorative Yoga for Life.
On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen, and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike its other customers, for he offers help instead of seeking it. Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice—by way of rain puddles, rides on paper cranes, the bridge between midnight and morning, and a night market in the clouds. But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own—and risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back.
THE UNFORGETTABLE MILLION-COPY JAPANESE BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR'Recalls early Murakami. An enchanting read' FT____________Readers are obsessed:'Every word resonated in my heart' ***** Reader review"Perfect for anyone who loves to think deeply about what they have just read' ***** Reader review'Makes you ponder about death and about life' ***** Reader reviewBrimming with suspense and heartbreak, the million-copy Japanese fantasy mystery for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD and LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR______________Is there anyone you wish to see?So asks the smart young man, Ayumi, to his clients who have come to him for a reunion with the person who once changed their life.But it is no ordinary reunion The people they ask to see have passed away.Calling himself the go-between, Ayumi lays down strict rules around the meetings between the living and the dead: the deceased cannot have been summoned by anyone else; they may refuse; and they must meet under a full moon.- Anxious Hirase asks to see the celebrity who showed her kindness at a critical moment;- An arrogant family man wants clarity about a will from his beloved mother;- After a bike accident, a school girl has a question for her former best friend;- A salary man wants to ask the only woman he ever loved what caused her to run away.With each reunion, tantalizing clues are scattered for readers to piece together the emotional truth behind the go-between in this mesmeric and unputdownable tale of kindness, compassion and connection.Who would you like to see?_______Watch out for HOW TO HOLD SOMEONE IN YOUR HEART, the sequel to LOST SOULS MEET UNDER A FULL MOON coming soon.First published in Japan under the title TSUNAGU or GO-BETWEEN
Das Krautrock-Buch von Wolfgang Seidel in englischer ÜbersetzungMit »Wir müssen hier raus!« hat Wolfgang Seidel, Gründungsmitglied der Ton Steine Scherben, eine mitreißende Gegenerzählung zu den inzwischen gängigen Darstellungen des Krautrock verfasst. Nun erscheint sein wegweisendes Buch in englischer Übersetzung, ergänzt um Bildmaterial und eine Diskografie der 50 wichtigsten Krautrock-Platten.Mit dem Wissen desjenigen, der dabei war, bei den Hausbesetzungen und Demos, den ersten Konzerten von Bands wie Cluster, Tangerine Dream und Ash Ra Tempel, legt Seidel ein Buch vor, das die alte Bundesrepublik wieder zum Leben erweckt. Mit all ihren Widersprüchen und Kämpfen, in der gerade deswegen entstehen konnte, was heute als Krautrock gefeiert wird und was damals ein Versuch war, den Soundtrack zur Revolution beizusteuern. Die Revolution ist ausgeblieben, die BRD gibt es nicht mehr - und gestorben scheint ebenso die Utopie eines besseren Lebens, für das es sich zu kämpfen lohnt, auf der Straße wie im Tonstudio. Dabei sollte angesichts der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse die Parole noch immer lauten: »Wir müssen hier raus!«Wolfgang Seidel zeichnet, ausgehend von diesem Lebensgefühl, dem Fluchtinstinkt der Jugendlichen, ein Bild der alten Bundesrepublik, das anders gefärbt ist als die vielen Gründungsmythen der ersten genuin deutschen Popkultur, des Krautrock, der eines vor allem nicht sein wollte: deutsch.Übersetzt von Alexander Paulick.
A film tie-in edition of the first title in a trilogy that follows the case of a man who arrives at a mental ward claiming to be from the planet K-PAX. It is through the notes of psychiatrist that the lovable character of prot, his profound effect on the other patients and the nature of his planet is revealed. The film, starring Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges is due to be to be released in January 2002 and is expected to be a huge hit. K-PAX II On A Beam Of Light{ is also published by Bloomsbury.
Here, for the first time in one volume, are two rare autobiographical works by Benito Mussolini (1883--1945), founder of Fascism and Italian dictator for twenty-one years. The first volume (published in English in 1928 as My Autobiography) describes Mussolini's youth, years as an agitator and journalist, experiences in World War I, the formation and revolutionary struggles of the Fascist Party, the March on Rome, and his early years in power. The second volume (published in English in 1948 as The Fall of Mussolini) was written during the brief period between his rescue by the Germans in September 1943 and his execution by Italian partisans in April 1945. Here the Duce recounts his last year in power and the coup d'etat that deposed him. My Rise and Fall allows readers to view the dictator from two unique vantage points: Il Duce, eyes on the horizon, chin thrust forward, as he nears his political zenith; and Mussolini at his nadir, a desperate, powerless, sawdust Caesar, soon to be shot and hanged, head down, for all to scorn.
"I wanted to show how cars appear in typical street view, which is rarely the subject of photographs. Cars are usually avoided in photography - one waits until a car has exited a view. The ordinary presence of cars is rarely worthy of representation. It's always the special car, or the extreme traffic jam or, of course, the exciting crash that is being pictured. The Cars pays tribute to the shapes and forms we look at every day. How much time we spend with them, sitting inside them, the endless hours we stare at a dashboard. Even if we don't own a car ourselves, their presence is unavoid able.§Cars are everywhere. Their sheer number is the most crazy thing about them. They appear in our lives with excessive omnipresence. In their volume cars intrude upon public space, and the way they occupy streets and open areas is rarely challenged. Virtually wherever there are people, there are cars and they are visually intermingling in whatever we see. We are looking at the world from a car and cars are in the foreground, the background or in between of what is in our view. Where they are, they add a tone, a note, a presence, a noise to the setting they're in. [...]"
Master Russian grammar and broaden your vocabulary with your very own Russian Tutor. This contemporary interactive workbook features 200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points with clear goals, concise explanations, and real-world tasks.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 176, Publishers: Profile Books, Author: Roger Scruton, ISBN-13: 9781781257524, Date of issue: 2017
J.R. Ackerley's German shepherd Tulip was skittish, possessive, and wild, but he loved her deeply. This clear-eyed and wondering, humorous and moving book, described by Christopher Isherwood as one of the "greatest masterpieces of animal literature," is her biography, a work of faultless and respectful observation that transcends the seeming modesty of its subject. In telling the story of his beloved Tulip, Ackerley has written a book that is a profound and subtle meditation on the strangeness abiding at the heart of all relationships.
Magnetiline rahakotiümbris ühendab stiili ja funktsionaalsuse. Kvaliteetne ümbris tagab täpse viimistluse. Magnetkork kaitseb telefoni ja hoiab ära soovimatud kahjustused. Ümbris avaneb nagu raamat, pakkudes suurepärast kaitset, samal ajal kui sisseehitatud magnetkinnitus takistab telefoni juhuslikku libisemist. Magnetiline ümbris on valmistatud kvaliteetsest ja vastupidavast materjalist – see on täielikult kaetud sünteetilise nahaga, mis on vastupidav kahjustustele. Korgi sisekülg on kaetud pehme materjaliga, mis kaitseb nutitelefoni ekraani kriimustuste eest.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 108, Publishers: Society of Biblical Literature, Author: Michael,A. Morgan, ISBN-13: 9780891306153, Date of issue: 1983
Õhupuhasti tüüp:Integreeritav; Maksimaalne võimsus:358.4; Õhu äravoolu võimalus:On; Õhu retsirkulatsiooni võimalus:On; Mõõtmed (kõrgus x laius x sügavus):22,5 x 59,5 x 30 - 46,3
The first photo book by the Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking Year in Space. During his record-breaking 340 consecutive days on board the ISS, Scott Kelly circled the earth 5,440 times, witnessing 10,944 sunrises and sunsets - that's 16 a day.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 288, Publishers: Anness Publishing, Author: Jack Livesey, ISBN-13: 9780754835752, Date of issue: 2023
'James has a way to speak to your soul. This book is nothing short of comforting and heartwarming' VEX KING'While the drawings have the charm of Winnie-the-Pooh, the captions have the depth of ancient proverbs' GUARDIAN'A beautifully illustrated book which draws on tender moments. Exquisite' DR RANGAN CHATTERJEE-------- "One of the greatest achievements is to find beauty today, where you struggled to find it yesterday."From the global bestseller of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon, our two friends return to undertake a beautifully illustrated and poignant journey. This time the pair are on a quest to find the most beautiful place in the world. On discovering a map that promises to lead them there, the search takes Big Panda and Tiny Dragon on a demanding expedition through tough terrain. The pair traverse dark forests, hazardous mountains, derelict ruins and dark caves. There are times when the landscape threatens to overwhelm them, but together they keep walking. Each environment, so menacing at first, slowly yields pockets of light, life and beauty. This is a story of a life-affirming friendship, of struggle and hope, and the immense power of looking for beauty in the most unlikely places. A simple, thought-provoking tale with a deep resonance and well of wisdom inspired by Buddhist philosophy - the perfect gift for adults and children alike seeking comfort, understanding and, of course, beauty.
This book will serve first as a review of latest technology and refractive surgical procedures. The book follows a case-based approach with respective management and learning points. It serves as a visual reference encompassing not only common but also rare complications of refractive surgery. Each chapter discusses a different pathologic entity, including a summary of the most recent updates (pathophysiology, presentations, risk factors, preventions, and management) followed by pictures showing these pathologies. Pictures are combined into cases that include patient history, clinical description of the pictures, management and leaning points. The end of each chapter includes take home messages that summarizes the leaning aspects of the aforementioned cases.Refractive Surgery Atlas is a must-have resource for all cornea and refractive surgery specialists as well as medical students, ophthalmology residents, and fellows in cornea and refractive surgery.
