This book is the follow up to the previous volume, "On Beauty". Apparently beauty and ugliness are concepts that imply each other, and by ugliness we usually mean the opposite of beauty, so all we need do is define...
Beauty and ugliness are two sides of the same coin; by ugliness we usually mean the opposite of beauty and we often define the first in order to understand the nature of the second. But the various depictions of...
The Eagles, a team of volunteers from the executive ranks of a US corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer, are sent to penetrate a heavily-guarded prison fortress in Iran, and free the...
When two of his American employees were held hostage in Iran, H. Ross Perot and a select group of his employees took matters into their own hands. They faced incalculable odds on a mission only true heroes would have
An autobiographical portrait of Stephen King`s home life, his family and his traumatic recent accident. He offers an insight into his world as well as analysis, advice and instruction on writing. Find out what books...
Colleen McCullough, who crafts "fiction at its best" (Time), triumphs with a searing murder mystery packed with heartpounding twists inside the world of science. All the victims were pretty girls. When the remains of...
Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery, Book 1)
An instant New York Times bestseller, Harrison`s paranormal teen debut is the story of a girl who straddles the line between the living and the dead, reapers and angels.
Morris Gleitzman is one of Australia`s bestselling authors. Once is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanage he lives in to save his Jewish parents from the Nazis in the occupied...
While the works of Walt Disney rank among the icons of American mass culture, it is easy to forget that Disney`s characters and stories were inspired by original works of art. Now the sources that motivated Disney`s...
Once Upon a Time in the North HB
When Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson`s first meeting, many years ago, along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together. When a...
To the doctors the woman in the ambulance was just another casualty - just more beautiful than most, most, more badly hurt, like a delicate damaged butterfly… surely someone was waiting for her to come home? Surely a...
Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Jaz Parks)
I`m Jaz Parks. My boss is Vayl, born in Romania in 1744. Died there too, at the hand of his vampire wife, Liliana. But that`s ancient history. For the moment Vayl works for the doing what he does best - assassination....
"Una novela cautivadora y audaz del autor de "El Alquimista", bestseller con maucutes de un millon de ejemplares vendidos. En este nuevo relato, el novelista explora con gran sensibilidad la naturaleza sagrada del...
Once Upon a Time. .. A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tale Illustrations
This enchanting gallery transports viewers to a fairy tale world - an ageless fantasy realm inhabited by characters from favorite folktales and depicted by renowned artists. Lovingly reproduced from rare early...
L`hiver à la campagne, le thé à sept heures du matin, les soirées interminables le dégoût des autres et surtout de soi-mê L`ennui est là, comme une espèce de boue gluante...
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Формат: 10,5 см х 17,5 см.
By the same author as "Jonathan Livingstone Seagull", "Illusions", and "The Bridge Across Forever", this novel follows a journey by a man and his wife to a realm where survival depends on discovering what the other...
One Corpse Too Many: The Second Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
Set in 12th century Shrewsbury, this story features the further adventures of Brother Cadfael, as he investigates another mystery. Other titles featuring this character include "The Summer of the Danes", "Monk`s Hood"...
