Imagine a world without computers, cars, telephones, or airplanes. Have you ever wondered how these things were invented? From steam trains to underground trains, and from parachutes to space shuttles, this exciting book is bursting with intriguing facts and figures about the inventions that have made the world what it is today.

\"Let It Come Down\", with its title from Macbeth, tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers as he gives in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Moroccan independence,

Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself? Mentors - the follow up to Sunday Times number one bestseller, Recovery - describes the benefits of seeking and offering help. `I have mentors in every area of my life, as a comic, a dad, a recovering drug addict, a spiritual being and as a man who believes that we, as individuals and the great globe itself, are works

\'No voice, no low, no howl is heard; the chief sound of life here is a hiss.\'Stories and poems by Herman Melville drawn from his years at seaIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin\'s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian

This is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world\'s highest mountains. Spanning millennia, from its earliest inhabitants to the present conflicts over Tibet and Everest, Himalaya is a soaring account of resilience and conquest, discovery and plunder, oppression and enlightenment at the \'roof of the world\'. From all around the globe,

More than 100 spectacular illustrations introduce more than thirty dragons, each accompanied by engaging accounts of their origins, habitats, behaviour, and their confrontations with mankind. \"Dragons: A Natural History\" is a splendid tableau, full of the latest dracontological research, that will bewitch and bedazzle, offering captivating insight into the world of these majestic and sometimes comic

In the past luxury usually meant ostentatious displays of heavy ornamentation. But the modern definition of luxury doesn’t have to mean sumptuous or overblown style. Refined architecture and interior design are the contemporary way to create a sense of luxury. Luxury Houses City shows us a beautiful selection of residential projects from cities around the world, where we can see luxury based on well-chosen

Charles Darwin\'s masterpiece, \"On the Origin of Species\", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions

From the first moving pictures (the Lumiere brothers\' 1895 L\'arrivé d\'un train), early westerns, fantastic pictures, and nickelodeons all the way through the golden age of silent film in the 1920s, this book covers the first three decades of the movi ng picture around the world. In America, we witness the birth of Hollywood, circa 1910, where film quickly became a powerful industry and D. W. Griffith

Josie, Nell and Lisa go back a long way - they were flatmates, soulmates and best mates back in their twenties when life was one long party. Five years later, things are different. Josie is married with kids in deepest suburbia, free-spirit Nell has travelled the world, and Lisa is on the path to career glory (and the salary Premiership). A reunion weekend in London seems a great idea to Josie ...until

Under the hot sun, the Jeddah streets make a scene from an old black-and-white movie: the women dressed like long, dark shadows and the men in their light cotton tunics. Naser\'s friends have all left town for cooler climes but he can\'t get away: he\'s an outsider in Saudi and he needs to hold down his job at the local carwash. During his time off, he sits beneath his favourite palm tree, writing

First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy, this new foiled edition of THE HUNGER GAMES is available for a limited period of time. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps

Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! An extraordinary creative achievement by an extraordinary talent, Jim Kay\'s inspired reimagining of J.K. Rowling\'s classic series has captured a devoted following worldwide. This stunning new fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban brings more breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters - including Sirius Black, Remus Lupin

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Jessie Cave is a successful actress, comedian, writer and artist. But just like all other young women in the twenty-first-century, she suffers from self-doubt, jealousy, a fear of failure and constant worry. In 2010 Jessie decided to take up a self-tasked mission - to draw a doodle a day for Twitter. No matter what the subject, and no matter how personal, she would post a new drawing each day without

Desiat nikak ne sviazannykh mezhdu soboi liudei v osobniake na uedinennom ostrove... Kto vyzval ikh siuda tainstvennym priglasheniem? Zachem kto-to ubivaet ikh, odnogo za drugim, samymi neveroiatnymi sposobami? Pochemu vse proiskhodiashchee tak tesno perepleteno s veselym detskim stishkom?

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Lost meets The Passage in this incredible new thriller, for all fans of The Shining Girls and Stephen King. They\'re here ...The boy. The boy watch the boy watch the dead people oh Lordy there\'s so many ...They\'re coming for me now. We\'re all going soon. All of us. Pastor Len warn them that the boy he\'s not to---- The last words of Pamela May Donald (1961 - 2012) Black Thursday. The day that will

Julie Jenson is a 37-year-old book publicist in New York. She\'s also single - and has been for six years. When her friend Georgia\'s husband dumps her for a samba teacher, Julie gathers her four single girlfriends for one momentous night of New York singlehood. Following a night that started with Steaks & Martinis and ended with topless bar dancing and a trip to the hospital, Julie decides that she\'s