This work includes two new titles in the fantastic First Reading series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. This book contains information telling young readers all about the fascinating worlds of butterflies and penguins. Luxurious hardback edi

In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. An adventure by any measure, this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who, by their early thirties, were the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, from the Taj Mahal to Machu Picchu, the story of

1796: Nathan Peake, captain of the frigate Unicorn is sent with a small squadron into the Adriatic to help bring Venice into an Italian alliance against the French. He establishes a British naval presence, harrying the French corsairs that swarm out of Ancona in Italy. While Nathan confronts the politics of \'intrigue, poison and the stiletto\' in Venice, his mission is further complicated by the arrival

\"Philosophy in the Bedroom\" accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood.

Based on the true story of conjoined Russian twins, Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep is a tale of survival and self-determination, innocence and lies. `We\'re waiting. I squeeze my eyes shut and dig my fingers into Masha\'s neck where I\'m holding her. She digs hers into mine. The curtains slowly open. I can\'t see anything because the spotlight is on us, bright

Twenty years ago, Tommy Molto charged his colleague Rusty Sabich with the murder of a former lover; when a shocking turn of events transformed Prosecutor Rusty from the accuser into the accused. Rusty was cleared, but the seismic trial left both men reeling. Molto\'s name was dragged through the mud and while Rusty regained his career, he lost much more ...Now, Rusty - sixty years old and a chief judge

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The stunning new summer besteller from Freya North. Vita\'s nursing a broken heart. Oliver\'s heart belongs to the past. They should be perfect for each other. But will they chance it? Vita\'s gift shop would do better if she ran it as a business, not as somewhere to daydream. But she\'s not one to tell herself off: she leaves that to Tim, her ex. Active and outdoorsy Oliver runs his tree-surgery business

Now that the evil Count has been killed and dragged to Hell by the demon lords of the Godhand, Guts, the Black Swordsman, hooks up with his former benefactor, the mercenary Gambino. But it\'s a deadly reunion, one that nearly takes Guts\' life. The following years see Guts wandering from battlefield to battlefield, where his awesome skills as a slayer catch the eye of both warring parties, including

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infi nity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to infl ict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led

Special edition slipcase edition of John Green\'s Paper Towns, with pop-up paper town. From the bestselling author of The Fault in our Stars. Quentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow.

Buck is forced into life as a sled dog, where he must fight for his survival. Can he rise above his enemies and become master of his realm?

?\'«Voina i mir?\'» - roman-epopeia Lva Tolstogo, odno iz krupneishikh proizvedenii mirovoi literatury, opisyvaiushchee zhizn russkogo obshchestva v epokhu Napoleonovskikh voin. ?\'«Voina i mir?\'» - eto masshtabnaia kartina zhizni Rossii, vziataia vo vsekh ee sotcialnykh sloiakh (ot krestian do imperatora Aleksandra I)... eto i i detalnoe opisanie khoda voennykh deistvii, i osmyslenie povedeniia

While drifting in space, lost, due to navigational failure, a mineral scout discovers God. When word gets out, academics from the studiums across Orion scramble to gain the Entity\'s favour. However, not all the sentients of Orion hold this \'god\' in awe - some, like the philosophers of Scolar and the Transhuman\'s of Extropy are deeply suspicious. Onto the grand stage of inter-planetary academic

An enchanting, atmospheric new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Marisa Silver In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a peasant couple longs for a child. In despair they turn to gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, and one cold wintery night, the couple\'s wish comes true. But the silence that follows the birth forewarns of darker days to come. Strangers look on askance

Vladimir Vysotskij - fenomenalnoe javlenie v russkoj poezii. Vysotskomu-poetu udalos ulovit puls istorii, samomu stat nervom, bolevoj tochkoj epohi, vobrat v sebja ogromnyj slovar svoego naroda, podhvatit ritm svoego vremeni, otrazit samye nasuschnye prob

Der Autor und Psychiater Ernst Augustin hatte 1974 einen Geldfälscher zu beurteilen, dessen Methode darin bestand, nur kleine Scheine auf den Markt zu bringen. Als er sich durch eine einmalige große Summe ein Ruhegeld verschaffen wollte, wurde er entdeckt. Während der Begutachtung teilte der Proband Ernst Augustin die Herstellungstechnik mit, verriet ihm vor allem \"das Geheimnis des Wasserzeichens\".

The rediscovery of the city that has been evident recently has by no means superseded the human desire for nature. On the contrary, the goal has been finding urban solutions that do justice to these growing needs and do so in ways that meet the requi rements for design, ecology, sociology, and economy. This publication addresses the subject of designing inner-city spaces. It documents twenty recently

It is a society that is, officially, a paradise. Superior to the decadent West, Stalin\'s Soviet Union is a haven for its citizens, providing for all of their needs: education, health care, security. In exchange, all that is required is their hard work, and their loyalty and faith to the Soviet State.Leo Demidov knows this better than most. A rising, prominent oficer in the State Security force, Leo