This lavishly illustrated volume explores one of the most versatile, useful and enduring technologies ever invented:?the book. Books:?A?Living History charts the evolution and influence of books around the world, from the cuneiform tablets of ancient Sumer through the development of movable type and the emergence of the modern information revolution. A feast for traditional book-lovers, as well as

This is the third book in the highly successful illustrated series by Madonna.

The Malabar coast is full of dangers: greedy tradesmen, fearless pirates, and men full of vengeance. But for a Courtney, the greatest danger might just be his own family... After his father\'s gambling debts leave him penniless and in danger, Francis Courtney seeks revenge and fortune in South Africa. But on arrival, he uncovers a truth that leaves him overwhelmed and disoriented. Meanwhile, his cousin

Four lives, one woman, a star-crossed love . . . In 1895, sixteen-year-old Juliet begins a passionate, doomed romance with a married artist. In 1932, aspiring actress Nora escapes New York for the bright lights of Hollywood and a new chance at love. In 1970, Californian musician Sandra\'s secret love affair threatens to tear her band apart. And in 2012, Helen is starting to remember the tragic details

\'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.\' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful

The Forsyte Saga is the first part of John Galsworthy\'s magnificent, well-loved \"Forsyte Chronicles\", which trace the changing fortunes of the wealthy Forsyte dynasty through fifty years of material triumph and emotional disaster. \"The Forsyte Saga\" begins as the nineteenth century is drawing to a close, and the upper middle classes, with their property and propriety, are becoming a dying section

It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio’s Winesburg College. And why is he here and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hardworking neighbourhood butcher seems to have

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

Why would you run scared from a happy home? You\'re waiting for your beloved husband to get home from work. You\'re making dinner, looking forward to hearing about his day. That\'s the last thing you remember. You wake up in hospital, with no idea how you got there. They tell you that you were in an accident; you lost control of your car whilst driving in a dangerous part of town. The police suspect

Grand tour: Weekend wonders across EuropeThis revised and updated edition of The New York Times 36 Hours Europe offers 130 expert itineraries to reveal the continent s brightest gems and best-kept secrets. From Renaissance splendor in Florence to Flamenco in Seville, from luxurious Lake Como to easygoing Lisbon, you ll find the antique and the cutting-edge, the renowned and the unexpected, and all

Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for motivating, contemporary graded material that will instantly appeal to students. \"Billy Elliot\" is based on th award-winning film and tells the story of a young boy who follows his dream, against all the odds. It also provides an insight into British culture and family relationships.

Horris Kew, conjuror and confidence-trickster, has returned to the Magic Kingdom of Landover, and a chorus of disapproval immediately assaults Ben Holiday\'s ears. Both Questor Thews, the Court Wizard, and Abernathy, the Court Scribe (currently, magically transformed into a dog) urge Ben to lock him up or exile him. Fair as ever, Ben decides to consider the problem rather than act immediately. Alas,

VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions. A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call \'objectivity\'. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship\'s officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it

Nach vielen spannenden Erlebnissen unter den Komantschen und in Kalifornien setzt die Erzählung vom Leben und Sterben des edlen Häuptlings dem ganzen indianischen Volk ein unvergängliches Denkmal. Der Bericht über das Testament des Apatschen beschließt das tragische Geschehen.

Ā«Starik i moreĀ» ā€” nastojaschij shedevr Hemingueja. Povest posvjaschena Ā«tragicheskomu stoitsizmuĀ»: pered zhestokostju mira chelovek, dazhe proigryvaja, dolzhen sohranjat muzhestvo i dos-toinstvo. Izobrazhenie jarostnoj shvatki s chudovischnoj ryboj,

For the last time, the dwarves are going to war - and the outcome will decide the fate of their race. There has been no word from the brave warrior Tungdil since the vicious battle at the Black Abyss. Dragons, magicians, and the malevolent älfar have advanced far into the kingdom of Girdlegard, ruthlessly seizing vast areas of land. The dwarves seem to be facing their next battle with little hope of