Jim Taylor, Sally Lockhart\'s oldest friend, is engaged as bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you\'d expect. She\'s the slum-girl Jim has been searching for ever since she vanished ten years ago. Now her life is in mortal danger, and together they must battle against unknown enemies in a country where no one can be trusted. This dramatic story of love, loyalty

Louise de la Balliere is the middle section of The Vicomte de Bragelonne or, Ten Years After. Against a tender love story, Dumas continues the suspense which began with The Vicomte de Bragelonne and will end with The Man in the Iron Mask. It is early summ

The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the first millenium of our era, speakers of Uralic languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who had settled in the Baltic region of Karelia, that straddles the border of eastern Finland and north-west Russia, developed an oral poetry that was to last

Transporting readers straight to the grand cafes of Europe, Baking at the 20th Century Cafe brings renewed attention to the legendary sweet and savory baking recipes of Central and Eastern Europe. Polzine, one of San Francisco\'s best pastry chefs, pays homage to the foundational desserts of so many cultures, while lightening and modernizing the recipes through her California lens. Her fruit desserts,

Die Gefährten, Die zwei Türme, Die Rückkehr des KönigsErscheinungsjahr: 200314. Aufl.3 zweifarb. Faltktn.Aus d. Engl. v. Wolfgang KregeGewicht: 968 gr / Abmessungen: 197 mm x 128 mm x 73 mmVon Tolkien, John R. R. / Übersetzt v. Krege, Wolfgang\"Drei Ringe den Elbenkönigen hoch im Licht,Sieben den Zwergenherrschern in ihren Hallen aus Stein,Den Sterblichen, ewig dem Tode verfallen, neun,Einer dem Dunklen

When photographer Howard Huang began shopping his fashion book around New York in 2002 he had no idea he was about to become the master of urban photography. Back then, Huang, originating from Taiwan, thought \"urban girls\" were just women who lived in the city, explaining, \"English is my second language; I was still learning.\" Nonetheless, when the editor of Black Men magazine asked if he knew

Six years ago the dinosaurs were destroyed and Jurassic Park was closed. But now people are finding dead animals again—are they dinosaurs? Dr. Levine is going to find out. On Isla Sorna, off the coast of Costa Rica, he and his friends find themselves in a

September 1953, London\'s East End - Edie Birch, who believes herself to be a war widow, has finally allowed herself to fall in love again. Engaged to be married she is happily planning her wedding day. But fate has a blow in store - her fifteen-year-old daughter, Maggie, is pregnant. A plan has been hatched to stop her daughter from falling from grace. Hidden away above an Italian cafe in Islington

All the world\'s a stage, and he\'s a major player! Forsooth, Deadpool faces a comedy of errors, trapped in the works of William Shakespeare! Whether it turns out to be a midsummer night\'s dream, or much ado about nothing, it\'s sure to be Deadpool as you like it! Fingers crossed that all\'s well that ends well, so Wade can return to the tragedy that is his regular life - and the collapse of his marriage!

There has barely been an important architect in the world for the past century that has not taken advantage of the possibilities of the tentative play and experimentation provided by the design of exhibition sites for trade fairs and world expos. This publication aims at providing a combination of very recent examples from trade fairs and cultural spaces. The spectacular selection of projects ranges

V nachale 1920-h gg. M.Bulgakov posledovatelno sozdaet tri povesti: Djavoliada\" (1923), \"Rokovye jajtsa\" (1924) i \"Sobache serdtse\" (1925). Eto byla neposredstvennaja i burnaja reaktsija na \"sovetizatsiju\" Rossii, na votsarenie kasty \"sharikovyh\". Povesti \"Djavoliada\" i \"Rokovye jajtsa\" byli opublikovany, sootvetstvenno, v 1924-m i 1925 gg. \"Sobache serdtse\" zhdalo svoego chasa sorok

Kto zhe ona takaia - liubovnitca ee brata? S poiskov otveta na etot vopros nachinaet svoe chastnoe rassledovanie Anastasiia Kamenskaia. Ona i ne podozrevala, chto pustiakovoe na pervyi vzgliad delo obretet poistine mezhdunarodnyi masshtab, a po khodu rassledovaniia ei pridetsia stolknutsia s tcelym riadom zhestokikh i vrode by nemotivirovannykh ubiistv. I, razumeetsia, ona ne mogla predvidet, chto

Published to coincide with the eponymous blockbuster film, Roberto Saviano\'s groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller. Since publishing his searing expose of their criminal activities, the author has received so many death threats from the Camorra that he has been assigned police protection. Known by insiders as \'the System\', the Camorra, an organized crime

This is Philip Pullman\'s classic trilogy in one slipcase. Since the first volume was published in 1995, and has now been filmed as \"The Golden Compass\", the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK\'s top awards for children\'s literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon is read and loved by adults and children alike.

Boys in Zinc

An attack on war which broadens into a satire on the ANCIEN REGIME of the Austro-Hungarian empire, THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK recreates the age-old figure of the simple soldier whose sheer determination to survive brings into question the mighty social and political institutions he confronts. Set in a Central Europe which has long since vanished, Hasek\'s novel is nevertheless a timeless portrait of the