It is hard to overestimate the importance of the contribution made by Dame Frances Yates to the serious study of esotericism and the occult sciences. To her work can be attributed the contemporary understanding of the occult origins of much of Western scientific thinking, indeed of Western civilization itself. The Occult Philosophy of the Elizabethan Age was her last book, and in it she condensed many

This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Keats\'s poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by a gen erous selection of Keats\'s letters - to give the essence of his work and thinking. In his tragically short life Keats wrote an astonishing number of

This is the second book from Robbie Williams, written with acclaimed music writer Chris Heath. For the first time the full, unexpurgated story of his life - brutally frank, funny and honest. First came Ebury\'s massively successful, 2001 illustrated account of Robbie\'s touring world, \"Somebody Someday\". Now the time has come for the complete, intimate story of Robert P Williams. Spanning his childhood

The heroes of Dota 2 forge eternal legacies amidst the chaos of battle as they ward off assaults on their Ancient and push ever closer to the destruction of the enemy\'s. Now glimpse beyond mere allegiance to Radiant or Dire into the storied lives of these legendary warriors with Dota 2: The Comic Collection. Valve and Dark Horse are proud to present eight premier comics--collected in print for the

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

The best architects are known by the emblematic buildings they create. This book evaluates some of the top architects of the world on the basis of their most recent projects - constructed, under construction or non-constructed.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY’S WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘A delicious, important novel’ The Times ‘Alert, alive and gripping’ Independent ‘Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both.’ Guardian As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they

Hollywood gets more than it bargained for when television\'s hottest star arrives at the Miami Police Department and develops an intense, professional interest in a camera-shy blood spatter analyst named Dexter Morgan. Mega-star Robert Chase is famous for losing himself in his characters. When he and a group of actors descend on the Miami Police Department for \"research,\" Chase becomes fixated on

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

Sheherezade is beautiful and clever. She also knows many wonderful stories: a thousand and one! Some of them are in this collection. We meet many different people in these stories: a clever servant girl, a boy judge, a stupid barber and forty bad thieves.

The countdown to oblivion has started - who will stop the clock? A famous scientist is found dead, a mysterious symbol burned into his skin. Many miles away in Rome, the world\'s cardinals gather to elect a new pope. Little do they know that beneath their feet, a vast bomb has started to tick. Professor Robert Langdon must work out the link between these two seemingly unconnected events if he is stop

Le héros est fatigué. Deux balles dans la peau ont décidé l\'avocat Matthew Hope jeter l\'éponge, direction la Floride. cet état ensoleillé n\'est-il pas le paradis des retraités ? Mais voici qu\'une blonde en tailleur débarque dans son bureau. Jill Lawton, trente-quatre ans, lui demande de retrouver son mari qui a disparu depuis neuf mois, il n\'a pas laissé le moindre mot d\'adieu, il a tout simplement

WINNER of the International Affairs Book of the Year at the Political Book Awards 2014 Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013 The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked into a catastrophic conflict which killed millions of its men, bled its economies dry, shook empires

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

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.

In this exhilarating companion to Printz Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi brilliantly captures a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, driven by demagogues who recruit children to become soulless killing machines. Two refugees of these wars, Mahlia and Mouse, are known as \'war maggots\': survivors who have barely managed to escape

Peter Grant, having become the first English apprentice wizard in fifty years, must immediately deal with two different but ultimately inter-related cases. In one he must find what is possessing ordinary people and turning them into vicious killers, and in the second he must broker a peace between the two warring gods of the River Thames.

The next wave of volumes from the smash-hit series are now available in one deluxe hardcover in BATMAN- DETECTIVE COMICS- THE REBIRTH COLLECTION DELUXE BOOK 2! Batman and series co-star and fan-favorite hero Batwoman join forces to train new and familiar recruits in the fight to keep Gotham safe from an army of mysterious foes! Collects BATMAN- DETECTIVE COMICS issues #950-962.