1519. A Journey to the End of Time, Paperback - John Harrison

While recovering from cancer, John Harrison followed in the footsteps of Hernan Cortes - the man responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire - for...

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Reducere. In the year 999, when Ben Attar, a Moroccan Jewish merchant, takes a second wife, he commits an act whose unforeseen consequences will forever alte...

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Vega Jane and the End of Time (previously published in the USA as The Stars Below) is the fourth and stunning final instalment in master storytelle...

Publisher: Walker Books LtdAuthor(s): Amy SparkesIllustration(s): 20 b/w chapter head illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Collection: The House at the...

When it falls into Robert's hands, he falls in love first with the book, and then with the woman he has never met. In the hands of bestselling auth...

Reducere. Layering climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences, this New York Times Notable Book presents a stunning reckoning wit...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Suzi GablikIn this series of nineteen dialogues with the art critic Suzi Gablik, artists, writers, and philosophers address...

In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people-Ginny, Jack, and Daniel-dream of a decadent, doomed city ...

A glorious and exuberant fin de siecle world reaches its end in Moorcock's most inventive novels.Publisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): Michael M...

In For the Love of Physics, beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin, whose riveting physics lectures made him a YouTube super-star, takes readers on a r...

Reducere. Decodes the message inscribed on the Great Cross of Hendaye in France - Uses the work of 20th-century alchemist Fulcanelli to predict the date of t...

A new, revised edition of Celine's masterpiece, with a foreword by the Booker winning John Banville. First published in 1932, this is the only edit...

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For five months John Harrison journeys through thissecret country, walking alone into remote villages wherehe is the first gringo the inhabitants h...

Veteran worrier, author of To Be a Machine and father-of-two, Mark O'Connell, meets the anarchists, environmentalists, far-right nut-jobs and super...

Reducere. The adventures of Happenstance and Umber reach their epic, surprising, and emotional conclusion. As Happenstance struggles to master his unusual ab...

Vinyl 1Side A: 1. Ballad Of A Dead Soulja2. F*** Friendz3. Lil' Homies4. Let Em Have ItSide B: 1. Good Life2. Letter 2 My Unborn3. Breathin4. Happy...

Reducere. Best-selling author Rick Riordan introduces this adventure by Roshani Chokshi about twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stretch the tru...

A British theoretical physicist, Barbour has for 35 years been working to resolve the conflict between Einstein's theory of General Relativity and ...

Reducere. The visionary classic that traces out the twilight of the petroleum age In 2008, as the price of crude oil spiked to record levels, John Michael Gr...

Reducere. After riding 16, 000 kilometers from Canada through ten countries to his home in Brazil, the Long Rider, Filipe Masetti Leite's life fell apart. So...

Reducere. Richard Feynman once quipped that "Time is what happens when nothing else does." But Julian Barbour disagrees: if nothing happened, if nothing chan...

The landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the...

Reducere. The clarinetist Rebecca Rischin has written a captivating book. . . . Her research dispels several long-cherished myths about the 1941 premiere. . ...

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Matthieu Zela has lived his life well. In fact, he's lived several lives well. Because Matthew Zela's life is characterised by one amazing fact: hi...

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Reducere. True To The End is a unique offering that invites readers into the world of end-of-life decisions and the execution of a last will and testament.Ge...

Reducere. Explore the Resistance to Death, and Awaken More Fully to LifeDeath is simply one more aspect of being a human being, but in our culture, we've mad...

A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, driv...

Reducere. DescriptionBooks 11 and 12 in the popular "Diadem" series. Score, Helaine, Pixel and Jenna are catapulted back in time by a powerful wizard. Trappe...

Publisher: Little, BrownAuthor(s): Rupert EverettPublication date: 2020Dimensions: 152 x 233 x 32Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii...

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Instant New York Times Best-seller From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploratio...

An inspired reflection on creativity and achievement by one of the world's most renowned artisans

In Chronoclasm a man is pursued by his own future. We meet a robot with an overactive compassion circuit. And what happens when the citizens of the...

DescriptionBest-selling author Rick Riordan introduces this adventure by Roshani Chokshi about twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stre...

Reducere. An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the pop...

In To the Island of Tides, Alistair Moffat travels to - and through the history of - the fated island of Lindisfarne. Known by the Romans as Insula...

Reducere. DescriptionTime is central to our lived experience of the world. Yet, as this book reveals, it is startlingly difficult to reconcile the way we see...

Reducere. Elaine Stritch: The End of Pretend is a book about an extraordinary life. It chronicles the twilight of actress Elaine Stritch's career, offering a...

A captivating and beautifully written account of riding Britain's longest place-to-place journey by bike, and its history.Illustrations: 16 b/w pic...

Reducere. Based on the true story of one family's struggle for voting rights in the civil rights-era South, this moving tale shines an emotional spotlight on...