Beautiful Ruins

Reducere. The world is calling. Time to answer. The world's wonders, continent by continent: A trek through Morocco's Atlas Mountains. Sri Lanka’s Hill Count...

Americans have been fascinated by ruins as symbols of the past and now as symbols of the future. Empire of Ruins tells the story of what ruins have...

Edward Couzens-Lake takes a look at the history behind the ruins and follies of the beautiful East Anglia.

A rejacketed edition of this humorous novel about one man's downturn and his attempt to protect his family through selling high-grade dope, to appe...

The wildest and most beautiful of Britain's remains from ancient structures are guided through in this book from the author of }Grow Your Food For ...

Reducere. Now in a beautiful 50th anniversary edition with a new foreword and afterword by the author, this is the groundbreaking classic that introduced the...

When the Histronauts travel back in time to the Viking era they'll need your help to uncover the secrets of the past. Join them on their journey as...

Science fiction maestro Brian Aldiss at the top of his writing powers in a rare foray into literary fiction. With a sparse elegance, Aldiss crafts ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

With the country's oldest university and the ruins of both a magnificent castle and one of the grandest cathedrals of medieval Europe, St Andrews i...

Chester County, Pennsylvania, is arguably one of the more historic and naturally beautiful places in the United States. This photographic explorati...

Reducere. Discover the ruins of the Parthenon, one of the most famous and beautiful places in the world Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ...

In the smoking ruins of our world, will the struggle for yesterday's technology spark tomorrow's global war? A new postapocalyptic novel, in which ...

Reducere. The capital city lay in ruins. Portia helps rebuild it, one smashed building at time.But it's not enough. She cannot forget those trapped on the ot...

Reducere. In an earlier time, Shan Tao Yun was an Inspector stationed in Beijing. But he lost his position, his family and his freedom when he ran afoul of a...

The book that launched Di Morrissey as Australia's most popular female novelist. At twenty-one, Queenie Hanlon has the world at her feet and the lo...

These poems, written in the last decade of Paula Gunn Allen's life and the first years of the new century, capture the variety, ingenuity, and comp...

Reducere. "One of the most captivating novels of the year." - Washington Post NATIONAL BESTSELLERA Best Book of the Year: Bloomberg Boston Globe Chicago Publ...

DescriptionA new compendium of adventures, from the best-selling Wild Guide series (120, 000 copies sold) now released for Central England. Guiding...

Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nha Ca arrives in the city to atten...

The Scottish landscape has a unique majesty like no other. It will sweep you away with the Alpine grandeur of the Skye Cuillin or enchant with the ...

DescriptionFrom the ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert to the ghost town of Bodie, the painted churches of Sucevita in Romania, and a fire festi...

Reducere. Southern Virginia's heritage is rife with stories of the past and the buildings to go with them. Take a step back in time, into the Deep South, and...

Reducere. A huge mistake! Will Loda hide it, or will she choose honesty?When Loda accidentally ruins her neighbor's new bowl, her instant response is to grab...

In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning. - F. Scott FitzgeraldA coming-of-age novel--a heady union of Before Sun...

Combining the atmosphere of Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins with the intriguing historical backstory of Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train, Deborah...

Reducere. A Most Anticipated Book by: The New York Times Book Review * Wall Street Journal * Time * Esquire * The Millions * Vogue * People * New York Post *...

Reducere. In the shadows of New York City lies forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of centur...

Reducere. A desperate plea for help plunges Doc Savage into a maelstrom of horror aboard the Hong Kong-bound liner Mandarin, where the depraved minions of th...

Reducere. Anna is the newest member of an elite ballet company. Her first class with her mysterious idol, Victoria, almost ruins her career before it starts....

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, now available in paperback--the first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter--a suite of ...

Reducere. The charming, slyly comic novel of romantic longing and transformation that inspired the Oscar-nominated film Four very different women, looking to...

Read it " --Jess Walter, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins " R]ollicking good fun." --New York Times Book Review "A tour-de-forc...

Reducere. SPECIAL REPRINT EDITION: Blue Guide Southern Italy 2007, OF WHICH THIS IS A REPRINT. Southern Italy is a major visitor destination with a wealth of...

DescriptionErin Marinelli has her work cut out for her when she arrives at her late grandmother's Wisconsin home to prepare for an estate sale. But...

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Reducere. Native Neopolitan and distinguished scholar Tommaso Astarita gives us a history both erudite and full of personality--from the freethinking, cosmop...

DescriptionLong, long before the Information Age ended, young Hildegard of Bingen finds beauty in the moral and spiritual ruins of her medieval wor...

DescriptionWhether you want to explore ancient ruins in Rome, ride a gondola in Venice, see the Duomo in Florence, or visit Vatican City, the local...

The first biography of a visionary twentieth-century American performer who devoted her life to the revival of ancient Greek culture This book tell...

Reducere. Whether you want to dive the Blue Hole, explore Mayan ruins, or go cave tubing, the local Fodor's travel experts in Belize are here to help Fodor's...

Reducere. Rich in history, wildlife, and beautiful coastal landscapes, Georgia's Cumberland Island attracts many an island tourist and nature lover. The isla...

"Inspirational" - The Daily Mail"Sarah Sands has written about stillness with an eloquence that fizzes with vitality and wit. This wonderful book c...

Presented in a landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each entry, Greece is a stunning collection of images celebrating one...

Reducere. The poems in Ticking deep map a beautiful but apparently empty strip of the South Wales coastline that looks across the Bristol Channel to Exmoor. ...

Reducere. Whether you want to party in Cancún, snorkel in Cozumel, or explore Mayan ruins and cenotes in Tulum, the local Fodor's travel experts in Mexico ar...

Reducere. Do you want to experience the charm of Georgia's St. Simons Island? Do you long to see the little chapel at Frederica? Would you like to stand amid...

Reducere. The explosive fallout--with a jaw-dropping twist--from a top CIA man's corruption and a US political leader's racism. The ruins of an iconic 450-ye...

Ask the Dust is an epic journey through ruins from the genteel parlours of long dead haute bourgeoisie families to the sparse industrial beauty of ...

Reducere. DescriptionBritish crime fiction where characters become people and place is part of the story.For lovers of intelligent crime fiction, three more ...

Reducere. DescriptionShe's beautiful, rich, and reckless... When Lady Constance Stonewell accidentally ruins the Earl of Apthorp's entire future with her gos...

Description"It wasn't pretty, but rarely is death as glamorous as we've been lead to believe by movies. Death, up close, isn't beautiful. It is gri...

Reducere. Nico Storm and his father, Willem, drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. A devastating virus has swept over the pla...

Description"This rollicking book has it all: sex, lies, and scenery. Grant Ginder weaves a wonderful, engrossing multi-generational family story, w...

Reducere. DescriptionThe City in the Forest, Atlanta was a spot found in the wilderness of north Georgia for the end of a railroad line. It was thought few p...

Description"Amazing, mesmerizing, filled with pithy wisdom, THALIAD is a work of genius which also seems particularly relevant to our own time." --...

Reducere. The explosive fallout--with a jaw-dropping twist--from a top CIA man's corruption and a US political leader's racism. The ruins of an iconic 450-ye...

DescriptionCombining world culture, history, geography, and architecture, this visually stunning look at ancient cities around the globe takes read...

'Bad Island is an extraordinary, unsettling document: a silent species-history in eighty frames, a mute future archive. I can imagine it discovered...

Reducere. She's lost in the past. He's a powerful Scottish warrior. Can star-crossed love find a future between the ages?Search-and-rescue officer Amy MacDou...

Reducere. Glastonbury, a small town in the English countryside, is renowned as the mystical Isle of Avalon - a place of myth and legend, and the spiritual he...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Few ancient ruins capture the imagination like the mighty holy site of Tiwanaku, lo...

Reducere. Corbello, Italy, 1947. A woman and a little boy stagger into the ruins of an old house deep in the forest, wild roses overwhelming the crumbling te...

Reducere. The mountains of western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina are a hikers paradise--rich with human history and home to some of the greatest ...

Reducere. I was born in the land of the five stars, a land blessed by nature and surrounded by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.As a girl, I appreciated the g...

Reducere. Damaged. Disgraced. Dishonored. And the only hero who can save seven worlds.When a freak accident ruins his body and his memory, Wes Malcolm loses ...

Travel writing at its best. - Greece.comUPDATED EDITION WITH A NEW CHAPTER Intoxicated with dreams of a Greek paradise, John Mole inflicts upon his...