Book of Extremes

Reducere. When it comes to the subject of demons, Christians fall into two equal and opposite extremes. The first extreme is believing that demons don't exis...

Reducere. You can see them, but you don't know them. Ultras are football fans like no others. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, the...

The risks posed by climate change and its effect on climate extremes are an increasingly pressing societal problem. This book provides an accessibl...

Reducere. Indisputably recognized as a classic in its field, "Statistics of Extremes" was the first book to exclusively evaluate the relevance of maximum and...

Reducere. Indisputably recognized as a classic in its field, Statistics of Extremes was the first book to exclusively evaluate the relevance of maximum and m...

Reducere. THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its...

Reducere. DescriptionOne of the most beloved "mosaic novels, " The Library presents a series of tales centered on our love of books--taken, at times, to extr...

This book is perhaps the jewel in Prospect's crown. Within a few months of its first appearance in 1986 it was hailed as a modern classic. Fiona Ma...

The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival.

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book A gorgeous, critically acclaimed debut novel about a young woman coming of age with a dazzling yet damaged mother who...

Reducere. Rejection from other people can distress, wound, and imprison the soul. Equally harmful, the praise of man is also a snare, capable of disqualifyin...

Reducere. DescriptionUlysses has been labeled dirty, blasphemous, and unreadable. In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge John M. Woolsey declared it an emeti...

Short stories, anecdotes and poems revealing the extremes of perception of a manic depressive.A glimpse into the psyche of a modern mystic.A witty,...

The Georgian and Regency period was a time of extremes in clothing, from the heights of the extravagant and decorative headdresses to the widths of...

Reducere. Animals smooth and spiky, fast and slow, hop and waddle through the two hundred plus pages of the Caldecott Honor artist Steve Jenkins’s most impre...

Reducere. Outlander meets Birdsong is this haunting debut timeslip novel, where a strange twist of fate connects a British soldier fighting in the First Worl...

The first English-language biography of Dmytro Dontsov, the "spiritual father" of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, this book contextuali...

Reducere. There are two strands woven together in the history of the Bible and its translations. One is the development of the biblical text: its materials, ...

If you've ever thought that the great debates in cycling were too often black and white, then this is a book for you. Marco Pastonesi's portrayal o...

The Book of Daniel should be read with the eyes of a child. It's a book of wonders and extremes-mad kings, baffling dreams with gifted interpreters...

Based on conversations with directors and actors who knew her, this book is a study of the British post-war dramatist, Sarah Kane. It covers all he...

This book explores the practicality of using the existing subsurface geology on the Moon and Mars for protection against radiation, thermal extreme...

Traversing across the world by train, boat and plane, the two children in this story poem encounter the extremes of sun and snow travelling to Afri...

Implicating extremes from Coriolanus to Karen Carpenter, this book is both serious poetry and a work of comedy. A collection of wry soliloquies and...

DescriptionThis is a book for people who like to gorge on language; a meal too big for people who hate to throw away their food. It is about life's...

As fundamental aspects of American citizenship and constitutionalism come under ever more pressure, and as the country's politics give way to divis...

This book is a model of philosophical and Heideggerian scholarship. Avoiding the extremes of abject worship and facile refutation, it moves into th...

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction an...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Primo LeviSurvival In Auschwitz by Primo Levi is widely considered to be one of the top classic books of all time. It is a ...

Reducere. Aristotle was a philosopher who lived thousands of years ago, however, his ethical theory has a great deal to offer modern readers. Aristotle's vir...

Reducere. Rihanna's story is one of extremes. This sensational book traces her life growing up with a crack-cocaine dependant father in St Michael, Barbados ...

Children with Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing struggle to regulate their emotions and behaviors in response to sensory stimulation. This...

Reducere. This highly readable, spectacularly illustrated compendium is an ecological journey into a wondrous land of extremes. The California Deserts explor...

Lift yourself into the world of bouldering and teach the body and mind new extremes. Bouldering goes beyond being just a pastime, it is a sense of ...

DescriptionBritish woodlands and forests are often located on sites and in regions that are marginal for agriculture; many are at high elevations a...

Reducere. Book Two in the Marseilles Trilogy This second novel in Izzo's acclaimed Marseilles trilogy is a touching tribute to the author's beloved city, in ...

Reducere. The Elliott Wave Principle is a form of technical analysis that some traders use to analyze financial market cycles and forecast market trends by i...

Reducere. Deadwood, South Dakota, has been a source of American legend for over one hundred years. European exploration, Indian wars, gold booms and busts, p...

Reducere. "Daphne Merkin meets the formidable challenge of describing female lust and romantic obsession with all the desired daring, candor, and skill. The ...

Reducere. "Tares among the Wheat" By "H. Melvin James" This second volume concludes the two established primary framed story-lines that traverse the entirety...

This book goes to extremes to introduce kids to the best of the best in the world of over-achieving, amazing, record-setting pets Pets are more tha...

Reducere. This book offers a clear, concise account of the Eightfold Path prescribed to uproot and eliminate the deep underlying cause of suffering-ignorance...

Despite widespread consensus that China's digital revolution was sure to bring about massive democratic reforms, such changes have not come to pass...

Exploring Culture brings Geert Hofstede's five dimensions of national culture to life. Gert Jan Hofstede and his co-authors Paul Pedersen and Geert...

Reducere. A New Statesman best book of the year New York Times Editors' Choice pickA Financial Times best economics book of 2019An accessible, story-driven l...

First published in 1968, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country established William Gass as one of America's finest and boldest writers of fictio...

Reducere. Part psychological study, part self-help book, Finding Flow is a prescriptive guide that helps us reclaim ownership of our lives. Based on a far-re...

A clear-eyed look at how AI can complement (rather than eliminate) human jobs, with real-world examples from companies that range from Netflix to W...

Reducere. Political Theology II is Carl Schmitt's last book. Part polemic, part self-vindication for his involvement in the National Socialist German Workers...

A shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote Noble island, the guest of a notorious scientist, Doctor Moreau. Disturbed by the ...

Reducere. Description"The landscape looms large in this contemplative novel...with both passion and compassion Greaves takes] readers on a lyrical, vivid tou...

Reducere. Jonathan Shaw's Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist is a surreal, multi-generational roller coaster ride through the underbelly of modern c...

DescriptionThe period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating and remarkable events in living memory. Laboring beneath a daily burden of...

'Just incredible' Naomi Klein'Gripping and shocking...with the pace of a thriller' The TimesA New York Times bestseller, The Outlaw Ocean is a rive...

Reducere. Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thr...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOVEMBER 2017 INDIE NEXT PICK Locus Award Finalist Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist A collection of four chilling nov...

Reducere. Picking up where Jonathan Shaw's critically-acclaimed Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist left off, Homeward Bound resumes the story of Cig...

Reducere. Gentile's philosophy is on the one hand unexpectedly simple, but on the other somewhat difficult to understand for those who are not well versed wi...

Reducere. Bob Hicok's Red Rover Red Rover is joyous and macabre, hopeful and morbid, caring and critical. These poems are apocalyptic in tone but tender in t...

Leverage the power of urgency to avoid burnout and increase performance Urgency--that frantic feeling that we need to be doing more, and faster--is...

DescriptionWhen I grow up, will I be the King of the Jungle...? Curious, playful, and clumsy: Michael Poliza's irresistible photographs of baby ani...

Ecce Homo is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical...

Reducere. In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with ...

Reducere. Award NameBest Translated Book AwardAward categoryFiction?ric Chevillard here seeks to clear up a persistent and pernicious literary misunderstandi...

Reducere. A sumptuously illustrated adaptation casts the powerful imagery of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel in a vivid new format. From the green...

Reducere. History doesn't repeat itself; emotions do. D. Tyler Jenks, the inventor and developer of hyperwave theory, used it to earn enormous amounts of wea...

Reducere. Michele Graglia left Italy for Miami in 2007 to expand the family business. Caught in a thunderstorm, he ducked into a Johnny Rockets, got scouted ...

Reducere. This book is a tour of the dark places, a literary journey into the shadows at the heart of the human experience. Despite what you might think, the...

Reducere. DescriptionFOR EVERYTHING YOU GIVE YOUR CHILD, YOU TAKE SOMETHING AWAY. Entitlemania is an epidemic. Well-intentioned parents across the country ar...

Reducere. Tim and Laura Moss quit their jobs to cycle 13, 000 miles around the world.Riding across deserts, over mountains and through jungles, they braved c...