Fragile World

DescriptionIn early modern Europe, international law emerged as a means of governing relations between rapidly consolidating sovereign states, purp...

Reducere. After spending sixteen years in prison for a crime of the heart, Shiro Kikutani is released into a world he no longer recognizes. He must readjust ...

Reducere. In Discreet Power, Christina Garsten and Adrienne S rbom undertake an ethnographic study of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Accessing one of the pr...

Reducere. A hypnotic and "astonishingly inventive" (O, The Oprah Magazine) novel about an Aboriginal girl living in a future world turned upside down--where ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe new gut-wrenching epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep. For as long as she can remember, Tova has live...

Reducere. You could say that my railroad, the Madham Line, is almost the most important thing in my life. Next to Andy Morrow, my best friend. Lots of people...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jacob SpearsAuthor: Trayvon D. JacksonShaquana had her sights set on a bright future and career. But life doesn't always wo...

Reducere. A remarkable literary debut -- shortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeThe unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and...

Reducere. Set in Australia s Great Barrier Reef, this lyrical rhyming tale introduces young readers to some of the coral reef s most striking residents. From...

Reducere. Long live Solaris. One bloodthirsty ruler has been overthrown by another, casting the shadow of death over the Solaris Empire. Vhalla Yarl stands u...

In the overcrowded world and cramped space colonies of the late 21st century, tedium can be endured through the use of the drug Can-D, which enable...

Winner of the 2017 Forward Prize for Best Collection. Winner of the 2017 Poetry Book Society Choice Award. Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Poetry Aw...

Reducere. In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's ...

The new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Josephine Cox gets straight to the hope and heartbreak of family drama.One fateful night changes...

Reducere. From the award-winning author of Remains of the Day comes an inspired sequence of stories, which is as affecting as it is beautiful. With the clari...

Reducere. "A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds."--Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming...

Among the brilliant writers and thinkers who emerged from the multicultural and multilingual world of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were Joseph Roth,...

Reducere. A stunning tour de force, Man in the Holocene constructs a powerful vision of our place in the world by combining the banality of an aging man s lo...

Contributor(s): Author: Leigh BardugoCrooked Kingdom is the #1 New York Times-bestselling sequel to Six of Crows. Now in paperback with a brand-new...

Reducere. Silently, a tiny yellow spider spins her fragile web. As a young boy stops to watch, she crawls along the delicate silken threads, sometimes hangin...

Fragile Mystics reworks traditional concepts of prayer and gives them a contemporary 'spin'. Like Steel Angels, it draws on the author's own experi...

A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable Work of FictionA Best Book of the Year: NPR, AV Club, St. Louis DispatchWhen Frank Money joi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hannah MoskowitzIn the wake of the post-9/11 sniper shootings, fragile love finds a stronghold in this intense, romantic no...

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

The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 altered the course of the history of this century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether t...

When the supernatural forces maintaining the fragile balance of power in this world start to unravel, Josh Miller, a young college grad and expecta...

Reducere. England, 1861. A world-weary rake and a prim vicar's daughter are thrown together during a holiday house party. Will they discover there's more to ...

Reducere. Abigail Schrock knows God can make all things new, but does that include her broken heart?It seems as if everyone is falling in love in Birch Creek...

Catherine Alliott, bestselling author of One Day in May and A Crowded Marriage, takes a heart-warming look at what happens when your whole world is...

The sword-wielding afterlife adventure just got bigger with this collection of Bleach volumesReads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T Contain...

Reducere. Long live Solaris. One bloodthirsty ruler has been overthrown by another, casting the shadow of death over the Solaris Empire. Vhalla Yarl stands u...

Follow New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop to a "stunningly original"(Kirkus Reviews) world of magic and political unrest--where the only...

Reducere. In the wise and beautiful second collection from the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Light We Can...

This is the intoxicating new novel from the number one bestselling author of The Outcast. London 1972. Luke is dazzled by the city. It seems a worl...

Reducere. As ancient immortals are left reeling, a modern Athena and Hermes search the world for answers in Mortal Gods, the second Goddess War novel by Kend...

Crooked Kingdom the highly anticipated sequel to Leigh Bardugo's thrilling #1 New York Times-bestselling Six of Crows.Kaz Brekker and his crew have...

Reducere. The hotly-anticipated sequel to SIX OF CROWS, this is GAME OF THRONES meets OCEAN'S ELEVEN in a fantasy epic from the number 1 NEW YORK TIMES bests...

Reducere. Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic, eyeless crabs poison Long Island's water supply. The North Sea shelf collapses, killing thousands in Europe. Aro...

Reducere. Far, far south, in the strange and beautiful land of Antarctica, it is dark both day and night all winter long. When at last spring comes, the peng...

Reducere. Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and...

Reducere. Lydia's job at the library is her world--until a mysterious patron catches her eye . . . and perhaps her heart. Just months after the closure of th...

Reducere. In former NFL football player and Super Bowl XII runner-up Randy Rich's new book, Nothing Wasted: Learning to Believe You Are Enough in a World of ...

Reducere. Madelaine Hillyard is a world-famous heart surgeon at the top of her game. Her personal life is far less successful. A loving but overworked single...

Reducere. Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel--now an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards in...

In a world of growing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, ensuring a safe Anthropocene for humankind is essential. Managing an increasin...

Winner of the 2013 Hugo award for Best Graphic StoryWhen two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk ev...

Based on in-depth fieldwork, this critical analysis of the realities of security on a local level within 'fragile states' provides a bottom-up pers...

Reducere. A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction "A moving portrait ...

Reducere. During the holidays, so many of us can suffer for all kinds of reasons. The magnitude of our weary world weighs on our hearts and minds. We wrestle...

Reducere. An enchanting and poignant story about the unfailing power of love in a world turned upside down by war--from the bestselling author of Tides of Ho...

A story about difference, exclusion, and ultimately self-acceptance, Child of Glass explores the interplay between inner and outer and the journey ...

Reducere. Kelsey Atwood is a private detective with a problem. She came from a family of hunters, growing up on the wrong side of the supernatural world. Tra...

Reducere. A story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Recounted in visceral, kinetic prose, and crafted with a for...

Reducere. In today's world of specialization, people are attempting to protect the Earth's fragile state by swapping limousines for hybrids and pesticide-lac...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kate Hewitt'My arms ache with the need to reach and hold my precious child, and then to never let go. But I can't. I know I...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Wayne LynchPhotographer: Wayne Lynch The internationally successful movie March of the Penguins showcases the life of these...

Now is humanity's best moment. And our most fragile. Global health, wealth and education are booming. Scientific discovery is flourishing. But the ...

Reducere. THE LAST REFUGE Ben CoesIsraeli Special Forces commander Kohl Meir has proof that Iran has finally succeeded in building its first nuclear weapon--...

Reducere. A powerful story about friendship, death, and figuring out who you are, from the author of How It Went Down, The Rock and the River, and X: A Novel...

Reducere. The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman's deferred American dream Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-win...

Trust is a non-negotiable for high performing relationships and organizations. Yet trust is fragile, and ninety percent of the behaviors that break...

Reducere. "What started as a vision about the Olifants River Game Reserve has become the story of a game ranger's life. With a naturalist's eye for detail as...

Reducere. A Test of Wills : The First Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery The first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of W...

Reducere. From the bestselling author Ken Follett: The Evening and the Morning : The Prequel to The Pillars of the Earth , A Kingsbridge Novel A TIME OF CONF...

Reducere. See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series. Crooked Kingdom is the #1 New York Times-bestsellin...