The End of Imagination

Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl.'Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should giv...

Reducere. In Ivanhoe Scott fashioned an imperial myth of national cultural identity that has shaped the popular imagination ever since its first appearance a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brent Hayes EdwardsIn 1941 Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke copyrighted "Epistrophy, " one of the best-known compositions o...

In 1966 a group of highly respected aerospace engineers revealed that US scientists were perfecting ways to control gravity. They predicted a break...

DescriptionAs the seat of Hitler's government, Berlin was the most frequently targeted city in Germany for Allied bombing campaigns during World Wa...

Reducere. K'tonton-the lovable Jewish "Tom Thumb"-has cast a magic spell on children (and their parents and grandparents) for generations, delighting countle...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore Captivating Hindu Myths of Hindu Gods and Goddesses The stories in Hindu myth stem from traditions within Hinduism, drawing on s...

DescriptionA bold, incisive look at race and reparative writing in American fiction, by the author of Your Face in MineWhite Flights is a meditatio...

Will Willimon is widely acclaimed as one of the top ten preachers in the world. For each Sunday of the Christian year, Will provides just what you ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Cou method centered on a routine repetition of this particular expression according to a specified ritual--preferably as much as twe...

Reducere. Carlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason, shaking the very foundations of our beli...

Reducere. DescriptionHow the far North offered a different kind of terra incognita for the Renaissance imagination.European narratives of the Atlantic New Wo...

Reducere. From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time comes "a timely reminder of the power and possibility of words and] the las...

A prize-winning poet argues that blackness acts as the caesura between human and nonhuman, man and animal.Throughout US history, black people have ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Stephen KingMaster storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying New York Times bestseller of those caught betw...

In this wordless story, an ordinary day at the beach transforms into an unforgettable adventure.A knockout. Samworth's wordless tale twists and tur...

Reducere. A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating...

Reducere. Una Marson's work embodied anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, class politics and pan-Africanism in the first half of the twentieth century. H...

True fiction based on the life of Olena Hogenson Erickson through memories and imagination of her granddaughter. Families are complex, puzzling, my...

Twenty years following a fateful Christmas eve battle between mice and toy soldiers, Doctor Clara Marie Stahlbaum grew up to follow in her Father's...

Reducere. DescriptionAnne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through...

Reducere. Vibrant paint jobs. Roaring engines. Tremendous power --a monster trucks book for toddlers Few things can stimulate a child's imagination like a sp...

An experiential guide to re-orienting our understanding of late adulthood as one of life's most meaningful and transformative stages Aging can brin...

"An extraordinary volume that provides nothing less than a detailed cognitive mapping of the terrain for everyone who wants to engage in radical po...

My Favourite Bible Stories: For Children Around the World takes the child through the most exciting adventures found in the Bible. Each illustrated...

A Poverty of Rights is an investigation of the knotty ties between citizenship and inequality during the years when the legal and institutional bas...

Reducere. A young wife is home alone when the phone rings in "So Help Me God." Is the strange voice flirting with her from the other end of the line her jeal...

Contributor(s): Author: Yuto TsukudaIllustrator: Shun SaekiContribution by: Yuki MorisakiAn action-packed, saucy food comedy featuring one boy's de...

Reducere. This humorous, debut novel captures the extraordinary adventures of an extraordinary book. Entitled takes us on the journey of a book seeking to fi...

Reducere. One of the great pulp writers, Fredric Brown (1906-1972) combined a flair for the horrific, a quirky sense of humor, and a wild imagination, and pu...

Reducere. When the Ku Klux Klan's unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this Depression-era tour de ...

What is humanism and why does it matter? Is there any doctrine every humanist must hold? If it rejects religion, what does it offer in its place? H...

Maya's imagination sets the stage for her friends to act out her feminist play. Can she make room in her queendom for the will of the people? A fun...

Every science-fiction story is a voyage of some kind--to a world of a far-off galaxy, to our own world of the distant future or the remote past, to...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD.THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016.A brilliantly unsettli...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of England, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of England: A Capt...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of England, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of England: A Capt...

Reducere. In personal stories from twenty years of activism and reporting, an award-winning journalist calls on readers to imagine a world without borders.To...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert M. PooleCreated at the end of the Civil War, Arlington National Cemetery has become a part of the landscape as fixed...

Reducere. Every person has a story. Every story is a part of something Greater.Long ago, the elven Kingdom of Marindel governed the realm of Tyrizah from its...

DescriptionThis beloved history book traces the story of England from the myth of Brutus right through to the end of World War 1 in a delightful, e...

DescriptionThey sought out the strange. They investigated the inexplicable. They had one hell of a hangover. On an odyssey of oddities that would t...

Discover the remarkable life of Ada Lovelace...As the sole legitimate child of Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was the progeny of literary royalty. Many m...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of England, then keep reading...There are few places that entice the imagination quite like England...

Reducere. Thirst, a collection of forty-three new poems from the Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Oliver, introduces two new directions in the poet's work. Grappli...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of England, then keep reading...There are few places that entice the imagination quite like England...

Reducere. Originally published in French in 1805, The Last Man is a powerful story of the demise of the human race. Drawing on the traditional account in Rev...

Reducere. Like that other British TV favorite, Call The Midwife, Downton Abbey has found a special, solid place in our hearts. It was an instant hit when it ...

When the Ku Klux Klan's unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella's segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this New York Times bestsell...

In 1935 Jung gave a now famous and controversial course of five lectures at the Tavistock Clinic in London. In them he presents, in lucid and compe...

Sketching User Experiences approaches design and design thinking as something distinct that needs to be better understood--by both designers and th...

Reducere. On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the f...

DescriptionFrom the dark imagination of New York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Kraus - co-author with Guillermo del Toro of THE SHAPE OF WATER ...

DescriptionThis evocative collection celebrates the prescience, wit, and enduring relevance of a fashion legend. Diana Vreeland's insightful edicts...

Reducere. AWESOME FACTS ABOUT GOLF: I have intentionally selected a specific range of golf facts that I feel will not only help children to learn new informa...

Reducere. Poetically written and originally given as lectures, this is a moving essay collection from Durs Grünbein. In his four Lord Weidenfeld Lectures hel...

Reducere. LONGLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION 2021 BEST NOVELFor fans of Matt Haig, Stuart Turton and Bridget Collins comes a sweeping his...

Reducere. The surfing iconoclast who became an icon, Miki Dora was the epitome of 1960s beach culture. His dark good looks were the envy of Malibu. His talen...

Reducere. A Biography of a Chance Miracle explores the life of Lena, a young girl growing up in the somewhat vapid, bureaucracy-ridden and nationalistic West...

Reducere. Lavish, romantic and magical, The Sky Weaver is a new standalone story set in the world of The Last Namsara - one that fans of Leigh Bardugo, Holly...

Reducere. A child's imagination doesn't always end in fairytales. In Emerge Restored, author D.Marie chronicles how through a mix of resilience and forgivene...

'Boyd on form is the ultimate in immersive fiction, and Love is Blind is Boyd at the top of his game . . . magnificent' Sunday Times'A finely judge...

Reducere. "Let your imagination become a gateway to a whole other world." Heaven's clock stopped at three fifteen. It was a long sheer bright light, with a s...

Contributor(s): Author: AnonymousTranslator: Richard Francis BurtonAdapted by: Jack ZipesEnjoy the timeless tales of Aladdin, Sinbad, Ali Baba and ...

Reducere. Discover the wonders of an African safari with this beautifully-illustrated coloring book Do you want to experience the vibrant animals of Africa? ...

Reducere. Elmore Leonard, a literary icon praised by The New York Times Book Review as "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever, " has captured t...

"The chills come guaranteed." --Stephen King The start of a spine-tingling new horror series perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Goosebumps. So...

Reducere. Even hot messes need a happily ever after.With the quiet help of his wealthy family, Sebastian "Baz" Acker has successfully kept his painful past a...

Reducere. "I love Emily."--Madeleine L'EngleFeaturing one of L.M. Montgomery's most beloved characters, Emily Starr moves to New Moon Farm after the death of...

Reducere. From the internationally bestselling author of The Golden Cage comes a bold, mesmerizing thriller of seduction, deceit, and female power, in which ...