The Story of the Human Body

Reducere. Set around three thousand years before the rest of the Valdemar series, this is the ancient history of Velgarth and the story of Skandranon Rashkae...

Juan has been a thief for many, many years. So many, in fact, that he can't even remember what it's like to be anything else. When he tries to stea...

Reducere. It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel...

Tells the story of Matteo, which offers a glimpse into the world of Da Vinci. Fleeing from a murderous brigand, Matteo is saved by the companions o...

A gripping story of spies, smugglers and brutal murder on the Kent coast of the eighteenth century, with protagonist Reverend Hardcastle set to hav...

Reducere. When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the townspeople terrified of something that -- just because they have never seen it before ...

Reducere. In the late fall of 1870 T.C. Everts found himself the unwilling lead in a man-versus-nature drama set against the backdrop of Manifest Destiny and...

DescriptionWhen a dinner between Inspector Maigret and friends ends abruptly at the discovery of a body, the detective must plumb the darker side o...

Reducere. When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the townspeople terrified of something that -- just because they have not seen it before --...

Reducere. From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti comes a new story in her Dark Protectors/Rebels series...Tabi Rusko has a simp...

"Dynamic and thought-provoking." -- KIRKUS Have you heard the one about the skull who borrowed body parts to pass himself off as a human so he coul...

Reducere. Locke Jenkins has some catching up to do. After spending 260 years as a disembodied mind in a little black box, he has a perfect new body. But befo...

Reducere. The journey of Lent--from Ash Wednesday to Easter--is traditionally one of prayer, repentance, spiritual discipline, and meditation. But coloring? ...

This is a powerful and positive story about a quest for a change in life and the extraordinary possibilities of the human spirit. "Before I wrote t...

Documents a day in the life of Bobby Sands while he was imprisoned in Long Kesh. Written on toilet paper with a biro refill and hidden inside Bobby...

Where did I come from? Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right one? Why are the fingerprints of iden...

Reducere. The ultimate head-to-toe guide to the human body for kids. Incredible computer-generated images reveal the amazing inside story of what goes on und...

DescriptionIn today's highly charged social and political environment, we often don't know how to talk well with others--especially with people who...

From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author comes the stunning story of telepathically sensitive Mary and her fight to free herself and ...

Reducere. In the fall of 1994, Erich Baumeister (13), was playing in a wooded area of his family's estate, when he stumbled across a partially buried human s...

Reducere. Josie treads gently, careful not to disturb the pile of perfect white bones laid out in the grass by her feet. Her voice is little more than a whis...

Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writer...

Reducere. A Gypsy's Book of Revelation is a collection of stories with an astonishing range of styles and subject matters. A woman visits her cremation from ...

Reducere. "Nashon Cook's Communion reads like the most delicate, deepest delving into the mysteries of existence: love and sex, hate and violence, life and d...

Reducere. Deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us. How did ...

Reducere. A woman in her forties is a victim of a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem market. Her body lies nameless in a hospital morgue. She had apparently work...

In Janelle Monáe's full-length debut, the science fiction concept album The ArchAndroid, the android Cindi Mayweather is on the run from the author...

Reducere. In this poignant and startlingly original book, Brian Doyle examines the heart as a physical organ how it is supposed to work, how surgeons try to ...

Reducere. Discover the inspiring story of Leonardo da Vinci, the artist, inventor, and engineer of the Italian Renaissance... Leonardo was a creative genius ...

Reducere. The world the apostle Paul inhabited was dramatically different from our time. He knew nothing of capitalism, or physics, or Zoom, and more signifi...

Reducere. A quietly brilliant book that warms slowly in the hands. --Dwight Garner, The New York TimesI am not talking about surviving. I am not talking abou...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Olivia RosewoodViolet the Purple Fairy learns how to make Gratitude Soup by thinking of all the things, people, places, and...

DescriptionKoyomi Araragi is studying hard in preparation for his college entrance exams when he begins to notice something very strange: his refle...

DescriptionLiterary Nonfiction. Women's Studies. From award-winning essayist Chelsea Biondolillo, THE SKINNED BIRD is about all the ways we break o...

Reducere. The true confessions of an eating disorders survivor This confessional self-help guide explores the complex emotional truth of what it's like when ...

Reducere. "We are each the love of someone's life." So begins The Confessions of Max Tivoli, a heartbreaking love story with a narrator like no other.Born wi...

Reducere. As a horny little kid, Holly Lorka had no idea why God had put her in the wrong body and made her want to kiss girls. She had questions: Was she a ...

Reducere. From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author comes the stunning story of telepathically sensitive Mary and her fight to free herself and ...

Reducere. In an epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding the...

Drama / Characters: 3m, 4f Pretty Theft is a play about ballerinas, boxes and the dangers of beauty. After losing her father, Allegra falls under t...

Reducere. -A wonderful writer, Bill Hayes tells the multi-layered story of the two extraordinary young men who produced the most famous medical text of all t...

Reducere. Stable Weight is a story of resilience, empowerment, and the transformative power of the human-animal bond, revealing how even the most sensitive s...

Reducere. Drawing its title from the biblical story of the prodigal son, The Journey Back to the Father's House explains that we have wandered away from know...

Reducere. An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today's toxic food culture.Food is supposed to sustain and nourish us....

Reducere. What would it really be like to have x-ray vision? Beyond diagnosing illness or injury, can images of ourselves tell us more about life?What if you...

Reducere. "A stunning book...a brand new take on the monster story." --Eoin Colfer, international bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl seriesFrom award-win...

From New York Times bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body And Other Parties, In The Dream House) comes a story so horrifying you won't ...

Living with the Stars tells the fascinating story of what truly makes the human body. The body that is with us all our lives is always changing. We...

Reducere. The real story of the shocking Jeffrey Dahmer murders, as told by the Milwaukee Journal reporter who broke the story--from the dramatic scene when ...

Reducere. Vampires drink blood, they're superior to humans, and they're sexual Dominants. Every vampire knows those truths. A vampire's human servant is prop...

Reducere. The Gladium Province is on the verge of civil unrest as humans and Morgons, the dragon-hybrid race, clash once more. But amid disorder can also ari...

In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the world's most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surp...

Reducere. A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young g...

Reducere. Trapped tells the story of a young woman, recently graduated from an Eastern college and teaching in a small New Mexico town who follows her boyfri...

A giant whale trapped in nets and ropes. Can she be helped? A humpback whale migrating south along the California coast becomes tangled in a fishin...

Reducere. ``We find that the story of Abraham and Isaac rises almost spontaneously in the mind of one generation after another.... Constantly past and presen...

Reducere. What is life? Why do bees dance? How do animals know their mothers? Who discovered germs? Biology is the story of our quest to understand the livin...

Reducere. Susan Chernak McElroy credits her astounding triumph over cancer to the love of the animals in her life. In Animals as Teachers & Healers she share...

Reducere. DescriptionA Girl's Mutilated Body is Found on a Portland, Maine Hiking Trail in A Child Shall Lead Them, a Murder Mystery Thriller by Kate Flora -...

Reducere. A comprehensive guide to how you can avoid wasting your life on the fruitless games played by the human ego Today many people are trapped within ti...

Reducere. There is a wealth of potential trapped within our hidden and unresolved places of pain. Yet, without conscious participation, we can become stuck i...

Reducere. Triumphant Warrior is an incredible and compelling story of how Wayne Moore found strength through struggle after finding himself in prison for pro...

Reducere. A Body Across Two Hemispheres is a timely book, one many of us need and will be grateful to have read. --Shara McCallum A Body Across Two Hemispher...

Reducere. This is the story of hockey, one scar at a time. For the casual enthusiast and hockey fanatic alike comes a brilliant collection of essays and phot...

Reducere. It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel...

Reducere. Blissfully Human is an intimate account of a profound spiritual awakening. In the long tradition of mystics throughout the ages, the author provide...

Reducere. If it is true that God is a male, then His Divinity or Deity is expressed in His masculinity. Yet I am a woman, and there are parts of my body; suc...

An accessible guide to the most important discoveries and theories in the history of biologyWhat is life? Why do bees dance? How do animals know th...

In this volume, based on the series of Alexander Lectures she delivered at the University of Toronto, Julia Kristeva explores the philosophical asp...

This book will take you inside the human mind to understand the key aspects of breaking belief patterns and creating an unstoppable mindset. Kevin ...