Time of the Giants

Reducere. When John Barth's Lost in the Funhouse appeared in 1968, American fiction was turned on its head. Barth's writing was not a response to the realist...

Reducere. From magic to monsters to amazing heroes―world mythology for kids ages 6 to 9Myths are stories that have been told over hundreds of years to help e...

Reducere. The history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is as ancient and mesmerizing as its beaches. Much has been documented, but many stories were lost--unt...

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Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes the business magnates' quotes about life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Th...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes the business magnates' quotes about life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Th...

Reducere. How do we build our sons to be tough but not arrogant? mannered but not soft? imaginative but not lazy? bold but not hollow? Future Men is a Christ...

Reducere. The stories collected in The Dawn of the World were related by the Miwok elders after the first rains of the winter season, usually in the ceremoni...

Reducere. He was the world's greatest athlete, and a hero--until his medals were taken away. Stosh is shocked when his enemy, Bobby Fuller, begs him for a fa...

Reducere. THE 17 UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS!Follow in the footsteps of the giants of success! Hill devoted his life to studying the question of what mak...

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Reducere. An exploration of the many forms of the ancient myth of the Wild Hunt and its influence in pagan and early Christian Europe - Recounts the myriad v...

Reducere. At the conclusion of The Mark of Athena, Annabeth and Percy tumble into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other five demigods have to p...

Reducere. First-person account of the famous New York City Cedar Bar in the 1950s when it was regularly visited by what came to be known as the "greatest gen...

Who would have thought that an acting career that began as a teenage star in the Annette"" series on the ""The Mickey Mouse Club, "" Walt Disney's ...

The Fifties...The world was still rebuilding itself after the Second World War and American patriotism was at an all-time high. The public, in turn...

DescriptionThe War of the Realms comes to the Lower East Side Lunella and Devil meet the original kid hero, Spider-Man And if that isn't amazing en...

Reducere. From Fr. Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, author of the bestselling book Consoling the Heart of Jesus, comes an extraordinary 33-day journey to Marian cons...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Statistics are no substitute for judgment." - Henr...

We come from dust, and to dust we return...Earth is steady. Solid. Reliable. It is the source of life and the thing which sustains it. But it's not...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "It was the custom ...

DescriptionThe zany third book in the What the Ladybug Heard series, following our brave ladybug as she visits the zoo and foils a plan to steal th...

Reducere. "This book is truly epic. . . . The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages." --The Huffington PostPicking up where Fall of Giant...

``This book is truly epic. . . . The reader will probably wish there was a thousand more pages.`` --The Huffington PostPicking up where Fall of Gia...

Reducere. "God needs giants today, and we receive giant strength by waiting on Him." --Will J. Harney Most believers do not rise to their full privilege in p...

DescriptionThe life and times of the most important theological work of medieval ChristendomThomas Aquinas's Summa theologiae holds a unique place ...

From the 19th century the philosophy of science has been shaped by a group of influential figures. Who were they? Why do they matter? This introduc...

Gulliver's strange adventures in some of the most unusual lands ever imagined have made this one of the rare classics with an enduring and wide-ran...

'A gem of a book' Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics'A unique and beautifully written masterpiece' Max Tegmark, author of Life...

Reducere. A while back, Daniel Mackmain's life took an unexpected turn. Now the Green Man expects him to resolve clashes between those dwelling unseen in wil...

Reducere. "Chicago's temple of improvisational comedy." --New York Times Since opening in 1959, The Second City has transformed the state of comedy as we kno...

The man known as Blutch is one of the giants of contemporary comics, and Peplum may be his masterpiece: a grand, strange dream of ancient Rome. At ...

Lucky Luke has to clean out a whole city - Fenton Town, so named because, after being abandoned by the pioneers who founded it, it has been taken o...

Description"She sees, coming up a second time, earth from the ocean, eternally green;the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them, over the mou...

DescriptionFeaturing many never-before-seen images, this fascinating look at England's famed Isokon building and the renownedartists who lived ther...

Reducere. The Wergens: a highly sophisticated alien race biochemically infatuated with humans. They crave us, they need us, while we need their technology.Hu...

DescriptionHorace Silver is one of the last giants remaining from the incredible flowering and creative extension of bebop music that became known ...

Why there is no such thing as a free audience in today's attention economyThe internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies...

Reducere. Atlas at War collects fifty hard-hitting stories from Atlas Comics, the company that became Marvel Comics and published more war titles than anyone...

Reducere. DescriptionTribal Screams is a compelling collection of fantasy and horror stories by Owl Goingback, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of 'Crota', E...

Reducere. What is it like to live as a whale? Experience the life cycle of this animal through its own eyes!Through the quirky, humorous, and irreverent appr...

Reducere. The importance of Kandinsky's art and thought in the history of modern art combined with the completeness, careful scholarship, and crisp design of...

Reducere. As a software engineer, you recognize at some point that there's much more to your career than dealing with code. Is it time to become a manager? T...

Reducere. DescriptionLuc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne are giants in contemporary world cinema, steadfastly radical in both principles and approach. Their films t...

What do great enterprises have in common? What sort of person starts them? A single idea can help you find the next big thing, but it takes time to...

DescriptionA half-android, half-human girl is accused of murder in Jess Rothenberg's tautly-paced YA thriller, The Kingdom, perfect for fans of Wes...

DescriptionThere's Danger in those Hills The more rugged the landscape, the more fearsome the monsters Next time your players are ready to trudge t...

Reducere. NATIONAL BESTSELLER The definitive full-scale portrait of J. Pierpont Morgan's tumultuous life, both in and out of the public eye History has remem...

Walkley Award-winning journalist, Sharri Markson is the Investigations Editor at The Australian and host of prime-time show Sharri on Sky News Aust...

Reducere. Explore Captivating Myths of the Norse Gods and HeroesThe Norse people lived over 1000 years ago and their mythology exists today. Mythology tells ...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the beli...

DescriptionCelebrating Leonard Bernstein's centenary with an intimate and detailed look at the public and private life of the Maestro written by hi...

DescriptionA new and urgently needed guide to making the American economy more competitive at a time when tech giants have amassed vast market powe...

Reducere. When faced with the danger of giants, ogres, and witches, other damsels might quake with fear . . . but not LillyBelle At the School for Damsels, L...

Reducere. DescriptionThis exciting book from the editors of Guitar World is a treasure trove for any guitarist. Featuring electrifying profiles of everyone f...

Reducere. If there's one thing Beatrice Stubbs hates more than weddings, it's wedding planning. So when a missing persons' case in Finland offers a chance of...

Reducere. The Red Wheel is Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's multivolume epic work about the Russian Revolution. He spent decades writing about jus...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Timothy RennerWhether presented comedically in popular culture or explored as a serious scientific curiosity, giant, hairy,...

Reducere. Named A Best Spiritual Book of the Year by Spirituality & Practice The last twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in "nones": people who do no...

Reducere. By shedding light on what lies in the dark corners of history, this book reveals the spiritual landscape of the roots of the Federal Reserve. We em...

Reducere. A grand and panoramic biograhical history of the giants of classical music, The Lives and Times of Great Composers is a new, unique, and lovingly c...

Reducere. "Kings Dethroned" is a history of the evolution of astronomy from the Roman Empire to the early twentieth century. From Copernicus to Einstein, thi...

Reducere. The mythical story of fallen angels preserved in 1 Enoch and related literature was profoundly influential during the Second Temple period. In this...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Fritz ZimmermanDid a race of giant humans once roam the Biblical lands, Europe and North America? Over 300 historical accou...

Reducere. Celebrated sports writer Roger Kahn casts his gaze on the golden age of baseball, an unforgettable time when the game thrived as America's unrivale...

Adrienne von Speyr, a renowned mystic and spiritual writer from Switzerland, was received into the Catholic Church at the age of 38 on the Feast of...

CELEBRATING THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF MARCEL PROUST "Proust not only brought to the fore the beauty of centuries past but also set the ...

Reducere. DescriptionA fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Fa...

Reducere. The Book of Enoch contains accounts of the Watchers, a class of angel, who came to earth, taught humans weapons, alchemy, spell potions, sorcery, a...

Join the journey and examine the mysterious physical remains present on earth that are being used to mount a new attack against Christianity. The r...