Archestratus: Fragments from the Life of Luxury (Archestratus)(Paperback)

Archestratus: Fragments from the Life of Luxury (Archestratus)(Paperback)

Archestratus' description of the foods, particularly fish, available, how they should be cooked and where found in the best condition is testimony of the strength of the Mediterranean tradition. His cooking contrasts piquantly with the strongly flavoured dishes of Apicius. The Greek verse has been

Fragments (Heraclitus)(Paperback)

Fragments of wisdom from the ancient world In the sixth century b.c.-twenty-five hundred years before Einstein--Heraclitus of Ephesus declared that energy is the essence of matter, that everything becomes energy in flux, in relativity. His great book, On Nature, the world's first coherent

The Balkan Express: Fragments from the Other Side of the War (Drakulic Slavenka)(Paperback)

Fragments of the Lost (Miranda Megan)(Paperback / softback)

Luxury: Poems (Schultz Philip)(Paperback)

With humor, irony, and celebration, Luxury explores the comfort and sustenance of life, the bittersweet clarity of aging, and the anxiety of existence.'A notable addition to a body of work that is durable, compelling, and instructive.' -- David Wojahn'A snapshot of our malaise 'one luminous, lost

Therapy (Lodge David)(Paperback / softback)

As Tubby's life fragments under the weight of his self-obsession, he embarks - via Kierkegaard, strange beds from Rummidge to Tenerife to Beverly Hills, a fit of literary integrity and memories of his 1950s South London boyhood - on a picaresque quest for his lost

Heraclitus: The Cosmic Fragments (Heraclitus (of Ephesus ))(Paperback)

This work provides a text and an extended study of those fragments of Heraclitus' philosophical utterances whose subject is the world as a whole rather than man and his part in it. Professor Kirk discusses fully the fragments which he finds genuine and treats in passing others that were generally

The Gene of Life (Takashima Tetsuo Ted)(Paperback)

'When science unravels the mystery of eternal life, a grand conspiracy emerges from the darkness of history.' Berlin, July 2008. After giving a lecture, Max Knight, a Nobel Prize candidate and professor of genetic research, is kidnapped. His captors show him part of a corpse, a left hand,

Fragments of an Infinite Memory: My Life with the Internet (Renouard Mael)(Paperback)

A deeply informed, yet playful and ironic look at how the internet has changed human experience, memory, and our sense of self, and that belongs on the shelf with the best writings of Roland Barthes and Jean Baudrillard. 'One day, as I was daydreaming on the boulevard Beaumarchais, I had the

A Higher Standard of Leadership: Lessons from the Life of Gandhi (Nair Keshavan)(Paperback)

Life Cycles (Morgan Sally)(Paperback)

Explore the fascinating life cycle of the salmon, from river life to the big oceans and back to where they hatched, in this highly photographic information book by Sally Morgan. Follow the fish from their very early stages through their journey to adulthood, and find out how other creatures'

Simple Life (Thomas Rosie)(Paperback / softback)

From the bestselling author of The Kashmir

Poetics - with the Tractatus Coislinianus, reconstruction of Poetics II, and the fragments of the On Poets (Aristotle)(Paperback / softback)

The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (Azzam Leila)(Paperback)

This children's book on the life of the Prophet Muhammad is taken from traditional Muslim biographical literature. Although written for children of 10 to 15 years of age, it can be usefully read by anyone as an introduction because of its completeness and

Aeschylus II: The Oresteia/Agamemnon/The Libation Bearers/The Eumenides/Proteus (Fragments) (Aeschylus)(Paperback)

Aeschylus II contains 'The Oresteia,' translated by Richmond Lattimore, and fragments of 'Proteus,' translated by Mark Griffith. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers,

Coyote Summer (Thebo Mimi)(Paperback / softback)

Jules is an expelled, exiled, failure. Sent away by her mother from a life of luxury in London to live on her aunt's farm halfway across the world, she feels like everyone has given up on her. Until, under the baking Kansas sun, a wild coyote helps her begin to find out who she really

The Secret Life of Pets (Lapuss Stephane)(Paperback)

The hilarious new comic based on THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, the award-winning animated comedy from ILLUMINATION Ever wonder what your pets get up to when you're not home? Unleash animal anarchy with STEPHANE LAPUSS, writer of the official MINIONS comic series, and brilliantly cartoony artist GOUM

The Travelling Vet: From Pets to Pandas, My Life in Animals (Cranston Jonathan)(Paperback)

Charming tales from the life of a young vet, whose clients range from guinea pigs to

The Faberge Secret (Belfoure Charles)(Paperback)

St Petersburg, 1903. Prince Dimitri Markhov lives a life of luxury in the Imperial court, while middle-class Doctor Katya Golitsyn is determined to help bring revolution. When they meet at a royal ball and begin an affair, Katya exposes Dimitri to the horrors of the Tsar's regime, and Dimitri grows

From Glory to Golgotha: Controversial Issues in the Life of Christ (MacLeod Donald)(Paperback)

Renowned theologian and author, Donald Macleod explains controversial topics from the life of Christ with clarity and care. Staying true to the biblical text he points readers to reflect on the Saviour who has captivated his own heart and mind. This new edition includes 4 new chapters, originally

Spark of Life (Remarque Erich Maria)(Paperback)

In Spark of Life, a powerful classic from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front, one man's dream of freedom inspires a valiant resistance against the Nazi war machine. For ten years, 509 has been a political prisoner in a German concentration camp, persevering in the most hellish

Final Fantasy XIII-2: Fragments Before (Eishima Jun)(Paperback)

After the fall...Serah remembers everything from the day Cocoon fell. She remembers waking up from her long sleep and learning the truth of the crystal pillar that saved everyone. Most of all, she remembers her joyful reunion with Snow and Lightning-and setting out on a new journey with the two she

Snapshot Versions of Life (Chalfen Richard)(Paperback)

Snapshot Versions of Life is an important foray into the culture of photography and home life from an anthropologist's perspective. Examining what he calls 'Home Mode' photography, Richard Chalfen explores snapshots, slide shows, family albums, home movies, and home videos, uncovering what people

Sleeping Lord - And Other Fragments (Jones David)(Paperback / softback)

Jones's visionary collection of poems and fragments published in the months before his death, reissued in paperback with a cover based on the artist's original