Scandal in Babylon (Hambly Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Scandal in Babylon (Hambly Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

'You shall never have a penny of my money. Leave me alone or I will shoot you dead!' 1924. After six months in Hollywood, young British widow Emma Blackstone has come to love her new employer, glamourous movie-star Kitty Flint - even if her late husband's sister is one of the worst actresses she's

The House of the Patriarch (Hambly Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

No one can talk to the dead . . . can they? Free man of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a strange, spiritual world that might lead to his own demise, as he hunts for a missing teenager in this gripping, atmospheric historical mystery. New Orleans, 1840. Freshly home from a dangerous

The House of the Patriarch (Hambly Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

No one can talk to the dead . . . can they? Free man of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a strange, spiritual world that might lead to his own demise, as he hunts for a missing teenager in this gripping, atmospheric historical mystery. New Orleans, 1840. Freshly home from a dangerous

Lady of Perdition (Hambly Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Benjamin January heads to the 'Slaveholders' Republic' of Texas to locate a kidnapped girl and help a woman who saved him from the noose. April, 1840. Benjamin January knows no black person in their right mind would willingly go to the Republic of Texas but when his former pupil Selina Bellinger

Prisoner of Midnight (Hambly Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Vampire Don Simon Ysido has been captured and held aboard a ship heading to the US to act as a slave, and Dr Lydia Asher must stop it . . . at any cost. March, 1917. The goal of every government involved in the Great War has been achieved: industrialist Spenser Cochran has drugged and enslaved a

Script for Scandal (Patrick Renee)(Pevná vazba)

Sleuthing duo Lillian Frost and Edith Head investigate a behind-the-scenes scandal in this delightful Golden Age of Hollywood mystery. 1939, Los Angeles. Lillian Frost is shocked when her friend, glamorous costume designer Edith Head, hands her the script to a new film that's about to start

The First Great Powers: Babylon and Assyria (Cotterell Arthur)(Pevná vazba)

The rediscovery of Babylon and Assyria in the 1840s transformed Western views on the origins of civilisation. The excavation of Nineveh proved that even the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians together did not constitute the ancient world. These peoples had nothing to do with the beginnings of

Walls of Air (Hambly Barbara)(Paperback / softback)

A whirlwind fantasy classic set in the richest world imaginable, with unforgettable characters and the highest stakes - The Walls of Air is the second book in Barbara Hambly's epic Darwath

Armies of Daylight (Hambly Barbara)(Paperback / softback)

A whirlwind fantasy classic set in the richest world imaginable, with unforgettable characters and the highest stakes - The Armies of Daylight is the third and final book in Barbara Hambly's epic Darwath

Dragonshadow (Hambly Barbara)(Paperback / softback)

Dragonshadow is book two in the breath-taking The Winterlands - an epic, classic fantasy quartet full of whirlwind adventure, magic and

Time of the Dark (Hambly Barbara)(Paperback / softback)

A whirlwind fantasy classic set in the richest world imaginable, with unforgettable characters and the highest stakes - The Time of the Dark is the first book in Barbara Hambly's epic Darwath

A Right Royal Scandal: Two Marriages That Changed History (Major Joanne)(Pevná vazba)

Almost two books in one, A Right Royal Scandal recounts the fascinating history of the irregular love matches contracted by two successive generations of the Cavendish-Bentinck family, ancestors of the British Royal Family. The first part of this intriguing book looks at the scandal that erupted in

Barbara Westbrook: Gracious Rooms (Westbrook Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

The Richest Man In Babylon (Clason George S.)(Pevná vazba)

A perfect guide to understanding finances and a powerhouse of time-tested principles to gain and retain personal wealth, The Richest Man in Babylon has been inspiring readers for generations. It continues to remain a classic

Islamic Revival in British India: Deoband, 1860-1900 (Metcalf Barbara D.)(Pevná vazba)

In a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses

Neutra - Barbara Lamprecht

In the architecture of Richard Neutra (1892–1970), inside and outside find their perfect modernist harmony. As the Californian sun glints off sleek building surfaces, vast glass panel walls allow panoramic views over mountains, gardens, palm trees, and pools. Neutra moved to the United States

Wildhood - the epic journey from adolescence to adulthood in humans and other animals (Natterson-Horowitz Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Victor Grayson: In Search of Britain's Lost Revolutionary (Taylor Harry)(Pevná vazba)

Steeped in conspiracy, scandal and socialism - the disappearance of radical icon Victor Grayson is a puzzle that's never been solved. A firebrand and Labour politician who rose to prominence in the early twentieth century, Grayson was idolised by hundreds of thousands of Britons but despised by the

Wild Capital: Nature's Economic and Ecological Wealth (Jones Barbara K.)(Pevná vazba)

In Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature should be

The Transformation of American International Power in the 1970s (Zanchetta Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Barbara Zanchetta analyzes the evolution of American-Soviet relations during the 1970s, from the rise of d tente during the Nixon administration to the policy's crisis and fall during the final years of the Carter presidency. This study traces lines of continuity among the Nixon, Ford, and Carter

Democracies: Challenges to Societal Health (Wejnert Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 19 in the 'Research in Political Sociology' series is devoted to health problems, challenges and accomplishments in democratic societies. It includes papers addressing health systems, health policies, obstacles to societal healthy behaviors, and/or health conditions that are experienced in

Chasing Lucky (Bennett Jenn)(Pevná vazba)

In this coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen, scandal and romance collide when an ambitious teen returns to her hometown only to have her plans interrupted after falling for the town's 'bad boy'--a.k.a. her childhood best friend. Sometimes to find the good, you have

Prisoner of Midnight (Hambly Barbara)(Paperback)

March, 1917. Industrialist Spenser Cochran has drugged and enslaved a vampire, Don Simon Ysidro, aboard a luxury ship to the US. Horrified, Dr Lydia Asher joins the voyage intending to stop Cochran's chemical thrall, but evidence mounts that another vampire is hiding on board. Can Lydia solve both

Cold Bayou (Hambly Barbara)(Paperback)

Benjamin January has reason to regret agreeing to perform at the wedding of wealthy landowner Veryl St-Chinian to an Irish barmaid fifty years his junior. On the isolated plantation of Cold Bayou where the ceremony is to take place, a body is discovered in the woods behind the dower house - and