Short Life in a Strange World - Birth to Death in 42 Panels (Ferris Toby)(Pevná vazba)

Short Life in a Strange World - Birth to Death in 42 Panels (Ferris Toby)(Pevná vazba)

Sure to be hailed alongside H is for Hawk and The Hare with Amber Eyes, an exceptional work that is at once an astonishing journey across countries and continents, an immersive examination of a great artist's work, and a moving and intimate

Buried - Life, Death and Revolution in Egypt (Hessler Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Birth and Death in British Culture: Liminality, Power, and Performance (De Waal Ariane)(Pevná vazba)

Why discuss birth and death when they lie outside discourse? And why look at them together when they are so much unlike each other, one the moment of fresh beginnings, joys, and the relative certainties of existence, the other the moment of life's end, grief, and the relative uncertainties of

Death in Midsummer - Jukio Mišima

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Filled with rich description and luxurious beauty, these ten tales of loss and longing from one of Japan's greatest

Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in Three Panels (Brown Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

Literature is long. Comics are short. Does Proust get you down? Do you find The Unbearable Lightness of Being simply unbearable? Is The Inferno your own private hell? Do you long to be conversant about classics like Moby Dick, the Bhagavad Gita, Madame Bovary, and, um, Twilight? Bestselling

Walk This World (Nieminen Lotta)(Pevná vazba)

A celebration of life in a

Death Note: L, Change the WorLd - M

In an alternative continuity in the Death Note setting, ace detective L's name has been placed in a Death Note. He has twenty-three days to bring a terrorist group to justice, or they will use a deadly new virus to change the world...by killing off most of humanity

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender: A Life in Pictures (Gray Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Beloved for his unequalled showmanship, Freddie Mercury's death left the world mourning. This colorful, official volume, filled with rare images and insightful text, recounts all aspects of Mercury's colorful life. It follows his childhood in Zanzibar, his fame as Queen's lead singer, his solo

Mrs Death Misses Death (Godden Salena)(Pevná vazba)

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZEMrs Death tells her intoxicating story in this life-affirming fire-starter of a novel Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer,

A Strange and Beautiful Sound (Zep)(Pevná vazba)

Where is life's value? In the noise and fury, or in the silence and contemplation? In the struggles or in the peace? William chose silence 25 years ago when he joined the Carthusian religious order. But when an inheritance requires his presence in Paris he returns to a new world, full of questions

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus, Volume 1 (Gillis Peter B.)(Pevná vazba)

Doctor Strange stars in his most spellbinding series! The world believes Strange dead, and Dormammu has stolen control of the Sorcerer Supreme's body. But when Clea comes to Stephen's aid, the two must make a binding commitment! There'll be Faustian gambits to deal with, Strange will be given the

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals (Field Jacob F.)(Pevná vazba)

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet's making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the first cloned mammal. This book will include a great variety of beasts from across the animal kingdom, some

Whose Life Is Worth More?: Hierarchies of Risk and Death in Contemporary Wars (Levy Yagil)(Pevná vazba)

Modern democracies face tough life-and-death choices in armed conflicts. Chief among them is how to weigh the value of soldiers' lives against those of civilians on both sides. The first of its kind, Whose Life Is Worth More? reveals that how these decisions are made is much more nuanced than

The Biology of Human Survival: Life and Death in Extreme Environments (Piantadosi Claude A.)(Pevná vazba)

The range of environments in which people can survive is extensive, yet most of the natural world cannot support human life. The Biology of Human Survival identifies the key determinants of life or death in extreme environments from a physiologist's perspective, integrating modern concepts of

Dead by Dawn (Doiron Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Maine game warden Mike Bowditch finds himself in a life-or-death chase in this next thriller in the bestselling mystery series by Edgar Award nominee Paul Doiron, Dead by Dawn. Mike Bowditch is fighting for his life. After being ambushed on a dark winter road, his Jeep crashes into a frozen river

Life Lessons from a Dachshund: A Dog's Guide to Love, Happiness, and Everything in Between (Glazin Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Life advice from a very wise wiener dog. Are you short of time, short of friends, or just short in general? From relationships to how to handle yourself in an argument and surviving in the big city, Dhillon the Dachshund will teach you all of life's valuable lessons. This little dog has bags of

The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire (Reill Dominique Kirchner)(Pevná vazba)

Recasting the birth of fascism, nationalism, and the fall of empire after World War I, Dominique Kirchner Reill recounts how the people of Fiume tried to recreate empire in the guise of the nation. The Fiume Crisis recasts what we know about the birth of fascism, the rise of nationalism, and the

Secret Lives of Elephants - Birth, Death and Family in the World of the Giants (Mumby Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

Batman: A Death in the Family the Deluxe Edition (Starlin Jim)(Pevná vazba)

Death comes to us all. In 1988 the pop culture world was rocked when comics readers were given the opportunity to decide the outcome of one of the medium's most controversial quandaries: Should the Boy Wonder die? When Jason Todd's impulsive nature clashes with the Dark Knight's methodical approach

Strange New World (Vincent Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

Nothing's scarier than a world where you can't be yourself. The second and final book in this high-stakes, fast-paced sci-fi series from New York Times bestselling author RACHEL VINCENT. Dahlia 16's life is a lie. The city of Lakeview isn't a utopia that raises individuals for the greater good; it

The Ministry of Bodies: A Year of Life and Death in a Modern Hospital (O'Mahony Seamus)(Pevná vazba)

In The Ministry of Bodies, Seamus O'Mahony charts the realities of life in a modern hospital over the course of a year. From difficult births and unexpected deaths to moral quandaries and bureaucratic disasters, O'Mahony documents life in the halls that all of us will visit at some point in our

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World - Gaskill Malcolm

In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer fits and are plagued by strange visions and dreams. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics, and the

Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life (Christofi Alex)(Pevná vazba)

Dostoevsky's life was marked by brilliance and brutality. Sentenced to death as a young revolutionary, he survived mock execution and Siberian exile to live through a time of seismic change in Russia, eventually being accepted into the Tsar's inner circle. He had three great love affairs, each

A Wedding at Mulberry Lane (Clarke Rosie)(Paperback)

Love, marriage, birth, death and betrayal in the East-End of London make up life in Mulberry Lane, perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Cathy Sharp and Donna Douglas. Maureen Jackson knew life as a trainee nurse wouldn't be easy, but she didn't expect her hospital to be badly bombed on her first