Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass (Shaw Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass (Shaw Martin)(Pevná vazba)

With potent, lyrical language and a profound knowledge of storytelling, Shaw encourages and illuminates the mythic in our own lives. He is a modern-day bard. - Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles At a time when we are all confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our

Courting the Wild Twin (Shaw Martin)(Pevná vazba)

'Fabulous.' Dan Richards, author of Holloway 'Terrifically strange and thrilling.' Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the Barley 'A modern-day bard.' Madeline Miller, author of Circe This is a book of literary activism - an antidote to the shallow thinking that typifies our age. In Courting 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

Powder Smoke (Martin Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

In POWDER SMOKE we see the return of Jim Stringer, Martin's Railway Detective, back by popular demand, and Corsair's first book in the series. All previous books were Faber (the last in 2014). York Station, 1925, and a revolver is aimed at

The Becoming of Noah Shaw - Michelle Hodkin

In the first book of the Shaw Confessions, the companion series to the New York Times bestselling Mara Dyer novels, old skeletons are laid bare and new promises prove deadly. This is what happens after happily ever after. Everyone thinks seventeen-year-old Noah Shaw has the world on a string

Christianity: The Biography: 2000 Years of Global History (Shaw Ian J.)(Pevná vazba)

In Christianity: The Biography Ian Shaw charts the story of Christianity from its birth and infancy among a handful of followers of Jesus Christ, through its years of development into a global religious movement, spanning continents and cultures and transcending educational and social backgrounds

American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds (Shaw Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life (Nowak Martin A.)(Pevná vazba)

At a time of unprecedented expansion in the life sciences, evolution is the one theory that transcends all of biology. Any observation of a living system must ultimately be interpreted in the context of its evolution. Evolutionary change is the consequence of mutation and natural selection, which

The Southland (Shaw Johnny)(Pevná vazba)

THE SOUTHLAND tells the story of three unauthorized Mexican immigrants living in Los Angeles: Luz works multiple jobs to provide for herself and her teenage son Eliseo. Nadia, a former journalist with PTSD, fled Mexico and tries to stay hidden from the dangerous men that she exposed in Sinaloa

Looking for Lenin (Ackermann Niels)(Pevná vazba)

The eerie beauty of Ukraine's Lenin statues, toppled in the name of decommunization In the process of decommunisation, Ukraine has toppled all its Lenin monuments. The authors have hunted down and photographed these banned Soviet statues, revealing their inglorious fate. As Russia celebrates the

Secrets of the Wild Wood (Dragt Tonke (Author))(Pevná vazba)

Tiuri returns in The Secrets of the Wild Wood, the thrilling and long-awaited sequel to The Letter for the

On the Trail of Wolves - A British Adventure in the Wild West (Forrester Philippa)(Pevná vazba)

Where's Waldo?: Deluxe Edition (Handford Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Looking for Waldo? Search no more. The time has come and we' re celebrating our favorite wanderer in style For over a quarter of a century, the bespectacled Waldo has held a place as a beloved cultural icon. Candlewick has reissued the classic Waldo adventure with special features worthy of a

The Arts of Cinema (Seel Martin)(Pevná vazba)

In The Arts of Cinema, Martin Seel explores film's connections to the other arts and the qualities that distinguishe it from them. In nine concise and elegantly written chapters, he explores the cinema's singular aesthetic potential and uses specific examples from a diverse range of films--from

Memory in the Wild (hc) (Wagoner Brady)(Pevná vazba)

Venturing out of the laboratory into the wild of natural settings, it becomes untenable to locate memory strictly in the head. Instead, memory appears as a materially extended and socially distributed process, embedded within culture and history. This book explores the complex relations between

The Wild Garden (Darke Rick)(Pevná vazba)

First published in 1870, The Wild Garden challenged the prevailing garden style of the day and advocated a naturalistic style, in which hardy plants, both native and exotic, are arranged in groupings that mimic wild landscapes. Thanks to Robinson's passionate advocacy, the naturalistic style

Down Darker Trails: Terrors of the Mythos in the Wild West (Ross Kevin)(Pevná vazba)

Up in Smoke - The Failed Dreams of Battersea Power Station (Watts Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Pennines: Backbone of England (Shaw Helen)(Pevná vazba)

Photographer Helen Shaw takes you on a fascinating journey celebrating the Pennines, that magnificent range of hills and moors which make up the backbone of England. The book covers the length of the Pennines, from south to north. It will enhance anyone's pleasure in this sometimes over-looked area

Secret Worlds: The Extraordinary Senses of Animals (Stevens Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Martin Stevens explores the extraordinary variety of senses in the animal kingdom, and discusses the cutting-edge science that is shedding light on these secret worlds. Our senses of vision, smell, taste, hearing, and touch are essential for us to respond to threats, communicate and interact with

Smoke Bellew (London Jack)(Paperback)

From the author of the classic novel Call of the Wild, Jack London's Smoke Bellew features a vivacious depiction of a gold rush adventure. Christopher Bellew, more commonly known as Kit, lives a comfortable life in San Francisco. He writes daily for a paper and his inherited wealth promises to

Camino Winds (Grisham John)(Pevná vazba)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER - 'The perfect crime scene ... in the type of wild but smart caper that Grisham's readers love.'--Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing The master of the legal thriller sweeps you away to paradise for a little sun, sand, mystery, and mayhem. With

His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass (Pullman Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far

New on Earth: Baby Animals in the Wild (Eszterhas Suzi)(Pevná vazba)

Glimpse into the lives of the very youngest members of these majestic, endangered wild species. For the last twenty years, Suzi Eszterhas has dedicated her life and her work as a wildlife photographer to capturing the family life of wild animals throughout the world, mainly those that are