Stellaris: People of the Stars (Hampson Robert E.)(Paperback)

Stellaris: People of the Stars (Hampson Robert E.)(Paperback)

NEW STORIES AND ESSAYS FROM TOP AUTHORS AND EXPERT SCIENTISTS. Explorations of how interstellar travel may affect humanity by best-selling authors and scientists. BECOMING THE PEOPLE OF THE STARS Fundamental transformation. That is what it may take to reach our final destination. And we may not

Joseph Conrad (Hampson Robert)(Paperback)

Joseph Conrad is widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of the early twentieth century. Robert Hampson traces Conrad's life from his childhood in a Russian penal colony, through his early manhood in Marseille and his years in the British Merchant Navy, to his career as a novelist. This

Chosen People (Whitlow Robert)(Paperback)

From the streets of Atlanta to the alleys of Jerusalem, Chosen People is an international legal drama where hidden motives thrive, the risk of death is real, and the search for truth has many faces. During a terrorist attack near the Western Wall in Jerusalem, a courageous mother sacrifices her

Robert Holman Plays: One (Holman Robert)(Paperback)

Robert Holman writes plays of startling beauty, combining close observation of the way people behave with a thrilling and often fiercely uncompromising mastery of dramatic form. He is the playwright most admired by other playwrights. To Simon Stephens, he is 'My favourite living writer.' Here, in

Robert Adams: Why People Photograph: Selected Essays and Reviews (Adams Robert)(Paperback)

A now classic text on the art, Why People Photograph gathers a selection of essays by the great master photographer Robert Adams, tackling such diverse subjects as collectors, humor, teaching, money and dogs. Adams also writes brilliantly on Edward Weston, Paul Strand, Laura Gilpin, Judith Joy

The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (Howard Robert E.)(Paperback)

With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the greatest action hero of the twentieth century--he also launched a genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery. But Conan wasn't the first archetypal adventurer to spring from Howard's fertile imagination. 'He was . . . a strange

Trust Nobody (Hampson June)(Paperback / softback)

The paperback re-issue of the first book in the explosive, gripping and gritty gangland thriller series by June

The Cripple of Inishmaan (McDonagh Martin)(Paperback)

In 1934, the people of Inishmaan learn that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighbouring island to film his documentary Man of Aran. No one is more excited than Billy, an unloved and crippled boy whose chief occupation has been gazing at cows and yearning for a girl who

Infinite Stars (Silverberg Robert)(Paperback / softback)

INFINITE STARSThis is the definitive collection of original short stories by many of today's finest authors, writing brand new adventures set in their most famous series. Herein lie canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta's War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the

A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (Ruby Robert H.)(Paperback)

The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has served as a standard reference on these diverse

The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (Howard Robert E.)(Paperback)

Here are Howard's greatest horror tales, all in their original, definitive versions. Some of Howard's best-known characters-Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them-roam the forbidding locales of the author's fevered imagination, from the swamps and bayous of the Deep South

History of the Universe in 100 Stars (Freistetter Florian)(Pevná vazba)

From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars. Astronomer Florian Freistetter has chosen 100 stars that have almost nothing in common. Some are bright and famous, some shine so feebly you need a huge telescope. There

Eros And Evil: The Sexual Psychopathology Of Witchcraft (Masters Robert E. L.)(Paperback)

Containing The Complete Text Of Sinistrai's

The Capital - Robert Menasse

Brussels. A hive of tragic heroes, manipulative losers, involuntary accomplices. No wonder the European Commission is keen to improve its image.The fiftieth anniversary of the European Commission approaches, and the Directorate-General for Culture is tasked with organising an appropriate

A-Z of Stockport - Places-People-History (Nicholls Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Explore the Greater Manchester town of Stockport in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and

Interpassivity: The Aesthetics of Delegated Enjoyment (Pfaller Robert)(Paperback)

Why do people record TV programmes instead of watching them? Why are former alcoholics pleased to let other people drink in their place? Why can ritual machines pray in place of believers? Robert Pfaller advances the theory of 'interpassivity' as delegated consumption and enjoyment. Applicable to

The City (Park Robert E.)(Paperback)

The Dominion of the Dead (Harrison Robert Pogue)(Paperback)

How do the living maintain relations to the dead? Why do we bury people when they die? And what is at stake when we do? In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison considers the supreme importance of these questions to Western civilization, exploring the many places where the dead cohabit

The Natural and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages (Bartlett Robert)(Paperback)

How did people of the medieval period explain physical phenomena, such as eclipses or the distribution of land and water on the globe? What creatures did they think they might encounter: angels, devils, witches, dogheaded people? This fascinating book explores the ways in which medieval people

Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings (Smithson Robert)(Paperback)

Since the 1979 publication of The Writings of Robert Smithson, Robert Smithson's significance as a spokesman for a generation of artists has been widely acknowledged and the importance of his thinking to contemporary artists and art critics continues to grow. In addition to a new introduction by

Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us (Hare Robert D.)(Paperback)

Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are

War Chief Paulina & His Renegade Band of Paiutes (Bolen Robert D.)(Paperback)

The Snake People, The Northern Shoshoni Indians is a history of the Shoshoni Indian Tribe in what is now present day Idaho and the surrounding states.All of the seven bands are described in detail. The 'Walking Indian in the beginning became the 'Horse Indians' of the Plains. The Indian was

The Robert E. Howard Guide (Louinet Patrice)(Paperback)

Presenting the English translation of the award-winning book that introduced a new generation of French fans to the father of sword and sorcery. The Robert E. Howard Guide was born out of years of scholarship, but took its final form after answering the same questions from fans over and over again

Catholic Sexual Morality (Fastiggi Robert)(Paperback)

Many people today believe that the traditional Catholic view of sex is antiquated, unrealistic, and potentially harmful. In Catholic Sexual Morality, Dr. Robert Fastiggi asks whether the permissive sexual attitude of today's culture is really contributing to deeper love, better relationships, and