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In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist (Jordan Pete)(Paperback)

Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze of the 1890s,

Glasgow Tales of the City (Burrowes John)(Paperback)

Not only has Glasgow produced some incredible personalities, it has also been witness to some of the greatest happenings of our times. These outstanding people and epoch-making events are featured in 'Glasgow Tales of the City.' As a result of painstaking research, some startling new facts have

El Silencio de la Ciudad Blanca / The Silence of the White City (White City Trilogy. Book 1) (Senz Eva Garcia)(Paperback)

Una novela negra absorbente que mezcla mitolog a y leyendas, arqueolog a y secretos de familia. Elegante. Compleja. Hipn tica. Tasio Ortiz de Z rate, el brillante arque logo condenado por los asesinatos que aterrorizaron Vitoria hace dos d cadas, est a punto de salir de prisi n cuando los cr menes

Meet Me in the Bathroom - Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 (Goodman Lizzy)(Paperback / softback)

New York, 2001. 9/11 plunges the US into a state of war and political volatility - and heralds the rebirth of the city's rock scene. As the old-guard music industry crumbles, a group of bands suddenly become the voice of a generation desperately in need of an anthem. The author charts New York's

Red Affairs, White Affairs (Nay Felicia)(Paperback)

Hong Kong -- a teeming city where ritual, religion, the spirits of the dead and the spirit of enterprise meet, sometimes clash. For Reini it's a home that sometimes is strange, sometimes familiar, a place of contrasts -- even her name: Reini to close friends, Kim to her colleagues. When she meets

London (Horne Alastair)(Paperback)

Become a visual explorer through a stunning collection of images that celebrate the beautiful city of London. When you think of London, what do you imagine? Westminster Abbey and the River Thames? The electric lights of Piccadilly Circus and the grandeur of Buckingham Palace? Or do you see busy

The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience (Hemenway Toby)(Paperback)

Permaculture is more than just the latest buzzword; it offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed and desired than in our cities. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living,

The Shadow of the Bear: A Fairy Tale Retold (Doman Regina)(Paperback)

When Bear, a mysterious young man, lands on Blanche and Rose Brier's doorstep in New York City, the two sisters have conflicting opinions on whether or not he is dangerous. Even as Blanche learns to trust him, her fears that Bear's friendship threatens their family prove terrifyingly true. A modern

City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) (London Alex)(Pevná vazba)

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground dragon battles and a high-stakes gang war that could tear his family apart.Once, dragons nearly drove themselves to extinction. But in the city of Drakopolis, humans domesticated them centuries ago. Now

The City of Babylon: A History, C. 2000 BC - Ad 116 (Dalley Stephanie)(Paperback)

The 2000-year story of Babylon sees it moving from a city-state to the centre of a great empire of the ancient world. It remained a centre of kingship under the empires of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar, Darius, Alexander the Great, the Seleucids and the Parthians. Its city walls were declared to be a

City of the Dead (Morson Ian)(Pevná vazba)

Artemis - A gripping sci-fi thriller from the author of The Martian (Weir Andy)(Paperback / softback)

Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as

Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!, Vol. 3 (Manga) (Akatsuki Natsume)(Paperback)

Megumin is off to Arcanletia, the city of water, hot springs...and the Axis Church With no money and no connections, she soon finds herself helping its members in their efforts to secure new recruits Along the way, she'll discover just how strange the Axis Church and its followers truly

Dark City: Murder, Vice, and Mayhem in Wartime London (Read Simon)(Paperback)

There was more to wartime London than stiff upper lips and rousing choruses of 'Roll Out the Barrel'. Criminals hunted their prey without fear of reprisal. Many operated under the cover of darkness, emerging when the city sank into the oblivion of its nightly blackout. Others simply struck whenever

Colin Bell: Reluctant Hero (Cheeseman Ian)(Paperback)

In the autobiography of a Manchester City and England Legend, the former soccer mid-fielder opens up about his childhood and his life in the glory years. He singles out his greatest opponents, and compares the modern game with the era he

The City of Ember (DuPrau Jeanne)(Paperback)

Ember is the only light in a dark world. But when its lamps begin to flicker, two friends must race to escape the dark. This highly acclaimed adventure series is a modern-day classic--with over 4 MILLION copies sold The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred

Hull History Tour (Chrystal Paul)(Paperback / softback)

A guided tour of the historic city of Hull, showing how it has changed over the past century and

Torch Against the Night (Tahir Sabaa)(Paperback / softback)

After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt Elias and Laia as they flee the city of Serra. Laia and Elias are determined to break into the Empire's most secure and dangerous prison to save Laia's brother, even if for Elias it means giving up his last chance at freedom. They will

Jacksonville Fire Department (Mashburn Barbara)(Paperback / softback)

In 1941 the City of Jacksonville had a population of about 100 people. The city was protected by two fire stations. In 1941 this was a lot of fire protection for a town with such a low population. The fire stations were actually for the Arkansas Ordinance Plant (AOP). The AOP employed more people

West Yorkshire Countryside - Country Walks on City Fringes (Hannon Paul)(Paperback / softback)

This new title is the latest in the new series of Paul Hannon's walking guides covering Yorkshire. The walks include such iconic locations as Temple Newsam, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Fairburn Ings, Roundhay Park and Emley Moor. There are 25 enjoyable outings amid a rich variety of

Rome: A History in Seven Sackings (Kneale Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating history of the city of Rome, seen through the eyes of its most significant sackings, from the Gauls to the Nazis and everything in

Hand Luggage Only: Great Britain: Explore the Best Coastal Walks, Castles, Road Trips, City Jaunts and Surprising Spots Across England, Scotland and W (Griffiths Lloyd)(Paperback)

Hand Luggage Only: Great Britain is a celebration of the amazing places to be found throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Actually, scratch that - it's about so much more than a celebration of Britain's finest travel destinations This book will actually help get you out there and explore the

A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 19 (Light Novel) (Kamachi Kazuma)(Paperback)

A certain unlikely hero...In the shadowy underbelly of Academy City, the problem-busting team known as Group (centered around Level Five esper Accelerator and the man who wields the powers of science and magic, Tsuchimikado) is investigating every lead they can related to the word dragon. This clue

Paris Revealed - The Secret Life of a City (Clarke Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

PARIS - one of the most visited cities in the world. BUT do you know

A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case (Hood Lynley)(Paperback)

Originally published in 2001, A City Possessed is the harrowing account of one of New Zealand's most high-profile criminal cases - a story of child sexual abuse allegations, gender politics and the law. In detailing the events of the 1990s that led up to and surrounded the allegations made against

Beppina and the Kitchens of Arezzo: Life and Culinary Art in an Ancient Tuscan City (Romer Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Romer lives in the village or Arezzo, in Tuscany, during the cold winter months. She and her husband also live a rustic life in an Italian country farmhouse, but it is cut off by snow in the winter. She tells us about the culinary history of the region, historical cooks, their recipes

Shatter City (Impostors, Book 2), 2 (Westerfeld Scott)(Paperback)

Cities at war. Identities stolen or hidden away. A love built on lies. In the second book of the New York Times bestselling Impostors series, nothing is certain and anything can be taken away.When the world sees Frey, they think they see her twin sister, Rafi. Frey was raised to be Rafi's double,

Starfinder Adventure Path: The Blind City (Dawn of Flame 4 of 6) (Lundeen Ron)(Paperback)

Trapped in the DarkWhen the heroes seek an expert to translate an ancient, eldritch tablet, a sinister cult strikes from out of the shadows, intent on destroying the relic and all who know of its existence. After facing off against these zealots and deciphering the tablet, the heroes learn of

Flight to Bogata: England's Football Rebel, Neil Franklin (Harding John)(Paperback)

My Kind of Club: The Inside Story of Neil Warnock's Cardiff City is the real-life tale of a managerial throwback and his final shot at the big time. When Neil Warnock took charge of Cardiff City in October 2016, they were a rabble - a fragmented club who lay in the Championship's relegation zone,

Cite Right, Third Edition: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles--Mla, Apa, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More (Lipson Charles)(Paperback)

Comprehensively covers when and how to cite sources in a variety of citation

Celebrating Coventry (Adams Will)(Paperback)

The city of Coventry has a rich and varied history. It has been one of the most important cities in England since the Middle Ages, when it first grew rich on the cloth trade and silk spinning. In the industrial age, Coventry became known for watchmaking and the skilled workforce later made the city

In the City (Lipniewska Dominika)(Pevná vazba)

A magical journey through a day in the life of a city, with lots of detail for children to

Ephemeral city: Cheap print and urban culture in Renaissance Venice (Salzberg Rosa)(Paperback)

Explores the rapid rise of cheap print and how it permeated Venetian urban culture in the

Building Jerusalem - The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City (Hunt Tristram)(Paperback / softback)

Rome Tales (Constantine Helen)(Paperback)

Presenting a vivid mosaic of dramatic, comic, and tragic stories, all set in the Eternal City, these twenty absorbing tales capture the delight of discovering and exploring one of the world's most beloved cities. Spanning seven hundred years, this marvelous collection includes works by Italian

Dancing in Odessa (Kaminsky Ilya)(Paperback / softback)

Described as 'a rich, reverberative dance with memories of a haunted city' (LA Times), the poems of the prize-winning debut Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic, draw on archetype, myth and Russian literary

American School - From the Puritans to the Trump Era (Spring Joel (Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York USA))(Paperback / softback)

This current, comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward, concise style, Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of

The Master of Knives (Vehlmann Fabien)(Paperback)

Five children, a deserted city--and a deadly enemy. In the abandoned town, the children have established a new home and organized a life for themselves. As they prepare for a trip to other cities in an attempt to determine the extent of the phenomenon that saw everyone else vanish, they encounter

Harley Quinn Vol. 1: Hot in the City (the New 52) (Palmiotti Jimmy)(Paperback)

Fresh from Batman: Death of The Family and Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn returns to her first solo series in the New 52 The writing team of Jimmy Palmiotti (All Star Western) and Amanda Conner (Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre) unleashed Harley on an unsuspecting dc universe, as she encounters various

The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, Vol. 2 (Light Novel) (Nonohara Usata)(Paperback)

Everyone has their secrets...Teen alchemist Mariela's new life in the Labyrinth City is going swimmingly so far: She's purchased a home of her own, opened an apothecary, and befriended people from all walks of life, starting with a former penal laborer named Sieg. Only a select few know she's one

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone: Episode 1: Section 9 (Kinutani Yu)(Paperback)

Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9

Complex City: London's Changing Character (Manning Jane)(Pevná vazba)

Part story, part atlas - this is a study of a city's complexity. The most successful cities, the most interesting and sought-after ones, are those with an intrinsic and distinctive character that remain dynamic and relevant. They are complex and contradictory. And that is worth embracing. This is a

The Anti-Black City: Police Terror and Black Urban Life in Brazil (Alves Jaime Amparo)(Paperback)

An important new ethnographic study of S o Paulo's favelas revealing the widespread use of race-based police repression in Brazil While Black Lives Matter still resonates in the United States, the movement has also become a potent rallying call worldwide, with harsh police tactics and repressive

Canterbury in 50 Buildings (Woodhams John)(Paperback)

The historic cathedral city of Canterbury has traces of its Roman past. The oldest church in England, St Martins, can trace its history back to this era but it is the cathedral founded under Anglo Saxon rule which still dominates the city close by other surviving Saxon buildings, the Burgate and St

No. 91/92: notes on a Parisian commute (Elkin Lauren)(Paperback / softback)

Bestselling author of Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London, joins the crowds commuting by bus in the city of love. Written in iPhone notes and inspired by Perec and Ernaux, this chronicle of the everyday in a year marked by terrorism and her loss of a pregnancy

The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti (Phillips Susan A.)(Pevná vazba)

This sweeping new history shows how Los Angeles graffiti has functioned as the secret language of marginalized subcultures ranging from turn-of-the-century hobos to 1990s

Celebrating Edinburgh (Gillon Jack)(Paperback / softback)

Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, has much to celebrate. The city has been central to Scottish life and its history for many centuries. Its festivals attract visitors from all over the world, the quality of its architecture has been awarded the highest accolade of World Heritage status, and

Has Asia Lost It?: Dynamic Past, Turbulent Future (Shastry Vasuki)(Paperback)

''Shastry's polemic cites extensive research from experts and exploits the author's knowledge of Asia and his connections to the region's elite, with whom he rubs shoulders at Davos and other summits. What shows through in the book though is Shastry's compassion for the continent's ordinary

Archie Meets Batman '66 (Parker Jeff)(Paperback)

Gotham City meets Riverdale in this crossover graphic novel that brings together some of the most iconic characters in comics and television Two iconic comic book characters meet up for the FIRST TIME in this historic crossover mini-series A battle in Gotham City extends its reach into

Rise and Fall of the House of Medici (Hibbert Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody political scene was dominated by mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This book charts the family's huge influence on the

Happy City - Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (Montgomery Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Tells the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city living. Drawing on the lessons from their stories, from brain science, and from the realm of urban experimentation, this book offers solutions we can all use to improve our lives and shows

New York (Rutherfurd Edward)(Paperback / softback)

A novel that tells the story of New York city - from the epic, empty grandeur of the New World to the skyscrapers of the City that Never Sleeps, from the intimate detail of lives long forgotten to those lived at breakneck speed

Book of the City of Ladies and Other Writings (De Pizan Christine)(Paperback / softback)

Wild Love (Accardo Lauren)(Mass Market Paperbound)

A down-on-her-luck city girl searches for new purpose among the shelves of a failing bookstore in the quaint town of Pine Ridge, New York--until a forbidden love tempts her to go off-book. When life sets fire to your happily ever after, you ditch your cheating boyfriend, trade in the city life for

Thames: Sacred River (Ackroyd Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Just as Peter Ackroyd's bestselling London is the biography of the city, Thames: Sacred River is the biography of the river, from sea to

The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece (Roberts Jennifer T.)(Paperback)

In 431 BC, the long simmering rivalry between the city-states of Athens and Sparta erupted into open warfare, and for more than a generation the two were locked in a life-and-death struggle. The war embroiled the entire Greek world, provoking years of butchery previously unparalleled in ancient

After the Fall: Crisis, Recovery and the Making of a New Spain (Buck Tobias)(Paperback)

Tobias Buck arrived in Madrid in December 2012, in time to celebrate the bleakest Christmas the city had seen in a generation. Capital and country were reeling from a series of economic shocks that had brought Spain to the brink of ruin. The housing boom had dramatically turned to bust, a large

Jade War (Lee Fonda)(Paperback / softback)

On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years.Beyond Kekon's borders, war is brewing. Powerful

Ninth Rain (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy 1) - British Fantasy Award Winner 2018 (Williams Jen)(Paperback / softback)

**Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel** The first book in the award-winning Winnowing Flame trilogy. Epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb and Jay Kristoff. 'Fantasy adventure at its very best' Starburst 'Williams excels at eldritch world-building' Guardian 'An original new

Low-Carbon City and New-Type Urbanization: Proceedings of Chinese Low-Carbon City Development International Conference (Feng Songlin)(Pevná vazba)

In the face of increasingly serious resource and environmental challenges, the world has already accepted low-carbon development as the main way forward for future city construction. Chinese cities have encountered many problems during their development, including land constraints, energy

October Man - A Rivers of London Novella (Aaronovitch Ben)(Paperback / softback)

Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany's oldest city. So when a man is found dead with, his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth.Fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything.Enter Investigator

The Money Power: Empire of the City and Pawns in the Game (Carr William Guy)(Paperback)

'The Money Power' contains two classic books on geopolitics, 'Pawns in the Game' and 'Empire of the City,' which present the thesis that the wars and revolutions of modern times have been engineered by an English-speaking finance oligarchy to perpetuate their balance of power over the world. They

Hyperspace - A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension (Kaku Michio (City College of the City University of New York))(Paperback / softback)

Hyperspace is the run-away bestseller from one of the world's leading theoretical physicists. Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Michio Kaku takes us on a tour of the most exciting work in modern physics, including research into 10-dimensional space, time warps, and

Cooking up a revolution: Food Not Bombs, Homes Not Jails, and resistance to gentrification (Parson Sean)(Pevná vazba)

During the late 1980s and early 1990s the city of San Francisco waged a war against the homeless. Over 1,000 arrests and citations where handed out by the police to activists for simply distributing free food in public parks. Why would a liberal city arrest activists helping the homeless? In

City of Girls - The Sunday Times Bestseller (Gilbert Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Secret London, Updated Edition: Exploring the Hidden City, with Original Walks and Unusual Places to Visit (Duncan Andrew)(Paperback)

Secret London is an essential companion for anyone committed to discovering the true heart of one of the world's greatest capital cities. In more than 20 miles of original walks, distinguished historian Andrew Duncan uncovers London's best-kept secrets. From ancient waterways and the vast network

A City Imagined: Belfast Soulscapes (Dawe Gerald)(Pevná vazba)

A City Imagined is a paean to the city of Belfast and its writers. Written in his highly regarded wry and lyrical style, Dawe's memoir sketches the outlines of his life as he starts to understand the city in which he was born, before embracing some of the local writers whose early work had such an

The Asterisk War, Vol. 1 (Light Novel): Encounter with a Fiery Princess (Miyazaki Yuu)(Paperback)

The school-city of Rokka-also known as 'Asterisk.' Here boys and girls of the Starpulse Generation all compete in the Seibusai-the 'star battle festival,' fighting for glory on the greatest combat entertainment stage of the world. Ayato Amagiri has just arrived at one of these academies at the

Occupied City (Peace David (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Tokyo, January 26th, 1948. As the third year of the US Occupation of Japan begins, a man enters a downtown bank. He speaks of an outbreak of dysentery and says he is a doctor, sent by the Occupation authorities. Clear liquid is poured into sixteen teacups. Sixteen employees of the bank drink this

Metropolis (Von Harbou Thea)(Paperback)

This city of the future encompasses two worlds: that of the hedonistic ruling class and that of a segregated subculture, toilers in a mechanized underworld who labor to provide the rich with their pleasures. When a charismatic leader arises, she seeks a savior to unite the disparate social orders

Book Smugglers of Timbuktu - The Quest for This Storied City and the Race to Save its Treasures (English Charlie)(Paperback / softback)

'An exemplary work of investigative journalism that is also a wonderfully colourful book of history and travel' Observer, Book of the Year 'A piece of postmodern historiography of quite extraordinary sophistication and ingenuity... [written with] exceptional delicacy

Social Ecology and the Right to the City: Towards Ecological and Democratic Cities (Venturini Federico)(Paperback)

Cities today are increasingly at the forefront of the environmental and social crisis-they are simultaneously a major cause and a potential solution. Across the world, a new wave of urban social movements is rising to fight against corporate control, social exclusion, hostile immigration policies,

Mortal Instruments 4: City of Fallen Angels (Clare Cassandra)(Paperback / softback)

Fourth in Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series about the Shadowhunters. Discover more secrets about the Shadowhunters as they fight to protect the world from demons in the fourth book in the internationally bestselling series. To love is to destroy... The Mortal

The Power of Awareness: And Other Secrets from the World's Foremost Spies, Detectives, and Special Operators on How to Stay Safe and Save Your (Schilling Dan)(Pevná vazba)

A spy is suddenly aware she's being stalked through the streets of an overseas city. A special ops soldier intuitively recognizes something's 'off' during a high-risk mission. In these life-threatening situations experts know exactly how to use their senses and what actions to take. At the

City of Light (Christiansen Rupert)(Paperback / softback)

An account of the reinvention of Paris in the mid-nineteenth century as the most beautiful, exciting city in the world - a position it has never

Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy: From the World of Black Hammer Volume 1 (Lemire Jeff)(Paperback)

Spiral City finds itself trapped in a vicious cycle of crime, corruption, and violence. With the heart of the city at stake, a vigilante rises in Skulldigger. However, when the nefarious Grimjim escapes from prison, will Skulldigger and his ward, Skeleton Boy, be enough to save Spiral City? From

Little Book of Gucci: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House (Homer Karen)(Pevná vazba)

The Little Book of Gucci tells the story of this historic yet flourishing house, and the visionary looks that have cemented its place in fashion history.One of the oldest Italian fashion brands in existence today, Gucci was founded in Florence in 1921. Guccio Gucci established his company with the

Easystart: The Troy Stone (Pearson Education)(Paperback)

Original / British English Mark Jackson is on holiday in Turkey. He visits the old city of Troy and finds a yellow stone. 'I know this stone, ' he thinks. 'It comes from ... from ...' Suddenly Mark goes back in time. He can see a beautiful city, soldiers and a big wooden horse

The Wizard of Oz (Baum L. Frank)(Paperback)

'The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick' When a tornado crashes through Kansas City, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked far away, over the rainbow, to a strange land called Oz. How will they ever get home? And what is at the end of the yellow brick road? Plucky Dorothy and

Lucky Ones (Pachico Julianne)(Paperback / softback)

Set in lush, heady Colombia - and also in a jungle-like New York City - it brings together the fates of guerrilla soldiers, rich kids, rabbits, hostages, bourgeois expats, and drug dealers. Exploring what makes a victim and what makes a perpetrator, these stories show lives fatefully entwined,

Martin Crimp: Plays 3 - Fewer Emergencies; Cruel and Tender; The City; In the Republic of Happiness (Crimp Martin)(Paperback / softback)

A mordantly knowing modernisation of Sophocles's Trachiniae... the approach here manages to be at once lethally level and capable of surges of anguished

Guards! Guards! - Discworld: The City Watch Collection (Pratchett Terry)(Pevná vazba)

This is where the dragons went. They lie... not dead, not asleep, but... dormant. And although the space they occupy isn't like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And presumably,

Jerusalem - Chronicles from the Holy City (Delisle Guy)(Pevná vazba)

Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of contemporary Jerusalem, utilizing the classic stranger-in-a-strange-land point of view that made his other books, Pyongyang, Shenzhen, and Burma Chronicles, required reading for understanding what daily life is like in cities few

Appeal - The Sunday Times Bestseller (Hallett Janice)(Paperback / softback)

A stunningly illustrated book of extraordinary city maps, telling the story of human civilisation throughout history. A gorgeous, large-format gift hardback with a stunning neon cover, A History of the World in 25 Cities features 25 beautifully illustrated city maps from all over the world, from

Insight Guides City Guide Taipei (Travel Guide with Free Ebook) (Insight Guides)(Paperback)

Insight Guides City Guide TaipeiTravel made easy. Ask local experts.Explore one of the most exciting cities in the world with this inspirational travel guide, now with free eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this guide to Taipei is all you need to plan your

City, Volume 8 (Arawi Keiichi)(Paperback)

From Keiichi Arawi, the creator of hit series nichijou The big day is finally here: The 4th Local City Race is upon us Eight pairs will enter, each more absurd and unexpected than the last, but only one will emerge victorious to claim the 1-million-yen prize. All of CITY's heavy hitters are here:

City of Night (Rechy John)(Paperback)

' Rechy's] tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own. . . . He tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the life he conveys. . . . This is a most humbling and liberating achievement.'--James Baldwin When John Rechy's explosive first novel appeared in

Crossing Continents: A History of Standard Chartered Bank (Penguin)(Pevná vazba)

For almost a hundred years from the 1860s, the City of London's overseas banks financed the global trade that lay at the core of the British Empire. Foremost among them from the beginning were two start-up ventures: the Standard Bank of South Africa, which soon developed a powerful domestic

Baghdad Railway Club (Martin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

He arrives to find a city on the point of insurrection, his cover apparently blown - and his only contact lying dead with flies in his

RE: Zero -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 16 (Light Novel) (Nagatsuki Tappei)(Paperback)

A CITY OF HIDDEN DEPTHS! ​In the year since the Battle of the Sanctuary, Subaru Natsuki has been busy honing his skills alongside Emilia and the other members of their merry band. Still, these peaceful days cannot carry on forever--and it is none other than Anastasia, Emilia's rival in the royal

For the War Yet to Come: Planning Beirut's Frontiers (Bou Akar Hiba)(Paperback)

Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of Beirut, urban planning could hold promise: a new spatial order could bring a peaceful future. But with unclear

Urban Farmers: The Now (and How) of Growing Food in the City (Gestalten)(Pevná vazba)

We are what we eat, but do you know what you're eating? Urban agriculture is the global movement that encourages the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in the city. As our world becomes increasingly defined by urban structures, exploring urban agriculture to encourage greener

Guards! Guards! (Pratchett Terry)(Paperback / softback)

The City Watch, one of Pratchett's finest creations, rendered - well maybe not Technicolor - but certainly as never seen

One Lone Swallow (Fenton Corinne)(Pevná vazba)

Flying high above Florence, one lone swallow has a bird's eye view of the beauty of the Italian city. Set in Florence, Italy in 1805, a swallow searches for her

Istanbul: City of Forgetting and Remembering (Tillinghast Richard)(Paperback)

With its varied and glorious history, Istanbul remains one of the world's perennially fascinating cities. Richard Tillinghast, who first visited Istanbul in the early 1960s and has watched it transform over the decades into a vibrant metropolis, explores its rich art and architecture, culture,

Motor City Madhouse: Going Gonzo with Ted Nugent (Popoff Martin)(Paperback)

The first ever book about the outspoken American rocker, this is an updated version of Epic Ted Nugent, previously only published in North America that draws on interviews with the man himself. The Tedinator, Deadly Tedly, The Whackmaster or simply The Nuge...guitarin' Detroit gunslinger Ted Nugent

Farewell to Salonica - City of the Crossroads (Sciaky Leon)(Paperback / softback)

Leon Sciaky describes his childhood before the First World War in a prosperous, loving Jewish family in the cosmopolitan city of Salonica. Under the Ottoman Empire, the city's diverse communities - Jews, Muslim Turks, Orthodox Greeks and Bulgarians - met, traded and lived alongside each other

Blue Guide Istanbul: Sixth Edition (Freely John)(Paperback)

The new edition of the Blue Guide to this fascinating city, which straddles Europe and the Orient and whose history goes back to the days of ancient Greece, offers superb coverage of all the major monuments--Classical, Christian, and Islamic--with details on what to eat and where to

Wars of the Roses: Bloodline - Book 3 (Iggulden Conn)(Paperback / softback)

Richard Duke of York is dead, his ambitions in ruins, his head spiked on the walls of the city. King Henry VI is still held prisoner. His Lancastrian Queen rides south with an army of victorious northerners, accompanied by painted warriors from the Scottish Highlands. With the death of York,

After the Fall: Crisis, Recovery and the Making of a New Spain (Buck Tobias)(Pevná vazba)

Tobias Buck arrived in Madrid in December 2012, in time to celebrate the bleakest Christmas the city had seen in a generation. Capital and country were reeling from a series of economic shocks that had brought Spain to the brink of ruin. The housing boom had dramatically turned to bust, a large

City of a Thousand Gates (Sacks Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

'The novel showcases the humanity, tragedy, and complexity of life in the West Bank... The characters' interwoven lives will stay with you long after the book's denouement.' --Entertainment Weekly 'Sacks is an extraordinarily gifted writer whose intelligence, compassion and skill on both the

Citix60: San Francisco: 60 Local Creatives Show You the Best of the City (Victionary)(Paperback)

One of the most scenic cities on the planet and a leader in retail innovation, San Francisco now boasts more restaurants per capita than any other US city. But whether you are an inveterate shopper or an unrepentant foodie, it has much more to offer the casual visitor. With numerous and diverse

Istanbul - Memories and the City (The Illustrated Edition) (Pamuk Orhan)(Pevná vazba)

Like the Dublin of Joyce and Jan Morris' Venice, Orhan Pamuk's bestselling Istanbul: Memories of a City is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving. Since the publication of Istanbul, Pamuk has continued to add to his collection of photographs of

Free from All Danger (Nickson Chris)(Paperback)

Richard Nottingham discovers that a new, more ruthless breed of criminal has colonised the city when he returns as Constable of Leeds. October, 1736. Lured out of retirement to serve as Constable once again, Richard Nottingham finds Leeds very different from the place he remembers. Many newcomers

Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire (Robb Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Founded in the first century BCE near a set of natural springs in an otherwise dry northeastern corner of the Valley of Mexico, the ancient metropolis of Teotihuacan was on a symbolic level a city of elements. With a multiethnic population of perhaps one hundred thousand, at its peak in 400 CE, it

Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956 (Maxwell Gavin)(Paperback)

Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, Lords of the Atlas tells the extraordinary story of the Madani and T'hami el Glaoui, warlord brothers who carved out a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century. Quislings of the

Miguel Rio Branco. Maldicidade - Miguel Rio Branco, Paulo Herkenhoff

Miguel Rio Branco unites more than four decades of work across several major cities into one astonishing poetic statement on urban life. Eschewing city landmarks or aspirational ideals, Rio Branco turns his lens to common threads of struggle in metropolises around the globe. Maldicidade is a

Reframing the Alhambra: Architecture, Poetry, Textiles and Court Ceremonial (Bush Olga)(Paperback)

The Nasrid builders of the Alhambra ' the best-preserved medieval Muslim palatial city ' were so exacting that some of their work could not be fully explained until the invention of fractal geometry. Their design principles have been obscured, however, by the loss of all archival material. This

Tokyo: Memory, Imagination, and the City (Thornbury Barbara E.)(Pevná vazba)

Tokyo: Memory, Imagination, and the City is a collection of eight essays that explore Tokyo urban space from the perspective of memory in works of the imagination--novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and films. Written by scholars of Japanese studies based in England, Germany, Japan, and the

Mondo Art of Batman: The Animated Series - The Phantom City Creative Collection (Mondo)(Pevná vazba)

Julius Shulman Los Angeles: The Birth of a Modern Metropolis (Lubell Sam)(Pevná vazba)

A compilation of Julius Shulman's extraordinary images of his adopted city, ranging from residential, commercial, shops, factories, and street life of Los Angeles, a true portrait of a modern metropolis. The book will show the photographs chronologically from 1934, when Shulman shot Richard

The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City (Beaumont Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

A literary history of walking From Dickens to Zizek There is no such thing as the wrong step; every time we walk we are going somewhere. Moving around the modern city becomes more than from getting from A to B, but a way of understanding who and where you are. In a series of riveting intellectual

City Choreographer: Lawrence Halprin in Urban Renewal America (Hirsch Alison Bick)(Paperback)

One of the most prolific and influential landscape architects of the twentieth century, Lawrence Halprin (1916-2009) was best known for the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C., and Sea Ranch, the iconic planned community in California. These projects, as well as vibrant public spaces throughout the

The Copenhagen Affair (Malladi Amulya)(Paperback)

Set in the capital city of the world's happiest country, a comedy of manners about depression, the pressures of marriage, and the possibility of falling in love again, from the bestselling author of A House for Happy Mothers.Sanya was always the perfect wife, but after a breakdown at her office,

Wartime Culture in Guilin, 1938-1944: A City at War (Zhu Pingchao)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines the development of wartime culture in the Chinese city of Guilin during the Japanese invasion between 1938 and 1944. Controlled and protected by a nationally powerful Guangxi warlord group, Guilin's liberal atmosphere attracted intellectuals of different social and political

Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille (Hewitt Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

Marseille is a thoroughly ambiguous place. France's second city and its major sea-port, its impact on the national imagination is unparalleled. Yet it is also a frontier city, arguably capital of the Mediterranean, and with a traditionally suspect allegiance to the French nation. This apartness,

Book of Sheffield - A City in Short Fiction (Drabble Margaret)(Paperback / softback)

Bringing together new short stories by ten of the city's most celebrated writers. From young creatives and refugees, to scrap metal collectors and student radicals, these stories offer ten different look-out points from which to gaze down on the ever-changing face of the 'Steel

City Of Margins (Boyle William)(Paperback / softback)

This is a story of revenge and retribution, of facing down the ghosts of the past, of untold desires, of yearning and forgiveness and synchronicity, of the great distance of lives lived in dangerous proximity to each other.City of Margins is a Technicolor noir melodrama pieced together in broken

Question of Belief - (Brunetti 19) (Leon Donna)(Paperback / softback)

As Venice experiences a debilitating heatwave, Commissario Brunetti escapes the city to spend time with his family. Intrigued, Brunetti asks Signorina Elettra to find out what she can while he's away. When news reaches Brunetti that the usher from the Courthouse has been viciously murdered, he

Everyday Life in Tudor London: Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn (Porter Stephen)(Paperback)

Tudor London was the very hub of English cultural and political life. The thriving metropolis had a strong royal presence, at the long established Tower of London and Westminster, and later at the palaces of Whitehall, Bridewell and St James's, built by Henry VIII to host his glittering court. Anne