The Secret Lives of People in Love (Van Booy Simon)(Paperback)

The Secret Lives of People in Love (Van Booy Simon)(Paperback)

'Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy's stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking.' -- Los Angeles TimesA newly packaged re-issue of Simon Van Booy's critically acclaimed debut collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF PEOPLE IN

The Sadness of Beautiful Things: Stories (Van Booy Simon)(Paperback)

An exquisite new collection of short stories from award-winning author Simon Van Booy. Over the past decade, Simon Van Booy has been listening to people's stories. With these personal accounts as a starting point, he has crafted a powerful collection of short fiction that takes readers into the

Chaucer's People - Everyday Lives in the Middle Ages (Picard Liza)(Paperback / softback)

A fascinating exploration of the Middle Ages through the lives of Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims in The Canterbury

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

Night Came with Many Stars (Van Booy Simon)(Pevná vazba)

In Kentucky, back in 1933, Carol's daddy lost his 13-year-old daughter in a game of cards. Award-winning author Simon Van Booy's spellbinding novel spans decades as he tells the story of Carol and the people in her life. Incidents intersect and lives unexpectedly change course in this masterfully

The Great Cities in History (Norwich John Julius)(Paperback)

Today, the majority of people in the world live in cities. The implications and challenges associated with this fact are enormous. But how did we get here?From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, this book explores how great cities have marked the

Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family (Knox Amanda Jette)(Paperback)

NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn inspirational story of accepting and embracing two trans people in a family--a family who shows what's possible when you 'lead with love.' All Amanda Jett Knox ever wanted was to enjoy a stable life. She never knew her biological father, and while her mother and stepfather

Youth and Generation: Rethinking Change and Inequality in the Lives of Young People (Woodman Dan)(Paperback)

The End of Love: A Sociology of Negative Relations (Illouz Eva)(Paperback)

Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us, the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs down our spine at the mere thought of him or her. Yet, a

Knížka Simon & Schuster Ltd

Kniha z kolekce Simon & Schuster Ltd. V této knize se naučíte, jak používat Tajemství v každém aspektu svého života – nevyužitou sílu, která změnila miliony životů po celém světě

The Railways: Nation, Network and People (Bradley Simon)(Paperback)

Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and traditions, the network also exerts a fascination all

Edgar Cayce's Tales of Egypt (Van Auken John)(Paperback)

John Van Auken combines the collection of Egyptian past lives found in the Cayce readings with Egyptian legends that appear in papyruses, on temple walls, and in pyramid texts for a complete picture that reveals the full story of priestesses, healers, female pharaohs, and gods among humans. This

Dear Mr. Blueberry (James Simon)(Paperback)

Whales don't live in ponds--or do they? 'Dear Mr. Blueberry, I love whales very much and I think I saw one in my pond today. Please send me some information on whales.' It's vacation time, so Emily has to write to her teacher to help when she discovers a blue whale living in her pond. Mr. Blueberry

The Faberge Secret (Belfoure Charles)(Paperback)

St Petersburg, 1903. Prince Dimitri Markhov lives a life of luxury in the Imperial court, while middle-class Doctor Katya Golitsyn is determined to help bring revolution. When they meet at a royal ball and begin an affair, Katya exposes Dimitri to the horrors of the Tsar's regime, and Dimitri grows

Nightwood - Faber Modern Classics (Barnes Djuna)(Paperback / softback)

Nightwood tells the stories of the love-lives of a group of Americans and Europeans in Paris in the 1920s - an exotic, night-time underworld, eccentric, seedy and

The Secret Loves of Geeks (Atwood Margaret)(Paperback)

Following the smash-hit The Secret Loves of Geek Girls comes this brand new anthology featuring comic and prose stories from cartoonists and professional geeks about their most intimate, heartbreaking, and inspiring tales of love, sex and, dating. Including creators of all genders, orientations,

Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People (Namaste Viviane)(Paperback)

Invisible Lives is the first scholarly study of transgendered people-cross-dressers, drag queens and transsexuals-and their everyday lives. Through combined theoretical and empirical study, Viviane K. Namaste argues that transgendered people are not so much produced by medicine or psychiatry as

The Secret Lives of Garden Bees (Vernon Jean)(Paperback)

A friendly, accessible insight into the weird-but-wonderful world of the bees you may find in your garden.From the common or garden bumblebees that nest in bird boxes, compost heaps, and old mouse holes making 'Winnie the Pooh' style honey pots to feed their babies, to the quirky wool carder bee, a

The Memory Palace: A Book of Lost Interiors (Hollis Edward)(Paperback)

A brilliant, ambitious follow-up to The Secret Lives of Buildings, in which Hollis turns his focus from the great architectural constructions of the past and present to the now-vanished chambers they once

Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day (Jarrett Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum, to care in today's society. Using evidence from civil and criminal courtrooms, joke books, slang dictionaries, novels,

The Secret Life of Bananyas (Crunchyroll)(Paperback)

This official guide to the Crunchyroll anime Bananya allows fans to explore the secret lives and antics of its adorable characters. Based on the hit anime Bananya, this official guide will take you on an adventure into the secret world of the kitties who live in bananas. This guide has everything

Mask of Aribella (Hoghton Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Aribella lives in Venice, the daughter of an impoverished lacemaker. But she has a secret: when angered, sparks shoot from her fingertips. Afraid, Aribella leaves her old life behind, only to discover the world of the Cannovacci: warriors with magical skills, sworn to defeat the strange spectres

The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea (Hoare Philip)(Paperback)

'A love letter to the 'largest, loudest, oldest' mammal ever to have existed...exhilarating.' -People MagazineWinner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, From his childhood fascination with the gigantic Natural History Museum model of a blue whale, to his abiding love of Moby-Dick, to

Stone Age to the Bronze Age - The Lives of Ancient People (Owen Ruth)(Paperback / softback)