The Silk Road (Davis Kathryn)(Pevná vazba)

The Silk Road (Davis Kathryn)(Pevná vazba)

A spellbinding novel about transience and mortality, by one of the most original voices in American literature The Silk Road begins on a mat in yoga class, deep within a labyrinth on a settlement somewhere in the icy north, under the canny guidance of Jee Moon. When someone fails to arise from

The Chinese Family Table (Hulick Kathryn)(Pevná vazba)

The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibnitz to Turing (Davis Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Computers are everywhere today--at work, in the bank, in artist's studios, sometimes even in our pockets--yet they remain to many of us objects of irreducible mystery. How can today's computers perform such a bewildering variety of tasks if computing is just glorified arithmetic? The answer, as

Labrador (Davis Kathryn)(Paperback)

A Bride's Story, Volume 2 (Mori Kaoru)(Pevná vazba)

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road continues as the young bride, Amir Halgal, struggles to remain with her new groom despite the wishes of her family, who would see her wed another. Will Amir be able to preserve the bonds she has cultivated in her new

Photos from the Road(Pevná vazba)

A Bride's Story, Volume 1 (Mori Kaoru)(Pevná vazba)

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings the nineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story of Amir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to a twelve-year-old boy eight years her junior. Coping with cultural differences, blossoming feelings for her new

Noah Davis (Davis Noah)(Pevná vazba)

Providing a crucial record of the painter Noah Davis's extraordinary oeuvre, this monograph tells the story of a brilliant artist and cultural force through the eyes of his friends and collaborators. Despite his exceedingly premature death at the age of 32, Davis's paintings have deeply influenced

Ormering Tide (Kathryn Williams)(Pevná vazba)

A Bride's Story, Vol. 6 (Mori Kaoru)(Pevná vazba)

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road heads back to Amir and Karluk. In the year since his marriage, Karluk has grown a good deal, but Amir can't help but feel overprotective of her much younger husband. Karluk wants nothing more than to prove that he can

A Bride's Story, Volume 8 (Mori Kaoru)(Pevná vazba)

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road continues. As Anis and Sherine settle into a new life built on love and friendship, tragedy and destruction have thrown the Eihons' village into turmoil. Conflict with neighboring tribes has taken its toll, leaving

Engineers - From the Great Pyramids to Spacecraft (Hart-Davis Adam)(Pevná vazba)

She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming: Astronomer (Lasky Kathryn)(Pevná vazba)

From Newbery Honor-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes a nonfiction picture book about the stars Lasky tells the inspiring true story of astronomer Williamina Fleming, who helped lay the foundations for modern astronomy and overcame impossible odds as an immigrant and a woman. For stargazers and

Seaside 100 - A History of the British Seaside in 100 Objects (Ferry Kathryn)(Pevná vazba)

A Bride's Story, Vol. 5 (Mori Kaoru)(Pevná vazba)

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori's tale of life on the nineteenth-century Silk Road takes on an air of celebration as, at long last, Laila and Leily's wedding day arrives But the marriage ceremony may be even more taxing for the girls than their search for a pair of grooms. Sitting still and silent as

Silk Road and Beyond (Whittall Ivor)(Pevná vazba)

True accounts of one man's long-distance trucking career that began in the late 1960s, these adventurous anecdotes are told by one of the first pioneers in long-distance trucking to the Middle East, Ivor Whittall. From traveling overseas to Kuwait, driving the desert trek between Jordan and Saudi

Essays (Davis Lydia)(Pevná vazba)

The Diva Spices It Up (Davis Krista)(Pevná vazba)

New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis returns with the 13th installment in her Domestic Diva mysteries After a celebrity ghostwriter dies on the job, Old Town's favorite entertaining expert and sporadic sleuth, Sophie Winston, whips up an impromptu investigation in the new Domestic Diva

On the Road - Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac's Great American Novel, now in a delightful new Clothbound Classics edition On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now

A History of the Silk Road (Clements Jonathan)(Paperback)

The Silk Road is not a place, but a journey, a route from the edges of the Mediterranean to the central plains of China, through high mountains and inhospitable deserts. For thousands of years its history has been a traveler's history, of brief encounters in desert towns, snowbound passes and

Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy (Tomblin Barbara B.)(Pevná vazba)

The Civil War is often considered a 'soldiers' war,' but Life in Jefferson Davis' Navy acknowledges the legacy of service of the officers and sailors of the Confederate States Navy. In this full-length study, Barbara Brooks Tomblin addresses every aspect of a Confederate seaman's life, from the

Neon Road Trip (Barnes John)(Pevná vazba)

Take to the road to discover the history and artistry of North America's disappearing neon signs.Neon Road Trip chronicles the history of the commercial neon sign with a curated collection of photographs capturing the most colorful and iconic neon still surviving today.The vivid photographs are

Bone Crier's Dawn (Purdie Kathryn)(Pevná vazba)

Ailesse and her friends change the afterlife in the gripping conclusion to the fantasy duology that began with Bone Crier's Moon from New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Purdie--perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Roshani Chokshi. Love is a matter of life and death. Bone Criers have been

The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit (Davis Krista)(Pevná vazba)

She's a young Martha Stewart...in Old Town Virginia New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis delights with the 14th in her enormously popular and completely charming Domestic Diva Mystery series, as entertaining maven Sophie Winston must cut to the core of another murder investigation when