Overview One of the best-selling authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Stephen King has made a career out of thrilling readers with his dark and disturbing masterpieces of the macabre... Zobraziť viac
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, ... Zobraziť viac
The bestselling author of The Organized Mind explains and debunks statistics in the information age. We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, ... Zobraziť viac
Universal brings back together the bestselling authors of The Quantum Universe to show that, by asking questions about the world around us, everyone can think like a physicist and grasp the grandeur of our cosmos. Physics is about asking questions. But wh Zobraziť viac
Solidifying her standing as a preeminent observer and scholar of everyday life, Margaret Visser takes on the sweeping history of table manners, from the civilizations of ancient Greece and medieval Europe to the way that technology ... Zobraziť viac
In an old Australian story, the Rainbow Serpent opened her eyes and looked at the young Earth. There were no animals or birds, no rivers or trees. Then a Man and a Woman came, and the Rainbow Serpent was their teacher. But what did she teach them? ... Zobraziť viac
Warne: In The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, a new tale written by Emma Thompson, Peter's adventures take him beyond the... Zobraziť viac
Who doesn't love cats? Cats are smart, funny, graceful, affectionate, and cuddly. They're wonderfully independent usually content in staring outside or sitting in one's lap for hours, which is the best thing ever. People who agree with ... Zobraziť viac
Have you ever wondered why pubs have certain names? Or why jet lag exists? Or perhaps you have speculated about the origin of the paperclip? ... Zobraziť viac
We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process—especially in election season. It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. New York Times bestselling author ... Zobraziť viac
The world today is drowning in data. There is a treasure trove of valuable and underutilized insights that can be gleaned... Zobraziť viac
In these stories, four writers - all exiles from revolutionary Russia - explore four deaths in a world in which old certainties have dissolved forever... Zobraziť viac
A spine-chilling ghost story with a thrilling mystery at its heart... Zobraziť viac
April 1803, and the Peace of Amiens is failing as Horatio Hornblower takes a three-master on a vital reconnaissance mission. On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur and head for ... Zobraziť viac
There is a dance at the big house today! Cinderella is sad. Her sisters are at the dance. POUF! It is the Fairy Godmother. Does Cinderella go to the dance? Does she see the Prince? ... Zobraziť viac
What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket... Zobraziť viac
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Villette. This stunning box set brings together the Bronte sisters' four greatest novels in beautiful Penguin editions designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. From the bleak moors Zobraziť viac
Dave Stewart's life has been a wild ride one filled with music, constant reinvention, and the never-ending drive to create. Growing up in industrial northern England, he left home for the gritty London streets of the seventies, where he began ... Zobraziť viac
'The Flood didn't come suddenly as a big surprise. It came at the end of a long, tormented story. Men just went on multiplying and the noise they made was ever more irksome... Zobraziť viac
When Copernicus proposed that the Earth was not the fixed point at the center of the known universe (and therefore we are not unique), he set in motion a colossal scientific... Zobraziť viac
