In search of a fresh perspective on the modern economy, Extreme Economies takes the reader off the beaten path, introducing people living at the world's margins. From disaster zones and displaced societies to failed states and hidden rainforest... Zobraziť viac
Moist von Lipwig is a con artis… and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork’s ailing postal service back on its feet... Zobraziť viac
On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged for over a hundred years. For generations, two rival communities, the wealthy La Houssinière and the impoverished village of Les Salants... Zobraziť viac
Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award, 2012. Fans of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series will be breathless in anticipation of this thrilling penultimate chapter in Sophie and Josh's adventures. The twins of prophecy have... Zobraziť viac
A dark and epic feminist retelling that boldly reclaims the myth of the most formidable and feared witch in Ancient Greece... Zobraziť viac
We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson turns his attention... Zobraziť viac
For too long we have set ourselves apart from nature, seeing ourselves as superior, removed, independent. But in doing so we have lost sight of all that the natural world can teach us. In Eight Master Lessons of Nature, Gary Ferguson reveals the... Zobraziť viac
'An extraordinarily prescient and fascinating book.' - NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE'This swashbuckling book is a furious attack on the Russian president. Killer in the Kremlin traces Putin's bloody career... a life littered with corpses.' - THE TIMESTHE INSTANT... Zobraziť viac
Many years have passed since three Teblor warriors brought carnage and chaos to Silver Lake. Now the tribes of the north no longer venture into the southlands. The town has recovered and yet the legacy remains. Indeed, one of the three, Karsa Orlong,... Zobraziť viac
The Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister, atmospheric novel . . . the discovery of a mysterious deck of tarot cards lays bare shocking secrets within a close-knit circle of researchers at New York's famed Met Cloisters museum.'Beguiling... Zobraziť viac
The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again in this deliciously dark novel of romance and betrayal. While Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchorwoman in her basement, Michael Tolliver looks for love at the National Gay Rodeo, DeDe... Zobraziť viac
Maura Ilses deals with death. As a pathologist in downtown Boston, she has seen more than her share of corpses. But never before has the body on the medical examiner's table been her own... Zobraziť viac
Arguing that we are living at a turning point in human history, the author talks about how we are travelling at breakneck speed into an era of extremes - of wealth, poverty, technology, and globalization. Stating that we must learn how to manage them... Zobraziť viac
? Prepare yourself for the epic finale to the bestselling The Wolf King Trilogy – the sizzling sensation that has the internet OBSESSED. ?‘I won’t be a pawn, Blake. Not again.’‘Darling, we’re the ones who move the pieces.’Aurora has spent her life... Zobraziť viac
The Sunday Times bestseller Harper L. Woods returns with The Divine, the newest book in her unforgettable Coven of Bones series. As if a witch could ever be divine. Margot Erotes sacrificed everything to save the Archdemon she loves.But death has come... Zobraziť viac
Welcome to Starcross – a realm as enchanting as it is perilous. Mermaids swim off the coast, Jabberwocks lurk in the rivers, and a plague worse than the Black Death is spreading like wildfire. A girl with the only cure is on the run. Who will find her... Zobraziť viac
Moving to remote Shetland has been unsettling enough for consultant surgeon Tora Hamilton; even before the gruesome discovery she makes one rain-drenched afternoon ...Deep in the peat soil of her field she is shocked to find the perfectly preserved... Zobraziť viac
Science in the Soul is a kaleidoscopic argument for the power and the glory of science. Breathtaking, brilliant and passionate, the essays, journalism, lectures and letters in this... Zobraziť viac
At the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet... Zobraziť viac
