The advent of railways in Britain was a fundamental part of its economic and social revolution in the 19th century, with technical advances that were the envy of the world and chronicled from the beginning through meticulous drawings. Detailed plans were created of locomotives, carriages and wagons, as well as of stations, bridges and tunnels, to facilitate the manufacturing process and the maintenance

When a severed arm is discovered by a couple on honeymoon in the Florida Keys, former police detective - now reluctant restaurant inspector - Andrew Yancy senses that something doesn\'t add up. Determined to get his badge back, he undertakes an unofficial investigation of his own. Andrew\'s search for the truth takes him to the Bahamas, where a local man, with the help of a very bad monkey (who allegedly

And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that the Dark lay heavy on the land and weighed down the hearts of men, and the green things failed, and hope died.\' - Charal Drianaan te Calamon, The Cycle of the Dragon. In the Field of Merrilor the rulers of the nations gather to join behind Rand al\'Thor, or to stop him from his plan to break the seals on the Dark One\'s

Brad Pitt\'s Plan B Entertainment and Warner Bros are set to bring YA sci-fi novel Illuminae to the big screen. The year is 2575 and two mega-corporations are at war over a planet that\'s little more than an ice covered speck. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them Ezra and Kady have to make their escape on the evacuating fleet. But their troubles

One of \"Sin City\'s\" most fascinatingly conflicted characters, Dwight, returns in \"The Big Fat Kill\", the third volume of Frank Miller\'s seminal noir comic and the inspiration for one of the segments of the blockbuster \"Sin City\" film! This third edition is newly redesigned and features a brand-new cover by Miller - some of his first comics art in years! For Dwight, sometimes standing up for

Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback. George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO\'s hit series Game of Thrones. This first volume features an original 35,000 word novella by George R.R. Martin.\'The Princess

The Blaue Reiter (“Blue Rider”) group of artists was formed in Munich in 1911 on the initiative of two leading artists of Modernism: Wassily Kandinsky, the pioneer of purely abstract painting, and Franz Marc, the creator of mysterious, abstracted animal pictures. The Russian and the German, together with many other visionary painters in their train, hoped to pursue a new spirit in art. They wanted

This little kit has all the necessitites to get a party started right! Just crack open this box of fun-including three balloons, a noisemaker, a bag of confetti, streamers, and a 32page book of party games and ideas-to be on the way to a great time! Just add some music and party till dawn....

Best-selling poet Lang Leav presents a gorgeous hardcover gift book featuring the best of Lullabies and Love & Misadventure plus thirty-five new poems for fans to discover, along with original color illustrations by the author. For fans of Lang Leav, this beautiful gift book is a must-have! Beloved pieces from Lullabies and Love & Misadventure are collected together in this illustrated treasury. In

Nejznámější dílo Charlotty Brontëové, román o statečné mladé ženě, které bylo tolik nepřáno osudem a která se přesto dočkala svého štěstí, patří mezi vrcholy anglické literatury. Publikace nabízí zkrácenou dvojjazyčnou verzi románu, která je určena pro mírně pokročilé studenty angličtiny. Kromě anglického textu kniha obsahuje také český zrcadlový překlad. Audionahrávka, na níž text vypráví rodilá mluvčí,

Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and the respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart.Far from the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy\'s novels to

Umberto Eco s first novel, an international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix Medicis Etranger awards The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. His tools are the logic of Aristotle,

November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bed rail, and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials who were involved in a conspiracy to steal $230 million of taxes paid to the state by one of the world\'s most successful hedge funds. Magnitsky\'s

In a flat near Reykjavik city centre, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in: the only clues are a woman\'s purple shawl, found under the bed in the next room, and a vial of prescription drugs in the victim\'s pocket. With Detective Erlendur away in a remote part of Iceland, Detective Elinborg, who is already struggling to juggle family life and the relentless demands

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Juliet Blake, DreamWorks Studios, and Participant Media. The Hundred-foot Journey is the story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately

Temnye allei - eto istorii o ljubvi. O ljubvi, chto mozhet stat grustnym i gorestnym epizodom proshlogo. Ili - minutoj, perelomivshej, peremolovshej chelovecheskuju zhizn. Vozmozhno - prosto poetichnoj legendoj, kotoruju rasskazhet kak umeet starenkaja strannitsa. A vozmozhno - izyskannym zhestokim romansom vremen Serebrjanogo veka. I kazhdaja iz istorij - temnaja alleja v samom zaputannom iz labirintov

As a young colt, Black Beauty has a carefree life, looked after by an attentive mother and a kindly master. But when a boy throws stones at the horses just for fun, it shows him that not all people treat animals well. “There are bad, cruel men,” warns his mother, “who never ought to have a horse or dog to call their own”. Black Beauty discovers the truth of those words as he passes from owner to owner,

Step into Limehouse Wharf, the new, uber-luxury apartment building in Canary Wharf, where celebrities who have had \'work \'done can hole up until they have healed and which is about to see its most glamorous and scandalous Christmas yet. Staying there over the festive period is Melody Down, an actress whose career is in tatters after too much plastic surgery and who has fled back home from LA to get

The Bombshells face their final battle as a supernatural Nazi invasion begins! On top of that, Hugo Strange unleashes his failed lab experiments on Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy\'s circus and Lois Lane has her chance to avenge her family on the villain -- will she take the shot? Amid the chaos, discover Lex Luthor\'s true colors as he reveals which side he\'s really on, and what that means for the future