In HIPPIE, his most autobiographical novel to date, Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to re-live the dream of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order - authoritarian politics, conservative modes of behavior, excessive consumerism, and an unbalanced concentration of wealth and power. Following the \"three days of peace and music\" at Woodstock, the 1969

A breathtaking addition to the history of Malaz -- the new epic fantasy from the co-creator of this extraordinary imagined world. Greymane believed he\'d outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet l ife, although his colleague Kyle wasn\'t as enamoured with things outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it seems it is not so easy

Thomas More: Utopia/ Francis Bacon: New Atlantis/Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More introduced into the English language not only a new word, but a new way of thinking about the gulf between what ought to b

The international arms negotiations appear to be making progress. But a US spy satellite reveals that the Soviets are building a massive laser-defence system controlled from an other-worldly array of pillars and domes in the Soviet hills at Dushanbe near the border of war-torn Afghanistan. The Americans need more information. The man to give it is Colonel Mikhail Filitov of the Soviet Union, codename

With equal parts style, humor, and insight, Scott C. has delighted an international fanbase with his unique watercolor paintings, illustrations, and drawings. Amazing Everything: The Art of Scott C. is his first monograph, the best and most imaginative works of art in his emerging career. Admirers and collectors seek out Scott C.\'s appearances at such diverse venues as Comic-Con in San Diego and Galerie

The Bronte family was a literary phenomenon unequalled before or since. Both Charlotte\'s Jane Eyre and Emily\'s Wuthering Heights have won lofty places in the pantheon and stirred the romantic sensibilities of generations of readers. For the first time ever, Penguin Classics unites these two enduring favorites with the lesser known but no less powerful work by their youngest sister, Anne. Drawn from

Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer\'s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King\'s advice is grounded in the vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999

A remote shelf in the Arctic circle. A small TV crew is braving the harsh conditions to film the breaking off of a major ice shelf - yet another nail in the planet\'s eco-coffin. Then someone calls out, pointing at something up in the sky overhead. The camera pans up and they look up to see a blazing symbol clear, burning high over the bleak, deserted terrain. Thus begins a series of strange events

The unlikeliest League ever continues their adventures in their new best-selling series with JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA VOL. 2, as part of DC Rebirth! The JLA discovers a super-arms dealer has transformed an entire city into his own massive militia force. And when the team can\'t liberate its citizens from the outside, they turn to their own legendary master of mass destruction...Lobo! Will the Czarnian

Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany\'s oldest city. So when a man is found dead with, his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth. Fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything. Enter Investigator Tobias Winter, whose aim is to get in, deal with the problem, and get out with the minimum of fuss, personal

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY’S WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘A delicious, important novel’ The Times ‘Alert, alive and gripping’ Independent ‘Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both.’ Guardian As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they

Whether at home or at school, morning or night, we all eat food. This book provides a wonderful insight to every aspect of food from farming to cooking, nutrition to tasting. Find out what colour carrots used to be, what the last meal served on the Titanic was and which spice is more expensive than gold in this quirky, fact-packed information book. Illustrations: Full colour throughout

\'All children, except one, grow up.\' It was Friday night. Mr and Mrs Darling were dining out. Nana had been tied up in the backyard. The poor dog was barking, for she could smell danger. And she was right - this was the night that Peter Pan would take the Darling children on the most breath-taking adventure of their lives, to a place called Neverland, a strange country where the lost boys live and

The boy on the mortuary slab is dead; so why doesn\'t he act like it? Forensic sorcerer Frank Sampson reckons it\'s something to do with the bizarre magic symbols carved into his flesh. He thinks he knows the sorcerer behind it; but the trouble is, he also thinks he may be in love with her. Or not...Life can get confusing when your loyalties are divided, you\'re on the run, and the Inquisition are

Sixteen years after Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson have agreed that their swift, passionate and deep love affair must end, they are still thinking of each other. Robert has never married, but continued his nomadic life as a photographer. He feels it is time to re-visit Roseman Bridge just to lay to rest his lingering love - not to SEE her as he doesn\'t wish to disturb the life she chose when

This is the complete collection of Nick Cave lyrics spanning his entire career, from 1978 until 2013, revised and updated by the cult rock star. \"He is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian artist - beyond comparison, beyond genre, beyond dispute\". (from Nick Cave\'s induction into the Australian Hall of Fame). This complete collection of Nick Cave\'s lyrics spans his entire career,

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The latest title in Ilexs successful Field Guide series, offering professional expertise to hobby photographers in a handy package. The Wedding Photography Field Guide looks at every part of the process, highlighting great opportunities for classic s hots on the big day, easy fixes for image editing and retouching, and creating beautiful albums of perfect prints.