A shocking double-murder scene greets Detective Inspector Philip Brennan when he is called to a flat in Colchester. Two women are viciously cut open and laying spreadeagled, one tied to the bed, one on the floor. The woman on the bed has had her stomach cut into and her unborn child is missing. But this is the third time Phil and his team have seen such an atrocity. Two other pregnant women have been

For every professional woman who wants to get ahead - but feels she is at an impasse - NICE GIRLS DON\'T GET THE CORNER OFFICE comes to the rescue. Although it\'s more politically correct for women to point the finger outwardly when assessing why they are overlooked for promotions and assignments for which they are superbly qualified, the real answers may lie inward. In this book, Dr Lois Frankel,

The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god. The legendary monster has survived the centuries to become a haunted and heroic figure dedicated to battling the truly mon

Amikor Lou Winter, hogy a fogorvosi rendelő várójában elviselhetővé tegye a várakozást, felkap egy szamárfüles magazint, és felfedez benne egy tavaszi nagytakarításról szóló cikket, még nem is sejti, hogy az írás gyökeresen megváltoztatja az életét. Az, ami egyszerű és nagyon időszerű rendrakásnak indul, hamarosan mániává duzzad, és kicsúszik a keze közül. Minél több szeméttől szabadítja meg Lou az

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has tried to change the way things have always been done, and as a result, she has to take on not only the people who have made themselves important, but natural and even supernatural forces too. Her fate

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul

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....

\"100: Design in 100 Objects\" is a fascinating selection of images depicting objects that have played a major role in the evolution of international design. Thanks to 100 striking colour images, the reader will discover, page after page, everyday objects that are the result of a designer\'s inspiration. In many cases, we are completely unaware of the origin of the object. It is precisely due to the

After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arrives in St Petersburg and is at once confronted with the stark realities of life in the Russian capital - from greed, murder and nihilism to passion, vanity and love. Mocked for his childlike naivety yet valued for his openness and understanding, Prince

This witty and irreverent collection of essays presents Eco\'s playful but unfailingly accurate takes on everything from militarism, computer jargon, Westerns, librarians and bureaucrats to meals on airplanes, Amtrak trains, bad coffee, express mail, fax machines and pornography. An uncanny combination of the profound and the profane.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí,

Present-day Russia is the setting for this stunning new novel from Robert Harris, author of the bestsellers Fatherland and Enigma.        Archangel tells the story of four days in the life of Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives.        One night, Kelso is visited in his hotel room

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

\"Egyik városnak se volt már semmi köze ahhoz, ami bennem élt róluk. Mindegyik, akárcsak az egész mai Európa, döbbenetes változáson esett át: a valóságos emlékeim a memóriám által teremtett kísérleteknek tűntek, a hamis emlékeim pedig olyan meggyőzőek voltak, hogy kiszorították a valóságot. Így aztán képtelen voltam megállapítani, hogy a csalódás és a nosztalgia között hol húzódik a határ. Ez lett

Spain’s capital is also its most ebullient city. To experience Madrid is to explore its restaurants and eateries, prop up its countless bars, and be swept up in its nocturnal charms. In this diverse and open-armed city is a thriving restaurant scene with menus serving dishes of infinite variety in the most innovatively designed settings. Readers will find the most fashionable destinations for enjoying

Today Maya Angelou is one of the world’s most respected writers and poets. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a poor Black girl growing up in the segregated American South. She suffered prejudice and cruelty from people she trusted as well as at the hands of an unjust society. Above all, Maya learned about the power of love and hope. This is Maya’s true story.

\"Cannery Row in Monterey in California\" is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, nostalgia, and a dream\". Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, during the Great Depression. They want to throw a party for their friend Doc, so Mack and the boys set about, in their own inimitable way, recruiting everyone in the neighbourhood

Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared. Voltaire Social networks are dominating today s headlines, but they are not the only platforms that are radically changing the way we communica te. Creatives such as designers, photographers, artists, researchers, and poets are disseminating information about themselves and their favorite subjects

Superman\'s life isn\'t what it used to be, and he was living with that. But now the world he has built is crumbling away because of a mysterious foe. Will he be able to salvage the life he knew before it disappears forever? Dan Jurgens, Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason--the creative talent behind ACTION COMICS and SUPERMAN--present the first monumental Superman crossover event following DC Rebirth