This series of Internet-linked titles covers a wide range of subjects. Vibrant photography and colourful illustrations combine with lively text and surprising facts to make these books difficult to put down.

It is 1962 and the Second World War has been over for seventeen years: people have now had a chance to adjust to the new order. But it\'s not been easy. The Mediterranean has been drained to make farmland, the population of Africa has virtually been wiped out and America has been divided between the Nazis and the Japanese. In the neutral buffer zone that divides the two superpowers lives the man in

Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who\'s always taken orders quietly, but lately she\'s unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She\'s full of ambition, but without a husband, she\'s considered a failure. Together,

Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics...he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother ... \'Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics...he argues i n a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world\' - \"Observer\".

When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules - a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger working the backwoods towns of Highway 59, knows all too well. Deeply conflicted about his home state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him back. So when allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway

\'A masterly achievement, a work of imaginative grandeur and complete artistic control\' Ian McEwan \'Brilliant and unputdownable\' Salman Rushdie He\'s a trickster, a player, a jester. His handshake\'s like a pact with the devil, his smile like a crack in the clouds; he\'s watching you now and he\'s gone when you turn. Tyll Ulenspiegel is here! In a village like every other village in Germany, a scrawny

A new science is emerging that can empower you shape your dream life, create any reality you choose and make positive changes from the inside out. You are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life. In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, renowned author, speaker, researcher and chiropractor Dr Joe Dispenza combines the fields of quantum physics, neuroscience,

Elizabeth Hardwick\'s iconic essay collection Seduction and Betrayal is a radical portrait of women and literature, reissued with a new introduction by Deborah Levy. \'Hardwick\'s sentences are burned in my brain.\' - Susan Sontag Sidelined. Betrayed. Killed off. Elizabeth Hardwick dissects the history of women and literature. In her most virtuoso work of criticism, she explores the lives of the Brontes,

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Photography has been widely accepted as an art form for several years, with museums on the subject in every major American and European city. Nude art photography takes a special position in this development. The human body has been a subject of art for centuries. As with other art forms, nude art photography explores the borders of the medium. The focus in this book is on the aesthetic. The Body contains

A VAMPIRE IN THE ITALIAN AGE OF GOLD...Sixteen years old, Vittorio is the sole survivor of a bizarre and violent massacre at his father\'s Tuscan palazzo. Escaping to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici, he seeks vengeance and retribution. But though he has been saved from death by a mysterious woman, he finds himself at the mercy of demonic, bloody nightmares, war and political intrique. And, beyond

A stunning, audacious new thriller... It will shock you, horrify you, unsettle you, and that\'s exactly the point. As brave as it is brutal, it lets nothing and nobody off the hook\' NPR \'A book that everyone should be reading right now\' TIME New Yorkers Carter and Seth chop up old music to make it new again, ripping off black culture to line white pockets. They are young, hungry and talented. But

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER \'Wildly entertaining, deeply affecting\' Ali Smith Londinium, AD 211. Zuleika is a modern girl living in an ancient world. She\'s a back-alley firecracker, a scruffy Nubian babe with tangled hair and bare feet - and she\'s just been married off a fat old Roman. Life as a teenage bride is no joke but Zeeks is a born survivor. She knows this

Le Carre\'s post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama. The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers that his former double agent Larry - dreamer, dissolute, philanderer and disloyal friend - has vanished, along with Tim\'s mistress. As their trail

This title offers grammar reference and practice in an easy-to-use format.

This Very Short Introduction decodes the key themes, signs, and symbols found in Christian art: the Eucharist, the image of the Crucifixion, the Virgin Mary, the Saints, Old and New Testament narrative imagery, and iconography. It also explores the theological and historical background of Christian imagery, from the devotional works of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, to the twenty-first century.Williamson

The Doctor takes Romana for a holiday in Paris - a city which, like a fine wine, has a bouquet all its own. Especially if you visit during one of the vintage years. But the TARDIS takes them to 1979, a table-wine year, a year whose vintage is soured by cracks - not in their wine glasses but in the very fabric of time itself. Soon the Time Lords are embroiled in an audacious alien scheme which encompasses

Titan Books will work with acclaimed video gamedeveloper BioWare to publish brand new novels set in theuniverse of MASS EFFECT(TM): ANDROMEDA. The actionwill weave into the new game, with storylines developed inclose collaboration with the BioWare game team. Theaction takes place with the adventure of the game itself,setting up the story and events of the game adding depthand detail to the canonical

Leather Fashion Design is a practical introduction for students explaining how to make garments fromleather, suede, and similar materials. It covers everything from what to look for in choosing a skin to work with, through pattern-making, sewing techniques, and finishing. The final chapter includes working with \"leather-like\" materials including ultrasuede and faux patent leather.

Half-elven Leesil burns with the need to rescue his mother, an alleged traitor, now held captive by elven assassins. But his obsession will endanger him and his friends, as they cross the mountains in the dead of winter, to a land known for its eerie beauty and hatred of humanity. For all of them, the journey will raise more questions than answers... Magiere, part-human, part-vampire, is plagued by