Unfortunately, Professor Chambord kept the details of his work secret, and his notes were apparently destroyed in the fire. Then suddenly US fighter jets disappear from radar screens for a full five minutes and there\'s no explanation; utilities cease to function; and all telecommunications abruptly stop, with devastating consequences. This is not the work of a clever hacker - only the enormous power

Learn the body language that will boost your confidence when it comes to relationships: \" Understanding the opposite sex \" The art of flirtation and courtship signals \" The importance of eye contact \" Does body language mean the same thing for him and for her? From first impressions to long-term relationships, BODY LANGUAGE OF LOVE will help you to identify and correct the body language which could

The kingdom of Goredd is populated by humans and by dragons who fold themselves into a human form. Though they live alongside each other, the peace between them is uneasy. But when a member of the royal family is murdered, and the crime appears to have been committed by a dragon the peace and treaty between both worlds is seriously threatened...Into this comes Seraphina, a gifted musician who joins

On a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka’s storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka must embark on a journey through the Magic World, encountering a slew of phantasmagorical obstacles along the way,

Since the original prewar translation, there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic and lucid Proust. \"In Search of Lost Time\" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. As the great story unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastating end, it is the

Tom Sawyer does not like school. He does not like work, and he never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes swimming and fishing, and having adventures with his friends. And he has a lot of adventures. One night, he and his friend Huck Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts. They don\'t see any ghosts that night. They see something worse than a ghost much, much worse...

\'I was 22 years old, a hard-on with a pulse: wretched, vice-ridden, too much to burn and not enough minutes in a hour to do so\' The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Corey Taylor, frontman of heavy metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He has picked fights with douche bags openly brandishing guns. He has set himself on

Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction in eight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of \"The Speckled Band\" and \"The Reigate Puzzle\". It comes with a captivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud.

More than thirty years ago, a dark rumble of noise gurgled up from the Lower East Side of New York City, made its way across the atlantic to Great Britain, zigzagged back over the pond to the West Coast, and exploded. Its name - Punk. In \"Punk 365\", the most provocative photography documents the performances, the looks and the attitude that continue to shake up the status quo. From pre-punk pioneers

From the authors of the New York Times bestselling novels It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Four of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, a foreword by Jonny Sun, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations. In June of 2012, the creators of Welcome to

Whether it’s deep sea diving, climbing mountains or driving classic automobiles, adventure is at the heart of Clive Cussler’s life. In The Sea Hunters, Cussler explores the special world of undersea adventure that inspired the Dirk Pitt novels. From more than sixty shipwrecks Cussler and his NUMA volunteers have unearthed, he has chosen the twelve most interesting – whether because of the ship’s history,

Elaine, a painter, returns to Toronto and finds herself overwhelmed by her past - memories of her childhood, betrayals and cruelties surface relentlessly. She must face the spectre of Cordelia who has been her best friend and her tormentor, and who has haunted her for 40 years.

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,

Behind the closed doors of San Francisco´s grandest mansions, beautiful people party the nights away in a heady mix of money, drugs, drink and sex. But the rich and famous aren´t the only ones with the keys to these most exclusive of addresses, someone el

Thema dieses von Max Brod in seiner Edition Amerika genannten Romans ist die Einordnung des Einzelnen in die Gemeinschaft. »Als der siebzehnjährige Karl Roßmann... in den Hafen von Newyork einfuhr, erblickte er die schon längst beobachtete Statue der Freiheitsgöttin wie in einem plötzlich stärker gewordenen Licht.«

Keira Brannon is hallucinating. First it\'s a door hovering above the road; then it\'s a tree in the middle of her living room. But with her parents constantly fighting and her best friend not speaking to her, Keira can\'t tell anyone about her breakdown. Instead, she throws herself into her music, her one ticket out of her dead-end town. Then she meets Walker. Keira can\'t ignore their electric connection

THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER. If you\'re lost, they\'ll find you...Evie Boyd is fourteen and desperate to be noticed. It\'s the summer of 1969 and restless, empty days stretch ahead of her. Until she sees them. The girls. Hair long and uncombed, jewelry catching the sun. And at their centre, Suzanne, black-haired and beautiful. If not for Suzanne, she might not have gone. But, intoxicated by her and the