Silwood Circle, The: A History Of Ecology And The Making Of Scientific Careers In Late Twentieth-century Britain
This is an original and wide-ranging account of the careers of a close-knit group of highly influential ecologists working in Britain from the late 1960s onwards. The book can also be read as a history of some recent developments in ecology. One o...
Christmas at Fox Ridge
Settle in with a cup of hot cocoa for this spicy, small-town Christmas novella from Bailey Hannah. Eira Davies thought a bar napkin sketch of her best friend's handsome brother was harmless fun-until he caught her in the act. One steamy night later, Lucas McKinney was supposed to be nothing more than a fun memory. Fast forward six months, and Lucas is desperate to save his struggling ranch. Renting out the spare cabin on his property seems like the perfect solution, until his first guest turns out to be Eira, the woman he hasn't stopped thinking about. A true believer in fate, Lucas can't shake the feeling that the universe has delivered her to his doorstep with a big, shiny bow. As sparks fly and the Christmas lights twinkle, they'll have to figure out if this holiday surprise is just a festive fling or the real deal worth unwrapping for good. This standalone Christmas novella is within the same world as the bestselling Wells Ranch Series by Bailey Hannah, but can be read entirely on
Perfect Aquarium
Everything the first time fish-keeper needs to know to set up a tank. Clear, easy-to-follow instructions help you create and develop your aquarium - whether it's coldwater, tropical or marine. Charts and tables show how to deal with ailments and d...
Safe Among the Germans
Safe Among the Germans
Book of Delights
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As Heard on NPR's This American Life 'Ross Gay's eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracles that surround us.' --Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate The winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyric essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders. In The Book of Delights, one of today's most original literary voices offers up a genre-defying volume of lyric essays written over one tumultuous year. The first nonfiction book from award-winning poet Ross Gay is a record of the small joys we often overlook in our busy lives. Among Gay's funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend's unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling aboard an airplane, the silent nod of acknowledgment between the only two black people in a room. But Gay never dismisses
Style in History
What does an historian's style reveal? In this original and lucid guide to the proper reading of Gibbon, Ranke, Macaulay, and Burckhardt-great historians who were also great stylists-Peter Gay demonstrates that, style is an invaluable clue to the ...
Provinces of Night
The year is 1952, and E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after twenty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded. His three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanising alcoholi...
Little Sister Death
Little Sister Death is the stunning 'lost' horror novel of the late William Gay. Inspired by the famous 19th Century Bell Witch haunting of Tennessee, it follows the unravelling life of David Binder, a writer who moves his young family to a haunte...
Halo: Point of Light
August 2558. Rion Forge was once defined by her relentless quest for hope amidst the refuse and wreckage of a post-Covenant War galaxy years spent searching for family as much as fortune. But that was before Rion and the crew of her salvager ship ...
Halo: Smoke and Shadow
Find. Claim. Profit. In a post-war galaxy littered with scrap, it's the salvager's motto. And with a fast ship and a lust for adventure, Rion Forge has certainly made her mark on the trade. When the discovery of a wrecked UNSC cruiser brings Rion'...
Town Without Time
From legendary journalist Gay Talese, a collection of his greatest reporting on New York City. "Along with Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe and others, Mr. Talese has been acclaimed as a virtuoso of the novelistic New Journalism."¿-...
Tender Passion
It explores an anxiety-provoking time when the boundaries between erotic expressiveness and reserve began to give way, changing the experience of love. "One of the major historical enterprises of the decade. . . . An enterprise requiring a da...
Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
An original full-length Halo novel tying directly into the latest entry of the New York Times bestselling video game series, Halo Infinite. December 2559. Humanity has its back against the wall after the United Nations Space Command flagship Infin...
Berlin Then and Now¿
Berlin Then and Now captures the stark contrast between what came before and after the great conflicts of the twentieth century, using archival photographs of the city's grand buildings, monuments, and boulevards alongside modern views of the same...
Asterix: Trylledrikkens hemmelighed
Hvad?! Miraculix vil gå på pension! Efter et grimt fald fra et træ under plukning af mistelten indser han, at tiden er inde til at trække sig tilbage. Gallerne er dybt chokerede, men Miraculix mener, at byens fremtid kun kan sikres ved, at han overdrager den hemmelige opskrift på trylledrikken til en ung efterfølger. Sammen med Asterix og Obelix drager han ud for at finde den rette arvtager. Men selv om mange unge druidelærlinge byder sig til, er det svært at finde en med de rette kvalifikationer. Og samtidig ved Miraculix ikke, at hans gamle studiekammerat den nedrige druide Cyanix har lagt en djævelsk plan sammen med romerne om at blande sig i udvælgelsen. Hvis det lykkes, er gallerlandsbyen fortabt! En illustreret bog baseret på filmen ”Asterix og trylledrikkens hemmelighed” fra 2018, som er en original historiet baseret på René Goscinnys og Albert Uderzos figurer og univers. Tegnet af Fabrice Tarrin, kendt for blandt andet Splint & Co.-albummene “Katakomberne under Champignac” og
