Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has written an original and important study of genocide that reconceives its very nature. He does so not by examining a series of genocides but by exploring the nature of mass killing itself. Our failure to clearly describe, explain, and understand the mechanisms of genocide has made it difficult to prevent, and this book will change that. Through exhaustive research, he brilliantly

The noise between Patch and Nora has gone. They\'ve overcome the secrets riddled in Patch\'s dark past, bridged two irreconcilable worlds and faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust...and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in one another, Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who

Down by the river bank, where the wind whispers through the willow trees, is a very pleasant place to have a lunch party with a few friends. But life is not always so peaceful for the Mole and the Water Rat. There is the time, for example, when Toad gets interested in motor-cars - goes mad about them in fact ...The story of the adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad has been loved by young and old

Flying cars, impossibly-shaped homes, ultrasonic travel - imagining the future has always fascinated creative people and explains why futuristic themes are often at the heart of style and fashion. This book demonstrates and comprehensively illustrates how designers and architects of today imagine and create tomorrow\'s world.

Per Anna e Marco, due giovani fidanzati, doveva trattarsi di una vacanza di tutto riposo, una pausa dagli studi universitari, nella calma della campagna lombarda. Ma tante cose strane accadono nella vicina abbazia di Morimondo. Quale mistero si cela entro

\'This brilliant book is a bombshell! Jane Seymour the shy mouse type? Think again!\' Kate Williams Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen and Anne Boleyn: A King\'s Obsession, draws an enthralling portrait of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII\'s third queen, as you\'ve never seen her before. Essential reading for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth

A center of trade, culture and administration for centuries, Rome has long set the trends in art, fashion and lifestyle. A constant source of ideas and innovations, Romans are envied for being cool without ever really trying. This accessible guide profiles both brand-new and long-established hip spots. Your passeggiata through Rome is led by supermodel Eva Padberg and fashion photographer Russell James.

Book 2 in the hugely popular illustrated children\'s science fiction series, Warhammer Adventures, Warped Galaxies. Kids - get ready for some monsters! \"I read this book with my friends and we all loved it\" - Alice (age 9) Brave champions and the forces of the Imperium battle alien beasts and mechanical tyrants across the gulf of space. Having crash landed on a remote ice planet, Zelia Lor and her

Beautifully written, thought-provoking, intense and cleverly wrought, this is the most extraordinary first novel from a mesmerising new talent. One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the north-eastern edge of Russia, two sisters are abducted. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with

A MAJOR SEVEN-PART BBC TV SERIES. OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me ...The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation\'s past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell

xtensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, motivating material that will instantly appeal to students. \"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\" is based on the long-awaited fourth \'Indy\' movie released in May 2008. Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, motivating material

Soon to be an NBC TV series! From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels - \'the Mark Twain of things that live under your bed\' - comes a new novel of Midnight, Texas, the town where some secrets will never see the light of day ...Welcome to the most intriguing mystery you\'ll read this year. Welcome to Midnight, Texas. At Midnight\'s local pawnshop, weapons are flying

The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they\'ve been acquainted through Eri,

The dazzling new Culture novel from one of the most exciting science-fiction writers of modern times - a tour de force of brilliant storytelling, world-building and imagination.

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Twelve Year a Whore, fives times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv\'d Honest, and died a Penitent\' So the title page of this extraordinary novel describes the career of the woman known as Moll Flanders, whose real name we never discover. And so, in a tour-de-force of writing by the businessman, political

Gaming: it\'s the greatest British invasion of them all. Lara Croft is an international icon and the British-born Grand Theft Auto and its spin-offs have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. The UK\'s games industry is now bigger than either its cinema or its music. Yet the medium\'s birth in Thatcher\'s Britain was almost accidental. While politicians championed computers like the BBC Micro

At thirty a woman has a directness in her eye. Juliet Montague did anyhow. She knew exactly what she wanted. She wanted to buy a refrigerator. But in a rash moment, Juliet commissions a portrait of herself instead. She has been closeted by her conservative Jewish community for too long, ever since her husband disappeared. Now she is ready to be seen. So begins the journey of a suburban wife and mother