On 14 February 1989, Valentine\'s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been \'sentenced to death\' by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being \'against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran\'. So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced

The world we knew is gone. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living. Trapped in a town surrounded by madmen, Rick must find a way out or die trying.

Frankenstein

There\'s a first time for everything ...Layla, Alex, Zoe and Emma are four best friends with not a lot in common. Well, except one thing ...But they\'re determined to lose \'that thing\' by the time they graduate high school. Yes, the time has come to Do It. To make love. To have all the sex. It\'s momentous, it\'s huge, it\'s important and it\'s life-changing. Or ...is it? Although each of the girls

\'A bold anthology ...alive with provocations and insights\' John Carey, Sunday Times \'The Boy-scouts mistook my signal, and have killed the postman. I\'ve had very little practice in this sort of thing, you see\' The British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically extensive in the world. This new anthology celebrates the full diversity and energy of its writers,

This is a collection of 19 interesting examples demonstrating countless architectural solutions available for houses with minimal space. Owing to their proportions - often related to the budget - minimal houses tend to be based on a light structural system, generally based on wooden frames or thin metal sections, which also make the building easy to construct on isolated or inaccessible plots of land.

This original collection features the most remarkable vinyl artifacts ever produced: a connoisseur\'s selection of records in a plethora of colors, shapes, and forms, imprinted with extraordinary effects and images. Produced in collaboration with Colors magazine, this book showcases over 500 of the most exceptional records owned by leading collectors Alessandro Benedetti and Peter Bastine. Featuring

A wind of change was blowing in the Eighties, by the end of the decade the Cold War was history. But what really moved a whole generation in these thrilling years was the solution of Rubik\'s cube! The magic cube is not the only object which intrinsically linked to the Eighties. The technical progress in form of computers, videogames and walkmans became part of every day life.

When a terrorist returns to take revenge - watch out! The chief of Israeli Intelligence recalls two former agents in order to eliminate a top Palestinian terrorist. One agent is now an art restorer, the other a fashion model. Ten years before, on a mission to destroy the Arab Black September group, they were briefly lovers. Now their pasts and their enemies come back to haunt them, as the terrorist

It\'s a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she\'s ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiance Jeff, the man who shattered her heart eighteen years ago. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies

The stunning new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii and Imperium. “The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now. I should have said, ‘Rick, I’m sorry, this isn’t for me, I don’t like the sound of it,’ finished my drink and left. But he was such a good storyteller, Rick — I often thought he should have been

A talented photographer without equal, David Drebin is above all a storyteller. His brooding and glamorous works tell tales of lust and voyeurism--as well as seduction and escape. Not afraid to be daring, Drebin also tantalizes us with subtle allusio ns. His sweeping cinematic images feature the majestic backdrops of such world cities as Berlin, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. These photographs pulse with

Eragon. Der Auftrag des Ältesten

In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, The Madhi or Expected One\". The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others,

Tenter de traverser l\'Afrique d\'est en ouest par la voie des airs, prétendre survoler dans sa plus grande largeur le dangereux continent noir bord d\'une fragile nacelle livrée tous les caprices des vents, c\'était, au temps de Jules Verne, une entreprise d\'une audace incroyable. Comme on peut s\'y attendre, les cinq semaines qu\'il faudra au docteur Fergusson et ses deux compagnons pour y parvenir

For Donna Noble, the Andromeda galaxy is a long, long way from home. But even two and a half million light years from Earth, danger lurks around every corner...A visit to an art gallery turns into a race across space to uncover the secret behind a shadowy organisation. From the desert world of Karris to the interplanetary scrapyard of Junk, the Doctor and Donna discover that appearances can be deceptive,

With extinction imminent, researchers visit an exclusive national park to observe one of the last troops of bonobo chimpanzees. Amid unusual behaviour and unexplained deaths, Shel Murray suspects her team is being hunted. Back at home, Shel\'s partner is attacked touring their new property. Amnesiac and quarantined, John is visited by an inscrutable doctor, tending to the still fresh wounds. As his

Lewis Carroll is best known for his two books describing Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, but he was a prolific author of fantasy and nonsense verse, which are represented here in the complete Sylvie and Bruno and The Hunting of the Snark. Also included are early verse, Puzzles from Wonderland, prologues to plays, Phantasmagoria, college rhymes and notes, acrostics,