In 1965, after being rejected by more than a dozen publishing houses, a book called \"Dune\" was brought out by the Chilton Book Company. Its respected author, journalist Frank Herbert, had written \"Dune\" with nothing more in mind than to entertain his readers with the telling of a particularly complex story, one which had occupied his thoughts for more than six years. No one - not Herbert, not Chilton,

Mireille shares the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude and joy, offering personal anecdotes while divulging French women\'s most guarded secrets about looking and feeling great. With her signature blend of wit, no-nonsense advice and storytelling flair she addresses everything from lotions and potions to diet, style, friendship and romance. For anyone who has ever spent the equivalent of

Leo Tolstoy\'s tragic Russian love story \"Anna Karenina\" is now the subject of a major new film adaptation from director Joe Wright (\"Atonement, Pride and Prejudice\"). Starring Keira Knightley (\"A Dangerous Method\") as \"Anna Karenina\", Jude Law (\"Sherlock Holmes\") as her husband Alexei, Aaron Johnson (\"Nowhere Boy\") as Count Vronsky, and also starring Matthew McFadyen, Andrea Riseborough

THE NEW HIGGINS HAS LANDED! The mesmerizing new Sean Dillon thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Fresh from his mission in THE JUDAS GATE to seek out and eliminate one of al Qaeda\'s most valued agents, a traitor responsible for countless soldiers\' deaths in Afghanistan, Sean Dillon is back in a blistering new adventure. The American President, on a planned

The Art of Spirited Awaycollects colour illustrations of Spirited Awayfor the first time in an English edition. This book includes paintings and designs from the Academy Award winning animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Features commentary, colour stills, sketches, storyboards, and illustrations used to envision the rich fantasy world of the film. Also includes a complete English-language sc

An updated edition of this outstanding historical novel, in a stunning new package to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication. When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days - paper and ink. Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin\'s Russia, the country she loved, as the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel. American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA\'s biggest assets.

Achieving Victory Over a Toxic World is author Dr. Mark Schauss\'s inspirational story not just about his daughter Tasya\'s battle with epilepsy but a guidebook as to how to deal with today\'s toxic environment. Health should be more than the lack of disease, it should be about living a vibrant life, full of energy and hope. This book was written with that in mind. The book delves into the history

In \"Colditz: The Full Story\", Major Pat Reid brings together the many dramatic discoveries resulting from research that has covered the five continents. From all walks of life, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French, German and Polish prisoners - as well as those from the British Commonwealth and USA - were incarcerated in suffocating intimacy for five years in an alien and hostile land. Under these conditions,

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. Part of the Macmillan Collector\'s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition

Detective Renée Ballard, once one of the department\'s young hotshots, now works \'The Late Show\', the graveyard shift at the LAPD. It\'s a thankless job keeping strange hours, handing over her investigations as the sun rises, never getting closure. Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet. Two cases: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspect.

James and Chantal are enjoying an evening of magic at the Blue Cat Club. Merlin the magician is clever and his tricks are exciting but are they dangerous too?

It was just over 60 years ago that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, two of the world\'s most powerfully imposing leaders, died and their regimes crumbled. One of the most illuminating facts about this dark era of history is the way in which these tyrants, and others like them, used graphic design as an instrument of power. But how did these regimes succeed in influencing the minds of millions? It

A novel which is both playful and serious, hilarious and melancholy. It takes a journey which starts at the foot of the Benjamin Franklin statue in Washington Square, San Francisco, and wanders through the wonders of America\'s rural waterways.

“Ornamentation is a modus operandi for communication, for providing dimension, texture, pattern, depth, and spirit—it is a way to liven up space, to create complementary conditions, to move the eye and break up surfaces, to bring illusion or entropy, to embellish and give richness to surfaces and materials and objects.” — Karim Rashid

Der Golem von Gustav Meyrink zählt zu den wenigen Meisterwerken fantastischer Literatur in deutscher Sprache. Inhalt: Ein namenloser Erzähler, zu Besuch in Prag, fällt in seinem Hotelzimmer nach der Lektüre eines Buchs über das Leben des Buddha Gotama in einen unruhigen Halbschlaf. Sein schwindendes Bewusstsein entlässt ihn in einen Traum, in dem er sich als der Gemmenschneider Athanasius Pernath im

Rand al\'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, is slowly succumbing to the taint that the Dark One has placed upon the saidin - the male half of the True Source. His Asha\'man followers are also showing signs of the insanity that once devastated the world and brought the Age of Legends to an end. And as Rand falters, the Shadow falls across a stricken land. In the city of Ebou Dar the Seanchan, blind to the folly

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Over the last seven years Etgar Keret has had plenty of reasons to worry. His son, Lev, was born in the middle of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. His father became ill. And he has been constantly tormented by nightmarish visions of the Iranian president Ahmadinejad, anti-Semitic remarks both real and imagined, and, perhaps most worrisome of all, a dogged telemarketer who seems likely to chase him to