In 1938, when her diary begins, Helga is eight years old. Alongside her father and mother and the 45,000 Jews who live in Prague, she endures the Nazi invasion and regime: her father is denied work, schools are closed to her, she and her parents are confined to their flat. Then deportations begin, and her friends and family start to disappear. In 1941, Helga and her parents are sent to the concentration

Twenty years of tactical espionage action concept art, design, and creativity! Coming in a collectable slipcase, this two book set contains concept and key art from Metal Gear Solid, MGS2: Sons of Liberty, MGS3: Snake Eater, MGS4: Guns of the Patriots, and MGS: Peace Walker. This definitive chronicle of characters, vehicles, and weapons is the ultimate companion to the tactical espionage and future

\'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

This publication displays twenty top realisations: from restored country estates and farms to stately homes and villas of timeless design.

What would happen if you fell into a Black Hole? Black Holes are the most extraordinary phenomenon in the universe, but they are a riddle that confounds our intuitions. Anything that enters them can never escape, and yet they contain nothing at all. They are bigger on the inside than the outside suggests. They are dark on the outside but not on the inside. They invert time into space and space into

Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who, with the aid of his extraordinarily gifted mother, Gulbahar, hugely expanded the empire, propelling it onto the world stage. Aware of centuries of European suppression of

You\'re in love with a man on Death Row in Florida, convicted of a brutal murder twenty years ago. You\'re convinced he didn\'t do it, and you\'re determined to prove it. You\'re part of a mass online campaign that picks holes in the case, uncovers evidence of police incompetence, and agitates for this miscarriage of justice to be overturned. Now you\'re married to him, and he\'s a free man, his conviction

The artists featured in Dirty Fingernails, make a concerted effort to do projects that require them to step away from the computer to create one-of-a-kind designs for clients and themselves. They demonstrate that good design doesn’t have to be clean--in fact, the messier the better. From silkscreen prints to collages created from photocopies, to hand-drawn lettering, each designer explains their process

Four short stories of murder and mystery, in which Edgar Allan Poe wrote about terrible people who lead strange lives. \"Penguin Readers\" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series\' combination of high interest level

Howard Hughes embodied the American dream: envied by powerful men, desired by beautiful women, Hughes lived his life larger than all who surrounded him and yet died an emaciated recluse. This makes him the perfect subject for red-hot biographer Alton Reece. Riding high on the wave of previous astonishing success, Reece sees Hughes as more than simply a name worth the seven-figure advance he\'s demanding

Un jeune homme veut mourir. Il entre par hasard chez un antiquaire et ce dernier lui fait cadeau d\'une peau de chagrin couverte de signes mystérieux. Attention, la peau réalise tous les désirs, mais la réalisation de chacun d\'eux la fait se rétrécir et raccourcit d\'autant la vie de son possesseur. Ce jeune homme va tre comblé de richesses et d\'amour, seulement, il prendra peur de tous ses désirs

En avril 1945, Budapest est libérée par l´armée russe au terme d´un si ge implacable. Cet épisode historique, que S ndor M rai évoquera vingt-cinq ans plus tard dans ses Mémoires de Hongrie, lui inspire, chaud, ce roman qu´il ach ve en quelques mois. Pendant les derni res semaines du si ge, une centaine de réfugiés se terrent dans les caves d´un immeuble, attendant l´issue d´un combat incertain. Autour

This new translation, in rhymed verse, of Goethe\'s Faust--one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature--preserves the essence of Goethe\'s meaning without resorting either to an overly literal, archaic translation or to an overly modern idiom. It remains the nearest \"equivalent\" rendering of the German ever achieved.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World\'s

Combines systematic training in exam techniques and thorough development of advanced level language skills.

In this sixth and concluding book of the Tunnels series, the Styx and their cohorts of deadly Armagi have swept across England, leaving death and devastation in their wake. It seems nothing can stop them now. Only a miracle can save the day and, in the inner world at the centre of the earth, Will and Elliott might just have stumbled upon one as they uncover ancient secrets that are fundamental to all

Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. Across 1000 miles of Oregon desert his assassins, the notorious Eli and Charlies Sisters, ride - fighting, shooting, and drinking their way to Sacramento. But their prey isn\'t an easy mark, the road is long and bloody, and somewhere along the path Eli begins to question what he does for a living - and whom he does it for. The Sisters Brothers pays homage to the

A girl sees a quiet good-looking boy on the boat to Spain. She loves his shy smile and she wants to see him again. The boy wants to be with her too, but there are problems. Can the boy and the girl get together? Or do they never meet again?

Roald Dahl is the master of the unexpected. Things are not always what they seem and nobody should be trusted. In this collection of his short stories we learn some strange lessons about the dangerous world we live in. But you will have to wait until the final pages of each story to discover the last, terrible twist!