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Shalimar the Clown
The place is Los Angeles, 1991. Maximilian Ophuls is knifed to death on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter India, slaughtered by his Kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar, the Clown. The dead man is a World War II Resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability...
The Portable Hannah Arendt
A collection of writings by a groundbreaking political thinker, including excerpts from The Origins of Totalitarianism and Eichmann in Jerusalem She was a Jew born in Germany in the early twentieth century, and she studied with the greatest German minds of her day--Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers ...
The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
"In the last thirty years of his life Albert Einstein searched for a unified theory - a theory which could describe all the forces of nature in a single framework. But the time was not right for such a discovery in Einstein's day. Neither was the time right when, in 1988, Professor Stephen Hawking wrote...
Red Rain
When Lea Sutter visits the Caribbean island of Chat Noir and witnesses a devastating earthquake, she is moved to adopt two beautiful, blue-eyed orphan twins, Daniel and Samuel, and take them home to America. But Lea's own children sense something strange and wrong about the boys and their innocent, oddl...
Letters 1941-1985
The extraordinary letters of Italo Calvino, one of the great writers of the twentieth century, translated into English for the first time by Martin McLaughlin, with an introduction by Michael Wood. Italo Calvino, Italy's most important postwar novelist, was also an influential literary critic, an import...
Scandals of Classic Hollywood - Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
Gossip meets history--a compulsively readable collection of Hollywood's most notorious clashes and controversiesin the spirit of "Hollywood Babylon" Believe it or not, America's fascination with celebrity culture was thriving well before the days of TMZ, Perez Hilton, Charlie Sheen's breakdown and alleg...
The Promised Land
From the detention centre on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years of wandering through a perlious, suffering Europe. Remarque's final novel, left unfinished at his death, tells of...
Talking as Fast as I Can
In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood-along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again. In Tal...
Boston - DK Eyewitness Travel Guide
Discover the sights of this historic east-coast city with DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Boston. The best places to visit in Boston - from the iconic Faneuil Hall and The Old State House, to the stunning Harvard Yard and the New England Aquarium - are showcased with fantastic photography, illustrations, map...
A Field Guide to the North American Family
From the author of the New York Times bestseller City on FireA Granta Best of Young American Novelist 2017 'A young author of boundless and unflagging talents' New York TimesWe can all agree on this much, Marnie thought- nobody saw the Hungate divorce coming. In the privacy of her own mind, she saw them...
Lintang and the Forbidden Island (Lintang #2)
The time has come to visit the forbidden island of Allay. But first Lintang needs to find her captain, and it seems the only way to get to the Winda is to join - then escape - the Vierzan navy. Only then will Captain Shafira set sail for Allay, where the crew of the Winda must uncover what really happen...
First Earth Encyclopedia (DK)
The only encyclopedia for kids ages 5 and up that covers the subjects of human geography, physical geography, and geology together in one inspiring book. Covering essential curriculum areas such as human geography, physical geography, geology, and ecology, First Earth Encyclopedia is a comprehensive int...
Popular: Why Being Liked Is the Secret to Greater Success and Happiness
Who doesn't want to be more popular? Popularity expert Professor Mitch Prinstein shows that perhaps we should be careful what we wish for ... Surely a person's popularity, be it at school, work or on social media, is the best predictor of how happy and successful they will be? The truth is actually muc...
The Puffin Book of Big Dreams
Stories to spark your imagination - a celebratory collection of stories, poems and illustrations to mark Puffin's 80th birthday. Perfect for reading aloud or reading independently at bedtime, this wonderful anthology features brand new stories, poems and illustrations from well-loved and exciting new Pu...
Easy Tiki
60 recipes inspired by the history of tiki as well as the modern revival that's putting a fresh spin on tropical tiki drinks--all simplified for the home bartender from cocktail authority PUNCH. Tiki is the dream of escape, a tropical vacation complete with warm ocean water, island music, and beachs...
Poo Poo Bum Bum Wee Wee
A fun rhyming picture book to encourage toddlers and young children to use the toilet with confidence. Toilet training can often be an extremely stressful time for both parent and child. With the average age for a child to be potty trained now at age three-and-a-half, parents often face lots of pressure...
The Greatest Show on Earth
Here we are at 4.6 billion years ago, and as we raise the curtain . . . the STORY OF LIFE is about to begin! (Yes, that's right - we're telling the story of the ENTIRE history of Planet Earth).Here we are at 4.6 billion years ago, and as we raise the curtain . . . the STORY OF LIFE is about to begin! Ta...
The Night Man
WILLIAM WISTING IS IN A RACE AGAINST TIME When a severed head is found on a stake in the quiet town of Larvik, Police Inspector William Wisting is called in to investigate. ALL ROADS LEAD BACK TO THE NIGHT MAN As the media closes in on the biggest story of the year, Wisting's journalist daughter Line re...
The Story of a Life - Volumes 1-3
Discover one of Twentieth-Century Russia's most lauded lost classics, now in a remarakble new translation.'Outstanding... A sparkling, supremely precious literary achievement' Telegraph'One of the great Russian autobiographies, as fresh now as the day it was written - and the day it was lived' Julian Ba...
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