Brave New World is a novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. Set in London in the year AD 2540 (632 A.F.—"After Ford"—in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that combine ...
This is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss. The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn\''t the monster Conor\''s been expecting. He\''s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he\''s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, ...
Crack the hidden codes, capture the king on the run and rescue the rooks under attack in this zany but clever activity book. This book gives a whole new dimension to the game of chess, allowing children to hone their problem solving ability. Bursting with interesting activities and brilliant hints and ...
Curl up with a true children''s classic by reading A.A. Milne''s Winnie-the-Pooh. Winnie-the-Pooh may be a bear of very little brain, but thanks to his friends Piglet, Eeyore and, of course, Christopher Robin, he''s never far from an adventure.
Not many writers introduce a phrase – let alone a whole idea – into the language. In Catch-22, Joseph Heller invented a motif for the modern world. The book shaped everything that came after it, establishing Heller\''s reputation as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. But where ...
It seems excessive.but that doesn''''t mean it didn''''t happen. The mass of black curls. The top hat. The cigarette dangling from pouty lips. These are the trademarks of one of the world''''s greatest and most revered guitarists, a celebrity musician known by one name: Slash. Saul "Slash" Hudson was ...
The fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Witcher series that inspired the hit Netflix show finds Ciri trapped in a distant world and separated from Geralt and her destiny. After walking through a portal in the Tower of the Swallow, thus narrowly escaping death, the Witcher girl, Ciri, finds ...
Autor : Helen Hoang, Druh sortimentu : Kniha, Název : The Kiss Quotient, Jazyk : Angličtina, Počet stran : 304.
Fourteen terrifying ghost stories chosen by the master of the macabre, Roald Dahl. ''''Spookiness is the real purpose of the ghost story. It should give you the creeps and disturb your thoughts.'''' Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased ...
The Mark of Athena is the explosive third part in Rick Riordan''s number one series - Heroes of Olympus. ONE FATAL PROPHECYSEVEN BRAVE DEMIGODSA QUEST TO FIND - AND CLOSE - THE DOORS OF DEATH. Annabeth felt as if someone had draped a cold washcloth across her neck.She heard that whispering laughter again, ...
