This deluxe, illustrated edition celebrates the New York Times-bestselling series, The Kingkiller Chronicle—a masterful epic fantasy saga that has inspired readers worldwide. One: The Name of the Wind. My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town ...
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn. As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin ...
Fluorescent fish that glow near pollution. Robot-armoured beetles that military handlers can send on spy missions. Beloved pets resurrected from DNA. Scientists have already begun to create these high-tech hybrids to serve human whims and needs. What if a cow could be engineered to no longer feel pain ...
When Betty Friedan produced "The Feminine Mystique" in 1963, she could not have realized how the discovery and debate of her contemporaries'''' general malaise would shake up society. Victims of a false belief system, these women were following strict social convention by loyally conforming to the pretty ...
From the author of The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell''''s international bestseller Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is a revolution in the understanding of the mind. An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it''''s a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes ...
''''A true genius.Roald Dahl is my hero'''' - David Walliams Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world''''s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake''''s inimitable artwork. The story of a little girl with magical powers. When someone makes her angry ...
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers--featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and gift-worthy hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing ...
Anyone who has spent time in the developing world will know that one of Bombay''s claims to fame is the enormous film industry that churns out hundreds of musical fantasies each year. The other, of course, is native son Salman Rushdieless prolific, perhaps than Bollywood, but in his own way just as fantastical. ...
