From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men and Women collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.For some of these great men, love is a ‘delicious poison’ (William Congreve), for others, ‘a nice soft wife on a sofa ...
THE STORY CONTINUES in the sixth volume of Hiccup''''s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs.Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn''''t always like that. Hiccup'''' s memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just ...
The third book of Orson Scott Card''''s Ender saga - a series which has changed the face of science fiction. Ender and Valentine Wiggin: brother and sister whose lives have shaped history. Valentine is ''''Demosthenes'''', whose subversive, incendiary writings fight the monstrous power of Starways Congress, ...
The brothers are back in the latest installment in Ward''s sizzling "New York Times" - bestselling series. As the vampire warriors defend their race against their slayers, one male''s loyalty to the Brotherhood will be tested and his dangerous mixed blood revealed.
When sixteen-year-old Alfred Rosenberg is called into his headmaster''''s office for anti-Semitic remarks he made during a school speech, he is forced, as punishment, to memorize passages about Spinoza from the autobiography of the German poet Goethe. Rosenberg is stunned to discover that Goethe, his ...
Becky Bloomwood is back! Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she’d hoped. The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Now she's ...
It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bys tander - until he becomes a suspect. With "Case Histories", ...
An international bestseller, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and now a major motion picture! Ruta Sepetys''s Between Shades of Gray is now the film Ashes in the Snow! This special movie tie-in edition features 16 pages of color movie stills starring Bel Powley and Jonah Hauer-King in never-before-seen ...
Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical fact. From the Qu\''ran to Shakespeare, this city with three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - ...
REA''s MAXnotes for Samuel Becketts''s" Waiting for Godot" MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes ...
A powerful, moving memoir—and a practical guide to healing—written by Dr. Edith Eva Eger, an eminent psychologist whose own experiences as a Holocaust survivor help her treat patients and allow them to escape the prisons of their own minds. Edith Eger was sixteen years old when the Nazis came to her ...
Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again you must learn to trust again. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small American town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet unassuming, Katie is determined ...
An epic love story, which became a major Hollywood film starring Mandy Moore, by the bestselling author of THE NOTEBOOK and THE LAST SONG. Can you resist the depths of the human heart? It is 1958 and seventeen-year-old Landon is revelling in his youth: dating girls and even claiming to have been in love. ...
Meet Dexter Morgan, the chief protagonist of Darkly Dreaming Dexter. He´s a highly respected lab technician specialising in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He´s a handsome, though reluctant, ladies´ man. He´s polite, says all the right things, and rarely draws attention to himself. ...
Miami''''s best-dressed serial killer is back and on the prowl, at least he would be if he could shake off his permanent shadow. Ever since their paths first crossed, Sergeant Doakes hasn''''t let Dexter Morgan out of his sight. Dexter may well be the Miami PD''''s blood-spatter analyst, but Sgt. Doakes ...
Is there any safer space for secret desires than virtual reality? This is the most unusual and compelling love story of the new millennium. It begins by chance: Leo receives emails in error from an unknown woman called Emmi. Being polite he replies, and Emmi writes back. A few brief exchanges are all ...
\''There\''s a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it\''s wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along the wrong way.\'' Ankh-Morpork! City of One Thousand Surprises (according to the famous publication by the Guild of Merchants)! All human life is here! ...
