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Star Maker

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stapledon, Olaf, PUBLISHER: Orion Publishing Co, Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in . Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilizations. Some of the elements and themes in Star Maker prefigure later fiction concerning genetic engineering and alien life forms. Arthur C. Clarke considered Star Maker to be one of the finest works of science fiction ever written.

O Pioneers!

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cather, Willa / Danker, Kathleen / Rosowski, Susan J., PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, "O Pioneers " was Willa Cather's first important novel. Published in , it introduced the Bohemian and Swedish immigrants of the Nebraska Prairies to readers of serious literature. Alexandra Bergson assumes responsibility for running the family farm after her father's death. She possesses the strength of the pioneers that the author knew in her midwestern youth. Writing "O Pioneers " was for Cather "like taking a ride through a familiar country on a horse that knew the way."

Service Is Front Stage: Positioning Services for Value

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Teboul, James, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, This book contains a simple but powerful definition of services based upon a separation between back-stage and front-stage activities. Services deal with front interactions, production and manufacturing with back-stage operations. The book uses this distinction systematically to explore all the important issues of the field within a coherent set of concepts and maps, including the service mix, the service triangle and the service-intensity matrix. This is a novel approach to services that challenges the traditional view.

Above All Things

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rideout, Tanis, PUBLISHER: McClelland & Stewart, Into Thin Air""meets The Paris Wife""in this captivating debut novel that weaves together the harrowing story of George Mallory's doomed attempt to be the first man to conquer Mt. Everest with that of his wife as she journeys through a single, quietly momentous day, awaiting his return. George Mallory was one of the last great heroic adventurers of the twentieth century, a man of uncommon athleticism and ambition. In Tanis Rideout's beautifully written and elegantly conceived novel, Mallory is revealed as never before in this fictional reimagining of his legendary final summit attempt. Through Mallory's perspective, and that of the newest member of the expedition, Sandy Irvine, we get a vivid picture of expedition life and the ever-present dangers they faced, from falls, avalanches, altitude sickness, and from their own human frailties as well. As we follow the men upwards, we also journey with them into their pasts. Alternating with the expedition's story is a day in the life of Mallory's wife, Ruth. While a war-scarred England waits for Mallory to reclaim some of the Empire's lost glory, Ruth begins to bristle at the burden of having to be the dutifully loyal wife to a national hero. It is through her eyes that we glimpse a different side of George, and what emerges is a portrait of complex marriage defined as much by absence as by great love. A heartbreaking story of obsession, sacrifice, and what we will do for love and honour, Above All Things introduces Tanis Rideout as a bold new literary talent.

The Bonesetter's Daughter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tan, Amy, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, ""As compelling as Tan's first bestseller, The Joy Luck Club... No one writes about mothers and daughters with more empathy than Amy Tan." -The Philadelphia Inquirer " An] absorbing tale of the mother-daughter bond... this book sing s] with emotion and insight." -People Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to forgetfulness, LuLing gives Ruth some of her writings, which reveal a side of LuLing that Ruth has never known.... In a remote mountain village where ghosts and tradition rule, LuLing grows up in the care of her mute Precious Auntie as the family endures a curse laid upon a relative known as the bonesetter. When headstrong LuLing rejects the marriage proposal of the coffinmaker, a shocking series of events are set in motion-all of which lead back to Ruth and LuLing in modern San Francisco. The truth that Ruth learns from her mother's past will forever change her perception of family, love, and forgiveness. "A strong novel, filled with idiosyncratic, sympathetic characters; haunting images; historical complexity; significant contemporary themes; and suspenseful mystery." -Los Angeles Times "For Tan, the true keeper of memory is language, and so the novel is layered with stories that have been written down-by mothers for their daughters, passing along secrets that cannot be said out loud but must not be forgotten." -The New York Times Book Review "Tan at her best... rich and hauntingly forlorn... The writing is so exacting and unique in its detail." -San Francisco Chronicle

Rheumatoid Arthritis in Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Taylor, Peter C., PUBLISHER: Royal Society of Medicine Press, Rheumatoid Arthritis is a common condition, affecting almost 1% of the UK population, meaning that most GPs will see and treat it within their practice. Rheumatoid Arthritis in Practice is devised to give GPs an overview of the wide and varied treatment options open to them. This is a comprehensive guide to the anatomy, aetiology, diagnosis and the treatment of this common condition. Current and novel therapies are discussed in detail, with generous reference sections for further study. Acquista Ora

Wood Leighton: Or, a Year in the Country

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howitt, Mary, PUBLISHER: Trafalgar Square Publishing, First published in , "Wood Leighton" is as much an evocative and vivid novel by a poet of the first rank, as it is a piece of literary history. Mary Howitt, together with her husband, William, wrote over 100 novels, and translated Hans Christian Anderson into English for the first time. In "Wood Leighton" she has crafted a languid tale from an altogether different age. One of her best-loved novels, this beautifully produced volume is one to treasure.

The Song of Susannah

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, Stephen / Anderson, Darrel, PUBLISHER: Pocket Books, SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VI Susannah Dean is possessed, her body a living vessel for the demon-mother Mia. Something is growing inside Susannah's belly, something terrible, and soon she will give birth to Mia's "chap." But three unlikely allies are following them from New York City to the border of End World, hoping to prevent the unthinkable. Meanwhile, Eddie and Roland have tumbled into the state of Maine -- where the author of a novel called "'Salem's Lot" is about to meet his destiny....

Boneland

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Garner, Alan / Powell, Robert, PUBLISHER: Naxos Audiobooks, Boneland is Alan Garner's continuation of the story thread which began in his first and enduringly popular fantasy children's novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, published in , it has never been out of print. The Moon of Gomrath followed in taking the story further with the same two children, Colin and Susan. But Boneland is particularly fascinating because it takes the story into adulthood, with Colin again the main proponent. Boneland is read by the experienced actor Robert Powell, at the request of Alan Garner himself. Acquista Ora

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Come da titolo vendo statuine ufficiali dc comics dalla numero 41 alla 80 Con relativi fascicoli Issue 41: Golden Age Green Lantern (Alan Scott) Issue 42: Cyborg Superman Issue 43: Poison Ivy Issue 44: Doctor Light (Arthur Light) Issue 45: Harley Quinn Issue 46: Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond) Issue 47: Cyborg Issue 48: Red Tornado Issue 49: Beast Boy Issue 50: Huntress Issue 51: The Atom (Ray Palmer) Issue 52: Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick) Issue 53: Red Robin Issue 54: Black Canary Issue 55: John Stewart Issue 56: Mister Miracle (Scott Free) Issue 57: Zatanna Issue 58: Mr. Freeze Issue 59: Metamorpho Issue 60: Dr. Fate (Hector Hall) Issue 61: Adam Strange Issue 62: Red Arrow Issue 63: Hawkgirl Issue 64: The Question (Vic Sage) Issue 65: Brainiac Issue 66: Black Lightning Issue 67: Cosmic Boy Issue 68: Captain Atom Issue 69: Detective Chimp Issue 70: Power Girl Issue 71: Lightning Lad Issue 72: Plastic Man Issue 73: Wildcat (Ted Grant) Issue 74: Deadman Issue 75: Steel Issue 76: Big Barda Issue 77: Azrael (Jean Paul Valley) Issue 78: Saturn Girl Issue 79: Orion Issue 80: Mister Terrific (Michael Holt) Per ulteriori info resto a disposizione

Final Exam

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kluge, P. F., PUBLISHER: Xoxox Press, Fiction. "FINAL EXAM dazzles from the first page and intrigues from the first shrewd twist of its plot. It is a superb mystery novel...a superb evocation of a unique place at a dangerous time, and of people whose lives hang suddenly in the balance. The suspense is carefully and smartly calibrated, but what makes FINAL EXAM singular is its tough and witty portrait of an academic community under siege.... Like some of my favorite movies, FINAL EXAM uses a classic genre and twists it into something new and compelling and memorable"--Martin Scorsese.

KYLE BAKER: You Are Here - DC Vertigo GN,

Vincitore (solo per citare i principali riconoscimenti) di 8 Eisner Awards e 4 Harvey Awards,Kyle Baker è uno dei cartoonist che per primi si sono cimentati con la forma del Graphic Novel, ed è tra i nomi di punta del comicdom statunitense. Questo volume, in formato 'europeo' e nella sua prima edizione mondiale, rappresenta uno dei suoi risultati più riusciti. CONDIZIONI OTTIME, come da foto KYLE BAKER PRESENTS: YOU ARE HERE Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Vertigo (November ) Language: English Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.4 x 11 inches

Leslie

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Matturro, Richard, PUBLISHER: Livingston Press (AL), In this second novel of his trilogy, Richard Matturro returns to his ongoing themes: amusement parks and romantic love. This time, it's not a male, but a female in mid-life crisis. Leslie takes leave from her cushy public library job to drive solo across the country, forging an old-fashioned quest (modeled in part on Homer's Odyssey) for a lost love from her teenage job at an amusement park, despite warnings of impending disappointment. Marvelous sleuthing and surprise coincidences await Leslie and the reader.

Perfect: A Pretty Little Liars Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shepard, Sara, PUBLISHER: Harper Teen, In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four perfect-looking girls aren't nearly as perfect as they seem. Aria can't resist her forbidden ex. Hanna is on the verge of losing her BFF. Emily is freaking out over a simple kiss. And Spencer can't keep her hands off "anything" that belongs to her sister. "Lucky me." I know these pretty little liars better than they know themselves. But it's hard keeping all of their secrets to myself. They better do as I say... or "else"

Great Paintings of the World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Guillou, Jean-Francois, PUBLISHER: Quadrillion Media LLC, Approaching painting from a thematic rather than chronological viewpoint, Great Paintings of the World offers the art lover a unique opportunity to examine some of the most exquisite masterpieces of Western painting from a novel perspective. Illustrated with over 150 superb color photographs, the book covers such subjects as religious painting, portraiture, still life, and landscape, focusing on the subject itself as well as the way it is represented. Thought-provoking and visually stunning, it provides a unique insight into some of the greatest paintings from the history of art.

Eggs

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Spinelli, Jerry, PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Young Readers, Eggs is a quirky and moving novel about two very complicated, damaged children. David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Primrose lives with her unstable, childlike, fortuneteller mother, and the only evidence of the father she never knew is a framed picture. Despite their age difference (David is 9, Primrose is 13), they forge a tight yet tumultuous friendship, eventually helping each other deal with what is missing in their lives.

Unseen: A Novel (Will Trent)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Slaughter, Karin, PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press, "New York Times "bestselling author Karin Slaughter delivers another explosive Will Trent thriller fully charged with her signature blend of forceful plotting, breathtaking twists, and vivid characterizations. Slaughter's latest sends Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Will Trent to Macon, Georgia, where he goes undercover with a drug and prostitution ring. Taking matters into his own hands, he decides not to burden girlfriend Sara Linton with any knowledge of his assignment -- for it's one in which the stakes will be higher than any Will has tackled yet.

One Amazing Thing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, PUBLISHER: Hyperion Books, "Divakaruni is a brilliant storyteller; she illuminates the world with her artistry; and shakes the reader with her love." --Junot Diaz Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people remain. A punky teenager with an unexpected gift. An upper-class Caucasian couple whose relationship is disintegrating. A young Muslim-American man struggling with the fallout of 9/11. A graduate student haunted by a question about love. An African-American ex-soldier searching for redemption. A Chinese grandmother with a secret past. And two visa office workers on the verge of an adulterous affair. When an earthquake rips through the afternoon lull, trapping these nine characters together, their focus first jolts to their collective struggle to survive. There's little food. The office begins to flood. Then, at a moment when the psychological and emotional stress seems nearly too much for them to bear, the young graduate student suggests that each tell a personal tale, "one amazing thing" from their lives, which they have never told anyone before. And as their surprising stories of romance, marriage, family, political upheaval, and self-discovery unfold against the urgency of their life-or-death circumstances, the novel proves the transcendent power of stories and the meaningfulness of human expression itself. From Chitra Divakaruni, author of such finely wrought, bestselling novels as Sister of My Heart, The Palace of Illusions, and The Mistress of Spices, comes her most compelling and transporting story to date. One Amazing Thing is a passionate creation about survival--and about the reasons to survive. Praise for One Amazing Thing "The plot of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's new novel could be ripped from the horrifying headlines about Haiti in a strange case of art imitating life....One Amazing Thing, which was written well before the Haiti earthquake, is receiving high praise." --USA Today "The appeal of these life stories, like that of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, is that they throw the spotlight onto varied lives, each with its own joys and miseries. Together, the stories show how easy it is to divert young lives into unforeseen and restrictive channels, and how hard it is for people to realize their early dreams. Their shared experiences and fears form the frame that holds together this compendium of short stories into an absorbing novel....At the end of her novel, her readers are fully engaged in what will happen to those nine people." --Washington Post "Hauntingly beautiful....One Amazing Thing is a page-turner with high drama, elegant writing, and lots of helpful tips for teamwork in a crisis." --Houston Chronicle "Her fiction is so intimate that it often seems as if cultural context is irrelevant. Her character's dreams and disappointment

No Name

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Collins, Wilkie / Collins, W. Wilkie / Blain, Virginia, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Condemned by Victorian critics as immoral, but regarded today as a novel of outstanding social insight, No Name shows William Wilkie {ollins as the height of his literary powers. It is the story of two sisters, Magdalen and Norah, who discover after the deaths of their dearly beloved parents that the parents were not married at the time of their births. Disinherited and ousted from their estate, they must fend for themselves and either resign themselves to their fate or determine to recover their wealth by whatever means.

The Investigators: A Badge of Honor Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Griffin, W. E. B., PUBLISHER: G. K. Hall & Company, Special Operations detective Matt Payne and his colleagues are caught up in two major cases simultaneously. The investigation into a narc unit of dirty cops is growing ugly and, at the same time, he meets a woman who may be a vital link to an urban terrorist group. As Payne finds himself drawn deeper into the circles of some dangerous characters, he comes to the realization that it'll take all of his skills simply to survive. Griffin's latest is police drama at its best.

Horse Diaries #8: Black Cloud

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hermes, Patricia / Sheckels, Astrid, PUBLISHER: Random House Books for Young Readers, Born in Northern Nevada in , Black Cloud is a black-and-white mustang colt. He loves roaming free with the rest of his herd, playing with the other foals, and learning the ways of wild horses. But when humans intrude on this wandering life, Black Cloud's world is changed forever. Like "Black Beauty, " this moving novel is told in first person from the horse's own point of view and includes an appendix full of photos and facts about mustangs and the history of the laws protecting them.

Goldberg Variations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Isaacs, Susan, PUBLISHER: Scribner Book Company, The ultimate novel of family dysfunction from "New York Times" bestselling author Susan Isaacs, combining her trademark sass and wit, her distinctive characters, with reflections on faith, family, and inheritance that both entertain and enlighten. Gloria Garrison nee Goldberg isn't getting any younger. At seventy-nine, it's time for her to plan for the future of Glory, Inc., the Santa Fe-based beauty makeover business that Gloria has grown from zilch into an eleven-million-a-year bonanza. But now Gloria has alienated her former business partner and chosen successor. Who will take over Glory? Gloria's never been big on family and wrote them all out of her will, but suddenly she must contemplate her three grandkids as possible candidates. There's twenty-nine-year-old Daisy, a New York story editor for a movie studio. Her brother, twenty-seven-year-old Matt, does sports PR. He can charm his way around ball players, the press, and a flurry of women. And there's gutsy Raquel, who at age twenty-five is laboring away as a Legal Aid lawyer. She's Catholic and a Goldberg and proud of it. When Gloria sends business-class tickets to tempt the three grandkids for a visit, they couldn't be more surprised. Stranger still is the revelation that one of them and only one, may be offered the chance to inherit Glory. Always sassy, smart, and wickedly witty, Susan Isaacs is at her formidable best in a novel that is both hilariously funny and a deeply moving tale of family, faith, and reconciliation.

North and South

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn / Shuttleworth, Sally, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Mary Gaskell's North and South examines the nature of social authority and obedience and provides an insightful description of the role of middle class women in nineteenth century society. Through the story of Margaret Hale, a southerner who moves to the northern industrial town of Milton, Gaskell skillfully explores issues of class and gender, as Margaret's sympathy for the town mill workers conflicts with her growing attraction to the mill owner, John Thornton. This new and revised expanded edition sets the novel in the context of Victorian social and medical debate.

Sons and Other Flammable Objects

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Khakpour, Porochista, PUBLISHER: Grove Press, With rolling storytelling cadences and wry wit that recall Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters, Porochista Khakpour, a young writer who emigrated to California from Tehran at age three, has delivered an extraordinary debut that marks her as a major and outrageously gifted new voice. Sons and Other Flammable Objects is a unique and powerful first novel, at once a comedy and a tragedy, a family history and a modern coming-of-age story with a distinctly timeless resonance. Growing up, Xerxes Adam is painfully aware that he is different--with an understanding of his Iranian heritage that vacillates from typical teenage embarrassment to something so tragic it can barely be spoken. His father, Darius, dwells obsessively on his sense of exile, and fantasizes about a nonexistent daughter he can relate to better than his living son; Xerxes's mother changes her name and tries to make friends; but neither of them offers their son anything he can actually use to make sense of the terrifying, violent last moments in a homeland he barely remembers. As he grows into manhood and moves to New York, his major goal in life is to completely separate from his parents, but when he meets a beautiful half-Iranian girl on the roof of his building after New York's own terrifying and violent catastrophe strikes, it seems Iran will not let Xerxes go. A wry and haunting first novel from a fresh Iranian-American writer, Sons and Other Flammable Objects is a sweeping, lyrical tale of suffering, redemption, and the role of memory and inheritance making peace with our worlds.

Trumpet in the Wadi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Michael, Sami / Lotan, Yael, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Leading Israeli novelist Sami Michael shares his gift for navigating the cultural conflicts in modern Israel with "A Trumpet in the Wadi," a novel that transcends its Middle Eastern setting with an honest and heartbreaking story of impossible love and the strength of family. Set in the months preceding the Israeli-Arab conflict in Lebanon, this beautifully written tale is the coming-of-age story of two fatherless Christian Arab sisters, Huda and Mary, who live in the wadi -- the Arab quarter in the Jewish city of Haifa on the northern coast of Israel. An extraordinary bond of love and mutual respect unites the sisters -- polar opposites from their appearances to their tempers. Huda, the narrator of the story, is thin and withdrawn and, after abandoning her chance at marriage a few years back, has prematurely resigned herself to the monotonous life of an old maid. Her younger sister, Mary, is voluptuous, carnal, and perennially unemployed. Wrapped in the love of their sometimes bitter mother, their iconoclast grandfather, and the cheerful and omnipresent neighbor Jamilla, the sisters' lives change when a peculiar young Russian Jewish immigrant, Alex, moves into the upstairs flat. The melodies of the soulful trumpet player become the intoxicating theme music for Huda's unexpected reawakening -- and for Mary's dangerous foray into a love triangle with the heir of the local Muslim mob and her country cousin. Michael's internationally acclaimed novel is a major achievement, illuminating the vast range of interlocking relationships between Jews and Arabs, Muslims and Christians, men and women. "A Trumpet in the Wadi" is an honest, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking story -- onethat draws on the conflicts in the Middle East, but one whose insights into love and family can cross all cultural and political boundaries.

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