Black Lagoon Vol.2 - Rei Hiroe

The Woman in White

The Woman in White (1859-60) is the first and greatest `Sensation Novel'. Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre

John Polidori's classic tale of the vampyre was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Set in Italy, Greece, and

Trash

Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming Trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it.Then

Passion

The third book in the incredible Fallen series.Before Luce and Daniel met at Sword & Cross, before they fought the Immortals, they had already lived

Torment

That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one another, but

The Mill on the Floss

`But it's bad - it's bad,' Mr Tulliver added - `a woman's no business wi' being so clever it'll turn to trouble, I doubt.'Rebellious and

The Moonstone

A fabulous yellow diamond becomes the dangerous inheritance of Rachel Verinder. Outside her Yorkshire country house watch the Hindu priests who have waited for many

Märchen

Jahrhunderte lang wurden unsere Volksmarchen in den Kinderstuben und am Spinnrad weitererzahlt, bis Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm sie niederschrieben. Hier sind die schonsten Marchen zusammengestellt:

Time Management: The Brian Tracy Success Library

More than any other practice in your career, your ability to manage time will determine your success or failure. It's a simple equation. The better

Creativity and Problem Solving: The Brian Tracy Success Library

The crucial element separating an exceptional career froma lackluster one is the ability to devise innovative solutions to work challenges. With research showing the direct

Leadership: The Brian Tracy Success Library

Nobody comes into the world a natural leader. But what is it that transforms some people into the kind of magnetic individuals who inspire others

Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

The strength of any organization is determined by the quality of its managers. What they do and how they do it is the key determinant

The Elements of Resume Style

It's amazing the misinformation found in most resume books! Scott Bennett has hired hundreds of people in a variety of industries, and he knows first

Art & Architecture Florence

An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allowing readers to easily recognize the original in situ. Insets on cultural and

Dictionary of Today's Landscape Designers

The aim of the book is to illustrate the different ways of understanding landscape, creating a dictionary that can convey not just the scope of

Little Women

Set in a small New England community, it tells of the March family: Marmee looks after daughters in the absence of her husband, who is

The Canterbury Tales

David Wright's acclaimed translation, now partnered with a new critical introduction and invaluable notes by Chaucer scholar Christopher Cannon to make it the best edition

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

Cleland's critics too condemned the 'infamous' and 'poisonous' novel when it first appeared in 1748-9. But the proliferation of editions, adaptations, and translations since then

Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction

Game theory has seen spectacular successes in evolutionary biology and economics, and is beginning to revolutionize other disciplines from psychology to political science. This Very Short

Stem Cells: A Very Short Introduction

Despite important advances, clinical applications of stem cells are still in their infancy. Most real stem cell therapy today is some form of bone marrow

Emotion: A Very Short Introduction

Was love invented by European poets in the Middle Ages or is it part of human nature? Will winning the lottery really make you happy?

Probability: A Very Short Introduction

Making good decisions under conditions of uncertainty - which is the norm - requires a sound appreciation of the way random chance works. As analysis

The Pilgrim's Progress

The only complete text in paperback, including all the marginal notes of the original, in original spelling.The first edition to include all the original illustrations

Memory: A Very Short Introduction

This book brings together the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, and weaves in case-studies, anecdotes, and even literature and philosophy, to address these and

Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and liveliness

African Religions: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction offers a wide-ranging look at the myriad indigenous religious traditions on the African continent. Drawing on archeological research, historical evidence, ethnographic studies, and

Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction draws on the best scientific research to offer a highly accessible explanation of what anxiety is, why it is such a normal and

Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

For complex cultural and historical reasons, ethics has not received as much attention in traditional Buddhist thought as it has in the West, and publications

Film Music: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction provides a lucid, accessible, and engaging overview of the subject of film music. Beginning with an analysis of the music from

Happiness: A Very Short Introduction

In this Very Short Introduction, Dan Haybron considers the true nature of happiness. By examining what it is, assessing its importance in our lives, and how

Me Before You (Film Tie In)

She’s too young for him. He’s too good for her. She seduces him away from the gentleman he tries to be. He leads her to

Lake House (editie de buzunar)

'The Lake House by Kate Morton is the mysterious and enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of The House at Riverton and

Madness: A Very Short Introduction

Madness profoundly disturbs our common sense assumptions threatens the social order, both symbolically and practically creates almost unbearable disruptions in the texture of daily living

Fashion Illustration

Fashion illustration is essential for transforming ideas into reality. It is a first vital step that allows us to analyse volumes, alterations and the way

Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction

In forensic science, a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair, a blood trace, half a footprint, or

Art & Architecture Tuscany

An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allowing readers to easily recognize the original in situ. Insets on cultural and

Racism: A Very Short Introduction

Racism: A Very Short Introduction incorporates the latest research to demystify the subject of racism and explore its history, science, and culture. It sheds light not

David Copperfield

Dickens wrote the book after the completion of a fragment of autobiography recalling his employment as a child in a London warehouse, and in the

Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction

Do animals have moral rights? If so, what does this mean? What sorts of mental lives do animals have, and how should we understand welfare?

Galaxies: A Very Short Introduction

Galaxies are the building blocks of the Universe: standing like islands in space, each is made up of many hundreds of millions of stars in

Free Will: A Very Short Introduction

Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of free choices - some of them trivial, and some so consequential that they

A Thousand Splendid Suns (format de buzunar)

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local

Magic: A Very Short Introduction

Defining 'magic' is a maddening task. Over the last century numerous philosophers, anthropologists, historians, and theologians have attempted to pin down its essential meaning, sometimes

Kite Runner (format de buzunar)

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the

And the Mountains Echoed (format de buzunar)

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one... Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live in the small village of

Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction

Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to modern thought: its investigation of culture as a distinctively human characteristic, its

Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel

`Other works may excel this in depth of thought and knowledge of human nature: other books may rival it in originality and size but, for

The Brain: A Very Short Introduction

In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a sense of

Autism: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction offers a clear statement on what is currently known about autism and Asperger syndrome. Explaining the vast array of different conditions that hide

Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction

his Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture played in supporting social and

Choice Theory: A Very Short Introduction

We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to

Middlemarch

Writing at the very moment when the foundations of Western thought were being challenged and undermined, George Eliot fashions in Middlemarch (1871-2) the quintessential Victorian

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Cassie Logan finds it hard to understand why the family farm means so much to her father. She finds it even harder growing up in

Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction

This book is a simple, non-technical introduction to cosmology, explaining what it is and what cosmologists do. Peter Coles discusses the history of the subject,

A Wrinkle in Time

A WRINKLE IN TIME is a classic sci-fi adventure for children by bestselling US author, Madeleine L'Engle and is now major new motion picture from

Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction

These are the questions that the field of developmental biology seeks to answer. It is an area that is closely linked to genetics, evolution, and

Forensic Psychology: A Very Short Introduction

Lie detection, offender profiling, jury selection, insanity in the law, predicting the risk of re-offending , the minds of serial killers and many other topics

Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction

In this Very Short Introduction to Gandhi's life and thought, Bhikhu Parekh outlines both Gandhi's major philosophical insights and the limitations of his thought. He

The Lie Tree

Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy - a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior

Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction

Beginning with an overview of the central issues of documentary filmmaking—its definitions and purposes, its forms and founders—Aufderheide focuses on several of its key subgenres,