“Moral Fictions. Tamil Folktales from Oral Tradition”
1S FANTASY the defining element in fairy tales? This question is the starting point for Stuart Blackbum’s study of Tamil oral tales. Having collected over 300 tales, 100 of which are translated in this book, he concludes that although fantasy, and humour, are present, at the core of the tales lies a moral vision in […]
“Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body”
Why are most of us born with one nose, two legs, ten fingers and twenty-four ribs and some of us not? Why do most of us stop growing in our teens – while others just keep going? Why do some of us have heads of red hair and others no hair at all? the human […]
“My place in the Bazaar”
Novels: London 1919-1926 A Stranger; An Unfinished Story World Tour 1926-1927 The Making of a Matron; The Last Chukka; “Tahiti Waits” England 1932-1939 A Pretty Case for Freud; Bien Sur; A Luckless Lebanese Travel Years 1946-1952 The Woman Who knew Frank Harris; A Bunch of Beachcombers; The Wicked Baronet; Circle of Deception. Bloombury reader
“Myths from Mesopotamia. Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others.”
A new translation by Stephanie Dalley Oxford World´s Classics Between the great rivers Tigris and Euphrates lies the rich alluvial land of Mesopotamia (now in modern Iraq), which supported a complex and prosperous society over 4,000 years ago. The stories translated here are all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation […]
“New Moon”
I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. “Shoot,” I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. “No!” Edward roared… Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood […]
“New Rules. Polite Musings from a Timid Observer”
Bill Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit Comedy Central and ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a hilarious provocateur. Now, his popular new HBO television […]
“News from Thrush Green and Gossip from Thrush Green”
Two great novels. Taskuformaat.
“Niguliste museum”
As a museum of historical ecclesiastical art, Niguliste exhibits and introduces the most outstanding examples of art created from 13th to the 18th century. The Silver Chamber displays silver treasures of guilds, craft corporations and Brotherhood of the Black Heads from the 15th to the 20th century.
“Ninja. 1,000 Years of the Shadow Warrior”
In this revelatory book, acclaimed author John Man´s thrilling historical account brings to life the world of the ninjas, the Japanese “shadow warriors,” whose otherworldly skills as assassins and spies still seize our imaginations like few characters before or since. “Ninja” is the first major history of these legendary masters of stealth warfare. Out of […]
“No Place to Hide”
Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. In May 2013, Glenn Greenwald set out for Hong Kong to meet an anonymous source who claimed to have astonishing evidence of pervasive government spying and insisted on communicating only through heavily encrypted channels. That source turned out to be the twenty-nine-year-old NSA contractor Edward Snowden, […]
“NTC`s American Idioms Dictionary”
Every language has phrases or sentences that cannot be understood literally. Even if you know the meanings of all the words in a phrase and understand the grammar completely, the meaning of the phrase may still be confusing. Many clichés, proverbs, slang phrases, phrasal verbs, and common sayings offer this kind of problem. A phrase […]
“Ob-Ugaric Metrics”
Robert Paul Austerlitz (December 13, 1923 – September 9, 1994) was a Romanian-American linguist. Born in Bucharest, he emigrated to the United States in 1938. In June 1950, he received a Master of Arts from Columbia University, where he studied under André Martinet. With funding from the Ford Foundation, he studied the Uralic and Altaic […]
“Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder”
Oxford Psychiatry Library Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions and compulsions, and varying degrees of anxiety and depression. Studies have shown OCD to be one of the more common psychiatric disorders, with a lifetime prevalence estimated at 2%-3%, approximately twice that of schizophrenia. OCD is also considered to be one of […]
“Occultism of the Secret Doctrine”
Preface. The task of preparing this volume for the press has been a difficult and anxious one, and it is necessary to state clearly what has been done. The papers given to me by H. P. B. were quite unarranged, and had no obvious order: I have therefore taken each paper as a separate Section, […]
“Omm Sety´s Egypt”
A Story of Ancient Mysteries, Secret Lives, and the Lost History of the Pharaohs. Omm Sety, a brilliant, adventuring Englishwoman, worked under some of the greatest Egyptologists of the 20th century and “saw” into the past. Hers is a story of ancient love – of gods, pyramids, pharaohs and queens, and treasures that wait beneath […]
“On Beauty”
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families – the Belseys and the Kipps – and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low […]
“On the Steel Breeze”
A thousand years in the future, mankind´s influence expands into the universe. Alastair Reynolds´ epic vision of our journey into deep space will redefine Space Opera. Chiku Yellow is earthbound: living a peaceful life on a changing world as humanity explores a thousand new ways to experience life. Chiku Red is spacebound: blasted into deep […]
“One Night in Winter”
What would you do if your children were forced to testify against you? Moscow, 1945. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory, a teenage boy and girl lie dead nearby. But these are no ordinary teenagers; they are the children of Russia´s highest leaders. Is it murder, suicide or conspiracy? So begins a terrifying witch-hunt […]
“Oranges are not the only fruit”
This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God’s elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young […]
