“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 […]
“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 […]
“Out of Eden: The Peopling of the world”
Imagine an airline check-in queue in London, which has seven people standing in line. They stand silently and avoid eye contact because they don´t know each other. And yet they are actually related – all of them have an African female and male ancestor in common. Not only are we all ultimately African, but what´s […]
“Out”
“Strange that she’d never known she had such cruelty inside”. A young mother among them finally cracks and strangles her philandering, gambling husband. She confesses her crime to her colleagues and unexpectedly, they agree to help. But then the dismembered body parts are discovered, the police start asking questions and more dangerous enemies begin to […]
“Painting of the Romantic Era”
This penetrating study of one of the most fruitful epochs in European art presents the Renaissance not simply as the rebirth of classical styles, but also as the period that saw “the invasion of man and his world into the domain of the arts”. Epochs and Styles.
“Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia”
Oxford Psychiatry Library Panic disorder is characterized by sudden, unexpected attacks of intense fear and anticipatory anxiety. Panic attacks include symptoms such as palpitations, dyspnoea, dizziness, trembling, gastrointestinal discomfort and fear of dying. Therefore, patients with panic disorder often assume physical illnesses may underlie their symptoms. They frequently consult psychiatrists and psychologists, but also general […]
“Parallel Universes. The Search for Other Worlds”
In this “enthralling read” (Publishers Weekly), travel through the frontiers of space as physicist Fred Alan Wolf guides you through the complex yet intruging concept of parallel universes. Challenge your preceptions of the universe and explore ideas as varied as superspace theater and zero-time ghosts and even explore a future where time travel is real […]
“Patty Jane’s House of Curl”
Patty Jane Dobbin should have known better than to marry a man as gorgeous as Thor Rolvaag, but she was too smitten to think twice. Yet nine months into their marriage, with a baby on the way, Thor is gone. It’s a good thing Patty Jane has her irrepressible sister, Harriet, to rely on. For […]
