“Undead and Unwed”
It´s been a helluva week for Betsy Taylor. First, she loses her job. Then, to top things off. she´s killed in a car accident. But what really bites (besides waking up in the morgue dressed in a pink suit and cheap shoes courtesy of her stepmother) is that she can´t seem to stay dead. Every […]
“Under the Witness Tree”
After inheriting an old plantation house from an aunt she didn’t know existed, Dhari Weston heads 800 miles south to see the place and meets intriguing Dr. Erin Hughes, a local history professor with a passion for old houses. Dhari’s life is complicated enough without meeting such an attractive and intelligent woman: Her mother needs […]
“Uniform Justice”
Neither Brunetti nor his wife Paola have ever had much sympathy for the Italian armed forces, so when a young cadet is found hanged, at Venice’s elite military academy, Brunetti’s emotions are complex: pity and sorrow at the death of a boy close in age to his own son, and contempt and irritation for the […]
“Unseen Academicals: (Discworld Novel 37)”
Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork – not the old-fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing. And now the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match without using magic, so they´re going to try everything else. The […]
“Väinämöinen: Eternal Sage”
Martti Haavio’s study on old Finnish-Karelian epic poems in the Kalevala metre reveals the many faces and roles of their central personage, Väinämöinen, the eternal sage. On the basis of extensive comparative material he shows that there are at least two basic roles for Väinämöinen in the poems, the shaman and the cultural her, whose […]
“Vampires through the Ages”
Lore & Legends of the World’s Most Notorious Blood Drinkers. Demonic Creatures Most Wicked and Foul. An undying legacy of bloodlust and damnation. Interred in shadows no more, the vampire mythos is illuminated in this captivating exploration of one of the world’s most sinister – and feared – creatures. Join Brian Righi as he unearths […]
“Viking. Sworn Brother”
In London in 1019, a few months have passed since Thorgils escaped the clutches of the Irish Church, only to find himself at the center of a capricious love affair with Aelfgifu—wife of Knut the Great, ruler of England, and one of the most powerful men of the Viking empire. As this passionate relationship between […]
“Waiting for the Barbarians”
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire’s cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic […]
“Wake”
Takes you deep into a new world. Gemma Fisher seems to have it all―she’s carefree, pretty, and falling in love with Alex, the boy next door. He’s always been just a friend, but this summer they’ve taken their relationship to the next level, and now she’s falling harder for him every day. But Gemma doesn’t […]
“Walden and Civil Disobedience”
Henry David Thoreau reflects on life, politics, and society in these two inspiring masterworks: Walden and Civil Disobedience. In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own hands along the shores of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity, Thoreau reaped from the […]
“Walking Back to Happiness”
Slightly overweight, pale and discontented, Christine begins her journey from southern France to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain on a quest to fit into a deliciously skimpy silk Bellino top. Along “The Way”, she meets characters whose paths intertwine with hers for a few days or for a lifetime. In lurid detail and with […]
“Waterland”
With an introduction by John Burnside Shortlisted for the 1983 Booker prize, winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize. Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man – let me offer you a definition – is the story-telling animal. Tom Crick is a passionate teacher, […]
“When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”
New York Times Bestselling Author of Napalm & Silly Putty and Brain Droppings Following his two New York Times bestsellers, Brain Droppings and Napalm & Silly Putty, comes George Carlin´s third book, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, a riotous journey through the mind of one of America´s premiere comic observers. Ranging from his […]
“White Gold”
The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa’s One Million European Slaves. In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and fifty-one of his comrades were captured at sea by Barbary corsairs. Their captors – Captain Ali Hakem and his network of fanatical Islamic slave traders – had declared war […]
“White Mughals: Love & Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India”
James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British representative at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when, in 1798, he glimpsed a beautiful young Mughal princess, Khair un-Nissa – “Most Exellent Among Women”. Falling in love with Khair, he converted to Islam and married her despite opposition from all sides. He also agreed to become double […]
“Wild Swans. Three Daughters of China”
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history—a bestselling classic in thirty languages with more than ten million copies sold around the world, now with a new introduction from the author. An engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window […]
“Wind Chimes”
Herta Laipaik, a doctor, who became a writer, started writing in 1940, publishing her first novel in the newspaper “Eesti Sõna”. She has written documentary novels, memoirs, historical novels but also books based on Estonian mythology. The number of her novels is 21 and she has been called the Estonian Agatha Christie. She has described […]
“Wind in the Willows”
With beautiful CARDS for favourite games. This timeless story opens with Mole leaving his spring-cleaning and going above ground to explore the world beyond his burrow. Making friends with Ratty, the two become inseparable and together they spend long summer days enjoying the delights of the river and its banks. Then they meet the impetuous […]
“Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes”
The modern Churchill cult is out of control, closing down debate and encouraging support for twenty-first-century wars. The wartime leader has become a household god for many, preserving an antiquated vision of Britain still shared by all three parties. Yet, was he anything more than a plump carp happy to swim in the foulest of […]
“Wisdom of the Tarot”
This book relates the path to higher consciousness through the colour, shape, and symbolic forms on the twenty-two Tarot cards. Detailed study and meditation of each card may release internally all that is involved with each level encountered on the journey towards the Light. These cards may be used in conjunction with the text or […]
