“Lost Race of the Giants”
Foreword by Paul Von Ward The mystery of their culture, influence, and decline throughout the world. Giants are cornerstone of the myths, legends, and traditions of almost every culture on Earth. Stories of giants are often considered fantasies of the ancients or primitive attempts to explain natural phenomena, but archaeological discoveries of 10- and 12-foot […]
“13 Things That Don’t Make Sense: The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Times”
Science starts to get interesting when things don´t make sense. Even today there are experimental results that the most brilliant scientists can neither explain nor dismiss. In 13 Things That Don´t Make Sense Michael Brooks meets thirteen modern-day anomalies that may become tomorrow´s breakthroughs. Is ninety six per cent of the universe missing? If no […]
“Ending the US War in Afghanistan. A Primer”
The Bush administration answered the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 with what it called the “global war on terror”, first the assault on and invasion of Afghanistan and then the invasion and occupation of Iraq. More and more Americans joined the opposition to the Iraq war, but for some, Afghanistan remained “the good war”. […]
“Fine Things”
Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff’s, New York’s most glamorous department store. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in San Francisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O’Reilly, […]
“Dear Life”
Winner of the International Man Booker Prize IN STORY AFTER STORY IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW COLLECTION Alice Munro pinpoints the moment a person is forever altered by a chance encounter, an action not taken, or a simple twist of fate. Her characters are flawed and fully human: their stories draw us in with their quiet […]
“1421: The Year China Discovered The World”
On 8 March 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. The ships, some nearly five hundred feet long, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di’s loyal eunuch admirals. Their orders were “to proceed all the way to the end of the earth”. The voyage would last for two […]
“The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605”
With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story. Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics which spawned the plot. Winner of the […]
“The Wordsworth Book of Sonnets”
This broad selection of sonnets from the fourtheenth century to the twentieth century is arranged thematically, and ranges from the love sonnets of the early masters to those about despair, faith, the spirit of place and death. As well as the great sonnets of Petrarch and Shakespeare, Donne and Milton, it includes deeply moving examples […]
“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 […]
“Poems”
Compiled by Evgeny Pasternak Luuletused kõrvuti vene ja inglise keeles. Boris Pasternak is one of the most brilliant Russian poets. The son of a famous artist and a talented pianist, Pasternak drank in an atmosphere of music and colour from childhood. Among the frequent guests to the Pasternak home were Lev Tolstoy, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei […]
“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 […]
“The Phantom of Manhattan”
The compelling and haunting sequel to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. In this brilliantly conceived novel, master storyteller Frederick Forsyth brings the legend of the mysteious Phantom back to life. After his failed attempt to kidnap his beloved Christine, the beautiful young opera singer, and a harrowing escape from the hands of an angry mob […]
“Avalik kõne”
Autorid: Johannes Kalits, Helga Kurm, Hillar Palamets, Ilmar Rebane, Helmuth Riikoja ja Kaarel Toom. Sisukord: Sissejuhatuseks. Põhijooni kõnekunsti ajaloost. Avaliku kõne liigitelu. Avaliku kõne ettevalmistamine ja kavastamine. Avaliku kõne esitamine. Hääleseade, kõnetehnika ja ortoeepia. Avaliku kõne mõningatest liikidest.
“Kirsipuu”
Raamatus kirjeldatakse tuntumaid kirsiliike ja -sorte, nende kujunemist, levikut ja introduktsiooni. Esitatakse meie tingimustes vastupidavamate sortide ja vormide kirjeldused, saagi- ning paljude teiste bioloogiliste omaduste hindamisel saadud andmed. Käsitletakse ka kirsiistandiku rajamist, hooldamist ja muid täid. Teos on mõeldud laialdasele lugejaskonnale. Sellega püütakse äratada huvi kirsikasvatuse vastu.
“Õunte säilitushaigused”
Raamatus antakse ülevaade Eesti NSV-s esinevatest säilitushaigustest õuntel. Tähelepanu on pööratud ka naaberaladelt leitud haigustele, mis võivad meiegi vabariigini jõuda. Käsitletakse säilitushaigusi esilekutsuvaid või soodustavaid mõjureid, antakse ülevaade tõrjeabinõude rakendamise põhimõtetest, taimekaitses kasutatavatest kemikaalidest ning nende rakendamisest. Raamatus on toodud veel säilitushaiguste määraja haigustunnuste alusel koos värvifotode ja joonistega. Raamat on mõeldud aiandusalal töötajaile ning […]
“Õuna- ja pirnipuude kasvatamine”
Seemned, pookealused, istikud. Käesolevas raamatus antakse ülevaade viljapuude pookealuste selekteerimise käigust. Kirjeldatakse NSV Liidu keskvööndis, mitmes välisriigis ning ka Eestis alates 1930. aastate lõpust kasutatud ja soovitatud viljapuude pookealuseid. Lühidalt selgitatakse pookealuste selekteerimise viise. Tutvustatakse selekteerimiskatsetesse võetud õuna- ja pirnipuude sorte, nende omadusi ning sobivust mitmete pookealustega. Lõpuks käsitletakse õuna- ja pirnipuu rajoonitud pookealuste seemnete […]
