The story of the Earth is written into our landscape: it's there in the curves of hills, the colours of stone, surprising eruptions of vegetation. Wanting a fresh perspective on her own life, the writer Helen Gordon set out to read that epic... Zobraziť viac
Yinka wants to find love. The problem is she also has a mum who thinks she's better qualified to find it for her. She also has too many aunties who frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, a preference for chicken... Zobraziť viac
Many books on new smart materials are available, but specialized analysis of particular topics is still in high demand. This multiauthor book focuses on applying nanotechnology to cement-based materials to make numerous engineering applications... Zobraziť viac
Bone is a punked-out teenager, living in a trailer with his alcoholic mother and abusive stepfather. Rejected by his parents, out of school and in trouble with the police, he's now into drugs and shoplifting as he drifts through dope squats and... Zobraziť viac
An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structures is an introduction to seismology and its role in the earth sciences, and is written for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. The fundamentals of seismic wave propagation... Zobraziť viac
Why an awareness of Earth's temporal rhythms is critical to our planetary survival. Few of us have any conception of the enormous timescales of our planet's long history, and this narrow perspective underlies many of the environmental problems we... Zobraziť viac
Three young women need to get to London from Ireland in time for Christmas. When all flights are cancelled, they are forced to share a car and make the journey by road. They each have their own personal problems, but they have to decide together what... Zobraziť viac
Riding through France with his master, the servant Jacques appears to act as though he is truly free in a world of dizzying variety and unpredictability. Characters emerge and disappear as the pair travel across the country. This work challenges the... Zobraziť viac
Transmedia is a technique of delivering a single piece of content in individual parts via different media and communication platforms (books, films, TV shows, games, live performances, etc.). In the book transmedia is considered as a case-in-point for... Zobraziť viac
Developed by fashion designer and teacher Dominique Pellen, the patternmaking method is explained in this book in a simple, clear, precise, highly detailed manner, and covers the information necessary for creating every style of skirt one could imagine... Zobraziť viac
A collection of transformative stories that emphasize women's roles in society. The works of Kate Chopin were nearly forgotten for much of the twentieth century, but her popularity made a resurgence in the 1970s when readers and scholars turned their... Zobraziť viac
Professional psychic Abigail Cooper is about to discover that some cold cases are better off dead... As the FBI's newest Civilian Profiler, Abby Cooper is using her powers of intuition to help solve a backlog of the bureau's cold cases. But when... Zobraziť viac
For too long the Neanderthals have been seen as dim-witted evolutionary dead-enders who looked and behaved completely differently from us, but in recent years their story has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and advances in scientific... Zobraziť viac
Every time Samantha went back to the flat, John's words rang through her head - I can't live with you any more - I've got to get out. He'd been seeing another woman, ... Zobraziť viac
Darcy Archer works in a small bookstore in Manhattan. A daydream believer, she refuses to settle for anything less than being swept off her feet by the perfect man literally. One day, when cycling to work, Darcy accidentally crashes into ... Zobraziť viac
What is fashion? This engaging book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers myriad answers to that question. Zobraziť viac
Larkswood House. The very name suggests birdsong, peace and elegance. It is home to the Hamilton children - Edward, Cynthia and Harriet - who enjoy the freedom and excitement of privilege. But in the glorious summer of 1896, ... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Zobraziť viac
An interdisciplinary research unit consisting of 30 teams in the natural, economic and social sciences analyzed biodiversity and ecosystem services of a mountain rainforest ecosystem in the hotspot of the tropical Andes, ... Zobraziť viac
The crazy life and courageous death of a man who loved women too much to want only one. Don Juan is a passionate lover of life and nearly 1,000 women. But one day he kills the Commendatore of Calatrava in a duel, ... Zobraziť viac
