Shrines of Gaietyy

When Vavara, a young Polish orphan, arrives at the glittering, dangerous court of the Empress Elizabeth in St Petersburg, she is schooled in skills ranging from lock-picking to love-making,...

"There's no getting away from it; I've eaten some pretty extreme things in my time - live tarantulas, raw goat testicles, elephant dung, you name it. In a situation when your life...

How do you define yourself when others have already decided who you are? Six years ago, when Camden Daniels came back from war without his younger brother, no one in the small town of Alba,...

it considers the life-cycle of the oak, the flora and fauna that depend on the oak, the oak as medicine, food and drink, where Britain's mightiest oaks can be found, and it tells of oak stories...

Ronan O'Gara has been at the heart of Munster and Irish rugby for the past fifteen years. Now, as he comes to the end of a glittering playing career, it is time for him to reflect on those many...

Book 4 of "The Malloreon", the worldwide bestselling fantasy series aby one of the godfathers of the tradition. Discover the epic stories that inspired generations of fantasy writers - from...

Terry Pratchett in his own words - a collection of essays and other non fiction aby the creator of Discworld, about his life, interests, campaigns, and his writing career from early years to the...

1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign...

This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold and a tortured soul.' From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. Aby nineteen, he was dead....

First published in 1941, "No Bed for Bacon" is a comic classic. Out of print since 1985, but much-discussed in the press following the release of the Oscar-showered film Shakespeare in...

Your Happy Healthy Pet The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs--now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly! Cavalier...

Firenze, 1539: l’arrivo di Eleonora di Toledo, figlia del viceré di Napoli e giovane sposa di Cosimo de’ Medici, porta in città un clima nuovo. La moda fiorentina, ancora sotto l’influenza del...

A glorious photographic record of the superhumans who have completed the Barkley Marathons, one of the most mythical running races on earth. It is a race like no other: There is no website to take...

Ce livre présente le travail de Thomas Freyer, un photographe allemand de nu féminin.

Sildenafil, for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, is one of the first products that has made its way successfully from basic NO (nitrous oxide) research, to clinical routine therapy....

Mit vielen Konstruktionsbeispielen aus der PraxisEinführung in die wichtigsten BedienelementeZahlreiche Übungsfragen mit LösungenDieses Grundlagen- und Lehrbuch zeigt Ihnen anhand typischer...