How do we love? With romance. With work. Through heartbreak. Throughout a lifetime. As a means, but not an end. Love in all its forms has been an abiding theme of Jeanette Winterson’s writing...więcej »
Have you ever tried to learn another language? When Zhuang first arrives in London from China she feels like she is among an alien species. The city is disorientating, the people unfriendly, the la...więcej »
How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist William Styron had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, Styron describ...więcej »
When it comes to death, is there ever a best case scenario? In this disarmingly witty book, Julian Barnes confronts our unending obsession with the end. He reflects on what it means to miss God, wh...więcej »
Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond...więcej »
Now a major film starring Academy Award nominees Jim Broadbent (Iris) and Charlotte Rampling (45 Years). Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2011. Tony Webster and his clique first met Ad...więcej »
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SAPIENS Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we’re going. War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be...więcej »
Now a major film directed by Danny Boyle reuniting the cast of Trainspotting. Years on from Trainspotting, Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as...więcej »
THE ORIGINAL AND BEST TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL GLENNY 50th Anniversary Edition. Afterwards, when it was frankly too late, descriptions were issued of the man: expensive grey suit, grey beret, one gre...więcej »
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Upstate New York: 57 counties north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Find inside this reference book more than 7,000 names in 400 cemeteries that encompass Greater New York State. Not just the famous, or ...więcej »
A beginners guide to Japanese sword guards, with general information for the novice collector. Multiple examples of types available, extensive terminology with pictorial examples and how to avoid f...więcej »
This little booklet is full of inspirational sayings and quotes to encourage you in your tough, but very rewarding job of mothering the little ones, that God has so lovingly blessed you with.więcej »
This 288 page book is a reproduction of David Kane's 2008 doctoral thesis on puthi-po?a, a Bengali tradition of book and manuscript reading. Kane's thesis pursues two central aims. The first is eth...więcej »
If you want to learn the basics of card magic, The Deceiver's Codex is the starting point for advanced handling, techniques and effects. A must have for anyone starting out in card magic.więcej »
Meditative, humorous, and raw, this graphic novel dares to dive into the hidden world of care-giving. It explores the beauty and heartbreak with frankness and humanity.
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The Oeder collection was catalogued in 1916 and published in German. The whereabouts of the collection is now unknown as it disappeared from Berlin after the fall to Russia at the end of the Second...więcej »
In their inaugural book, Braxton and Neumann illustrate the concepts of The Dementia RAW Method, by showcasing the marriage of improv and empathy. These concepts, though simple, prove to be profou...więcej »
Syracuse and the surrounding Central New York is rich in history. Have you ever looked at a building, house, a statue or a street and wondered who built it, who it's named for, and what became of t...więcej »