Old friends and lovers reunite for a weekend in a secluded country home after spending decades apart. They plumb their memories of each other and pass quiet judgements on the life decisions each has made since their youth. This isn\'t, however, just any old reunion, and their conversations of the old days aren\'t typical reminiscences. After 24 years, Joerg - a convicted murderer and terrorist, is

Learning Chinese is notoriously difficult and has long put off even the most linguistically savvy Westerners until now. ShaoLan has used her entrepreneurial and software background to unpick Chinese characters and create a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she has developed a unique set of illustrations

\'This brilliant book is a bombshell! Jane Seymour the shy mouse type? Think again!\' Kate Williams Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen and Anne Boleyn: A King\'s Obsession, draws an enthralling portrait of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII\'s third queen, as you\'ve never seen her before. Essential reading for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth

A center of trade, culture and administration for centuries, Rome has long set the trends in art, fashion and lifestyle. A constant source of ideas and innovations, Romans are envied for being cool without ever really trying. This accessible guide profiles both brand-new and long-established hip spots. Your passeggiata through Rome is led by supermodel Eva Padberg and fashion photographer Russell James.

Spinning directly out of X-MEN: SCHISM, the X-Men are split in two. In the oversized debut issue of the new ongoing flagship X-series, Wolverine takes one half of the X-Men back to Westchester to start over again with a new school, a new student body and a lot of surprises up his sleeve. But when the new Hellfire Club decides they don\'t like what the ol\' Canucklehead has started, and decide to burn

An unprecedented series of images showing the Omo people\'s imaginative body decoration and embellishments.The scene of tribal conflicts and guerrilla incursions, Ethiopia\'s Omo Valley is also home to fascinating rites and traditions that have survived for thousands of years. The nomadic peoples who inhabit this valley share a gift for body painting and elaborate adornments borrowed from nature, and

Dealing with themes of determinism and inescapable fate, Thomas Hardy\'s novels are also reknowned for depicting the intimate relationship between character and the environment. Unflinchingly honest in portraying characters and their fortunes, Hardy depicts life with all its harsh realities. Tess of the D\'Urbervilles received negative reviews when first published in 1891. Originally criticised as

V seriju \"Klassika v shkole\" vkljucheny proizvedenija shkolnoj programmy, izuchajuschiesja v nachalnoj, srednej shkole i starshikh klassakh. Ne tratte vremja na poiski literaturnykh proizvedenij, ved v etikh knigakh est vse, chto neobkhodimo i dlja chtenija v klasse, i dlja vneklassnykh zadanij. Izdanija polnostju sootvetstvujut normam i trebovanijam GOST RF. Povesti \"Zakoldovannoe mesto\" iz knigi

Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully conceived, Love and Misadventure will take you on a rollercoaster ride through an ill-fated love affair-from the initial butterflies through the soaring heights to the devastating plunge. And, in the end, the message is one of hope. The journey from love to heartbreak to finding love again is personal yet universal. Lang Leav\'s evocative love poetry speaks

Mikami\'s middle age hasn\'t gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he s disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he s not a knight or a wizard but a blind slime demon. But there are chances for even a slime to become a her

The final volume of the Neuromancer\" trilogy set in a near-future world, which once again takes the reader into a world of high-tech computers and cybernetics.\"

Fans of the Divergent series by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories told from Tobias Eaton\'s point of view. DIVERGENT - a major motion picture in 2014. Readers first encountered Tobias Eaton as \"Four\" in Divergent. His voice is an integral part of Allegiant. Readers will

IELTS foundation is a new and motivating course book for students studying IELTS. Aimed at those in the IELTS band of 4-5.5, this topic-based book will train students in all the skills required to increase their IELTS score.

V osnovu sbornika legli poeticheskie proizvedenija V.S.Vysotskogo, posvjaschennye narodnomu podvigu v tragicheskie gody Velikoj Otechestvennoj vojny i otrazhajuschie osmyslenie ego v poslevoennoe vremja.

This new translation, in rhymed verse, of Goethe\'s Faust--one of the greatest dramatic and poetic masterpieces of European literature--preserves the essence of Goethe\'s meaning without resorting either to an overly literal, archaic translation or to an overly modern idiom. It remains the nearest \"equivalent\" rendering of the German ever achieved.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World\'s

Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations.Since the time of the earliest settlers, Americans have been expressing their individuality through the embellishment of everyday objects. Such classics as whirligigs, ship models, and carousel animals fill these pag

An enchanting, atmospheric new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Marisa Silver In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a peasant couple longs for a child. In despair they turn to gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, and one cold wintery night, the couple\'s wish comes true. But the silence that follows the birth forewarns of darker days to come. Strangers look on askance

Isaak Babel ā€” zamechatelnyj russkij novellist pervoj poloviny XX veka, avtor pronzitelnoj Ā«KonarmiiĀ» i bessmertnyh Ā«Odesskih rasskazovĀ», literaturnyj otets znamenitogo Beni Krika. Dlja ego prozy harakterny jarkost krasok, metaforicheskaja nasyschenn

Haven\'t you heard? Sixty is the new forty ...Each month best friends Claudia, Sal, Ella and Laura meet for drinks, celebrating 45 years of friendship. They know each other and their lives inside out. Their ambitions, careers, husbands, lovers, children, hopes, fears, the paths taken and not taken ...Sal had spent a lifetime building a career as a successful magazine editor but she hadn\'t banked on