Encyclopedia of ordinary living

Encyclopedia of Ordinary Living

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Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

Exploring the history, religion, literature, and art of the ancient Egyptians, as well as the day-to-day experience of ordinary citizens such as pyram

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World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy

An illustrated compendium of worldwide calligraphy, featuring 55 living scripts from around the globe.

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Ways of Living

Ways of Living is Gemma Seltzer's keen exploration of what it means to be a modern woman inhabiting the urban landscape. Ten stories of ordinary women

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Space A Children´s Encyclopedia

<p>Blast off into space and discover the planets in our Solar System and beyond in this jam-packed encyclopedia for children. Learn what living in space is like for an astronaut, then take a whirl around planet Earth and the moon. Then go beyond where any human has gone before, and marvel at the red, rocky landscape of Mars and the truly magnificent icy rings of S...

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Ordinary Monsters : (The Talents Series 1) - J. M. Miro

<p>The first in a captivating new historical fantasy series, ORDINARY MONSTERS introduces the Talents with a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world, and the gifted, broken children who must save it. There in the shadows was a figure in a cloak, at the bottom of the cobblestone stair, and it turned and stared up at them as still and unmoving as a pillar of darkn...

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Ordinary Monsters : (The Talents Series 1) - J. M. Miro

<p>The first in a captivating new historical fantasy series, ORDINARY MONSTERS introduces the Talents with a catastrophic vision of the Victorian world, and the gifted, broken children who must save it. There in the shadows was a figure in a cloak, at the bottom of the cobblestone stair, and it turned and stared up at them as still and unmoving as a pillar of darkn...

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Living in Medieval England

A unique addition to the increasingly popular trend of looking at the ordinary lives of people. Provides an important perspective from the ground up'

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Living in Death

Living in Death descends into the ordinary life of people who execute hundreds every day, the same way others go to the office. Bringing philosophical

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Living a Feminist Life

Showing how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist, Sara Ahmed highlights the ties between f

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Slow Puncture: Living Well With Dementia

This is an account of a year in the life of Peter Berry, an ordinary man living in a sleepy Suffolk village. Happily married and running a successful

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Practically Pagan - An Alternative Guide to Magical Living

A modern-day grimoire for the lover of ordinary magic, natural spirituality, and all things witchy.

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Victims of Circumstance

To a passing stranger, Carrie is just an ordinary woman living an ordinary life... and that's exactly the way she wants to keep it. In a sleepy littl

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City of Lies

An award-winning, utterly gripping and revealing portrait of ordinary people living extraordinary lives in modern day Tehran

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Inuyasha, Vol. 17 - Rumiko Takahashi

<p>Kagome is an ordinary modern schoolgirl living an ordinary life. Who would have thought the dried-up old well on the site of her family's shrine would be a gateway to Japan's ancient past? Drawn through the gate against her will, Kagome finds herself battling demons for control of what she thought was a worthless trinket but is actually a powerful magical gem, th...

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Code of the Extraordinary Mind

What if everything we think we know about how the world works—our ideas of love, education, spirituality, work, happiness, and love—are based on Brules (bullsh*t rules) that get passed from generation to generation and are long past their expiration date?This book teaches you to think like some of the greatest non-conformist minds of our era, to question, challenge, hack,...

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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath - Nix Garth

Anotace: There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity who inhabits the ancient hot spring. Yet this time it is not from Sulis Minerva that trouble starts. It comes from the discovery of a sorcerous map, leading left-handed bookseller Merlin into great danger. A desperate...

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The Sinister Booksellers of Bath - Garth Nix

A wintry and wonderful return to the alternate 1980s England of The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. <p>There is often trouble of a mythical sort in Bath. The booksellers who police the Old World keep a careful watch there, particularly on the entity who inhabits the ancient hot spring. Yet this time it is not from Sulis Minerva that trouble starts. It comes from ...

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The God of that Summer - Rothmann Ralf

Anotace: `This book`s power lies in its depiction of civilians trying to lead ordinary lives during the horror of war . . . It is shattering stuff, but Rothmann is tender towards his characters and this book is as memorable as his last.` - The Times, `Historical Fiction Book of the Month`As the Second World War enters its final stages, millions in Germany are forced from...

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The God of that Summer - Ralf Rothmann

<p>'This book's power lies in its depiction of civilians trying to lead ordinary lives during the horror of war . . . It is shattering stuff, but Rothmann is tender towards his characters and this book is as memorable as his last.' - The Times, 'Historical Fiction Book of the Month'As the Second World War enters its final stages, millions in Germany are forced from ...

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The Library of Lost Things - Namey Laura Taylor

Anotace: Fangirl meets Jane Austen in this deeply heartfelt love story about hiding the worst parts of ourselves, and the people who love us anyway. "How could I open that door and let him see the messiest part of me?" From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid ...

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The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel - 40th Anniversary Edition - Julia Voss

<p>Discover Ernst Haeckel, the 19th-century artist-biologist who found beauty in even the most unlikely of creatures. This collection features 300 prints from his most important publications, including the majestic Kunstformen der Natur and his extensive catalogues of marine life. As biodiversity is ever-more threatened, these exquisite images are a scientific, arti...

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry: The film tie-in edition to the major motion picture - Joyceová Rachel

Anotace: *Companion edition to the major film written by Rachel Joyce, award-winning author of the internationally bestselling book, directed by Hettie Macdonald (Normal People) and starring Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton*Contains exclusive new behind-the-scenes insights and colour photographsHarold is an ordinary man who has passed through life, living ...

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Tobacconist

From the bestselling author of A Whole Life, a moving account of an ordinary young man living through extraordinary times, and the lengths we will go

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Little Guides to Great Lives: Anne Frank

Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the NazisÂ’ persecution of Jews in World War II, Ann

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Anne Frank

Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis' persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne

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Spider-Man: An Origin Story (Marvel Origins)

Follow Peter Parker's journey from ordinary boy to Spider-Man. This is the story of Peter Parker, a shy and brainy boy living in New York.

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Little Guides to Great Lives: Anne Frank - Isabel Thomas

Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis' persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world.

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Little Guides to Great Lives: Anne Frank - Isabel Thomas

Anotace: Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis' persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world. Meet one of history's most inspiring figures in this beautifully-illustrated guide to her amazing life. From artists to aviator...

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Tales from the Underworld - Hans Fallada

Anotace: Darkly funny, searingly honest short stories from Hans Fallada, author of bestselling Alone in Berlin. In these stories, criminals lament how hard it is to scrape a living by breaking and entering; families measure their daily struggles in marks and pfennigs; a convict makes a desperate leap from a moving train; a ring - and with it a marriage - is lost in a bas...

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Tales from the Underworld (anglicky) - Hans Fallada

<p>These are darkly funny, searingly honest short stories from Hans Fallada, author of bestselling Alone in Berlin. In these stories, criminals lament how hard it is to scrape a living by breaking and entering; families measure their daily struggles in marks and pfennigs; a convict makes a desperate leap from a moving train; a ring - and with it a marriage - is lost...

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How Everything Works: From Brain Cells to Black Holes - Štipl Zdeněk, kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Have you ever wondered how an email gets to someone on the other side of the world in just a few seconds or why it`s a bad idea to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm? Each page of this mind-blowingly detailed and ambitious encyclopedia will guide you through the natural world and the technology that surrounds you. Giant, page-filling illustrations take obj...

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Inuyasha, Vol. 15 - Takahashi Rumiko

Anotace: Kagome is an ordinary modern schoolgirl living an ordinary life. Who would have thought the dried-up old well on the site of her family`s shrine would be a gateway to Japan`s ancient past? Drawn through the gate against her will, Kagome finds herself battling demons for control of what she thought was a worthless trinket but is actually a powerful magical gem, t...

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Anne Frank (Little Guides to Great Lives) - Isabel Thomas

<p>Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis’ persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world. Meet one of history’s most inspiring figures in this beautifully-illustrated guide to her amazing life. From artists to aviators and scienti...

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Maximum Ride Manga Volume 1 - James Patterson; Lee NaRae

Anotace: Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the 'Flock' - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel - are just like ordinary kids - only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time - like when Ange...

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Jujutsu Kaisen 0

The prequel to the supernatural exorcist adventure Jujutsu Kaisen! In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna were lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of Juj...

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Inuyasha, Vol. 17 - Takahashi Rumiko

Anotace: Kagome is an ordinary modern schoolgirl living an ordinary life. Who would have thought the dried-up old well on the site of her family`s shrine would be a gateway to Japan`s ancient past? Drawn through the gate against her will, Kagome finds herself battling demons for control of what she thought was a worthless trinket but is actually a powerful magical gem, t...

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The Long Drop - Denise Mina

<p>A masterpiece by the woman who may be Britain's finest living crime novelist. (Daily Telegraph). "Relentlessly tense and exciting". (Sunday Mirror). William Watt wants answers about his family's murder. Peter Manuel has them. But Peter Manuel is a liar. William Watt is an ordinary businessman, a fool, a social climber. Peter Manuel is a famous liar, a r...

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Meditations

Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161 180). A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human beh...

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The Road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. If there is one man to whom I do feel myself inferior, it is a coalminer. In the mid-1930s, George Orwell was given an assignment from his publisher - to write a book about unemployment and social conditions in the economically depressed north of England. Revolutionary f...

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Lost Lands: The Four Horsemen Collector's Edition

An exciting adventure of a brave girl who found herself in a fantasy world. She is forced to fight against the Black Horsemen sent by evil forces to annihilate every living thing. Lost Lands: the Four Horsemen is an adventurous hidden object game-quest with puzzles and mini-games that tells a fairy-tale story about the world with never-before-seen races and folk types. On...

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Lost Lands: The Four Horsemen Collector's Edition (PC)

An exciting adventure of a brave girl who found herself in a fantasy world. She is forced to fight against the Black Horsemen sent by evil forces to annihilate every living thing.Lost Lands: the Four Horsemen is an adventurous hidden object game-quest with puzzles and mini-games that tells a fairy-tale story about the world with never-before-seen races and folk types.One ...

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The Good Servant - Britton Fern

Anotace: From the no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton comes a powerful novel about an ordinary woman living in an extraordinary time, and her small but vital place in history. Good daughter. Good woman. Good servant. She tried to be them all... 1932...

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The Good Servant - Fern Britton

<p>From the no.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton comes a powerful novel about an ordinary woman living in an extraordinary time, and her small but vital place in history. Good daughter. Good woman. Good servant. She tried to be them all... ...

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TRAVELERS THE EXP

A pulse-racing international thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats and The Accident §§It's 3:00am. Do you know where your husband is?§§Meet Will Rhodes: travel writer, recently married, barely solvent, his idealism rapidly giving way to disillusionment and the worry that he's living the wrong life. Then one night, on assignment for the award-wi...

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Us &amp; Our Planet: This is How We Live - Maisie Skidmore

<p>In collaboration with IKEA, this inspirational study explores how to live more sustainably and well based on the experience of both ordinary and extraordinary lives, showing how small changes at home will work positively towards sustainability for our planet</p> <p>Ever since the 1950s, IKEA retailers have visited homes all over the world to find out ...

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Druid Magic

Perhaps the most mystical, magical people ever known were the Druids. They were wizards, storytellers, teachers and spiritual leaders. They were attuned to the Earth and the Sun. And they were very powerful. ouldn''t it be amazing if you could be a Druid? Now you can with the secrets revealed in Druid Magick. This book presents everything you need to know to become a Drui...

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Orbis Sensualium Pictus - Jan Amos Komenský

Anotace: Po mnoha letech opět vychází jedinečné dílo Jana Amose Komenského - ORBIS SENSUALIUM PICTUS (Svět v obrazech), které by nemělo chybět v žádné rodinné i školní knihovně. Jedná se o výbor z Komenského jazykové encyklopedie, která v době svého vydání natolik předběhla dobu, že ještě v následujících staletích - u nás až do počátku minulého století - sloužila jako ži...

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Orbis Sensualium Pictus - Jan Amos Komenský

<p>Po mnoha letech opět vychází jedinečné dílo Jana Amose Komenského – ORBIS SENSUALIUM PICTUS (Svět v obrazech), které by nemělo chybět v žádné rodinné i školní knihovně. Jedná se o výbor z Komenského jazykové encyklopedie, která v době svého vydání natolik předběhla dobu, že ještě v následujících staletích – u nás až do počátku minulého století – sloužila jako živ...

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Azerbaijan - Culture Smart!

Don't pack anxiety in your suitcase! By reading Culture Smart! Azerbaijan before you go, will ease your travel, help you to make friends and avoid confusion. Culture Smart! Azerbaijan will help you to understand Azerbaijan manners, customs and laws. Culture Smart! Azerbaijan goes the extra mile to help you brush up on your cultural small talk and will make you confident i...

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Once More With Feeling: the perfect second chance celebrity romance - Sussman Elissa

Anotace: `A pitch-perfect second chance romance with off-the-charts tension and chemistry` Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer AfterA former pop star finds herself back in the spotlight - along with an old flame from her past - in this `friends to lovers` meets `enemies to lovers` romance from the bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask, ...

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Perfume - Patrick Süskind

Anotace: The year is 1738; the place, Paris. A baby is born under a fish-monger's bloody table in a marketplace, and abandoned. Orphaned, passed over to the monks as a charity case, already there is something in the aura of the tiny infant that is unsettling. No one will look after him; he is somehow too demanding, and, even more disturbing, something is missing: as...

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Once More With Feeling: the perfect second chance celebrity romance - Elissa Sussman

<p>'A pitch-perfect second chance romance with off-the-charts tension and chemistry' Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer AfterA former pop star finds herself back in the spotlight - along with an old flame from her past - in this 'friends to lovers' meets 'enemies to lovers' romance from the bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask, t...

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Anthology

A Place In The Sun All I Do All In Love Is Fair Another Star As Boogie On Reggae Woman Did I Hear You Say You Love Me? Do I Do Don't Drive Drunk Don't Know Why I Love You Don't You Worry About A Thing Ebony And Ivory Ecclesiastes Fingertips For Onc...

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