Bilturer i Italia guider deg vekk fra hovedveiene til vakre småbyer og imponerende landskap, autentiske trattoriaer og innbydende, små hoteller.24 bilturer ? som varer fra to til fem dager ? tar deg med dypt inn i Italias uutforskede landområder, med sjarmerende steder å bo og spise langs veien.[...]
Ny, stor roman fra forfatteren av Arven.England 1911. Presten Albert Canning og hans naive hustru Hester deler en pasjon for spiritisme og lever et lykkelig liv i en søvnig landsby i Berkshire. Men idyllen blir brutt av to nykommere til landsbyen: Først kommer Cat, den nye tjenestejenta, en fri sj[...]
To søstre. En tragisk familiehemmelighet. En slektssaga om fortidens løgner.En mørk og kald vinterdag like etter bestemorens død, vender Erica Calcott og hennes søster Beth tilbake til Storton Manor. Det er et stort og imponerende gods hvor de tilbrakte idylliske somre som barn. Da Erica begynn[...]
Selected from photographs taken during the Webbs nearly 30-year friendship and later marriage and creative partnership, this group of 82 photographs are paired one of Alex's, one of Rebecca's to create a series of visual rhymes that talk to one another often at a slant and in intriguing and revealin[...]
When they were children, Erica Calcott and her sister, Beth, spent their summer holidays at Storton Manor. Now, following the death of their grandmother, they have returned to the grand, imposing house in Wiltshire, England. Unable to stem the tide of childhood memories that arise as she sorts throu[...]
From Katherine Webb, the author of the acclaimed international bestseller The Legacy, comes a compelling tale of love, deception, and illusionA vicar with a passion for nature, the Reverend Albert Canning leads a happy existence with his naive wife, Hester, in their sleepy Berkshire village in the y[...]
A spellbinding tale about the power of love, the danger of obsession, and the unfaithful nature of memory, A Half Forgotten Song is by turns haunting, joyous, and heartbreaking1937. In a windswept village on the Dorset coast, fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher has endured a wild and lonely upbringing. [...]
This title offers a step-by-step technique for sparking breakthrough creativity in advertising - or any field. Since its publication in 1965, "A Technique for Producing Ideas" has helped thousands of advertising copywriters smash through internal barriers to unleash their creativity. Professionals f[...]
His investigation leads him through the slums of Victorian London to the Holborn Refuge, a home for 'fallen women', and to Clara White, a respectable servant. Lee Jackson's second novel brilliantly recreates the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian London, taking readers on a suspense-filled journ[...]
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an analytical tool used by chemists and physicists to study the structure and dynamics of molecules. This title is suitable for the specialist and non-specialist alike and helps them to become familiar with techniques and applications of NMR spectroscopy.[...]
How well does your organization manage the risks associated with information quality? Managing information risk is becoming a top priority on the organizational agenda. This book provides you with all the fundamental concepts, guidelines and tools to ensure core business information is identified, p[...]
Presents the evidence of this theory, demonstrating the biogeographic approach to Australia's megafauna extinction. This book examines future climate change and its effects on the planet by looking at examples buried in the past. It presents an evidence from extensive field research.[...]
"Trading Catalysts takes you into the market and recounts moment-by-moment price action. From an almost 14% rise in the Nasdaq following a surprise Fed rate cut to an incredible (and temporary) 22% decline in the S&P 500 futures price folliwng a single large sell order, Trading Catalysts is loaded w[...]
I Like This Poem is a classic collection of children's poems from Puffin Books. Highwaymen and naughty children, sharks and baboons, the Snitterjipe and the Jabberwocky, all have their part to play. Each and every poem in this treasure chest of family favourites was chosen by a child for other child[...]
"The Penguin Dictionary of Law" is a handy reference guide for lawyers, students and anyone interested in the workings of the legal system. It gives clear, jargon-free definitions of hundreds of key legal terms from abuse of process to youth court as well as providing biographical information on imp[...]
As far as Benjamin Braddock's parents are concerned, his future is sewn up. Now he has graduated from college, he will go to Yale or Harvard, get a good job and enjoy a life of money, cocktails and pool parties in the suburbs, just like them. For Benjamin, however, this isn't quite enough. When his [...]
A mesmerizing tale of art and passion in Belle Epoque France
As a woman, aspiring sculptor Camille Claudel has plenty of critics, especially her ultra-traditional mother. But when Auguste Rodin makes Camille his apprentice--and his muse--their passion inspires groundbreaking works. Yet, Camille[...]
Many of us keep pet animals; we rely on them for companionship and unconditional love. For some people their closest relationships may be with their pets. In the wake of the animal rights movement, some ethicists have started to re-examine this relationship, and to question the rights of humans to "[...]
In this book the interaction of radiation and matter, and the principles of laser operation are treated at a level suitable for fourth-year undergraduate courses or introductory graduate courses in physics, chemistry or engineering. The factors which determine efficiency, wavelength coverage, output[...]
This is a completely new in-depth field guide to the 1,070 bird species, including North American migrants, found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and western Nicaragua. More than 180 species are endemic to this region and the book details their appearance, voice, habitat, behavi[...]
The fully revised, third edition of this bestselling Handbook describes best practice of critical care in a succinct, concise and clinically-orientated way. Covering the principles of general management, it includes therapeutic and monitoring devices, specific disorders of organ systems, as well as [...]
A survey of modern political parties and their role in contemporary democracy. It argues that parties have survived popular cynicism by remodelling themselves to the needs of an era in which patterns of linkage and communication with social groups have been transformed.[...]
The sister volume to Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, this book offers a systematic and rigorous analysis of parties in some of the world's major new democracies. Drawing on a wealth of expertise and data, the book assesses the popular legitimacy, organizational development and [...]